Joint Seat Allocation Authority 2022

Academic Programs

IIT Patna is currently offering B.Tech programs in Nine disciplines:

1. B.Tech. in Computer Science and Engineering,

2. B.Tech. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering,

3. B.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering,

4. B.Tech. in Chemical Engineering,

5. B.Tech. in Civil Engineering and

6. B.Tech in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering

7. B.Tech in Engineering Physics

8. B.Tech in Artificial Intelligence and Data Science

9. Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and Computing

IIT Patna has ten departments:

1. Computer Science and Engineering,

2. Electrical Engineering,

3. Mechanical Engineering,

4. Chemical & Biochemical Engineering,

5. Metallurgical and Materials Engineering

6. Civil & Environmental Engineering,

7. Physics,

8. Chemistry,

9. Mathematics,

10. Humanities & Social sciences.

All these departments are running Ph.D programs. The institute also offers M.Tech. programs with various specializations. For details please visit the institute website www.iitp.ac.in .

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY PATNA

Departments at a glance

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) at Indian Institute of Technology Patna was established in 2013 that constitutes of five specializations namely, Structural Engineering, Geotechnical Engineering, Transportation Engineering, Water Resources Engineering, and Environmental Engineering. Since its inception, the Department has continually upgraded itself in terms of academic programmes and state-of-the-art teaching and research laboratories. The Department currently offers BTech and MTech degree in Civil Engineering. The Department also provides doctoral programmes on emerging research areas (viz., Structural Engineering, Geotechnical Engineering, Transportation Engineering, Water Resources Engineering, and Environmental Engineering). All our curricula are designed keeping in mind the infrastructure requirements for improved quality of life in a growing society as well as for industry and economic development with a firm intent to meet the challenges of tomorrow. Till now total 107 BTech students are graduated who took admission between 2013 and 2017. The students are well placed in reputed private and Government organisations. Many students have opted for higher studies in best institutes both in India and abroad. The Department attracts the finest young and dynamic faculty members, and the best of students for its Bachelor’s, Master’s and Doctoral programmes. The CEE department is an innovative and vibrant place of learning, where students pursue their educational and research interests in order to lead the next generation in transforming the disciplines of civil and environmental engineering. The students are encouraged to work for their project/dissertation on topics of industrial and societal needs. The presence of the state-of-the-art experimental and computational facilities as well as active industry-academia interaction and rigorous training (both inside the classrooms/laboratories as well as through extensive industrial/research internships) prepare the students of the Department to meet more than adequately any challenge in their competitive professional life and also take on leadership roles in later years in their career. Goal of the CEE Department is to reach the level of excellence in latest technical front as well as advanced research; to provide a high-quality teaching and learning environment in the field of Civil Engineering to make students capable of innovative thinking. The Department is continuously striving for greater heights in teaching and research that is relevant to the industry and shall help in nation building. Department is actively involved in basic as well as advanced research and provides high quality technical advisory support through various R&D projects and consultancy to various organizations.

For further information, the Head of the Department may be contacted at:

Head, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Indian Institute of Technology Patna

Email: cee_head@iitp.ac.in

Tel.: +91-6115-233-704/148

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) at Indian Institute of Technology Patna was established in 2013 that constitutes of five specializations namely, Structural Engineering, Geotechnical Engineering, Transportation Engineering, Water Resources Engineering, and Environmental Engineering. Since its inception, the Department has continually upgraded itself in terms of academic programmes and state-of-the-art teaching and research laboratories. The Department currently offers BTech degree in Civil Engineering and MTech degree in Structural Engineering, Geotechnical Engineering and Civil Engineering. The Department also provides doctoral programmes on emerging research areas (viz., Structural Engineering, Geotechnical Engineering, Transportation Engineering, Water Resources Engineering, and Environmental Engineering). All our curricula are designed keeping in mind the infrastructure requirements for improved quality of life in a growing society as well as for industry and economic development with a firm intent to meet the challenges of tomorrow. Till now about 135 BTech students are graduated who took admission between 2013 and 2018. The students are well placed in reputed private and Government organisations. Many students have opted for higher studies in best institutes both in India and abroad. The Department attracts the finest young and dynamic faculty members, and the best of students for its Bachelor’s, Master’s and Doctoral programmes. The CEE department is an innovative and vibrant place of learning, where students pursue their educational and research interests in order to lead the next generation in transforming the disciplines of civil and environmental engineering. The students are encouraged to work for their project/dissertation on topics of industrial and societal needs. The presence of the state-of-the-art experimental and computational facilities as well as active industry-academia interaction and rigorous training (both inside the classrooms/laboratories as well as through extensive industrial/research internships) prepare the students of the Department to meet more than adequately any challenge in their competitive professional life and also take on leadership roles in later years in their career. Goal of the CEE Department is to reach the level of excellence in latest technical front as well as advanced research; to provide a high-quality teaching and learning environment in the field of Civil Engineering to make students capable of innovative thinking. The Department is continuously striving for greater heights in teaching and research that is relevant to the industry and shall help in nation building. Department is actively involved in basic as well as advanced research and provides high quality technical advisory support through various R&D projects and consultancy to various organizations.

For further information, the Head of the Department may be contacted at:

Head, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Indian Institute of Technology Patna

Email: cee_head@iitp.ac.in Tel.: +91-6115-233-704/148

Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, IIT Patna

 The Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) was established in 2012 and renamed as Metallurgical and Materials Engineering (MME) in 2018. The department currently has seven highly accomplished faculty members. The department offers B.Tech degree in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering and M.Tech degree in Materials Science and Engineering. The postgraduate program is more interdisciplinary in nature. The department focuses on the fundamental and engineering aspects of conventional metallurgy, materials and advanced materials. Students are specifically trained to develop materials for new applications, improve existing materials to enhance performance and evaluate ways in which different materials can be used together. The course curriculum is designed taking feedback both from academia and from industries. The curriculum has a good balance of theoretical and practical aspects with strong emphasis given to case studies. The course curriculum is revised periodically to incorporate new, emerging and latest technologies and industrial advances. Apart from the regular teaching activities, the department trains students with the fundamentals and expertise of design, synthesis, characterize, testing and production of various materials along with the knowledge of new technologies in production and processing of new and advanced engineering materials

MME department houses world class research facilities under one roof. All the laboratories are well equipped. Department has more than 20 PhD research scholars at present and department has published more than 100 papers in peer-reviewed international journal (American Chemical Society, Polymer, Scripta Materialia, Materials Science and Engineering A, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, Applied Surface Science, Journal of European Ceramic Society etc.) in last 4 years. Over the last four years, department has undertaken the sponsored projects worth of ~ 900 Lakhs from various funding agency like DST, SERB, ISRO, NRB, Denka Japan. In addition, consultancy project of more than 40 lakhs have been awarded to MME faculties from the top MNC’s like MRF, Tata Steel, Carborundum Universal Limited (Murugappa group).

The department continues to strive for excellence and realising its vision of becoming a leading department in the country in teaching and research

Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering

The vision of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering department at IIT Patna is to perennially strive to achieve national and international recognition through the educational and research achievements and the professional service of the faculty, staff and students. Our mission is to provide students with an atmosphere conducive to developing new and bright ideas at every professional fronts. Our endeavors will pertain to provide overall educational experience that prepares our students to become successful professional chemical engineers capable of undertaking both life-long learning and further advanced studies.

