PHD Handbook 2016-17

Ph.D.
HANDBOOK
2016-2017 Graduation is Just a Beginning.
Compiled & Edited

By
PGAC and IRSCP
(IITB Student Gymkhana)
PhD Handbook 2016-17
Disclaimer
Though the PG Academic Council (PhD Body) has taken care while compiling the handbook,
neither the council nor the Institute can be held responsible for errors/inadequacies that may
inadvertently creep in. This handbook cannot be used as a basis for making a claim on
facilities/concessions/interpretation of rules/statues or the like. If there is some critical information
to which the reader of this handbook refers, it is with his or her own responsibility that it is put to
use, with cross verification if need be.
Message from Dean Academic Programmes
Dear Student,
A PhD is the highest academic degree that one earns by ones own effort. Earning a PhD
is sometimes a lonely journey, but the overall effort is worth it, as it results in discovering your
own views on the subject and the profession (and life in general!). It is also an opportunity to
present your ideas to peers in your field of work. This should be an enjoyable and positive
experience. I trust you will have a productive and fruitful tenure as doctoral student at IIT Bombay.
Prof. Narayan Rangaraj

Dean Academic Programmes
IIT Bombay
dean.ap@iitb.ac.in
Message from Dean Student Affairs

Dear Student,
Welcome to the campus of IIT Bombay. Many of you may have already stayed in a hostel during
your earlier degree. The IIT Bombay experience may well prove to be different. This booklet is
meant to guide you through a whole gamut of things, academic matters and information on many
aspects of campus life. Take some time to read it, and if needed, email your queries to this office
or authors of the guide.
As a post graduate student your studies will be intense and you may have limited time for extra-
curricular activities. However, many of you may already have established credentials in some
cultural activity or sports. We encourage you to not lose touch and keep on excelling in your chosen
area of extracurricular activity. It was only a few years ago that you were in the same boat as the
UGs. You can still go and participate, and also perhaps give some guidance. Over the past few
years the student gymkhana has devoted a special focus on participation by Masters and Doctoral
students. The special events under the banner of PG Cult and PG Sports will help you to interact
with other students of the same experience bracket.
Similarly the Gymkhana will also run some regular programs and workshops aimed at PG students.
More recently there is a considerable interest among students for becoming investors and
entrepreneurs. You will find several avenues and activities through which you can get closer to
this dream (if you want to) listed in this booklet. Most notable are STAB and its clubs under the
Academic Council and the E-Cell activities.
A good part of your life will revolve around the hostel. It will be good to get familiarize yourself
with the governance structure of your hostel and maybe even participate in it. Overall supervision
and guidance to the hostel is provided by the Warden and Associate Warden who are members of
faculty and will be your senior friends in need. There is the hostel council with key elected posts
and a panel of nominated and willing students. All your requirements can be channeled through
them. You can also volunteer to look after your hostels activities and welfare. You can also be a
member of the council, if you fulfil some established criteria.
With staying on your own comes a great responsibility. You are responsible for your own conduct.
You are expected to be mindful of the wellbeing of the fellow hostel mates. In everything you do
in campus or out, you must adhere to the high standards of ethics and discretion expected of an IIT
scholar. Most of all, do not indulge in activities that are detrimental to your health and to the main
goal of your stay in the Institute, which are your academics and future career. Remember always
that you are an IIT-ian. Use your stay for developing your talents, develop physical fitness and
skills in sports. Indulge your passion in co-curricular activities. You can be sure that there will be
kindred souls, and more likely a club lined up to help achieve just what you have in mind.
On behalf of the entire IIT Bombay community of faculty, staff and students, I wish you a fruitful
stay and fulfilment of your academic dreams.
Soumyo Mukherji
Dean, Student Affairs,
IIT Bombay.
dean.sa@iitb.ac.in
Message from GSAA-PG
Namaskar friends,
First of all, I would like to congratulate all of you for securing admission in this prestigious
institute. Special thanks to those who selected IIT Bombay over other institutes and special
congratulations to those who were left with IIT Bombay as only option.
IIT Bombay is one of the very few IITs which have excelled in Academic along with co-curricular
and extracurricular activities. Throughout year, various events and competitions keeps going. This
will let you explore your interest and find out your true potential. Since extra curricular events and
activities are in plenty, so avoid being carried away and screwed in your academics.
During your stay at IIT Bombay tough time may come but it will make you strong if you had right
attitude. Once two families missed train by few minutes, one started crying and scolding each other
for delay. Other family sat calm and explored about other options. Thus from example also, we
can see that Attitude towards handling problem matters more than problem itself. In your tough
time, you may ask us for assistance. We as your elected representatives promise to help you with
best capacity of our council.
Wishing you a great time ahead....
Pankaj Sharma
General Secretary Academic Affairs (PG)

+91-8450983539
gsecaapg@iitb.ac.in, pankaj.jamia.2008@gmail.com
Message from Institute Doctoral Representative
Congratulations!
If you are reading this, it means you have finally completed the long and arduous Ph.D. admission
process and have realized your cherished dream by securing admission in this great institution.
Cheers for now being the student of IIT Bombay, the crme de la crme of engineering students
in this country.
It is indeed a great honor and pleasure for me to write to you through this Ph.D. handbook. Last
year, I was as anxious as you are at this moment, eager to get started at one of the worlds premier
institutes, the Ph.D. handbook helped me a lot to get to know the institute firsthand.
Your selection to IIT Bombay wasn't the destination, it was just a means to get to the starting point
of an incredible journey that lies ahead. I assure that even if you are a moderately curious person,
this journey will transform you into a new person emotionally, intellectually and mentally.
Through your professors, seniors and peers, you will be exposed to a plethora of ideas, perspectives
and mindsets. Friends, this opportunity of the lifetime that you've afforded yourselves with by
virtue of your hard work, is too great to be missed or even to be taken casually. This incredible
institution offers you far more than one can possibly handle. Not only we are the best in academics,
but I can safely say that the extracurricular activities that you'll experience here are the richest and
most extensive in their scope. Rich pool of IIT-Bombay alumni making their mark in diverse walks
of life are a testimony to it. So, come join us for the experience of lifetime, which only the chosen
few are blessed with.
You are now a part of a rich tradition and glorious culture of excellence. Make sure you achieve
something in your lifetime that makes IIT Bombay as proud of you as you are to be a part of it
today. And the journey to that excellence started right at the moment you first set foot on this
campus. So go out there, see this beautiful campus, meet like-minded people, enhance your
personality and soft skills, achieve academic excellence and make the most of the opportunities
that this campus has in store for you. Do not forget the foremost goal of life, to be a better person
than you were yesterday.
As Institute Doctoral Representative, I assure you that I and my team will always be at your
disposal to help you out to the best of our ability. I sincerely thank my whole PGAC Team and
IRSCP Team, particularly I express my gratitude to Pranav, Deeksith, Asmita and Shikha who
took pains in revising and updating this handbook. I hope this handbook will give you a glance
about the life at IIT Bombay.
All the best for all your future endeavors.
Welcome to IIT Bombay! See you at the Orientation on December 28.
Amit Goyal
Institute Doctoral Representative
PG Academic Council, IIT Bombay
idr@iitb.ac.in
Message from IRSCP Overall Coordinators

Dear friends,
On behalf of the IRSCP (Institute Research Scholar Companion Programme), I extend a warm
welcome to all the new entrants to the Institute. This is a matter of pride for all of you to be a part
of IIT Bombay. So you all deserve a huge round of appreciation. Indeed the Ph.D. journey is
challenging but it would be very exciting as well. IRSCP, a research scholars team is devoted to
solve your all academic or non-academic issues. The main objective of IRSCP is to cater to the
needs of research scholars. I encourage students to interact with your department companions in
case of any difficulty you face. The details of department companion/s of your department would
be shared with you by an email. The first year research scholars need guidance and IRSCP is liable
to provide them help at every point of their Ph.D. IIT Bombay carries one of the best research
opportunities as well as instrumental facilities of our country. So, this is a big opportunity for you
and you should avail yourself of the opportunity to excel in your career. I am sure that during your
stay at IITB you will create some best memories of your life. Enjoy your stay at the green campus
and cherish it.
With Best Wishes
Priyanka Shandilay
+917506972388
OC-IRSCP (2016-17)
priyankasharma@iitb.ac.in
priyankashandilay@gmail.com
Dear Newbie,
A very warm welcome to the Post Graduate life in IIT Bombay. Here, you have a rare opportunity.
You start a new leg of your journey towards the excellence that you aim for. Here is where you
make something of what you have learned in your undergraduate studies. This is where you put
the bits and pieces - that you have picked up along the way - together. It is a new start.
But, this is also where a few things from your undergraduate days start to disappear as a part of
growing up; the sense of wonder, your free-spiritedness, your zeal and your sense of involvement
- to name a few. But, dont worry. They disappear only if you let them go. Tame them and shape
them and use them to get what you came here for. To nurture yourself, IIT Bombay offers you the
avenues and the opportunities of both academic and non-academic nature that you would be hard-
pressed to find anywhere else in India. Do make use of them and the life here would be exciting.
Best Wishes,
DEEKSHITH K
OC-IRSCP (2016-2017)
+917045330837
deekshith.k@iitb.ac.in
dkshtty@gmail.com
Message from GSSA
Hello,
I welcome you all to one of the most prestigious institutes of the country, IIT Bombay. For a lot
of you, the coming few years at IIT Bombay are going to be quite different from the last few in
terms of exposure and opportunities to pursue a wide range of activities. You will soon realize that
what you have unlocked is far more than what you might have expected.
The major part of student life here is all about striking a balance between academics and
extracurricular activities, and this is what shapes you completely. I would like to introduce you to
what forms a very important part of the latter Sports.
What does Sports actually stand for in IIT Bombay? This can be summarized in just 4 words it's
learning, recreation, fitness, and most importantly, interaction. Along with learning new skills and
taking part in numerous activities, sports inculcate within you a sense of camaraderie and a sense
of unity. Over time you will find that it is the best way to find friends and socialize, be it on the
field or during match screenings.
Do you know what my favorite part of the game is? Its the opportunity to play. Talking about
opportunities, the IITB gymkhana is a home to a wide range of sports, both indoor and outdoor.
IIT Bombay provides a plethora of sports activities that include all major team sports as well as
individual sports. With great pride, I can say that the Gymkhana is one of institutes greatest assets.
The facilities provided to the students match international standards and are one of the best in the
country, and the students who have been associated with them for a long time grow a strange
connection to it, even after they are no longer students here.
Learn, Play, Enjoy!! This is the motto that the Institute Sports Council believes in, and we are here
to serve you in the best of ways! I can wait no further to take you to a journey through the
gymkhana, and numerous activities that will come your way. To end all this, I would say - do not
take mine or anyones word for it, just go and try it out on your own. Who knows, you may love
it and pursue it for the rest of your lives, if not youll cross it off your bucket list.
Sahil Dhingra
General Secretary, Sports Affairs
IIT Bombay
Phone: +91-9702215839
E-mail gsecsport@iitb.ac.in
Message from Overall Coordinator, Techfest

Hello!
First of all, I would like to congratulate all of you on making it to IIT Bombay and on behalf of
Team Techfest I welcome you all to IIT-Bombay.
Started in 1998, with the motto of promoting science and technology, Techfest has surpassed 19
golden years of creating an unmatched aura of a science and technology spectacle year after year.
We attract a footfall of more than 1,65,000 and have a reach of over 2500 national and 500
international colleges to provide an international platform to the youth to showcase their talents
and expertise in fierce competitions, display cutting edge technology and research from all over
the globe, as well as interact with world renowned personalities like Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam,
Jimmy Wales, Amartya Sen. The grandeur of the international night shows, along with its fun
setups keeps the spirit of the festive feel alive throughout the 3 days and this is what makes it so
different, so mighty.
Techfest also takes up numerous social initiatives throughout the year, which have been supported
by the likes of Sonakshi Sinha, Arjun Kapoor, Prachi Desai, Amrita Rao and many others.
We as a Techfest Team go about the concept of One Team. You dont need to be a tech enthusiast
to be a part of the Techfest Team. Come and be a part of the integral Techfest family and in the
process meet your idols, have fun, get your ideas implemented, create a global social impact and
make new lifelong friends.
Visit us at www.facebook.com/techfest.iitb
Shubham Tibrewal
Overall Coordinator, Techfest 2016-17
IIT Bombay
Contact: +91-9967350381
Email: shubham.tibrewal@techfest.org
Website: www.techfest.org
Message from Overall Coordinator, Mood Indigo
One of the many things that makes IIT Bombay stand out from other colleges across India is the
scale of its cultural festival. Held in December every year, with a footfall of over 1.31 Lakh pouring
in for more than 220 events- Mood Indigo or fondly known as MoodI or MI has become the largest
college cultural festival in Asia!
The ideology is to bring the entire world to one place, providing opportunities to all enthusiasts
and making the 4 days, the best days of the year for the audience and workforce alike! We cater to
the most talented students from over 1650 colleges across the world through magnificent
competitions and provide exposure to unending list of international artists like Mike Portnoy,
Porcupine Tree, Simple Plan, Katatonia, Sander Van Doorn, Borgeous and Indian legends like
Mohit Chauhan, Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, Vishal-Shekhar, Asha Bhosle, Ustad Zakir Hussain, Jagjit
Singh. The list has been expanding with each edition. Artists across the world amaze the people
with their acts covering various genres. Mood Indigo has also been graced by celebrities and
eminent personalities including Aamir Khan, Shashi Tharoor, Anurag Kashyap, Amish Tripathi,
Shahid Kapoor, Imran Khan, Ayushmann Khurrana, Anushka Sharma, Arjun Rampal,
Chitrangada Singh in the past years!
At Mood Indigo, you will see your ideas come to life, live the dream of handling professional
artists, organize entire events, meet new people and make best friends for life - A must for your
1st year in IIT Bombay!
Visit us at
www.moodi.org
www.facebook.com/iitb.moodindigo
Message from Overall Coordinator, E-Cell

