Indian Institute of Technology Bhilai

COURSES
OF STUDY

December 2021
 TABLE OF CONTENTS
Terms Used 3
Scope 5
Introduction 5
Part A: Curriculum
Types of Courses 6
Bachelor of Technology (BTech) 6
General structure of BTech program 6
Discipline of Computer Science and Engineering 7
Discipline of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence 12
Discipline of Electrical Engineering 17
Discipline of Mechanical Engineering 22
Discipline of Mechatronics 26
Bachelor of Technology with Honours (BTech (Honours)) 30
General structure of BTech (Honours) program 30
BTech (Honours) through thesis 30
BTech (Honours) through Courses 30
Master of Science (MSc) 34
General Structure of MSc program 34
Discipline of Chemistry 35
Discipline of Mathematics and Computing 37
Discipline of Physics 39
Master of Technology (MTech) 40
General structure of MTech program 40
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) 42
General structure of PhD program 42
Part B: Course Contents
Institute Core Courses 44
Courses in Creative Arts and Liberal Arts 49
Courses in Chemistry 69
Courses in Computer Science and Engineering 83
Data Science and Artificial Intelligence 94
Courses in Electrical Engineering 97
Courses in Mathematics 112
Courses in Mechanical Engineering 123
Courses in Physics 140

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Terms Used

Undergraduate A first-level degree program offered by the Institute.

Postgraduate Degree programs offered by the Institute beyond the first-level.

Academic Program The degree programs offered by the Institute, including undergraduate,
aka Program postgraduate and research programs.

Academic Senate The Institute authority responsible for the promotion and maintenance
aka Senate of standards of research, instruction, education and examination. The
senate carries out all decision making towards the academic and related
activities.

Academic Year An academic year starts in the month of July each calendar year and
ends in the month of June of the next calendar year.

Semester A division of an academic year (July-June), which comprises of three

semesters – 2 regular semesters (Monsoon and Winter) and a Summer
semester.

Monsoon Semester A semester normally starting in the fourth week of July and continuing
until the first week of December.

Winter Semester A semester normally starting in the fourth week of December and
continuing until the first week of May of the next calendar year.

Summer Semester A semester normally starting in the second week of May and continuing
until the second week of July.

DUGC Department Undergraduate Committee.

DPGC Department Postgraduate Committee.

Discipline The specializations of program offerings by the Institute.

Grade A letter system to indicate the performance of the students. Grades are
awarded by the instructor in-charge of the course/thesis for the student.
Each grade carries associated numeric points.

CGPA Cumulative Grade Point Average. A weighted average of numeric points

obtained in the courses cleared by a student.

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SGPA Semester Grade Point Average. A weighted average of numeric points
obtained in the courses within a semester cleared by a student.

Fractals Division of a semester which aligns with courses of various credits. Each
regular semester is divided into six fractal segments.

Fractal Segment A segment of semester roughly equivalent to one sixth of the semester.
A course spans over one to six consecutive fractal segments.

Credit The numeric value associated with courses to indicate the load for a
course. Typically a course spanning over k fractal segments carries a
credit of k.

Institute Core A program may specify a set of courses that every student of that
courses (IC) program must register for and must clear.

Professional core A department may specify discipline-wise a set of courses for each
courses (PC) programs that every student of specific discipline in the program must
register for and must clear.

Departmental A bouquet of courses offered by the department out of which the

elective courses students must choose to register in order to fulfil the requirements of the
(DE) discipline in the program and must clear. Department may also declare
some specific courses offered by other departments a-priori as
departmental elective courses. Departments shall specify the total
number of credits that should be cleared with departmental elective
courses.

Open elective A bouquet of courses offered by various departments of the institute

courses (OE) which the students must choose to register from his/her own department
or from any other department and clear. A department will allocate zero
or more slots for open electives in each program discipline-wise. Open
electives are meant to widen the knowledge beyond the parent discipline
and broaden the horizon by exposing the problems/areas in other
disciplines. Departments shall specify the credits that should be cleared
with open elective courses.

Creative Arts and The Institute believes in a well-rounded development of its students. To
Liberal Arts that extent, Institute specifies program-wise credits to be earned by
courses (CALA) students amongst a bouquet of courses in Creative Arts and Liberal Arts.

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Scope
The provisions of this course of study are applicable to all programs and disciplines. The
academic senate may change any or all parts of this course of study at any time.

Introduction
IIT Bhilai offers a semester-oriented undergraduate, postgraduate and research programs with
an objective of imparting best quality science and engineering education. Admissions to the
academic programs are synchronized with an academic year, though in some cases, it may
be synchronized to the start of a semester.
An academic year starts in the month of July each calendar year and ends in the month of
June of the next calendar year. Each academic year is divided into three semesters –
Monsoon, Winter and Summer semesters. The Monsoon and Winter semesters are two
regular semesters while the Summer semester is a shorter semester.
IIT Bhilai is currently offering Bachelors of Technology (BTech), Master of Science (MSc),
Masters of Technology (MTech) and Doctorate (PhD) programs in various departments/
disciplines. This document provides the curricula of all programs at IIT Bhilai along with the
list of courses as on date.

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 Part A: Curriculum
Types of Courses
The course classification at IIT Bhilai is specific to the program and is categorized under five
broad categories.
1. Core courses (IC): A set of courses that every student of a program at IIT Bhilai must
register for and must clear.
2. Professional core courses (PC): For a program, the department may specify a set of
courses discipline wise that every student of the specific discipline must register for and
must clear.
3. Departmental elective courses (DE): A bouquet of courses declared by the
department out of which students must register for and must clear program-wise
specified minimum number of credits to fulfil the graduation requirements of the
program.
4. Open elective courses (OE): A bouquet of courses offered by various departments of
the institute, out of which the students must choose to register for and must clear a
number of courses to meet the minimum specified OE credit requirements for a program.
Open electives courses are meant to widen the knowledge beyond the parent discipline
and broaden the horizon by exposing the problems/areas in other disciplines.
5. Create Art and Liberal Art courses (CA/LA): The Institute believes in a well-rounded
development of its students. To that extent, Institute specifies a minimum number of
program-wise credits to be earned by students amongst a bouquet of courses in
Creative Arts and Liberal Arts.

Bachelor of Technology (BTech)

IIT Bhilai currently offers BTech program in five disciplines.
1. Computer Science and Engineering,
2. Data Science and Artificial Intelligence,
3. Electrical Engineering,
4. Mechanical Engineering, and
5. Mechatronics.

General structure of BTech program

BTech program at IIT Bhilai is a fully residential program with a nominal duration of 4 years.
Accordingly, the minimum credit requirements for students in various categories of courses to
become eligible for the award of BTech Degree from IIT Bhilai is as follows.

S. No. Category Minimum Credits

1. IC 60
2. PC 60
3. DE 60
4. OE 30
5. CA/LA 30
Total 240

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The Discipline-wise curriculum of BTech program is mentioned in the following sections.

Discipline of Computer Science and Engineering

Semester I

Course Name Course Code Credits

Introduction to Programming IC100 6

Digital Fabrication IC101 6

Electromagnetism IC102 2

Materials Chemistry I IC103 2

Linear Algebra I IC104 3

Probability and Statistics IC105 4

Chemistry/Physics Lab IC106/ IC107 3

Professional Communication Lab I – Sketching and CA100 1

Drawing

Essential Physical Activity AA101 1

Creative and Liberal Arts courses - 3

Total Credits (Excluding EPA) 30

In addition to the aforementioned courses, students have to spend sufficient number of hours
in National Service Scheme (NSS) or National Sports Organization (NSO) activities as defined
by the institute.

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 Semester II

Course Name Course Code Credits

Applied Digital Logic Design IC150 6

Quantum Physics IC151 2

Linear Algebra II IC152 3

Calculus I IC153 3

Physics/ Chemistry Lab IC107/ IC106 3

Software Tools & Technologies Lab I CS100 4

Discrete Structures I CS101 4

Data Structures CS102 4

Professional Communication Lab II CA150 1

- Presentation Skills

Total Credits 30

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 Semester III

Course Name Course Code Credits

Introduction to Astronomy and Astrophysics IC200 4

Environmental Studies IC201 2

Calculus II IC202 3

Software Tools & Technologies Lab II CS200 4

Discrete Structures II CS201 2

Algorithms I CS202 4

Theory of Computation I CS203 4

Computer Organization & Architecture CS204 4

Professional Communication Lab III – Technical CA200 1

Literature Structure

Creative and Liberal Arts courses - 2

Total Credits 30

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 Semester IV

Course Name Course Code Credits

Materials Chemistry II IC250 2

Basics of Bioinformatics IC251 4

Operating Systems CS250 4

Introduction to Language Processing CS251 4

Algorithms II CS252 4

Theory of Computation II CS253 2

Database Management Systems CS254 4

Professional Ethics CA250 2

Creative and Liberal Arts courses - 4

Total Credits 30

Semester V

Course Name Course Code Credits

Materials Chemistry III IC300 2

Principles of Programming Languages CS300 6

Computer Networks CS301 6

Departmental Electives Courses - 12

CALA Courses - 4

Total Credits 30

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 Semester VI

Course Name Course Code Credits

Departmental Electives Courses - 18

Open Electives Courses - 6

CALA Courses - 6

Total Credits 30

Semester VII

Course Name Course Code Credits

Departmental Electives Courses - 12

Open Electives Courses - 12

CALA Courses - 6

Total Credits 30

Semester VIII

Course Name Course Code Credits

Departmental Electives Courses - 18

Open Electives Courses - 12

Total Credits 30

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Discipline of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence
Semester I

Course Name Course Code Credits

Introduction to Programming IC100 6

Digital Fabrication IC101 6

Electromagnetism IC102 2

Materials Chemistry I IC103 2

Linear Algebra I IC104 3

Probability and Statistics IC105 4

Chemistry/Physics Lab IC106/ IC107 3

Professional Communication Lab I – Sketching and CA100 1

Drawing

Essential Physical Activity AA101 1

Creative and Liberal Arts courses - 3

Total Credits (Excluding EPA) 30

In addition to the aforementioned courses, students have to spend sufficient number of hours
in National Service Scheme (NSS) or National Sports Organization (NSO) activities as defined
by the institute.

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 Semester II

Course Name Course Code Credits

Applied Digital Logic Design IC150 6

Quantum Physics IC151 2

Linear Algebra II IC152 3

Calculus I IC153 3

Physics/ Chemistry Lab IC107/ IC106 3

Mathematical Foundations for Data Science DS100 4

Discrete Structures I CS101 4

Data Structures CS102 4

Professional Communication Lab II CA150 1

- Presentation Skills

Total Credits 30

* Tentative. Subject to approval

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 Semester III

Course Name Course Code Credits

Introduction to Astronomy and Astrophysics IC200 4

Environmental Studies IC201 2

Calculus II IC202 3

Operations Research MA605 4

Algorithms I CS202 4

Data Analytics and Visualization DS250 6

Statistical Programming DS201 4

Professional Communication Lab III – Technical CA200 1

Literature Structure

Creative and Liberal Arts courses - 2

Total Credits 30

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 Semester IV

Course Name Course Code Credits

Materials Chemistry II IC250 2

Basics of Bioinformatics IC251 4

Architecture for Management of Large Datasets DS200 6

Artificial Intelligence DS251 6

Information Security DS209 4

DSAI – Lab DS252 2

Professional Ethics CA250 2

Creative and Liberal Arts courses - 4

Total Credits 30

* Tentative. Subject to approval

Semester V

Course Name Course Code Credits

Materials Chemistry III IC300 2

Computer Networks CS301 6

Machine Learning DSXXX* 6

Departmental Electives Courses - 12

CALA Courses - 4

Total Credits 30

* Tentative. Subject to approval

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 Semester VI

Course Name Course Code Credits

Departmental Electives Courses - 18

Open Electives Courses - 6

CALA Courses - 6

Total Credits 30

Semester VII

Course Name Course Code Credits

Departmental Electives Courses - 12

Open Electives Courses - 12

CALA Courses - 6

Total Credits 30

Semester VIII

Course Name Course Code Credits

Departmental Electives Courses - 18

Open Electives Courses - 12

Total Credits 30

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Discipline of Electrical Engineering
Semester I

Course Name Course Code Credits

Introduction to Programming IC100 6

Digital Fabrication IC101 6

Electromagnetism IC102 2

Materials Chemistry I IC103 2

Linear Algebra I IC104 3

Probability and Statistics IC105 4

Chemistry/Physics Lab IC106/ IC107 3

Professional Communication Lab I – Sketching and CA100 1

Drawing

Essential Physical Activity AA101 1

Creative and Liberal Arts courses - 3

Total Credits (Excluding EPA) 30

In addition to the aforementioned courses, students have to spend sufficient number of hours
in National Service Scheme (NSS) or National Sports Organization (NSO) activities as defined
by the institute.

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 Semester II

Course Name Course Code Credits

Applied Digital Logic Design IC150 6

Quantum Physics IC151 2

Linear Algebra II IC152 3

Calculus I IC153 3

Physics/ Chemistry Lab IC107/ IC106 3

Digital Signal Processing EE101 4

Circuits and Systems EE103 6

EE Independent Project EE171 2

Professional Communication Lab II CA150 1

- Presentation Skills

Total Credits 30

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 Semester III

Course Name Course Code Credits

Introduction to Astronomy and Astrophysics IC200 4

Environmental Studies IC201 2

Calculus II IC202 3

Electronic Devices EE201 4

Control Systems - I EE202 6

Embedded Systems EE203 4

Engineering Electromagnetics EE207 4

Professional Communication Lab III – Technical CA200 1

Literature Structure

Creative and Liberal Arts courses - 2

Total Credits 30

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 Semester IV

Course Name Course Code Credits

Materials Chemistry II IC250 2

Basics of Bioinformatics IC251 4

Analog Circuits EE204 6

Power Engineering - I EE205 6

Electrical Machines EE208 4

Electrical Engineering Lab - I EE251 2

Professional Ethics CA250 2

Creative and Liberal Arts courses - 4

Total Credits 30

Semester V

Course Name Course Code Credits

Materials Chemistry III IC300 2

Communication Systems EE301 4

Electrical Engineering Lab – II EE351 2

Departmental Elective Courses - 18

CALA Courses - 4

Total Credits 30

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 Semester VI

Course Name Course Code Credits

Electrical Engineering Lab - III EE352 2

Electrical Engineering Lab - IV EE353 2

Departmental Elective Courses - 12

Open Elective Courses - 6

Independent Project EE371 2

CALA Courses - 6

Total Credits 30

Semester VII

Course Name Course Code Credits

Departmental Elective Courses - 12

Open Elective Courses - 12

CALA Courses - 6

Total Credits 30

Semester VIII

Course Name Course Code Credits

Departmental Elective Courses - 18

Open Elective Courses - 12

Total Credits 30

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Discipline of Mechanical Engineering
Semester I

Course Name Course Code Credits

Introduction to Programming IC100 6

Digital Fabrication IC101 6

Electromagnetism IC102 2

Materials Chemistry I IC103 2

Linear Algebra I IC104 3

Probability and Statistics IC105 4

Chemistry/Physics Lab IC106/ IC107 3

Professional Communication Lab I – Sketching and CA100 1

Drawing

Essential Physical Activity AA101 1

Creative and Liberal Arts courses - 3

Total Credits (Excluding EPA) 30

In addition to the aforementioned courses, students have to spend sufficient number of hours
in National Service Scheme (NSS) or National Sports Organization (NSO) activities as defined
by the institute.

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 Semester II

Course Name Course Code Credits

Applied Digital Logic Design IC150 6

Quantum Physics IC151 2

Linear Algebra II IC152 3

Calculus I IC153 3

Physics/ Chemistry Lab IC107/ IC106 3

Engineering and Machine Drawing ME102 3

Thermodynamics ME111 6

Fundamentals of Metallurgy ME151 3

Professional Communication Lab II CA150 1

- Presentation Skills

Total Credits 30

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 Semester IV

Course Name Course Code Credits

Materials Chemistry II IC250 2

Basics of Bioinformatics IC251 4

Heat and Mass Transfer ME213 6

Dynamics ME232 6

Manufacturing Science II ME352 6

Professional Ethics CA250 2

Creative and Liberal Arts courses - 4

Total Credits 30

Semester V

Course Name Course Code Credits

Materials Chemistry III IC300 2

Theory of Machines and Mechanisms ME333 6

Mechanical Engineering Lab I ME371 3

Mechanical Engineering Lab II ME372 3

Departmental Electives Courses - 12

Creative and Liberal Arts Courses - 4

Total Credits 30

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 Semester VI

Course Name Course Code Credits

Design of Machine Elements ME334 6

Departmental Electives Courses - 12

Open Electives Courses - 6

Creative and Liberal Arts Courses - 6

Total Credits 30

Semester VII

Course Name Course Code Credits

Departmental Electives Courses - 12

Open Electives Courses - 12

Creative and Liberal Arts Courses - 6

Total Credits 30

Semester VIII

Course Name Course Code Credits

Departmental Electives Courses - 18

Open Electives Courses - 12

Total Credits 30

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Discipline of Mechatronics
Semester I

Course Name Course Code Credits

Introduction to Programming IC100 6

Digital Fabrication IC101 6

Electromagnetism IC102 2

Materials Chemistry I IC103 2

Linear Algebra I IC104 3

Probability and Statistics IC105 4

Chemistry/Physics Lab IC106/IC107 3

Professional Communication Lab I – Sketching CA100 1

and Drawing

Essential Physical Activity AA101 1

Creative and Liberal Arts courses - 3

Total Credits (Excluding EPA) 30

In addition to the aforementioned courses, students have to spend sufficient number of hours
in National Service Scheme (NSS) or National Sports Organization (NSO) activities as defined
by the institute.

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 Semester II

Course Name Course Code Credits

Applied Digital Logic Design IC150 6

Quantum Physics IC151 2

Linear Algebra II IC152 3

Calculus I IC153 3

Physics/Chemistry Lab IC107/IC106 3

Circuits and Systems EE103 6

Dynamics ME232 6

Professional Communication Lab II – Presentation CA150 1

Skills

Total Credits 30

Semester III

Course Name Course Code Credits

Introduction to Astronomy and Astrophysics IC200 4

Environmental Studies IC201 2

Calculus – II IC202 3

Theory of Machines and Mechanisms ME333 6

Control System – I EE202 6

Sensors and Instrumentation MT*** 4

Mechatronics Lab – I MT*** 2

Professional Communication Lab III – Technical CA200 1

Literature Structure

Creative and Liberal Arts courses - 2

Total Credits 30

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 Semester IV

Course Name Course Code Credits

Materials Chemistry II IC250 2

Basics of Bioinformatics IC251 4

Embedded System for Mechanical Controls MT*** 6

Fundamental of Robotics MT*** 6

Hydraulics and Pneumatics Systems MT*** 6

Professional Ethics CA250 2

Creative and Liberal Arts courses - 4

Total Credits 30

Semester V

Course Name Course Code Credits

Materials Chemistry III IC300 2

Solid Mechanics-I ME231 6

Digital Control MT*** 2

Mechatronics Lab – II MT*** 2

Mechatronics Lab – III MT*** 2

Departmental Electives Courses - 12

Creative and Liberal Arts courses - 4

Total Credits 30

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 Semester VI

Course Name Course Code Credits

Introduction to Microfabrication MT*** 3

Design Project MT*** 3

Departmental Electives Courses - 12

Open Electives Courses - 6

Creative and Liberal Arts courses - 6

Total Credits 30

Semester VII

Course Name Course Code Credits

Departmental Electives Courses - 12

Open Electives Courses - 12

Creative and Liberal Arts courses - 6

Total Credits 30

Semester VIII

Course Name Course Code Credits

Departmental Electives Courses - 18

Open Electives Courses - 12

Total Credits 30

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Bachelor of Technology with Honours (BTech (Honours))
General structure of BTech (Honours) program
Students completing two years of BTech program in IIT Bhilai can opt for conversion to BTech
(Honours) subject to the conditions and procedures prescribed by the Senate. IIT Bhilai offers
BTech (Honours) program in two different modes.
1. Through additional courses in a discipline (called as specialization) other than the one,
student has registered for his BTech program.
2. Through thesis in the discipline, the student has registered for his BTech program.
The structure of BTech (Honours) program upto 4th Semester remains same as that of BTech
program. From 5th Semester onwards, in addition to the courses mentioned in the BTech
program structure, BTech (Honours) students have to register for additional six credits per
semester towards discipline-specific courses/thesis based on the mode of their BTech
(Honours) program.

BTech (Honours) through thesis

i. Students admitted to thesis-based BTech (Honours) must earn a minimum of 18
credits through thesis. Thesis credits are earned by registering for thesis course.

ii. Students would register for additional courses from 5th semester of their BTech
program with the nominal load of 36 credits to fulfill the credit requirements of BTech
(Honours) program.

iii. Students shall register for thesis credits from their 6th semester onwards. Students
should register for thesis credits for a minimum of 2 semesters.

iv. Students can make use of the summer semester between the 5th and 6th semester for
executing the research work by registering for thesis not exceeding 12 credits during
the summer semester.

v. Thesis credits will be evaluated and graded in units of 6 credits (i.e.) there will be a
grade associated with every 6 thesis credits (or part thereof) registered for.

vi. Students should do the research work towards a minimum thesis credit requirement of
18. The remaining credit requirements for BTech (Honours) should be earned by
registering for courses within/across the department(s).

vii. Upon recommendation of the supervisor, the DUGC convener may permit the students
to register for more than 18 thesis credits.

BTech (Honours) through Courses

The curriculum for course-based BTech (Honours) in various disciplines/departments are as
follows.

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Discipline of Computer Science and Engineering
Students in BTech (Honours) through courses in the specialization of Computer Science and
Engineering will take the following courses as per the requirement of the program.

Course Name Course Code Credit Compulsory/Optional

Data Structure CS102 4 Compulsory

Discrete Structure – II CS201 2 Compulsory

Algorithms – I CS202 4 Compulsory

Computer Organization and
CS204 4 Compulsory
Architecture
Theory of Computation – I CS203 4 Optional

Operating Systems CS250 4 Optional

Database Management Systems CS254 4 Optional

The student must earn a minimum of 18 credits from the above-prescribed courses. Apart
from this, students have to register for courses of their choice within the department (EECS)
for 6 more credits.

Discipline of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence

Students in BTech (Honours) through courses in the specialization of Data Science and
Artificial Intelligence will take the following courses as per the requirement of the program.

Course Name Course Code Credit Compulsory/Optional

Data Analytics and Visualization DS250 6 Compulsory

Artificial Intelligence DS251 6 Compulsory

Foundations of Data Science DS100 4 Optional

Architecture for Management of
DS200 6 Optional
Large Datasets
Statistical Programming DS201 4 Optional

DSAI Lab DS252 2 Optional

Machine Learning DS*** 6 Optional

The student must earn a minimum of 18 credits from the above-prescribed courses. Apart
from this, students have to register for courses of their choice within the department (EECS)
for 6 more credits.

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Discipline of Electrical Engineering
Students in BTech (Honours) through courses in the specialization of Electrical Engineering
must earn a minimum of 18 credits by registering to any of the following courses of their choice:

Course Name Course Code Credit Compulsory/Optional

Digital Signal Processing EE101 4 Compulsory

Circuits and Systems EE103 6 Compulsory

Control System-I EE202 6 Optional

Power Engineering-I EE205 6 Optional

Communication systems EE301 4 Optional

Power Engineering-II EE306 6 Optional

The student must earn a minimum of 18 credits from the above-prescribed courses. Apart
from this, six more credits must be earned by registering further to any of the above stated
courses or other courses within the department (EECS).

Discipline of Mechanical Engineering

Students in BTech (Honours) through courses in the specialization of Mechanical Engineering
must earn 18 credits by registering to the following courses:

Course Name Course Code Credit Compulsory/Optional

Solid Mechanics – I ME231 6 Compulsory

Manufacturing Processes – I ME251 6 Compulsory

Thermodynamics ME111 6 Optional

Fluid Mechanics ME212 6 Optional

The student must earn a minimum of 18 credits from the above-prescribed courses. Apart
from this, six more credits could be earned by registering to any other courses within the
department (ME).

Discipline of Chemistry
Students admitted to course-based BTech (Honours) in the department of Chemistry will take
the following courses as per the requirement of the program.

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 Course Name Course Code Credit Compulsory/Optional

Quantum Chemistry CY501 6 Compulsory

Bioinorganic Chemistry CY509 6 Compulsory

Advance Organic Chemistry CY605 6 Compulsory

Apart from this, six more credits should be earned by registering to any elective courses within
the department (CY).

Discipline of Mathematics:
Students admitted to course-based BTech (Honours) in the discipline of Mathematics will take
the following courses as per the requirement of the program.

Course Name Course Code Credit Compulsory/Optional

Real Analysis MA500 6 Compulsory

Numerical Techniques MA507 6 Compulsory

Operations Research MA605 4 Compulsory

Numerical Optimization
MA609 2 Compulsory
Techniques

Apart from this, six more credits should be earned by registering to any of the elective courses
within the department (MA).

Discipline of Physics
Students admitted to course-based BTech (Honours) in the discipline of Physics will take the
following courses as per the requirement of the program.

Course Name Course Code Credit Compulsory/Optional

Quantum Mechanics-I PH502 6 Compulsory

Solid State Physics PH512 6 Compulsory

Any Two Course from following Courses

Statistical Physics PH506 6 Optional

Electrodynamics PH508 6 Optional

Nuclear and Particle Physics PH509 6 Optional

Mathematical Physics PH503 6 Optional

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Master of Science (MSc)
MSc program at IIT Bhilai will be offered starting from 2019-20-M semester in three disciplines.
1. Chemistry,
2. Mathematics and Computing, and
3. Physics.

General Structure of MSc program

The MSc program offered at IIT Bhilai is a fully residential program with a nominal duration of
2 years. Accordingly, the minimum credit requirements for students in various categories of
courses to become eligible for the award of MSc Degree from IIT Bhilai is as follows.

S. No. Category Minimum Credits

1. PC 72
2. DE/OE 12
3. Thesis 24
Total (Minimal requirement) 120

The discipline-wise curriculum MSc of program is mentioned in the following sections.