The Chemical and Biochemical Engineering department offers post-graduate program (Ph.D and M.Tech by Research) in addition to B. Tech undergraduate program. These undergraduate and graduate programs aim to produce highly-qualified graduates who are self-motivated, independent, clear thinking individuals and are capable of undertaking an independent work in industries, research and development programs, and government as well as public sectors units.

The department is trying to achieve fully developed infrastructure and well-equipped laboratories in chemical and biochemical engineering. In our newly developed departmental library, we have good collection of reference books related to chemical and biochemical engineering. Apart from this, department envisions to regularly organizing conferences, seminars, and workshops on its own or in collaboration with other elite institutions. As of now, the department has successfully developed most of the undergraduate labs primarily related to chemical engineering curriculum. In addition, department is also excelling at research front and currently equipped with the biochemical lab, computational nanoscience lab, process systems engineering lab, energy science lab, separation processes lab, and gas-solid interaction lab. We are also approaching industries for synergistic collaboration and subsequent mutual growth.

Computer Science & Engineering Department

Computer Science and Engineering dept.  IIT Patna is an international center of excellence in the theory and application of computing. The subject of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) is currently revolutionizing a wide range of human activities, including Digitalization and the associated growth of data are affecting all areas. It is also itself undergoing revolutionary changes, with the introduction of new algorithmic techniques in areas as diverse as artificial intelligence, natural language processing, data science, graphics, network security, block-chain technology, distributed computing, algorithms, complex and social networks, image processing and high performance computing. Our mission is to anticipate and drive these developments in the areas in which we have world-class expertise.

The Computer Science & Engineering department at IIT Patna was one of the first engineering disciplines of the institute. The department was formally established in the year 2008. The first batch of the undergraduate programme graduated in the year 2012. A major aim of the department is to train students and make them ready for the industry and academia. The department has cent percent placement record for undergraduates.

The department runs two B.Tech, (BTech in Computer Science and Engineering and BTech in AI and Data Science), M.Tech in Computer Science and PhD programs. A joint M.Tech programme (Mathematics and Computing) is also offered with the department of Mathematics. The total student strength of the department is about four hundred fifty. The academic curriculum is constantly being revised to keep in pace with the current industry and research trends. In order to allow students flexibility in choosing their courses, the number of elective courses has been increased. With a view to encourage creative ideas, the department introduced a lab course on Innovative Design in the undergraduate programme. Department is also going to start a minor program in CS and Executive MTech program in AI.

                Faculty

               Research

The department lays great emphasis in research and development. In the previous year (2021), the research publications of the department include 92 journal papers and 77 international conference papers. The department has close interaction with research institutes both in India and abroad, government agencies and industry. There are about 51 undergoing/approved sponsored research projects. The department also organized multiple international conference, workshops and GIAN courses.

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            Computing Facilities

•         The department has fully equipped labs to cater to the teaching and research needs of the students and faculty members. The department has two labs each for undergraduate, M.Tech and PhD students. The department also has a hardware lab equipped with processors and other peripherals. All the systems are connected to the campus network. The computing facilities of the department include high end servers, compute clusters and storage facilities. In addition to the teaching labs, the department has six research labs: Elsevier Centre for Excellence of Natural Language processing, ezDI Research Lab on Health Informatics, Advanced Computing Lab, Network Security Lab, Programming Languages and Robotics Lab, and Embedded Computing Lab.                 

Faculty Information with Designation

  Computing Facilities

The department has fully equipped labs to cater to the teaching and research needs of the students and faculty members. The department has two labs each for undergraduate, M.Tech and PhD students. The department also has a hardware lab equipped with processors and other peripherals. All the systems are connected tothe campus network. The computing facilities of the department include high end servers, compute clusters and storage facilities. In addition to the teaching labs, the department has fiveresearch labs: Elsevier Centre for Excellence of Natural Language processing, ezDI Research Lab on Health Informatics, Advanced Computing Lab, Network Security Lab, and Embedded Computing Lab.

Faculty Information with Designation 

Department of Physics, IIT Patna

The Department of Physics was established and started its activity from 2008. The department has rich tradition of teaching and research. Currently, we offer a four-year B.Tech. in Engineering Physics, a two-year M.Sc. program in Physics and a Ph. D. program in various fore-front research areas of experimental and theoretical physics.

The department introduced a B.Tech. program in Engineering Physics from 2021. We welcome the young physics enthusiasts to join our B. Tech program, which is designed to provide an in-depth exposure in basic and applied physics. The salient features of the B. Tech in Engineering Physics program include a solid grounding in core areas, a __sound training in physics, a rich variety of electives, and an exposure to frontier technologies. Some of the key courses in applied areas include Cryogenic Engineering, Laser Physics, Computer Aided Physics, Photovoltaics and Fuel Cell Technology, Physics of Nanomaterials, Medical Physics, Particle Physics, Quantum Optics, etc.

Total fifteen esteemed faculty members of the department are actively involved in research and development in challenging areas of both theory and experiment. Currently, the main research emphasis of the department comprises Condensed Matter Physics, Energy, Quantum Physics, Optics & Photonics, Biophysics, Atomic & Molecular Physics, and High-Energy Physics. We have state of the art research facilities in the department to support our academic programs and research.

Physics Department, IIT Patna has been arranging regular lectures by the students and outside visitors, arranging outreach activities, workshops and various other academic, sports and cultural events etc. For more details about the department, please visit official link:

https://www.iitp.ac.in/index.php/en-us/departments/basic-sciences/physics

Some recent notable achievements of IIT Patna Faculty members

·   Prof. A. K. Thakur is nominated as a Member of the DST-FIST Committee.

·   Dr. Utpal Roy has received an Outstanding Teacher Award, “Science and Technology Academic, Innovations and Research Awards 2021”, Sept. 2021.

·   Prof. A. K. Thakur is nominated as a Member of the National Committee to Review "Roadmap for RCI Technologies" Chaired by Dr. V. K. Saraswat, Member NITI Aayog, New Delhi.

·   Prof. A. K. Thakur is nominated as a Member of the National Committee on "Advanced Energy Research Centre (AERC)" Chaired by Dr. Samir Kamat, DG, NS & M, New Delhi.

·   Dr. Soumya Jyoti Ray has been appointed in the following Editorial positions.

(i)  Guest Editor of the journal Energy (special issue on Novel 2D Energy Materials and Devices) by MDPI

(ii)  Section Editor in Nano electronics in the journal Current Material Science

(iii) Editorial Board Member in the journal Current Chinese Science

(iv)  Editorial Board Member in the journal Current Graphene Science

·   Dr. Soumya Jyoti Ray has received the following awards.

(i)  “Outstanding Researcher Award in Nanotechnology and Condensed Matter Physics” by International Society for Scientific Networks.

(ii)  “Research Excellence Award” by Institute of Scholars.

·   Prof. Naveen K. Nishchal has been listed in the world's top 2% scientists list released by Stanford University with the world rank 952 in the field of Optics (2020).

