F.No. 19-1/2019-TS.VII Government of India

Ministry of Human Resource Development Department of Higher Education

Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi, Dated 25th February, 2018

To,

1. The Secretaries of Technical Education of all States/UTs.2. The Directors of Technical Education of all States/UTs.3. The Member Secretary, AICTE.4. The Vice-Chancellors of all Central Universities/ State Universities/Deemed

Universities.5. The Directors of all IITs/ IIMs/ NITIE-Mumbai.6. The Directors of all NITs.7. The Directors of all NITTTR’s/ IISc-Bangalore/ NIFFT-Ranchi/ NERIST-

Itanagar/ SLIET-Longowal/ CIT-Kokrajhar/ GKCIET-Malda.8. CEPT University, Gujarat.9. School of Planning and Architecture, Delhi.10. Institute of Development Studies, University of Mysore, Mysore.11. Forest Research Institute, Dehradun.12. Indian Institute of Forest Management, Bhopal.13. Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, Indian Space Research Organization,

Dehradun.14. National Remote Sensing Center, Indian Space Research Organization,

Hyderabad.15. Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai.16. National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM), Delhi.17. Tata Institute of Social Science (TISS), Mumbai.

Subject: - Short term Indian faculty secondment to Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Bangkok by the Government of India for a period upto 16 weeks - Invitation of nominations for semester commencing August, 2019 & January, 2020 - regarding.

Sir/Madam,

I am directed to say that Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Bangkok is an autonomous International post graduate Institute providing advanced education in engineering, science and allied fields. The AIT’s academic year has two terms which begin in August and January. The Government of India provides support to the AIT by way of faculty secondment for a period upto 16 weeks in selected areas of specialization for above two terms. The areas under consideration for faculty secondment for August, 2019 and January, 2020 are enclosed.

2. The entire cost of secondment of Indian faculty to AIT, Bangkok including cost of airpassages both ways and maintenance etc. is borne by the Government of India. The period of secondment is upto 16 weeks each to coincide with an academic term of AIT, Bangkok. The seconded faculty are entitled to draw their pay plus special pay, if any, and allowances as admissible to them in India during their deputation period. Their pay and allowances etc. are drawn and disbursed in India in Indian Currency. The seconded faculty are entitled to daily allowance in Bangkok as admissible vide Ministry of External Affairs orders in this regard

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issued from time to time. The exact amount of daily allowance in Bangkok depends on the rate determined by the Ministry of External Affairs for the particular period. Besides this, AIT also provides accommodation in the campus at subsidized rates subject to availability. The seconded faculty is entitled to travel by air by economy class in shortest route from the nearest port of embarkation in India to Bangkok and will also be entitled to excess baggage as per instructions issued by Government of India. The above-mentioned terms and conditions of secondment are tentative and subject to approval by the Ministry of Finance at the time of secondment. The salary in respect of faculty during the period of deputation will be met by their respective State Government/ Institution themselves. In addition, the leave salary, contribution of Provident Fund/General Provident Fund and Pension Contribution etc. in respect of the faculty deputed will be met by the respective State Govt./ Institution themselves.

3. You are requested to kindly give wide publicity of this AIT Notice in your institution especially in the Departments covering the areas in which faculty secondment is being planned for the year 2019-2020. The nominee should have a doctorate degree in the relevant area, postgraduate teaching experience relevant to the course description indicated against the area and substantial research publications in the area to his credit. Nominations may kindly be sent in respect of only those candidates, who could be spared, in the event of their selection, for undertaking the proposed assignment at AIT, Bangkok for a period upto 16 weeks for the terms as indicated against each course. Since it is the endeavour of the Government to send best faculty from India to project the right kind of images at the international level, you are requested to kindly forward only those nominations that would be meeting the above mentioned requirement. The Selection Committee gives its recommendations to the Government on the basis of the bio-data of the nominees placed before it. Therefore, five copies of the bio-data of the faculty recommended for consideration of the Selection Committee may be sent to this Ministry in the enclosed format as per Annexure-1. The above details relating to short term faculty secondment to AIT, Bangkok may also be seen at M/o HRD website www.mhrd.gov.in

4. The last date for receipt of nomination in this Ministry is 25th March, 2019. It may be noted that the nominations are required in five copies duly recommended by the Head of the Institution/ Competent State Govt. Authority and to be sent to the following address:

The Under Secretary Department of Higher Education,Ministry of Human Resource Development Room No.433, ‘C’ Wing Shastri Bhawan,New Delhi - 110001.

Yours faithfully,Enel: as above

Under Secretary to the Govt, of India Tele: 011-23070928

Copy to>The Web Master, CMIS Unit, MHRD with the request to host the above notice on MHRD website for wide publicity.

ANNEXURE-1

BIO-DATA(To be submitted in 5 copies)

AREA OF ASSIGNMENT FOR WHICH NOMINATION SENT

COURSE CODE

COURSE TITLEAPPLIED FOR SEMESTER

1 . Name (Expanded initials)

2. Date and Place of Birth

3 . Nationality

4. Present Post held with complete address of the Institute.

5 . Present Postal AddressTel. No. /Fax No./E-Mail/Mobile No.