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Discipline of Chemistry
Semester I

Course Name Course Code Credits

Quantum Chemistry CY501 4

Mathematics for Chemists / Introduction to Biochemistry CY516 / CY517 4

Chemical Kinetics and Surface Science CY502 4

Coordination Chemistry CY503 6

Chemistry of Main Group Elements CY504 6

Organic Reactions and Reagents CY505 6

Total Credits 30

Semester II

Course Name Course Code Credits

Statistical Mechanics and Thermodynamics CY507 4

Molecular Spectroscopy CY508 4

Bioinorganic Chemistry CY509 6

Stereochemistry and Reaction Mechanism CY510 6

Physical Organic Chemistry CY511 2

Organic Photochemistry CY512 2

Computations in Chemistry CY515 2

Physical Chemistry Practical CY513 2

Organic Chemistry Practical CY514 2

Total Credits 30

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 Semester III

Course Name Course Code Credits

Solid State Chemistry CY604 4

Inorganic Chemistry Practical CY506 2

Organometallic Chemistry: Principles and

CY603 6
Applications

Interpretative Molecular Spectroscopy CY607 6

Advanced Organic Chemistry CY605 6

Thesis CY699 6

Total Credits 30

Semester IV

Course Name Course Code Credits

Departmental Elective - 6

Departmental Elective - 6

Thesis CY699 18

Total Credits 30

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Discipline of Mathematics and Computing
Semester I

Course Name Course Code Credits

Real Analysis MA500 6

Linear Algebra MA501 6

Modern Algebra MA502 4

Introduction to Probability Theory MA503 4

Differential Equations MA504 4

Introduction to Programming IC100 6

Total Credits 30

Semester II

Course Name Course Code Credits

Complex Analysis MA505 6

Multi-Variable Calculus MA506 4

Numerical Techniques MA507 6

Topology MA508 6

Discrete Structures I CS101 4

Data Structures CS102 4

Total Credits 30

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 Semester III

Course Name Course Code Credits

Functional Analysis MA604 6

Operations Research MA605 4

Numerical Optimization Techniques MA609 2

Departmental Elective - 6

Open Elective - 6

Thesis MA699 6

Total Credits 30

Semester IV

Course Name Course Code Credits

Departmental Elective - 6

Open Elective - 6

Thesis MA699 18

Total Credits 30

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Discipline of Physics
Semester I

Course Name Course Code Credits

Classical Mechanics PH501 6

Quantum Mechanics-I PH502 6

Mathematical Physics PH503 6

Computational Physics PH504 6

Electronics Laboratory PH505 6

Total Credits 30

Semester II

Course Name Course Code Credits

Statistical Mechanics PH506 6

Quantum Mechanics-II PH507 6

Electrodynamics PH508 6

Nuclear and Particle Physics PH509 6

Experimental Laboratory PH510 6

Total Credits 30

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 Semester III

Course Name Course Code Credits

Atomic and Molecular Physics PH511 6

Solid State Physics PH512 6

Experimental and Measurement Techniques PH513 6

Departmental Elective - 6

Thesis PH699 6

Total Credits 30

Semester IV

Course Name Course Code Credits

Departmental Elective - 6

Departmental Elective - 6

Thesis PH699 18

Total Credits 30

Master of Technology (MTech)

MTech program in IIT Bhilai is currently being offered in the following six disciplines.
1. Computer Science and Engineering,
2. Data Science and Artificial Engineering,
3. Electric Vehicle Technology,
4. Electrical Engineering,
5. Mechanical Engineering, and
6. Mechatronics

General structure of MTech program

MTech program in IIT Bhilai had a nominal duration of 21 months with a minimum residential
requirement of one regular semester.

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The minimum credit requirements for students in various categories of courses for the award
of MTech Degree from IIT Bhilai is provided in the following table.

S. No Category Minimum Credits

1. IC 6
2. DE 18
3. Thesis 48
Total (Minimal requirement) 108

The curriculum for MTech program is common across the disciplines, which is defined
hereunder.

Semester I

Course Name Course Code Credits

Research Methodology IC601 6

Departmental Electives - 18

Total Credits 24

Semester II onwards

Course Name Course Code Credits

Departmental Electives / Thesis - 24

Total Credits 24

Summer Semester

Course Name Course Code Credits

Departmental Electives / Thesis - 12

Total Credits 12

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Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
IIT Bhilai offers PhD degree program in the following disciplines.
 Chemistry,
 Computer Science and Engineering,
 Data Science and Artificial Intelligence,
 Electric Vehicle Technology,
 Electrical Engineering,
 Mathematics,
 Mechanical Engineering,
 Mechatronics,
 Physics, and
 Liberal Arts.

General structure of PhD program

Candidates are admitted to PhD program in IIT Bhilai either after completion of Under-
Graduate (UG) or Post-Graduate program subject to fulfilling the other eligibility criteria defined
by the Institute. Further, the PhD program is offered under two different modes with the
nominal duration mentioned as below.
1. Full-time – Nominal program duration of 3 years for students admitted after PG and
3.5 years for students admitted after UG.
2. Part-time – Nominal program duration of 4.5 years for students admitted after PG and
5 years for students admitted after UG.
Accordingly, the minimum credit requirements for students in various categories of courses
for the award of PhD Degree from IIT Bhilai is provided in the following table.

Minimum Credits
S.No Category
After PG After UG
1. IC 6 6
2. DE 18 42
3. Thesis 108 108
Total (Minimal requirement) 168 192
The curriculum for PhD program is common across the disciplines which is defined hereunder.

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 Semester I

Course Name Course Code Credits

Research Methodology IC601 6

Departmental Electives - 18 (12*)

Total Credits 24 (18*)

* For part-time students

Semester II onwards

Course Name Course Code Credits

Thesis / Departmental Electives # - 24 (18*)

Total Credits 24 (18*)

#
Students admitted after UG are required to opt for 24 credits of courses.
* For part-time students

Summer Semesters

Course Name Course Code Credits

Thesis / Departmental Electives - 12 (6*)

Total Credits 12 (6*)

* For part-time students

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 Part B: Course Contents
Institute Core Courses
IC100 Introduction to Programming (6 Credits)

Basics of programming using an appropriate language; Basic UNIX commands; Arithmetic

operations; Data Types; Input and output functions; Conditionals; Loops; Function
constructions; Recursion; Arrays; Pointers; Strings; Classes; File handling; Object oriented
programming.
Prerequisites: NA

IC101 Digital Fabrication (6 Credits)

Freehand sketch: Orthographic, isometric projections, surface development, Familiarization

with 3D solid modeling (CAD) for the creation of engineering and freeform geometries, 3D
Scanning using CMM and laser scanners, 3D Printing for conversion of CAD model into a real
part (additive manufacturing process): slicing, effect of part orientation, Familiarization with
conventional machining processes: Centering, drilling, and milling using tabletop
reconfigurable CNC machines, Familiarization with Casting and molding, Demonstration of
Laser cutting machine.
Prerequisites: NA

IC102 Electromagnetism (2 Credits)

Vector algebra, Coordinate systems, Vector analysis, Maxwell’s equations, Maxwell’s

equations in matter, Boundary conditions, Continuity equation, Poynting’s theorem, Newton’s
third law in Electrodynamics, Maxwell’s stress tensor, Conservation of Momentum, angular
momentum, Electromagnetic waves in vacuum, Electromagnetic waves in matter, absorption
and dispersion, Guided waves.
Prerequisites: NA

IC103 Materials Chemistry I (2 Credits)

Introduction to functional polymer materials with respect to types of polymers and their
nomenclature; polymer synthesis; molecular weight determination; physical properties of
polymers; applications of polymeric materials in everyday life. Introduction to bio-materials:
amino acids, peptides, proteins, enzymes, carbohydrates, nucleic acids and lipids. Peptide-
polymer conjugates: synthesis properties and applications.
Prerequisites: NA

IC104 Linear Algebra I (3 Credits)

Systems of linear equations, elementary operations, row-reduced echelon matrices, Gauss

elimination, LU factorization, linear independence, rank of a matrix, solutions of linear systems:
existence and uniqueness, vector spaces, subspaces, spanning space, bases and
dimensions, linear transformations, matrix representations of linear transformations, range

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space and rank, null space and nullity, the rank and nullity theorem, invertibility.
Computer lab by using appropriate software tools like Python, MATLAB etc.
Prerequisites: NA

IC105 Probability and Statistics (4 Credits)

Probability spaces, conditional probability, Bayes’ theorem; random variables, probability

distribution functions, joint distributions, independence, mathematical expectations,
Chebyshev’s inequality; special distributions: binomial, hypereometric, Poisson, exponential,
uniform, normal distributions. Random sampling, sample mean, sample variance, weak law of
large numbers and central limit theorems; estimation of parameters, the method of maximum
likelihood estimation, confidence intervals, testing of hypotheses, goodness of fit,
nonparametric tests, correlation analysis.
Prerequisites: NA

IC106 Chemistry Lab (3 Credits)

A laboratory course designed to give an overview of the fundamental principles of organic,

inorganic and physical chemistry. Experiments include synthesis of aspirin, estimation of
phenol, qualitative analysis of an organic compound, estimation of copper in brass,
determination of hardness of water, reaction kinetics, formation constant of KI 3, acid strength
of a citrus fruit and estimation of sodium oxide in cement.
Prerequisites: NA

IC107 Physics Lab (3 Credits)

1. Studying Hall effect and Measure Hall coefficient, carrier density, and carrier mobility in
semiconductor.
2. Studying Gouy's method and measure magnetic susceptibility in Aluminium.
3. Studying interference principle and measure wavelength of light by observing Newton's
rings.
4. Studying Diffraction principle and measure slit width of single wire, cross wire and grating.
5. Studying energy bandgap theory and measure energy bandgap of silicon and germanium
Diode.
6. Studying Zener Diode and Stefan's Law.
7. Studying application of Cathode Ray Oscilloscope (CRO) and measure voltage, Frequency
and observe superposition principle.
8. Studying characteristics of a npn transistor.
Prerequisites: NA

IC150 Applied Digital Logic Design (6 Credits)

Introduction to FPGA and Hardware Description Languages (HDLs), Combinational Circuits –

Logic gates, Boolean Algebra, gate-level minimization, Circuit design and implementation,
Adders, Comparators, Multiplexers, Decoders/encoders, Applications, Data storage elements

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– Latches, Flip-Flops, Register, Memory, Applications, Sequential Circuits – State tables and
diagrams, State representation in HDLs, Timing in sequential circuits, Shift register, Counters.
Prerequisites: NA

IC151 Quantum Physics (2 Credits)

Classical to quantum cross-over, basic principles of quantum mechanics, wave function and
uncertainty principle, probability wave amplitude, probability density, wave equation and
Schrodinger formalism, time-independent and time-dependent Schrodinger equations, Dirac
formulation of quantum mechanics, linear vector spaces, bra and ket vectors, completeness
and ortho-normalization of basis vectors, basis sets, change of basis, eigenstate and
eigenvalues, expectation values.
Prerequisites: NA

IC152 Linear Algebra II (3 Credits)

Eigenvalues, eigenvectors and some applications of eigenvalue problems, Hermitian, skew-

Hermitian, unitary matrices and their eigenvalues; eigenbases, diagonalization, annihilating
polynomial, the minimal polynomial and the characteristic polynomial, Cayley-Hamilton
theorem; Inner product spaces, orthonormal bases, Gram-Schmidt process.
Computer lab by using appropriate software tools like Python, MATLAB etc.
Prerequisites: NA

IC153 Calculus I (3 Credits)

Real number system, convergence of a sequence, Sandwich theorem, Cauchy sequences,

subsequence, monotone sequences, monotone convergence theorem; convergence of infinite
series, comparison test, Cauchy condensation test, ratio test, root test and Leibnitz test; limits
and continuity of functions, intermediate value property, differentiability of a function, local
maxima and minima, Rolle's theorem, mean value theorem and applications.
Definite integrals as a limit of sums, fundamental theorems of calculus, applications of definite
integrals to area, volume, surface area, improper integrals.
Prerequisites: NA

IC200 Introduction to Astronomy and Astrophysics (4 Credits)

Overview - Scales and Dimensions, Night Sky, Constellations, Earth, Sun, and the Solar
System, Retrograde Motion of Planets, Sidereal Time.
Observations- Electromagnetic Waves, Electromagnetic Spectrum, Telescopes, Refractor
Telescope, Reflecting Telescope, Observations at Visible Frequencies, Theoretical Limit on
Resolution, Mounting of Telescope, Equatorial Mount, Azimuthal Mount, Interferometer,
Observations at Other Wavelengths. Astrometry - Coordinate Systems, Doppler Effect,
Parallax, Aberration, Precession of Equinoxes, Equatorial Mounting of a Telescope Star
Formation and Stellar Evolution - Stellar Nuclear Reactions, White Dwarfs, Neutron Star, Black
Holes, Supernova

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Cosmology - Big Bang Cosmology, Cosmological Red shift and Hubble’s Law, Matter and
Radiation, Accelerating Universe and Dark Energy, The Early Universe, Primordial Nucleo
synthesis, Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation (CMBR)
Particle Physics and High Energy Physics
The Standard model of particle physics, elementary particle classification, fermions and
bosons, electromagnetic, weak and strong processes. Introduction Large Hadron Collider.
Prerequisites: NA

IC201 Environmental Studies (2 Credits)

Understanding our environment (atmosphere composition and behaviour, ecosystem, flow of

energy and nutrient cycles, sustainability), global warming (greenhouse gases, results of
global warming), brief overviews of ozone depletion and atmospheric pollutants. Organic and
Inorganic chemicals in environment (toxicity, polychlorinated hydrocarbons like DDT,
polymers, detergents) and their impact on environment, a project on environment related topic.
Prerequisites: NA

IC202 Calculus II (3 Credits)

Continuity, partial derivatives, directional derivatives, gradient, differentiability, chain rule;

tangent planes and normals, maxima and minima for function of two variables, Lagrange
multiplier method; double and triple integrals with applications to volume, surface area,
moments of inertia, change of variables; vector fields, line integrals, Green's theorem and its
applications, path independence; surface integrals, evaluation, Gauss's divergence theorem
and its applications.
Prerequisites: NA

IC250 Materials Chemistry II (2 Credits)

Organic/Inorganic Hybrid Materials: design, synthesis and characterization, properties,

applications, Organometallic materials, Materials for energy storage systems and fuel cells,
Materials for redox flow batteries, Cluster compounds.
Prerequisites: NA

IC251 Basics of Bioinformatics (4 Credits)

Introduction to biomolecules (amino acids, proteins, DNA, RNA, Genes) and different tools to
visualize and represent biomolecules on computer (Visual molecular dynamics (VMD)
software)
General introduction to bioinformatics; Definition, Scope and applications, brief history of
sequence analysis - Protein, DNA and RNA sequences; introduction to different bioinformatics
related databases (EMBL, DDBJ, GenBank, PIR, PDB etc.) and their uses.
Sequence analysis - Comparing two sequences, Similarity searches on sequence databases,
building multiple sequence alignment, local and global alignment, BLAST, FASTA.
Working with 30 protein structures - introduction to protein data bank (PDB) file, predicting the
secondary structure of a protein sequence, primary structure to 30 structure of protein, finding
proteins with similar shapes, folding a protein in a computer, predicting interactions; working
with RNA.

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Prerequisites: NA

IC300 Materials Chemistry III (2 Credits)

Introduction to light harvesting materials (organic, inorganic and hybrid materials),

semiconductor basics. Light-matter interaction (black body radiation, photoelectric effect,
wave-particle duality, concept of wave function, particle in 1D box). Applications of
semiconductor systems and solar-cells, conjugated polymers (coupling reactions), inorganic
(quantum dot synthesis and properties) and hybrid semiconductors (advanced synthetic
protocols).
Prerequisites: NA

IC601 Research Methodology (6 Credits)

Literature search, review and citation practices Problem identification, formulating research
questions Quantitative and qualitative methods – strengths and weaknesses Instrumentation
and data logging, Data sampling, collection, testing Data analysis, interpretation and
limitations, Validity, reliability, sources of error, Data management and presentation.
Prerequisites: NA

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Courses in Creative Arts and Liberal Arts
CA100 Professional Communication Lab I – Sketching and Drawing (1 Credits)

Drawing as a means of visual organization. Emphasis on drawing fundamentals of proportion,

composition, and layout. Subject matter and medium vary.
Prerequisites: NA

CA106 Madhubani Painting (2 Credits)

1. Introduction of Madhubani Painting

2. Drawing: -Uses of traditional tools, Border making technique, Main Image drawing
and background filling
3. Design making process
4. Colour making process (Natural & Acrylic colour)
5. Introduction of Madhubani painting on fabric.
Prerequisites: NA

CA107 Understanding Kathak (2 Credits)

1. Origin of Kathak – Its Journey

2. Emergence of Gharanas – Differences with Practical Demonstration
3. The Various Socio cultural Influences on Kathak
4. Kathak and Natyashastra
5. Bhava and Rasa in Kathak
6. Influence of Wajid Ali Shah
7. Contribution of Kathak to Hindusthani Classical Music
8. Sufi in Kathak
9. Secular Aspect of Kathak
10. Kathak and Dhrupad
11. Concept of Dance Theatre in Kathak
12. Physiological and Psychological – Impact of Dance and Correlation
Prerequisites: NA

CA108 Folk Theatre of India (2 Credits)

1. General lntroduction:
2. Origin of Indian Drama- various sources- Sanskrit drama/Folk drama
3. Understanding concept of space in drama, acting, human body, films etc
4. Improvisation - theatre games, acting
5. Making stories- on two dimension spaces like painting etc; on three dimension
6. spaces - performance

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 7. Working in groups - creating as a group - presentation as a team
Prerequisites: NA

CA109 Sculpture Design (2 Credits)

1. Introduction to Sculpture:
o Definition of Sculpture
o Method of Sculpture
o Main mediums of Sculpture
o Fundamentals of art (visual art)
2. Practical
o Drawing: Study of human and Animal forms and imaginative drawings
o Clay modelling
o Clay modelling of any human and animal
o Form- architectures and geometrical form.
Prerequisites: NA

CA110 Fundamentals of Hindustani Music (2 Credits)

1. Introduction of seven shuddha & five vikrit swaras.

2. Five Alankaras in shuddha swaras.
3. Swarmalika (Sargam Geet) in Raga Yaman, Bhairav, Kati and Bhairavi.
4. Chhota khayal in Raga Yaman, Bhairav, Kati and Bhairavi.
5. Light compositions in above ragas.
6. Knowledge of Dadras, Kaherwa and Trital with hand gesture.
Prerequisites: NA

CA111 Understanding Cinema (2 Credits)

1. Participative Learning
2. A combination of discussion and screenings
3. Ranging from a brief introduction to Cinema, a 100 year old art form to the growth and
development of cinema globally, and in India.
4. The difference between genres.
5. Why Cinema: at the end of the course, the students are expected to have deepened
their understanding of the visual as text, and communication.
Prerequisites: NA

CA150 Professional Communication Lab II- Presentations Skills (1 Credits)

Need of presentation skills for Engineers; Modes of presentation - writing, speaking,

demonstrating;
Writing - reports, papers, reviews; Document structuring - Sections, footnotes, captions, cross
reference, etc.
Speaking - workshops, conferences, interviews; Discussion - Ideation, pitching the ideas,
Ideation to formulation.
Demonstrating -slides, videos, models, prototypes; Visual appeal - Usage of proper fonts,
styles, colours, etc.

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Effective presentation strategies; dos and don'ts.
Prerequisites: NA
CA200 Professional Communication Lab III – Technical Literature Structure (1 Credits)

Usage of appropriate language in technical communication - Types of scientific writings -

Abstract writing - Technical report writing - Review writing – Online communication.
Prerequisites: NA

CA250 Professional Ethics (2 Credits)

1. The values of professional ethics.

2. Foundations and norms of professional ethics.
3. The nature, scope and challenges of professions.
4. Code of conduct for professionals.
5. Obligation to clients, colleagues and third parties.
6. Breach of confidentiality and trust.
7. Relation between professional and general ethics.
8. The nature of engineering ethics, the value of ethnical practices in engineering.
9. Certain specific issues pertaining to medical ethics, legal ethics, environmental ethics,
computer ethics and business ethics.
Prerequisites: NA

LA301 What is Literature (2 Credits)

What is literature? Use of literary conventions, who are in the literature (hero, villain, stock
characters), Storytelling traditions in India (folk lores, Ramayana, Mahabharata)
Prerequisites: NA

LA302 Indian Writing in English (4 Credits)

Nationalism: migration; regionalism; history; diaspora, Gender and sexuality: womanhood;

masculinity; agency Caste: access; representation; triple jeopardy Urbanisation: inequality;
the everyday; aspiration.
Prerequisites: NA

LA303 Chinese Language Beginner I (1 Credits)

This course aims to introduce basic knowledge of Chinese to students with Chinese phonetics
background. The course will cover (1) daily topics, (2) basic grammatical structure such as
word order, questions, negation and so forth, and (3) writing Chinese characters.
Prerequisites: NA

LA305 City in Literature (4 Credits)

Treating the written text as a vital artefact reflecting spatial, historical, sociological, and political
underpinnings of urbanisation in our times, this course will be structured around the following
modules:

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 1. Planning and its Imprints
2. Public Space and Individuality
3. Experiencing the Small Town
4. Imaginations of Home
5. Risk and the Uncanny
6. Romance in/with the City
Prerequisites: NA

LA308 Positive Psychology (2 Credits)

Positive Psychology brought a change in the traditionally dominant perspective of studying

illness to studying prevention of illness within psychology. This course will introduce students
to the study of overall well-being. It will provide information about the philosophical and
historical roots of positive psychology and the study of well-being. Following an introduction to
theories of well-being in this domain, students will explore the concepts of individual character
strengths and virtues and the application of these concepts in daily lives. This information will
then be applied to gain an understanding of how work-place well-being can be enhanced.
Course Topic:
1. Introduction and brief overview: Shift from the traditional deficit approach to the
strengths approach
2. History of well-being research; Overlaps among well-being concepts; Theories -
hedonism- eudaimonism, authentic happiness- pleasant, engaged, and meaningful
life, PERMA, broaden-and-build, structure of psychological wellbeing; Contributors to
well-being - Genetics, circumstances, actions; VIA Classification: Character strengths
and virtues (any three/four strengths in detail)
3. The positive side of negative emotions- Resilience and defensive pessimism
4. Assessment of well-being: Tools, methodological constraints, accepted indicators
5. Applications of positive psychology techniques- positive psychology interventions
exercises, and practice.
6. Criticism and future of positive psychology.
Prerequisites: NA

LA309 History of Epigraphy and Numismatics (1 Credits)

1. What is Epigraphy?
2. What is Numismatics?
3. Epigrpahy Numismatics and Multidisicplinary Studies
4. Contents of Inscriptions
5. Coins and their scientific analysis
Prerequisites: NA

LA310 History of Medicine and Surgery (1 Credits)

1. Nature of Medical Literature in Ancient India

2. The two major Samhitas
3. Doctors and Quacks
4. History of Plastic Surgery in Ancient India

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 5. Four Physicians of the Past
Prerequisites: NA

LA311 Chinese Language Beginners 3 (2 Credits)

This course aims to introduce basic knowledge of Chinese to students with Chinese learning
background. The course will cover (1) more daily topics, (2) more family terms and titles, (3)
expressing individual preferences and abilities, (4) basic grammatical structure such as more
measure words, “duo” as an indefinite number and so forth, and (5) writing Chinese
characters.
Prerequisites: LA303 and LA315

LA312 Chinese Language Beginners 4 (2 Credits)

This course aims to introduce basic knowledge of Chinese to students with Chinese learning
background. The course will cover (1) expressing places, locations, and movement, (2) the
relationship between time and the progress of actions, (3) basic grammatical structure such
as complex sentences, “shi…de” sentence and so forth, and (4) writing Chinese characters.
Prerequisites: LA303, LA312 and LA315

LA313 Chinese Language Beginners 5 (2 Credits)

This course aims to introduce basic knowledge of Chinese to students with Chinese learning
background. The course will cover (1) the relationship between work, rest and time, (2)
expressing seasonal and climate situations, (3) basic grammar such as aspect particle and so
forth, and (4) writing Chinese characters.
Prerequisites: LA312

LA314 Communication in Chinese (1 Credits)

This course aims to train students’ oral expression skills. The course will cover (1) all kinds of
situations for daily topics, (2) expressing students’ opinions, (3) having basic concept to know
between the words and the lines, and (4) some buzzwords.
Prerequisites: NA

LA315 Chinese Language Beginners II (1 Credits)

This course aims to introduce basic knowledge of Chinese to students with Chinese learning
background. The course will cover (1) more daily topics, (2) family terms and titles, (3)
expressing individual preferences and abilities, (4) basic grammatical structure such as more
measure words, "you" sentence and so forth, and (5) writing Chinese characters.
Prerequisites: NA

LA316 Chinese Language Phonetics (1 Credits)

This course aims to introduce basic knowledge of Chinese to students with no Chinese
learning background. The course will cover (1) phonetic and spelling of Chinese, (2) greeting,
(3) small numbers (from 1 to 99), and (4) classroom phrases.
Prerequisites: NA

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LA317 The Psychology of Memory (2 Credits)

1. Cognition
2. Understanding memory
3. Theories of memory
4. Types of memory
5. Forgetting
6. Mnemonics
7. Applications of memory in Law, clinical psychology, education
Prerequisites: NA

LA318 Chinese Basic 1 (1 Credits)

This course aims to introduce basic knowledge of Chinese to students with Chinese learning
background. The course will cover (1) how to explain vacation plans, (2) explaining a country's
geographic locations and introducing simple distinguishing features of the terrain, (3) basic
grammar and (4) writing Chinese characters.
Prerequisites: LA313

LA319 Chinese Basic 2 (1 Credits)

This course aims to introduce basic knowledge of Chinese to students with Chinese learning
background. The course will cover (1) how to order food, (2) telephone conversations, (3)
basic grammar and (4) writing Chinese characters.
Prerequisites: LA318

LA320 Chinese Basic 3 (1 Credits)

This course aims to introduce basic knowledge of Chinese to students with Chinese
learning background. The course will cover (1) comparative sentences, (2) asking others
for assistance, (3) basic grammar and (4) writing Chinese characters.
Prerequisites: LA319

LA321 Macroeconomics (2 Credits)

1. Macroeconomic data, GDP concepts.

2. Money demand and money supply, role of central bank, inflation.
3. Unemployment, The economy in the short run: Aggregate Demand-Aggregate supply
(AD-AS) model.
4. Aggregate Demand in a closed economy: Building and applying the IS-LM model.
5. Aggregate Demand in the open economy: the open economy IS-LM model and the
exchange rate regime.
6. The open economy and exchange rate dynamics
Prerequisites: NA

LA322 Microeconomics (2 Credits)

1. Economic way of thinking, important core principles of economics,

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 2. Basics of demand and supply, consumer behavior, price elasticities, government
pricing
3. policies of tax and subsidy
4. Industrial production and costs, market structures such as perfect competition,
monopoly,
5. imperfect competition and oligopoly,
6. Product pricing strategies of companies.
Prerequisites: NA

LA323 Introduction to Popular Culture (2 Credits)

1. What is 'culture' - compare Arnold's and Williams' ideas of it

2. 'high' vs. 'low' culture- 'popular culture' - definitions and debates
3. Different kinds of constituents of popular culture - mass media products, practices,
4. objects, people, places etc.
5. How to 'read' texts critically - both text as itself and text with context.
6. Popular culture and the 'common sense' of society.
Prerequisites: NA

LA324 Leadership: An Organizational Behaviour Perspective (2 Credits)

1. Introduction to organizational behavior.

2. Understanding the nature of leadership.
3. Approaches to leadership- trait, behavioural and contingency approaches
4. Leaders and followers- leader-member exchange model, dynamics of in-group versus
outgroup
5. Decision Theory: Vroom and Yetton's Leader Participation Model
6. Leadership development
7. Global implications
Prerequisites: NA

LA325 Concepts of Personality Psychology (2 Credits)

1. Introduction to Personality Psychology

2. Introduction to Schools of Personality Psychology
3. Selected Trait and type approaches
4. Psychoanalysis and Psychodynamic approaches
5. Behavioristic Approach
6. Humanistic Approach
7. Assessment of Personality
Prerequisites: NA