Department of Chemistry

The Department of Chemistry in IIT Patna has been established since the setting up of the Institute in 2008 and has evolved itself into a well known, reputed academic research center of learning in this region. Presently, the dept. has eleven extremely motivated, well qualified faculty members with a strong commitment for high quality teaching and research in the department. The Department also has one scientific officer, one senior technical superintendent and three junior technical superintendents to ensure smooth running of the Department.

The strong research orientation of the department is evident from the large number of project grants funded by Dept. of Science & Technology (DST), Dept. of Biotechnology (DBT), Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Department of Atomic Energy and others, since inception in 2008. The faculty members are well recognized both nationally and internationally. Research in the department has resulted in over 400 peer reviewed national and international journal publications (of high impact factor and H-index) with more than 600 citations.

 The department of chemistry also offers chemistry courses at different levels. The department started the PhD program in Chemistry from July 2009 and till date, thirty-six students have already graduated. Presently, more than forty research scholars are enrolled in the PhD programme of Chemistry dept. in IIT Patna. Two research associates are also working in the department who are being funded by prestigious postdoctoral fellowships schemes such as CSIR or DBT. A master program in chemistry (M.Sc) has been initiated from academic year 2016. The alumni of the departments are placed in various reputed industries and foreign universities for higher education. 

A vibrant multidisciplinary research program in the Department of Chemistry at IIT Patna is supported by energetic faculty members and state-of-the-art research facilities. With a strong foundation in the conventional areas and quest for emerging areas of Chemistry, faculty and students are engaged in a range of dynamic research programs that include but are not limited to Supramolecular Chemistry, Target and Diversity oriented Organic synthesis, Nanochemistry, Catalysis, Fluorescence Spectroscopy, Bio-Spectroscopy, Polymer chemistry, Carbohydrate Chemistry, Biochemistry, Coordination polymers, Solid State chemistry, Computational Chemistry, Theoretical Chemistry, Simulation, and Molecular Dynamics in liquid.

 Department of Mathematics, IIT Patna

The Department of Mathematics was established with the inception of IIT Patna in August 2008. The Department is committed to impart high-quality education in Mathematics at Undergraduate and Postgraduate levels.

Faculty members of the department have versatile experience in teaching as well as in research in different areas of Mathematics. The research areas of the department include subject fields such as Algebra, Coding Theory, Differential Equations, Graph Theory, Mathematical Control Theory, Mathematical Modeling, Nonlinear Dynamics, Numerical Analysis and Computations, Optimization, Statistics, and Theoretical Computer Science.

The department is currently running B.S. in Mathematics and Computing, M.Sc. in Mathematics, M.Tech. Mathematics and Computing and Ph. D. in all above-mentioned research areas. In order to impart high quality knowledge in the inter-disciplinary area of Mathematics and Computer Science, the BS Program was started in 2021 and it was very well accepted by the students. The BS program curriculum has reasonable balance of courses from mathematics (both pure and applied) and Computer Science. Our M. Tech. & Ph. D. students are placed in various academic institutions and industries. Apart from well-equipped seating labs for M. Sc., M.Tech. and Ph. D. students, the department has developed a computational research lab to encourage research areas that require high computing facilities. The department also has a well-equipped library, which serves the need of students. The department extends support to all B. Tech. programs of other departments in the institute by offering compulsory courses as well as relevant electives courses that are useful in different engineering applications.

Profile of the department: https://www.iitp.ac.in/index.php/departments/basic-sciences/mathematics

Department of Humanities and Social Sciences

 The Department of Humanities and Social Sciences incessantly tries to provide a humane perspective to the various technical branches at IIT Patna. It strives consistently to excel in its efforts day by day. Innovative and pertinent research is one such tool through which excellence can be aspired. The department envisions establishing itself as one of the best research platforms for young minds who have an undying thirst for knowledge. Past and ongoing research in Economics, English language and literature, Linguistics, Management, Psychology, Public Health and Sociology not only try to answer useful inquiries but also try to use learning

and imaginative actions as powerful tools to add to the enrichment and progress of human society. The uniqueness of the department will be realized by its successful and innovative research along with the various interdisciplinary and multi-disciplinary collaborations both within and beyond the institute.

The Department has 9 faculty members who offer core and elective courses at the B.Tech, M. Tech and PhD levels. The department has a PhD programme of its own. Apart from this, the Department of HSS organizes conferences, workshops and foreign language programmes. Given the mandate of the Government of India toward entrepreneurship, the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences offers open electives to B.Tech. Students on entrepreneurship and innovation. In compliance with NEP 2020, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences is taking active step towards its implementation.

 Some recent achievements of the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS )

 Department of Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS) is involved in publishing quality research papers in reputed Scopus indexed journals. Large numbers of sponsored research projects were also awarded by various funding agencies. Some of the highlights are as follows:

 Dr. Rajendra N Paramanik is the editor of a Festschrift volume on International Economics and Finance by Springer Nature publication, Singapore. He is the Co-PI of a ICSSR-funded project on vagaries of weavers’ cooperatives in India during pandemic and he has also been awarded consultancy project and sponsored course by TCS- GuruCool iON for the courses named Introduction to Business Finance and Basis Econometrics respectively. He writes articles on world economy and politics for Hindu Business Line and Anandabazar Patrika.

 Dr. Sweta Sinha is an Assistant professor in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Patna. Her area of expertise is Linguistics. Dr. Sweta has done her MA., M. Phil and Ph.d from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. She is a university topper and gold medalist in B.A. Eng. (Hons.) from Patna University. Her research interests are mainly Sociolinguistics, Cognitive Linguistics and Lesser known Languages. She has more than 30 research publications to her credit in various peer reviewed national and international journals of repute. She has also edited and co-edited linguistics volumes of merit. At IIT Patna, Dr. Sweta has coordinated several CEP courses, conferences and workshops. She is also the coordinator of the Centre for Endangered Language Studies at IIT Patna which has been set up through the MPLADS fund. Sweta has also been the principal investigator of an ICSSR sponsored project which has been completed successfully recently. In addition to supervising doctoral research at IIT Patna she is also in the doctoral committees in IIITs, NITs and central universities.

 Dr. Meghna Dutta is an Assistant Professor of Economics in the department of HSS, IIT Patna. She did her Ph. D from Jadavpur University, Calcutta. Her area of specialization includes Applied Microeconomics, Panel Data and Cross–Section Econometrics, International Economics, Development Economics. Her paper ‘Globalisation, Corruption and Women Empowerment’ was the most read paper of Economic Papers published by Wiley. She has also been awarded a project titled Farmers' income: Issues Determinants and Strategies by ICSSR. She has undertaken several FDP and MDPs with the Indian Navy, AICTE and several corporate entities. She has also completed several research projects by NABARD, ICSSR, GIM etc.

