From the Director's Desk

I have great pleasure in writing the foreword of this inaugural

Newsletter of IIEST Shibpur, being brought out as a
commemorative volume containing a brief prole of the
Institute, highlighting some of our contributions in the realm
of science and technology. While presenting this Newsletter, I
express my deep appreciation of the stupendous work done by
the publication committee in bringing out the newsletter in a
very short span of time.
The story of this Institute is the story of its evolution during
the last 158 years - from a small seed, Civil Engineering college
and then Bengal Engineering College, Shibpur to its new
incarnation as ' Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur' -- The rst
IIEST of India , which has been dedicated to the service of the nation by Shri Pranab
Mukherjee, Hon'ble President of India and the Visitor of the institute on 24th August 2014.
With recognition comes a greater responsibility. IIEST aims at integrating undergraduate,
post-graduate and research in engineering and science under the same umbrella. IIEST will
be an institution of International standard and will produce quality manpower for the
strategic sector of research and development in our country, research laboratories,
modern industries and also quality teachers for the Institutions of engineering and science
education. This reects the aspirations of the people of India from us.
The world today faces extraordinary challenges and opportunities in several areas, such
as, energy, healthcare, water and environment, advanced material, fabrionics,
transportation and telecommunication. The solutions of the challenges in each of these
areas need an interdisciplinary approach. Today's students should be ready to approach
and solve these most pressing global problems with an unbiased, innovative and
independent mind. Our Institute today strives hard to contribute signicantly in each of
these areas.
This Newsletter will present some of our research and development eorts in these
directions. The Institute takes great pride in announcing that a number of research
projects developed at our Institute have been transferred to the Industries for product
development. Appropriate funding from various Government agencies will be available for
such activities through the Incubation Centre of the Institute.
The clock tower of the Institute has witnessed the growth and development of one of the
earliest engineering Institutes in the country. The tower reminds us of our obligations and
responsibilities towards our future generations in ensuring a healthy, strong and selfreliant India. With deep sense of gratitude to our glorious past and strong conviction for a
brighter future, we rearm our commitment in dedicating ourselves to the service of the
nation.

IIEST Newsletter Committee

Prof. Konika Das Bhattacharya
Prof. Gautam Bandyopadhyay
Prof. Aditya Bandyopadhyay
Prof. Gautam Bhattacharya
Prof. Manas Sanyal
Prof. Netai Chandra Dey
Prof. Santanu Karmakar
Prof. Sujay Mukherjee
Prof. Mallika Ghosh Sarbadhikary
Prof. Souvanik Roy
Prof. Tapas Kumar Gangopadhyay
Prof. Kalyan Bhar
Prof. Mousumi Basu
Prof. Koustuv Debnath
Prof. Sekhar Mondal
Prof. Sudip Chattopadhyay
Prof. Arindam Biswas
Prof. Ajit Kumar Mahapatra
Prof. Partha Bhattacharya
Prof. Manojit Ghosh
Prof. Abhinandan De
Prof. Avra Kundu
Prof. Guruprasad Samanta
Dr. Biman Das

he Institute in its 158 years journey has contributed to the making of ne

engineers, who have shaped the realm of technology in this country and perhaps outside
too.
With the present branding as the Indian Institute of Engineering Science and
Technology, IIEST Shibpur is the rst and youngest IIEST of the nation. At this juncture of
transition, it is important to highlight its achievements and activities over the years,
and the journey ahead keeping in the backdrop a rich legacy of the nation's most vibrant
alumni base of the erstwhile Bengal Engineering College (established 1856).
This is the rst printed newsletter of the Institute after its conversion to an
Institute of National importance. All the activity clusters in the Institute seamlessly
integrate to create a theme . A CLEANER, GREENER AND A SMARTER WORLD
Apart from under graduate and post graduate teaching the faculty members are
involved in active research sponsored by numerous Science & Technology research
Institutes of the Government of India.
(I)

Research in Science & Technology for enrichment of the global

knowledge in specic segments of Energy, Environment, Material
Science, Bio- Medical Engineering & Mechatronics, Sensors and
Communication and Information Technology and Research for Society.

(II)

An endeavor to create a closed loop network with the industries to

carry out need-driven research for the industry

(III)

Technical awareness and knowledge up gradation courses conducted by

IIEST for the Research and Academic world as well as Corporate Sector
and also create value addition for students in tune with the
requirement of the corporate world.

(IV)

Industry-Institute Partnership of IIEST with dierent corporate

collaborators are being carried out in various areas.

(V)

Commercialization of models developed in the laboratory for mass use

and scaling up for industry are being taken up.

(VI)

Student Activities and achievements

(VII)

Rekindling the Legacy of the Institute

I. Research in Science & Technology for enrichment of the global

knowledge base in ve specic segments.
A. Energy
I.
II.
III.
IV.

Magnetic fault current limiter

Analysis and development of a single-axis control repulsive-type magnetic bearing.
Front surface glass texturation for improve performance of amorphous silicon solar cell
Silica nanoparticles on front glass for eciency enhancement in superstrate type
amorphous silicon solar cells
V. Fuel cell technology and dye sensitized plasmonic solar cell
VI. Single phase grid connected solar photovoltaic systems

B. Environment
I. CO2 Sequestration into the Wyodak coal seam of powder river basin-Preliminary
reservoir characterization and simulation.
II. Determination of landuse inventory of the mining areas of Burdwan district of West
Bengal and preparation of reclamation plan for the abandoned opencast mines in the
study area.
III. Landslide hazard zonation of Kalimpong sub-division of West Bengal and creation of
portal to upload landslide hazard map and all other maps created using open GIS.
IV. Assessment and management of ground water resources for English Bazar Block,Malda
district of West Bengal.