LA326 Adaptation: Literature and Beyond (2 Credits)

8. Define and differentiate between adaptation, appropriation and intertextuality

9. Adaptation as product and process
10. Adaptation across literary genres: Kolatkar's Sarpa Satra
11. lntermedial adaptation: Hamlet on film
12. Cultural adaptation: Nina Paley's Sita Sings the Blues

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 13. Discussion on various adaptations of writers including Shakespeare and Austen,
14. and the Indian epics.
Prerequisites: NA

LA327 Introduction to Partition Literature (2 Credits)

1. Mapping out partition literature

2. Historical perspective on the partition of Punjab and Bengal
3. Remembrance and trauma expressed in literature
4. Representations of the partition in some popular films
Prerequisites: NA

LA328 Economic Development in India (2 Credits)

1. India's economic growth and development experience since Independence

2. Current issues in economic growth
3. Poverty alleviation and income inequality
4. Indian labour (job) market: current issues and prospects
5. Education in India: progress and problems
6. Healthcare in India: progress and problems
7. Current issues and problems in the unorganized/informal sector
8. Developments and problems in the agriculture sector
Prerequisites: NA

LA329 Selected Topics on Indian Economy (2 Credits)

1. Introduction to the Indian economy, growth and development experience thus far,
the 1991 Economic Liberalization
2. The Industry sector: issues and prospects
3. Developments in banking and financial markets
4. Fiscal policy, Government of lndia's Annual Budget
5. Progress and problems in the Agriculture sector
6. The Services sector: issues and prospects
7. Developments in international trade sector
Prerequisites: NA

LA330 Chinese Conversation (1 Credits)

Being able to express one's idea and feeling is very important when it comes to foreign
language learning.
This course aims to:
(1) Correct pronunciations and tones
(2) Conversation with different scenarios
(3) Encourage students to create more vivid conversations
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(4) Potential topics: greeting, asking information, in restaurants, travelling, expressing needs
...... etc.
Prerequisites: Chinese Beginner 3

LA331 Chinese Writing (1 Credits)

This course aims to introduce basic writing skill of Chinese to students with Chinese learning
background. This course will cover basic writing skills and article structure analyses. The
potential topics:
(1) formal self-introduction I brief biography in Mandarin
(2) CV form in Mandarin
(3) Writing about ambition
(4) studies in IIT Bhilai and
(5) characters writing practice.
Student will choose 1 or 2 topics according to their preference.
Prerequisites: Chinese Beginner 5

LA332 Chinese Culture (1 Credits)

Chinese culture is one of the world's oldest cultures, originating thousands of years ago. The
area over which the culture prevails covers a large geographical region in East Asia and is
extremely rich with customs and traditions varying greatly between provinces, cities, and even
towns as well. Chinese civilization is historically considered the dominant culture of East Asia.
With China being one of the earliest ancient civilizations, Chinese culture exerts profound
influence on many aspects to date.
This Course aims to introduce:
(1) Philosophy, virtue, and etiquette system.
(2) Cuisine and tea art.
(3) Clothing, dance and music.
(4) Chinese New Year.
Prerequisites: NA

LA333 Chinese Calligraphy (1 Credits)

Chinese calligraphy is a type of pleasing writing, as well as a kind of sport, embodying the
artistic expression of human language in a tangible form. This type of expression has been
widely practiced in China and has been generally held in high esteem across East Asia.
Calligraphy is considered as one of the four best friends of ancient Chinese literati.
This course aims to introduce:
(1) History of Chinese calligraphy
(2) Tools for Chinese calligraphy
(3) Strokes in Chinese calligraphy
(4) Practice Chinese calligraphy with students' Chinese names
(5) Practice writing short spring rolls (good phrases used in Chinese New Year)
Prerequisites: NA

LA334 Themes in Literature (2 Credits)

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Introduction to various themes in literature.
1. self-reliance and individualism
2. the American Dream
3. marginalized perspectives
4. women and self-expression
5. reinvention of mythology

Prerequisites: NA

LA335 Economic Growth: Theory and Applications (2 Credits)

1. Macroeconomic data, GDP concepts

2. History of economic growth in India and the world
3. Classical growth models
4. Solow's neoclassical growth model, theory and empirics
5. Romer's endogenous growth theory and empirics
6. Modem growth theories: Political institutions and economic growth (Acemoglu,
Alesina, Besley etc.), corruption and growth
7. Political economy of lndia's growth experience
Prerequisites: NA

LA336 Pricing Strategy (4 Credits)

1. Introduction and overview of the course, strategic pricing

Product pricing of private firms
2. Pricing under different market structures such as monopoly and oligopoly
3. Economic value to the customer (value creation, customer-based pricing)
4. Price sensitivity of demand and supply, demand analysis using regression
5. The role of costs and cost-plus pricing (cost-based/company-centric pricing), pricing
for profit, breakeven analysis
6. Competition based pricing
7. Price discrimination, segmentation and product line pricing
8. Psychology of pricing, price perceptions and behavioral pricing
9. Strategic pricing schemes such as dynamic pricing, predatory pricing
10. Ethical issues of pricing, business ethics
11. Basics of auctions as a price discovery mechanism
12. Pricing of new products
Role of government and others
13. Government pricing laws and regulations, and policies of tax and subsidy
14. Negotiating regulation and firms' market power
15. Pricing and international business
Prerequisites: NA

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LA337 Entrepreneurship and Startups (4 Credits)

Introduction and overview of the course

(a) Ideation, innovation and start-up issues:
Generating and evaluating venture ideas, disruptive and open innovation, opportunity
recognition and entry strategies (new product, franchising, and acquisition)
Creation and protection of intellectual property; and legal issues, power and money among
founders (initial organizational culture)
Business model: developing an initial business plan, lean startups
Entrepreneurial financing: early-stage valuations of startups; matching stage with
financing
types (debt, venture capital and other forms)
Entrepreneurial marketing and sales strategies, advertising and communications strategy
Competitive business and pricing strategies for the new product, product and company
launch
(b) Venture life cycle issues (after the start of the business)
Issues appearing at various stages: development, survival, rapid growth, and maturity.
Sustaining and reinforcing the competitive advantage
Negotiating with government regulation and policies
Managing growth and scaling up the business
The changing role and mid-career dilemmas of the founder entrepreneur
Exit strategies, harvesting and go-for-growth strategies
Issues faced in social entrepreneurship (optional)
(c) Company registration and corporate processes for startups in India
Course wrap-up
Prerequisites: NA

LA338 Childhood, Adolescence and Youth in Modern Short Fiction (2 Credits)

1. Comparing and contrasting socio-cultural context(s) through a story's setting.

(Customs, mannerisms, speech, etc., geographic, historic, and social conditions)
2. Understanding the narrative voice and the child's point of view. (First-person and third-
person narrative, the innocent eye or the nalve narrator, the limited and the omniscient
narrator)
3. Analyzing the development of themes through the child/adult interaction. (Uncovering
the moral(s) of the story and figures of speech, e.g. symbols, allusions, etc.)
4. Tracing character development and the assimilation of gender norms. (Physical and
psychological representation of the characters, protagonist v/s antagonist, etc.)
5. Representations of the coming-of-age through plot development. (Main aspects of the
plot and the various forms of conflict)

Prerequisites: NA

LA339 Financial Economics (2 Credits)

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Basic concepts: cashflow; discounting; present and future values; internal rate of return;
principal and interest; arbitrage; financial instruments and markets.
Fixed-income securities: bond prices and yields; interest rate sensitivity; duration;
immunization; the term structure of interest rates; yield curves; spot rates and forward rates;
other fixed-income securities.
Stock market: asset returns and risks; efficient market hypothesis; Markowitz model; capital
asset pricing model (CAPM); investment analysis and asset pricing.
Derivatives: Hedging; forward contract, futures contracts, options, types of options.
Prerequisites: NA

LA340 Public Finance (2 Credits)

1. Introduction to public finance, India's fiscal policy and budgeting

2. Public goods, cost-benefit analysis
3. Externalities: issues and remedies
4. Elections, models of voting, democracy
5. Income redistribution, social security, public healthcare
6. Equity and efficiency implications of taxation
7. Personal income tax, effect of taxes on labour supply and savings
8. Indirect (commodity) taxes, corporate taxation.

Prerequisites: NA

LA341 Labour Economics (2 Credits)

Historic background and current issues in Indian labour Gob) market; Labour supply; Labour
demand; Labour market equilibrium, wage structure, returns to education; Compensating
wage differentials, human capital; Labour mobility; Labour market discrimination;
Unemployment; Labour unions. labour market regulation
Prerequisites: NA

LA342 Economics of Information Technology (4 Credits)

Introduction, economics of information goods, services and platforms, economies of scale and
scope, Hotelling differentiation; Network effects, switching costs, lock-in, strategic pricing of
information products; Online price discrimination, bundling, versioning, freemium; Price
conditioning, competition models; Game theoretic models of network traffic; Internet auctions;
Complements and substitutes, platforms and two-sided markets, digital economy; Loci of
competition, market power; Economics of information: regulation and network neutrality, free
& open source software, value of information; Information asymmetries; Online privacy;
Economics of information security, cybercrime, digital piracy, network cascades and social
epidemics; Social network structure, network formation, peer production, memes, social bots;
Cryptocurrencies, online labour market, cyberloafing; Internet governance and policy

Prerequisites: NA

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LA343 Internet and Society (2 Credits)

Introduction, social issues involving life on the Internet, digital culture; Social networks, online
publics, relationship formation; Social media and wellbeing, meaning-making, peer production,
trolling, memes, social bots; Social media and politics, fake news, cyber activism, E-
governance; Internet governance and policy: regulation and network neutrality, digital
inclusion,Internet freedom, free & open source software; Online privacy, data ownership,
surveillance; Cybercrime, digital piracy, information and communication ethics.

Prerequisites: NA

LA344 Introduction to English Romantic Poetry (2 Credits)

1. What is Romanticism? Contextualizing the poetry following the Age of Enlightenment

and the French Revolution and its aftermath; the German idealism and the sturm and
drang movement; individuality and society; rejection of industrialism in favour of nature,
etc.
2. Close reading and critical analysis of Romantic poetry with reference to the prominent
literary perceptions of the period (e.g. Wordsworth's 'Preface to the Lyrical Ballads',
Keats' letters, and Shelley's 'Defence of Poetry', etc.).
3. Major characteristics of Romantic poetry: the role of imagination, nature, subjectivity,
romantic sensibility, melancholy and nostalgia, the bi/dung and the child's growth,
carpe diem, negative capability, etc.

Prerequisites: NA

LA345 Introduction to Classical Theatre (2 Credits)

1. Introduction to Ancient Greek and Roman Classical Theatre from a comparative

approach.
2. Familiarization of ancient myths (e.g. Oedipus, Jason and Medea, the Trojan War etc.);
understanding the relationship between human beings and the gods, between the
sexes, master and slave, and between genres (e.g. tragedy and comedy).
3. Themes including sexuality, violence, conceptions of justice, and madness.
4. Importance of literature and relevance of the classical literary canon in the modem age.
Prerequisites: NA

LA346 Microeconomics 2 (2 Credits)

Overview on demand, supply and market equilibrium; Budget constraints: concept, properties,
changes in budget constraints; Preferences: assumptions, utility, indifference curve, marginal
rate of substitution, Cobb-Douglas function, optimal choice
Demand: Income offer curve and Engel curve, price offer curve and demand curve, inverse
demand function, substitution effect, income effect.
Overview of imperfect markets and producer theory
Prerequisites: Microeconomics

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LA348 The Individual and Society (2 Credits)

Relation between individual and society: Aristotle; Hobbes; Rousseau; Williams; the individual
as "single example of a group" vs. as "fundamental order of being"; reading clusters focusing
on the relation of the individual to the following socio-cultural themes: technology and social
media; identity community; choice
Prerequisites: NA

LA349 Contemporary Indian Cinema: Beyond Bollywood (2 Credits)

Mapping the terrain of Indian cinema - a general introduction - mainstream vs. arthouse vs.
regional; understanding Bollywood as "popular" Indian cinema - history, cultural significance,
pan-Indian presence; the influence of globalisation and transregionalism on trends in Indian
cinema with the 2010s as the period in focus, select movies exploring themes of:; Family;
Love; The City; Community.
Prerequisites: NA

LA350 Political Economics (2 Credits)

Introduction to the economic analysis of political factors and outcomes. Economic and
electoral impact of political factors. Democracy, dictatorship, government, political
competition. Elections, models of voting, electoral politics in a democracy. History, political
institutions and economic development. Corruption in public programs, bureaucracy, state
capacity. Political economy of judiciary and news media.
Prerequisites: NA

LA351 Elements of World Literature (2 Credits)

1. The place of the literary text and the process of canonicity

2. The importance of translation in the context of world literature
3. Prize-winning authors and their impact on the literary field
4. Understanding world literature as a mode of reading and critical analysis
5. Tracing the various intercultural trajectories of the texts
Prerequisites: NA

LA352 Classics and Science (4 Credits)

This course presents a literary history of science, discussing the long history of craftsmanship
and scientific thinking as reflected in literature. The course will:
1. Comment on the historical relationship between science, power, and poetry
2. Discuss the linkages between craftsmanship and society
3. Contextualise the socio-scientific milieu of the selected texts
4. Examine key instances of craftsmanship-such as building city defences, manufacturing
armaments in selected texts
Prerequisites: NA

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LA353 Experiencing the Indian University (2 Credits)

Navigating through a representative sample of Indian campus writing, this course encourages
students to reflect on their own unfolding collegiate experience to form more cogent ideas of
the university in India. It asks questions like:
1. Why and how do different institutions have different cultures?
2. How does teaching-learning happen in college campuses?
3. What are the challenges and rewards of peer groups?
4. How does one negotiate the pressures of assignments, exams, and placements?
Prerequisites: NA

LA354 Introduction to Postcolonial Literature (2 Credits)

1. Defining the key terms: colonialism, imperialism and postcolonialism

2. Understanding the many meanings and inflections of the term 'postcolonial'
3. Primary focus on literature that contends with the colonial legacy – including texts from
South Asia, the Caribbean, Africa and Latin America.
4. Exploring the themes of freedom, nation, identity, migration and diaspora through
these literary texts
Prerequisites: NA

LA355 Chinese Basic 4 (1 Credits)

This course aims to introduce intermediate level Chinese to students with Chinese learning
background. This course will cover grammar and practice and encourage students to start
combining previous knowledge into short article writing composition.
The potential topics:
1. Auxiliary verb in negative forms
2. Grammar construction by utilizing certain verbs
3. Verbal suffix
4. Time elapsed sentences
5. Short articles writing practice
Prerequisites: Chinese Basic 3

LA356 Chinese Basic 5 (1 Credits)

This course aims to introduce intermediate level Chinese to students with Chinese learning
background. This course will cover grammar and practice. In continuance with writing practice,
instructor shall reduce the frequency of utilizing English in class (if offline mode) to enhance
students' listening ability.
The potential topics:
A. Resultative Compounds
B. Directional endings used as resultative endings
C. Verbal Compounds
D. listening Practice
E. Short articles writing practice

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Prerequisites: Chinese Basic 4

LA357 Chinese Basic 6 (1 Credits)

This course aims to introduce intermediate level Chinese to students with Chinese learning
background. This level targets on summarizing up Basic 1-6
The potential topics:
1. Reduplication of measure words
2. Reduplication of verbs
3. Passive sentences with Coverbs
4. Review of Basic level lesson 1-12
Prerequisites: Chinese Basic 5

LA358 Game Theory (2 Credits)

Introduction, background, rules, and examples

Symmetric games: Best response function, dominant strategies, Nash equilibrium, Iteratively
eliminating dominated strategies, Mixed strategy, Cournot model, Bertrand model of duopoly,
Auctions.
Extensive games: Strategies and outcomes, Nash equilibrium, Backward induction, Subgame
perfect equilibrium, Finite and infinite repeated games, Stackelberg model of duopoly.
Prerequisites: NA

LA359 Introduction to Corporate Finance (2 Credits)

Valuation of stocks and bonds, risk-return trade-off, market efficiency and inefficiency,
corporate financing- equity and debts, financial markets and institutions, Initial public offering,
dividend distribution, capital structure, hedging, financial analysis, corporate mergers
Prerequisites: NA

LA360 Self and Society in Modern India (2 Credits)

Reading through autobiographies of select Indian scientists, sportspersons, authors, and

activists,
this course proposes to critically reflect on the layered formation of self, society, and
individuality in contemporary India. It will:
1. Explore the self as an evolving paradigm
2. Distinguish Indian notions of the personal and the public
3. Examine the role of privilege in identity formation
4. Analyse life writing as a form of reimagining the self
Prerequisites: NA

LA361 Introduction to Modern American Poetry (2 Credits)

1. Characteristics of modern poetry: representation of tradition and nature – intertextuality -

feminism - masculinity- the poetic voice - modernism and the avant-garde - globalization.
2. Contextualizing modern poetry: historical and geopolitical contexts - migration - race - war
- the Great Depression - McCarthyism - influence - reception – circulation
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3. Close reading and critical analysis: scansion - simile, metaphor, personification -structure
and rhyme scheme - speaker - repetition - allusion - ambiguity
Prerequisites: NA

LA362 Creative Writing (The Short Story) (2 Credits)

This course will introduce students to the form, structure, and techniques of short story writing.
The objective is to help students learn how to write clearly and coherently, with reference to a
selection of contemporary writers, while also approaching their subject creatively and using
their imagination.
Prerequisites: NA

LA701 Econometric Methods (6 Credits)

Review of basic statistics, simple and multivariate linear regression, hypothesis testing and
confidence intervals, nonlinear regression functions, estimation problems (multicollinearity,
heteroscedasticity, autocorrelation) and solutions, assessing studies based on multiple
regression, introductory overview of regression with panel data and timeseries data,
regression with limited dependent variables (legit, probit, tobit), causal inference methods
(instrumental variables regression, experiments and quasi-experiments)
Prerequisites: NA

LA702 Advanced Positive Psychology (6 Credits)

1. Introduction: Medical model and its differences with the strengths model. Shift from the
traditional deficit approach to the strengths approach
2. Historical and philosophical foundations both Western and Eastern.
3. Determinants of well-being- research, implications and areas to explore
4. The study of Strengths: different strength classifications with focus on VIA (three/four
strengths in detail)
5. The role of negative in positive psychology: charting the domain of uneasy but
necessary emotions and experiences.
6. Issues in Assessment of well-being: Tools and their standardization, methodological
constraints, accepted physiological and psychological indicators
7. Prospects, practices and prescriptions for attainment of well-being
8. Criticism and prospects of positive psychology and its practice in clinical,
organizational, health, and teaching
Prerequisites: Master level knowledge in Psychology

LA703 Positive Organizational Behaviour (6 Credits)

1. Introduction and brief overview, need and call for Positive Organizational Behaviour
Understanding what is positive- traits, states, and processes. Understanding POB and
Positive Organizational Scholarship (POS) and their differences.
2. Framework: Psychological Capital and its effects on the workplace
3. Framework: Work engagement and its effects on the workplace
4. Understanding the two major methodological challenges in POB

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 5. Positive Organizational Psychology in India: Current position of positive organizational
psychology in India and identifying the areas which still need to be explored
6. Interventions in the workplace: effects on well-being and performance, current state of
positive psychology interventions at the workplace in India, scope of cross cultural
interventions for influencing workplace well-being and performance, designing a
workplace intervention
Prerequisites: Master level knowledge in Psychology

LA704 Literary Theory (6 Credits)

1. An overview of critical theory: from new criticism, to feminism, postcolonialism,

psychoanalysis, structuralism, post-structuralism and reader-response criticism.
2. An introduction to major literary theorists from Aristotle to Bakhtin, Barthes, Benjamin,
Kristeva, Said, Derrida, Showalter, Spivak, and Zizek.
3. Individual case studies of critical papers in literary theory.
Prerequisites: NA

LA705 Cultural Studies: Theory and Practice (6 Credits)

Key concepts and debates:

1. Debates on culture - Arnold, Leavis, Thompson, Williams
2. Mass culture; popular culture: Adorno, Hall, Fiske
3. Ideology; hegemony; power - selections from Williams, Althusser, Gramsci, Foucault
4. Representation – Hall
Modern contexts:
1. Globalisation
2. Neoliberalism
3. Social movements shaping questions of identity: gender, class, caste, race, and
sexuality
The texts:
1. Media; spaces; subcultures; everyday practices
Prerequisites: MA in English or Cultural Studies

LA706 Development Economics (6 Credit)

Introduction to and overview of development economics Labour: labour supply, labour

demand, wage structure, agricultural labour market, labour mobility, labour market
discrimination, unemployment, skills, labour unions, labour market

Health: health behaviours, health insurance, health financing, health inequality, physicians,
health policy, industrial organization of health (pharmaceutical and hospitals), environment
and health, health and public finance

Education: Quality of education, exams and outcomes, returns to education, schooling,

teacher quality, public policies to address education production function problems, education
financing higher education regulation

Prerequisites: LA 701 Econometric Methods.

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LA707 Macroeconomic Theory (6 Credits)

Classical Economics: Employment and output determination, Say's Law, quantity theory of
money.

Keynes and Macroeconomics: General Theory, main prupusitious, analysis uf lite labour
market, on Say's Law and the quantity theory of money.

Orthodox Keynesian School: TS-1,M model for a closed economy, underemployment

equilibrium in the Keynesian model, IS-LM model for an open economy, Phillips curve.

Monetarist school of thought: Quantity theory of money approach, expectationsaugmented

Phillips curve, balance of payments theory and exchange rate determination.

New Classical Economics: Rational expectation hypothesis, continuous market clearing,

aggregate supply hypothesis, equilibrium business cycle theory, policy implication and Lucas
critique
Real Business Cycle school: The transition from monetary to real equilibrium business
cycle theory, Supply-side shocks, Real business cycle theory, Technology shocks

New Keynesian Economics: Core propositions and features of new Keynesian economics,
Nominnl ri iditics, Real rigidities, New Keynesian business cycle theory
Prerequisites: NA

LA710 Modem Indian Literature: Currents and Countercurrents (6 Credit)

This course will critically engage with the idea of India as reflected in its literature. It will deeply
contextualise modem Indian literature with specific reference to questions of:
1. Language
2. Gender
3. History
4. Urbanity
Prerequisites: NA

LA795 Candidacy (0 Credit)

The objective of this candidacy is to evaluate the candidate’s ability to carry out research and
shall include the evaluation of the knowledge breadth of the student, including the research
comprehension.
Prerequisites: Student must have completed the course credit requirement for the program
registered for.

LA798 Independent Study (variable Credits)

Students registering for this course are expected to get versed in a particular topic allotted by
the course instructor. The topic and the credits are assigned by the course instructor. There
will not be any regular lecture delivered for this course type.
Prerequisites: The course is available only to PG students.

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LA799 Thesis (variable Credits)

Students registering for this course are associated with a supervisor and have to carry out
research work. Student will be evaluated for the program in research at the end of semester.

Prerequisites: Student must have cleared candidacy.

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Courses in Chemistry
CY200 Smart Functional Materials (2 Credits)

Introduction to smart “stimuli-responsive” materials with respect to types of materials: single

stimuli responsive, dual stimuli responsive and multiple-stimuli responsive materials.
Application towards drug delivery, tissue engineering, biomedical sensors and actuators and
multi-layer data writing.
Prerequisites: NA

CY201 Electrochemistry and Charge Transfer Dynamics (2 Credits)

Nernst equation, Normal and Formal potential, Redox potentials with sign conventions,
Feasibility of a redox titration, redox potential at the equivalence point, redox indicators, high
temperature redox reactions. Electrical Double layer formation at electrode surface: Theories
of Double-Layer structure at electrode surface, diffuse-double-layer theory of Gouy and
Chapman, the Stern Model, Influence of double layer on charge transfer processes. Current-
potential relationship (Butler-Volmer and Tafel equations). Factors affecting electron transfer.
Energetics at Solid/solid interface and solid/liquid interface, Determination of oxidation state
and energetics of surfaces (XPS/UPs studies).
Prerequisites: NA

CY202 Applied Chemistry (2 Credits)

Introduction to Chemical kinetics, Basics in Electrochemistry: Electrochemical Principles and

Reactions, Basic concepts of electrochemical cells and batteries, Basic concept of Industrial
Chemistry, Laboratory vs Industrial synthesis, Homogeneous and Heterogeneous catalysis.
Prerequisites: NA

CY203 An Introduction to Food Science and Technology (2 Credits)

Introduction: Food in relation to health, Cooking methods; Cereals and Cereal Products;
Pulses; Nuts and Oil Seeds; Milk and Milk Products; Eggs: structure and composition etc.;
Flesh Foods; Vegetables and fruits: composition and nutritional value; Sugar and related
products: structure, artificial sweeteners; Spices; Beverages and Appetites: Coffee, tea, milk
and malted beverages etc.; Food Adulteration: types, international adulteration, metallic
contamination, food laws; Food Preservation: different methods and chemicals employed for
this process; Food Additives, Food Technology etc.
Prerequisites: NA

CY501 Quantum Chemistry (4 Credits)

Revisiting pre-quantum theory. Postulates of quantum mechanics (non-relativistic), Time

dependent and time-independent versions of Schrodinger equation, Eigenvalue problem for
energy operator. Model problems (the particle-in-a-box, the harmonic oscillator, molecular
vibration and normal modes). Hydrogen atom and atomic orbitals, probabilities and
electrondensity distribution. Born-Oppenheimer approximation, molecular orbitals from
valence bond and molecular orbital theory and Linear Combination of Atomic Orbitals.
Introduction to basis-set (Slater and Gaussian-type orbitals). Hartree-Fock Self-Consistent

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Field (SCF) Theory, electron correlation and variational principle; electron spin. Brief
introduction to relativistic quantum chemistry.
Prerequisites: NA

CY502 Chemical Kinetics and Surface Science (4 Credits)

Diffusion, Thermal conductivity, Viscosity, Effusion, Drift velocity, Nernst-Einstein equation,

Stokes-Einstein equation Complex reactions, Chain reactions (free radical reaction,
polymerization kinetics), Enzyme reaction, Inhibition kinetics, Temperature dependence of
reaction rate: Linear and non-linear Arrhenius equation, Interpretation of Arrhenius parameters
Various theories of unimolecular reactions, Potential energy surfaces for bimolecular
reactions, Adiabatic and non-adiabatic curve crossing processes, Collision theory. Transition
state theory, Activation/thermodynamic parameters, Erying equation Kinetics in the excited
state: Jablonski diagram, Kinetics of Unimolecular and bimolecular photophysical and
photochemical processes, Quantum yield calculation, Excited state lifetime-quenching
constant, Resonance energy transfer rates (RET), Rate and efficiency of RET, Dynamics of
electron transfer, Solvent reorganization energy, Marcus theory of electron transfer.
Importance of interfaces, adsorption isotherms, surface charge and zeta potentials, surface
tension, characterization methods (SEM, TEM, XPS, UPS), surface catalytic reactions.
Prerequisites: NA

CY503 Coordination Chemistry (6 Credits)

Transition Metal Chemistry: Structure, bonding, and properties of transition metal ligand
complexes - geometry, coordination number, isomerism, thermodynamic stability, chelate and
macrocyclic effect, VBT, CFT and their limitations: d-orbital splitting, Term Symbols,
microstates, R-S coupling, CFSE for d0 to d10 systems, pairing energy, low spin and high spin
complexes and magnetic properties, J-T distortion, selection rules of electronic transition:
Laporte Forbidden Rule, Spin Selection Rule Charge Transfer Spectra (CT), Ligand to Metal
Charge Transfer (LMCT), Metal to Ligand Charge Transfer (MLCT), Ligand to Ligand Charge
Transfer (LLCT), molecular orbital (MO) theory of small molecules.
Inorganic Reaction Mechanism: Substitution in Oh and Square Planner complexes,
thermodynamics and kinetics, stability of complexes, lability, trans-effect, conjugate base
mechanism, mechanism of redox reactions, racemization, electron transfer reaction: inner
sphere and outer sphere mechanism, Marcus theory, photosubstitution and photo redox
reactions of Cr, Co, and Ru compounds.
Prerequisites: NA

CY504 Chemistry of Main Group Elements (6 Credits)

Theories of bonding, acids and bases, thermodynamic acidity parameters; hydrogen and
classical hydrogen bond, water, hydrates, hydrogen ions, metal hydrides, activation of
hydrogen complexes; alkali metals in liquid ammonia; boron, boranes, carboranes, borazines
and borates; allotropy of carbon; silane and polysilanes, silicone Polymers, silicates;
compounds of nitrogen, activation of nitrogen, nitrogen fixation, hydrogen, halogen, oxygen
and nitrogen compounds of phosphorous; oxygen and singlet oxygen, ozone, complexes of
molecular oxygen; N-S compounds; sulphides, oxides and oxoacids of sulphur, chalcogenides
and polychalcogenides; halogens, polyhalides, interhalogen compounds, charge-transfer

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complexes of Halogens; Compounds of Xenon and other noble gases; Zintl compounds and
homometallic clusters.
Prerequisites: NA

CY505 Organic Reactions and Reagents (6 Credits)

A brief introduction to substitution, elimination, addition, oxidation, reduction, rearrangement

and pericyclic reactions. Functional group transformations: alcohols to alkylating agents,
Mitsunobu and related reactions, introduction of functional groups by nucleophilic substitution
at saturated carbon, nucleophilic cleavage of C-O bonds in ethers and esters and inter-
conversion of carboxylic acid derivatives. Oxidation: Metal based oxidizing reagents: A review
and detailed discussion of chromium, manganese, ruthenium, silver and other metal based
reagents. Non-metal based oxidizing reagents: DMSO, peroxide, peracid and oxygen based
oxidation. Miscellaneous oxidizing reagents like IBX, DMP, CAN, DDQ, periodate etc.
Reduction: Homogeneous and heterogeneous; Discussion on borane based racemic and
chiral reagents, hydrogenations aluminium, tin, silicon based reducing agents. Dissolving
metal reductions. Selectivity and protecting groups: Illustration of chemoselectivity,
regioselectivity and stereoselectivity with examples; protecting groups for alcohols, amines,
acids, ketones and aldehydes.Cycloaddition reactions:Diels-Alder reaction; general features,
dienes, dienophiles, selectivity, intramolecular and intermolecular reactions, hetero-Diels Alder
reaction. 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reactions; general features, dipoles, dipolarophiles. [2+2]
cycloaddition reactions; general features, selected examples.Molecular
rearrangements:Illustration of electron deficient and electron rich skeletal rearrangements with
examples; Sigmatropic rearrangements-Claisen and related rearrangements, Cope and oxy-
Cope rearrangements; 2,3-sigmatropic rearrangements and ene reaction.
Prerequisites: NA

CY506 Inorganic Chemistry Practical (2 Credits)

1) Synthesis inorganic and coordination compounds.