 Dr. Aditya Raj is an Associate Professor in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS), Indian Institute of Technology Patna (IITP) where he has been teaching since May 2010. Before joining IITP, he was at the University of British Columbia (UBC) Vancouver. Dr Aditya completed his PhD, as a Commonwealth Fellow, in 2007 from McGill University, Montreal, Canada. Dr Aditya has MA (Sociology) from Jamia Millia Islamia and MPhil from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. In 2013, Dr Aditya was the recipient for the M N Srinivas Memorial Prize of the Indian Sociological Society, conferred to the best young Sociologist in the country. He has presented and published in various national and international forums including those of the Canadian Sociological Association American Sociological Association, and International Sociological Association and of course Indian Sociological Association.  Dr Aditya has received funding from the Ministry of Rural Development (Government of India) among others. He is also a research advisor to students from Stanford University in India on Fulbright Fellowship. 

 Dr. Richa Chaudhary is an Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management. Dr. Richa has been ranked among top 2% scientists in the world by Stanford University for the year 2021. She is a prolific researcher and her research has been published in FT50, A*, and A category journals such as Journal of Business Ethics, International Journal of Hospitality of Management, International Journal of Human Resource Management, Journal of Cleaner Production, and Personality and Individual Differences. Dr. Richa was awarded with the Best Young Women Management Researcher Award by AIMS International for the year 2018 and won the Outstanding Paper of the Year Award in 2019 Emerald Literati Awards for Excellence. Dr. Richa has presented her research work in a number of international platforms including Academy of Management Annual Meeting and European Group of Organizational Studies and has a number of Best Research Paper Awards to her credit. She has Guest Edited special issues for Journal of Global Operations and Strategic Sourcing and South Asian Journal of Business Studies. Dr. Richa has also worked as Principal Director on a number of government sponsored projects from ICSSR and MHRD.

 Dr. Papia Raj is an Associate Professor in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at IIT Patna. She is a demographer specializing in public health. Dr. Papia has completed her M.A. and M.Phil. from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. She was the recipient of Canadian Commonwealth Scholarship and completed her PhD degree from McGill University, Montreal, in 2008. She was a postdoctoral fellow in the School of Population and Public Health at University of British Columbia, Vancouver. Dr.Papia has received research funding from various national and international organizations, including, Indian Council for Social Science Research (ICSSR), Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Grant (SSHRC), Canada. Here at IIT Patna, Dr Papia Raj has also conducted GIAN course and CEP course on Waste Management and Health Care, Health Informatics, and Principles and Practices in Social Research.

 Dr. Priyanka Tripathi is an Associate Professor of English and Head, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Patna (India). She is also the Co-Executive Editor of Journal of International Women’s Studies (published by Bridgewater State University). She has been awarded Visiting Research Fellowship (2022-23), by IASH, University of Edinburgh for her project titled, “Optimizing Caste Intersectionality: A Decolonial Reading of Gender-based Violence in Select Subaltern Fiction in India”. She has published extensively with Indian Literature, Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics, GeoHumanities, Economic and Political Weekly amongst others. She has received several grants: JIWS fellowship 2021-22 (Bridgewater State University), Shastri Conference and Lecture Series Grant (SCLSG) 2021-22, Post-colonial Association grant 2020-21, CIIL conference grant 2020 amongst others. She has also worked on several government-sponsored projects related to gender issues. Her forthcoming monograph with Bloomsbury is titled, The Gendered War: Evaluating Feminist Ethnographic Narratives of the 1971 War of Bangladesh.

 Dr. Smriti Singh is a Professor of English in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Patna. She received her doctoral degree from Patna University. She started her career as a guest faculty at Patna Women’s College and then went on a Fulbright fellowship to the University of Texas at Austin in the year 2005. She is the founding faculty at Chanakya National Law University, Patna and later joined Ranchi College at Ranchi University. She has been working in areas of English language education and English literature. She has recently completed ATAL-AICTE sponsored FDP on Soft Skills. She has conducted CEP courses on Soft Skills and Research Methodology for Humanities. She is also one of the Co-PIs in a sponsored project Designing Disaster Preparedness Training Modules using Indigenous Knowledge and Increasing Community Awareness through Contextualized Techniques in Bihar’ (Indian Council of Social Science Research). Dr Singh has also edited a book jointly with Dr Sweta Sinha ‘Conscious Re-imaginings of Shakespeare’s Plays’, Bahri Publications, 2017. Apart from this Dr. Singh has two more books to her credit and numerous research articles.

 Dr. Nalin Bharti is Professor of Economics in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Patna. He was awarded doctorate from JNU, New Delhi. His PhD is on Issues in Privatization and Its Practice: Divestiture of State-Owned Enterprises in Bangladesh and Lessons for India. His pre and post-doctoral employment includes Visiting Lecturer in colleges at University of Delhi during 2000 to 2005, Research Associate in 12th Finance Commission, Government of India in 2004, Lecturer Law and Economics at Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur. Lecturer - Law and Economics at NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad. His publications include the area of Labour Economics, India’s Economic Reforms, Intellectual Property, WTO and India. He has successfully completed two sponsored research project by UNICEF office of Bihar. He has also worked as a co-PI in a project on ‘Life in the Era of COVID-19: Impact on Lockdown on Village Makers of Bihar & Future Prospects’ (jointly with IMPRI andCentre for Catalyzing Change’s (C3)Bihar) . He has also received a research Grant jointly with ICSSR and JSPS on ‘Indo-Japan Trade and Investment: What Next after CEPA . He has been awarded Diploma of Appreciation at University of Bialystok, Poland in Oct, 2014. He has also received 3 best paper in three different conferences outside the country. He has contributed around 37 research papers in International Journal, One Full reference book, 11 book chapters and more than 70 conference papers in India and abroad. His online course on Infrastructure Economics offered on NPTEL got a wide range of acceptance among the students of India and abroad. He was also elected as a member of Executive Council (EC) of the Indian Society of Labor Economics (ISLE).

 CLASROOMS AT IIT PATNA

All classrooms of the institute are equipped with modern audio-visual electronic gadgets and AIR CONDITIONED. The academic buildings have state-of-the-art laboratories. It also houses Computer Centre with total 1 GBPS (provided by NKN) internet connections and adequate server infrastructure. Laboratories in Basic Electronics, Analog Electronics, Digital Electronics, VSLI, Control, Instrumentation and Communication are also located in these buildings. Besides this, it has two laboratories namely Hardware Lab of Computer Science and Engineering Department, and Digital and Signal Processing Lab of Electrical Engineering Department. Department in block 3 houses several Mechanical Engineering Laboratories, viz. , Advanced Manufacturing Lab, Micromachining Lab, Dynamics Lab, Fluid Mechanics Lab, Heat and Mass Transfer Lab, Sustainable Energy Research Lab, Instruments and Control Lab, , Material Testing Lab, Metrology and Metallographic Lab,

Robotics Lab, Tribology Lab and Thermal and Fluid Transport Lab. . Mechanical Department has also a separate workshop building having different conventional and CNC machines. It also houses some parts of Labs such I.C. Engine, FMS etc. The department also has CAD/CAM Lab in tutorial block.

