Joint Seat Allocation Authority 2024

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY PATNA

DEPARTMENTS AT A GLANCE

Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering

The vision of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering department at IIT Patna is to achieve national and international recognition through the educational and research achievements and the professional service of our faculty, staff and students. Our mission is to provide students with an 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 department offers B.Tech., M.Tech., M.Tech. by Research, and Ph.D. programs. These programs aim to produce highly-qualified graduates who are self-motivated, and independent. The graduates are equipped with skills to undertake independent work in private and public sector industries and in research and development programs. Over the last several years, the department has achieved a good placement record for the undergraduate students. Majority of our UG students are placed in reputed industries across the sectors while others opt for higher education both within and outside the nation.

The department has fully developed undergraduate laboratories and modern research facilities. Our departmental library, has a good collection of reference books related to chemical and biochemical engineering. The department regularly organizes events such as conferences, seminars, and workshops on its own and in collaboration with other elite institutions. The department has a good student-faculty ratio and all faculty members are engaged in cutting edge research at international level. The research laboratories include biochemical lab, computational nanoscience lab, process systems engineering lab, energy science lab, separation processes lab, and gas-solid interaction lab. Several industrial and external funded research projects are ongoing in the department. The department has implemented externally funded research projects worth around 3 crore rupees.

Our student club ChESSx regularly organizes technical, cultural, and sports vents. Students often take part in competitions and hackathons across the nation and in international events. Several UG students frequently participate in summer and winter internships at various PSUs, petrochemical industries, and other MNCs.

For more details, visit:

https://www.iitp.ac.in/index.php/departments/engineering-technology/chemical-and-biochemical-engineering

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 six specializations namely, Structural Engineering, Geotechnical Engineering, Transportation Engineering, Water Resources Engineering, Geomatic 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, Geomatic 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 250 BTech students are graduated who took admission between 2013 and 2020. The students are well placed in reputed private and Government organizations. 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 Computer Science & Engineering

IIT Patna's department of computer science and engineering is a world leader in the study of Artificial Intelligence and Theory of Computer Science. The study of computer science and engineering (CSE) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) is currently transforming many aspects of human endeavors, including digitalization and the ensuing expansion of data, which have an impact on all spheres of human activity. With the introduction of new algorithmic techniques in fields as varied as artificial intelligence, natural language processing, data science, IoT, cloud computing, graphics, network security, cyber security, block-chain technology, distributed computing, algorithms, complex and social networks, image processing, and high performance computing, it is also undergoing revolutionary changes of its own. In the fields in which we are leaders on a global scale, it is our responsibility to foresee and drive these advancements.

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 with BTech in CSE. The first batch of the BTech CSE graduated in the year 2012. A major aim of the department is to provide innovation environment for BTech students to connect with industry projects online to make them earn and ready for the industry and research. The department has cent percent placement record for undergraduates in companies like-Amazon, Google, Microsoft.

The department runs two B.Tech, (BTech in Computer Science and Engineering) and (BTech in AI and Data Science), two M.Tech programmes (M.Tech in Computer Science) and (M.Tech in AI) and a PhD programs. The department helps a joint M.Tech programme (Mathematics and Computing) is also offered by the department of Mathematics. Department. The BTech student visits to Foreign university for Internship/Semester abroad  The total student strength of the department is about six hundred. The academic curriculum is constantly being revised to keep in pace with the current industry and research trends which includes BTech students in curriculum revision committee. 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. The CSE Department has Microsoft center of excellence in AI and conducts Generative AI Hackathon powered by Microsoft Open AI. Extracurricular activities like student technical club such as Google Developer Students Club(GDSC), Coding Club etc.

Faculty

The department currently has nineteen regular and adjunct faculty from UNSW Australia with diverse research interests. The faculty members of the department have Research Projects Funded by Industry (Samsung, Accenture, Sony, etc) and Govt (MeitY, DST,etc) to support research labs, support funding for visits abroad for conferences etc. The faculty received a number of awards and recognition - member of Editorial boards of IEEE, ACM, Springer, Elsevier journals, Visvesvaraya Young Faculty Research Fellowship, names are included in the list of top 2% of scientists of their main subfield discipline (Artificial Intelligence and Image Processing), across those that have published at least five papers ( a survey conducted by Stanford University), NASI young scientist platinum jubilee award; BIRD Award; IEI Young Engineers Award (Computer Engineering Discipline); Junior Humboldt Research Fellowship; JSPS Fellowship from Japan Govt, Early carrier Research award among others.