2) Catalytic reaction and techniques.
3) Purification and separation techniques.
4) Characterization through analytical techniques.
5) Qualitative determination of compounds, molecules and elements.
6) Quantitative estimation of compounds, molecules and elements.
Prerequisites: NA

CY507 Statistical Mechanics and Thermodynamics (4 Credits)

Concept of ensembles, partition functions and distributions, microcanonical, canonical and

grand canonical ensembles, canonical and grand canonical partition functions, Boltzmann,
Fermi-Dirac and Bose-Einstein distributions. Canonical partition function in terms of molecular
partition function of non-interacting particles, Translational, rotational and vibrational partition
functions.
Temperature dependence of the second virial coefficient. Thermodynamics of solids - Einstein
and Debye models. T3 dependence of heat capacity of solids at low temperatures.

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Fermi function, Fermi energy, free electron model and density of states, chemical potential of
conduction electrons.
Prerequisites: NA

CY508 Molecular Spectroscopy (4 Credits)

The rigid diatomic rotor, energy eigenvalues and eigenstates, selection rules, intensity of
rotational transitions, the role of rotational level degeneracy, the role of nuclear spin in
determining allowed rotational energy levels. Classification of polyatomic rotors and the non-
rigid rotor. Vibrational spectroscopy, harmonic and anharmonic oscillators, Morse potential,
mechanical and electrical anharmonicity, selection rules. The determination of anharmoncity
constant and equilibrium vibrational frequency from fundamental and overtones. Normal
modes of vibration, G and F matrices, internal and symmetry coordinates. Electronic
transitions, Franck-Condon principle. Vertical transitions. Selection rules, parity, symmetry and
spin selection rules. Polarization of transitions. Fluorescence and phosphorescence. Raman
spectroscopy, polarizability and selection rules for rotation and vibrational Raman spectra.
Prerequisites: NA

CY509 Bioinorganic Chemistry (6 Credits)

Metal ions in biology: their occurrence and function, active-site structure and function of
metalloproteins and metalloenzymes with various transition metal ions and ligand systems;
oxygen binding properties of heme and non-heme proteins, their coordination geometry and
electronic structure, co-operativity effect, Hill coefficient and Bohr Effect; characterization of O
bound species by Raman and infrared spectroscopic methods; representative synthetic
models of heme and non-heme systems. Electron transfer proteins - active site structure and
functions of ferredoxin, rubridoxin and cytochromes, and their comparisons. Vitamin B12 and
cytochrome P450 and their mechanisms of action. Metals in medicine: therapeutic
applications of cis-platin, radio-isotopes (e.g., Tc & I) and MRI agents. Toxicity of metals: Cd,
Hg and Cr toxic effects with specific examples.
Prerequisites: NA

CY510 Stereochemistry and Reaction Mechanism (6 Credits)

Stereochemistry: Introduction to molecular symmetry and point groups. Topicity and

prostereoisomerism, nomenclature of stereotopic ligands and faces, stereoheterotopic ligands
and NMR spectroscopy. Centre of chirality, assignment of absolute stereochemistry, CIP rules,
axial chirality, planar chirality and helicity, descriptors for absolute stereochemistry.
Conformational analysis: acyclic systems, cyclic systems,cyclohexane and decalins,
conformation and reactivity with examples from molecular rearrangements, neighbouring
group participation, elimination reactions, formation and cleavage of epoxides, quantitative
correlation between conformation and reactivity, Winstein-Eliel equation, Curtin-Hammett
principle.
Stereoselectivity: Classification, terminology, principle of stereoselectivity, examples of
diastereoselectivity and enantioselectivity including few examples from pericyclic reactions.
Circular dichroism, ORD, cotton effect, application of ORD and CD in steriods, examples
illustrating the usefulness of Cotton effect.

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Reaction mechanisms: Definition of reaction mechanism, transition state theory, kinetics,
qualitative picture. Substituent effects, linear free energy relationships, Hammett equation and
related modifications. Basic mechanistic concepts like kinetic vs thermodynamic control,
Hammond postulate, Curtin-Hammett principle, isotope effects, general and specific acid-base
catalysis, and nucleophilic catalysis.
Nucleophilic substitution, various types, stability and reactivity of carbocations, nucleophilicity
and basicity, neighbouring group participation and rearrangements, steric effects in
substitution reactions, classical and non-classical carbocations.
Rearrangements: neighboring group participation, ring expansion, carbocation, pinacol,
dienone-phenol, benzilic, Favorskii, Baeyer-Villiger and Beckmann rearrangements.
Prerequisites: NA

CY511 Physical Organic Chemistry (2 Credits)

Symmetry-adapted orbitals. Mixing rules and buildup approach to molecules and molecular
complexes. Energy surface for bond breaking and making. Kinetic vs thermodynamic control,
Curtin-Hammett principle, Hammond Postulate Reactive intermediates: Carbocations,
carbanions, carbenes, benzyne. Empirical scales for electronic, steric, and solvent effects.
Mechanism according to free-energy correlation and correspondence with theory of orbital
interaction. Illustrative examples. Linear free energy relationship, Hammett and Taft equations.
Prerequisites: NA

CY512 Organic Photochemistry (2 Credits)

Photochemistry: Basics principles of organic photochemistry - Reactivity of simple

chromophores - photochemistry of carbon cantered radicals.
Photochemistry of Alkenes: Excited States of alkenes - photochemistry of alkene -
geometrical isomerisation - photosensitised geometrical isomerisation – photocycloaddition
reactions of alkene - di-pi-methane rearrangement - electron transfer mediated reactions of
alkene.
Photochemistry of carbonyl compounds: Norrish type I and type II reactions -
photochemical cycloadditions - photochemistry of aromatic systems - electron transfer and
nucleophile.
Prerequisites: NA

CY513 Physical Chemistry Lab (2 Credits)

Study of charge transfer complexes using colorimetric method, Study of fluorescence

quenching, Phase behaviour studies, reaction kinetics study (spectroscopic and polarometric),
Study of intermolecular hydrogen bonding, Denaturation Studies of biomolecules,
Programming and electronic structure calculations.
Prerequisites: NA

CY514 Organic Chemistry Lab (2 Credits)

Separation of a binary mixture of organic compounds, synthesis and structural

characterization of biologically relevant organic compounds, extraction and purifications of

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bio-sourced organic compounds, target oriented synthesis of macromolecules for
emerging applications, templated synthesis and photo-physical characterization of
nanomaterials for diverse applications.
Prerequisites: NA

CY515 Computations in Chemistry (2 Credits)

Computational Methods: Time-independent perturbation theory, degenerate states,

Hellmann-Feynman theorem, Term symbols for atoms, Conjugated pi-systems and Huckel
theory, frontier orbital theory, Electronic structure calculations of simple systems.
Group theory: Concept of group, Symmetry operations and symmetry elements in molecules,
Matrix representations of symmetry operations, Point groups, Irreducible.
representations and character tables, Great orthogonality theorem and its proof. Application
of group theory to atomic orbitals in ligand fields, molecular orbitals, hybridization.
Prerequisites: CY501 or, equivalent

CY516 Mathematics for Chemists (4 Credits)

Logarithm - Vectors - Probability and Statistics - Regression and Correlation - Matrix and
determinant - Differentiation and integration
Prerequisites: NA

CY517 Basics of Molecular Biology (4 Credits)

Cell theory and cell as the basic unit of life; Structure of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cell;
Plant cell and animal cell.
Chemical constituents of living cells: Biomolecules-structure and function of proteins,
carbohydrates, lipids, nucleic acids; Enzymes-types, properties, enzyme action.
Photosynthesis: Photochemical and biosynthetic phases of photosynthesis; Cyclic and non
cyclic photophosphorylation; Chemiosmotic hypothesis; Photorespiration; C3 and C4
pathways;
Respiration: Exchange of gases; Cellular respiration - glycolysis, fermentation (anaerobic),
TCA cycle and electron transport system (aerobic); Energy relationsNumber of ATP molecules
generated; Amphibolic pathways.
Principles and process of Biotechnology: Genetic engineering (Recombinant DNA
technology). Application of Biotechnology in health and agriculture:Genetically modified
organisms.
Prerequisites: NA

CY600 Physical Methods for Structure Determination (6 Credits)

Introduction to a wide range of experimental methods for structure determination including X-

ray diffraction; Electron emission spectroscopies; Spectrophotometry, Laser based Methods,
X-ray Photo electron spectroscopy (XPS), Thermal property analysis; Chromatographic
techniques, mass spectroscopy, surface area analysis, permeability analysis; mechanical
testing; Electron microscopy
Prerequisites: NA

CY601 Principles of Photochemistry and Molecular Spectroscopy (6 Credits)

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Molecular orbital theory, Frank-Condon principle and vibrational structure of electronic
spectra. Fluorescence and phosphorescence, Solvent effect on emission, Rotational
spectroscopy, vibrational spectroscopy, Raman Effect.
Prerequisites: NA

CY602 Macromolecular Chemistry (6 Credits)

Introduction to macromolecular science with respect to types of polymers and their

nomenclature; polymer synthesis copolymers and ionomers; polymer structure and
morphology; physical properties of polymers; network formation/gelation of macromolecules;
post-polymerization modification. Functional Organic Materials.
Prerequisites: NA

CY603 Organometallic Chemistry: Principles and Applications (6 Credits)

Definition, the first few organometallic complexes, thermodynamics and kinetics of

organometallic compounds, the 18-electron rule. Different types organometallic bonding:
Metal- alkyls, aryls, hydrides, organometallic bonding with multiple bonds, complexes of pi-
bound ligands such as carbonyls, phosphine complexes, MO theory of organometallic
complexes, isolobal analogy. Fundamental reaction process: oxidative addition and reductive
elimination; insertion and elimination; ligand substitution processes, transmetallation,
nucleophilic and electrophilic addition and abstraction. Preparative and characterization
methods: general methods for the preparation of organometallic compounds and
spectroscopic and analytical techniques for the elucidation of structure, properties and
reactivates. Synthetic Applications: Coupling reactions, cyclization reactions, addition
reactions, carbonylation, Pauson-Khand reaction, olefin oxidation, carbenes and activation
reactions, hydrogenation, hydroformylation, isomerization, metathesis and polymerization
reactions. CO2 activation, C-H activation, C-C activation, click catalysis, oxidation reaction.
Prerequisites: NA

CY604 Solid State Chemistry (4 Credits)

Crystal structure of solids; preparative methods; Braggs diffraction law and its limitations;
crystal structure determination; phase diagram and phase transitions; optical; electrical and
magnetic properties; conductivity; Nanostructured materials; organic solid state materials,
conjugated polymers, fullerenes, carbon nanotubes and graphene.
Prerequisites: NA

CY605 Advanced Organic Chemistry (6 Credits)

Retrosynthetic Analysis: Basic principles and terminology of retrosynthesis, Linear and

convergent synthesis. Important strategies of retrosynthesis, functional group transposition,
important functional group interconversions Protecting groups: Protection and deprotection of
hydroxy, carboxyl, carbonyl, carboxy amino groups and carbon-carbon multiple bonds;
chemo- and regioselective protection and deprotection; illustration of protection and
deprotection in synthesis.
Selectivity in organic synthesis: chemo-, regio-, stereo- and enantioselectivity. Target-oriented
synthesis: Designing organic synthesis, Asymmetric Synthesis: Use of chiral catalysts,
organocatalysis, chiron approach and N-heterocyclic carbenes. Principles and use of
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enzymes in the syntheis of industrially important sugar/fatty acid esters, sugar nucleotide
derivatives; enantiomeric pure compounds and biobased platform chemicals.
Methodolgies for the construction of 3-7 membered rings, medium and large rings. Application
in natural product synthesis. Methodologies for the construction of 3-7 membered heterocyclic
rings. Application In organic synthesis.
Prerequisites: NA

CY606 Advanced Inorganic Chemistry (6 Credits)

Bio-inorganic Chemistry: metal ions in biology, their occurrence and function, Hill coefficient
and Bohr Effect; characterization of O-bound species by Raman and infrared spectroscopic
methods; representative synthetic models of heme and non-heme systems. Electron transfer
proteins - active site structure and functions. Vitamin B12 and cytochrome P450 and their
mechanisms of action. Metals in medicine; Inorganic Reaction Mechanism.
Prerequisites: NA

CY607 Interpretative Molecular Spectroscopy (6 Credits)

Mass spectrometry, the production and analysis of positive ions, molecular ions, application
of isotopic abundance measurements, fragmentation modes and rearrangement of ions. Mass
spectra of certain chemical classes. Electronic spectroscopy (UV-visible,fluorescence and
phosphorescence):Simple chromophoric groups, conjugated and aromatic systems.
Characteristic absorption of organic and inorganic compounds. Infrared
spectroscopy: .Characteristic group frequencies of organic and inorganic molecules. Nuclear
magnetic resonance spectroscopy of compounds containing 1H,13C,19F and 31P nuclei.
Identification of organic and inorganic compounds using combination of spectral data.
Prerequisites: NA

CY608 Nanostructured Materials (2 Credits)

Concept of colloids, electrical properties of colloids, zeta potential, stabilization of

nanomaterials, DLVO theory, Schultz-Hurdy Rule. Adsorption on nanoparticle surface, BET
adsorption isotherm (Principle). Surface functionalization of nanoparticles (Overview), grafting
to and grafting from concept, Application in subsurface engineering, drug delivery systems,
semiconductor work function modulation through controlled surface functionalization.
Prerequisites: NA

CY609 Chemistry of Materials (6 Credits)

Molecular orbital description, Valence bond, molecular orbital theory, ionic bonds, dipole
moment, resonance, delocalization, aromatic molecules and solids. Conjugated systems and
synthetic methods. Fluorescence and phosphorescence. Electromagnetic spectrum; quantum
yield (QY); reasons for QY<1 and QY>1; concept of 1 Einstein; Jablonski diagram;
Fluorescence quenching and mechanism.
Introduction to macromolecular science; polymer synthesis; molecular weight determination;
copolymers and ionomers; polymer structure and morphology; physical properties of
polymers; Functional Organic Materials.

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Definition of organometallic complexes, the first few organometallic complexes,
thermodynamics and kinetics of organometallic compounds, the 18-electron rule. Different
types organometallic bonding: Metal- alkyls, aryls, hydrides, organometallic bonding with
multiple bonds, complexes of pi-bound ligands such as carbonyls, phosphine complexes, MO
theory of organometallic complexes, application in industrially relevant process.
Prerequisites: NA

CY610 Molecular Physical Chemistry for Engineers (2 Credits)

Brief review of elementary thermodynamics and applications, laws of thermodynamics,

Gibbs free energy function, chemical application for Gibbs free energy.
Basic quantum chemistry, particle in the box, application of quantum theory,
Schrodinqer equation, particle in a box, application of quantum theory to the energetics of
electrons, atoms and molecules.
The kinetics of gases, Chemical kinetics, rates of chemical reactions in gases and surfaces.
Light-matter interactions and molecular spectroscopy, UV-Vis, IR, fluorescence and
Raman spectroscopy.
Prerequisites: NA

CY611 Energy Storage Materials - A brief overview (4 Credits)

1. Induction to various basic energy storage technologies.

2. Verity of batteries and its technology
I. Nonchargeable and rechargeable batteries
II. Lead-Acid batteries
III. Metal and metal-Ion batteries
3. Supercapacitors and its working principle.
Prerequisites: NA

CY612 Molecules in Electric Field (2 Credits)

Introduction to response of materials in presence of electric field, polarizability and

hyperpolarizabilities, perturbation theory, linear response theory, calculations of
polarizability and first and second hyperpolarizabilities of different molecules using
Gaussian software.
Aim of this course is to provide the students an idea of how electronic systems behave
under an externally applied electric field and how to calculate the response of the molecules
in such fields.
Prerequisites: NA

CY613 Materials for Emerging Applications (2 Credits)

Introduction to physical principles responsible for the properties of important functional

materials, with emphasis on the design of material properties for current device
technologies as well as emerging and potential engineering applications. Applications of
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these functional stimuli-responsive materials in 3D printing, actuation, self-cleaning glass,
smart building and energy storage technology.
Prerequisites: NA

CY614 Biomaterials Science and Engineering (2 Credits)

Introduction to Biomaterials, Background history, Properties (Mechanical and Physico-

chemical), Resorbability, biodegradation, Biofilm, Material characterization - Analytical
instruments, Biological responses, compatibility, cytotoxicity, Proteins, Tissue and blood
Response Cell-biomaterial interaction, Animal trials (in vivo models), Metals• types,
classifications, applications, Polymers-types, classifications, applications, Biopolymers,
Hydrogels, Drug delivery systems/encapsulation, Biomaterials for
cardiovascular/pulmonary/ophthalmological applications, Biomaterials for cancer.
Prerequisites: NA

CY615 Power of Computation in Chemistry (2 Credits)

Introduction to quantum chemical approximations used in theoretical chemistry, geometry

optimization, study of energetics of chemical reaction, computation of various spectra.
Prerequisites: Basic quantum mechanics, familiar with computers (Linux environment)

CY616 Molecular Geometry Predictions (2 Credits)

The meaning of geometry optimization, basis set, introduction to some useful QM methods
(mainly HF and OFT) used for geometry optimization and implementation of geometry
optimization techniques (GDIIS, Conjugate, Gradient, Quasi-Newton-Raphson) with those QM
methods. Introduction to Gaussian and GaussView software.
Prerequisites: Basic Quantum Mechanics

CY617 Introduction to Solar Energy Materials (2 Credits)

Light harvesting materials, band-gap engineering in oxide/halide based semiconductors,

metal-semiconductor junction. Conjugated polymer based systems and their synthesis and
properties. DSSC and perovskite based systems and their light driven multifunctional
application. Introduction to energy storage systems.
Prerequisites: NA

CY618 Bionanotechnology (2 Credits)

Introduction to nanomaterials and bionanomaterials, nucleic acid nanotechnology and

applications; synthesis and biofunctionalization of nanoparticles; RNA interference for gene
knockdown; CRISPR-Cas9 for genomic engineering; protein nanotechnology, and design
methods; amyloids, antibodies and their applications; biosensors; electrochemical biosensors;
nanopore technology, artificial organelles, and cells.
Prerequisites: NA

CY619 Industrial Inorganic Chemistry (2 Credits)

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 1. Importance of chemical industry.
2. Industrial materials for environmental, renewable energy and energy storage
applications.
3. Importance of primary inorganic materials, commodity chemicals.
4. Mineral fertilizers, metals and their compounds.
5. Conversion methodologies of raw materials into industrial products.
6. Metallic-lithium, sodium and its compounds.
7. Inorganic pigments, Ti02, lithopone, ZnS, ZnO and Fe203, luminescent pigments.
Prerequisites: NA

CY620 Photocatalysis in Organic Chemistry (2 Credits)

Basic principles of photocatalysis; Visible-light photocatalysis, photoredox catalysis, Dual

photocatalysis; organo-photocatalysis; photocatalysis in synthetic methods; applications of
photocatalysis in total synthesis and pharmaceutical ingredients.
Prerequisites: NA

CY622 Introduction to Molecular Modeling (2 Credits)

Basics of molecular modeling. Representation and visualization of molecules. Concept of

target and lead identification and steps involved in drug discovery. Protein Data Bank {PDB).
Modeling methods: Molecular docking, protein structure prediction methods, similarity search
of ligands, quantitative structure-activity relationships (QSAR), pharmacophore modeling,
physiochemical properties of compounds.
Working with modeling tools: Protein modeling using Modeller, SWISS-MODEL and Phyre 2,
its validation using Ramachandran plot, and visualization using Maestro, PyMol and Swiss-
PDB viewers. Protein and ligand preparation and molecular docking using Autodock.
Prerequisites: NA

CY623 The Chemistry of Life (6 Credits)

Introduction to cells, chemistry of cells and bioenergetics, Proteins, DNA, chromosomes and
genomes, DNA replication, repair and recombination, DNA replication, analyzing cells,
molecules and systems, visualizing cells, membrane structure, transport of small molecules
and electrical properties of membranes, intercellular compartment and protein sorting,
Intracellular membrane traffic, energy conversion-mitochondria and chloroplasts, cell
signalling, cytoskeletons, cell cycle, cell death, extracellular matrix, cancer, development of
multicellular organism, stem cells and tissue renewal, pathogen and infection, the innate and
adaptive immune systems.
Prerequisites: NA

CY624 Chemistry of Heterocyclic Compounds and Natural Products (6 Credits)

Heterocyclic Compounds: Introduction to heterocyclic compounds, importance of heterocycles

in medicine and materials, systematic nomenclature of heterocyclic compounds. Preparation,
reactions and chemical properties of three membered heterocyclic compounds with one and

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two hetero atom, four membered heterocyclic compounds with one hetero atom. Structure,
synthesis and reactivity of five and six membered heterocyclic compounds. Aromatic
heterocyclic compounds: Pyrrole, furan, thiophene, pyridine, quinoline, isoquinoline, indole,
etc. Named reactions of heterocyclic compound synthesis such as Fiest Benary furan
synthesis, Knorr and Paal-Knorr pyrrole synthesis, Barton-Zard reaction, Robinson-Gabriel
synthesis, Hofmann-Loffler-Freytag reaction, Hantzsch pyridine synthesis, Biginelli and
Chichibabin reations. Natural Products: role of natural products in drug discovery, structure
and chemical properties of alkaloids, terpinoids, and steroids. Physicocemical properties of
amino acids, chemical synthesis of peptides, properties of mono- and di-saccharides.
Prerequisites: NA

CY625 Cheminformatics and Rational Drug Design (6 Credit)

1. Introduction.
2. Structure of macromolecules.
3. Computational representation of chemical information.
a. SMILES - Simplified Molecular Input Line Entry Specification.
b. lnChi - IUPAC International Chemical Identifier.
c. 20 and 30 Molecular Structures.
d. Other representations.
4. File formats (Plain sequence format, FASTA, GenBank flat file format, EMBL,
NBRF/PIR, Swiss-Prat, PDB).
5. Molecular descriptors.
6. Molecular similarity.
7. Chemical databases.
a. Searching Chemicals using online resources.
b. Applications.
8. Biological databases.
a. Nucleotide and protein databases.
b. Pathway databases.
c. Literature databases.
d. Searching Web-based Biological Databases.
e. Sequence Analysis and comparison.
f. Patterns, Motifs, Profiles and Domains.
9. Data mining.
10. Molecular drawing and interactive visualization.
11. Computer-aided drug design (CADD) techniques.
12. Virtual Screening.
13. Drug-target interactions.
14. Combinatorial library design.
15. ADME properties, drug-likeness and druggability.
16. Molecular dynamics simulation.
17. Hands on exercises.
Prerequisites: NA

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CY626 Advanced Molecular Simulation - Theory and Practice (6 Credit)

Introduction to programming: General introduction to algorithm, flowchart, and

programming, introduction to syntax and hand-on exercises.
Density functional theory (OFT): Fermi and Coulomb holes - Different exchange-correlation.
functionals - Kohn-Sham approach - Coding OFT - Hands-on exercise (Using Gaussian and
Gauss View software).
Classical Molecular dynamics (MD): Purpose of classical MD, Different interactions and
force field, basic classical MD algorithm - Hands-on exercises.
Genetic Algorithm (GA): basic principle: Selection, Crossover, Mutation, Fitness; potential
energy, function, application to atomic cluster.
Prerequisites: NA

CY627 An Introduction to Catalyst Design: Function and Application (2 Credit)

Concepts in Catalyst: Design, Homogeneous Catalyst, Heterogeneous Catalyst, Metal Based

Catalyst, Organo-Catalyst, Bio-Catalyst, Solid-Acid/Base Catalyst, Dual-Function Catalyst;
Frustrated Lewis Pair (FLP), Engineering a Catalyst; Preparative Protocol, Characterization
Techniques. Catalyst Function: Selected Examples of Industrially Important Catalytic
Processes, Oxidation, Reduction, FLP Catalysis, Hydrocarbon Activation, Asymmetric
Catalysis; Catalyst Poisoning, Transition State Model, Surface Phenomenon.
Prerequisites: NA

CY628 Nano-engineered Molecular Materials (6 Credit)

Introduction to nano-engineered molecular materials; design, tailoring, and combination of

chemical building blocks as carriers of desired physico - chemical properties to make such
materials; structure-property relationships; application of such materials in automobile
industry, aerospace and aeronautics, building/construction industry, consumer electronics,
fuel cell, batteries, sensors, actuators, pharmaceutical industry and biomedical applications.
Prerequisites: NA

CY629 Introduction to Health, Safety and Environmental Practices (2 Credit)

Concepts of HSE, Introduction to occupational safety and health (OHS), OHS regulations and
law in India, technical standards, codes and guidelines on OHS, national and international
standards of personal protective equipment and fire protection, health and safety at work
place, hazards and risk assessments, waste management, fire protection and prevention,
principles of chemical safety, radiation safety and bio safety, emergency preparedness,
environment management and pollution control.
Prerequisites: NA

CY699 Thesis (variable Credits)

Students registering for this course are associated with a supervisor and have to carry out
research work. Student will be evaluated for the program in research at the end of semester.
Prerequisites: NA
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CY795 Candidacy (0 Credit)

The objective of this candidacy is to evaluate the candidate’s ability to carry out research and
shall include the evaluation of the knowledge breadth of the student, including the research
comprehension.
Prerequisites: Student must have completed the course credit requirement for the program
registered for.