The Electrical Engineering workshop building has an Electrical Machines Laboratory and an Advanced Electrical Engineering Laboratory. The Science block has well equipped classrooms with   modern teaching gadgets, faculty chambers and advanced laboratories for Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics departments. This includes Materials Research Lab and Optics Research Lab of the Physics Department; Chemistry Instruments Lab, Chemistry Research Lab and Bioscience Lab of the Chemistry Department and Computational Research Lab of the Mathematics Department. All these Labs are home for numerous state-of-the art equipments. IIT Patna has recently developed three highly sophisticated virtual classrooms equipped with ultra modern electronic gadgets funded by Department of Information Technology, Government of India, under the National Knowledge Network project. These classrooms add to the concept of virtual classroom where one can learn something from the teacher who is teaching remotely. The newly iaugatred building also has a central library, the administrative office, a modern dispensary and individual offices for faculty members . The central library is stocked with sufficient number of text and reference books. Online access to various technical and scientific journals under the INDEST-AICTE consortium is available. IIT Patna has a team   of around 91 young and dynamic faculty members. Many more are expected to join by the end of this year. Faculty members are extremely active and engaged in teaching, research and  developmental activities of the Institute. All of them are accommodated within the campus .

Credit System The B. Tech programs consist of 8 semesters spread over 4 academic years. A student takes 5 to 6 theory courses in addition to laboratory courses in each semester. Credits are allotted to various courses depending on the number of lecture/tutorial/laboratory hours per week. A student's performance in a course is continuously evaluated throughout the semester and culminates in the award of a grade on a 10-point scale. Based on the performance of a student, each student is awarded a final letter grade in each subject at the end of the semester. The letter grades and the corresponding grade points are as follows:

Letter Grade                                                                                                                                                                  Grade Point

AA                                                                                                                                                             10

AB                                                                                                                                                             09

BB                                                                                                                                                             08

BC                                                                                                                                                             07

CC                                                                                                                                                            06

CD                                                                                                                                                            05

DD                                                                                                                                                            04

F                                                                                                                                                               0

In addition, there shall be two transitional grades ‘I’ and ‘X’ used by the instructors.

The students' Semester Performance Index (SPI) is evaluated by weighted average of grade points secured in all the courses registered by the student in that semester. The Cumulative Performance Index (CPI) representing the weighted average of the grade points secured by the students in all the semesters is also recorded.

Rules For Change Branch:

 The Institute permits a limited number of students to change from one branch of study to another after the end of the second semester, subject to certain conditions, some of which are given below:

The Institute permits a limited number of students to change from one branch of study to another after the end of the second semester, subject to certain conditions, some of which are given below:

Only those students will be eligible for a change of branch who have completed all the common credits required in the first two semesters of their studies in their first attempt with a CPI of not less than 8.00 and without having had to pass any course requirement in the summer term examination.

Change of branch is permitted strictly on the basis of merit (CPI at the end of two semesters) subject to the limitation that the strength of a branch does not fall below the existing strength by more than ten percent and does not go above the sanctioned strength by more than ten percent.

Faculty information with Designation

 Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Department of Chemistry

Department of Computer Science and Engineering

Department of Electrical Engineering

Department of Humanities and Social Sciences

Department of Mathematics

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering

Department of Physics

Total Faculty Member in the Institute:-

1. Chemical & Biochemical Engineering                  07
2. Chemistry                                                         11
3. Civil & Environmental Engineering                       14
4. Computer Science & Engineering                        14
5. Electrical Engineering                                         18
6. Humanities & Social Sciences                             09
7. Materials Science & Engineering                          06
8. Mathematics                                                       11
9. Mechanical Engineering                                       19
10. Physics                                                            15

Total Faculty in the Institute                                  124

The Campus Life at IITP is your fantasy fulfilled. The life at the campus amazes and becomes a cherished memory for anyone who resides here. The hostels seem to draw the most attraction as the resident students have access to tons of facilities to relish themselves. IITP currently has two boys’ hostels (A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Hostel and C. V. Raman Hostel) and a girls’ hostel (Asima Hostel) and plans to offer its under construction boys' and girls' hostels soon. The boys' hostel is an 8-storey structure divided into 4 blocks viz. A, B, C, D, with a total of 912 rooms. Every room is facilitated with proper ventilation with a balcony and a window, and adequate furniture with a cupboard and a table. Each hostel includes dedicated common rooms used for recreational and co-curricular activities along with a gymnasium. There are 6 lifts to get you through the floors. Water coolers are installed on each floor. Fire extinguishers and other safety measures are ensured. The girls' hostel is a 5-storey building with 2 blocks, A and B housing a total of 108 rooms, with each room being spacious and having 2 cupboards and a window. Each block in the girls' hostel is provisioned with 2 lifts, with water coolers and washing machines on alternate floors. Each floor has access to geysers and fire extinguishers installed. The girls’ hostel facilitates  a mess, a common room with a part of the common room turned into a gym. The girls' hostel also has a badminton court.

In addition to this, there are two married scholar’s apartments (located nearby campus) for Ph.D. and Masters’ students. The hostels are located in a peaceful, clean and aesthetic environment on campus. The hostels are equipped with uninterrupted power and water supply. Each Hostel in the Institute has free-standing amenities such as a reading room, an indoor games room, a gymnasium, yoga club, dance club, a dining hall with a mess, along with various food points and a canteen in the Food Court. For recreation and entertainment, hostels have facilities for indoor games, such as Table Tennis, Badminton and Carom. The hostels also have TV sets in the common rooms equipped with a cable connection. To keep the students fit and healthy, a well-equipped gymnasium is also provided in the hostels. The institute has developed sports facilities which include football, cricket, athletics, volleyball, basketball, and lawn tennis. The campus community forms a close-knit group, and you make friends for life here. The hostel rooms are also provided with Internet connections and students also have access to Wi-Fi connectivity throughout the buildings. In addition to the adequate health care facilities, all the students are covered under Vidyarthi Mediclaim Insurance Policy.

The hostel wardens reside on campus and are available just in time to address any student's grievances. For more details, please visit https://www.iitp.ac.in/hostel/

Into the bargain, students of IIT Patna are actively involved in several extra-curricular activities conducting a wide range of technical, cultural, and sporting activities, departmental fests, and many more in the list such as Anwesha, Infinito, Reverbrance and Celesta. Anwesha invites dignitaries and leaders of tech companies from over the world to inspire the students. Infinito challenges the sportsmanship of the students with its series of sports competitions. Reverbrance is organized to bust out the year-long stress of academics with bonfires, open mics, singing and dancing competitions and much more. Moving on, we have the techno-management fest, Celesta. IITP campus promises great athletic facilities, with students competing in inter-IIT sports meets and inter-hall contests. Every year the institute organizes a TEDxIITPatna event, where the Institute welcomes several eminent speakers from all over the world. The students organize their annual function called Anwesha with joy and enthusiasm. Several other events organized by the students of IIT Patna include the Annual Foundation Day, Nebula, etc. IIT Patna also participates and is well reputed in the PanIIT and Inter-IIT sports meet.