The Entrepreneurship Cell welcomes you to IIT Bombay, the institute which not only creates best
Engineers but also has significant contributes in the creation of Indias upcoming Silicon
Valley. We have been consistently working towards enhancing the entrepreneurial ecosystem,
both inside and outside IIT Bombay. We aim at encouraging students to rise above the job centric
culture and become frontline entrepreneurs whilst helping the motivated ones by giving them most
of the resources they need.
Our main initiatives include:
1. Entrepreneurship and Business (EnB) Club: The best place to start your entrepreneurial
journey. It conducts various types of events such as speaker sessions by eminent personalities,
workshops, competitions and mentoring events. In addition, it conducts Startup Bootcamp which
is a platform to convert your business idea into a start-up.
2. Eureka!, the Asias largest B-plan Competition: Archimedes then took to the streets naked,
so excited by his discovery that he had forgotten to dress, crying "Eureka!" and thats how excited
entrepreneurs are after getting an Idea. This is the platform where we aim to groom potential ideas
into startups by providing them with valuable incentives like consulting, mentoring and cash prizes
which are worth INR 4.5 million.
3. The Entrepreneurship Summit, the annual flagship event of E-Cell, is a two-day summit with
a vision of creating a synergic environment encompassing visionary students, entrepreneurs,
investors and other corporate people. Our past E-Summits were graced by the presence of big shots
like Nandan Nilekani, Sachin Bansal, Allen Mamedy, Kiran Shaw, Adi Godrej, Adil Zainulbhai,
Devdutt Patnai, Jim Beach and many more awe-inspiring personalities.
While working in E-Cell you can get an overview of the current entrepreneurial ecosystem,
exposure of corporate world and a chance to network with successful and great entrepreneurs.
Most importantly, you get an opportunity to acquire leadership, team-work and time-management
skills and learn from the best.
To know more Visit us at www.ecell.in | www.facebook.com/ecell.in
Smruti Mahapatra
Media Manager
The Entrepreneurship Cell
IIT Bombay
Message from Insight - The Institute Student Media Body
As IITBs official student media body, Insight connects you to things that matter in our large and
fast-paced campus. Throughout your stay at IIT-B, there will be committees taking decisions that
directly affect you, myriad events which might deeply interest you. From new student rules,
academic changes and irregularities, news pertaining to hostel life, placements, Insight not only
covers it for the reader but also gives him/her a platform to voice their opinions. We also provide
video coverage of various events such as institute fests, interviews with visiting dignitaries and
documentaries on a multitude of issues via our video hand, the IIT-Bombay Broadcasting Channel
(IIT-BBC).
We publish print issues twice or more a semester and actively update our website
(www.insightiitb.org) with fresh news as and when it happens. We also publish a special PG
Freshers Newsletter targeted at PG Freshmen to help them settle in. You shall receive the first
edition of PG Freshers Newsletter soon covering fundae about insti life, selecting courses and
spots to hang out in Mumbai. Watch out for the next edition, which will be hitting your doorsteps
shortly. To stay up-to-date with news in the Institute, you can also look us up on Facebook.
(www.facebook.com/insight.iitbombay)
Shreerang Javadekar, Shreeyesh Menon

Insight Chief Editors
Email: insight@iitb.ac.in
Phone:
Shreerang: +91 9892995028
Shreeyesh: +91 7506246427
Message from Counsellor

Welcome to IIT-B!!!
You will now be in a new environment, with new people around you, with more challenges than
before & a more ambitious you.
Suddenly you would feel that a lot of parameters around you have changed & you would have
more responsibility to handle. There can be testing times when you might have to face performance
pressure, social pressure, and family pressure / issues leading to feelings of loneliness, low
confidence, anxiety, stress, anger, sadness and so on.
To help you refrain from losing your focus, at IIT-B we have Student Counsellors along with the
DSMP to guide you. Students are encouraged to approach the Counsellor for any problem that
they are facing, may it be academic, emotional, social or financial, without hesitation. For any
issues you may approach your Guide, Departmental Mentor, or any of the elected student leaders,
or any professor.
Typical concerns of students who seek counselling are:
Transition and change

Uncertainty about values and goals
Personal relationships with friends/ faculty
Family concerns
Issues of grief and loss
Stress, depression and anxiety
Lack of motivation; concentration difficulties
Abuse of alcohol and other drugs
All the best & keep doing well.

Counsellors at IIT Bombay:
Mrs. Amita Tagare (email - maithili@iitb.ac.in; phone - 022 25767071)
Ms. Hima Anaredy (email hima.anaredy@iitb.ac.in; phone 022 25769071)
PG Academic Council 2016-17, Doctoral Wing
GSAA PG
Pankaj Sharma
Dept. Centre for Technology Alternatives for Rural Areas (CTARA)
Email: pankaj.jamia.2008@gmail.com, gsecaapg@iitb.ac.in
Institute Doctoral Representative
Amit Goyal
Dept. Computer Science and Engineering
Email: amit.uietian@gmail.com, idr@iitb.ac.in
Executive Member
Pranav Lad
Dept. Mechanical Engineering
Email: pranavrlad@gmail.com
Academic Unit Representative for Academic Affairs (AURAA)
Name Department/Center/School Email ID
Shikha Chemical Engineering shikhajindal92@gmail.com
P. Krishnendu Civil Engineering p.krishnendu89@gmail.com
Vidya Menon CRNTS vidyavmenon28@gmail.com
Asmita Goswami HSS asmitagoswami08@gmail.com
Richie Garg Mechanical Engineering richiegarg14@gmail.com
Jyoti Sharma Physics jyotisharmaphy@gmail.com
Jaikishan SOM jackey.jk@gmail.com
Academic Council Coordinators

Name Department Email ID
Mohit Kumar Electrical Engineering mohitsingh131@gmail.com
Prashant Motvani Civil Engineering motwaniiitb@gmail.com
Rishabh Shotri Mechanical Engineering rishabhshotri@gmail.com

Institute Research Scholars Companion Program, Team
Overall Coordinators
Deekshith Priyanka
Email: deekshu1@gmail.com Email: priyankashandilay@gmail.com
Aerospace Engg Sohan Suvarna sohan.suvarna@gmail.com
Maitri Kshetrimayum maitri.ksh@gmail.com
Ajay Chandubhai Vora ajay.vora001@gmail.com
BSBE Pankaj Shivhare pankajshivhare.iitb@gmail.com
Chemical Engg Devyani Varshney devyaniv92@gmail.com
Tejeswi Ramprasad tejeswi22@gmail.com
Pankaj Verma pankajv09@gmail.com
Chemistry Juhi Singh juhi.mhg.bhu13@gmail.com
Khushboo fragrance385@gmail. com
Civil Engg Sangita Singh singh.sangita15@gmail.com
Computer Sci and
Sparsa Roychowdhury sparsa.roychowdhury@gmail.com
Engg
Earth Sci Parth Samani samaniparth31@gmail.com
Sambit Shuvankar
sambitshuvankarpanda@gmail.com
Panda
Electrical Anees V P email2aneesvp@gmail.com
Abhinav abhinav.vishnuram@gmail.com
Energy Sci and Engg Vimal Kishor khatrivimalkishor@gmail.com
HSS SABU KT sabu.kt@gmail.com
Mech Engg Abhishek Mishra mishrabhishek004@gmail.com
Sumit Sharma 18s.sumit@gmail.com
Charu Mittal charum.09@gmail.com
MEMS Sandhya sandy.iitronline@gmail.com
Gandhe Harshad Uday harshadtheimmortal@gmail.com
Pakhale Swapnil
Ashok pakhales@iitb.ac.in
IEOR Anjum Rani anjumansari826@gmail.com
Systems and Control Priyanka Dey dey.priyanka018@gmail.com
Education
Prajish Prasad prajish.prasad@gmail.com
Technology
CSRE Gaurav gauravdasondhi2013@gmail.com
CRNTS Sonatan Das sonatan2010@gmail.com
CTARA Aayushi Jain ayushibiotech@gmail.com
Amit Tare amitbtare@gmail.com
Research Scholars Forum, Team
Name Post Email id Department

Venkatesh Kadam RSF OC (Overall Coordinator) kumarvenkatesh.kadam@gmail.com HSS
kolluru srinivas Managers Coordinator savinirs.milas@gmail.com CSRE
Priyanka Sakhare Female Representative & RSF DR psakhare877@gmail.com Chemistry
Married Research Scholars'
GOURAV KUMAR Representative gouravgg610@gmail.com MEMS
Married Research Scholars'
Sreeja K Satheesh Representative sreejaksatheesh@gmail.com MEMS
Travels & International relations
Hemant Juneja Manager juneja6031@gmail.com EE
Naveen Gurrapu Conference, Medical Grants gnaveeniitgn@gmail.com EE
Chemical
Mohamed Kasim Project & Research staff Engineering
Khan Representative mkasimkh@gmail.com (Project Staff)
Sonatan Das Grievance Manager sonatan2010@gmail.com

Souyaranjan Nayak TA & Fellowship councilor soumya42ranjan@gmail.com MEMS
Mayank Gupta Journal Manager & RSF DR mayankgupta1990@gmail.com CUSE
Civil
Sahastrabuddhe Rishi Journal Manager & RSF DR rishi.sahastrabuddhe01@gmail.com Engineering
ABHISHEK RAJ Civil
SINGH Events Coordinator arsingh1491@gmail.com Engineering
Atul Dubey Events & PR Manager dubsatul19@gmail.com Mathematics
Vaibhav Chaudhary Events Manager vaibhavchaudhary.iitb@gmail.com Mathematics
Faizal MK Web & Design Manager fmkfaizal@gmail.com

SURABHI MEHRA Manager & RSF DR surabhimehra0291@gmail.com BSBE
Rananmay Bharadwaj RSF DR rananmaybharadwaj@gmail.com Chemistry
Chemical
Shobhit Garg RSF DR shobhitgarg060@gmail.com engineering
azhar shaikh RSF DR azher.shaikh115@gmail.com earth sciences
TANMAY KUMAR
MOHANTA RSF DR tanmaymht96@gmail.com Mathematics
Mechanical
Rishabh shotri RSF DR rishabhshotri@gmail.com Engg.
Partha Karar RSF DR parthakarar@gmail.com MEMS
Chemical
Akshay Modi RSF DR akshaymodi.iitbombay@gmail.com Engineering
Aerospace
Jagdish Babu Vemula RSF DR jagdishbabuiitb@gmail.com Engineering
RSF Advisor (Former RSF OC Education
Shitanshu Mishra 2014) shitanshu.iitb@gmail.com Technology
RSF Advisor (Former RSF OC
Pankaj Sharma 2015) pankaj.jamia.2008@gmail.com CTARA
Contents
1 Academic Information 1
1.1 The Startup Window 1
1.2 Coursework: The first milestone 2
1.3 The Big Game 2
1.4 The PhD Roadmap 4
2 ACADEMIC ADMINISTRATION 5
2.1 Programme Committees 5
2.2 Faculty Advisory System: 6
3 ACADEMIC RESOURCES 7
3.1 IIT Bombay Central Library 7
3.2 E-Resources 9
3.3 Tools and Software 10
3.4 IRCC 11
3.5 Research facilities 14
4 Financial aid 15
4.1 Scholarships /Fellowships 15
4.2 Internship/Training 17
4.3 Travel and Publication Assistance 17
5 Career Opportunities 22
5.1 SINE: Society for Innovation and Entrepreneurship 22
5.2 Institute Placement Cell 24
6 Institute Bodies and Events 25
6.1 POST GRADUATE ACADEMIC COUNCIL 25
6.2 Research Scholars Forum (RSF) 26
6.3 INSTITUTE RESEARCH SCHOLARS COMPANION 27
PROGRAM
6.4 ReSCon Research Scholars Confluence 28
6.5 IIT BOMBAY SPORTS 29
6.6 THE CULTURALS 34
6.7 INSIGHT 38
6.8 STUDENT ALUMNI RELATIONS CELL 39
6.9 E CELL 41
6.10 STUDENTS TECHNICAL ACTIVITIES BODY 43
6.11 TECH FEST 47
6.12 MOOD INDIGO 48
6.13 ABHYASIKA 49
6.14 ABHYUDAY 50
6.15 National Service Scheme, IIT Bombay 52
6.16 MEDIA CELL 54
6.17 WOMENS CELL 55
7 General Facilities 59
7.1 Accommodation 59
7.2 IIT Bombay Guest House 60
7.3 IITB Bombay Hospital 60
7.4 Other Facilities 61
PhD Handbook 2016-17 1
1 ACADEMIC INFORMATION
1.1 The startup window
Read the entire PhD Rules and Regulation book at least once as soon as you join the
institute.
Talk to the seniors because they could be the most helpful source of information regarding
academics, research as well as administrative processes within the department as well as at
the institute level.
First thing is that, you need to make sure that you sign and submit the joining form and
other required certificates and documents to the concerned person in department or
academic office on time as mentioned in your offer letter.
Three websites which you need to get familiarized with especially for academic purpose.
o IITB Webmail https://gpo.iitb.ac.in/src/login.php
o ASC site www.asc.iitb.ac.in
o Moodle Website http://moodle.iitb.ac.in/login/index.php
GPO mail is the official mail box which you may consider as the multipurpose e-notice
board. Starting from scholarship information to gymkhana closure notices, all kinds of
information will be circulated through this mail. Of course this mail can be used for your
official communication within as well as outside the Institute.
Further to keep yourself updated regarding the day to day events and not to miss any
activity of your interest throughout the institute, register your mail id at
http://lists.iitb.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/events
ASC is the main interface between you and the Institute administration which will cover
things like fees and stipend, coursework registration/adjustment, library interface etc.
Moodle is the main interface between you and your coursework instructors. This portal
serves you for class notes, presentation/document shared, submission of assignments and
other instructions from all the coursework instructors for which you have registered.
It is important that registration be done in person, except where permission is sought
through ASC at the beginning of every semester along with a brief report of the previous
semester and your plan for the upcoming semester.
Note that all application forms, report formats and other preset communication formats will
be available online. Go to IITB Main page>>academic homepage>>Download forms >>
PhD.
1.2 Coursework: The first milestone

Take time and explore the course info section in the ASC site. Discuss with your friends,
seniors and faculty advisers about your interests and required courses and plan according
to your credit requirements.
Note that Communication Skills is a compulsory course for all PhD students. Most
departments have a departmental seminar course as a mandatory one. Further you need to
make sure of other mandatory course work requirements from your department.
Credit requirements will vary depending upon your qualified degree and so make sure of
your credit requirements with help of the PhD rulebook.
Most of the coursework are open for all the students from the Institute except a few
advanced/specialized coursework which might have pre-requisites.
You can register for most of the coursework either as a credit course or as an audit course.
When you register for a coursework as Audit, the corresponding coursework will appear in
mark sheet but will not affect the overall CPI as they will not be graded.
The option of auditing a coursework will be another opportunity to learn and get exposure
in the field of your interest besides credit courses.
1.3 The Big Game