C. Materials Science
I. CH4 and CO2 sorption and their variations with coal properties.
II. Open shell molecules: A challenge to electronic structure theory & Taming the
electronic structure of Relativistic systems.
III. Synthesis of Nitrogen containing heterocycles.
IV. Synthesis and characterization of ecient optical materials and application in nonlinear
optics.
V. Visible-light-driven synthesis of 2-substituted Benzimidazole and Benzothiazole.
VI. Optoelectronic and electrical properties of silicon nanocrystals and nanoparticles for
photonic, photovoltaic and sensing devices.
VII. Nanocomposites and its constituents for applications as thermoelectric (TE) materials
and gas sensors.
VIII. -Fe2O3 nano-particles: An easily recoverable eective photo-catalyst for the
degradation of rose Bengal and methylene blue dyes in the waste-water treatment
plant.

D. Bio-Medical Engg. & Mechatronics

I. Electro-cardio graphic assessment to focus on the varied work eciency of two dierent
groups of miners in Indian coalelds.

II. Pain and discomfort level of SDL operators under a given environmental work load in
underground coal mines.
III. Impact Bio-Mechanics & Implant Bio-Mechanics
IV. Water soluble carbon nano-onions in Bio-Imaging and crossing Blood Brain Barrier
V. Chemodosimetric Based Fluorescence Chemosensor for Toxic Ion Detection and Live Cell
Imaging.
VI. DHP selective o-on o responses of pyridoxol appended uorescent zinc complex, its
DNA binding and Bio-Imaging applications: crystal structure, spectroscopic study, DFT
calculations and application in logic gate.

VII.Plasma application on blood: Development of atmospheric pressure, plasma

jet, understanding blood coagulation by plasma, plasma treatment on
infected skin surfaces and skin cancer cell.
E. Sensors and Communication and Information Technology
I. Selection of sites for small hydel in Kalimpong sub-division of West Bengal using remote
sensing and GIS.
II. Gas leak hunter: A portable fast response sensitive unit for leak detection of methane/
LPG gas.
III. Methano-meter: A portable fast response sensitive measuring unit for methane/LPG gas.
IV. Development of hetero-junction based selective gas sensor for capacitive mode sensing
& Coupled semiconductor thin lms: And eective materials for photo degradation and
peroxide sensing.
V. Carbon nanotubes and sensors
VI. Design and optimization of dispersion managed broad band ber optic communication
system with emphasis on nonlinear eects.

F. Research and Consultancy and Technology awareness for Society

I. Development of Solar Lantern & central charging station with monitoring system.
II. Seismic vulnerability assessment of existing building to supplement rehabilitation
practices with special emphasis to north eastern region.
III. Passive control of seismically excited short linear structure by the compliant liquid
column damper.
IV. Capacity building for technological solution & training to improve groundwater
resources management in arsenic aected areas of eastern India (DeIPHE Project).
V. Assessment of eects of arsenic pollution on health in rural Bengal and development and
implementation of sustainable technology solution (UKIERI Project).
VI. Static and dynamic failure analysis of cost eective hybrid laminated stiened plates in
marine structures & Geometric nonlinear thermo- mechanical analysis of FRP bridge
deck.
VII. Health inspection of Vidyasagr Setu Kolkata & Water supply lines from river Hooghly to
New Town.

Some photographs of activities for societal causes.

Photograph 1: Men at work in Hooghly Bridge

Photograph 2: Typical distress in slab

Photograph 3 : Checking for proper wiring and electrical safety of

Medical College Hospital of Kolkata

Photograph 4 : R G Kar Medical College Kolkata

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Photograph 5 : Checking for proper wiring and electrical safety

of R G Kar Medical College and Hospital of Kolkata

In September 2013, upon the invitation from the MSME, Govt. of West
Bengal, BESU students (PG & Ph.D.) o rganized a vibrant Technology
Pavilion at Milan Mel a Ground, Kol kata at SYNERGY MSME 2013.
There was participation from AE&AM, ME, CEGESS, ETC and EE
Accessing Appro priate Technologies.

SY NERGY MSME 2013

(II) Research and Consultancy for different Private Organization

and Public utilities since June 2013

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Civil

Id entification of Spatial Dispersi on

Pattern of Dredge Materials in a Coastal
Ri ver Reach from Rad ioactive T racer
Experiments and Hyd rod ynam ic
Mod eling

Board of Research in
Nuclear Sciences (B RNS),
DAE , Govt. of Ind ia

3 Years

2013

13

CST

P ost -Disaster Situ ation Analysis an d

Resource Management Using Delay T olerant Peer-t o-Peer W ireless Net works
(DISARM)