For more details, please visit the following links:

1. http://www.iitp.ac.in/gymkhana/

2. http://www.iitp.ac.in/hosca/

3. http://www.iitp.ac.in/ecelliitp/

4. https://www.iitp.ac.in/hostel/

5. http://www.iitp.ac.in/index.php/students/student-activity-center.html

6. http://www.iitp.ac.in/rtdc/

Health care facilities

 The institute has a Health Center within the campus and it has full time medical staffs. A Medical officer, Pharmacist and an Assistant are available on a full-time basis to provide emergency first-aid, and for routine medical services. A 24-hour emergency and ambulance services are also provided by the institute Health Center in case of emergencies. A team of specialist doctors in different specialization like Medicine, Pediatrics, Gynecology, Dermatology, Orthopedics, Psychiatry also visit IIT Patna health Center weekly for treatment of students/staff and the faculty members. The Pharmacy services are available for 24x7 for the students/staff and the faculty members. A 24x7 Ambulance service is also available to provide emergency services to everyone who is part of IITP system. Institute has also signed MoU with the best hospitals of the city where students gets referred for treatment. For the Outdoor and Indoor health care services  fifteen local hospitals, viz. Netaji Subhash Medical College and Hospital, Mahavir Vatsalya Aspatal  Sahyog Hospital, Heart Hospital, Ford Hospital, Paras HMRI Patna, M. G. M Hospital and Research Center, Mediversal  Hospital, Rajeshwar Hospital, Medipark Hospital, Sarvdrithi Eye Hospital, ASG Eye Hospital, Drishtipunj Eye Hospital, Kurji Holy Hospital and Sanjeevni Dental Facial Cosmetic and Implant Center are available to the students/staff and the faculty members. For super specialty treatment Rajiv Ghandhi Cancer Institute, IBLS Delhi, Peerless Kolkata, and Medanta Gurugram are also empaneled with IIT Patna for treatment of students/staff and the faculty members. Students of IIT Patna are covered under the Vidyarthi mediclaim insurance policy. Under this scheme, every student can avail the cashless medical facility throughout the country up to Rs. 1,00,000/-

Student Life at Institute:

 Student Life at IIT Patna

IIT Patna encourages collaborative activities in order to develop leadership qualities and team spirit among the students. Towards this, we inspire students’ involvement in sports activities and cultural events  in the Institute. We have playgrounds for football, volleyball, cricket, badminton, basketball, etc, and plenty of indoor and outdoor recreational facilities. The Institute also has a yoga club and dance   club for young minds. A Nescafe “for a perfect start of the day”, more and new food courts for your late-night appetite, and a gym for a healthy body make student life at IIT Patna interesting. The Institute has a big library that holds a large number of hard and soft copies of books from all domains including engineering to civil services, from Indian to foreign authors, and large publications, housing various journals and reputed papers. Public transport is available from the main gate of the campus for Patna. These buses run at regular intervals. Many cultural and technical fests are organized every year for the holistic development of students. Starting from the fresher’s party called Nebula (a marvelous start to what can be said as an afterlife for JEE aspirants) going all the way to being techies in the techno-management fest of IIT Patna, Celesta, on the way satisfying your adrenaline rush in a friendly competitive series of sports events termed as Infinito, to living the   best memories of your college life including but not restricted to open mic events, singing and dancing competitions and a bonfire in Reverberance, to the mind-boggling cultural fest of IIT Patna, Anwesha, organized every year. In addition to these, there are a large number of clubs that bring active participation of students throughout the year in various domains from technical to cultural events.

Recreational/Extra-Curricular activities/Student life at Institute

IIT Patna has a long history of encouraging students to actively participate in community activities. As a reward, students are encouraged to plan and enroll in extracurricular activities. As a result, our students acquire leadership skills and a collaborative mindset. Students at IIT Patna conduct a wide range of technical, cultural, and sporting activities, Departmental fests, and many more are on the list. The campus has great athletic facilities, and our students compete in inter-IIT sports meets and inter-hall contests. Every year the institute organizes a TEDxIITPatna event, where IIT Patna welcomes a number of eminent speakers from around the globe. An entrepreneurship week is organized on a regular interval in which unique talks of leaders from different industries. In  addition to these, there are a slew of groups, such as the clubs under the National Service Scheme (NSS), Cultural Clubs, Technical Clubs, Literary Clubs, Podcasts, and Environmental Clubs, all of which host a range of activities throughout the year.

 For more details, please visit the following links:

1. http://www.iitp.ac.in/gymkhana/

2. http://www.iitp.ac.in/hosca/

3. http://www.iitp.ac.in/ecelliitp/

 4. https://www.iitp.ac.in/hostel/

5. http://www.iitp.ac.in/index.php/students/student-activity-center.html

6. http://www.iitp.ac.in/rtdc/

 Financial Assistance:

1. Top Class SC Scholarship

 2. Top Class ST Scholarship.

The Campus Life at IITP is your fantasy fulfilled. The life at the campus amazes and becomes a cherished memory for anyone who resides here. The hostels seem to draw the most attraction as the resident students have access to tons of facilities to relish themselves. IITP currently has two boys’ hostels (A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Hostel and C. V. Raman Hostel) and a girls’ hostel (Asima Hostel) and plans to offer its under construction boys' and girls' hostels soon. The boys' hostel is an 8-storey structure divided into 4 blocks viz. A, B, C, D, with a total of 912 rooms. Every room is facilitated with proper ventilation with a balcony and a window, and adequate furniture with a cupboard and a table. Each hostel includes dedicated common rooms used for recreational and co-curricular  activities along with a gymnasium. There are 6 lifts to get you through the floors. Water coolers are installed on each floor. Fire extinguishers and other safety measures are ensured. The girls' hostel is a 5-storey building with 4 blocks: A, B, C and D housing a total of 222 rooms. Each room is spacious and having 2 cupboards and a window. While Blocks A and B have two lifts each, C and D have one each. Each floor has access to geysers and fire extinguishers are installed. The girls’ hostel facilitates a mess, a common room with a part of the common room turned into a gym. The girls' hostel

also has a badminton court.

In addition to this, there is one married scholar’s apartment for married Ph.D. students. The hostels are located in a peaceful, clean and aesthetic environment on campus. The hostels are equipped with uninterrupted power and water supply. For recreation and entertainment, hostels have facilities for indoor games, such as Table Tennis, Badminton and Carom. The hostels also have TV sets in the common rooms equipped with a cable connection. To keep the students fit and healthy, a well-equipped gymnasium is also provided. The institute has developed sports facilities which include football, cricket, athletics, volleyball, basketball, and lawn tennis. The campus community forms a close-knit group, and you make friends for life here. The hostel rooms are also provided with Internet connections and students also have access to Wi-Fi connectivity. In addition to the adequate health care facilities, all the students are covered with medical insurance.

 The hostel wardens reside on campus and are available just in time to address any student's grievances.

The Institute provides Merit-cum-Means Scholarships to B. Tech students on merit basis and to those having financially weak backgrounds.

There are two more scholarships namely:

1. Top Class SC Scholarship

2. Top Class ST Scholarship.

Training and Placement Cell

Training and Placement Cell of IIT Patna aims at building a strong interface between the corporate world and the Institute. The Cell’s initiatives include continuous interaction with the prospective recruiters to understand their requirements of knowledge and skill sets and to prepare our students accordingly. TPC works in close co-ordination with the student placement committee comprising of student coordinators chosen from various departments. The institute’s excellent infrastructure supports each and every stage of the placement process in arranging pre-placement talks, written test, group discussion and interviews while assisting our guests in the best possible manner.