CY798 Independent Study (variable Credits)

Students registering for this course are expected to get versed in a particular topic allotted by
the course instructor. The topic and the credits are assigned by the course instructor. There
will not be any regular lecture delivered for this course type.
Prerequisites: The course is available only to PG students.

CY799 Thesis (variable Credits)

Students registering for this course are associated with a supervisor and have to carry out
research work. Student will be evaluated for the program in research at the end of semester.
Prerequisites: Student must have cleared candidacy.

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Courses in Computer Science and Engineering
CS100 Software Tools & Technologies I (4 Credits)

Scripting Languages (shell programming, python, Java Script), Web programming, GUI
programming tools, Document Processing tools.
Prerequisites: NA

CS101 Discrete Structures I (4 Credits)

Sets, relations, functions, Notion of proof: proof by counter-example, the contrapositive, proof
by contradiction, inductive proofs. Combinatorics: Basic counting techniques, pigeon-hole
principle, recurrence relations, generating functions, Polya’s counting theorem. Introduction to
probabilistic method in combinatorics, Inclusion-exclusion principle, Introduction to number
theory and group theory.
Prerequisites: NA

CS102 Data Structures (4 Credits)

Stacks, Queues, Lists; Sorting and Searching; Trees, Tree Traversals, Heaps; Binary Search,
Binary Search Trees; Graphs: Representations, Depth First Search, Breadth First Search.
Prerequisites: NA

CS200 Software Tools & Technologies Lab II (4 Credits)

Software Management tools, CVS, lab exercise for developing large system and application
programs.
Prerequisites: NA

CS201 Discrete Structures II (2 Credits)

Basics of graph theory, Formal logic: Propositional logic: proof system, semantics,
completeness, compactness.
Prerequisites: NA

CS202 Algorithms I (4 Credits)

Algorithm analysis; worst and average case; Recurrences and asymptotes; Algorithms for
sorting and selection; Randomized techniques; Search structures: heaps, balanced trees, skip
lists, hash tables; Dynamic programming and greedy algorithms; Graph algorithms: breadth-
and depth-first search, MSTs, shortest paths; NP-Complete problems.
Prerequisites: NA

CS203 Theory of Computation I (4 Credits)

Alphabets, languages, finite state machines - deterministic and non-deterministic finite

automata. Context Free Grammars, Context Free Languages, Parse trees, Push Down

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Automata, Pumping lemma for CFLs and applications, CYK algorithm Turing machines,
Variants, Undecidability theory.
Prerequisites: NA

CS204 Computer Organization & Architecture (4 Credits)

Introduction, Overview of basic digital building blocks; truth tables; basic structure of a digital
computer, Number representation, Assembly language programming for some processor,
Basic building blocks for the ALU, Adder, Subtractor, Shifter, Multiplication and division circuits,
Control path microprogramming (only the idea), hardwired, logic; External interface, Memory
organization; Technology-ROM, RAM, EPROM, Flash etc. Cache; Cache coherence protocol
for uniprocessor (simple), I/O Subblock, I/O techniques -interrupts, polling, DMA.
Prerequisites: NA

CS250 Operating Systems (4 Credits)

Introduction, System Calls; Processes and Threads Concepts; CPU Scheduling, Process
Synchronization; Classical Problems (Producer Consumer, dining philosophers etc.);
Deadlocks: Detection, Prevention and avoidance mechanisms. Memory Management,
Segmentation& Paging Demand Paging; Files and Directories organization, Security and
Protection Mechanisms; System Threats, Case studies: UNIX and NT.
Prerequisites: NA

CS251 Introduction to Language Processing (4 Credits)

Compiler structure: analysis-synthesis model of compilation, various phases of a compiler, tool

based approach to compiler construction. Lexical analysis,Syntax analysis, Syntax directed
translation, Type checking, Run time system, Intermediate code generation,Code generation.
Prerequisites: NA

CS252 Algorithms II (4 Credits)

Reviewing sorting and graph algorithms, Linear programming; Network flow algorithms; NP-
completeness; Approximation algorithms; Randomized algorithms; Geometric Algorithms.
Prerequisites: NA

CS253 Theory of Computation II (2 Credits)

Reviewing concepts of Turing Machines. Time and Space bounded computation. Reductions,
theory of NP completeness, Introduction to time and space complexity.
Prerequisites: NA

CS254 Database Management Systems (4 Credits)

Overview of file organisation techniques: sequential, direct, indexed, hashed, inverted, B-

trees, Data models: relational, network, hierarchical, NoSql, Relational model: algebra,
calculus, normal forms. Implementation of query languages, security and protection of data

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recovery methods, Concurrent operations on data bases, introduction to distributed data base
systems.
Prerequisites: NA

CS300 Principles of Programming Languages (6 Credits)

Brief history of development of programming languages, Introduction - imperative

programming, functional programming, logic programming and object oriented programming,
Values and types, Notion of variables, Lifetime of variables: local, global and heap variables,
Bindings and environments, bindables, scopeblock structure, static and dynamic scoping,
Abstraction - procedural and function abstractions, Type systems - monomorphic type
systems. Introduction to polymorphism, Types of polymorphism - overloading, parametric
polymorphism, polymorphic types, Type checking and type inference – inference rules for
monomorphic types, introduction to polymorphic type inference, Functional programming,
Logic Programming, Object oriented programming.
Prerequisites: NA

CS301 Computer Networks (6 Credits)

Layer approach, Packet switching techniques, Performance metrics; Applications: FTP, SSH,
DNS, WWW; Transport Layer: TCP flow control, error control, congestion control, congestion
control, UDP; Network Layer: Internetworking, Tunneling, Encapsulation, Fragmentation, IP,
Routing and the related protocols, ICMP, ARP, RARP, DHCP, IPv6, RIP, OSPF; Advanced
Internetworking, Multicast routing, Queuing disciplines and buffer management techniques;
Data link layer: framing, medium access mechanism; Network security: Public key and private
key cryptography, digital signature, firewalls; Advanced topics: SDN and Open flow
Architectures.
Prerequisites: NA

CS499 Thesis (Variable Credits)

Students registering for this course are associated with a supervisor and have to carry out
research work. Student will be evaluated for the program in research at the end of semester.
Prerequisites: This course is only for BTech Honours student.

CS500 Science of Computation (TOC/DS/Algorithms) (3 Credits)

Reviewing concept of mathematical proof, sets, relations, bijection, Basic combinatorics and
pigeon-hole principle, Elementary concepts in Graph Theory
Formal languages and various computational models: Finite Automaton, Push Down
Automaton and Turing Machines. Halting Problem and Undecidability. P, NP, NP-Hard, NP-
Complete classes
Methods for analysis of algorithms. Sorting and searching, Algorithm Paradigms: Greedy,
Divide-Conquer, Dynamic Programming. Graph algorithms: breadth- and depth-first search,
MSTs, shortest paths.
Prerequisites: NA

CS501 Computer Systems (OS, Architecture, Compilers, DBMS) (3 Credits)

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Basic concepts of operating systems, architecture, compilers, and data base management
systems.
Prerequisites: NA

CS502 Graph Theory and Applications (6 Credits)

Introduction to graphs, diagraphs, Paths, Cycles, connectivity, Euler tours, Hamiltonian paths
and cycles, isomorphism, cut vertices, cut edges, contractions, minors, minimum spanning
tree.
Graph Classes: trees, bipartite graphs, planar graphs, and other special classes of graphs.
Coloring of graphs: Vertex coloring, edge coloring and other coloring problems.
Matchings: Perfect matchings, Hall's theorem, Tutte's theorem, Konig's theorem.
Petersen's theorem.
Prerequisites: NA

CS503 Lightweight Cryptography (6 Credits)

The Why and What of Lightweight Cryptography (LWC). Quantifying Lightweightness:

Hardware/Software Perspectives. Lightweight block ciphers, hash functions, public key
cryptography. Trends in lightweight design for non-linear/linear operations. The impact of
MILP, SAT and SMT Solvers in LWC. Familiarization with tools: Sage, Gurobi, Z3. Design
strategies for (lightweight) cryptographic hardware: ASIC/FPGA design flows. Familiarization
with tools: LeonardoSpectrum, ModelSim. Understanding trade-offs in resource efficient
cryptography. Advanced cryptanalytic strategies. Standardization efforts in LWC.
Prerequisites: CS553

CS505 Big Data Analytics (6 Credits)

Introduction: What is Big Data. Major tools used by data scientists, Data Analytics
Fundamentals, Selected Topics of Distributed Systems, Hadoop Fundamentals I, Hadoop
Fundamentals II (HDFS, Mapreduce), Spark Fundamentals I, Spark Fundamentals II (Spark
ML}, SparkDL
Prerequisites: Operating Systems

CS510 Approximation Algorithms (6 Credits)

Brief Introduction to NP-completeness and approximation algorithms, greedy algorithms and

local search, rounding data and dynamic programming, linear programming and relaxations,
randomized approximation algorithms, Semidefinite programing, primal dual method, Metric
Rounding of LP Relaxations, Hardness of approximations.
Prerequisites: NA

CS511 Introduction to Formal Verification and Its Applications (6 Credits)

Introduction to Formal methods of verification and model-checking; Modelling systems as

finite-state systems; Introduction to first-order logic and temporal logics; Expressing properties
in logics; Binary Decision Diagrams; Algorithms for LTL and CTL; Introduction to SPIN and
NuSMV model-checker.

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Prerequisites: NA

CS512 Parallel Algorithms (6 Credits)

Introduction: Different models of parallel computation, PRAM model and variations,

interconnection networks, synchronous and asynchronous models, Performance Analysis.
Basic techniques: Matrix multiplications, Sorting, Searching and Selection, Balanced Trees,
divide and conquer, partitioning, Pipelining, Tree contraction, Euler tour technique.
Graph Algorithms: Connected Components, Graph colouring, MST and shortest path
algorithms.
Algorithms on Asynchronous model, Limit of Parallelizability, NC-reductions, P-completeness.
Implementation: Introduction to Parallel Programming. Basic introduction to MPI and
OpenCL.
Prerequisites: Design and Analysis of Algorithms, Programming with C

CS513 Electronic Payment Systems (6 Credits)

Evolution of currency; Traditional payment instruments: currency, cheques, demand drafts,

debit systems etc; Credit systems: credit cards systems; Impact of communication networks,
smart cards, introduction to various stakeholders and their roles in payment systems: Payment
aggregators, payment gateways, payment processors etc.; Security aspects: Confidentiality,
Integrity, Loss of control, loss of service. Dematerialized money and payment systems: Virtual
money, digital money, electronic money etc. Purses, wallets; transactional properties:
anonymity and traceability; payment settlement systems. Problems of identification,
authentication,
authorization and settlements, cryptographic techniques for authentication using public key
and symmetric key cryptosystems; password, tokens and biometric based authentications;
case studies in India: EMV standards, metro ticketing, National mobility card, electronic toll
collection, paytm and other wallet systems, NEFT, RTGS and IMPS systems, UPI, Aadhaar
enabled payment systems (AEPS), frauds and dentification of frauds; safeguards etc; PKI
concepts: certificates, non-repudiation, digital signatures, certification revocations; onefactor,
two-factor and multifactor authentication.
Prerequisites: NA

CS515 Randomized Algorithms (6 Credits)

Introduction and basic tools: random sequence. Generating uniform random numbers: the
linear congruential method and others. Statistical tests for random numbers: Chisquare test,
Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, empirical I theoretical I spectral tests. Non-uniform random
sequences.
Tools and techniques of randomized algorithms: game theoretic techniques, moments and
deviations, tail inequalities.
the probabilistic method: Lovasz Local Lemma, Markov chains and random walks, algebraic
techniques.
Applications: Data structures, hashing, linear programming, computational geometry
problems, graph problems, approximate algorithms, parallel and distributed algorithms,
cryptography, online algorithms. Derandomization techniques.
Prerequisites: NA

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CS516 Parallelization of Programs (6 Credits)

Introduction to parallelization; Performance; Amdahl's law; Techniques for extracting

parallelism from sequential programs; Compile-time parallelization: Dependency analysis;
Dependency testing; Fine-grained parallelism -- loop interchange, reductions, node splitting,
loop skewing, and loop peeling; Coarse-grained parallelism -- loop distribution and loop
reversal; Control dependency; Runtime parallelization: Speculative execution,
Inspector/Executor mechanisms, and Parallelizing irregular programs. Synchronization;
Scheduling techniques; Parallelization for cache performance; Case studies.
Prerequisites: Compilers, Operating Systems, and Computer Organization

CS517 Software Defined Networking (6 Credits)

Overview of traditional networks, SDN origin and evolution, programmable control and data
planes, network abstraction, northbound/southbound interfaces, OpenFlow protocol,
centralized and distributed SDN, Open vSwitch, network function virtualization, service
function chaining, network slicing.
Hands-on using Mininet and RYU/ONOS controller: Introduction to network emulator tools like
Mininet and OpenFlow protocol supported controllers like RYU and ONOS.
Prerequisites: Basic Knowledge of Computer Networks

CS525 Distributed System (6 Credits)

Definition of distributed systems.

Goals of distributed system: Openness, Dimensions of scalability, Architectural models,
Implementation problems,Hardware organization, Types of Distributed Systems.

Concept of Clock: Notion of solar time and wall clock time, External Clock-based mechanisms,
Logical clock, Temporal ordering of events, Birman-Schipher-Stephenson protocol, Schipher-
Eggli-Sandoz protocol, Multicast message ordering.

Global States: Cuts and Global States, Algorithm for recording global states, Liveness and
Safety, Termination detection: Ring, tree and weight throwing scheme.

Leader Election: Impossibility results, Bully algorithm, Ring-based algorithms, Distributed

spanning tree algorithms: Single initiator and Multiple initiators, Leader election in trees.

Mutual Exclusion: Coordinator-based solutions, Non-token-based solutions, Lemport's

algorithm, Recart-Agrawal's algorithm, Maekawa's algorithm, Token-based solutions: Suzuki-
Kassami's algorithm, Singhal's algorithm, Raymond's tree-based algorithm.

Agreement and Consensus: Equivalence of consensus problems Byzantine General Problem

and its solutions, Lamport-Shostak-Pease algorithm.
Prerequisites: Basic Knowledge about OS and N/W

CS550 Machine Learning (6 Credits)

Supervised Learning (Regression/Classification), Linear models: Linear Regression, Logistic

Regression, Generalized Linear Models, Support Vector Machines, Nonlinearity and Kernel

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Methods, Multi-class/Structured Outputs, Ranking, Unsupervised Learning, Clustering: K-
means/Kernel K-means, Dimensionality Reduction: PCA and kernel PCA, Matrix Factorization
and Matrix Completion, Generative Models (mixture models and latent factor models),
Assorted Topics, Evaluating Machine Learning algorithms and Model Selection, Ensemble
Methods (Boosting, Bagging, Random Forests), Sparse Modeling and Estimation, Deep
Learning and Feature Representation Learning.
Prerequisites: NA

CS551 Software Engineering (6 Credits)

Software Process Models, Requirement analysis and specification, Project planning & project
monitoring, Design principles and structured design methodology, structured programming,
verification concepts, Testing - testing purpose, levels of testing, black box testing, white box
testing, different test case generation approaches.
Prerequisites: NA

CS552 Network Science (6 Credits)

Background, Graph theory related concepts, Network analysis metrics, Properties of many
real networks, Network models and characteristics: Random Networks, Scale-free Networks,
Small-world Networks, Community detection, Speeding Phenomena.
Prerequisites: NA

CS553 Cryptography (6 Credits)

Introduction and brief history; mathematics background; symmetric cryptography: one-time

pad, stream ciphers, block ciphers, hash functions, message authentication codes,
authenticated encryption; information security vs. computational security: random
function/permutation, pseudorandom function/permutation, integer factorization and discrete
logarithm problems; asymmetric/public key cryptography: RSA and El Gamal based
encryption and signature schemes; secret sharing; key distribution: Diffie-Hellman key
agreement protocol, Kerberos; an advanced topic: Bitcoin-the first crypto-currency.
Prerequisites: NA

CS554 Blockchain Technologies (6 Credits)

Introduction to cryptography, Cryptocurrency, Mining, Proof of work, Proof of Stake,

Differences between Cryptocurrency and Blockchain, Security properties of Blockchain,
Blockchain Networks and Anonymity, Ethereum, Zcash, Regulation
Prerequisites: NA

CS555 Computer and System Security (6 Credits)

Basic Crypto: Public key and Private key Encryptions; Cryptographic protocols; Attack on
Cryptographic protocols.
Operating System Security: Authentication and Authorization; Operating System and
Program Security; Penetration Testing: Discovering and Exploiting Vulnerabilities; Malware
Analysis; Security Policies and Models; Digital Rights Management and Trusted Computing.
Web Security: Pros and Cons of HTTPS; Cross site scripting; SQL Injection; Secure Session
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Management.
Network Security: Security aspects of TCP, DNS and Routing; Network defense tools:
Firewall, Intrusion detection and filters; DDoS attack and defences.

Prerequisites: Computer organisation, Operating system, Programming language.

CS556 Hardware Security (6 Credits)

Fundamentals of hardware security and trust for integrated circuits. Cryptographic hardware,
invasive and non-invasive attacks, side-channel attacks, physically unclonable functions
(PUFs), true random number generation (TRNG), watermarking of Intellectual Property (IP)
blocks, FPGA security, counterfeit ICs, hardware Trojans in IP cores and ICs.
Prerequisites: NA

CS557 eCommerce (6 Credits)

The objective of this course is to study the technologies and architectures that are in use in E-
commerce today. The topics to be covered include:
Supporting technologies and tools, Architecture (e.g. Java commerce solution), Protocols and
standards, Security, Business models, Payment mechanisms, and Case studies.
Prerequisites: NA

CS558 CAD for VLSI (6 Credits)

Introduction: IC design flow, High level design, HDL design Synthesis - Full-custom, standard-
cell, gate-array and FGPA, Backend, Verification and Test of ICS.
High-level synthesis: Partitioning, scheduling, allocation and binding
Logic Optimization: Review of Karnaugh map and Quine-McCluskey based optimization,
Espresso, State assignment and optimization
Physical design automation algorithms: Floor-planning, Partitioning & Placement, Routing:
Global routing, Detailed routing.
Introduction Verification Techniques: Introduction to Hardware Verification and methodologies,
Binary Decision Diagrams(BDDs) and algorithms over BDDs, Combinational equivalence
checking, Temporal Logics, Modeling sequential systems and model checking
VLSI Testing: Introduction, Fault models, Fault Simulation, Test generation for combinational
circuits, Test generation algorithms for sequential circuits.
Prerequisites: NA

CS559 Computer Systems Design (6 Credits)

Introduction to systems: Example Systems- Operating Svstems-Distributed File Systems

Databases
Web Frameworks-Networks
Systems design intro: Setting goals for your system-Principles of good design
Modeling Fundamental: Quantitative Systems Design-Queuing Systems-Fundamental Laws
and Applications-Asymptotic Bounds

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Naming Schemes: Unix File System-Git-Network Naming
Caching: CPU Caching-CDN Caching
Resource Management: Scheduling-Load Balancing-TCP throughput Model
Other Topics: Virtualization-Security and Access Control-Reliability Models
Prerequisites: NA

CS599 Thesis (Variable Credits)

Students registering for this course are associated with a supervisor and have to carry out
research work. Student will be evaluated for the program in research at the end of semester.
Prerequisites: This course is only for MTech student.

CS601 Cryptographic Protocols (6 Credits)

Security properties: privacy, correctness. fairness, robustness, independence of inputs: Semi-

honest and malicious adversarial models; Universal composability; Commitment; Coin-
flipping; Garbled circuit; Oblivious transfer: Yao's millionaires' problem; Secret sharing; GMW,
BGW and BMR protocols; Fiat-Shamir Heuristic; Zero knowledge proofs: interactive and non-
interactive; Pairing-based cryptography; Homomorphic encryption; Obfuscation; Witness
encryption; Implementations: SPDZ and zkSNARK.
Prerequisites: CS553

CS607 Adversarial Machine Learning: Security and Privacy of ML (6 Credits)

Introduction of Machine Learning, Application and vulnerabilities.

Privacy and ML: Membership Inference Attack, Differential Privacy
Adversarial Attack and Defense: Decision Time Attack and Defense, Data Poinsoning Attack
and Defense.
Attack and Defense of Deep Learning: 12, I., 111 norm attacks, Robust optimization,
Retraining, Distillation,
Prerequisites: NA

CS608 Advanced Graph Algorithms (6 Credits)

Review of Intractability. Introduction to several hard graph problems. Design of efficient

algorithms for hard problems on various graph classes: Interval graphs, chordal graphs,
comparability graphs, planar graphs etc.
fixed-parameter tractability and intractability; kernelization; Techniques For parameterized
algorithms, Tree-width and tree decompositions, structural graph parameters, randomized
methods, lower bounds based on ETH.
Prerequisites: Basics of algorithms, graph theory

CS610 Lower Bounds and Impossibility (6 Credits)

Introduction to lower bounds, different techniques: counting, reduction, decision tree,

indistinguishability, adversaries, valency, covering, graph theory and linear algebra. Lower
bounds results in data structures, computational complexity theory, communication complexity
theory, distributed computing, parallel computing.

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Prerequisites: A course on Algorithm in Undergraduate level

CS611 Wireless Network & Mobile Data Management (6 Credits)

Introduction: Mobile and pervasive computing system, Characterizing mobile distributed

system and mobile cloud system, Examples of mobile applications, Smart environments.
Cellular wireless communication system: Frequency planning, Measurement of traffic
intensity, Channel assignment, Handoff. GSM and GPRS system: GSM architecture, GSM
Signaling protocols, GPRS architecture. WLAN: IEEE standards for WLAN, Topology, Spread
spectrum, Wireless MAC. Routing protocols for mobile ad hoc networks: Classification of
protocols, Proactive and reactive protocols, Distance vector-based protocols, DSDV, AODV.
Mobile application protocols: Mobile IP, Mobile shell. Location management: Registration and
paging, Two-tier scheme, Hierarchic scheme, Caching, and replication. Data dissemination
and broadcast disks: Data delivery mechanisms, Broadcast disk, Memory hierarchy, Client-
side cache management. Indexing in Air: Temporal address matching and directory, Tuning
and access latencies, Distributed indexing scheme, Exponential indexing scheme
Prerequisites: Basic knowledge of computer networks

CS612 Introduction to Computational Complexity (6 Credits)

The Computational Model, Turing Machines, Decidability, Reducibility, Time Complexity,

Space Complexity, Hierarchy Theorems, Boolean Circuits, Circuit Complexity, Limits of the
diagonalization method, Randomized Computation, Probabilistic Turing machine, Interactive
Proofs, Introduction to Quantum Computation and Algorithms
Prerequisites: A course on Theory of Computation in Undergraduate level

CS613 Social and Complex Network Analysis (6 Credits)

Introduction to Structure of Graphs, Link Analysis: Page Rank, Random Graph Model, Network
Construction and Inference, Motifs and Graphlets, Community Structure in Networks and
Community Detection, Link Prediction, Graph Representation Learning, Network Effects and
Cascading Behavior, Influence Maximization in Networks, Outbreak Detection in Networks,
Network Robustness and Preferential Attachment, Network Centrality, Network Evolution,
Knowledge Graphs and Metapaths, Network analysis tools: Networkx, Gephi, Cytoscape,
Pajek etc.
Prerequisites: NA

CS795 Candidacy (0 Credit)

The objective of this candidacy is to evaluate the candidate’s ability to carry out research and
shall include the evaluation of the knowledge breadth of the student, including the research
comprehension.
Prerequisites: Student must have completed the course credit requirement for the program
registered for.

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CS798 Independent Study (variable Credits)

Students registering for this course are expected to get versed in a particular topic allotted by
the course instructor. The topic and the credits are assigned by the course instructor. There
will not be any regular lecture delivered for this course type.
Prerequisites: The course is available only to PG students.

CS799 Thesis (variable Credits)

Students registering for this course are associated with a supervisor and have to carry out
research work. Student will be evaluated for the program in research at the end of semester.
Prerequisites: Student must have cleared candidacy.