ITRA, Govt. of Ind ia,

Media L ab Asia

3 Years

2013

14

CST

Remote Health: A Framework for

Health care Services usi ng Mobile an d
Sensor - Cloud T echn ologies

ITRA, Govt. of Ind ia,

Media L ab Asia

3 Years

2013

15

ET C

SERB Women E xcellen ce Award

SE RB

3 Years

2013

16

SM&R

Mul tisensory Myoelectric Controlled

In telligent Acti ve Ankle-Foot Prost hesis

SE RB

3 Years

2013

17

IT

Synt hesis of Reversible Circuits u sing

Probabilistic Meth od s and Fu nctional
Tran sform ati on

DST-DAAD (GOI)

2 Years

2013

18

Civil

Performanc e Eval uat ion of River

Brahmap utra bed mat erial s for use in
Constructi on of Road E mban km ent,
Su bgrade and Subbase

DST(GOI)

3 Years

2013

19

VLSI

Modernization of VLSI Design

Laboratory

AICT E

1 Year

2013
35

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Photograph 6: SOLAR TREE INSTALLED IN NEW TOWN, KOLKATA, BY CEGESS

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Consultancy and Others 2013-2014

S l.
No.

Dep t.

Title of the Project

Fund ing Agency

Du ration

Year of
Sanction

Civil

Consultancy Service Preparation DPR of

Salkia Flyover Projec t

Howrah Imp rovement

Trust

2 Mont hs

2013

AE&AM

Calibration of Rotameter

Kolkat a Metropolitan
Water and Sanitation
Au thority

1 Month

2013

Civil

P ile Int egrity Test (PIT ) with PIT

Collect or Mod el, Foundation Syst em of
RCC Bridge Over River Saniajan

Dilip Kum ar Saha (Govt.

Cont ractor and Engineer)

7 Days

2013

Civil

P ile Int egrity Test (PIT ) with PIT

Collect or Mod el, Foundation Syst em of
RCC Bridge Over River Saniajan

Dooars Construct ion

Company (Rly and Govt .
Cont ractor)

7 Days

2013

Civil

Soil Investigat ion Rep ort for th e Design

of Gangway and P ump house Stru ctures
based on Fi eld and Laboratory testing /
observations for R.C.C. Intake Jetty at
T itagarh u nder JNNURM

T raders & E ngineers

Private Lt d.

6 Mont hs

2013

37

SEIHSM

Heritage Survey and Zone P lan Proposal

in Seramp ore's Historic Cent re

National Museum of
Denmark Research &
E xhi bi tions

3 Mon ths

2013

Civil

Geotechnical Invest igat ion connection

wi th (1) P rop osed Connect ing Road from
Kamard anga t o Howrah Am ta Road
Inc luding ROB at Kam ardanga., Howrah,
an d (2) Prop osed Multilayered P arkomat
Includ ing Allied Facili ties at Domrajola,
for DP R preparation under JNNURM

Road Infrastructure
Consu ltant Pvt. Ltd .

6 Mon ths

2013

Civil

Health Monitoring of Namkum B ridge,

Ranchi

C.E. T esti ng Company

Pvt. Ltd ., Kolkata

2 Weeks

2013

Civil

En gineerin g drawings sup ported by bac k

up calculations on structu ral strengt h for
constructin g a temp orary shoring by
St eel Sheet Piles of Arcellormitt al profil e
OT-22

Him ad ri Memorial
Cancer Welfare Trust

3 Mon ths

2013

10

Civil

Vibration Measurement at site d uring

t est pil e Driving

Ambu ja Cement s Ltd .,

Vill. & P .O. - Dhul agori,
Howrah

15 Days

2013

11

Mi ning

Strat a monitoring at CM Di strict (SubPanel P6, P7A and P 8) of Sarpi p roject , SS

Pu r Colliery, Bankla area, ECL

E CL - Bankol a Area

1 Year

2013

12

Civil

Vettin g of G+ 8 Storied Bu ildin g in

Kolkata

Indian City Prop erties

Ltd .

8 Weeks

2013

38

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Civil

Vetting of DP R for Bairabi Dam Project,

Mi zoram

Sikaria Power L td.,

Kolkata

4 Weeks

2013

14

Civil

T elescope Tower Hou se at Falta

B ose Institute, Kolkata

6 Mont hs

2013

15

Civil

Validat ion of the d esigns and drawi ngs

for t he work and Ap proval of "Design ,
Drawi ng, Construction of R.C.C. Int ake
Jett y and Jetty Mou nted Pump House of
capacity 210 MLD inc ludin g substation
bu ilding along with ancillary works at
Glass Kothi Gh at, Titagarh un der TransMunici pal Water Supply Schemes of
T itagarh and Khardah Muni cipality
und er JNNURM"

T raders & E ngineers

Private Lt d.