Research

The department lays great emphasis in research and development. In the previous years (2022-2024), the research publications of the department include around 300 journal papers, international conference papers, Books and Chapters. The department has close interaction with research institutes both in India and abroad, government agencies and industry. There are about 60 undergoing/approved sponsored research projects and many consultancy projects. The department also organized winter schools, multiple international conference, workshops and GIAN courses.

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 software labs, one Hardware lab, and one AI&DS lab (under set up) for undergraduate, two separate labs each for M.Tech and PhD students. The hardware lab equipped with processors and other peripherals. All the systems are connected to the campus network. The computing facilities of the department has data-center which include high end servers (13 blade servers, 7 Dell Power Edge server, 3 GPU servers, 2 Tyrone servers, 1 NAS server and 3 other servers), computer clusters and storage facilities. In addition to the teaching labs, the department has eight research labs: Elsevier Centre for Excellence of Natural Language processing, ezDI Research Lab on Health Informatics, Advanced Computing Lab, Network Security Lab, Blockchain Technology and Robotics Lab, DANeS (Data analytics and Network Security Lab), Embedded Computing Lab, IoT lab(under set up). Under National Supercomputing Mission( Govt of India) the institute will establish Supercomputing Center. Also the department receives computing infrastructure support from CDAC for GPUs, HPC, Quantum etc.

Faculty Information with Designation

International Collaborations

Under programmes like SPARC and GIAN sponsored by the Ministry of Education (MOE), the CSE Department regularly collaborates with foreign universities including University of Porto and Louisiana State University in the United States on research, teaching, and student mobility.

Department of Electrical Engineering

Department of Electrical Engineering was started in 2008 and since its inception, the department has grown to the top level of core research and teaching in the advanced topics of electrical & electronics engineering. We have two undergraduate programs, including a B. Tech. in Electrical & Electronics Engineering and a B.Tech. in Electronics & Communication Engineering. We further offer three M.Tech. programs in Signal Processing & Communication Systems, VLSI & Embedded Systems, and Power & Control System Engineering. We also offer doctoral programs in diverse areas of research in the fields of Electrical and Electronics Engineering.

The department currently has twenty-four (24) faculty members with expertise in diverse areas including Power Systems and Power Electronics, Integration of Renewable Energy Sources, Smart Grid, Control Systems, Semiconductor Devices & VLSI Design, Embedded Systems, Nanotechnology and Nanoelectronics, Communications and Networking, Molecular Communication, Sensors & Signal Processing, Bio-photonics, Optical Communication & Photonics, RF & Microwave, AI and ML assisted Video Surveillance, Deep Learning and IoT, Drone Technology, 5G and beyond. In tune with the interdisciplinary research philosophy of IIT Patna, an effort is made to promote internal and external Industry-Academia collaborations.

B Tech Students

Our teaching is focused on fundamental principles of electrical & electronics engineering and applications. We revise our curriculum according to the needs of today’s research and industry applications. The primary focus of our curriculum is to convey technical knowledge to students, promote their problem-solving skills and innovation of new technologies, and enable students to have an understanding of the futuristic technical demands. The department offers a large number of optional courses so that our undergraduate students can develop the skills as per their interests. Moreover, we encourage our students to undertake various research projects, which helps in developing skills for solving real-life challenges. We carry out collaborative and interdisciplinary research in various industries, reputed institutes, and research centers worldwide. Apart from that, in the department itself, our students can opt to work with a choice of research areas for their final year projects in our state-of-the-art Laboratories equipped with the latest version of design and simulation software as well as up-to-date testing and measurement instruments handled by expert skilled technical staff. Undergraduate students also have access to top reputed journals in the field of Electrical and Electronics Engineering as well as interdisciplinary fields. Many undergraduate students had published their manuscripts in reputed journals and had been selected for prestigious awards which helped them to build their strong research background for higher studies as well as a nice base to work with R& D units of top technical giants like Samsung, Intel, Mediatek, etc. 

Faculties, Research & Other Facilities

We have modern research and laboratory facilities to cater to the needs of young faculty members. Our department has a distinguished record in both teaching and research. Faculty members have excellent academic credentials and are highly regarded all over the world. They have been conferred with many prestigious awards at national and international levels. Several faculty members serve on the editorial boards of national and international journals, review technical articles for journals on a regular basis, and organize national/international symposia and conferences. The faculty members are also working on many industrial and Government projects. The electrical engineering departmental website provides an overview of the academic programs, research activities of our department, research facilities, profiles of faculty members, and details of student activities. A Teacher Learning center for the Internet of Things in association with IIT Kanpur, IIT Kharagpur, and IIT Indore was developed in the Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Patna under the aegis of Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya National Mission on Teachers and Teaching (PMMMNMTT), MHRD, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA. The sponsored projects of national importance such as IMPRINT have been awarded to the department. IIT Patna has been granted 5G Use Case Labs by the Department of Telecommunications, Government of India, where EE faculties are actively working to achieve all its objectives. This lab aims to develop and experiment with various 5G and beyond applications in various socioeconomic sectors to help students and startups. This initiative is aligned with the vision of the Hon’ble Prime Miniter towards the development of indigenous telecom technology Finally, the EE Department looks forward to contributing to solving the technological challenges of the society with active participation from all sections of the society.