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Data Science and Artificial Intelligence

DS100 Mathematical Foundations of Data Science (4 Credits)

Bayes Rule and its connection to inference, various sampling methods, Modern PAC analysis
(probably approximately correct).
Geometry of high-dimensional space, distance metrics used for numerical and text data.
Locality sensitive hashing (LSH).
Matrix approximation techniques: Principal Component Analysis, SVD and dimensionality
reduction.
Application of transforms (Fourier, Laplace) to data analysis.
Linear regression problem, gradient descent.
Introduce some representative datasets using images, documents and tables. Use
Matlab/Python/R to demonstrate and explore basic concepts.
Prerequisites: NA

DS200 Architecture for Management of Large Datasets (6 Credits)

Design of distributed program models and abstractions, such as MapReduce, Dataflow and
Vertex-centric models, for processing volume, velocity, and linked datasets, and for storing
and querying over NoSQL datasets.
Approaches and design patterns to translate existing data-intensive algorithms and analytics
into these distributed programming abstractions.
Distributed software architectures, runtime and storage strategies used by Big Data platforms
such as Apache Hadoop, Spark, Storm, Giraph, and Hive to execute applications developed
using these models on commodity clusters and Clouds in a scalable manner. Design of
distributed program models and abstractions, such as Map Reduce, Dataflow and Vertex-
centric models, for processing volume, velocity, and linked datasets, and for storing and
querying over NoSQL datasets.
Approaches and design patterns to translate existing data-intensive algorithms and analytics
into these distributed programming abstractions.
Distributed software architectures, runtime and storage strategies used by Big Data platforms
such as Apache Hadoop, Spark, Storm, Giraph and Hive to execute applications developed
using these models on commodity clusters and Clouds in a scalable manner.
Prerequisites: NA

DS201 Statistical Programming (4 Credits)

Probability and statistics: Review, Statistical measures and tests, Statistical analyses using
Rand Python, and MATLAB, Linear Regression, Hypothesis Testing, Resampling Techniques,
and Bootstrapping, Introduction to contemporary statistical packages
Prerequisites: NA

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DS250 Data Analytics and Visualization (6 Credits)

Data science workflow, Automated methods for data collection, Data and Visualization
Models, Data wrangling and cleaning, Exploratory data analysis
Building Models for: Classification, Clustering, Regression, Time-series, Association Analysis,
Recommendation Systems.
Model evaluation, statistical tests for significance of predictors. Model regularization: ridge,
lasso, elastic-net.
Visualization Software and Tools, Visualization Design, Multidimensional Data, Graphical
Perception, Interaction dynamics for Visual Analysis, Using Space Effectively, Stacked
Graphs, Geometry & Aesthetics.
Networks, Graph Visualization and navigation in information Visualization, mapping &
Cartography, Text Visualization
Prerequisites: NA

DS251 Artificial Intelligence (6 Credits)

Problem solving, search techniques, control strategies, game playing (mini-max), reasoning,
knowledge representation through predicate logic, rule-based systems, semantic nets,
frames, conceptual dependency formalism. Planning. Handling uncertainty: Bayesian
Networks, Dempster-Shafer theory, certainty factors, Fuzzy logic, Learning through Neural
nets - Backpropagation, radial basis functions, Neural computational models - Hopfield Nets,
Bolzman machines, MATLAB programming, introduction to Machine Learning, Supervised
and Unsupervised Learning, Introduction to Machine Learning libraries
Prerequisites: NA

DS252 DSAI Lab (2 Credits)

Introduction, Data in Data Analytics, Descriptive Statistics, Programming with R, Probability

Distributions, Sampling Distributions, Statistical Inference, Statistical Tables Relation
Analysis, Analysis of Variance (ANOVA), Bayesian Classifier, Information Based
Classification.
Support Vector Machine Sensitivity Analysis Similarity Measures.
Prerequisites: NA

DS500 Big Data Algorithms (6 Credits)

Introduction to big data and its peculiarities. Map Reduce as a datacenter-scale programming
abstraction. Parallel algorithm design to process massive datasets. Algorithms to solve
problems from a variety of domains: web search, e-commerce, social-networking, machine
learning. Streaming Algorithms, sketching algorithms. Brief discussion of next generation
systems like Spark and Flink.
Prerequisites: Introductory courses in probability, statistics, linear algebra and algorithms.

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DS501 Information Retrieval (6 Credits)

Introduction, Document Indexing, Storage and Compression, Retrieval Models, Performance

Evaluation, Text Categorization and Filtering, Text Clustering, Web Information Retrieval,
learning to rank, Advanced Topics (Text Summarization, Question answering, Recommender
Systems)
Prerequisites: NA

DS503 Advanced Data Analytics (6 Credits)

Analysis techniques for high dimensional datasets; Algorithms for massive data problems;
Graph representation learning and Graph Neural Networks; Link Prediction, Graph and Node
classification, Applications of Graph learning; Network algorithms including those for the World
Wide Web; Clustering algorithms for high dimensional datasets; Advanced techniques for
Time Series analysis: Motifs, Anomaly detection, Matrix Profile Technique
Prerequisites: DS250 or equivalent.

DS601 Digital Image Processing (6 Credits)

Fundamentals - Visual perception, image sampling and quantization; Intensity transformations

- nonlinear transformations for enhancement, histogram equalization; Spatial filtering -
convolution, linear and order statistic filters, unsharp masking. Image Transforms - discrete
Fourier transform, discrete cosine transform; Transform domain processing - image
smoothing, specialized filters (Gaussian, Laplacian, etc); Image restoration - using spatial
filters, Wiener filter; Introduction to colour spaces and colour image processing; orphological
image processing - erosion and dilation, opening and closing, hit-or-miss transform, thinning
and shape decomposition; Binarization and Image segmentation - edge detection,
thresholding, region-based segmentation; Image compression - fundamentals, lossless
coding, predictive coding, transform coding.
Prerequisites: NA

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Courses in Electrical Engineering
EE101 Signals and Processing (4 Credits)

Continuous-time and discrete-time signals and systems Random Processes, Linear systems,
Fourier transform, Frequency response of LTI systems, Lowpass, highpass and bandpass
filters, Z-transform, Sampling and reconstruction of bandlimited signals. Approximate
reconstruction methods (ZOH, FOH), The Discrete Fourier transform and Fast Fourier
transform (FFT) algorithm, Implementation of discrete-time systems using FFT.
Prerequisites: NA

EE102 Circuit Theory (6 Credits)

Introduction to Embedded Systems Design, Software Design Basics, ARM Cortex-M

Processor Core, C Code as Implemented in Assembly Language, Interrupts, General Purpose
Digital Interfacing, Analog Interfacing, Timers, Serial Communication.
Prerequisites: NA

EE103 Circuits and Systems (6 Credits)

Introduction to Signals, Fourier Series and Fourier Transform, LTI System, Laplace Transform,
Convolution, Circuit Elements, AC Power and Phasor, Network Theorems: (KVL, KCL, Max.
Power Transfer, Thevennin, Norton, Milimann, Star-Delta, Telegen). Dot Convention and
Dependent Sources, Application of Laplace Transform in Circuit Analysis, Transient Analysis,
Final value theorem and steady state analysis, Transfer Function, Resonance, Bode Plot,
Introduction to Filters.
Prerequisites: NA

EE201 Electronic Devices (6 Credits)

Semiconductor Materials, concept of doping, majority and minority carriers, recombination and
generation, temperature dependence of conductivity, Zener and avalanche breakdown, BJT,
FET, JFET, MOSFET, Switching characteristics of devices: switching phenomenon in diodes,
BJT, MOS & CMOS, switching times, switching speeds, Other elements: LED, Solar cells,
Photo diodes, Thyristor, Resonant tunnel diode etc.
Prerequisites: NA

EE202 Control Systems –I (6 Credits)

Mathematical Modelling and Transfer Function, Signal Flow Graph, Feedback System, Time
response analysis, Performance Indices, Frequency Response (Polar Plots), Stability Analysis
(Routh-Hurwitz, Bode, Nyquist, Root Locus), Compensator Design (Lead, Lag, Lead-lag), PIO
Controller. Introduction to MATLAB Control System Toolbox.
Introduction to State space and state variables, Eigen Vector, Canonical Forms, Observability
and Controllability. MIMO systems.
Prerequisites: NA

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EE203 Embedded Systems (6 Credits)

Concepts of embedded programming., Concepts of assembly language, Hardware-

description language (VHDL/Verilog), High-level synthesis (using Synopsys Symphony C
Compiler), Micro-controller programming.
Prerequisites: NA

EE204 Analog Circuits (6 Credits)

Semiconductor Materials, concept of doping, majority and minority carriers, recombination

and generation, temperature dependence of conductivity, Zener and avalanche breakdown,
BJT, FET, JFET, MOSFET, Switching characteristics of devices: switching phenomenon in
diodes, BJT, MOS & CMOS, switching times, switching speeds.
Prerequisites: NA

EE205 Power Engineering–I (6 Credits)

Single phase AC systems: Introduction to real/reactive/apparent powers, power factor,

introduction to phasors, phasor analysis and phasor diagram, poly phase AC systems.
Working principle, construction and applications of transformers, DC machine, AC, machines
special machines and energy efficient motors.
Overview of the structure and components of power systems, major issues related to power
systems.
Overview of power electronics devices and generic power electronic circuits.
Prerequisites: NA

EE206 Digital Signal Processing (4 Credits)

Review of Signal and Systems, Sampling and Data reconstruction processes, Z-transforms,
Discrete linear systems, Discrete-Time Fourier Transform (DTFT), Frequency Domain
Analysis of LTI Systems, Discrete Fourier transform and FFT algorithms, linear phase
systems, FIR and IIR filters, Digital Filter Design principle with examples, Quantization effects
in digital filters, Multi-rate signal processing: sampling rate conversion.
Prerequisites: NA

EE208 Electrical Machines (4 Credits)

Single phase AC systems: Introduction to real/reactive/apparent powers, power factor,

introduction to phasors, phasor analysis and phasor diagram, poly phase AC systems.
Working principle, construction and applications of transformers, DC machine, AC, machines
special machines and energy efficient motors.
Overview of the structure and components of power systems, major issues related to power
systems.
Overview of power electronics devices and generic power electronic circuits.
Prerequisites: NA

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EE251 Electrical Engineering Lab-I (2 Credits)

1. Design and Simulation of PID controller in Simulink and circuit implementation.

2. Position control of AC servo motor using Analog and Digital PID controller.
3. Position control of DC servo motor using Analog and Digital PID controller.
4. Speed control of DC servo motor using Analog and Digital PID controller.
5. Inverted pendulum on a cart - Linear model identification, PID control of cart position.
6. Inverted pendulum on a cart - Inverted pendulum control, real time pendulum swing-up
control.
7. Magnetic levitation system - Non-linear model testing, model linearization, model
identification.
8. Magnetic levitation system - PD and PID control of ball position.
Prerequisites: NA

EE301 Communication Systems-I (4 Credits)

Analog modulation techniques, Sampling, quantization and pulse modulation, Overview of

multiplexing and multiple access techniques: TDM(A), CDMA, FDM and OFDM(A), Digital
modulation techniques, Digital communication over bandlimited channels.
Prerequisites: NA

EE302 Engineering Electromagnetics (4 Credits)

General field properties; Review of vector calculus and coordinate systems; static electric
fields, static magnetic fields; Biot-Savart and Ampere’s laws; Boundary value problems and
method of images; Magnetic vector potential, Materials: dielectric and magnetic materials,
their properties, capacitance and inductance, applications, Transformers and electrical
machines, Time-varying fields and Maxwell’s equations in differential, integral and phasor
forms. Wave equation., Transmission lines fundamentals. Smith Charts, Impedance matching.
Waveguides: modal analysis of rectangular metallic waveguides, Antennas.
Prerequisites: NA

EE304 Computer Networks (6 Credits)

Basics and History of Computer Networks, TCP/IP protocol stack, Application layer (WWW,
Email, DNS), Protocols at Transport layer, Network layer and Data link layer, Lab: Client-
Server Design using Socket programming in C/C++/Java; Wireshark assignments on DNS,
HTTP, DHCP, TCP, UDP, IP, Ethernet, ARP, etc. Network congestion, TCP vs UDP, IPv4 vs
IPv6, Routing algorithms, Routing in Internet, ARQ protocols, Local Area Networks (Ethernet,
Wi-Fi) and Multimedia Networking, Implementation of multi-threaded Web Server/Web Proxy
with Caching/Filtering features, Sliding Window protocol implementation, performance study
of various TCP/IP variants, Hands on with CISCO/HP routers; Introduction to software defined
networks.
Prerequisites: NA

EE305 Semiconductor Device Modelling (6 Credits)

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Lattice structure, Band diagram and transport phenomenon of Semiconductor, Physics of
Schottky, homo- and hetero-junction junctions semiconductor, Compact modelling of P-N
diode, BJT and HBT, MOS Capacitance, MOS transistors and its modelling, Introduction on
SOI and SiGe, Layout and Parasitics.
Prerequisites: NA

EE306 Power Engineering – II (6 Credits)

Converters: basics of dc-dc converters in continuous mode; buck, boost and buck-boost
converters, flyback converter, voltage source inverters, power electronic converters with ideal
switching, Speed control of induction machines, Synchronous machines, Power system:
structure of power systems, transmission lines, speed and voltage control, Introduction to DC
systems and renewable energy.
Prerequisites: NA

EE307 Control Systems – II (6 Credits)

Introduction to Multivariable systems, Why Multivariable systems are important?, Interaction

dynamics and its role on control system, design, Multivariable control-classical approaches,
Structure, selection - variable pairing, tuning single loop controllers for MIMO, systems,
Transmission zeros and transmission zero direction, Advanced control approach, State space
representation, Conversion from SS to/from TF, Controllability, Observability, State transfer
problem, solution to state transfer problem, pole placement controller design, Design of
observer, Kalman filter design, Model (observer) based predictive controllers, LQR/LQG,
various MPC schemes.
Prerequisites: NA

EE308 Information Theory and Coding (6 Credits)

Entropy, Relative Entropy, and Mutual Information, Typical Sequences and Asymptotic
Equipartition Property, Source Coding and Data Compression, Channel Capacity, Differential
Entropy and Gaussian Channel, Linear Binary Block Codes, Convolutional Codes.
Prerequisites: NA

EE309 Power Electronics (6 Credits)

Characteristics of semiconductor power devices: Diode, Thyristor, Triac, GTO, MOSFET,

IGBT; DC to DC conversion: Buck, Boost and Buck-Boost converters; Single and three phase
configuration of uncontrolled rectifiers, Line commutated thyristor based converters,
Bidirectional ac to de voltage source converters, Issues of line current harmonics, Power
factor, Distortion factor of ac to de converters, Single phase and three phase inverters,
Sinusoidal pulse width modulation.
Prerequisites: NA

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EE311 Advanced Digital Circuits (4 Credits)

Computer Arithmetic for data path design: Fast adders, multipliers, dividers. Design of basic
computer components such as arithmetic logic units, Embedding a Soft-core microcontroller.
Prerequisites: NA

EE353 Electrical Engineering Lab-IV (4 Credits)

Selected experiments on following topics of Circuit Theory, Semiconductor Devices and

Analog Circuits:
1. BJT and diode - single transistor amplifier and rectifier.
2. FET - Determination of equivalent Model by AC small signal analysis.
3. Op amp - Open and closed loop characterization, Bode plots, Realization of Inverting and
non-inverting amplifiers.
4. Mathematical operation with Op amps - summing, differentiating, log and antilog amplifiers,
integrator and differentiator.
5. RC and RLC circuits - C-V characterization, time and frequency response, resonance.
6. Twin-T network - Determine of two port parameters (Z, Y, ABCD and hybrid parameters)
study on filtering action of Twin T.
7. Signal generators and Multivibrators-Sine, Square and Triangular wave generator.
8. Design of Active filters: Sallen-key and State variable filters.
9. Gyrator circuits: Op amp based inductor realization and negative resistors.
Prerequisites: NA

EE401 VLSI Technology (6 Credits)

Environment for VLSI Technology, Crystal defects, Wafer cleaning processes and wet
chemical etching techniques; Impurity incorporation; Oxidation;
Lithography :Photolithography, E-beam lithography and newer lithography techniques for
VLSI/ULSI; Mask generation; Chemical Vapor Deposition techniques : CVD techniques for
deposition of polysilicon, silicon dioxide, silicon nitride and metal films; Epitaxial growth of
silicon; modelling and technology; Metal film deposition : Evaporation and sputtering
techniques. Failure mechanisms in metal interconnects; Multi-level metallisation schemes;
Plasma and Rapid Thermal Processing: PECVD, Plasma etching and RIE techniques; RTP
techniques for annealing, growth and deposition of various films for use in ULSI; Process
integration for NMOS, CMOS and Bipolar circuits; Advanced MOS technologies.
Prerequisites: NA

EE402 Beyond Moore Electronics (6 Credits)

3-D ICs Fabrication, Modeling &Design Challenges, Molecular Electronics Fabrication,

Modeling Challenges (Bottom up approach), Other Si electronics, Spintronics, Beyond CMOS
technologies.
Prerequisites: NA

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EE403 Renewable Energy Systems (6 Credits)

Introduction to Renewable Energy, Worldwide scenario, Indian Scenario, Primary attributes of

different renewable energy sources; Solar Thermal, Solar Photovoltaics, Wind energy, Bio
Energy, Geothermal energy, other renewable sources, integration of renewable energy to the
grid.
Prerequisites: NA

EE404 Power System Analysis (6 Credits)

Power Systems Evolution of Power Systems, Energy Sources Structure of Bulk Power
Systems Basic three phase system concepts Power System Components:
Generators, Loads, Transformers, Transmission Lines etc. Modelling, Performance
and Constraints of these components Formulation/Solution of steady state
equations for interconnected systems: Balanced and Unbalanced systems. Positive
Sequence Network, Per Unit System, Y-bus formation Simple example of a load flow
solution Introduction to generator swing equations and stability issues, Simple
Example of Loss of synchronism Interconnected System Operation and Control:
Operational Objectives, Frequency Control, Voltage Control and Power Flow Control:
introduction to HVDC transmission and FACTS Economic Issues in Power Systems.
Analysis of Faulted Power Systems and Protection: Unbalanced System Analysis using
Sequence Components, Equipment Protection Schemes: Overcurrent, Differential and
Distance Protection, Relay coordination Preventive Control and Emergency Control
System Protection Schemes) Blackouts and Restoration
Prerequisites: NA

EE499 Thesis (Variable Credits)

Students registering for this course are associated with a supervisor and have to carry out
research work. Student will be evaluated for the program in research at the end of semester.
Prerequisites: This course is only for BTech Honours student.

EE501 Nanoelectronics (6 Credits)

Introduction to the principles of quantum mechanics, Quantum-mechanical origin of the

electrical and optical properties of materials and nanostructures, absorption, luminescence,
transport including tunneling in low-dimensional semiconductors, transport in nano-MOSFET,
Emerging nanomaterials and structures including graphene, graphene nanoribbons, carbon
nanotubes; Nanostructured devices, Nano-electromechanical systems, Quantum-dot cellular
automata.
Prerequisites: NA

EE502 Smart Grids (6 Credits)

Part - I Smart Grid (SG) Core Concepts: SG Conceptual Model, SG Architectures, SG

Standards, SG Regulatory Perspective, SG Technologies. Part - II Smart Grid Practical
Aspects: Initiatives around the world, Initiatives in India, India Smart Grid Vision and Roadmap

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(2012 - 2027), SG standards development in India, SG Pilot Projects in India, Challenges and
way forward.
Prerequisites: NA

EE503 HVDC Transmission (6 Credits)

1) Comparison of Ac and De Transmission Systems: Advantages and Disadvantages.

2) Fundamentals of the Rectification and Inversion Process, Mathematical Analysis of the
HVDC Converter.
3) Operation of semiconductor device: Thyristor valve.
4) Control of HVDC Systems.
5) Fault Detection and Protection.
6) Reactive Power Requirement and Filter Designfor HVDC Systems.
7) Analysis of Maximum Power Transfer Capability and Steady-State Stability of HVDC
Systems.
8) Emerging HVDC topologies (Voltage Sourced HVDC Converters, Multi-Modular Converter)
9) Ground Electrodes and De Transmission Lines
10) Use of Simulation Tools in analysis and Design of HVDC Systems
Additional advanced research topics as determined by the instructor.
Prerequisites: Power Engineering / Power System course at UG level.

EE504 Design of Analog and Mixed Signal Circuits (6 Credits)

OP AMP: Non ideal characteristics and analysis. Design of continuous time active filters: (i)
Approximation functions: Butterworth, Chebyshev & Bessel approximations, (ii) Biquad Filters.
Sallen Key and other filter configurations, cascade filter, GIC. Sample data filter: Switch
capacitor filter; filter transfer function in z-domain. Mixed signal circuits: Introduction to
switched current filter, current cell. Simple second order structure. Analog multiplexer, Sample
and Hold Circuits, aliasing error and anti-aliasing filter, DAC& ADC. Over sampling method for
A/D and D/A conversion. Delta-Sigma data converter. Noise and noise reductions.
Interference signals and their reduction. Logarithmic and exponential amplifiers, analog
multipliers and divider. Waveform generator and Oscillators, Voltage controlled
oscillator and Phase locked loop. Introduction to OPERATIONAL TRANSCONDUCTANCE
AMPLIFIERS: characteristics and applications. PSpice simulations, PCB design and layout.
Prerequisites: NA

EE505 Power System Operation Optimization (6 Credits)

Power flow analysis; Power system security; Sensitivity calculations; Economic Dispatch -
Classic, Security-constrained and Multi areas' system; Unit commitment; Optimal power flow;
Optimal load shedding; Optimal reconfiguration of electrical distribution network; Uncertainty
analysis in power systems; Integration of renewable energy.
Prerequisites: Introductory level full-semester course on Power Systems / Power Systems
Analysis.

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EE506 Power Systems Planning (6 Credits)

Elements of economics, finance and regulation as applied to the power sector, in general, and
power generation, in particular; Load-demand forecasting; Generation system reliability -
concepts, measures and methodology of evaluation; Overview of generation system
production simulation and analysis; Generation capacity planning; Bulk power transmission
planning
Prerequisites: Introductory level full-semester course on Power Systems / Power Systems
Analysis.

EE507 Sensors, Measurement, and Instrumentation (6 Credits)

Basics of measurement and Instrumentation: Characteristics, calibration and Error Analysis,

Electrical Measurements: (i) bridge circuits for R, L, C measurements, (ii) wattmeter and
energymeter (iii) dynamometers, potentiometers and instrument transformers. An
introduction to sensors: (i) temperature sensors (ii) force and pressure sensors (iii) motion
sensors and LVDT, (iv) flow sensors (v) Hall effect sensors. Signal conditioning circuit
design (bridge and filter circuits, instrument amplifier) and microcontroller based signal
processing and display (using Arduino board).
Prerequisites: NA

EE508 Fundamentals of Wireless Communication (6 Credits)

Wireless channels: Modeling of wireless channels; the wireless channel as a random linear
time-varying (LTV) system; stochastic characterization of LTV systems; the wide-sense
stationary uncorrelated scattering (WSSUS) assumption; characterizing key parameters of
wireless channels; discretization and discrete-time representation.
Diversity: Non-coherent and coherent reception; error probability for uncoded transmission;
realizing diversity; time diversity: interleaving, constellation rotation; frequency diversity:
spread spectrum systems and the Rake receiver; code design for wireless channels: the
product distance design criterion; diversity order estimates on the basis of the scattering
function.
Information theory of wireless channels: Entropy and mutual information; capacity of the
Gaussian channel and of parallel Gaussian channels; capacity of fading channels: ergodic
capacity and outage capacity; high versus low SNR regime; water filling capacity.
Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) wireless systems: Capacity of MIMO wireless
systems; spatial multiplexing; space-time coding.
Cellular. systems: Multiuser communications; multiple access and interference management;
CDMA and FDMA schemes; multi-user diversity.
Prerequisites: Probability theory with emphasis on Gaussian random processes; signal space
concepts, linear algebra, Communications Systems-I.

EE509 Power Electronics (6 Credits)

Characteristics of semiconductor power devices: Diode, Thyristor, Triac, GTO, MOSFET,

IGBT; DC to DC conversion: Buck, Boost and Buck-Boost converters; Single and three phase
configuration of uncontrolled rectifiers, Line commutated thyristor based converters,

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Bidirectional ac to de voltage source converters, Issues of line current harmonics, Power
factor, Distortion factor of ac to de converters, Single phase and three phase inverters,
Sinusoidal pulse width modulation. Advanced topic on modulation techniques, HVDC, and
FACTS.
Prerequisites: NA

EE510 Advanced Topics in Digital Signal Processing (6 Credits)

Review: sampling theory & basic DSP concepts, Multi-rate signal processing and filter
banks, Time-frequency analysis, STFT, wavelet transform, Linear prediction and optimum
linear filters, Adaptive filtering, Compressed sensing & sparse recovery.
Prerequisites: Probability and random processes, linear algebra, Signal Processing

EE512 Advanced and Digital Control System (6 Credits)

Revision to linear vector space, State space and state variables. Canonical Forms,
Observability and Controllability, Ackerman's Formula, LQR/LQG problem, Solving of Riccati
equation using eigenvalue and eigenvector, Internal Stability, Lyapunov and asymptotic
stability. Model based predictive controller, Simulation in MATLAB Simulink.
Fundamental of non-linear control, linearization, describing function, phase plane analysis,
limit cycles, Lyapunov and BIBO stability, Aizermans and Kalmans conjecture.
Discretization of continuous system, Z-transform, basics of digital control, optimization
problem, Kalman filter design, artificial neural network and fuzzy control.
Prerequisites: NA

EE515 Wireless Communication Security with SDRS (6 Credits)

Introduction to SDRs; Security analysis of simple systems: Key-Fobs; Bluetooth Security

analysis: Protocol Description followed by sniffer analysis; WiFi Security analysis: Protocol
Description followed by sniffer analysis; L TE Security analysis: Protocol Description followed
by sniffer analysis; Study of attack models for selective protocols.
Prerequisites: Basic Networking Knowledge

EE521 Analog IC design (6 Credits)

Fundamentles of Analog IC Design: Analog MOS transistor models - Fundamentals and

analog IC specification parameters -Threshold voltage - MOSFET I-V and C-V characteristics
- characterization of resistive - capacitive elements of MOS devices.
Second order effects: Body Effect -Subthreshold leagake- DIBL - GIDL - Velocity Saturation -
Hot electron effect.
Basics of single stage amplifier: MOS small signal model - Small signal analysis of common
source, common drain, common gate and cascade stage amplifier with various kind of loads.
Current mirrors: Various architectures, active current mirrors, Wiloson current source and
modified version.
Frequency response of amplifiers.