1 Month

2013

16

Civil

STA, PMGSY, West Ben gal

National Rural Roads

Development Agency
(NRRDA)

2013

17

Civil

Prep aration of DPR u nder JNNURM

Howrah Imp rovement

Trust

1 Year

2013

18

Civil

Inspect ion of Sewer L ine Work at

Doomrajala Scheme - II, Phase - II Work

Howrah Imp rovement

Trust

1 Month

2013

39

13

ITD Cement ation India

L imited

Mu tually
agreed
up on
bet ween
Sponsorin
g Agent &
Consultant

2013

27

Civil

Con su ltancy Servi ce in the form of

Ad vice and Guidance for P avem ent
Design of Runway, Taxi way and Apron
of Kannur Int ernat ional Airp ort , Kannur

28

Civil

Vett ing of Slip Form Shu tterin g in

B arau ni

Basu & Associat es,

Kol kata

1 Week

2013

29

Civil

Pile Integrity Test (PIT) with PIT

Collect or Mod el for TCS IT SE Z Project ,
K olkata

L&T Con struction SPCL

UJV

1 Year

2012

30

Civil

Vetting of detail d esign of substruct ures

and sup erstructu re of Kal yani ROB of
KMDA Flyovers and ROB s

M/S L arsen & T oubro

L imited, Const ru ction
Infrastructu re IC

15 Days

2013

41

31

Civil

So il Explo ration Wo rk at four Sites of Burdwan

Burdwan Univer sity Division,

P.W. (CB) Dir ectt., Govt.
o f West Bengal

6 Months

2013

32

IIPC

Technical Vetting of Technical Feasibility Repor t

fo r Ro peway at Kurseo ng

Conveyor & Ropeway Serv ices

Pv t. Ltd.

10 Days

2014

33

Civil

Independent Assessment of effect o f vibr atio n,

emanating from installatio n of Sheet Piles
using a v ib ro-sinker at 52/1, Shakespear e
Sarani, K olkata - 700017, on the adjoining
structur es and pro viding guidance to the
constr uctio n team

M/S Expr ess Dev con Pvt. Ltd.

45 Days

2014

34

Civil

Vetting of Pipe Conveyor Over Br idge in Orissa

Bhushan Po wer & Steel Ltd.,

Kolkata

3 Months

2014

35

Civil

Vetting of pavement desig n o f strengthening and

widening to 2 lane / 2 lane with paved
shoulder of a Section of SH-6

M/S CE Testing Com pany Pvt.

Ltd.

1 Month

2014

36

Civil

Vetting of pavement desig n o f strengthening and

widening to Barjo ra to Mejhia (Dur lavpur
Mor e) Ro ad

M/S Car itas Infra C onsulting

Pv t. Ltd.

1 Month

2014

37

Civil

Design of Animal Ho use in Shyam nagar

Bo se Institute, Kolkata

3 Months

2013

M/S Lar sen & Toub ro Limited,

Constr uction
Infr astr uctur e IC

6 Months

2014

38

Civil

Vetting of detail design of substructures and

superstructure of Chandan Nagar ROB of
K MDA Fly over s and ROBs excluding span
between P19 and P20 along with the
pr opo sed road including the minor br idge
over river S araswati

42

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Electr ical

Co nsultancy at Gov ernm ent Hospitals in West

Bengal

PWD, Govt. of West Bengal

2013

40

Civil

Design of pipe bridge & mo tor lifting

ar rang em ent at Haldia

IOC L

6 Months

2013

41

Civil

Vetting o f Wareho use at Maheshtala, K olkata

2 Week s

2014

42

Civil

Vetting o f Superstructure o f G+13 Building

Partha Das & Associates

3 Months

2012

43

Civil

Structur al v etting for Constr uction of C lear Water

Reserv oir, Pump House and Cho rine
Ho use for dedicated water supply sy stem
for IOC L, Haldia Refinery

Haldia Dev elopment

Author ity, Haldia

3 Months

2013

44

Civil

V etting of Plan and Estimate of the Pro posed

Librar y Building & PG Building

Pr ab hat K umar Co llege,

Co ntai

1 Month

2013

45

Metallurg y

Com pilation Wor k on Stainless Steel for

Constr uction Segm ent

Institute for Steel Developm ent

and Gr owth (INSDAG)

4 Months

2013

46

Mining

Co nsultancy on Geotechnical Pro perties of Ro ck

at Bom i Iron Ore Pro ject

Western Cluster Limited

6 Months

2012

Amiya Co mmerce &

Constr uction C o. Pv t.
Ltd., K olkata

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In July, a team of f acult y mem bers (Civil, Electr ical, M echanical success fully
carr ied o ut technical inspect ion and f urt her iss uance of clearance certif icate
for a passenger Ropeway at Darjeeling for Conveyor & Ropeway Services Pvt.
Lt d., Kolkat a.

DRV ropeway i nspect ion for passen ger ope rat ion for P WD West Bengal

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(III) List of Specialised Courses conducted by IIEST for

Research and Academic world and Corporate Sector

Conference Details held in the Institute from June, 2013

Level

Conference /
Training
P rogramme
Date

Mining

In ternational conference on Coal and

Energy- Technological Advances an d
Fut ure Chall enges

In ternational

15t h of
December to
17t h of
December ,
2014

CST

Role of Mat hematics in Compu ter Science

Nati onal

during 2013-14

Dept.

Title of the Con feren ce / Work shop /

Train in g Programm e

S l. No.