6. Educational Qualifications (starts from atest)

Degree/Diploma

Division/Grade

Year SubjectsTaken

Name of University/ institute

7. Professional Experience (start from latest)

Address of the Office/ Organization/ Institution

Post held Duration Specific experience: P.G. Teaching/Research IndustrialFrom

(date)To(date)

8. Details of Published work: Books, Articles, Monographs, Papers etc. (If the Space below is insufficient please give full particulars on a separate sheet of paper)

No. o f Patents

No. o fA w ards /Recognitions

No. o f Ph.D gu ided (com ple ted and in progress)

No. o f pub lica tions (N a tiona l & In te rna tiona l)

No. o f Books (pub lished & underpub lica tion )

No. o f P ro jects (com ple ted & In progress

D eta ils o f M em bersh ip in Socie ties

O therde ta ils

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9. Brief of subjects taught

10. Summary of recent/ current projects undertaken

11. Current Interests and Assignments

12. (a) Visits abroad:

Country Visited Duration of Visit Purpose of visitFrom (date) To(date)

(b) Previous assignment with AIT, if any:Term Course taught Seconded by Government of India or

directly hired by AIT

12. Any other relevant information:

Signature of Applicant.13. Remarks of Head of the Institution:

Signature of the Head of the Institution with Office seal.

AIT SCHOOL REQUESTS FOR INDIAN FACULTY SHORT-TERM SECONDMENTS ___________________ For August 2019 and January 2020 semesters___________________

FOR AUGUST 2019 SEMESTER

I. School of Engineering and Technology (August 2019 Semester)

Course Code, Title, Credits Course DescriptionAT72.01 D eterm in istic O ptim ization M odel, 3 (3-0)

D eterm in istic op tim iza tion m odeling , so ftw are p ackages, linear p rogram m ing, in teg er p ro g ram m in g and com binato ria l op tim ization , dynam ic p rog ram m ing , n e tw o rk flow , non linear program m ing.

AT72.04 E ng ineering Econom y, 3(3-0)

B asic concepts in eng ineering econom y, econom ic evaluation o f a lternatives, rep lacem en t ana ly sis , accou n tin g concepts, depreciation and taxation , p ro d u c t costing an d co s t estim ation , risk and uncertain ty , de term in istic cap ita l b udgeting m odels.

AT81.05 A nalog In teg ra ted C ircuit D esign, 3 (2 -3 )

IC technology, d ev ice m o d elin g an d layout, B asic analog sub circu its. N o ise ana lysis and m o deling , B asic opera tional am plifier design. A dvanced opera tio n a l am plifiers , C om parators, In teg ra ted filters, D a ta converters.

AT77.16Digital Signal P rocessin g , 3 (2-3)

T he objective o f th is course is to p rov ide the studen ts w ith know ledge o f bo th the th eo ry and p rac tica l ap p lica tions o f digital signal p rocessing in co m m u n ica tio n s system s, and to com plem ent the theo ry w ith ex ten siv e labo ra to ry w ork.

AT77.15 Satellite C om m unications, 3 (3-0)

T he ob jective o f th is course is to p ro v id e a com prehensive understand ing o f sa te llite com m u n ica tio n s p rincip les and related techno log ies involved . S ta rting from orb ita l m echanics related to spacecraft d ep loym en t, the cou rse evo lves th rough satellite link design, signal p rocessing and access techniques, type o f netw orks and finally d raw in g co n c lu sio n w ith perfo rm ance and re liab ility o f th e system .

AT76.14 D igital Photogram m etry, 2 (1 -3 )

B asic pho tog ram m etry concep t, p ro ced u res and p rocessing task. E lem ents o f A naly tica l P ho togram m etry . B asic concepts o f terrestria l and aeria l laser scann ing .

II. School of Environment, Resources and Development (August 2019 Semester)

Course Code, Title, Credits Course DescriptionED 70.16C ontrolled E nv ironm en t A griculture, 3 (3 -0 )

In tensive ag ricu ltu ral p roduc tion in con tro lled en v ironm en t is becom ing p opu lar to o vercom e lim ita tions o f agricu ltu ral land and vagaries o f na tu re , esp ec ia lly fo r the p ro d u c tio n o f high value crops. T he objecti ve o f the course is to prov ide understand ing o f th e facto rs in v o lv ed in g reen h o u se and nursery p rodu c tio n o f h igh value c ro p s and plants.

ED70.11Farm M anagem ent E conom ics, 3 (2-3)

To prov ide a fram ew ork for b e tte r u n d erstand ing the operation and m anagem ent o f farm ing system by th e su b sistence and sem i-subsistence farm househo ld in the A sian reg ion b y (i) incorporation o f the use o f too ls o f fa rm m an ag em en t analysis in so lv ing local p ro b lem s, (ii) d em o n stra tio n o f the re la tionsh ip o f farm m anagem ent re search to po licy fo rm u la tio n and its

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im pact on fa rm ers’ incom e; and , (iii) d ev e lo p m en t o f the studen ts ' aw areness o f fa rm p ro b lem s in d iffe ren t countries.