Another important thing is to choose; who will be your research guide? The procedure
will vary from one department to other. Besides you need to have an RPC (Research
Progress Committee). So, again your departmental seniors can be of great help.
RPC contains supervisor and co-supervisor (if any) along with two or three other faculty
members in your field of research. This committee will act as the internal examiner for the
evaluation of thesis.
The members of RPC will be constituted by the research supervisor with or without your
participation.
"APS ", the buzz word in your PhD life. APS (Annual Progress Seminar) is the yearly
reporting of your research work. You will be required to submit a report summarizing the
work done over the year to RPC members and present the same for wider audiences. Note
that a few departments have progress meeting every semester.
So, APS will be the best opportunity to take feedbacks from various faculties and students
which will be very handy for improving your work and help you to strengthen your field
knowledge. Students admitted in Fall semester need to give his/her APS in the month of
July or August while students admitted in Spring semester need to give it in December or
January.
You will be required to submit the report for RPC members, at least a week or two before
your APS. Check out the downloadable forms available in the IITB academics homepage
for any report formats.
Try to get and go through a few previous APS reports from your lab-mates or department,
it will give you an idea about the structure of the report. But, of course, it is up to your
guide to decide upon the structure and content of the report.
Delay in APS will attract heavy fine unless there is a prior request to postpone the APS is
submitted to academic section. For more details regarding postponing of APS, refer PhD
Rules and Regulation booklet.
You might be given a second chance of presenting your APS in case of failure to get a
satisfactory remark from RPC members.
1.4 The PhD Roadmap
Complete the minimum credit requirements and maintain a minimum CPI of 6.0
Should not get FF/FR for more than once.
Course
Department specific
Qualifier Some department may have them
Exam
Should be done as soon as you fulfill the coursework requirements

Confirmation
of
Registration
There is no mandatory requirement of number of papers to be published to get your

degree. However, it still depends on your guide and RPC to consider publications as
Publication
the requirement for partial fulfilment of degree.
This may also vary depending in a few departments.
A comprehensive internal assessment of your research work

Panel will see the quality and quantity of work and recommend the submission of
Pre-
Synopsis
thesis.
Need to submit 4 copies of synopsis and 5-6 copies of thesis within four months
Submission after the pre-synopsis seminar
of thesis
On the basis of referees comments, RPC will recommend for the final viva-voce
Please do read this section in PhD rule book when you are at this stage.
Defense
2 ACADEMIC ADMINISTRATION
Academic Programmes of the Institute are governed by Rules and Regulations as approved
by the Senate, which is the highest Academic body of this Institute. The Senate
continuously monitors these programs and makes appropriate modifications/improvements
from time to time.
The academic system is semester based and hence, the students are required to follow
certain procedures and meet the academic requirements each semester. It is in the interest
of the student to be fully familiar with the academic systems of this institute. Particular
attention should be paid to the schedule and structure of coursework and project work, the
assessment procedure and the rules governing conduct and assessment of these activities.
The academic performance is monitored by the Post Graduate Academic Performance
Evaluation Committee (PGAPEC), which also reviews status of individuals after
reviewing their performance.
2.1 Programme Committees

In order to keep pace with the rapid development in science and technology and also to
keep in view the requirements of the nation and aspirations of the students, it is imperative
that academic programmes of the institute are reviewed continuously. The Postgraduate
Programmes Committee (PGPC) is entrusted with this responsibility. It deliberates upon
academic proposals received from the various Departmental Postgraduate Committees
(DPGCs), Interdisciplinary Programmes Committees (IDPCs), School Postgraduate
Committees (SPGCs) and Postgraduate Committees for Center (PGCs). Based on its
deliberations, it makes suitable recommendations to the Senate for its approval.
The Organizational Structure for Academic Matters
2.2 Faculty Advisory System:

On joining the Institute each student is assigned a faculty advisor or a group of Faculty
Advisors. Faculty Advisors (FacAds), as the name suggests, are professors, from your
respective departments, who will help you out in making academic decisions. FacAds keep
track of your progress and guide you properly. Each semester, the courses you take will be
finalized only with the consent of your FacAds. Changes in programmes, dropping of
courses, withdrawal from a semester on medical advice and the like, can be effected only
with the consent of the FacAd. For a students project, his/her supervisor automatically
becomes a Co-faculty Advisor.
3 ACADEMIC RESOURCES
3.1 IIT Bombay Central Library
In times when e-resources are modus vivendi of academia and scholars look the web for research
materials, IIT Bombays central library stands tall, well equipped with rich academic resources.
The IIT Bombay central library is an organized and structured solicitation of information resources
made accessible for reference or borrowing to the students as well as academic staff through
remarkable facilities and an emerging features. The central library has been proliferated by
accommodating up-to-date research information in terms of purchasing new books with consents
of students and professors, as well as purchasing journals and volumes of research bodies like
IEEE, Elsevier and many more. The central library maintains copies of academic and research
books, student dissertations, maps, even digital media such as CDs, cassettes, videotapes, DVDs,
Blu-ray Discs, e-books, and audio books. Besides the hard binding or in host digital information
facility, the library has subscribed to a number of important bibliographic databases in the field of
science and technology, for example, IEC Standard documents, Indian Standard documents etc.
These important databases are accessible only within IIT-B domain.
The central library serves as a house for 2,35,300 Books/CDs/Videos, 67,512 Reports, Pamphlets,
Standards, 1,18,331 bound volumes of journals, 15000+ print journals subscriptions along with
11,886 other technical special collection. In addition to this, the library provides facilities to access
resources from libraries of other government institutes as well. For more information please visit
http://www.library.iitb.ac.in/
3.1.1 Library Timings
The Central Library remains open on all days of the year, except on 26th January, 15th August, 2nd
October, Holi and Deepavali.
The central library timings are:
Non-examination days:
Monday Friday: 9:00 to 23:00 Hrs
Saturday Sunday: 10:00 to 17:00 Hrs
Examination days:
Monday Friday: 9:00 to 01.00 Hrs
Saturday Sunday: 10:00 to 01:00 Hrs
3.1.2 Circulation Hours

At any time, a maximum number of 20 books can be issued by a research scholar. A book is
typically issued for 30 days, after which it can be reissued if no one else has a claim on it. The
reissue facility is available online for four consecutive times, and thereafter the student has to visit
the library and reissue the book over the counter.
The timings to issue a book are bellow.
Monday - Friday: 09:00 to 20:00 Hrs
Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays: 11:00 to 13:00 Hrs
Self-issue, self-checkout: Any time when the library is open.
Students will be charged late fine of Rs. 5/Day for initial 30 days and Rs. 10/day for next 30 days
if they do not return the issued book within issued time period. Students will be suspended from
further book issue facility if their fine exceeds Rs. 100/-
The Reference books which are marked either R (Reference) or RR (Rare Reference) can be issued
only one at a time for a period of one day between 09:00 - 18:00 Hrs.
3.1.3 24x7 Study Room

Central library has made a provision of 24x7 Reading Hall for students in the first floor of the
building. This room can be accessed by the IIT-B students only from back side door of the Central
Library. Some textbooks/course books as recommended by the faculty are kept in the Study Room
Collection and can be used only in the library against Identity Card. Students can borrow one book
at a time from this collection for an overnight study and return the same on the next day 2 PM. A
late fee of Rs. 25/- per day is charged for an overdue book (Rs. 50/- during examination period).
3.1.4 Access to Non-IIT Bombay Libraries

In case of non- availability of some resource in the institute library, the Central Library maintains
excellent exchange relation with libraries of various government institutions such as other IITs,
IISc, NCST, TIFR, IGIDR, TISS, NICT IIG, BARC, NITIE and many more on reciprocal basis
and can borrow/procure for its users books and periodicals. It also produces soft/hard copies of
articles from different publishers, vendors including NISCAIR, British Library etc. To avail this
facility, you have to write a letter to the librarian giving all the details of the item you want from
the other library. For more details you may contact at the Circulation Counter in the library.
3.1.5 Access of Turn-It-In Software

Originality of a research paper plays a very important role to enhance the reputation of the
institution. Turnitin is a commercial plagiarism checker software package which is used to check
the originality of a research paper. This package is used by several well-known publishers and
research institutes/universities around the world, and now our Central Library has also subscribed
to this database. To use it, you have to create a user profile in the TURNITIN website which can
only be created by some instructor, temporarily or permanently. Using this software, not only the
reputation of the institute but also the skill of original paper writing will also improve. Visit:
http://pages.turnitin.com/rs/iparadigms/images/Instruct or_Manual_en_ us.pdf
3.2 E-Resources
To do good research, availability of reputed journal papers is very crucial. IIT Bombay provides
web enabled access to more than 450 books, 10000 full text journals papers and 17 databases on
institute wide network which is accessible 247 from IIT Bombay network. The details are as
below
1. Books: http://www.engineeringvillage.com/
2. Journals: Some important lists of journals are given bellow.
INFORMS: www.informs.org
IEEE Explore: ieeexplore.ieee.org
ACM Digital Library: portal.acm.org/portal.cfm
JSTOR: www.jstor.org
Project MUSE: muse.jhu.edu
Elsevier Science Direct: www.sciencedirect.com
3. Electronic Databases: 17, Compact Discs: 2000+
4. Electronic Theses and Dissertations: etd.library.iitb.ac.in
5. Institutional Archive: dspace.library.iitb.ac.in/dspace
More information can be found from the IIT Bombay and Library home pages.
3.3 Tools and Software

Technology seems like really a godsend to researchers when compared with how academic
research was carried out in the pre-internet era. Starting from the initial phase of scoping ones
research problem till the final drafting of thesis various tools can come handy as a PhD student.
The online tools listed below are useful to search and track research publications:
Google Scholar (www.scholar.google.co.in)

Google Scholar is a more focused literature search engine of Google. It populates specific research
articles, which includes the key words searched.
Scopus (www.scopus.com)
It is one of the largest abstract and citation database of peer reviewed literature, features smart
tools to track, analyze and visualize research. IITB has a subscription of this service, which can
make sure that you do not miss the critical research around the world!
Once you have the literary references for your work in PhD you would want to organize it and
often make a bibliography to cite in your own work. Many reference management software help
in that. Some of them are:
Mendeley
Mendeley is a free reference manager and academic social network that can help you organize
your research, collaborate with others online, and discover the latest research. You can
automatically generate bibliographies, collaborate easily with other researchers online, easily
import papers from other research software and find relevant papers based on what youre reading.
Google Drive
Upload your documents, work on them collaboratively, share them with others and also access
them wherever you are.
Endnote
EndNote gives you the tools you need for searching, organizing and sharing your research. It
allows you to easily create bibliographies while writing your next paper with features like cite
while you write. Whether youre on your desktop, online, or iPad, EndNotes syncing capabilities
let you access all of your references, attachments, and groups from anywhere.
Dropbox
Dropbox is a free service that lets you bring your photos, docs, and videos anywhere and share
them easily. Never email yourself a file again!
Evernote
Ideas, projects and experiences, share across all the computers, phones and tablets you use!
If there are some specific topics for which you prefer a structured course work kind of introduction,
then various online Open Courseware Consortium (OCW) are available. NPTEL videos are
organized by the various IITs. Recently Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs) like edX has
collaborated with IITB for running courses for undergraduate levels. There are various
interdisciplinary courses that can be taken in many such MOOCs, which might be interesting, or
at least refresher for the basic concepts needed for your research area.
Analyzing quantitative and qualitative data may be a central part of your research and open source
software like R can be used for statistical analysis and WEKA and Rapid Miner can be useful
for mining content from your dataset for analysis.
Finally organizing and writing research papers and thesis, use either Word/Open office/Latex
based resources where you may get specific formats to adhere to for various publishing type.
Throughout you can maintain a researchers social profile on various groups on Research Gate,
Google Scholar, LinkedIn or even on a specific Facebook profile for your research activities.
3.4 IRCC
In the 55 year long journey, IIT Bombay has established its image as one of the premier research
and educational institute. There are many major research projects running around the campus,
which are intended to make a difference in social as well as research community. As IIT Bombay
dreams for more cutting edge research, IRCC is the main body for providing various administrative
and logistical supports to R&D activities. Industrial Research and Consultancy Center (IRCC) was
established in the year 1975 as the unit responsible for managing and coordinating all the activities
related to research and development at the Institute including facilitating interactions with external
agencies, setting up simplified processes for financial, manpower and intellectual property
management, licensing activities and scheme for incentivizing researchers. The working of IRCC
can be briefly described in following points:
Providing infrastructure, equipment and staff related support in conducting any research
activity.
Maintaining various central facilities within the campus. These state of the art facilities are
very unique and advanced.
Providing diverse funding to researchers and also gives exposure to collaborate with other
researchers within and outside the country.
Maintaining a proper link between research on campus and demands from various
industries. It is also instrumental in commercialization of various projects and bonding
agile industry-academia partnerships.
Handling the intellectual property policy for the institute. It takes care of the diverse interest
of the various stakeholders, i.e. the government, public, researchers, faculty, sponsors etc.
3.4.1 IRCC Advisory Committee
The IRCC Advisory Committee (IAC) has been set up to advice the Dean (R&D) on issues related
to the activities, policies and initiatives taken by IRCC for facilitating R&D and incentivizing
researchers of our institute. The committee generally holds meeting once every two months.
Faculty form different academic units of the institute, ex-officio Professor-in-Charge, CEP/QIP,
ex-officio Professor-in-Charge SINE and Head CRNTS/SAIF constitute the IAC along with Dean
(R&D), Associate Dean (R&D) and members from the technical section of IRCC.
Facilities to students
Access to central facilities.
Partial support to Ph.D. students without stipend in their last stages of thesis.
Mid stage financial support to TAP/RAP Ph.D. students.
Laboratory notebooks for research documentation.
Financial support to participate in an International Conference.
3.4.2 Consultancy Projects
IIT Bombay has nurtured a vision to be fountainhead of new ideas and of innovators in technology
and science. This dream gives an opportunity to any external agency/industry as solution for almost
any type of problem/need in almost every discipline subject of engineering, technology and
science. The institute handles all such external requests through its faculty/scientists/technical staff
and IRCC moderates all these activities within a framework of various standard terms and
conditions.
IRCC has four sections i.e. Accounts, Administrative, Software and Technical section. The
software section helps in maintaining Online Information System (DRONA). This systems links
students, faculty involved in R&D activities to various facilities and information from IIT Bombay.
IRCC has been instrumental in developing online processes for managing consulting and
sponsored projects, project staff recruitment, project accounts, patenting and agreements. IRCC
aims to simplify processes and faculty and students to focus on research. IRCC can be reached at
www.ircc.iitb.ac.in or http://www.iitb.ac.in under Research and Development link. Information
related to IP and patent may be viewed at http://drona.ircc.iitb.ac.in/faculty/ipr.jsp
3.5 Research facilities
3.5.1 Centre of Excellence in Nanoelectronics