CST

A short term c ou rse on Social Med ia

Jun e 10-14,
Nati onal

Analysis and Dat a Mi ning

CE GESS

Two Day Workshop on Rooft op Solar

Photovoltai c Systems

2013

State Level

20-21t st
February, 2014

Ci vil

Workshop on Worl d Environment

Day, 2013

Nat ional

05.06.2013

CST

Short-term Course on Social Media

Analysis an d Data Mining

Nat ional

10.06.2013 - 14.06.2013

Ci vil

Advances in Struct ural Vibrat ion

Control

Nat ional

19.08.2013 - 20.08.2013

IT

Research Promoti on Workshop on

Signal Processing and Wireless
Communi cati on

Nat ional

22.08.2013 - 24.08.2013

CHE ST

Workshop on Ad vances in Scientific

and T echnological Research i n
T radi tional Medic ine

Nat ional

26.07.2013

10

Mini ng

Internati onal Con ference on

Advances in Coal T echnology P resent and Futu re

Intern ational

15.12.2013 - 17.12.2013

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CHE ST

Int eract ive Session for Collaborative

Research in En gi neering and
Bi om edic al Sci ences between B ESU
& Rhine W aal Universit y of Applied
Sciences, Germany

Intern ational

26.10.2013 (1 d ay)

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CHE ST

International Seminar on
Tech nol ogic al Ad vances in Health
(TAH-2013)

Intern ational

05.12.2013 - 06.12.2013

13

Ci vil

National Workshop on Innovation

in Concrete Tec hnology

Nat ional

10.12.2013 - 12.12.2013

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AE&AM

International Workshop on 58th

Congress of t he Ind ian Societ y of
Theoretical and Applied Mechan ics

Intern ational

18.12.2013 - 21.12.2013

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E.E. Dep t.

One-way expert lectures on

Electrified Transform ation in charge
an d t hree level neu tral point
clamped inverters

Nat ional

08.01.2014

16

Institut e
Level

Research Scholars' Day - 2014

Nat ional

29.01.2014 - 30.01.2014

17

B ESUS

Ai rcraft Design and Optim isat ion

Nat ional

19.02.2014 - 24.02.2014

18

B ESUS

Lecture Series on Space Dynamics

Nat ional

18.03.2014 - 22.03.2014

19

Ci vil

Udbh avani

Nat ional

28.03.2014 - 30.03.2014

20

MNDSMSE

Seminar on "Mi crostru cture of

Mat erials (Metal lum'2014)

Nat ional

12.03.2014 - 13.03.2014

21

AE&AM

Invit ed Lecture of Aircraft Design &

Opti mization (Struct ural Aspect s)

Nat ional

28.03.2014 - 31.03.2014

22

Institut e
Level

Short-t erm Course on improvement

of Engl ish Skills (1st Batch) by
Briti sh Council

Nat ional

21.10.2013 to 23.11.2013

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HRM Dept.

Tracer St udy for Career P rospecting

of BE SUS Stud ents

Nat ional

24

CST

Remed ial Coachin g on Data

St ru cture and Al gorith m

Nat ional

23.10.2013

25

Institut e
Level

Short-t erm Course on improvement

of E nglish Skil ls (2nd B atc h) by
Briti sh Council

Nat ional

27.01.2014 to 24.03.2014

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Photograph 7

Photograph 8
Photographs 7 & 8 : Classes on Structural Analysis by IIEST faculty at the
Nigeria Delta Afric Waley Parson, a world renowned Gas and Oil company

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TEQIP funded lecture series organized by Jadavpur University, and BESU, Shibpur for Students of
Electrical Engineering and Architecture Prof. Woud Van Bommel , an eminent Lighting expert
delivered the lecture for nearly ten days

Closing c eremony of the workshop 21st Nov ember 2013

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(IV) Industry-Institute Partnership of IIEST with different corporate collaborators

Photograph 9: Cognizant IIEST Shibpur Innovation Laboratory

Cognizant - BESU Innovation Laboratory:
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The Cognizant - BESU innovation Laboratory has been established during 2012-13
academic year. This Open Source Software (OSS) laboratory is an advanced state-of-theart industry-university setup aimed at fostering a long-term relationship with Cognizant
and BESU in the areas of training and research and development. It is agreed that both
parties will actively engage themselves in the practical applications and implications
OSS while other fundamental research and training activities will also be pursued.
The activities of the R&D will include, but not limited to the following:
1. Tools and infrastructure for OSS Development
2. Agile Methodologies
3. Single System Image, Clusters, and Grid Computing
4. Localization of OSS into national and regional languages
5. Use of OSS education and training
6. Aspect oriented training
7. Search technology
8. Service oriented architecture

Photograph 10 :
Rustam Dastur (CMD), M. N. Dastur & Co. Pvt. Ltd., signing the MOA with the then
Vice- Chancellor Prof. Ajay K. Ray for carrying out breakthrough research in Steel Technology date
June 2013 in the presence of the faculty members of the
MN Dastur School of Materials science and Engineering

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A PANEL DISCUSSION ON ENGINEERING EDUCATION FOR EMERGING INDIA

Held with participation from reputed academicians and corporate heads on 24th
August 2014 on the occasion of the inauguration of the IIEST by
the President of India Sir Pranab Mukherjee.

On the Podium: Prof. Sougata Roy, IIM- Calcutta, 1989 Alumnus

Left to Right: Prof. Gautam Biswas, Director IIT Guwahati, Kallol Dutta, MD Andrew Yule, Prof.
Amitava Ghosh, Emeritus Professor IIEST, Shibpur, Mr. Shuvomoy Chattapadhyay, Intel Corporation,
USA (1989 Alumnus), Prof. Indranil Manna, Director, IIT- Kanpur, Mr. Gautam Roy, ED HR, CESC,
Prof. P. P. Chakraborty, Director, IIT- Kharagpur, Mr. Shubho Samanta, President, Atos India.