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CMOS Differential Amplifiers with balanced and unbalanced output - CMOS Operational
Amplifiers: telescopic - differential amp - folded cascade - multistage architecture - Common
mode feedback (CMFB) circuits.
Feedback topologies in amplifiers: Voltage Shunt - Voltage Series - Current Shunt - Current
Series type feedback.
Stability and frequency compensation.
Noise in amplifiers: Thermal noise - 1/f noise - Switching noise - Shot noise.
Non-linearity and mismatch analysis.
Switch capacitor circuits. Oscillators: LC oscillator and ring oscillators, VCO and PLL.
Analog layout Design: Common centroid - Uses of dummies -Antenna effect- Multiplier and
finger structure, Latchup and prevention techniques - IO pad design - Supply, ground, and
signal routing - Shielding techniques to remove crosstalk, deep n-well technique, Electrostatic
Descharge: Iluman body model - Charged device model - Machine model – ESD Protection
circuitry design.
Prerequisites: NA

EE523 Power System Analysis (6 Credits)

Power Systems Evolution of Power Systems, Energy Sources Structure of Bulk Power
Systems Basic three phase system concepts Power System Components: Generators, Loads,
Transformers, Transmission Lines etc. Modelling, Performance and Constraints of these
components Formulation/Solution of steady state equations for interconnected systems:
Balanced and Unbalanced systems. Positive Sequence Network, Per Unit System, Y-bus
formation Simple example of a load flow solution Introduction to generator swing equations
and stability issues, Simple Example of Loss of synchronism
Interconnected System Operation and Control: Operational Objectives, Frequency Control,
Voltage Control and Power Flow Control: introduction to HVDC transmission and FACTS
Economic Issues in Power Systems. Analysis of Faulted Power Systems and Protection:
Unbalanced System Analysis using Sequence Components, Equipment Protection Schemes:
Overcurrent, Differential and Distance Protection, Relay coordination Preventive Control and
Emergency Control System Protection Schemes) Blackouts and Restoration, Discussion on
some advanced topics of Power System Stability, Synchronous Machine, and Power System
Operation and Control.
Prerequisites: NA

EE525 Renewable Energy System (6 Credits)

Introduction to Renewable Energy, Worldwide scenario, Indian Scenario, Primary attributes of

different renewable energy sources; Solar Thermal, Solar Photovoltaics, Wind energy,
Bioenergy, Geothermal energy, other renewable sources, Integration of renewable energy to
the grid.
Prerequisites: NA

EE526 Digital IC Design (6 Credits)

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Introduction, MOS Transistor Basics and Theory. Threshold voltage, MOSFET I-V and CV
characteristics, characterization of resistive, capacitive elements of MOS devices. Logic
implementation by CMOS. Static CMOS invertor and its Transfer characteristics.
Transistor sizing, Technology scaling, Gate delay and power models. Static and Dynamic
characteristics, Noise margins, Interconnect basics and crosstalk. Logical effort, Electrical
effort, intrinsic/extrinsic delay. Circuit topologies and transistor sizing for optimal delay and
power. Circuit Styles: Static CMOS circuits, Pass transistor logic, Transmission gate, Dynamic
CMOS, Dual-rail-domino logic, Pseudo MOS logic and other families. Combination circuit
design with various architectures. Sequential circuit design, Basic understanding, design, and
timing analysis of sequential circuits like Flip- Flops and Latches. Time borrowing and
pipelining. Circuit pitfalls, Clocking techniques, and Layout design basics. Memory design,
EEPROM, DRAM, SRAM, and sense amplifiers. IOs, Low Power Techniques, Design
methods and tools, CMOS testing, System Design Examples.
Prerequisites: NA

EE529 Introduction to Wireless and Cellular Communications (6 Credits)

Overview of Cellular Systems and evolution 2G/3G/4G/5G, Cellular Concepts - Frequency

reuse, Co-channel and Adjacent channel Interference, Handoff, Blocking, Erlang Capacity,
Wireless propagation- Link budget, Free-space path loss, Noise figure of receiver, Wireless
propagation - Multipath fading, Shadowing, Fading margin, Shadowing margin, Antenna
Diversity, Wireless Channel Capacity, MIMO, CDMA, OFDM and LTE, Large Scale
Propagation effects and Channel Models.
Prerequisites: Communication Systems

EE543 Fundamentals of MLOps (2 Credits)

This hands-on course introduces participants to MLOps tools for deploying, automating,
evaluating, monitoring, optimizing and operating production ML systems on practically
available solutions including Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, AWS Sagemaker, etc. Types of
databases to be used for continuous functioning of the system. Data storage vs usage trade-
offs. Repeatability in training. Analysis of pricing models of the possible solutions. KPls offered
by different solutions and their relevance to the nature of the ML problem.
Prerequisites: Basic Python-based ML Algorithm Usage, and Networking Knowledge

EE555 Mathematical Methods – I (6 Credits)

Linear Algebra: Linear Equations, Vector Spaces, Linear Transformations, Polynomials,

Determinants, Elementary canonical Forms, Rational and Jordan Forms, Inner Product
Spaces, Operators on Inner Product Spaces.
Probability and Random Processes: Introduction to Probability Theory, Random Variables,
Conditional Probability and Conditional Expectation, Markov Chains, The Exponential
Distribution and the Poisson Process, Renewal Theory and Its Applications, Queueing Theory,
Simulation
Optimization Theory: Optimization in Rn, Existence of Solutions, Kuhn-Tucker Theorem
Markov Decision Processes and Finite Horizon Dynamic Programming.
Prerequisites: NA

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EE556 Mathematical Methods—II (6 Credits)

Mathematical Analysis: Real and complex numbers systems, Set theory, Point set topology,
Limits and continuity, Derivatives, Functions of bounded variation and rectifiable curves,
Riemann-stieltjes integral, Infinite series and Infinite Products, Sequence of Functions, Implicit
Functions and Extremum Problems, Cauchy’s theorem
Differential Equations: Separable Equations, First-order Equations, Second-order Linear
Equations, Power Series Solutions and Special Functions, Partial Differential Equations and
Boundary Value Problems, Systems of First-Order Equations, The Existence and Uniqueness
of Solutions, Numerical Methods.
Prerequisites: NA

EE566 Math of Turn-based Strategy Games (3 Credits)

Basics: Markov Chains - Markov Decision Processes (MOP} - Dynamic Programming. Game
Classification: Turn-based Strategy (TBS} games - Real-time Strategy (RTS) games. Game
Modelling: Application of MDPs to Modelling and Analysis of the TBS games Case studies:
Compact Conflict or World Wdrs 2 - Variations of the selected game.
Prerequisites: Basic Probability Theory

EE567 Math of Machine Learning (3 Credits)

Basic Definitions: Convex functions and sets, Introduction to Theory of Learning: meaning of
learning, overfitting etc, Gradient and Sub-gradient descent for non-smooth functions eg:
SVM, Online Gradient Descent eg: SGD and its applications (NN), Duality and its examples,
Bayesian Machine Learning, Estimating decisions using posterior distributions, Model
selection: Variational Inference.
Prerequisites: Basic Calculus and Linear Algebra

EE599 Thesis (Variable Credits)

Students registering for this course are associated with a supervisor and have to carry out
research work. Student will be evaluated for the program in research at the end of semester.
Prerequisites: This course is only for MTech student.

EE601 Solar Photovoltaic Devices and Systems (6 Credits)

Importance of photovoltaics in the present world scenario, Review of semiconductor

fundamentals, Design of solar cells, Solar cell technologies, Emerging concepts, Solar PV
modules, Balance of solar PV systems, PV system design and applications.
Prerequisites: NA

EE602 Application of Stochastic Geometry in Wireless Networks (6 Credits)

Basics of spatial point processes and stochastic geometry, Outage and interference in random
wireless networks, Applications to multi-antenna systems, power control, bandwidth
partitioning, opportunistic relay selection, Multi-tier cellular networks, ARQ and local-
connectivity delay, Non-Poisson networks (cluster, cognitive and CSMA), A final mini-research
project to help students explore more advanced topics in this subject.

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Prerequisites: NA

EE603 Multi-Antenna Digital Communications (6 Credits)

Preliminaries: Review of Gaussian random variables and vectors, Complex Gaussian random
vectors, Detection in Gaussian noise, Probability of error, union bound, some definitions and
results from Information theory Capacity of the vector Gaussian or MIMO channel, Ergodic
Capacity of multi-antenna Gaussian channels with Rayleigh fading, Outage capacity of multi-
antenna Gaussian channels with fading Spatial multiplexing: V-BLAST Space-time codes:
Design criteria, Alamouti code, Orthogonal designs, Quasi-orthogonal space-time codes,
Diversity-multiplexing gain trade-off MIMO with feedback: Long-term and short-term power
constraints, delay-limited capacity Multiuser MIMO: Multiple access, broadcast.
Prerequisites: NA

EE604 Signal Processing Algorithms to DSP Architectures (6 Credits)

Architectures for VLSI implementation of signal processing systems - Multi-core, many-core,

hardware accelerators - Metrics for analysis and comparison of architectures - DSP
algorithms, properties relevant to hardware realizations - Modifications to algorithms to
improve hardware realizability - Models such as dataflow graphs and their use in architecture
exploration - Communication architectures, networks on chip - Specialized architectures for
DSP functions.
Prerequisites: NA

EE605 Advanced Computer Networks (6 Credits)

Basics of Computer Networking, TCP/IP protocol stack, Local Area Networks (Ethernet, Wi-
Fi), Network Management, Network Security, Multimedia Transport, Next generation Internet
architectures.
Prerequisites: NA

EE606 5G NR Systems: Physical Layer Aspects (6 Credits)

Physical layer General description, Physical layer services provided by the physical layer,
Physical channels and modulation, Multiplexing and channel coding, Physical layer
procedures for control, Physical layer procedures for data, Physical layer measurements,
Physical layer procedures for shared spectrum channel access.
Prerequisites: Digital Signal Processing, Wireless Communications, Probability and Random
Processes

EE610 Application of power Electronics to power System (6 Credits)

Load Balancing, reactive power compensation and active filtering techniques. Flexible AC
transmission systems (FACTS). Principles of series and shunt compensation. Description of
static var compensators (SVC), Thyristor Controlled series compensators (TCSC), Static
phase shifters (SPS), Static compensator (STATCOM), Static synchronous series
compensator (SSSC) and Unified power flow controller (UPFC). Modelling and Analysis of
FACTS controllers. Control strategies to improve system stability. High Voltage DC
Transmission System (HVDC), and their control.
Prerequisites: EE509 Power Electronics

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EE611 Introduction to Information Theory and Coding (6 Credits)

Information, discrete memoryless source, entropy, mutual information, capacity, source and
channel coding theorems, Shannon's capacity formula, rate-distortion theorem, differential
entropy, Linear Binary Block Codes, Convolutional Codes, Turbo Codes, LDPC codes, Polar
codes. Applications of coding theory in 4G and SG systems..
Prerequisites: Basic Understanding of Probability and Random Variable

EE701 Wireless MAC Modelling (6 Credits)

Markov Chains - Discrete Time, Continuous Time, State classifications, Birth Death processes,
Network of queues MAC protocols - CSMA/CA, QoS parameters - Reliability, Latency, State
diagram of CSMA, 2 Dimensional Markov Model of CSMA, 3 Dimensional Markov Model of
CSMA.
Prerequisites: NA

EE777 Mobile Communications Systems (6 Credits)

General Introduction: ITU definitions, Standardization Bodies, Brief History of Mobile

Communications Systems, IEEE and 3GPP Family of Technologies, Wireless Spectrum.
Radio Access Network: 4G and SG Systems. Physical Layer/MAC: OFDMA and SC-FDMA,
Uplink and Downlink Scheduling (proportionally fair, etc), HARQ, Transport Block Size,
Modulation and Coding Index Determination, MIMO and Precoding, Multiple Access, Cell
Search, PLMN Search, Random Access. SG NR Frame Structure. Radio Protocols: RLC,
PDCP, SOAP, RRC. Mobility: Neighbouring Cell Measurements, Lossless and Lossy Intra-
system Handovers
Performance and System Design: Layer 1 peak bit rates, link budget, spectral efficiency,
latency, Terminal Categories
End-device Hardware Design: Design for different terminal category support.
Core Network: IP Address management, Mobile IP, 1Pv6 in 3GPP, Tunnelling, SON and NFV
aspects.
Applications: Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service, Secure User-Plane Location for
Assisted GPS, Edge Computing,
Multimedia Communications Support, Voice over LTE, AR/VR Delivery, uRLLC, Machine Type
Communications, eMBB, V2X over SG.
Prerequisites: NA

EE795 Candidacy (0 Credit)

The objective of this candidacy is to evaluate the candidate’s ability to carry out research and
shall include the evaluation of the knowledge breadth of the student, including the research
comprehension.
Prerequisites: Student must have completed the course credit requirement for the program
registered for.

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EE798 Independent Study (variable Credits)

Students registering for this course are expected to get versed in a particular topic allotted by
the course instructor. The topic and the credits are assigned by the course instructor. There
will not be any regular lecture delivered for this course type.
Prerequisites: The course is available only to PG students.

EE799 Thesis (variable Credits)

Students registering for this course are associated with a supervisor and have to carry out
research work. Student will be evaluated for the program in research at the end of semester.
Prerequisites: Student must have cleared candidacy.

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Courses in Mathematics
MA200 Differential Equations (2 Credits)

First order linear ordinary differential equations, Bernoulli’s equations, exact differential
equations and integrating factor, solutions of second and higher order linear differential
equations with constant coefficients.
First order linear partial differential equations, quasi-linear PDE, method of characteristics,
Cauchy problem; classification of second order partial differential equation, separation of
variable method for heat, Laplace and wave equations.
Prerequisites: NA

MA201 Complex Variables (2 Credits)

Complex numbers and elementary properties, complex functions - limits, continuity and
differentiability. Cauchy-Riemann equations, Laplace equations, analytic functions and
harmonic functions, path integrals, Cauchy-Goursat theorem, Cauchy integral formula,
derivations of an analytic function, Taylor series, power series, Laurent series, zeros,
singularities, Cauchy's residue theorem and applications.
Prerequisites: NA

MA202 Transform Techniques (2 Credits)

Laplace transform, inverse Laplace transform, properties, Laplace transforms of derivatives

and integrals, partial fractions, unit step function, t-shifting, applications of Laplace transform
to differential equations; Fourier integral and Fourier transform, inversion, convolution,
applications of Fourier transform to differential equations.
Prerequisites: NA

MA500 Real Analysis (6 Credits)

Real valued functions of real variables, continuity, intermediate value theorem, differentiability,
mean value theorem and applications, Riemann integral and its properties, improper
integrals.
Sequences and series of functions: uniform convergence, equicontinuity, Arzela-Ascoli's
theorem.
Construction of Lebesgue measure, measurable functions, Lebesgue integration, abstract
measure and abstract integration, monotone convergence theorem, dominated
convergence theorem, Fatou's lemma, comparison of Riemann integration and Lebesgue
integration.
Prerequisites: NA

MA501 Linear Algebra (6 Credits)

Systems of linear equations, matrices and elementary operations, row-reduced echelon

matrices, solutions of linear systems: existence and uniqueness. vector spaces,
subspaces, spanning space, bases and dimensions, ordered basis and coordinates, linear
transformations, matrix representations of linear transformations, range space and rank, null
space and nullity, the rank and nullity theorem, invertibility.

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Eigenvalues and eigenvectors, the characteristic polynomial, the Cayley- Hamilton theorem,
the minimal polynomial, algebraic and geometric multiplicities, diagonalization, the Jordan
canonical form.
Prerequisites: NA

MA502 Modern Algebra (4 Credits)

Groups: Definition of group and its properties, subgroups, coset of a subgroup, Lagrange's
theorem. Cyclic groups, normal subgroups, quotient groups. Homomorphism, isomorphism
theorems. Group actions, Sylow's theorem. Direct products of groups actions.
Rings: Definition of ring with examples, homomorphism theorems, ideals and its properties,
two• sided ideals, prime and maximal ideals. The Chinese Remainder Theorem; Maximal and
prime ideals; Unique factorization domains, principal ideal domains, Euclidean domains,
universal property of a polynomial ring; Criteria for irreducibility, Concept of field and related
examples.
Prerequisites: NA

MA503 Introduction to Probability Theory (4 Credits)

Introduction to probability, probability spaces, conditional probability, Bayes' theorem

and independence of events; Random variables -discrete and continuous,
probability mass, probability density and cumulative distribution functions, joint
distributions, independence, mathematical expectations, moments, covariance,
correlation, Chebyshev's inequality; Special distributions: binomial, hypergeometric,
Poisson, exponential, uniform, normal distributions.
Random sampling, sample mean, sample Variance, weak and strong law of large
numbers, central limit theorems.
Prerequisites: NA

MA504 Differential Equations (4 Credits)

A review of first order equations, Picard's existence and uniqueness theorem, second order
differential equations with constant coefficients - wronskian, method of variation of
parameters; Series solution of second order linear equations: ordinary points, regular
singular points, Legendre polynomials and properties, Bessel functions and properties.
Systems of first order differential equations.
First order linear and quasi-linear partial differential equations (PDEs), Cauchy problem,
classification of second order PDEs. Solutions methods for Poisson's, Laplace's and heat
equations.
Prerequisites: NA

MA505 Complex Analysis (6 Credits)

Complex numbers, holomorphic functions, Cauchy Riemann equations, harmonic functions,

Cauchy theorem and Cauchy's integral formula, Taylor and Laurent series, Liouville's
theorem, open mapping theorem; The maximum -modulus theorem, isolated singularities,
residue theorem, the argument principle, real integrals via contour integration. Mobius

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transformations, conformal mappings. The Schwarz lemma, automorphisms of the disc. The
Riemann mapping theorem.
Prerequisites: NA

MA506 Multi-Variable Calculus (4 Credits)

Functions of several variables, continuity, directional derivatives, partial derivatives, total

derivative, higher order derivatives and Taylor's theorem, maxima-minima problems, critical
points, saddle points and the Hessian, constrained extrema and Lagrange's multipliers; The
inverse and implicit function theorem; Integration on R", differential forms on R", closed
and exact forms; Green's theorem and its applications, Stokes' theorem and Gauss's
divergence theorem.
Prerequisites: NA

MA507 Numerical Techniques (6 Credits)

Linear systems of equations, direct and iterative schemes, ill conditioning and convergence
analysis, sources of errors, solutions of nonlinear equations, Numerical Schemes for non-
linear systems, bisection method, Newton's method and its variants, fixed point iterations,
convergence analysis; Finite differences, polynomial interpolation, Hermite interpolation,
spline interpolation; Numerical integration - Trapezoidal and Simpson's rules, Gaussian
quadrature, Richardson extrapolation; Initial value problems - Taylor series method, Euler
and modified Euler methods, Runge-Kutta methods, single step, multistep methods, order,
consistency,stability and convergence analysis; Numerical solution of differential equations;
Boundary value problems: Shooting and finite difference methods.
Prerequisites: NA

MA508 Topology (6 Credits)

Definition of topological spaces and examples, bases, product topology, subspace topology,
metric topology, quotient topology, second countability and separability; Continuous
functions on topological spaces, homeomorphisms, connected set, examples, path
connectedness and local connectedness.
Compact set and examples, local compactness, limit point compactness and sequential
compactness; Tychonoff theorem, Stone-Weierstrass theorem.
Hausdorff, regular and normal spaces; Urysohn lemma, The Tietze extension theorem;
compactification; Urysohn's metrization theorem.
Prerequisites: NA

MA509 Statistical Inference (6 Credits)

Order statistics: Distribution of rth order statistics, joint distribution of rth and sth order
statistics, distribution of range, sample median and mid-range.
Estimator: Statistic, estimate, estimator, unbiasedness, consistency, strong consistency
efficiency, efficient estimator, sufficient statistics, minimal sufficient statistics, exponential
family, completeness, ancillary statistic, Basu's theorem, Fisher information, Cramer-Rao
lower bound (CRLB), Bhattacharyya bound, uniformly minimum variance unbiased estimator
(UMVUE), Rao-Blackwell theorem, Lehman-Scheffe theorem.
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Method of Estimation: Maximum likelihood estimator (MLE), properties of MLE's, limiting
distribution of MLE, Method of moments.
Bayesian estimation (Basic): Loss functions, prior and conjugate prior, posterior distribution,
Bayes' risk and Bayes' estimator.
Testing of hypothesis: Hypothesis, critical region, p-value, size of test, level of significance,
types of errors, power of the test and power function, randomized and nonrandomized test,
monotone likelihood ratio (MLR) property, Neyman-Pearson lemma-I and II, most powerful
test (MP test), uniformly most powerful test (UMP test), uniformly most powerful unbiased test
(UMPU test), Karlin-Rubin theorem, likelihood ratio test.
Interval Estimation: Interval estimator, method of finding interval estimators, pivotal quantity
method.
Prerequisites: NA

MA510 Elementary Number Theory (6 Credits)

Preliminaries: Well-Ordering Principle, Mathematical induction, Binomial theorem.

Divisibility theory: Division algorithm, The greatest common divisor and the least common
multiple, Euclidean Algorithm, Prime numbers, Prime number theorem (statement only),
Fundamental theorem of arithmetic, The linear Diophantine equation in two unknowns, The
theory of congruences.
Fermat's theorem, Pseudoprimes, Wilson's Theorem, Euler's generalization of Fermat's
theorem, Number Theoretic functions, Primitive roots, The quadratic reciprocity law. Brief
introduction to public key cryptography.
Number of special forms: Perfect numbers, Mersenne primes, Fermat numbers, Fibonacci
numbers.
Some nonlinear Diophantine equations: The Pythagorean equations, A special case of
Fermat's last theorem.
Representation of integers as sums of squares, continued fractions, Pell's equation.
Prerequisites: NA

MA511 Topics in Nonlinear Analysis (6 Credits)

Distribution Theory: Test functions and distributions, Operations on distributions:

differentiation, multiplication, convolution, Fourier transform, Schwartz spaces, tempered
distributions
Sobolev Spaces: Review of Lebesgue spaces, approximation by smooth functions,
extension, embedding and compactness theorems, dual spaces and trace theory
Weak Solutions of boundary value problems: Abstract variational problems, Stampacchia
and Lax-Milgram theorems and its applications in elliptic boundary value problems
Prerequisites: Basic Analysis

MA512 Topics in Fixed Point Theory (6 Credits)

Metric Fixed Point Theory: Banach contraction principle and its various applications to
integral equations, differential equations and numerical analysis; Some generalizations of
Banach contraction principle; Fixed points results in partially ordered metric space and its

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applications to matrix quations; Multi-valued maps, examples, Hausdorff metric and Nadler's
theorem.
Fixed Points in Topological Spaces: Brouwer's fixed point theorem and applications;
Schauder's fixed point theorems and applications to Peano existence theorem, nonexpansive
maps, examples, fixed point theorem for non-expansive maps, Kakutani fixed point theorem
for mauti-valued maps and its applications, Key-Fan best approximation theorem.
Prerequisites: Basics of Analysis and Topology

MA513 Introduction to Linear Regression and Experimental Design (6 Credits)

Descriptive Statistics, Sampling Distributions, Basic concept of estimation and hypotheses

testing.
Simple and multiple linear regression models, estimation, tests and confidence regions for
model parameters; model adequacy checking; diagnostics for leverage and influence;
Multicollinearity, Polynomial Regression Model.
Analysis of Variance, Complete Randomized Designs, Randomized Block Designs, Factorial
experiments.
Prerequisites: Probability and Statistics/ Statistical Inference

MA514 Analytic Number Theory (6 Credits)

Prime numbers, Fundamental theorem of arithmetic, Basic concepts of the theory of

congruences.
Arithmetic functions: Basic concepts of arithmetic functions, Dirichlet multiplication, Asymptotic
estimates for arithmetic functions.
Some elementary results on the distribution of prime numbers.
Characters of a finite abelian group, Dirichlet's theorem on the primes in an arithmetic
progression.
Dirichlet series and Euler products, The Riemann zeta function.
Prime number theorem and its analytic proof.
Prerequisites: Real Analysis, complex analysis algebra basic group theory

MA515 Matrix Analysis (6 Credits)

Review of some basic concepts, Matrices of special types and their properties (Projection and
orthogonal projection matrices, Idempotent matrices, Nilpotent matrices, Orthogonal Matrices,
etc). Generalized inverses, Moore-Penrose inverse, Quadratic forms, Positive Definite and
Semidefinite Matrices, Similar and Equivalence Matrix, Matrix decomposition, Vector, and
matrix differentiation, Kronecker Products and the Vee and Vech Operators, Matrix Norm and
Sum of Matrices, Canonical forms, Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors, Location and Perturbation
of Eigenvalues.
Prerequisites: Linear Algebra I,II/ Linear Algebra

MA600 Analysis (6 Credits)

Metric spaces, open and closed sets, complete metric space, compactness and
connectedness,

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Continuity of a function, Cantor’s intersection theorem, Baire category theorem, uniform
continuity, compact metric space, sequences and series of functions, uniform convergence,
differentiation, inverse and implicit function theorems, Riemann integration, Lebesgue
integration.
Prerequisites: NA

MA601 Numerical Methods and Computing (6 Credits)

Numerical solutions of equations in one variable, interpolation and approximation, numerical

differentiation and integration, Numerical solution of ordinary differential equations: Runge-
Kutta methods, derivation, error bounds and error estimates, Gauss-Seidel and Gauss-Jacobi
iterative methods for solving system of linear algebraic of equations, computing of eigenvalues
and eigenvectors. Computer lab by using appropriate software tools like Python, MATLAB etc.
Prerequisites: NA

MA602 Differential Equations (6 Credits)

Picard-Lindelöf theorem for initial value problems, Peano’s existence theorem, continuous
dependence on initial condition; solutions of linear ordinary differential equations; linear
systems.
First order quasi-linear and nonlinear partial differential equation, classification of second order
partial differential equation; Solution methods for Laplace’s and Poisson’s equation; Solution
methods for heat equation; Fourier and separation of variable method for heat, Laplace and
wave equations.
Prerequisites: NA

MA603 Linear Algebra (6 Credits)

Vector spaces, subspaces, bases and dimensions, linear transformations, matrix

representations of linear transformations, range space and null space, the rank-nullity
theorem, invertibility; eigenvalues and eigenvectors, annihilating polynomial, the minimal
polynomial and the characteristic polynomial, Cayley-Hamilton theorem, invariant subspaces,
triangulation, diagonalization; inner product spaces, orthonormal bases, linear functional, self-
adjoint, normal and unitary operators.
Prerequisites: NA

MA604 Functional Analysis (6 Credits)

Review of metric spaces, normed linear spaces, Banach spaces, linear maps, boundedness,
non-compactness of the unit ball in infinite dimensional normed linear spaces, quotient
spaces; Banach-Steinhaus theorem, open mapping theorem and closed graph theorem,
Hahn-Banach theorem.
Hilbert Spaces: Bessel's inequality, complete systems, Gram-Schmidt orthogonalization,
Parseval's identity, projections, orthogonal decomposition.
Dual spaces, Riesz representation theorem, reflexivity, weak topologies, weak convergence,
weak compactness, Banach-Alaoglu theorem.
Prerequisites: NA

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MA605 Operations Research (4 Credits)

Linear optimization: Formulation and geometrical ideas of linear programming problems,

simplex Method, revised simplex method, duality, sensitivity analysis, transportation and
assignment problems, introduction to interior-point methods.
Nonlinear optimization: Method of Lagrange multipliers, KKT conditions, convex optimization,
quadratic optimization, numerical methods for constrained optimization, dynamic
programming.
Prerequisites: NA

MA606 Partial Differential Equations (6 Credits)

First-order equations, method of characteristics and existence of local solutions; Hamilton•

Jacobi equation, Hopf-Lax formula, weak solution of Hamilton-Jacobi equation and its
uniqueness; introduction to conservation laws, weak solutions, Rankine-Hugoniot condition,
shocks, Lax-Oleinik formula, entropy condition and uniqueness of entropy solution.
Characteristic Manifolds and Cauchy Problem, non-characteristic surfaces, Cauchy-
Kowalevski theorem and uniqueness theorem of Holmgren.
Laplace Equation, fundamental solution, harmonic function and its properties; Poissons
equation, Dirichlet problem and Greens function; existence of solution of the Dirichlet
problem using Perrons method; Introduction to variational method; Heat Equation,
fundamental solution and initial-value problem; mean value formula, maximum principle,
uniqueness and regularity; nonnegative solutions; Wave Equation, d'Alemberts formula,
method of spherical means, Hadamards method of descent, Dumahels principle and Cauchy
problem, initial-boundary-value problem.
Prerequisites: NA

MA607 Fourier Analysis (6 Credits)

Convolution, elementary properties of convolutions; The Hardy-Littlewood maximal function,

approximations of the identity, weak-type inequality, Marcinkiewicz interpolation theorem,
Hardy-Littlewood maximal function and its properties, dyadic maximal function, Calderon•
Zygmund theorem, Riesz-Thorin interpolation theorem.
Introduction to Fourier series, basis approximation theorem, Dini's conditions. Introduction to
Fourier transform; Plancherel theorem, Wiener-Tauberian theorems, Interpolation of
operators, maximal functions, Lebesgue differentiation theorem, Poisson representation of
harmonic functions, introduction to singular integral operators.
Prerequisites: NA

MA608 Martingale Theory (6 Credits)

Review of conditional expectation: Conditional expectation and conditional probability, regular

conditional distributions, conditional independence. Martingales and Stopping times: Stopping
times, random time change, sigma field, martingale property, optional sampling theorem,
maximum and upcrossing inequalities, martingale convergence theorem.
Gaussian processes and Brownian motion: Symmetries of Gaussian distribution, existence
and path properties of Brownian motion, law of iterated logarithm, Martingale central limit
theorem.
Prerequisites: Probability Theory
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MA609 Numerical Optimization Techniques (2 Credits)

Numerical optimization techniques: line search methods, gradient methods, Newton's method,
conjugate direction methods and quasi-Newton methods.
Prerequisites: NA

MA610 Operator Theory (6 Credits)

Overview of Hahn-Banach theorem, Open mapping theorem, Closed graph theorem, Uniform
boundedness principles.
Banach algebras, Gelfand theory, C*-algebras the GNS construction, spectral theorem for
normal operators, Fredholm operators. The L-infinity functional calculus for normal operators.
Prerequisites: Some basics of Analysis and Measure Theory

MA611 Stochastic Processes (6 Credits)

Review of random variables and distribution functions, Discrete-time Markov chains: Markov
property, class division, hitting time and absorption probabilities, strong Markov property,
recurrence and transience, invariant distributions, convergence to equilibrium. Continuous
time Markov chains: Q-matrices, embedded Markov chain, Kolmogorov forward and backward
equations, classification of states, limit theorems. Poisson Process: its different
characterizations, inter-arrival and waiting time distributions, conditional distribution of arrival
times. Random walk in 1,2,3-dimension, the Reflection Principle, hitting probabilities of a finite
sets, coupling and total variation distance, mixing time.
Prerequisites: Advance knowledge of probability theory (Instructor's consent will be required)

MA612 Set-Valued Analysis (6 Credits)

Definition of Set- Value Maps and Examples; Domain, range and graph of set-valued map;
Upper semi-continuity, lower semi-continuity and closed graph of SVM; composition of two
SVM and inverse image; some theorems that related continuity and closed graph of SVM;
Hausdorff metric and its properties; Existence results for set-valued Variational inequalities
and its applications to game theory in particular to Nash equilibrium problems.
Prerequisites: Real Analysis

MA613 Operator Theory II (6 Credits)

Overview of Gelfand theory, C"*-algebras the GNS construction, Spectral theorem for normal
operator. Compact Operator, Schatten-p-class operators, Basic van-Neumann algebras,
Operator spaces, Contractive and complete contractive homomorphism, Function algebra,
Dilation
Prerequisites: Some basic of functional analysis, measure theory, operator theory

MA614 Introductory Additive Number Theory (6 Credits)

Basic number-theoretic concepts. Sumsets of finite sets of integers: Introduction to sumsets,

Direct and inverse problems for sum sets, Freiman's inverse theorem (statement only),
Applications to the number of sums and products, sumsets and powers of 2, Introduction to
subset sums, Direct and inverse problems for subset sums.

