		ISP Award

INNOVATIVE STUDENT PROJECTS AWARD – 2008

Introduction

The Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE), established in 1987, is a ‘Peer’ body of some of the most distinguished engineers in India and abroad. The salient objects of the Academy are to promote the advancement of and excellence in the practice of engineering and technology and the related science disciplines and their application to problems of national importance. The Academy also aims at presenting research and development activities in engineering at academic and professional forums in India and abroad. INAE encourages inventions, scientific investigations and research, and promotes their application for development of all sectors of the national economy.

In order to provide impetus to the economic growth of the country and its development, it is important to promote leading edge indigenous technologies which are innovative, cost effective and appropriate for our environment. Therefore, there is a need to encourage research and development culture amongst engineers during the formative years of their undergraduate and postgraduate training, so that they begin their professional career well prepared with ideas and innovative skills.

The Academy instituted the above scheme of Awards and is implementing it since 1998, to identify innovative and creative research projects undertaken by the students and scholars in the engineering institutions, and to give an early recognition and incentives to them. The Academy firmly believes that an early recognition of merit and talent is important which can mark the beginning of a brilliant career.

Objectives

F to encourage young engineers to engage themselves in industry oriented research.

F to promote joint projects among Industry, Research Laboratories and Academic Institutions.

F to induce Industry to take up further development of the recognized projects, which may ultimately become new and innovative industrial processes or products and may give first-in-the market advantage.

Scope

A database of Engineering Institutions in the country has been established by INAE covering Government and Private as well as Defence Services Technical Institutions. The two best projects in each of the major engineering disciplines at undergraduate/postgraduate and doctoral levels recommended by the Heads of various Engineering Institutions / Colleges will be evaluated for their innovative potential by an INAE Selection Committee comprising of experts from each major field of engineering. The Industry and R&D Establishments would be approached with the award winning projects for their further development for industrial application or conversion into industrial processes or products.

Call for Nominations

Nominations of upto two projects/theses in each of the major engineering disciplines are invited from Deans/Heads of Engineering College/Departments at the three levels, viz., Doctoral, Master’s and Bachelor, for assessing their innovative potential and intrinsic merit. The nominations are to be sent on A-4 size paper in the prescribed format given in the brochure. (Ink signed copy of the nominations are to be sent, in case the same has been downloaded from INAE website). A CD containing a soft copy of the same be also sent in MS Word along with the hard copy of the Proforma.

The nominations must be sent by Deans/Heads of Engineering College where the candidate has carried out his project/thesis and not through the organization where the candidate is presently working.

Eligibility

Potentially innovative projects/theses are assessed at three levels, viz., B.E./B.Tech, M.E./M.Tech and Ph.D. Nominations for the awards 2008 will be accepted by the Academy according to the following eligibility requirement.

(i) B.E./B.Tech projects completed upto June 30 during the academic year 2007-2008

(ii) M.E./M.Tech theses examined upto June 30, 2008.

(iii) Ph.D. theses examined and accepted/recommended for Award during the calendar year 2007

Degree / Provisional Certificate should accompany the nomination proforma.

Last Date for Nominations

The last date of the receipt of nomination is July 15, 2008. Subsequently, when requested by the Academy, the Institution / College should be prepared to furnish copies of theses/projects along with relevant documents at a short notice.

Awards

The award in each of the three categories will consist of a certificate, a medallion and Rs.10,000/- in cash and will be presented at the Annual Convention of the Academy in December 2008.

Presentation of the work of the Nominee

The short‑listed nominees will be invited to make a twenty minutes presentation of their work before a Steering Committee of INAE Council on dates to be announced later. The candidates are advised to restrict the number of projections of their presentations to about TEN and suitably organize them with appropriate figures and font sizes for effective communication / interaction with the Committee in the time specified. The first projection should give a brief C.V. of the candidate. Power-point presentation is preferred.

Forwarding of Nominations

The nominations should be mailed to :

Executive Secretary,

Indian National Academy of Engineering,

6^th Floor, Vishwakarma Bhawan

Shaheed Jeet Singh Marg,

New Delhi-110016.

Tel : 011-26582635

Fax : 011-26856635

Email : inaehq@inae.org

Website : http://www.inae.org

INNOVATIVE STUDENT PROJECTS AWARD – 2008. Proforma for Nomination
1.	Name of the Institution :

2.	Postal address of the Institution :

3.	Telephone, fax and email of the Institution :

4.	Name & contact address of the nominee(s) :
		Address (Office)			(Residential)



		Telephone :_________________				Telephone :_________________
		Fax : ____________________				Fax : ____________________
		Email :_____________________				Email :_____________________
						Mobile: _____________________
5.	Current Designation :

6.	(a)		Title of the Project/Thesis :
	(b)		Tick (ü) Project/Thesis level : Doctoral ( ) Master’s ( ) Bachelor levels ( )
	(c)		Date of the first registration (for Ph.D. and M.E./M.Tech only)
	(d)		Date of examination of the project / thesis
	(e)		A copy of Degree / Provisional Certificate should accompany the nomination proforma.