During the closing ceremony

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(V) Technology Transfer for Commercialization

Sl No

Project

1.

Subject specic customization of hip implant

2.

RC Blimp

3.

Underwater Lift bag

4.

Rear Projection Balloon

5.

Safe Home for Lone Elderly People

6.

Energy Saving for Bulk Customers

7.

Data-logging & Remote Monitoring System for PV Application

8.

Gas Leak Hunter

9.

Fabrication & Assembly stages of 2kVA PMSM

10.

Development of Improved Heat Exchanger by Heat Transfer enhancement

11.

Solar lantern

12.

Methano-meter

It may be pointed out that The Department of Science and Technology; Government
of India has given a meaningful thrust in this direction.

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Subject specic customization of hip implant

Objective:
Primary purpose of the research is to develop patient specic hip implant. It
should be fully customised and compatible particularly Indian subjects.
MIMICS used for creating 3-D model

Finite element analysis through commercially available high end

packags such as Ansys

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Implant designed and fabricated through various advanced machining processes

Features:
1) These implants are subject specic as per the specic anatomical
geometry and physiological presurgical condition of the bone (femur).
2) Incorporation of hollow cavity within the implant in order to reduce it's
gross stiness to mimic bone more closely
3) Dierent types and extends of incorporated hollowness

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(ii)

RC Blimp

Radio controlled Blimp is an aerial vehicle, a type of an airship

without internal structure in which case the balloon envelope,
when lled with lighter-than-air gas (such as helium or hydrogen)
lifts the complete system in air. A control box called the gondola
carrying drives and wireless electronic controller tted underneath
the envelope controls the movement of the complete system in air.

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Demonstration: - RC blimp had been tested and demonstrated in the

campus of IIEST Shibpur in the month of May 2012. It can be used for local
weather forecast, aerial forest security, remote aerial surveillance,
disaster management, brand promotion, lm shooting etc. Blimp of size
35ft, 40ft and 45ft length are being planned for larger payload capability
with high endurance capability with customized specication.

Target users: 1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
6)
7)
8)
9)
10)

Indian armed forces

State Police
India Meteorological Department
Central board of excise and customs
National Disaster Management
Forest dept
Electronics media
Event management
Major Advertising agencies
Corporate companies for specic product promotion and
surveillance etc

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3. Underwater Lift Bag

A lift bag is an item of diving equipment consisting of a robust and air-tight bag with
straps, which is used to life heavy objects underwater by means of the bags buoyancy.
The heavy object can be moved horizontally underwater by the diver or sent
unaccompanied to the surface.

300Kg load recovery: -

300Kg load was recovered from the pond near the IIEST campus as shown in the gure
above. The load had slipped from the edge and plunged into the water which was
dicult to recover by the swimmers alone. A closed bottom lift bag which itself weight
12Kg was used, which just took maximum of 20mins to recover.

2 ton load recover: -

In the MCEME Hyderabad campus, a demonstration was carried out to understand the
feasibility of the lift bag for the Indian armed forces. Military truck axels were put
inside the re ghting well which were then oated and recovered by 2 quantities of
3ton closed bottom lift bags. The lift bags had weight of around 26kg.

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4. Rear Projection balloon

Projection balloons are image display balloon device made of light weight plastic
fabric material, is inated with air or helium gas, where it has at least one projector
positioned with a projector case inside. The main change is the balloon shape which is
being called the pearl shape designed by the team which has bit of cylindrical shape
from the exact spherical shape due to which eects of the joints of the fabric is
eliminated from the surface of the projection.

Demonstration :- The projection balloon was used and demonstrated for the closing
ceremony of the prestigious Kolkata International Film Festival 2013. It was used to
display the gist of the activities conducted during the festival days to the visitors in the
Science City Auditorium, Kolkata.
Target users: 1) Event management
2) Major advertising agencies
3) Corporate branding for outdoor and indoor activityp

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5. Safe Home for Lone Elderly People

A non-invasive multi sensor wireless system

A project funded by Department of Science and Technology,
Government of India

Objectives:
I. Monitoring the regular activities using sensor nodes (no camera
included) at important locations.
II. Assessment of abnormal behavior by interpreting the information of
the sensor nodes using an intelligent controller
III. Communicating the message to the mobile phones of caretakers
IV. Power saving algorithms incorporated to minimize the energy
consumption

V. Components:
VI.Hardware:

XII.

Software:

VII.
VIII.
IX.

XIII.

Behaviour prediction algorithm

in central controller
Inactivity period prediction for
each sensor nodes
Status checking algorithm in

X.
XI.

PIR motion sensors

Current Transformers
Central controller unit
with LCD interface
ATMEGA 328
microcontroller
ZigBee wireless
transmission, 2.4GHz

XIV.
XV.

List of deliverables:
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)
g)
h)
i)
j)

Packaged wireless sensor nodes to be xed in the house

A central receiver to be xed in the house
The sensor nodes can be removed when required
Connection of the central receiver through mobile network to the telephone
numbers of the caretaker/s.
Features:
Non-invasive and does not use any camera
Sensor nodes are light weight, portable and easy to install
Low power consumption to avoid electrical loading
Automatic refreshing of memory after 16th day of installation for continuous
use
Emergency situation is assessed and message sent to the caretaker through
mobile phone
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k) The user does not have to keep track of the operation of the instrument.
Health status of the sensor nodes and the central controller is checked at
regular intervals and message sent to the maintenance person if required.