We have currently completed the 11th Placement Season for IIT Patna and have been moving forward setting new benchmark with each passing year. We have reached a milestone of 412 offers extended by more than 154 companies for the session 2021-22. The highest international package of 1.37 Cr per annum has been offered by Google London to one of the students which have been followed by Google Munich and Amazon Berlin which has offered 1.31 Cr to one student and 1.20 Cr to 3 students of IIT Patna. The highest domestic pay package of Rs. 61.30 Lakh per annum has been offered by Oracle to 11 students which have been followed by Atlassian and Google India which has offered pay package of Rs. 57.40 lakh per annum to 6 students and pay package of Rs. 54.57 lakh to 17 students of IIT Patna. This year students of IIT Patna grabbed 10 international offers.

Students have received tempting offers from Microsoft, Amazon, Zomato, Flipkar, Adobe, Paytm, Oyo, Accenture Japan, Samsung, Mathworks, Goldman Sachs, Media.net, Sapient, Gameskraft, Optum, Cadence, ZS Associates, TCS R&D, Sprinklr, Future First, Cognum, L&T, Jaguar Land Rover, Ericson, Bajaj Auto, Hero Motorcop, Fareye and many more. Among the PSUs BPCL, BEL and C-DAC have visited the campus in virtual mode and offered job to the students.

In the recent years, we have also witnessed a rise in the trend of pre-placement offers (PPO). This year around 50 students have grabbed PPOs from their internship. The pre-final year B.Tech and M.Tech students have received summer internship offers from various companies in India and abroad. Few of the names are Intel, STMicroelectronics, Amazon, Mathworks, TCS Research, Google, DE Shaw, SMS Data (Japan), Twilio, Service Now, Texas Instrument, American Express etc.

TPC is also catering to the needs and interests of the students who are willing to go for UPSC, GATE, CAT, GRE etc preparations. It conducted workshops related to Career in Civil Services and GATE preparations. TPC has also conducted the workshop on interview preparation and other aspects of placement to equip the students for the placement process.

The Incubation Centre IIT Patna (IC IITP) is located in the sprawling 500+ acre campus of IIT Patna at Bihta in beautiful and pristine surroundings. IC is operating from a 30,000 sqft facility wihich is dedicated to incubation and innovation support activities.

Origin

 IC IIT Patna is a result of the collaboration between the Government of India (47%) and the Government of Bihar (53%). This is an INR 47.10 Cr project associated with the Digital India and Make in India initiative.

Vision and Objectives

IC IIT Patna aims to be the leading technology business incubator in the country for the development of products and intellectual property in the area of Electronic System Design and Manufacturing (ESDM) with a special focus on Medical Electronics.

The key issues relate to healthcare in India are affordability, accessibility, and awareness for preventive measures. Medical Electronics segment requires significant enhancement of availability of skilled manpower in the ESDM sector. In this effort, we aim to utilize the expertise at IIT Patna to identify, nurture and translate technology ideas and innovation in the broad area of Electronic System Design and Manufacturing (ESDM) with a focus in Medical Electronics.

_ICIITP will be a stepping stone for the growth of entrepreneurship in the geographical region and will give impetus to entrepreneurship among students, faculties and other innovators in ESDM, Medical Electronics, Healthcare, ICT and other emerging sectors.

IC Facilities

IC has dedicated 30,000 sq ft facility where incubatee offices and state of the art labs for electronic system design, prototyping, product prototyping and testing are housed. Trained manpower is available to operate the machines and provide inhouse mentorship which are available.

IC Activities

IC runs its flagship incubation program with seed fund support from Dept of IT, Govt of Bihar. IC runs incubation program for startups under Bihar Startup Policy of Givernement of Bihar and Incubation support to MSMEs with seed support from MoMSME. In addition, IC is a partner of IIT Patna Vishleshan I-Hub Foundation for executing incubation programs visualized under its scope for Cyber Physical Systems.

In pre-incubation / innovation support space, IC manages DST pre incubation funding schemes, NIDHI Prayas for prototype development and NIDHI EIR for new aspiring entrepreneurs.

Over last 6 years, IC evaluated 1000+ applications from across the country and supported 70+ companies through its incubation and pre-incubation programs. 22 companies have launched their products in the market and have filed for 20 patents (5 granted, rest in process). The first startup supported by IC, Bionic Hope Pvt Ltdhas won the national startup awards in biomedical devices category in assistive technologies in the year 2021 for their product ‘Grippy’ which is an active upper limp prosthetic device with a sense of touch.

Incubation Program

 The two year Incubation program at IC IITP is designed to support start-ups for idea validation, product development, building and testing prototypes and early stage scaling of innovations. IC IITP will enable the start-ups with:

Fully furnished office space, conference rooms, internet and communication facilities

State of the art laboratories for Electronic System Design, Development and Prototyping, PCB Prototyping and Assembly, Testing and Measurement, Mechanical packaging and Product Prototyping Guidance by mentors from Industry, IITP faculty, Investors and IC management on business, technology, IPR and other aspects

Investor Connect, which will help in getting needed funds

Assistance to develop strategic relationships with key collaborators in related industries in order to increase market penetration and shorten the sales cycle. A seed funding of up to 10 lakhs

IC is Open to Applications through the Year

 Students, members of faculty, external innovators and start-ups in the areas of ESDM, Medical Electronics and Healthcare can apply for incubation by submitting a business plan to

manager_ic@iitp.ac.in order to be considered for incubation. You can find a business plan template and more details at www.iciitp.com

The proposal will be admitted to a 12-18 months Incubation program or a 12-month prototyping support program or three months pre-incubation program based on evaluation of the proposal by a Project Evaluation Team, comprising of eminent personalities from industry, academia, government and investment community.

RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT UNIT, IIT PATNA

IIT Patna envisions its future as a major source of new technical and scientific ideas and as a front-runner in executing sponsored research projects and industrial consultancies. IIT Patna has research laboratories equipped with state-of-art facilities in Engineering and Natural Sciences. Faculty members of the departments are actively working with various government agencies and R&D organizations so as to enable the participation of IIT P in large number of cutting edge scientific research.

 Research & Development (R&D) Unit at IIT Patna is special unit with dedicated staff members to manage the projects funded by external funding agencies. Within a very short period the Institute has attracted and delivered varieties of sponsored projects from both public and private sectors.

Total number of projects (since inception) : 682

Details of patents at IIT Patna since inception

SAIF at IIT Patna is a data collection facility for scientific community for their advanced research by paying nominal charges.

Funded by Department of Science & Technology, Government of India, New Delhi to the tune of Rs 75.00 milion . The researchers of IIT Patna, other academic/research institutes as well as industries can use this facility for the characterization/identification of chemicals/materials.

Presently, three sophisticated instruments are available in this center and the details of those instruments are given below

 1. High Resolution Liquid chromatograph–mass spectrometer (HR-LCMS)

 The system has a mass spectrometer attached with a liquid chromatography system. The make and model of the system is given below.

