IITGN: Strong Branding

Dhiren Patel

Mission and Vision

• Creating / Building – best technology institution

• How? Where? When?

• For whom? State, country, world

• Best? Better than?

• Base standard – MIT, Stanford, IIT, IISc?

• Lets focus on Academic excellence only!!

Current Scenario: Trans-disciplinary??

Important new areas are trans-disciplinary.• Examples: Nano-science (chm, matl sc, phy, bio, mech,

chem eng.), cognitive science (psyh, comp sc, bio, neurosc, biochem)

Special problem areas acquiring disciplinary status.• Examples: energy, climate change, gene based

therapeutics, sc and tech policy.Societal requirements need merging of traditional areas.• Examples: infrastructure - elec, mech, civil; urban

systems - elec, mech, civil transp; systems engg - math, phy, bio, mech.

Functional boundary conditions

• Areas and problems require strong interdisciplinary orientation, training

• Responsive system with rapid evolutionary changes

• Match societal aspirations with societal needs• Respond to individual student interests and

abilities• System must be responsive to talented and

motivated students• Should provide exits to students who are unable

to or do not want to continue

Foundations

• Learning methods

• Academic framework

• Collaborations

• Corporate Social Responsibility

Learning methods - Building capability

• Learning methods– Courses (based on need)– Project Work (Relevant to Industry, in tune

with the centres of excellence)– Labs (Stress on synthesis of concepts,

teamwork)– Special summer/winter courses (for basic

developmental courses <technical writing, scientific ethics, performing arts…>)

Academic framework – Building competitiveness

• Academic framework– Schools instead of departments (Engineering, Natural

Sciences, Humanities/Social Sciences)???– B Tech, M Tech, Ph D – Degree with minor, Degree with entrepreneurship,

Super-specialization, Industry ready– Interdisciplinary – National and International exposure– Centres of excellence (E.g. Infrastructure <Power,

Rail/Road/Ports, IT, Water>)– Research & Consulting

Collaborations: Global approach, Sustainable

• Collaborations– With multiple countries/organizations– (Robotics – Japan, Manufacturing – Germany, Bio-

med – Canada)– Exchange programs – Internships

• CSR– Local services– Disaster management preparedness– Towards economic growth– Environment friendly technology– Generate capability in preservation

Professionalism

• Systems engineering approach• Technical communication and soft skills• Entrepreneurship• Design• Research methodology• Technical Art

All-round Capability

• Management skills• Art, culture & heritage• International relations• Law, IPR• Finance• Languages• Camps• Societal interactions for low cost solutions

Creativity and Innovation

• Hands-on training

• Design of experiments

• Building of prototypes

• Integration and fine tuning

• Analysis, design, laboratory and real-life problem solving

• Fundamental research

Industry Exposure

• Product life cycle

• Schedules and deliverables

• Man-management

• Economy, Energy, Efficiency

• Dignity of labour

• Team work

• Respect for other cultures & beliefs

Focus on Problems? <current><future>

• -Energy

• -Infrastructure

• -Geomatics

• -Health

• -Engg. Entrepreneurship etc.

Academic framework??

• Contact hours – 28 to 30 per week

• Theory – 12-16 hrs

• Lab – 12-16 hrs

• No. of courses – 4 to 6 per semester

• Credits – 30 or 50?

• Evening lectures on Heritage/Technology /Science/Creativity etc.

Common courses

• Eg. - Mathematics I (Advanced Calculus; Ordinary differential equations;Transform methods)

• Mathematics II (Linear Algebra/Complex analysis/Partial differential equations/Probability)

• HSS (Psychology/Indian History/International History/Political science)

• Mechanics of Solids(For students of school of Mechanical Sciences)

• Signals, systems and networks (School of CS/EE)• Characterization Lab. (Xrays, lasers, optical fibers, STM,

Electron microscope etc.) • Mathematics Laboratory (Matlab, graphics,

Mathematica)

Summary

• Mission – Building an excellent technology institution

• Vision – Dream without any constraints

• Foundational framework – Basic and best

• Roadmap – step by step approach – Realistic – don’t jump

• Who will do what? – Take responsibility

• Next meeting – Monitor, iterate and evolve

Thank you

for your time and attention

Ack: Prem Kalra – Director, IIT Rajasthan and Indo-French Academic Workshop at IITK