User group:
1. Elderly Person staying alone/ with a domestic help
2. Persons with some physical disabilities staying alone/ with a domestic help

Typical Installation Pictures:

Motion sensor installed in drawing room

Motion sensor installed in front of

wash room

Current sensor connected to TV set

Current sensor connected to toaster

Central controller unit installed

in drawing room

Message transferred to mobile phone

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6. Energy Saving for Bulk Customers

The details of the functions that are to be performed by the device are as follows:
I.
It will switch ON/OFF the capacitor banks at the right instants as per the VAR requirement of
the system to reach the desired power factor (set by the user).
II. It will display the instantaneous power factor and annunciate the actual capacitors
functioning in a healthy mode.
III. It will protect the capacitor banks from excessive voltage and unwanted harmonics and keep
them o under such condition. It will annunciate the malfunctioning of specic banks.
IV. It will alert the user in case of Maximum Demand and penalty p.f. is reached.
V.
It will communicate with a computer situated at a distance location and act as a data logger
(of p.f. of active capacitors, of actual VAR position of the system) and give a printout of the
measured parameters from mini-printer attached to the instrument. This will improve the
user-friendliness of the device.
VI. It will tide over transitory VAR swings and take action only for persistent VAR requirements.
VII. A Power Quality Index will be available to the user. This is important in connection with
various power electronic drives being used.
VIII. It has a watchdog facility to detect any inherent vulnerability in the instrument.
IX. It will calculate the change in KVAR of the capacitor banks with change in voltage and
frequency and select them accordingly.

LIST OF Prospective BUYERS

a)
b)
c)

All consumers of electricity at 415V and above.

WBSEDCL, CESC who are supplying power to industrial consumers may also be contacted.
Tea Gardens.

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9. Investigations on Permanent Magnet Synchronous Generator (PMSG)

for Dierent Renewable Energy Sources in the Power Range of 2-5 kVA
(Distributed Generation System with Micro/Pico Grid Structure)
International status:
Permanent Magnet Synchronous Generators (PMSGs) are the state-of-the-art
apparatus for generating electrical power from renewable sources like wind, fast
owing mountain streams etc. A PMSG with a back to back PWM converter connected
to grid controlled by digital controller are in use in the power ratings from as low as 1
kW to as high as 5 MW. These technologies are patented and usually manufactured by
big multinational companies like Enercon, Siemens Wind Power A/S, GE Energy,
Northern Power Systems etc. The following websites provide the informations about
this technology.
http://www.vde.com/de/
http://www.energy.siemens.com/
In order to accept inputs from more renewable sources the conventional power grid,
which is normally based on centralized and large power plants, has to be modied to
be able to tap power from a large number of distributed and smaller generation units.
This distributed generation systems with micro grid (or may be pico) structure require
technological maturity.
National status:
In India there is not a single company who designs and /or develops or manufactures
and sells this whole technology indigenously. But there are manufactures of
generators, power electronic converters. There are no manufacturers who produce
Permanent Magnet Synchronous Generator/ Motor.
Our laboratory work status:
A 2kW PMSG. has been fabricated in the laboratory. The developed set-up has been
coupled with a dc motor. Fabrication of a back to back PWM converter is going on. The
generator has been loaded with an existing PWM rectier and resistive load. A
laboratory scale dc-dc converter (Cuk converter is proposed here) which will be used
as an extra power electronic converter to increase the operating range of the
generator has been fabricated and control strategy has been implemented. The
following gure shows the conguration of the total system.
A Research Project on Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machine is ongoing at the
Electrical Engineering Department in collaboration with M/S G.E. Motor Pvt. Ltd. (a
small scale company near Kolkata) where 3 Phd students are working on it. Several
interactions with the rm take place both at the institute and the companys premises.
The rst prototype is shown in the images as follows. One possible application is PicoHydel generation
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Rotor with Magnet

Stator

Assembled machine

Fig. Block diagram of the laboratory prototypechine

Our aim:
This work is expected to develop a new technology for controlled operation of
an energy conversion unit in the power range of 2-5 kVA and suitable for picohydel system in remote hilly region where there are sources of fast owing
mountain streams but no electricity as transmission of electricity from
national grid is not possible due to the distance and remoteness of those
places.
Partner Industry:
This PMSG is fully fabricated at the works of M/S G.E. Motors Pvt. Ltd. This
research is funded by the Department of Electronics and Information
Technology (DeitY), GOI. The proposed research aligns very closely with the
M/S G.E. Motors Pvt. Ltd s vision of manufacturing permanent magnet
synchronous machine (both motor and generators) indigenously. The company
along with Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and Department of Science
and Technology (DST) is also providing generous fellowship to a scholar for his
doctoral research under Prime Ministers Fellowship scheme from April, 2014.

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10. Development of Improved Heat Exchanger

by Heat Transfer enhancement
Users: Heat Exchanger Industry

The setup in which the Heat Exchanger is being developed

The heat exchanger with Enhanced heat transfer

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11. The Howrah Solar Mela organised by the Howrah Municipal Corporation in
September 2013, was a success. The products on display was mainly from CEGESS

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Events Organised for Commercialization of Technologies

A Technology Innovation Programme (SRIJAN) For Technology Transfer
Organized by
Industry Institute Partnership Cell, IIEST Shibpur
Supported by

Technology Information, Forecasting & Assessment Council (TIFAC)

Department of Science & Technology, Govt. of India
Dated: 7th November 2014
In this event ve technologies have already been chosen for
commercialization. Patent facilitation facilities of the TIFAC was also
extended to the members of the institute.