The EE Department has played a keen role in the establishment of an INCUBATION Center in the field of Medical Electronics at the Institute. This center provides a platform for the students to launch and reshape their innovative ideas and to provide a low-cost and reliable solution to the medical-related problems of society. Also, it encourages students to be entrepreneurs and establish their own firms by providing marketing, technical, and financial support.

Department of Mechanical Engineering

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Also, for detailed information of department please check the following link https://www.iitp.ac.in/index.php/en-us/departments/engineering-technology/mechanical-engineering

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Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering

The department of metallurgical and materials engineering is dedicated to the rudimentary understanding of materials with emphasis on the basic concepts of structure/property/processing/performance relations and on applications to a wide variety of engineering fields. The department currently has eight highly accomplished faculty members. The department offers a B. Tech. degree in metallurgical and materials engineering and a M. Tech. degree in materials science and engineering. The postgraduate program is more interdisciplinary in approach and nature. After taking feedback from both academia and industries the syllabi of the respective programs are proposed and designed. The curriculum for these programs has been developed keeping in view the present technological status and future needs and prospects. It provides a strong background and a holistic approach towards conventional materials like metals as well as advanced materials like electronic materials, ceramics, composites, and polymers. The course curriculum is swotted periodically to incorporate new emerging trends in technologies and industrial advances.  Apart from the theoretical courses, the course curriculum also has large laboratory/practical work components, internship components, seminars, and B.Tech./M.Tech. projects and dissertations. Furthermore, the students of the department are specifically trained to develop materials for new applications, improve the properties of existing materials, enhance performance, and evaluate ways by which different materials can be used collectively. The department houses world-class research facilities under one roof. Faculty members of the department are actively involved in the execution of strong inter-disciplinary fundamental/applied research encompassing an extensive array of materials including metals, ceramics, polymers, nanomaterials, energy materials, biomaterials, to name a few. The department also has a strong base in coating technology, material synthesis, processing and computational material science. In the past decade, the department has been very successful in receiving grants from various government and industrial funding agencies such as DRDO, DST, ISRO, BRNS, NRB, Tata Steel, DENKA Japan, MRF Tyres, Apollo Tyres, TVS Tyres, Sundaram Brake Linings, Danfoss, Plasmatron Private Limited, Manali Petrochemical Industries Limited, and Carborundum Universal Limited. We have also developed and established strong collaborations with various universities in India and abroad, defense laboratories, and industries. The department has received research grants of more than 18 crores. The department faculty members have published more than 175 papers, and 10 Ph.D. students have graduated from the department. Few of our Ph.D. students are now faculty members in other IITs. The department has established the "center of excellence in wear and corrosion resistance coating", funded by the DST along with the industry partners like Tata Steel Limited, Applied Materials and Associated Plasmatron Private Limited. A national user facility on flash sintering of ceramics is being set up in the department, which is funded by Rishi and Jyotsna Raj center for electrification of materials manufacturing. The first batch of B. Tech. students graduated in 2023. The department's B. Tech., M. Tech. students and Ph.D. scholars have bagged placements in various core companies, MNCs, research laboratories, IITs and public sector units. Some of the B. Tech and M. Tech students have also acquired M.S./ Ph.D. positions in various top-rated universities in India and abroad. The B.Tech. students of the department conducingly run the materials engineering society (MatES), which regularly organizes invited/key-note lectures and technical exhibitions/quiz competitions. The postgraduate students of the department are the in-charge for organizing the department level technical symposium (Dravya) to create a platform for the research scholars to share their research findings. This symposium also aims to encourage discussions related to the current challenges and future opportunities pertaining to metallurgical and materials engineering. The department continues to strive for excellence and realize its vision of becoming a leading department in the country by integrating research, teaching and practice, which holds great benefits, both from student’s and teacher’s perspectives.