CEN is a collaborative project between IIT Bombay and IISc Bangalore. It is funded by the
Ministry of Communication and Information Technology (MCIT), Government of India. The
center focuses on the design, fabrication and characterization of traditional CMOS nanoelectronic
devices, novel material based devices (III-V compound semiconductor, opto-electronics,
spintronics), micromechanical systems, BioMEMS, solar photovoltaics and polymer based
devices. The center's objective is to create technically sophisticated manpower for nanoelectronics
research, including inter university network. Detailed information about CEN can be found at:
http://www.cen.iitb.ac.in/cen/index.php
3.5.2 Sophisticated Analytical Instrument Facility

Sophisticated Analytical Instrument Facility (SAIF) was established at IITB in the year 1976, with
the support of Department of Science & Technology (DST), Government of India-New Delhi. It
is an integral part of IIT Bombay, and operates with an "open access policy". It is centre of various
characterization facilities, which include major analytical instruments. At present, 16 sophisticated
instruments are available in SAIF for users. Detailed information about list of instruments and
their availability can be found at: http://www.rsic.iitb.ac.in/Facility.html
How to avail the facility
Users within IIT Bombay can download registration form for any facility or can book it online
through the link http://www.rsic.iitb.ac.in/OnlineRegSysDetails.html by entering their IITB
Login. Details regarding requirements of experimental conditions should be given in the request
form. In experiments where user's presence is required, prior appointment for analysis is needed.
Faculty, students and staff of IITB can register samples for analysis by online mode. Users can
view previous registration status (It's approved or otherwise) details online.
4 Financial aid
Institute promotes research through various financial aids. These aids whose sources are varied
can be availed in the form of scholarships, internships, fellowships and travel and publication
assistance.
4.1 Scholarships /Fellowships

Any student who wants to pursue research in the interested fields, in any reputed institutes, he
needs to fulfil the requirements of IITB research committee norms to be eligible for a doctoral
degree. The major assistantships offered by the institute for PhD students are: PhD Teaching
Assistantship, PhD Research Assistantship, QIP Scholarship Teaching Assistantship and
CSIR/UGC Fellowships.
4.1.1 Teaching Assistantship
JRF: Rs. 25,000/- per month for the first two years for all students.
SRF: Rs. 28,000/- per month for maximum three years after having been JRF for two years
and on receipt of satisfactory report on successful presentation of Progress Seminars.
The fellowship is payable on basis of monthly attendance certified by the Head of the various
academic units upon completion of the assigned duties by the research scholars.
4.1.2 Teaching Assistantship through Project (TAP)
Candidates are offered financial support originating from sponsored projects; such projects
have a faculty from the department as the principal investigator (PI) and selected candidates
pursue a PhD (with that PI as thesis supervisor) in the given topic. The projects are typically
funded by the Department of Science of Technology (DST), Council of Scientific & Industrial
Research (CSIR), Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Department of Atomic Energy (DAE),
Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) etc. The student is paid scholarships throughout
the length of the project; this could vary from 2-4 years. In cases where the duration is less
than 4 years, IIT Bombay pays the student equivalent salary for the remaining time at IIT
(i.e. up to 4 years).
4.1.3 Research Assistantship

Rs. 28,000/- per month for the first two years for all students.
Rs. 31,500/- per month for maximum three years after completion of two years of
fellowship and on receipt of satisfactory report on successful presentation of Progress
Seminars.
Research assistants have to maintain/supervise the laboratories and also assist in teaching or
research or other work assigned by the Head of the department/center/school or Convener of IDPC.
They are required to work for about 16 to 20 hours a week.
According to MHRD guidelines, the employees of any organization who are pursuing PhD/Post
Graduate Programmes by availing study leave with or without pay are not eligible for
Teaching/Research Assistantships. Such candidates will have to complete their programme as self-
financed/sponsored full time or part time, as the case may be.
Students getting assistantships (TA/RA) from the institute can join projects sponsored by external
agencies like Department of Science and Technology (DST), Council for Scientific and Industrial
Research (CSIR) etc. and can obtain corresponding fellowships instead of TA/RA ships.
4.1.4 QIP Scholarship
Rs. 9,000/- per month for 3 years for all students and contingency: Rs. 10,000/- p.a.
4.1.5 CSIR Fellowship
JRF: Rs, 25,000/- per month for the first two years for all students.
SRF: Rs. 28,000/- per month for maximum three years
Contingency Rs. 20,000/- p.a.
4.1.6 UGC Fellowship
JRF: Rs. 25000/- per month for the first two years and contingency Rs. 12000/- p.a.
SRF: Rs. 28000/- per month for maximum three years and contingency Rs. 25000/- p.a.
4.1.7 Other PhD fellowship Opportunities
Few more government and private scholarships are awarded every year to students. Each of these
has its own selection procedures and requirements. Detailed information with procedure can be
found at IIT Bombay academic homepage.
For more details regarding government scholarships, please visit:
http://www1.iitb.ac.in/newacadhome/gphd.jsp
and regarding private scholarships, please visit:
http://www1.iitb.ac.in/academic/phdscholar.jsp
4.2 Internship/Training
There are ample opportunities facilitated by IIT Bombay for collaborative research, training and
internships for PhD students. Various institutes have MoU with IIT Bombay which involves
student exchange programme, interns, particular course work etc. Visit http://www.ir.iitb.ac.in for
more details.
Procedure for this is not difficult if you are strong enough in initial stage of your Ph.D. Following
steps guide you for this
1. Prepare an abstract or write up of your work or proposed work.
2. Select instructor or guide who has extensively worked in your field. Following link may
help you for this.
3. Send him/her the abstract or write up in consent with your guide to the instructor.
4. After getting nod from instructor do the further proceedings through Guide, HOD and
Dean AP.
4.2.1 Fast track DST project funding:
The Scheme provides Opportunities to Young Scientists (below 35 years with age
relaxation for category people) for pursuing exciting and innovative research in frontier
areas.
The scheme limits the total cost of the project upto Rs.23.0 lakhs (excluding overhead
charges) for a period of 3 years.
A lump sum amount of Rs 35,000/- pm is being paid to Young Scientists as fellowship on
these projects provided he/she is not employed nor is recipient of any other fellowship.
The submission of proposals under this scheme has been opened up and the Young
Scientists can now submit proposals any time of the year. Follow the link
http://dst.gov.in/about_us/ar01 -02-sr-opp.htm
Various grants http://indiabioscience.org/grants/grants-in-india
4.3 Travel and Publication Assistance

4.3.1 Travel Assistance
If you are smart enough you should have seen several parts of the world by the time you receive
your PhD degree. You have ample opportunities to fund your travel, starting from Institute support
for international conference, Department development funds, travel grants through fellowship
schemes (FA/SW category), conference organizers and sponsors, and several other private and
public agencies like DST, CSIR etc.
International Conferences
Once your paper/abstract is accepted for a conference, you can start the process. One can choose
different modes of research communication. The first preference can be for conference
organizers/sponsors then external public or private agencies and finally Institute or fellowship
funds. In most conferences, a certain number of scholarships/financial assistance will be provided
by the organizers and sponsors especially for students. In several cases, application for these
scholarships will be closed along with the deadline for paper/abstract submission. So, make sure
that you check and apply for these opportunities while you plan to submit your work.
Next, you can check the options at external agencies. Several of these agencies require two months
to process your application and so apply to them as early as possible. Following are a few
opportunities which you can avail
1. Department of Science and Technology (DST) http://serb.gov.in/pdfs/format/ITS-
format.pdf
2. Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) http://csirhrdg.res.in/sy.html
3. Indian Association for Research in Computing Sciences (IARCS) http://www.iarcs. org.in/
activities/grants.php
4. Indian National Science Academy (INSA) http://www.insaindia.org/download.php
5. Sir Dorabji Tata Trust http://www.dorabjitatatrust.org/id/71/Education related%20
Travel%20 Grants/
6. Mahindra Trust Private Companies (like Infosys, IBM and TCS). One has to apply to the
university relations/HR section of the respective companies.
In case of delay in release of fund from external agencies, you can apply for Refundable Advance
at our institute, provided that you produce the proof of approved travel grant from the agency to
fund your trip. Visit http://www.iitb.ac.in/academic/finalAsstWeb/financialAsst.htm for a detailed

procedure and information.
You can apply for Institute funding only after the acceptance of your paper/abstract at the
conference. Institute provides partial/full funding covering registration fee, travel, boarding and
lodging. For a detailed procedure and information visit http://www.iitb.ac.in/academic/finalAsst
Web/financialAsst.htm.
Students can also apply for additional funds from the department development fund through Head
of the department. Research scholars who have been awarded external fellowships (for example,
fellowships by IBM, Infosys, Philips India, Microsoft Research India etc.) can avail the travel
grants available to them in the fellowship scheme.
International Travel/Visa Tips

Most of you may have your passport by this time, but in case you do not have one, apply and make
sure that you have it ready ASAP. Once you confirm your participation for a conference, start the
visa application process. Although you may apply for visa through travel agents, it won't be
difficult for applying on your own as most of the information will be available online. In most
cases you need to apply through the private service provider (VFS Global) but for a few countries
you can apply directly to the Consulate of the respective country. Do note that the document
requirements, application process, visa fee, processing time etc. will vary depending
upon the country. So, carefully go through the instructions and procedures given both in the
consulate website as well as in VFS website (http://www.vfsglobal.com/). Although the document
requirements may vary between countries, following are the important documents in general
An invitation letter from the organizers
A visa assistance letter from the organizers
A copy of the list showing your talk/paper
No objection certificate from Dean AP/ Head of the Department
Financial support documents
Medical insurance
Most countries, especially USA and the UK, require details on funding during the visa interview.
You should have a confirmation letter showing adequate assistance for the travel from any
organization during the interview. For US visa, fill DS-160 form online and secure a date for visa
interview. For UK visa, fill online form and submit documents to VSS and secure an interview
date. For Schengen visa (European nations except a few countries like UK) fill the online form
and secure a date with the consulate. Visa for other countries like Australia, China, Japan,
Singapore, Malaysia, Brazil, etc. are relatively easy to obtain, details of which can be checked on
respective websites.
Some European countries require police verification before granting any visa. Since police
verification is a tedious process and is time consuming, one should keep enough time in hand for
the visa process (at least two months in advance).
It is better to have a proper travel plan before the visa interview. Tentative booking of air tickets
is also advisable before the interview. If you are applying to government funding agencies like
DST, CSIR, INSA, etc., make sure to submit a travel plan from Air India for the flight fares
(through Air India, most possibly) and also for other associated flights. The following step-wise
illustration will give you a brief insight for attending international conference:
Send the abstract/paper to the conference organizers for scrutiny

Apply for scholarships given by conference organizers or sponsors
Step1
On receiving the acceptance letter, initiate other funding applications

Send applications to external agencies (like DBT/DST/etc.) for travel grant.
Step 2 Parallely, apply to Dean AP for availing IIT funding.
Go through visa application procedures and initiate the visa application process
Check for the air tickets and accommodation and reserve them
Step 3 Collect all the required documents and submit the application
Track the application online and collect your passport when ready
After receiving the visa, confirm your travel tickets and hotel/hostels
Step 4 reservations.
Prepare your poster or slides for the presentation

Surf the web for climate/clothings/food and other travel essentials
Make a checklist of essentials (like charging adapter, medicines, umbrella,
Step 5
woollens, etc)
4.3.2 National Conferences and Publication Fee

For national conferences, students need to apply to Dean, Academic Programs (AP), with the
recommendation from thesis advisor and Head of the Department. One can obtain funding for
more than one conference/workshop/seminar per year. Students can also avail travel assistance
from the department development fund through the Head of the concerned department.
5 Career Opportunities
5.1 SINE: Society for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship has become a buzzword nowadays.

Students, graduates fresh out of college and even
experienced professionals want to try generating an idea
that solves a relevant issue & see it grow into a successful
enterprise. Recent success of some tech companies-
Flipkart, Ola, Snapdeal, Lenskart, Zomato to name a few
have lit up the imaginations of Indians and have provided
a shove that many needed to raise their own startups . IIT
Bombay is not alien to this trend and in fact is rather ahead
of the curve compared other technical institutes in the
country. To this end IIT-B established SINE (Society for
Innovation & Entrepreneurship) in the year 2004 which
was developed from an IT incubator started in 2000 with
the support from some renowned alumni like Nandan
Nilekani & Kanwal Rekhi. SINE is basically an incubator
that supports technology driven startups established by
IITB alumni, students, faculty/staff and other research
partners. SINE, spread over 10,000 sq.ft area can incubate
15-17 companies at a given time. To date SINE has
incubated 47 companies with 17 currently occupying
offices at SINE. A major portion of the incubatees are
faculty driven and some of these business ideas have developed from the research carried out at
IIT-B. Companies at SINE generate collective revenue of 100 Cr & provide employment to about
1000. Around 50% of the companies at SINE are funded by angel investors, venture capitals and
other financial institutions which is a reason why many prefer to incubate at SINE.
The criteria one needs to fulfil are as follows: Intellectual Property backing is a must; however it
need not be patented at the time of presentation. At least one core promoter must be from IIT-B
community.
The procedure to get incubated at SINE is a rather simple affair. You can walk into SINE with an
idea, if your idea shows promise, the next step is to create a business plan which will be reviewed
internally & improved until perfection. The business plan is next reviewed by an external panel of
experts and based on their suggestions, the idea will get incubated. The ideas are judged on the
following aspects: Economic viability, influence on society, strategic value.
SINE provides three kinds of incubation: regular incubation provides the basic office amenities at
a subsidized cost. Virtual incubation for ideas that dont require an office for functioning. Pre-
incubation, for ideas that are in the initial stages that need validation and testing. In addition to
this, SINE provides access to professional services at various stages growth including the services
of lawyers, accountants, human resource.
Besides the infrastructural and business support provided at SINE, one gets access to lab facilities
at SINE, Tinkerers lab and other labs in the institute. Resources shared by the companies at SINE
include meeting and conference rooms equipped with projectors, audio/video conference facilities
and office automation services like photocopying machines, scanners and printers.
For more information on SINE access the following website: www.sineiitb.org.