(A) Ultra High-Resolution Time of Flight (UHR-TOF) mass spectrometer

 Make:Bruker

Model: Impact HD UHR-TOF mass Spectrometer

                  Make: Thermo Scientific

   Model: Thermo Scientific Dionex Ultimate 3000 Rapid Separation LC (RSLC) systems

Applications: HR-LCMS is a powerful technique for separation, general detection, and potential identification of chemicals. It provides information pertaining to the molecular weight, elemental composition, and molecular structure of a compound. This technique provides accurate mass measurements to determine the elemental compositions of new synthetic molecules natural products and drugs etc.

2. Single Crystal X-Ray Diffractometer (SC-XRD)

 Instrument Details:

Make: Bruker Model: AXS D8 QUEST

Applications:

Single-crystal X-ray Diffraction is a non-destructive analytical technique which provides detailed information about the internal lattice of crystalline substances, including unit cell dimensions, bond- lengths, bond-angles, and details of site-ordering. Directly related is single-crystal refinement, where the data generated from the X-ray analysis is interpreted and refined to obtain the crystal structure.

3.         500 MHz NMR Spectrometer

                 Instrument Details:

                  Make: JEOL

                  Model: ECZ500R/S1

                  Application: NMR Spectroscopy is a powerful analytical technique, to elucidate the structure of small organic compounds and bio-macro molecules.

Apart from these DST has sanctioned another five new sophisticated instruments in this financial year. 

The list of new sanctioned equipment is given below     

  -Physisorption/Chemisorption Analyzer

-Differential Scanning Calorimetry

-Thermogravimetric Analyzer

- Particle Size and Zeta Potential Analyzer

  Major Research Facilities

 XRD, FESEM, SEM, ATM, NMR, AFM, Micro-Raman, FMS, Optical profile projector, wire EDM, rapid prototyping machine, micro machining center, micro-PIV, UTM, fatigue testing machine, high speed camera, high speed data acquisition facility, state –of-art calibration facilities for different sensors and others

 Outreach/Innovation/Entrepreneurship

 1. WHEAT CROP CUTTING QUADRICYCLE BASED MODEL

    A cutting mechanism is installed on quadricycle. Horizontal feed and cutting operation both will be simultaneously performed by pedal force. The design is complicated and applied for patent. Fabrication is in process.

2. HANDLE OPERATED GARBAGE AND SOIL COLLECTOR

To avoid harmful and Less efficient way of collection and transportation of waste and construction material, handle operated garbage and soil Collector is applied for patent. The machine has also been fabricated.

3. AUTOMATIC IRRIGATION SYSTEM:

Famer has to travel miles from his home just to switch on/off the water supply in the farms. Also there is uncertainty about the presence of electricity. This task becomes very difficult especially during night time. Designing a system by which a farmer can just send SMS to regulate the water supply.

 The product developed at IITP aims to  reduce the effort as well as helps to control the adequate water supply in the farms.

4. LOW COST AUTOMATED CELL MANIPULATION DEVICE USING MICROBOTS IN MAGNETIC FIELD.

Designing fabrication and controlling of image guided automated non- prehensile magnetic micro-manipulation system applicable for targeted drug delivery.

5. A BIAXIAL STRECHING DEVICE FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY STRECHING OF AN ELASTONER SAMPLE

The developed device is applied for simultaneous stretching of elastomeric materials biaxially to improve electro mechanical responses. The device comprises square basement, supporting structure, top frame, sliding bars, power screw, and umbrella rod. Four sliding bars attached with the upper frame can move along the diagonal axes. The sliding bars are connected to the umbrella rods which are attached with a spline goes up and the umbrella rods deflect to outward direction and subsequently create a linear motion sliding bars. Four grips are provided for grabbing a test specimen at the free end of the sliding bars. With the rotation of the power screw the bars move away from each other and the sample if stretched bi directionally.

6. Students under supervision of faculty members are working in identifying problem and technology improvisation under the umbrella of Unnat Bharat Abhiyan, MHRD,Govt of India to create a virtuous cycle between society and responsive academic system to respond to the development needs of rural India.

Outreach/Innovation/Entrepreneurship

1. WHEAT CROP CUTTING QUADRICYCLE BASED MODEL: A cutting mechanism is installed on quadricycle. Horizontal feed and cutting operation both will be simultaneously performed by pedal force. The novel aspects of the design have been filed as a patent application.

2. HANDLE OPERATED GARBAGE AND SOIL COLLECTOR: Handle operated garbage and soil collector to avoid harmful and less efficient way of collection and transportation of waste and construction material. The machine is currently being fabricated and the novel aspects of the design have been filed as a patent application.

3. AUTOMATIC IRRIGATION SYSTEM: Famers travel miles just to switch on/off the water supply systems used in farms. This task becomes very difficult especially during night time or when there is an uncertainty with the grid supply. Students at IITP designed a system using which farmers can regulate the water supply by just sending SMS. The developed product aims to reduce the required to control the water supply in farms.

4. LOW COST AUTOMATED CELL MANIPULATION DEVICE USING MICROBOTS IN MAGNETIC FIELD:Designing fabrication and controlling of image guided automated non- prehensile magnetic micro-manipulation system applicable for targeted drug delivery.

5. A BIAXIAL STRECHING DEVICE FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY STRECHING OF AN ELASTONER SAMPLE: The developed device is applied for simultaneous stretching of elastomeric materials biaxially to improve electro mechanical responses. The device comprises square basement, supporting structure, top frame, sliding bars, power screw, and umbrella rod. Four sliding bars attached with the upper frame can move along the diagonal axes. The sliding bars are connected to the umbrella rods which are attached with a spline goes up and the umbrella rods deflect to outward direction and subsequently create a linear motion sliding bars. Four grips are provided for grabbing a test specimen at the free end of the sliding bars. With the rotation of the power screw the bars move away from each other and the sample if stretched bi directionally.

6. Students under supervision of faculty members are working in identifying problem and technology improvisation under the umbrella of Unnat Bharat Abhiyan, MHRD,Govt of India to create a virtuous cycle between society and responsive academic system to respond to the development needs of rural India.

Hostel accommodation.

All students are provided accommodation in the campus. The hostels are equipped with uninterrupted power and water supply. The hostel rooms are also provided with internet connections. Hostel has separate mess and canteen facility. For recreation and entertainment of the students, the hostels have facilities for indoor games, such as, Table Tennis, Badminton and Carom. The hostel also has a TV room with cable connection. To keep the students fit and healthy, a well-equipped gymnasium is also provided in the hostel. Institute has developed sports facilities which include football, cricket, athletics, volley ball, basketball and lawn tennis. The hostel wardens reside on campus and available just in time to address any students grievances. For more detail please visit

https://www.iitp.ac.in/hostel/

Bihta  is well connected to other parts of India by road, rail, and air. A few trains has stoppage at Bihta Railway Station also. The institute is approximately 40 km away from the Patna Junction and 35 kilometers from the Loknayak Jai Prakash Narayan International Airport Patna. BSRTC buses from Patna Junction to Bihta campus are available every half an hour. Also, Institute shuttle services are available between Bihta campus to Patliputra Colony, Patna. For more details visit

https://www.iitp.ac.in/images/pdf/BSRTC_Buses_between_Gandhi_Maidan_Patna-IIT_Patna_Bihta.pdf

http://www.iitp.ac.in/index.php/contact.html