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 twelve 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 9000 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; fifty six students have already graduated. Presently, more than thirty research scholars are enrolled in the PhD programme of Chemistry dept. in IIT Patna. The department is also offering B.Tech. in Chemical Science and Technology course in which thirty-six students are enrolled currently. A master program in chemistry (M.Sc) has been initiated from 2016. The alumni of the departments are placed in various reputed educational institutes, 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, Molecular Dynamics Simulation, and Material Chemistry.

Department of Mathematics

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, Differential Geometry, Computational Finance and Theoretical Computer Science.

The department is currently running B.Tech.-M.Tech. dual degree in Mathematics and Computing, B.S./B.Tech. in Mathematics and Computing, M.Sc. in Mathematics, M.Tech. in 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 B.S. Program (Now changed to B. Tech. from 2023) was started in 2021 and it was very well accepted by the students.

We are also starting a B.Tech. – MBA dual degree program from 2024. The B.Tech.-MBA dual degree programs curriculum has reasonable balance of courses from Mathematics (both pure and applied), Computer Science and Business Administration.

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 Physics

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. program 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 B. Tech. program in Engineering Physics from 2021. We welcome the young physics enthusiasts to join the B. Tech program designed to provide an in-depth exposure in basic and applied physics areas. 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 Applied Optics and Photonics, Cryogenic Engineering, Laser Physics, Computer Aided Physics, Photovoltaics and Fuel Cell Technology, Physics of Nanomaterials, Medical Physics, Particle Physics, Quantum Optics, Cosmology, High Energy Physics.

Total 19 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, High-Energy Physics and Cosmology. The department has state of the art research facilities to support the academic programs and research.

Physics department has been arranging regular lectures by the students, faculty members, and external visitors, arranging outreach activities, workshops, conferences, and various other academic, sports, and cultural events etc. The students are actively involved in various academic activities under the physics society and Optica-IIT Patna Student Chapter. For more details about the department, please visit the 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 Nishchal has been listed in the world's top 2% scientists list released by Stanford University in the field of Optics (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)

·       Prof. Naveen Nishchal is serving as Associate Editor to the journals Optical Engineering (SPIE, USA) and Optics Continuum (OPTICA, USA)

·       Prof. Naveen Nishchal received the IAPT Dinabandhu Sahu Memorial Award-2022

Note: Four faculty members recently joined as an Assistant Professor in the department.

1.            Dr. Chandra Shekhar Prajapati, Assistant Professor (Gas Sensors, Breath Analysis, Space    Sensors)

2.         Dr. Sandeep Aashish, Assistant Professor (Early universe cosmology, Signatures of new physics, Effective quantum gravity, Foundations of quantum mechanics)

3.            Dr. Gaurav Kumar Tomar, Assistant Professor (Astroparticle Physics, Dark Matter, Physics beyond the Standard Model)

4.            Dr. Akash Singh, Assistant Professor (Electronic Structure Theory, Spin Qubits for Quantum Information Science)

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 aICSSR-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 AnandabazarPatrika.

Dr. Sweta Sinha is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Patna. Prior to joining IIT Patna she has served as assistant professor at Miranda House College, New Delhi and NIT Hamirpur. Her area of expertise is Linguistics. Dr. Sweta has done her MA., M. Phil and Ph.d from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Her research interests are mainly Sociolinguistics, Cognitive Linguistics and Lesser-known Indian Languages. She has more than 40 research publications to her credit in various peer reviewed national and international journals of repute. She has been awarded the Stanley Yeldell Young Researcher Award 2023 for her research contribution by the South Asian Society of Criminology and Victimology. She has also edited and co-edited linguistics volumes of merit. 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 contributed as the Principal Investigator of ICSSR sponsored projects. She is also contributing as the academic consultants in projects funded by Bill and Melinda gates foundation as well as the Indian Knowledge Systems, Ministry of Education. 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 Head, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Patna. She has been ranked among top 2% scientists in the world by Stanford University consistently for the year 2020, 2021 and 2022. 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 Women Researcher of the Year Award for the year 2022 by World Leadership Academy and the Best Young Women Management Researcher Award by AIMS International for the year 2018. She has also 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. In addition, Dr. She has worked as Principal Director on a number of government sponsored projects from ICSSR, DST 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 Tripathiis an Associate Professor of English at 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

 Classroom:

 §  All classrooms of the institute are equipped with modern audio-visual electronic gadgets and AIR CONDITIONED.

§  Recently build Central Lecture Hall, which have large capacity rooms and equipped with world-class facilities, is also functional for teaching purpose.

Internet:

§  The academic buildings have state-of-the-art laboratories. It also houses Computer Centre with total 10 GBPS internet connections and adequate server infrastructure.

Laboratories:

§  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 equipment.

§  IIT Patna has recently developed 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.