Photograph 11

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Photograph 12

Photograph 13

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VI. STUDENT ACTIVITIES AND ACHIEVEMENTS

Students who visited Foreign Universities for Internships

S.No

STUDENT NAME

1
2

Sanjukta Dawn
Debasish Dhua

Sabyasachi Bandyopadhyay

4
5
6
7
8
9

Abhrokan Saha
Soham Mitra
Sayanta Barman
Pra k Garg
Partha Saha
Samanwita Kar

10

Indrajit Srivastava

NAME OF THE
INSTITUITON
University of Windsor
University of Windsor
University of
Massachuse s, Lowell
University of Windsor
University of Windsor
Wayne state University
Wayne state University
Wayne state University
McGill University
University of Illinois at
Urbana Champaign

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DEPARTMENT
Electrical
Electrical
Electrical
Civil
Civil
Civil
Civil
Civil
Aerospace
Metallurgical and
Material Science

VII. REKINDLING THE LEGACY OF THE INSTITUTE

he beginning of the history of Bengal Engineering College goes back to the rst

half of Nineteenth century. Industries in the sense we understand today were

practically absent. Consequently, facilities for technical education did not exist.
Sensing the need for trained personnel in development works like excavation of
canals, building of railroads etc., the Council of Education in Bengal decided on
opening a Civil Engineering class, which subsequently led to the establishment of
th

Bengal Engineering College. The tiny seed sown on the 24 of November 1856 steadily
grew into a mighty tree with branches spread over various elds of engineering.

he Bengal Engineering College has stood the test of time-spread over a long one

hundred and sixty years, full of uncertainties, vicissitudes, and world-wide turmoil
accentuated by two World Wars and a number of revolutions. During the long and
eventful existence as one of the oldest technical institution in the country, the college
produced qualied engineers who ably served the humanity with immense
contribution in their respective elds of engineering and, to a great extent, shaped the
engineering and industrial developments of the country. Besides, many of them left
their indelible imprints in various important landmarks of the world. It is indeed
dicult to name the notable alumni, as the long list would easily run into a few pages.
However, it may be worth mentioning a few whose contribution we can readily align
ourselves to.

ir RajendraNath Mukherjee was an alumnus of 1883. Among his achievements

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were the construction of Palta water works including the mighty 'Tala water tank' to
the eyes of everyKolkatan and the great Victoria Memorial, the most important
landmark of Kolkata. He pioneered the laying down and operations of Martin's Light
Railways.Along with Sir Acquin Martin, he founded Martin & Co. and contributed to the
success of Bengal Iron at Kulti. Later he joined G.H.Fairhurst in founding the iron works
of The Indian Iron and Steel Company. His son, Sir Biren Mukherjee, carried his father's
mantle and took IISCO to a new height. He was instrumental in setting up the steel
plant at Burnpur. Girish Chandra Das (alumnus 1891) became the chief Engineer of the
light railways under Martin and Co. He was also the Engineer-in-Charge of the Calcutta
High Court, which is a famous heritage building in the city. Amar Nath Das (alumnus
1895) joined the Indian Service of Engineers and rose to the position of Chief Engineer
of Bengal. RaiBahadurAnukul Chandra Mitra (alumnus 1900) was the Engineer-inCharge of the construction of Victoria Memorial. RaiBahadurAnnada Prasad Sarkar
(alumnus 1893) rose to the position of the rst Indian Chief Engineer (Irrigation) of
Bengal.

lumni of the college not only left their marks on the important landmarks of the

country, many of them also itched their names in some other landmarks in the world.
DrFazlurRahaman Khan, the Einstein of Structural Engineering, studied civil
Engineering at the college. He was the Chief Designer of landmark buildings like Sears
Tower and John Hancock Tower in Chicago. DrKajal Gupta became the Chief
Technologist at National Aeronautics and Space Agency (NASA) and was instrumental in
designing many of the landmark space missions.

he institute proudly carries this legacy and continues to produce some of the

brightest minds that shape the society as engineers, scientists, and technology
entrepreneurs.

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Dr Fazlur Rahaman Khan and Sir Biren Mukherjee

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Photograph 14 :
On the occasion of the Inauguration of IIEST, Shibpur the following NavaRatna and
other signicant Heads of Industries were felicitated in the presence of the
President of India.
Right to Left :
Prof. M Anandakrishnan,Chairman, BOG, IIT Kanpur, Lt.Col. A.K Verma, CMD,
Garden Reach Ship Builders and Engineers; Mr. Chandrajit Bannerji, DirectorGeneral, CII, Mr. T.V Narendran, MD, Tata Steel; Mr. Pranab Mukherjee, President of
India; Prof. Ajay Ray, Director, IIEST; Mr. C.S Verma, Chairman, SAIL; Mr. B.P Rao,
CMD, BHEL; Ms. Shanta Ghosh, Chairperson, Development Consultants Pvt. Ltd, Mr.
S.P Bhattacharya, GM, Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd.

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