ED 80.07M arketing M an ag em en t and T rade Po lic ies in A g rib u sin ess . 3 (3-0)

T h is course p rov ides s tuden ts w ith m ark e tin g m anagem ent sk ills and exposes them to issues o f trad e p o lic ie s in ag ribusiness. It also exam ines h o w the issues o f trade policies and m ark e tin g can be m anaged effec tively .

FOR JANUARY 2020 SEMESTER

III. School of Engineering and Technology (January 2020 Semester)

Course Title Course DescriptionAT72.09 Inven to ry and L og istics M anagem ent, 3 (3 -0 )

R ev iew o f inventory system , trad itio n a l inven to ry m odels for independen t dem and, d ep en d en t d em an d sy stem - m aterial requ irem en ts p lann ing (M R P ), advan ced p ro d u c tio n / inventor)7 m odels, in tro d u c tio n to lo g is tics and supp ly chain m anagem ent, log istics and su p p ly ch a in processes.

A T77.9009D iscrete-T im e S ta tis tica l S ignal P rocessing 3 (3-0)

The objective o f th is course is to p ro v id e th e s tuden ts w ith a com prehensive u n d erstan d in g o f d isc re te tim e statistical signal p rocessing techn iques w ith em p h asis on app lica tions in W ire less C om m unica tions.

AT77.09Error C ontrol C o d in g 3 (3-0)

The objective o f th is course is to p ro v id e th e s tuden ts w ith a com prehensive u n d erstan d in g o f e rro r co n tro l cod ing techn iques used in d ig ita l and w ire le ss com m unications.

IV. School of Environment, Resources and Development (January' 2020 Semester)

Course Code, Title, Credits Course DescriptionED 71.09 C oastal & In land F isheries M an ag em en t, 2 (2-0)

The ob jec tive o f th is course is to d e lin ea te the basic stock assessm en t p rocedures, p o p u la tio n dy n am ics, fishery m odels, and to d iscuss w ays to d ev e lo p in teg ra ted approaches for fisheries m anagem en t. T h e course sp ec ifica lly focuses o n E co sy stem A p p ro ach to F isheries M anagem ent (E A F M ) and C o m m u n ity B ased F ishery M anagem ent (C B F M ) and h o w th ese m an ag em en t regim es can ensu re sustainab le m an ag em en t o f in land and coastal fisheries o f Asia.

ED 71.50H ealth M an ag em en t in A quaculture, 2 (1 -3 )

Increasing in tensity and ou tp u t from aq u acu ltu re in response to the g row ing d em an d for fish as food a lso b rings in a num ber o f challenges, particu la rly co n cern ed w ith diseases. P roper understand ing o f the p a th o g en ic o rg an ism s and their e ffec tive contro l m easures is essen tia l to overco m e the adverse im pact o f aqua tic an im al d isease s on aquacu ltu re p roduction . T his cou rse is in tended fo r s tu d en ts to understand the basic p rin c ip les o f aq u a tic h ea lth m anagem ent, and to im part k n o w led g e o n p rev en tiv e and rem edial m easures fo r m ain ta in in g h ea lth y aquacu ltu re stocks. T he course w ill a lso in tro d u ce the concep ts o f

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b io secu rity in fa rm m an ag e m en t and th e s ig n ifican ce o f q u aran tin e m easu res th a t g o v e rn th e tran sb o u n d a ry m o v em en t o f aq u a tic an im als.

ED 79.14G overnance and U rban M anagem ent, 3 (3 -0 )

U rban po litics , p u b lic m an ag em en t, po licy , an d u rban g o v ern an ce m odels.

ED 80.05A gri-F ood S u p p ly C h ain M anagem ent, 3 (3 -0 )

T h is cou rse p ro v id es b road k n o w led g e o f vario u s m anag em en t issu es re la ted to fo o d supp ly ch a in s , inc lud ing farm level p ro d u c tio n to p o s t-h a rv e s t m an ag em en t. T he cou rse d iscu sses fu n c tio n in g o f each se c to r o f fo o d supply cha ins and h o w th ese sec to rs can be co o rd in a ted and in teg ra ted to en su re a v a ila b ility o f sa fe food.

ED 80.09A gro-Industria l D ev e lo p m en t* revised fro m E D 8 0 .0 2 : A gro- Industrial S y stem D e v e lo p m en t, 3 (3-0)

T he o b jec tiv e o f th is co u rse is to p ro v id e the fram ew o rk and s tra teg ie s o f es tab lish in g a n d o p e ra tin g en te rp rises in the ag ro -in d u stry fo r d ev e lo p m en t. T he in te ra c tio n s am o n g raw m ateria l supply, p ro cessin g , fac to rs a ffec tin g site selec tion and layou t fo r re ta il, w h o lesa le and p ro c ess in g en terp rises w ill be im portan t asp ec ts o f th is course.

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