5.2 Institute Placement Cell
The placement season usually begins in the month of December in the current academic year and
goes on till the month of June. Doctoral scholars who are in the final stage of their work are eligible
for campus placements. Research scholars planning to participate in the campus placements should
produce a No Objection Certificate (NOC) from his/her thesis supervisor/s and Head of the
department. All the campus placements are handled by the placement office
(4th floor, Gulmohar Building). Only those research scholars who are in the Teaching
Assistant (TA), Research Assistant (RA), Project Staff (PS), fellowship categories and full time
self-financed category are eligible for campus placement. Research scholars in other categories
(Sponsored, QIP, DRDO, Army/Navy/Air Force), usually have to work for their employer after
their Ph.D. program. Research scholars can apply for placements for a maximum of two placement
seasons (two years). It is advisable to prepare your resume carefully and clearly indicating the
abstract of your thesis, publications, patents, talks and TA/RA/PS responsibilities. Most R&D
companies not only look for your academics but also communication
skills, extracurricular activities as well. So do mention them, if you have participated in any. You
may get in touch with the following people during the time of placement
Institute Ph.D. Placement Manager
Company Coordinator for Sciences
Company Coordinator for Engineering
Company Coordinator for Inter Disciplinary Programs (IDPs)
For more information, visit: http://placements.iitb.ac.in/
6 Institute Bodies and Events
6.1 POST GRADUATE ACADEMIC COUNCIL

BACKGROUND
To give representation to the postgraduate student population

and specific nature of their academic issues an elected post of
GSAA (PG) and two nominated posts i.e. Ph.D. representative
and Masters representative, were created and approved by the
Senate, IITB, starting from the academic year 2009-10. They
have the direct responsibility of coordinating with all the
department representatives (AURAA) and bring their academic
issues to the forefront with the help of Executive Members.
PGAC is involved in improving academic related policies along with organizing various events and
workshops in the benefit of students. Recently, PGAC has also taken few social responsibilities by
conducting camps such as Lighting up unelectrified villages and Go Cashless etc.
ORGANIZATION AND HIERARCHY OF PG ACADEMIC COUNCIL

6.2 Research Scholars Forum (RSF)

Dear Research Scholars,
It gives us immense pleasure to welcome you to

this ocean of knowledge where the rivers of all
corners of world and knowledge meet.
As Swami Vivekananda said: Arise, Awake and

stop not till the goal is reached!
May god fulfil all your dreams, we the whole

team of Research Scholars Forum (RSF IIT Bombay) welcome you all, let your journey be
successful, cheerful and a memorable one. We will give as much help as possible, feel free to ask
any doubts or concerns please feel free to contact us 24*7 in case of emergency.
https://gymkhana.iitb.ac.in/~rsf/
Research Scholars Forum is also a platform to address any issues or matter related to Research
Scholars during the overall stay in the campus be it related to your academics, harassment by any
person or student or council member or staff; or be it be related to research, hostel accommodation,
stipend or fellowship, fees, HRA, travel grant, health & stress or depression related issues,
department or lab issues, relation with guide or research work, issues of married research scholars,
internship or placement, issues of discrimination or unfairness by any means and problem or any
injustice or matter especially of public interest.
To address the grievances of research scholars in the Institute, we actively are making you aware
about RSF Grievance Portal, to raise your voice & grievances. These grievances shall be taken
forward to the higher functionaries of our institute and various student bodies PGAC, IRSCP,
Hostel Affairs etc,. to also help you.
Apart from grievances, suggestion & feedback are also welcomed. Research Scholars can also
request us for organizing any workshops or programs, events, seminar, industrial visits which will
benefit them in their research work.
Join us, it will be our welfare

6.3 INSTITUTE RESEARCH SCHOLARS COMPANION PROGRAM

Institute Research Scholars Companion Program
(IRSCP) was launched to cater to the needs of
research scholars community of IIT Bombay.
IRSCP works with General Secretary for
Academic Affairs Post Graduate (GSAA-PG),
under Dean-AP. The tag line of IRSCP is, We act
companions, they become champions and it says
everything.
IRSCP is there to support all research scholars

(especially 1st year students) for acadmiec, non-
academic and personal issues. Companions are available for you, all the time throughout your stay
for discussing and/or sharing any of concerns, questions, queries or problems. They help you to
get familiar with the institute and its functioning. One can also share personal concerns like health
related issues without any hesitation, as information shared will be kept confidential. Queries can
be technical as well as non-technical. IRSCP assists research scholars in developing skills required
all through the research by organizing workshops, seminar and lectures on broader aspects related
to research.
IRSCP is a one stop solution for an entrant research scholar. Queries that remain in brain remain
unresolved, so better throw them out for getting some solution. So, every research scholar should
make it a point to know the respective departmental companion and be in touch with him/her.
Please dont hesitate to contact your companion via email, phone or in-person. If your companion
fails to reply or answer, then you should contact overall coordinator.
For further details visit: http://gymkhana.iitb.ac.in/~scp/irscp/index.html Kindly post your queries

on: https://www.facebook.com/groups/IRSCP/
6.4 ReSCon Research Scholars Confluence

ReSCon is the annual research fest of IIT Bombay research scholars, generally helds in the month
of March every year. ReSCon aims to improve the scope of knowledge sharin and improving the
connectivity among scholars communities for a collective growth. This is congregation for
seamless interaction with peer level researchers and professionals.
ReSCon has the following objectives at its core:
Provide an opportunity for research scholar to get inspired from experiences of Alumni.
Encourage interaction between the research scholars from various institutes.
Offer a platform for showcasing research being carried out at IIT Bombay and other
institutes.
Bridge the gaps between academia and industry for productive and applied research.
Bring awareness about research and entrepreneurial career directions after PhD.
6.5 IIT BOMBAY SPORTS

Facilities
All the courts and fields of IITB Sports are situated in different
areas. The area surrounded by hostels H1-H5, H8, H11 & H13
except SAC is commonly referred as IITB Students Gymkhana
Ground. You can play all field sports on these grounds ranging
from Athletics to Volleyball. There are floodlit Athletics field,
Cricket field, Hockey field, Football field and Kho-Kho field inside
IITB students gymkhana grounds. Not to mention, all other sports are played in newly constructed
buildings. Olympic sized swimming pool and badminton courts are part of New SAC opposite H2.
The indoor facility opposite H3 have 3 volleyball courts, 2 basketball courts, cricket court and one
multipurpose court used for hockey, kho-kho and futsal. So you need not worry about rains, you
can play any sport anytime you wish.
Youll be amazed when you visit the new gym. Gym enthusiasts, newly built building opposite
H11 is for you. IITB is first among all IITs to build world class gym. Along with gym on first
floor, we have board games room on the same floor. You can play all board games including
carom, chess, pool, billiards in there. Ground floor of the building has air conditioned table tennis
hall and 3 squash courts. 2nd floor of the building is open court used for multiple activities. Near
this building is multipurpose volleyball court. Skating can also be done on this court during slots
provided. IITB has 6 tennis courts located along H11. Also in SAC opposite to H1, there are
weightlifting room, gym, yoga rooms, table tennis hall, 2 volleyball courts and a squash court.
There is storeroom in SAC where you can issue any equipment against your I-card. So feel free to
play anything. Timings of most facilities extend from 6 in the morning to mid-night.
Sports & Activities

Athletics, Badminton, Basketball, Bridge, Carrom, Chess, Cricket, Cycling, Defense Arts,
Football, Frisbee, Gymming, Hockey, Kho-kho, Lawn Tennis, Mountaineering, Skating, Squash,
Swimming, Table Tennis, Throwball, Trekking, Volleyball, Waterpolo, Weightlifting and many
more.
The Structure of Sports Council

The sports council is headed by the General Secretary Sports who coordinates the activities of all
the Institute Secretaries of the various sports. The 15 Institute Secretaries are responsible for
conducting events related to their sports at the institute level. Between the Secretaries and the GS
Sports there are Nominees including one PG Nominee who is in charge of conducting all PG Sports
activities. You are encouraged to contact the Institute Secretaries for any query related to the
particular sport. At the hostel level, there is a Sports Councillor (or Sports Co) who is supported
in his activities by Hostel Sports Secretaries (Sports Secy-s). In addition to them there are many
Clubs and conveners who organize creative events in their sports activity throughout the year. At
the department level, there are Sports Representatives for each department elected through intra-
departmental elections. These representatives are points of contacts for the Institute Sports Council
and the PG Sports representatives.
Inter-Hostel Culture
IIT Bombay has a history of healthy inter hostel rivalry. The Inter Hostel Sports General
Championship is the biggest all year-round event at the institute level. Event consists of 20
different sports where all hostel fight for Overall General Championship. In 2014, 15 Boys Hostels
& 4 Girls Hostels took part in the fiercely competitive General Championship. Participation is
generally huge in each of the GCs, so much so that, the whole Sports complex gets enveloped in a
sporting atmosphere.
Inter IIT Championship

It is The Holy Grail of every guy or girl who ever picked up a racquet, kicked a ball or scored three
pointers. Representing IITB in the Inter IIT Sports Meet is the Ultimate Honor. Held in December
over a duration of 7 days in one of the IITs, each of the 15 IITs arrive with their contingents and
compete fiercely for the individual championships for each sport (Athletics, Aquatics, Badminton,
Basketball, etc). Other than top three in individual sports, there is also the General Championship.
IIT Bombay won the General Championship most times. In recent past, IITB won Championship
for 3 consecutive years 07-09 and in 2012. Inter IIT was first held in IIT Bombay. Last year too,
IIT Bombay hosted prestigious 50th Inter IIT Sport Meet. This year, Inter IIT Meet is in IIT Madras
and new IITs will be participating for the first time. Girls have separate Inter IIT Championship
meet organized parallelly with boys. Girls of IIT Bombay won the prestigious Inter IIT trophy last
year by big margin. This year both the championship is proposed to merge into a single
championship awarded to one IIT.
To get a glimpse of the magnitude of the event visit this facebook page and check out the videos:
https://www.facebook.com/interiit16
Selection trials for the teams are held for each sport around October - November. The selected
players are a part of the Inter IIT Training Camp held from 1st December to the date of departure
for the meet. Based on the performances during camp, the best possible team is chosen by the
coaches and the captain.
The Sports Culture: Training Camps and Championships:

Besides NSO, IITB offers beginners training camps in all sports for which you can register.
Notices for the camps are typically put up a week in advance. Follow IITB Sports page if you dont
want to miss any opportunity. Seats are usually limited, so register at the earliest.
The Institute also organizes IFL (Institute Footer League) and Cric-mania in the Spring Semester
on the lines of the EPL and IPL with managers and a bidding ceremony. Leagues for Badminton,
Basketball, Hockey, Lawn Tennis, TT and Volleyball are also organized over the year. One can
register as a player or a Manager!
The Institute Sports council also organizes screenings of important matches/games for almost
every sport, be it Rafa vs Federer, an El-classico or an India-Pak match you can catch it on the big
screen with your friends :)
Sports@Leisure
Apart from these formal coaching camps and classes, feel free to turn up on the sports field and
play the way you like with or without your friends. Some timings are reserved for faculty and
institute team practices and NSO classes. As IIT provides the state-of-art facilities, a lot of care
has to be taken in maintenance. So, proper equipment and attire are must for playing. Specifically,
in Badminton, Tennis and Squash, you must wear non-marking, gum sole shoes. Swimming pool
also requires proper costume which can be bought from swimming pool itself. Recreational trips
are also organized every month to experience trekking, water rafting, rappelling. Cycling events
are organized on alternate weekends to some great locations. You will find out more details in due
time. You can issue squash balls, badminton shuttles and racquets on your I-card from the SAC
office and storeroom. Contact Institute Sports Secretary or use ask-a-secy facility to know more
about anything related to particular sport.
Most hostels have a lounge which has a carrom table, table tennis table, a gymnasium maybe a
fussball table and a pool table. You can issue the gear for these from the watchman against your I-
card. You will also find people playing cricket, football and volleyball in the fields between the
wings. Get yourself out there with these guys! This is the best way to get to know your batchmates.
And don't worry if you think you are not so good! Nobody is and nobody cares!
PG SPORTS
PG Sports is the platform for all postgraduate students at
IIT Bombay to show their enthusiasm for sports. PG
sports are annual event, which is a part of IITB sports. It
includes almost all indoor, outdoor sports as well as
athletics. PG sports are a battle between 22 sports team of
different departments at our institute on sports ground. It
is an event that witnesses the confluence of sports
enthusiasts and celebrates excellence, endeavor and team
spirit of the veterans. This is a much needed diversion
from the rigorous routine academics, bringing with it
promises of an energizing and exhilarating experience.
This event is exclusive for PGs. Not to mention, they can
also participate in Inter Hostel GC.
Events
The event is conducted in two phases with the first phase conducted in the first semesters (odd
semesters) of the academic year and the second phase being conducted in the second semesters
(even semesters) of the academic year. Phase I consists of most of the indoor events like Table
Tennis (Boys & Girls), Badminton (Boys & Girls), Squash, Aquatics, Carom (Boys & Girls),
Chess (Boys & Girls) etc. Phase II consists of most of the outdoor games and athletics. The sports
played during Phase II are Football (Men), Cricket (Men), Volleyball (Men), Basketball (Men),
Tennis (Men), Throwball (Women), Kho-Kho (Men), Cycling (Both for Men & Women), Crossy
and Athletics.
PG Sports Council
PG Sports is organized by the PG sports council which is led by Institute PG sports nominee,
departmental sports secretaries and other volunteers. PG Sports Council smoothly organizes PG
sports activities without disturbing their other commitments.
6.6 THE CULTURALS