7.	Engineering Discipline (Please specifiy): (Civil Engineering; Computer & Information Technologies; Mechanical Engg; Chemical Engg & Biotechnology; Electrical Engg; Electronics & Communication Engg; Aerospace Engg; Mining, Metallurgical & Materials Engineering; Nuclear Power and Energy Technologies; and Interdisciplinary Engg & Technology).

8.	Engineering College/Institution where Project/Thesis work is carried out :

9.	One page summary of the project / thesis :

10.	Awards / Academic Recognitions to the nominee, if any :

11.	Contact address of the Supervisor / Guide, with telephone, Mobile, fax, email, etc.

12.	Each project/thesis shall be assessed on the basis of specified attributes. Response to each attribute should be given separately, distinctly and concisely limiting it to the number of words indicated in the proforma. Any attribute, if not applicable, should be given a response by recording ‘N.A.’

(a)	PROFORMA FOR Ph.D. / M.E./M.TECH THESIS
	(i)			If a new theory or a new postulate has been developed, describe it in 50 to 100 words
	(ii)			If an existing theory has been modified, improved or corrected, make a statement not exceeding 50 words.
	(iii)			If an existing theory or postulate has been proved wrong, make a statement not exceeding 30 words.
	(iv)			If the research opens a new area (not just an extension of the research reported in the literature), make a statement not exceeding 30 words.
	(v)			If the research can lead to a break-through technology, write a note not exceeding 30 words.
	(vi)			If the research outcome has a potential for patent, describe it in upto 50 words.
	(vii)			If the research outcome has a potential for licensing a technology, describe it in upto 50 words.
	(viii)			List the papers communicated or published from the thesis work in (i) refereed journal(s) (ii) conference(s) Mark the ones communicated for publication by [c]
	(ix)			Write other attributes of the thesis NOT COVERED above in maximum 100 words.

(b)	PROFORMA FOR B.E. / B.TECH PROJECT
	(i)			If the Project involves an innovative use of a scientific theory, write a statement not exceeding 50 words.

	(ii)			If the Project involves an innovative use of technology, describe it in upto 50 words.

	(iii)			If the Project resulted in a new prototype product, describe its salient features and its innovative elements in upto 100 words.

	(iv)			If the Project resulted into a product which has a commercial potential, describe it in upto 50 words.

	(v)			Describe in upto 100 words the features of the Project which clearly show creativity.

	(vi)			Projects invariably have a major design component. Describe the design features of the project which are distinctive, in upto 100 words.

	(vii)			Write other attributes of the project NOT COVERED above in maximum 100 words.

Place : Date :				Signature of Dean/Head of the Dept of concerned Engg. College________________________ Name____________________________________ Designation and address_____________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________
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Innovative Student Projects Awards Winners

1999

Doctoral Level
1.	Dr. VM Duraisamy, College of Agricultural Engineering, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore (Investigation on the Effect of Soil, Crop, Machine & Operational Parameters in relation to Mechanical Harvesting of Groundnut)

2.	Dr. N Nagendra, Department of Metallurgy, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (Processing Microstructure and Fracture Characteristics of High Volume Fraction Al ₂O₃ (Al-AlN) Matrix Composites)

3.	Dr. KR Rajagopal, Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (Analysis and Design of Hybrid Stepper Motor and Torquer used in Space Application)

Master’s Level
1.	Mr. SG Sanjay, Department of Electrical Communication Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (TCP over End-to-End ABR : A Study of TCP Performance with End-to-End Rate Control and Stochastic Available Capacity)

2.	Mr. Ganesh Sriram, Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (Culture Fluorescence of Xanthomonas Campestris (for Optimal Application of a Novel Oxygen Supply Strategy to Bioreactor)

3.	Mr. Satyabody Kadni, Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (Design of DSLODEM : A Multiple HDSL Add – On Card)

4.	Mr. Abhishek Richhariya, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (Development and Optimization of Electronic Fuel Injection System for Two Stroke S.I. Engine)

5.	Mr. Kandukuri Yagnanna Sastry, Department of Metallurgical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (Stress Corrosion Cracking of 18%Ni Maraging Steel Weldments in 3.5% NaCl Test Environment)

6.	Mr. V Raman, Ocean Engineering Centre, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (Performance of Armoured Caisson Breakwater)

7.	Mr. Santosh Kumar Pandey, Department of High Voltage Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (Signal Processing Tools to Enhance Interpretation of Impulse Tests on Power Transformers)

Bachelor Level
1.	Vikrant Lal and Shubhashish Datta, Indian Institute of Technology, Hauz Khas, New Delhi (Topology Design for WDM Networks)

2.	Piyush Gopal Gigras, Indian Institute of Technology, Hauz Khas, New Delhi (Modelling of Trickle Bed Reactors at Elevated Pressures : Pressure Drop and Liquid Holdup)

3.	Souvik Basu, Vinay Khaitan, Sudipta Ghosh and Satish Jaiswal, Kalyani Engineering College, Kalyani (Secure Electronic Transaction (SET) Compliant E-Commerce System Design and Implementation)

4.	Rajesh Reang, Mangboi Lhungdim and A Dominic Phungthar, Norther Eastern Regional Institute of Science & Technology, Nirjuli, Itanagar, A.P. (Experimental Investigation on Cyclone Refrigeration)

5.	G Deepa, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (Processing and Characterization of Ferroelectric Ceramics – BaTi0₃ and PLZT)