IITB is known to enrich the overall personality of an individual and
add new dimensions to his/her way of life. Amongst the various extra-
curricular activities, cultural activities have their pride of place. All
the cultural activities can be roughly divided into four parts:
Intra-Hostel events: The best way to acquaint you to the cultural life
at IITB is Intra-Hostel events. Each hostel has its own cultural
calendar and hardly a fortnight goes by without a competition happening within the hostel.
Institute level events: Events are held in every genre at the institute level which can be categorized
further into: Open Events, Inter hostel Events, Workshops and special nights and exhibitions. The
elected Institute Cultural Committee consisting of the General Secretary Cultural Affairs, Institute
secretaries for each genre and representatives plans and executes these.
Inter-collegiate cultural festivals: Mood Indigo - Asia's largest college festival and apart from
MI, we also participate in other inter collegiate festivals such as Malhar (St. Xaviers College),
Chaos (IIMA), and Umang (NMIMS).
Performing Arts Festival: PAF, the grand-daddy of all other cultural events, the one event that
can seamlessly integrate every different type of cultural events. A description of all the activities
going on is given below which will help you decide what you want to do.
Dance Club(s): IN SYNC

Activities: Hip-hop, Contemporary, Salsa, Ballroom, Rock n Roll, Bollywood, Indian Classical
Dances.
Major Events 1. AIDS: Annual In Sync Dance Show is one of the biggest dance events where
we prepare our own performances and invite guest performers from outside the institute. 2.
Gyrations: The inter-hostel dance general championship, where the entire hostel enthusiastically
participates is one of the weightiest GCs.
Dramatic Club(s): Fourth Wall

Major Events: 1. Freshizza: First big dramatics event of the year. Freshers prod is another event,
where freshies, nurtured by senior mentors, put up skits or plays. 2. Sophie Prod: The sophomores
are given the opportunity to completely develop plays of their own from scratch. 3. GCs: In these
inter hostel competitions, hostels fight it out with one another, putting up quality plays, all vying
for points in the overall GC tally. 4. Ann Prod: At the end of each year all students get together to
put up an awesome show. 5. Annual Theatre Festival: Dramatics clubs mega event of the year.
Some of the twenty most renowned artists from all over the country endorse this festival like
Naserruddin Shah, Manoj Pahwa, Nadira Zaheer Babbar and others.
Film and Media Club(s): SILVERSCREEN

Activities: Film-making, screen-play writing, cinematography, animation and editing.
Major Events: 1. Film-festival: Showcases some of the best works done by students throughout
the year and talks by the professionals of the field.
Music Clubs: SAAZ (Hindi Music Club), STACCATO (Western Music Club)
Activities: Hindustani Classical Music, Hindi Film Music, Indian Rock, Classic Rock, Metal,
Funk, Progressive Rock
Major Events 1. Surbahaar: An annual event held in the grand convocation hall dancing to a
playlist of Bollywood numbers performed live by the students of IITB. 2. Swar Sandhya:
Melodious, soothing and technical songs, put on by illustrious IITB musicians. 3. Acoustic Dusk:
A plethora of bands reveal their skills and tastes in this open event. 4. Unplugged: The rich
performances by solely using the acoustics of instruments and vocal chords are mesmerising. 5.
Battle of the Bands: The opportunity to prove your band best in the campus.
Photography and Fine Arts Club(s): RANG (Fine Arts Club), PIXELS
(Photography Club)
RANG Activities: Painting, Drawing, Sketching, Arts, Crafts, and Calligraphy PIXELS Activities:
Photography/ editing
Major events: 1. GCs: Round the year inter hostel sculpture/painting events. 2. Open
Events/Competitions: Random meetings and random places to paint, draw. 3. Kaladarshan:
Biggest annual art show in the institute, where students and staff alike, showcase all their artwork.
Literary Arts Club(s): Literati (Literary Arts and Quiz Club), Book Club
(Student Library for Light Reading and Fiction)
Literati Activities: Writing, Reading, Quizzing, Word Games, Dumb Charades, Pictionary, Book
Discussions.
Major events: 1. Institute Quiz-zing League: A series of 7 quizzes spread throughout the year for
institute students, with attractive prizes. 2. GCs: There is a competition for every genre - English
and Hindi Creative Writing, Quizzing, Word Games and Pot Pourri.
Speaking Club: VAANI

The speakers club Activities: Debating, Just-a-minute (JAM), Extempore, Improvisational
Comedy, Model United Nations and Group Discussions.
Major events: 1. GCs: Representatives from all the hostels talk it out, literally, for the prize of
winning their hostel glory! 2. IIT Bombay National Debate: One of the biggest debating
competitions in the country.
PG CULT
"PG Cult is the annual cultural festival targeted exclusively for the postgraduate community of IIT
Bombay (or PG junta in short). Since its inception in the year 2008, this would be the 8th edition
of this cultural extravaganza.
The events spread across 9 genres -3 performing arts: Dance, Music and Dramatics and 5
nonperforming arts: Fine Arts, Literary Arts, Speaking Arts, Design, Photography and Film &
Media. Interspersed throughout the calendar year, the PG Cultural Council headed by the PG
Cultural Nominee along with the PG Coordinators and Conveners for each genre organizes several
workshops to cater to the varied tastes and skills of the multitalented PGs of IITB.
The competitions under PG Cult are based on an inter- departmental format held in two
phases one in each semester.
The competitions in the first phase involve mostly solo or dual

INSTITUTE PG CULT
NOMINEE events which involve comparatively low preparatory events while
those on the second phase involve group competitions such as
group dance and music band events which are more time
demanding.
Considering the comparatively greater academic load faced by the

PG community as compared to the UGs, the first phase is held
around midseptember, one week after the midsemester exams of
the odd semester. The second phase is then held in the second
week of March. These dates are decided keeping in mind the busy
schedule of the PGs to give them enough leg-space to prepare of
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curriculum.
In the last edition of the PG Cult, the PG Cultural Council initiated a lecture series by eminent
personalities where we had Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik, renowned author and mythologists who spoke
with us. This year too we plan to have several of those lectures by experts from a gamut of areas.
Also to be in tune with the new lifestyle and fashion club established last year, there was also a
bonus attraction of a flagship fashion show designed and choreographed in entirety by the PGs.
This along with the power packed performances made phase II a houseful event with the
convocation hall packed to its full capacity of 2000+ audience.
So junta, what is that breed of cult that is lying dormant inside you? Is it the mighty pen of a writer
or the fire guzzling voice of an orator? What drives you more? The melodic strumming of a guitar
or the twists and curves of dancing? Let it out. Show them all what you are beyond the humdrum
affair of your laboratory or the drool of lectures. As Shamur once said, Let the Music play, Let the
Music take Control."
6.7 INSIGHT
Students wake up to quite an engrossing day at IIT each morning. It

may happen that by night, certain aspects get missed out. But,
InsIghT, the official student media body of IITB, captures every
happening in the campus and presents it in the most subtle manner to
the students. Right from the flora n fauna of campus, to the crucial
decisions taken by the committees, the peaceful protests staged by
students and the vibrant events organized, everything paves its way
into the pages of InsIghT. The new student rules, academic changes
and irregularities, news pertaining to hostel life, placements, sports
and cultural events etc. InsIghT covers it all. InsIghT reviews the news from every possible angle.
It also brings to the students a thorough thought pallet which can be used to ponder over. The story
behind the shrinking green cover in campus, post placement dilemma, a take on academic ethics,
are a few of the mindboggling publications presented to the student community every year. InsIghT
has also successfully established itself as an important node of communication with national
media, being cited frequently by leading dailies. It also publishes and distributes two or more print
versions per semester. Dont forget to lookout for your copy of InsIghT!
Website: www.insightiitb.org
Facebook: https://www.facebook.
com/insight.iitbombay
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6.8 STUDENT ALUMNI RELATIONS CELL

What distinguishes this college from many others and
makes it renowned all over the world? It is due to all our
alumni who have achieved great heights in myriad fields.
But how do we effectively utilize this wealth of
knowledge, success and fame that our alumni have
achieved? That is where SARC comes in.
Student Alumni Relations Cell (SARC) is an organization run by students of IIT Bombay. Unlike
other student bodies, it is an Institute Body (which means
OVERALL COORDINATOR
that it is officially supported and formed by the college)
which works with the Dean ACR Office and IITB Alumni
Association. It is dedicated towards strengthening the
bond between students and alumni. SARC facilitated in
gathering donations worth a total of Rs. 46 crores from
our alumni last year, which included scholarships, funds
for construction and research, allowances for workers,
and many other programs! SARC has launched several
initiatives like Student Alumni Meet (SAM), which helps
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Student Mentorship Program (ASMP), whose aim is to
allot alumni mentors to help students take crucial life-changing decisions. Phonathons allow
students to have telephonic conversations with alumni. We conduct Reunions as well, where
alumni revisit old memories. Anyone involved with SARC gets the golden chance of one-to-one
interactions with eminent and distinguished alumni like Manohar Parrikar, Nandan Nilekani,
Jairam Ramesh, Pranav Mistry and several others. By executing alumni-driven initiatives for the
benefit of students and enabling a mutually fruitful relationship between students and alumni,
SARC volunteers get an insiders view into the alumnis world.
NEW INITIATIVES:
Alumination a first ever career guidance fest on 1st-2nd Oct 2016 in the institute in collaboration
with Placement Cell attended by 150+ alumni and 500+ students of IIT Bombay. This fest had
events like Mock Interviews, Group Discussions, One-on-one mentoring sessions, Core
Engineering Talks etc to gear up students for upcoming placement season.
Industrial Learning Program: This program is aimed at providing students exposure to

industries and core fields. Alumni from various sectors float projects/problems to be solved by the
students with their knowledge and expertise. The winning/selected students get rewarded by the
alumni.
Yearbook: SARC takes the lead in preparing the Yearbook every year. The yearbook contains
dedicated profile of all the final year students who have registered for the same on the portal. A
yearbook profile would be wholly dedicated to the student which would constitute of
his/her personal information, tagline and most importantly- testimonials written about him by all
his friends!
Fund Raising & Need Campaigns: SARC facilitated in raising INR 20 lakhs through social
media campaign for a treatment of an alumnus diagnosed with blood cancer; led the campaign in
the students front; excess funds used in creating IITBAA Benevolent Fund. SARC also reached
out to Delhi alumni groups to help in the urgent need of blood platelets for the treatment of a family
member of one of our student living in Delhi.
6.9 E CELL
The E-Cell or Entrepreneurship Cell is a

non-profit students organisation
dedicated to promoting entrepreneurship
in the campus as well as outside. It aims
at encouraging students to rise above the
job centric culture and become frontline
entrepreneurs.
E-Cells Initiatives include:

1. Entrepreneurship and Business (EnB) Club: It is the best place to start your
entrepreneurial journey. It aims to create an ecosystem for the budding
entrepreneurs of the institute. It conducts various types of events like Speaker
sessions by eminent personalities, Workshops, Competitions and mentoring events.
It also conducts start-up Bootcamp which is a platform to convert your business
ideas into a start-up.
2. Eureka!: Archimedes then took to the streets naked, so excited by his discovery
that he had forgotten to dress, crying "Eureka!" and thats how excited
entrepreneurs are after getting an Idea. Eureka!, the business plan competition
conducted by E-Cell, accredited as Asias largest b-plan competition received more
than 7000 entries from across the world in its 2014 edition with prize money of INR
4.5 Million at stake.
3. The Entrepreneurship Summit, the annual flagship event of E-Cell, is a two-day
summit with a vision of creating a synergic environment encompassing visionary
students, Entrepreneurs, Investors and Corporates from varied sectors. Our past
summits were glorified by the presence of big shots like Nandan Nilekani, Sachin
Bansal, Allen Mamedy, Kiran Shaw, Adi Godrej, Adil Zainulbhai, Devdutt Patnaik,
Jim Beach and many more.
4. National Entrepreneurship Challenge: It is the first of its kind pan-India competition
created with the vision to promote entrepreneurship amidst all colleges in India,
and make people realise that coming up with an innovative idea is no rocket science.
It currently caters over 300 colleges across India.
E-Cell throughout the year hosts events like Ted-x, Startup Weekend, Harvard India
conference, Idea validation platform etc. Other initiatives include EnSpace, Virtual Stock
Market and many more. It takes a great amount of passion and dedication to pull off such
grand initiatives, done entirely by IIT Bombay students. All in all, E-Cell provides a 360
degree holistic learning experience to its workforce.
Website: www.ecell.in
Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/ecell.in
6.10 STUDENTS TECHNICAL ACTIVITIES BODY
Ideas are dime a dozen. People who implement are

priceless. Who doesnt get ideas; ideas to change the
world, ease things out, help the society, to break rules etc.
However, theres a difference between the hoard of ideators and the few, including the likes of
Tesla, Feynman etc, who realize the ideas. And the difference is the habit of doing things hands-
on.
IIT Bombay is a beautiful place; with people of different

interests, ready to help and mentor; facilities to pursue
technical activities and enough opportunities to
showcase your work. Its community of students across
departments, year and UGs and PGs, that work on
projects, for industries, society or just for the pure joy of
tinkering.
Students Technical Activities Body, popularly known

as STAB is the umbrella body of all the technical
activities in the institute and encompasses Technovation.
Besides, IITB has technical teams like formula Racing,
AUV, Mahindra Rise Driverless Car and Mars Rover
Challenge which compete to bring laurels to our institute
at the international level.
We take great pleasure in inviting you to be part of this community of Tinkerers, called Students
Technical Activities Body, in various roles, as learners, as mentors and as managers. Soon well
open various mentoring and managerial positions of responsibility, under STAB, for
enthusiastic individuals from the PG community, who would like to contribute and add value
to the institute in their own unique way.
For further information visit: http://www.stab-iitb.org/

What does STAB encompass?
TINKERERS LAB
A tinkerer is one who enjoys experimenting with machines. If you are a tinkerer who loves to
work, who wants limitless hands-on experience or is turned on by machines and technology, this
lab is just the right place for you. Tinkerers lab has been equipped with latest workstations of
electrical an d mechanical tools including power mechanical machines, electronic test instruments,
3-D modelling software, several basic electronic equipments etc.Tinkerers Lab Managers:
TECHNOVATION
Technovation is a unique Innovation Program at IIT Bombay. Technovation offers a wide range
of challenging and innovation driven projects. Some of the past successful projects are Book
Keeping Robot, Parinat( Humanoid ), Braille Reader, Indigenously built CnC Machine and
Reading Robot.
One of the reasons for the success of this program so far has been the active participation of
PGs as mentors. Student community of IITB has greatly benefitted from the sharing of
knowledge by the experienced mentors.
There are six clubs that cover all the technical activities - Aeromodelling Club, Electronics Club,
Krittika, Math and Physics Club, Robotics Club and Web and Coding Club.
Aeromodelling Club:
Ever wondered what makes stuff airborne? Ever harboured a dream to sail to the tune of the winds?
Aeromodelling is a science for some, a sport for many...but for us it is a hobby. We, at
Aeromodelling Club, IIT Bombay are group of aeromodelling and aviation enthusiasts sharing a
unique passion of flying and an innate desire to push the bounds of airspace like they have never
been before.
Electronics Club:
Electronics Club is a community of hobbyists and enthusiasts looking to exploit Electronics to
make their lives simpler. Every comrade of this community is given exposure to basic Electronic
components giving you the ultimate power to understand and build electronics, which is all around
us.
KRITTIKAthe Astronomy Club

Krittika is IIT Bombays focal point for amateur astronomers and casual stargazers alike. Krittika
boasts of a few telescopes, which are used during the astronomical events like Eclipses,
Occultations etc. The club conducts trips to Observational sites, Planetarium which are an amazing
experience!
Maths and Physics Club

Maths and Physics Club is a community of like-minded people who appreciate the depth of these
two awesome subjects and are passionate about delving deeper into them. MnP club intend to
provide that metaphorical whetstone to you all.
The Robotics Club

Robotics club is a developing community where people come together and foster their mechanical
as well as electrical skills by undertaking some small projects as well as by participating in various
competitions inside and outside institute.
WnCCWeb and Coding Club

Web n Coding Club (WnCC) houses of the most talented and genius computer GEEKs of IITB.
We here at WnCC work days and night to make you ambient with codes and algorithms
TechGSR: Tech Geek Social Responsibility

TechGSR, Socio Tech non-profit Student body of IIT Bombay, believes that it is the duty of every
Techgeek and also every student to be socially responsible citizen. This initiative is a tryst to not
just get involved ourselves, but also involve other students, all over nation and abroad to initiate
projects for development of society by using their technical knowledge.
Besides, IIT Bombay has technical teams that participate in international competitions to
bring laurels to the institute:
PRATHAMIIT Bombay Student Satellite

IIT Bombay is currently home to one of the country's first student satellite projects. Christened
Pratham, being IIT Bombay's first foray into space technology, the satellite is expected to produce
data on the total electron count in the atmosphere, used for applications like GPS correction. The
satellite is a complete and independent unit replete with all the systems used in larger satellites
launched the world over. Currently, the first satellite has been assembled and is awaiting
deployment! The project is currently training the next batch of students which shall be making a
new satellite.
IIT Bombay Racing

The IIT Bombay Racing Team builds actual race-cars that participate (and win) in international
student competitions like Formula Student, which is held at the legendary Silverstone Formula 1
race circuit in the UK. We provide an excellent opportunity to creative and talented students to
hone their talents in a meaningful engineering project. It also tests their talents at various non-
engineering skills like marketing, sales and project management. Further details can be found at
www.iitbracing.org.
UMIC
The Innovation Cell at IIT Bombay aims towards the successful completion of large scale student
projects. Successful examples from the past include the automated Rubik's Cube Solver and
Nimblina - The Two Wheeled Balancing Bot. In addition to managing these large scale projects
MIC also coordinates the institute's participation in various International Robotics Competitions
including Robocon and ASME.
6.11 TECH FEST
Techfest is the annual science and technology festival of IIT-Bombay and

currently established as Asias largest. In its endeavor to promote
technology, Techfest has been successfully providing a premier platform for
young enthusiasts to prove their mettle at the vanguard of technical
competitions.
Techfest has proved a great opportunity for interaction with renowned
personalities like by Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, Vint Cerf (Founder of
Internet), Bjarne Stroustrup (Inventor of C++), Pranav Mistry, Dr. Amartya
Sen, Jimmy Wales and many others through its Lecture Series. Techfest also
showcases exhibits in the form of most advanced technology, research from
all over the globe, and workshops for hands on session. Techfest has proved
to be a great platform for PG students to display their research work through
exhibitions.
The night shows leave the audience astounded with a display of mesmerizing
acts, for instance UV Dance show by winners of Arabs Got Talent, shadow
dance and 3D musical show by flow motion dance company, pyro
techniques, powerizers, snowskaters and perscussion crew in Techfest 2015.
IIT Bombay is no less than a world-class fun kingdom during Techfest, with a chance for the crowd
to experience fun setups like all-terrain vehicle, go-karting, opcculus rift, F1 simulator, lazertag,
rock-climbing and much more, and that too free of cost!
These great activities attract a footfall of around 1,45,000 students and professionals from all over
India, to IIT-Bombay during the three days providing an excellent space for interaction among
themselves, and the personalities coming over here. With all this fun, Techfest also strives to focus
the attention of the youth towards the social issues through international campaigns and initiatives.
Over the years, PG students have played a great role in building Techfest, and its always a great
experience working with them. Hope to see you in Techfest 2015-16.
6.12 MOOD INDIGO
Mood Indigo, popularly known as MI or MoodI, is the Asia's largest

college cultural festival. Organised by the students of IIT Bombay, it is
surely an experience of a lifetime. Concerts, entertaining events,
competitions, musical performances, theatrical performances, comic
acts, talks by eminent personalities are some of the few events that
make MoodI the most anticipated event of the year. MoodI aims to
reach out to thousands of people from all over the world. It brings out
the cream of talent not only in India but overseas as well. It has
successfully been able to bridge the gap between the world and India
by bringing to us international artists like Epica, Porcupine Tree,
Simple Plan, Sander van Doorn, Borgeous, Akcent etc.! It has held
the Limca Book of Records for the most number of international
artists in a cultural fest. Not only this, our very own Zakir Hussain,
Asha Bhonsle, R.D.Burman, Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, Vishal-Shekhar
have been a part of this charismatic fest in the past. In 2015, with a
footfall of more than 1,31,000 majority of which consisted of
students from over 1650 colleges from all over India, MoodI stood a crowdpuller and every year
it reinvents itself to live upto its earlier fame. Legends like Nandan Nilekani, Jayaram Ramesh
have been a part of core organizing team in the past. An enthusiastic team of students with
creativity at its best is the backbone of this huge event. The team is divided into various groups
which work together to make MoodI an all round success. Every year, MoodI brings fresh ideas
and makes people go gaga over it with an amazing set of themes. Publicity campaigns, convincing
sponsors, interacting with artists and celebrities, handling tense situations, talking to likeminded
people, competing with the best talents, witnessing the best concerts are some countless activities
experienced by people attending MoodI. So lets gear up to indulge and treat ourselves to the
stupendous, spectacular and sensational MoodI 2016!
6.13 ABHYASIKA
If a country is to be corruption free and become a nation of beautiful minds, I strongly feel there
are three key societal members who can make a difference. They are the father, the mother and
the teacher.- A. P. J.Abdul Kalam
Abhyasika is a volunteer-driven initiative run by students of the institute. Volunteer teachers, who
are mostly the students of IITB, teach foundation skills and subjects for children coming from low-
income families living in and around the IITB campus.
Volunteers teach students in small batches of up to four-five students per teacher) from textbooks
in English, Hindi, and Marathi medium or from our own modules (for foundation skills in Maths,
English and Science). Classes 5-8 are taught Maths-Sci-Eng while our older students (Class 9, 10,
11, 12) are taught all subjects.
Volunteers generally teach once a week, although the most enthusiastic teachers often end up
teaching multiple times!
Our centres are located at:
1. A balwadi in Phulenagar, a semi-developed slum area (chawl) near IIT~10 mins walk from
market gate, where we teach classes 5-8. Class timings: Mon/ Tues/ Thurs/ Fri 7-8:45
PM; Sat 4:30-6:15 PM; Sun 3:30-5:00 PM
2. GG open spaces where we teach classes 9th and above. Class timings: Mon-Sun 5:30-7:15
PM or 7:30-9:15 PM
If you would like to make a difference, we at Abhyasika invite you to volunteer as a teacher. Heres
your chance to bring out the best in a child and affect eternity!
Please write to us at abhyasikaiitb@gmail.com so we can send you further details.
6.14 ABHYUDAY
The change that we wish to see in the world starts with a
small beginning- by actuating that change in ourselves.
An agglomeration of such changes will ultimately herald
the transformation that the society has been long waiting
for. Abhyuday, the social body of IIT Bombay, strives to
achieve this impact, by creating awareness and fostering
a sense of leadership coupled with responsibility.
Abhyuday IIT Bombay aims to develop a culture of participation in social development oriented
activities and taking up initiative among students by providing them a platform to learn, interact
and act.
Lend Your Voice: Lend Your Voice is a student led effort to record audio-books for the visually
challenged, with support of Arushi Foundation, Bhopal and National Association for the Blind. It
covers content like school mathematics, science, literature and including books from regional
languages.
Fellowships: Fellowships are aimed to provide opportunities for students to work on ground with
NGOs. These fellowships will happen during the summer and winter break.
Social Festival:
Competitions like Behind the Frames (story/write up competition),Manifesto(building a

manifesto for the nation) and Opine(essay writing) were designed to bring participants on the
ladder of Think-Learn-Act and engage college students in bringing their ideas to life.
Competition like A-Plan was designed to build a 'Plan of Action', advancing the desire to search
out pertinent societal problems and finding pragmatic solutions for those.
The NGO Exhibition clubbed with Cultural Fair was one of the USPs of the festival. 30+ NGOs
that included Teach For India, Goonj, Child Help Foundation, Avanti, Greenpeace, India Fellows
and many others presented their qualitative work. It is a one-stop place for students to interact with
those working on the ground-level, giving a taste of reality.
Lecture Series will provide an opportunity for students to interact with leaders in the industry,
academia and government and learn from change makers from across the spectrum. The past
speakers at Abhyuday include great personalities like Padma Bhushan Mr. D.R. Mehta (founder
of Jaipur Foot), Samir Kumar Biswas (IAS), Mr. Joe Madiath (Skoll award winner & founder of
Gram Vikas) and Julie Kriegshnager.
Events like Quora Meetup, Workshops, Panel Discussions and Interactive Sessions were hosted
in 2015. Eminent personalities like Mr. Sumit Singh Gandhi (Alumnus from Harvard Business
School), Mr. Rubin Mascarenhas (Media Coordinator, Aam Aadmi Party, Maharashtra) enthralled
the attendees. Hosted by Aamir Khan, Satyamev Jayate was organized in 2014.
Nation-wide launch of A-Plan
Competition: A-Plan challenges students to build a 'Plan of Action' for solving a social problem
by engaging with the community and stakeholders. It encourages them to develop a bottom-up
approach from the grassroot level to building a sustainable implementable solution.
Student Leader Program: Student leader program of Abhyuday started with a vision to create a
movement of leaders across the nation to drive social change. It provides a unique opportunity for
socially conscious students of our country to build their teams and encourages students to be
actively involved in social development.
6.15 National Service Scheme, IIT Bombay

NSS IIT Bombay is the IIT Bombay chapter of National Service
Scheme institutionalized by Government of India under the
Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports as part of its public service
initiatives. The aim was to inculcate thoughts of social welfare
in students and undertake actions that reflect the same. NSS IIT
Bombay carries out its activities with the help of more than 250
student volunteers under four departments viz. Educational
Outreach, Events, Green Campus and Vikas. Over the years NSS
IIT Bombay has grown into the most active organization on
campus in the field of community service. Through its initiatives like cloth collection campaign,
recycling of one sided paper, educational upliftment of slum kids, welfare of less privileged class,
ecological conservation of campus, supporting the cause of differently abled and host of other
programs NSS IITB has been able to generate happiness and satisfaction in the community and its
volunteers alike. The spirit of NSS lies in the indulgence of oneself in service of others without
worrying about any rewards and the team has upheld this spirit time and again, which is an
inspiration in itself.
Freshmen volunteers go to NGO centers on a daily basis and teach kids to help them build a
brighter future events are the most versatile department as far as serving the society is concerned.
Green campus focuses on conserving greenery of the institute, which is under a constant threat
from the ever increasing infrastructural, needs. The department maintains its own nursery through
which it carries out plantation and protection of saplings. Vikas works on ideation and realization
of sustainable ideas. It works on ideas for the betterment of society and environment. Sensitization
on different issues of society and addressing them through innovative solutions is the prime focus
of the department. National Service Scheme, IIT Bombay touched new horizons in the academic
year 2014-2015 and saw a drastic shift from just being a curriculum requirement to a large pool of
volunteers working towards helping the underprivileged. Apart from freshmen centric activities,
NSS IIT Bombay took various new initiatives like buddy program, Muskaan and Prayog, which
involved non-freshmen volunteers as well. In the second semester NSS started Invisible Humans
of IIT Bombay from their official Facebook page, which caught the attention of thousands of
campus inmates. They have started NSS IITB memoirs to share lifelong stories in a poetic way
and also have a monthly featured blog post where volunteers share their experiences. Open
Learning Initiative (OLI) is their YouTube channel with over 3000 subscribers to ensure that
quality education reaches maximum parts of the nation irrespective of the language barrier.
Also in the year of 2016-17 NSS started its fifth department National Innovation Club (NIC).
NIC club is established by collaboration between STAB IIT Bombay and NSS. Purpose of NIC is
to run socio tech activities and initiate new projects for the development of society via technical
innovations in IITB. Currently four projects are being undertaken by NIC; Natural Water cooler,
Sugarcane Bud Chipper, Mitticool refrigerator and Smart Irrigation Control.
Visit the Official Website at: https://gymkhana.iitb.ac.in/~nss/

NSS IITB Blog: https://nssiitbblog.wordpress.com/
OLI: https://www.youtube.com/c/OLINSSIITB
Join them on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/nssiitbombay

6.16 MEDIA CELL

The dissemination of scientific knowledge is as important as its creation. In the absence of media
to spread scientific knowledge, the loss incurred by the scientific community would have been
unimaginable. Most of the journals and scientific publications carry out this work efficiently.
However, the target audience of such journals and newsletters is highly specialized and their
articles are limited to a particular subject or branch, often narrowing down to a particular topic.
Every year in IIT Bombay faculty and students carry out breakthrough research and churn out huge
number of articles which are published in reputed international journals. Though this has earned
IIT Bombay a respectable position in the international scientific community, many of our
countrymen remain in oblivion of the efforts and achievements of one of the most sought after
Technical Institute of India, IIT Bombay, mostly due to unavailability of suitable media to
distribute the information.
Hence in order to disseminate scientific information to general public the Science and Technology
Media cell was formed. The Science and Technology Media cell is a body functioning under Dean
R&D comprising faculty and students from different departments and programs, including, M.Scs,
B.Techs, M.Techs and PhDs. The media cell, with the help of its Faculty advisers, combs through
the research work done in IIT Bombay and selects the work with highest social impacts. The highly
complex information is then transformed into a popular science article keeping the essence of the
research work intact. The articles then go up on the IIT Bombay homepage under Research
Highlights section.
The S&T Media Cell is the newest body to be formed in IIT Bombay. Anyone with a penchant for
writing or willingness to learn scientific writing can be a part of S &T Media cell. There are no
prerequisites. The success of the body can be gauged by the fact that within a year of its institution,
three articles covered by media cell have been picked up for publication by leading newspapers.
We also have our newsletter 'PULSE', where a scientific articles are given an even lighter shade,
thanks to the illustrations by the Graphics Team.
The Team S&T Media cell invite all interested students and researchers to explore the fun in giving
voice to research and making people aware of the life shaping and life changing research work
carried out within the walls of IIT Bombay, in a simple language understandable by one and all.
Best Wishes for your stay at IIT Bombay
Team S&T Media Cell
6.17 WOMENS CELL
OBJECTIVES:
The Womens cell of IIT Bombay was established in 2002, in accordance with the Supreme Court
ruling of 1997 on the issue of sexual harassment in workplace. Its objectives are:
To uphold the dignity of women at IITB

To facilitate a gender-sensitive and congenial working environment at IITB so that women,
whether employee or student, are not subjected to gender-specific discrimination or sexual
harassment.
The issue of sexual harassment is gender neutral. However, enforcing it through law, is applicable
only to women at workplace. The flowchart below shows how cases of sexual harassment are
resolved.
SEXUAL HARASSMENT DEFINED
Please note that the Supreme Court of India defines sexual harassment as unwelcome sexual
behavior, whether directly or by implication, such as through
1. Physical contact and advances.

2. Demand or request for sexual favors.
3. Sexually colored remarks (this includes colored jokes in a mixed company, or a
classroom, or even within hearing distance of a female member of the community).
4. Showing pornography.
5. Any other unwelcome physical, verbal or nonverbal conduct of sexual nature.
Except where such an act amounts to a specified offence under the Indian Penal Code (which then
has to be dealt with by the Police under applicable law), a victim of sexual harassment can either
approach the Womens Cell or the Dean (SA) or the security office, either for advice or redressal.
It is important to note that, what constitutes sexual harassment is defined by the victim and
not by the perpetrator.
A FEW GUIDELINES
Some general points to help avoid
sexual harassment complaints are listed
below. Please note that this is not a
comprehensive list and sexual
harassment is defined by the victims
perceptions of your words/actions.
Avoid casual and insensitive remarks

which may be considered to be
derogatory by other gender.
Avoid altercations or arguments in
lonely or isolated places.
Be aware of restrictions/ inhibitions
associated with marital status; Avoid
asking a woman about her marriage
plans, relationship status or decision to
have a child.
Avoid clicking pictures or uploading them without the permission of a woman.
Dont assume a no objection or smile, from a woman, to be her consent.
Avoid paying compliments in the form of description of physical attributes.
Obscene material and/or adult content, stored or transmitted through electronic devices, are
admissible evidences in sexual harassment allegations.
Exercise caution in the use of social networking sites for expressing intimate feelings.
EASY TO COMPLAIN PROCEDURE
Do not ignore harassment in the hope that it will stop on its own. Come forward and
complain.
Do not feel a sense of shame. Tell the harasser clearly that you find his behaviour offensive.
If informal methods such as telling the perpetrator to stop harassing do not help, the victim
can contact any of the members of the Womens cell through email or phone call and should
lodge a complaint through email to womencell@iitb.ac.in.
Talk to someone you trust about the harassment.
Keep a record of all incidents of harassment, so that it will be helpful when you register a
complaint
The complainants name and identity is always kept confidential.
ACTION:
After it has been proved that the offender has indulged in sexual harassment, appropriate punitive
action will be taken against him, irrespective of his status in the institute - whether staff, faculty or
student.
QRT (Quick Response Team):

You may call the numbers below for emergency complaints (even those that may not constitute
sexual harassment)
QRT (Quick Response Team) contact numbers are as follows:
9167398598
9167398599
9833337979
9833338989
MEMBERS OF THE WOMENS CELL

Conveners
Prof. Neela Nataraj (Mathematics) : neela@math.iitb.ac.in
Prof. Prita Pant (MEMS) : pritapant@iitb.ac.in
Members
Prof. Swati Patankar (BSBE) : patankar@iitb.ac.in
Prof. Siuli Mokhopadhyay (Mathematics) : siuli@math.iitb.ac.in
Prof. Madhu Vinjamur (Chemical) : madhu@che.iitb.ac.in
Prof. Harish Pillai (Electrical) : hp@ee.iitb.ac.in
Head Computer Centre : head.cc@iitb.ac.in
Student Representatives
Sukhada Bakare: sukhada.bakare@gmail.com
Shrashti Chouksey: shrashti.chouksey@gmail.com
Mohit Chhabda: mohitchhabda.1997@gmail.com
Jeetendra Sahani: jeetbiochem@gmail.com
For more details, please visit http://www.iitb.ac.in/womenscell/en

7 General Facilities
7.1 Accommodation
IIT Bombay is a fully residential institution. It provides hostels for its students and quarters for
staffs. Apart from these there are guest houses for the guests coming in the institute and marriage
quarters for the married students.
7.1.1 Hostels
Hostels at IIT Bombay are good to stay with a green campus full of the natural beauty. There are
16 hostels in the campus, including 2 womens hostels. One wing of a newly constructed hostel
H15 (C-Wing) is allotted to UG and PG girl students. Apart from these, Tansa House is allotted to
Project staff members. For further details, visit: http://www.iitb.ac.in/students/hostels.html
Allotment
During admission procedures, one should select the hostel required option in application form of
admission to the institute. They would be directly allotted a hostel. Students who have not
mentioned of availing hostel accommodation in application form, but are desirous of getting a
hostel accommodation at any stage during their Ph.D. program, can contact Hostel Coordination
Unit (HCU, contact number 2572-8900).
Facilities
Hostels at IIT Bombay are well equipped with various facilities. The rules governing the use of
these facilities vary from hostel to hostel and are decided by hostel council. Each hostel has its
own Mess, TV Room, Computer room, Gymkhana, Music Room, Washing room/laundry, Hostel
Library, Sports equipment, Canteen & Xerox/Scanner/Printer etc.
Hostel Guest Accommodation:

Hostel inmates can book room in hostel for their guests in single/double accommodation type.
Room rent is deducted from their mess account. For more detail and booking room in your hostel,
visit: http://gymkhana.iitb.ac.in/~hostels/guest.html
7.2 IIT Bombay Guest House
The IIT Bombay guest house consisting of the Jalvihar, the Vanvihar and a set of faculty
apartments, remains a pleasant haven for the institutes guests, whether guests from
academia, or the institute's alumni, or the parents/wards of its students. These buildings are located
a short distance away from the main gate, flanked by green lawns, walkways, a pond and Powai
Lake.
The IIT Bombay guest house provides air-conditioned one and two bedroom rooms and
apartments, suites, seminar halls and conference rooms at nominal rates ranging from Rs. 600 to
Rs. 4000, depending on the rooms and category the guests fall under. IITB guest house also has
associations with a few hotels in the neighborhood, making rooms available at discounted prices
to IITians.
Reservations can be done through the guest house website using the LDAP ID and password,
making the whole process highly efficient. The number of rooms available on the date of choice,
and the number of waitlisted applicants are displayed. In addition, the process for obtaining
approval from concerned authorities has also been made online, further simplifying the process.
All details regarding reservations policies, tariffs, and facilities available can be obtained from the
guest house website http://www.iitb.ac.in/GuestHouse/
7.3 IITB Bombay Hospital
A healthy body is a prerequisite for a healthy and productive mind. The institute ensures the
physical well-being of its students by way of the IIT Bombay Hospital. The hospital is located
within the campus, in the vicinity of the Gulmohar building and the convocation hall. In addition
to consultation, the hospital has facilities for pathology and radiology as well as a pharmacy. It
provides emergency services and ambulance facility around the clock. Ambulance facility can be
availed by dialing 1110 from any internal number. Vaccinations for adults and children, including
those mandatory during your stay in IIT-B are available in the hospital. Consultation with
specialists such as cardiologists, dermatologist, psychologist, etc. can be arranged by prior
appointment on a first-come-serve basis.
All bonafied students of the institute are entitled to free medical attendance and treatment available
in the institute hospital. In addition, cost of medicines purchased from the market as well as
pathological/radiological charges incurred in recognized hospitals on the advice of the AMA is
reimbursable. However, treatment of chronic cases or prolonged illness requiring special medical
treatment for long periods will be the responsibility of the parents/guardians of the students.
Emergency services are available for 24x7 and for ambulance call internal number 1110.
The timings of the hospital is following;

On Weekdays
o Medical Officers in OPD: 8:00 to 18:00 Hrs
o Emergency Duty: 17:00 to 22:00Hrs
o Medical Officers on Night Duty: 22:00 to 08:00 Hrs
Weekends and Holidays
o Medical Officers in OPD: 8:00 to 22:00 Hrs
o Emergency Duty: 13:00 to 21:00Hrs
o Medical Officers on Night Duty: 21:00 to 08:00 Hrs
7.4 Other Facilities
Security
IIT Bombay has a huge and efficient security force, offering its services to all the buildings,
including the residential areas, the gates, etc. Security kiosks are present at accessible distance
from all points in the campus. The telephone numbers of security are as follows:
Security Control Room: 1100, 1122, 1112, MTNL: 2576 7912, 2572 8000 (24x7 hrs )
Computer Center (CC)

Computer Centre provides computational facilities to all users in the institute. Eligible students,
staff and faculty from all departments, schools and centers in the campus can obtain accounts on
the High End Systems. CC provides electronic mail, World Wide Web, DNS, FTP and other
services. CC also provides various advanced and special purpose software such as Ansys, Matlab,
Mathematica for all the campus users. IITB is a member of Microsoft DreamSpark Premium
(formerly MSDN Academic Alliance (MSDNAA)) software licensing program. Under this
program -- DreamSpark allows access to MS software. The software includes almost the
complete suite of operating systems, platforms, servers, developer tools, Microsoft Access and the
latest beta releases (such as Windows 8, Windows Server 8, Windows 7, Visual
Basic, Visual C++, J #.Net, Visual Studio 2010 and much more.) To access the Microsoft products
you will have to login at http://msstore.iitb.ac.in/ using your ldap user id and password. For details,
visit: http://www.cc.iitb.ac.in/
Internal Transport
For moving around within IITB, one may avail local transport service (popularly known as Tum-
Tum). These mini-buses run on predetermined routes. They have a fixed charge from
one point to any other point on the route. Students are required to pay once at the beginning of the
session whereas guests/visitors can avail coupons. For tum-tum schedule/routes, visit:
http://gymkhana.iitb.ac.in/~hostels/BusSchedule.pdf
Students are not permitted to operate and maintain motorized vehicles of any type in the campus,
except on medical grounds.

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Ph.D.

2016-2017 Graduation is Just a Beginning.

Compiled & Edited

Message from Dean Academic Programmes

Prof. Narayan Rangaraj

Message from Dean Student Affairs

Message from GSAA-PG

Wishing you a great time ahead....

General Secretary Academic Affairs (PG)

Message from Institute Doctoral Representative

All the best for all your future endeavors.

Welcome to IIT Bombay! See you at the Orientation on December 28.

Message from IRSCP Overall Coordinators

With Best Wishes

Message from GSSA

Message from Overall Coordinator, Techfest

Message from Overall Coordinator, Mood Indigo

Message from Overall Coordinator, E-Cell

Message from Insight - The Institute Student Media Body

Shreerang Javadekar, Shreeyesh Menon

Message from Counsellor

Typical concerns of students who seek counselling are:

Transition and change

All the best & keep doing well.

PG Academic Council 2016-17, Doctoral Wing

Academic Council Coordinators

Prashant Motvani Civil Engineering motwaniiitb@gmail.com

Rishabh Shotri Mechanical Engineering rishabhshotri@gmail.com

Institute Research Scholars Companion Program, Team

Research Scholars Forum, Team

Name Post Email id Department

Sonatan Das Grievance Manager sonatan2010@gmail.com

Faizal MK Web & Design Manager fmkfaizal@gmail.com

1.2 Coursework: The first milestone

1.3 The Big Game

1.4 The PhD Roadmap

Should be done as soon as you fulfill the coursework requirements

There is no mandatory requirement of number of papers to be published to get your

A comprehensive internal assessment of your research work

2.1 Programme Committees

The Organizational Structure for Academic Matters

2.2 Faculty Advisory System:

3.1.2 Circulation Hours

3.1.3 24x7 Study Room

3.1.4 Access to Non-IIT Bombay Libraries

3.1.5 Access of Turn-It-In Software

3.3 Tools and Software

Google Scholar (www.scholar.google.co.in)

3.5 Research facilities

3.5.1 Centre of Excellence in Nanoelectronics

3.5.2 Sophisticated Analytical Instrument Facility

4.1 Scholarships /Fellowships

4.1.3 Research Assistantship

Various grants http://indiabioscience.org/grants/grants-in-india

4.3 Travel and Publication Assistance

fund your trip. Visit http://www.iitb.ac.in/academic/finalAsstWeb/financialAsst.htm for a detailed

International Travel/Visa Tips

Send the abstract/paper to the conference organizers for scrutiny

On receiving the acceptance letter, initiate other funding applications

Prepare your poster or slides for the presentation

4.3.2 National Conferences and Publication Fee

5.1 SINE: Society for Innovation and Entrepreneurship