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Sumsets of sets of congruence classes: Set addition in groups, e-transform, Kemperman
transform, Cauchy-Davenport theorem, Pollard's theorem, Erdos-Ginzburg-Zlv theorem,
Chevalley-Warning theorem, Vosper's theorem, Freiman-Vosper theorem (statement only).
Restricted sums of sets of congruence classes: Erdds-Heilbronn conjecture and Dias da Silva-
Hamidoune theorem, Polynomial method in additive number theory: Proofs of Cauchy-
Davenport theorem, Erdos-Heilbronn conjecture and its h-fold generalization.
Sumsets in groups: Periodic subset of a group, Kneser's addition theorem, Some applications
of Kneser's theorem.
Prerequisites: Undergraduate courses in Abstract Algebra, Linear Algebra.

MA615 Critical Point Theory (6 Credits)

A review of Sobolev spaces and differential calculus for real functionals on a Banach space,
critical points via minimization, pseudo gradient field, deformation theorems, minimax
theorems and applications: generalized mountain pass and saddle point theorems,
constrained minimization problems, Ekeland variational principle, problems with lack of
compactness.
Prerequisites: Basic functional analysis

MA616 Algebraic Number Theory (6 Credits)

1. Historical Background, algebraic numbers, algebraic integers and their properties,

Characteristic and minimal polynomial of an element- relative to a finite extension,
Equivalent definitions of norm and trace.
2. Integral bases, discriminant, Stickelberger's theorem, Brille's theorem, description of
integral basis of quadratic, pure cubic number fields and cyclotomic fields.
3. Ideals in the ring of algebraic integers and their norm, factorization of ideals into prime
ideals, generalised Fermat's theorem, Euler's theorem.
4. Ramification index and Residual degree, Dedekind's theorem for decomposition of
rational primes in algebraic number fields and its application, splitting of rational primes
in quadratic and cyclotomic fields, Finiteness of ramified primes.
5. Factorisation into irreducible elements, Dirichlet's theorem on units, regulator of an
algebraic number fields, explicit computation of fundamental units in real quadratic
fields.
Prerequisites: Basic knowledge of Abstract Algebra.

MA617 Statistical Decision Theory (6 Credits)

Group of Transformations; Principle of invariance, Location, Scale and Affine Equivariant

estimators. General Principle of equivariance; Minimum risk equivariant estimators under
location scale and location-scale families; Pitman Estimator; Bayesian estimation; prior
distributions; posterior distribution; Bayes estimators; limit of Bayes estimators; hierarchical
Bayes estimators; Generalized Bayes estimators; Empirical Bayes Estimator, James-Stein
estimator, Minimax estimators and their relationships with Bayes estimators; admissibility;
Review of hypotheses testing problem. Invariance in hypothesis testing; Unbiased test and its

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Applications to Normal Distributions; Confidence Intervals; Equivariant Confidence Sets,
Bayesian Confidence Sets.
Prerequisites: Statistical Inference

MA618 Introduction to Spectral Theory (6 Credits)

Introduction: Origin - spectrum and invertibility.

Banach Algebra: Ideals & quotients - spectrum of an element of a Banach algebra - spectral
radius - Reisz functional calculus - dependence of the spectrum on the algebra.
Spectral Representation: Spectrum and resolvent - various sub-divisions of spectrum -
spectral projection - spectral measure - spectral representation theorem of compact operators
and self-adjoint operators.
Compact Perturbation & Fredholm theory: Calkin algebra - Fredholm operators Fredholm
index - Riesz theory of compact operators - Fredholm alternative - essential spectrum - further
analysis of spectrum.
Spectral properties of unbounded linear operators: unbounded linear operators and Hilbert
adjoint - symmetric and self-adjoint linear operators - spectral properties of self-adjoint linear
operators - multiplication operator - differentiotion operator - applications in quantum physics.
Prerequisites: Functional Analysis or Related Areas (MA604)

MA619 Advanced Algebraic Number Theory (6 Credits)

Prime ideal decomposition in relative extensions: Relative Ramification Index and

Residual Degree - Splitting of Prime Ideals in Galois Extensions - Norm of an Ideal in Relative
Extensions - The Fundamental Equality in Relative Extensions.
Relative Discriminant and Dedekind's theorem on ramified primes: Notions of Relative
Different and Relative Discriminant - Properties of Relative Different and Relative Discriminant
- Dedekind's Theorem on Ramified Primes.
Class Group and Class Number: Finiteness of Class Number - Computation of Class
Number - Hermite's Theorem on Discriminant.
Dirichlet's Class Number Formula and its Applications: Dirichlet's Class Number Formula
and Ideal Theorem - Derivation of Dirichlet's Class Number Formula - Applications of
Dirichlet's Class Number Formula.
Simplified Class Number Formula for Cyclotomic, Quadratic Fields: Numerical
Characters and l-functions - Simplification of Class Number Formula for Cyclotomic Fields -
Dirichlet's Theorem for Primes in Arithmetic Progressions - Simplified Class Number Formula
for Quadratic Fields.
Prerequisites: Basic Knowledge of Algebra and Number Theory (MA616)

MA699 Thesis (variable Credits)

Students registering for this course are associated with a supervisor and have to carry out
research work. Student will be evaluated for the program in research at the end of semester.
Prerequisites: NA

MA795 Candidacy (0 Credit)

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The objective of this candidacy is to evaluate the candidate’s ability to carry out research and
shall include the evaluation of the knowledge breadth of the student, including the research
comprehension.
Prerequisites: Student must have completed the course credit requirement for the program
registered for.

MA798 Independent Study (variable Credits)

Students registering for this course are expected to get versed in a particular topic allotted by
the course instructor. The topic and the credits are assigned by the course instructor. There
will not be any regular lecture delivered for this course type.
Prerequisites: The course is available only to PG students.

MA799 Thesis (variable Credits)

Students registering for this course are associated with a supervisor and have to carry out
research work. Student will be evaluated for the program in research at the end of semester.
Prerequisites: Student must have cleared candidacy.

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Courses in Mechanical Engineering
ME102 Engineering and Machine Drawing (3 Credits)

Introduction to sketching; Principal views; Principles of dimensioning; Introduction to

computer aided graphics; Missing view, sectional view and assembly drawings; Pictorial
representation, isometric drawing, Perspective drawing; Lines, planes, auxiliary view,
Relationship between lines and planes; Intersections and development of lateral surfaces;
Conceptual design, embodiment design, designing to standard, machine drawing,
dimensioning as per standards, fits and tolerances, machine elements, assembly drawing,
geometrical modelling, and use of CAD software for modelling and animation.
Prerequisites: NA

ME110 Machine Drawing (3 Credits)

Conceptual design, embodiment design, designing to standard, machine drawing,

dimensioning as per standards, fits and tolerances, machine elements, assembly drawing,
geometrical modeling, and use of CAD software for modeling and animation.
Prerequisites: NA

ME111 Thermodynamics (6 Credits)

Introductory concepts and definitions; First law of thermodynamic; Quasi-static and reversible
processes; Adiabatic changes; Carnot cycle; Second law of thermodynamics; heat engines
and refrigerators, absolute temperature scale; Entropy and the Clausius inequality, second
law in terms of entropy, the Gibbs equation, entropy for ideal gases, entropy change for
reversible and irreversible processes, Availability; Thermodynamics property relations;
Properties of pure substances; Thermodynamics cycles.
Prerequisites: NA

ME151 Fundamentals of Metallurgy (3 Credits)

Structure of metals: lnteratomic bonding - Crystal system - Unit cells - Point coordinates -
Crystallographic directions - Crystallographic planes - Millers indices - Bravais lattice -
Allotropy.
Material properties: Theoretical strength - Defects in crystals - Slip and Twin -Anisotropy.
Phase Diagram: Formulation - Equilibrium structure - Fully soluble system - Partially soluble
system - Gibbs phase-rule - Hardening and softening thermal treatments - m diagrams - CCC
diagrams.
Prerequisites: NA

ME201 Design and analysis experiments (2 Credits)

Fundamental of statistics, Basics of experimental design, Hypothesis testing, Analysis of

variance (ANOVA), Regression analysis, Taguchi method, Introduction to factorial design and
Response surface methodology.
Prerequisites: NA

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ME212 Fluid Mechanics (6 Credits)

Introduction and fundamental Concepts; Fluid statics; Kinematics of fluid; Governing

equations and analysis of finite control volume; Applications of governing equations of motion
and mechanical energy; Principles of physical similarity and dimensional analysis, flow of ideal
fluids; Viscous incompressible flows; Laminar boundary layers; Turbulent flow; Applications of
viscous flow through pipes; compressible flows.
Prerequisites: NA

ME213 Heat and Mass Transfer (6 Credits)

Introduction, rate equation and conservation of energy equations, modes of heat transfer;
Conduction: 1D steady and unsteady state heat conduction, heat transfer of extended
surfaces;
Convection: governing equations, dimensional analysis, boundary layers; Forced convection:
external and internal flows; Natural and Mixed convection; Design of heat exchangers: LMTD
and NTU methods; Radiation: Processes and properties; Black and real body radiation; view
factor and radiation exchanges between surfaces in an enclosure; concept of mass transfer.
Prerequisites: NA

ME229 Thermodynamics II (4 Credits)

Statements of the second law, heat engines and refrigerators, absolute temperature scale;
Entropy: theoretical development, second law in terms of entropy, the Gibbs equation, entropy
for ideal gases, entropy change for reversible and irreversible processes, tabulation of entropy,
adiabatic reversible processes for ideal gases, entropy of mixing, probabilistic approach;
Second law analysis for control volumes: irreversible entropy production; Cycles: Otto, Diesel,
Rankine, Brayton, refrigeration; Exergy; Maxwell relations, heat capacity, real gas behavior
and non-ideal equations of state; Thermochemistry - Application of first and second laws to
chemical reactions, Calorimetry.
Prerequisites: NA

ME230 Fluid Mechanics II (3 Credits)

Differential analysis to fluid flow: Conservation of Mass - Coordinate systems, Kinematics -

Translation, Rotation, Deformation, derivation of Governing equations of fluid flows –
continuity, Euler equations, Potential flows - Bernoulli equation and applications to external
aerodynamics, Navier-Stokes equations, Non-dimensional analysis; Exact solutions of Navier-
Stokes equations; Internal flows; External flows - Prandtl's Boundary layer theory - flow over
a flat plate, concept of similarity; Approximate methods - von Karman Integral analysis;
(Thwaites method); Flow separation; Brief introduction to turbulence - characteristics of
turbulence, drag crisis.
Prerequisites: NA

ME231 Solid Mechanics-I (6 Credits)

Fundamental principles of mechanics, Fundamental of Mechanics of Deformable solids -

Introduction, analysis of axial and shear loaded components. Statically determinate and
indeterminate problems. Castigliano's theorem. Beams - shear force and bending moment
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diagrams. Stress, strain, and their relationships. Thermal stress, fatigue and creep. Mohr
circle. Stresses in beams. Torsion. Thick cylinders and rotating.
Prerequisites: NA

ME232 Dynamics (6 Credits)

Kinematics of particles, Rectilinear motion of particles, curvilinear motion of particles; Kinetics

of particles; Kinetics of system of particles, Plane kinematics of rigid bodies; Plane kinetics of
rigid bodies, energy and momentum methods, Kinetics and Kinematics of rigid bodies in three
dimensions; Introduction to mechanical Vibrations.
Prerequisites: NA

ME250 Solid Mechanics II (4 Credits)

Deflections of beams, energy methods, analysis of stress and strain, stress transformation,
applications of plane stress, pressure vessel, column buckling, and statically indeterminate
structures.
Prerequisites: NA

ME251 Manufacturing Science I (6 Credits)

Introduction to manufacturing; Engineering Materials; Casting/Solidification; Welding;

Deformation processes: Extrusion (direct and indirect), Rolling, Forging (open and closed die),
Wire drawing, Sheet metal forming. Powder metallurgy: Introduction, Powder production,
Compaction, and Sintering, Engineering stress-strain curve. Plastic injection molding: Flow
forming of plastic components.
Prerequisites: NA

ME270 Manufacturing Science I (4 Credits)

Introduction to Manufacturing and its evolution, Net and near-net shape manufacturing; Metal
Casting: Solidification of Alloys and its mechanism, Gating System Design and Estimation of
Solidification time, Riser Design and Riser Placement, Process Variations, Defects and
Product Design; Metal Forming: Mechanism of plastic deformation, fundamentals of plasticity,
Introduction to Force equilibrium method, State of Stress and boundary conditions in
Upsetting/forging, Rolling, Wire and tube drawing, Extrusion and Deep Drawing, Defects, Load
estimation for one plane strain and one axi-symmetric bulk deformation processes, Analysis
of Deep Drawing and Bending, Introduction to High velocity forming processes; Powder
Processing (Metals and Ceramics), Polymer Part Manufacturing, Introduction and properties
of polymer melts and Visco-elasticity, Processing of Thermoplastics (Extrusion, Injection
Molding, Blow Molding, Rotational Molding) and Thermosets (compression and transfer
molding), Tool and product design principles; Rapid Manufacturing: Need for RP/RT/RM,
Introduction to Processes for Prototyping, Tooling and Manufacturing; Joining and Welding:
Introduction, Solid State and Fusion Joining, Brazing and Soldering, Mechanical and Adhesive
Joining, Metal and nonmetal joining; Metrology: Tolerancing (Dimensional and Geometric)
principles and their measurements (Geometrical tolerances using point data), Interferometry -
principles, flatness testing using optical flat, optical interferometers, Moire fringe system
measurements.
Prerequisites: NA
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ME314 Thermal and Fluid Engineering (6 Credits)

Overview of basic thermodynamics: Thermodynamic systems, processes, properties; Zeroth,

First, Second, third law of thermodynamics, availability. Thermodynamic cycles: Pure
substances, Rankine cycle, Otto, Diesel, Dual cycles, Brayton cycles, Refrigeration cycles.
Fluid properties: continuum, density, viscosity, surface tension, velocity, pressure,
temperature; Fluid Statics: Hydrostatics, Fluid forces on planes and curved surfaces,
submerged and floating bodies, Buoyancy and stability; Types of fluid flow: viscous vs inviscid
flows, laminar vs turbulent flows, compressible vs incompressible flows; Non-dimensional
analysis; Energy equations and its applications: Bernoulli equation, venturi, orifices, pitot tube
etc; External and internal flows: flow over flat plate, cylinder, flow in a pipes and channels;
Basics of hydraulic machines: rotary and reciprocating.
Overview of basic modes of heat transfer; Heat conduction: steady state heat conduction in
plane and composite walls, critical thickness of insulation, lumped heat conduction, extended
surfaces; Heat convection: Forced and free convection, internal and external flows; Heat
exchangers: types, concept of LMTD, effectiveness; Radiation heat transfer: basic laws,
radiation heat exchange between surfaces.
Prerequisites: NA

ME331 Solid Mechanics-II (6 Credits)

Introduction. Torsion of thin cylinders. Unsymmetrical Bending. Shear center. Deflection of

beams - double integration, superposition, moment area and energy methods. Castigliano's
theorem. Principle of virtual work. Statically inderminate problems. Continuous beams.
Deflection in the presence of axial load. Buckling - Euler, Secant and Rankine - Gordon
Formulae. Bending of Curved bars.
Prerequisites: ME231

ME333 Theory of Machines and Mechanism (6 Credits)

Kinematic pairs, diagrams and inversion; Mobility and range of movement; Displacement,
velocity and acceleration; Analysis of planar linkages; Dimensional synthesis for motion, path
and function generation; Gears and gear trains; Dynamic force analysis; Inertia forces and
balancing for rotating and reciprocating machines; Cam mechanisms, Cam profile synthesis;
Flywheels; Governors; Gyroscopes;
Prerequisites: NA

ME334 Design of Machine Elements (6 Credits)

Introduction to design of systems and machine elements; Modes of failure, strength, stiffness
and stability; Failure theories; Fatigue failure; Probabilistic approach to design; Design of
joints; Design of spring; Design of Spur and Helical gear sets; Design of belt and chain drives;
Analysis of clutches and brakes; Sliding and rolling contact bearings; Design of shafts;
Analysis and application of coupling.
Prerequisites: NA

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ME351 Metrology, Measurement and Instrumentation (4 Credits)

Fundamentals of measurement, Line and end standards, types of errors, Geometric

dimensioning and tolerance (GD&T), types of fits, GO and NO GO gauges.
Static and dynamic characteristic of instrument, measurement of different geometric forms
(flatness, circularity etc.), Coordinate measuring machine, Measurement of temperature,
pressure, forces, torque, strain, calibration of instrument.
Prerequisites: NA

ME352 Manufacturing Science II (6 Credits)

Machining; Plastic Deformation, Mechanism of Plastic Deformation; Types of machining

processes; Chip formation; Cutting; Tool Geometry; Multiple point cutting tools; Mechanics of
Metal Cutting, Merchant's Circle Diagram; Friction in Metal Cutting; Mechanism of Oblique
cutting; Rake angles in oblique cutting; velocity relationship and Force relationships in oblique
cutting; General classification of unconventional machining, chemical machining, electric-
discharge machining, Abrasive Jet and Ultrasonic Machining, electron beam machining, laser
beam machining, ion beam machining, plasma arc machining; Comparative evaluation of
different processes.
Prerequisites: NA

ME353 Total Quality Management (3 Credits)

Introduction, Historical Review, TQM Principles, Continuous Process Improvement - Juran

Trilogy, PDSA Cycle, Kaizen, Supplier Partnership - Partnering, TQM Tools: Benchmarking -
Reasons to Benchmark, Benchmarking Process, Quality Function Deployment (QFD) House
of Quality, QFD
Process, Benefits, Taguchi Quality Loss Function, Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) -
Concept, Improvement Needs, FMEA - Stages of FMEA, The seven tools of quality, Process
capability, Concept of six sigma, New seven management tools, Case studies. Quality
Systems: Need for ISO 9000 and Other Quality Systems, ISO 9000:2000 Quality System -
Elements, Implementation of Quality System, Documentation, Quality Auditing, QS 9000, ISO
14000 - Concept, Requirements and Benefits, Case Studies.
The main aim of this course is to develop an understanding on quality management
philosophies and frameworks.
Prerequisites: NA

ME355 Mechanical Behavior of Material (4 Credits)

Introduction to deformation-Crystallaography-Elastic deformation-Plastic deformation-Stress

strain relationship-Effect of strain rate-Temperature in deformation-Various evaluation
techniques.
Prerequisites: ME231

ME371 Mechanical Engineering Lab-I (3 Credits)

1. experiments to demonstrate/validate principles of solids mechanics, dynamics and

fluid mechanics
2. experiments related to measurement of stress, strain, deflection, velocity, acceleration,

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Prerequisites: ME231, ME232, ME212

ME372 Mechanical Engineering Labs-II (3 Credits)

1. experiments to demonstrate/validate principals of thermal engineering and

manufacturing science
2. experiments to demonstrate several machining process
3. experiments related to measurement and characterization techniques in
manufacturing science and thermal engineering
Prerequisites: ME251, ME213

ME380 Manufacturing Lab (2 Credits)

Job preparation using CNC machining, Form measurement; Digitization using 3D scanner,
surface roughness testing. Cutting force measurement using dynamometer. Sample
preparation and characterization using Optical Microscope. Metrology.
Prerequisites: NA

ME403 Operation Research (4 Credits)

Linear Programming (Simplex Method, Big-M method), Transportation and assignment model,
Sequencing, Inventory management, Queuing theory, CPM and PERT, Investment and break
even analysis, Forecasting.
Prerequisites: NA

ME413 Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning (6 Credits)

Introduction and applications, Vapor compression systems: Ideal and real cycle analyses,
Refrigerants and their properties, energy efficiency and environmental considerations.
Advanced vapor compression cycles. Refrigeration system components: condensers,
evaporators, compressors and expansion devices. Vapor absorption and gas cycle
refrigeration.
Human Physiology and thermal comfort. Factors influencing thermal comfort. Introduction to
air-conditioning, Properties of moist air, Psychrometric chart, Psychrometric Processes -
heating, humidification, cooling and dehumidification etc. Cooling and heating load
calculations. Room air distribution principles. Design of air duct systems. Indoor air quality.
Ventilation. Various types of air conditioning systems. Cooling, dehumidification and
humidification equipment. Temperature, pressure and humidity controllers. Various types of
controls and control strategies.
Prerequisites: ME111, ME213

ME414 Introduction to Steam and Hydraulic Turbines (2 Credits)

Steam turbins:
Construction and working of steam turbines, Impulse and reaction inlet and outlet velocity
diagram. Work output and efficiencies. Pressure and velocity compounding regenerative
feed heating cycle reheat cycle, reheat factor, governing of turbine, back pressure and pass
out turbine.

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Dynamic action of fluid jet:
Impact of fluid jet on fixed and moving flat places, impact of jet on fixed and moving curved
vanes, flow over radial vanes, jet propulsions, Euler's fundamental equation, degree of
reaction.
Hydraulic turbines:
Introduction, classification, impulse turbine, construction details, velocity triangles, power and
efficiency calculations, reaction turbines; constructional details, working principle, velocity
triangles, power and efficiency calculations, draft tube, cavitation, governing
Prerequisites: ME111, ME212

ME415 Introduction to Turbomachines (6 Credits)

Definition and Classification of turbomachines - Specific Work - T-s and h-s Diagram -
Incompressible and compressible flow - Losses - Total-to-Total efficiency - Total-to-Static
efficiency - Effect of reheat and preheat factor. Degree of reaction. Energy transfer - Euler's
equation, velocity triangles.
Dimensional analysis, Dimensionless parameters and their physical significance, specific
speed, Hydraulic Pumps: Centrifugal Pumps - Some definitions - Pump output and Efficiencies
- Effect of Vane angle - Cavitation - Pump Characteristics - Multistage pumps.
Hydraulic Turbines: Classification of hydraulic turbines - Velocity triangles. Efficiencies of draft
tubes - Hydraulic turbine characteristics. Francis and Kaplan turbines - Velocity triangles -
Efficiencies of Draft tubes - Turbine characteristics.
Elementary cascade theory, cascade nomenclature, compressor cascade, turbine cascade,
cascade efficiency. Dimensional analysis of compressible flow machines, stalling and surging.
Centrifugal Compressors: Constructional details - Stage Pressure rise - Stage Pressure
Coefficient - Stage Efficiency - Degree of Reaction - Various Slip factors - Introduction to Fans
and Blowers, Working principle, Fan laws, Performance Characteristics.
Axial flow Compressors: general expression for degree of reaction; velocity triangles for
different values of degree of reaction, Blade loading and flow coefficient, Static pressure rise,
Work done factor.
Steam and Gas Turbines: Axial turbine stages - Stage velocity triangles - Work - Single stage
impulse turbine - Speed ratio - Maximum Utilization Factor - Compounding of Turbines and its
types, Degree of Reaction - Reaction Stages. Inward Flow radial turbine stages (IFR) -
Working
principle and Performance Characteristics
Prerequisites: ME111, ME212

ME416 Power Plant Engineering (6 Credits)

Economics of Power Generation: Introduction, Power plant economics, Types of power

plants
Steam Power Plants: Introduction, Economics of Power Generation, Reheating and
regeneration, Feedwater heaters, Supercritical pressure cycle, Deaerator, Binary vapour
cycle, Combined cycle plants, Coal, Coal analysis, Combustion reactions, Energy balance of
steam generator
Steam Generators, Steam Turbines, Condenser
Introduction, Basic types of steam generators, Fire tube and water tube boilers, Ash handling

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system, Feedwater treatment, Steam turbines, Condenser, Cooling towers
Diesel Engine and Gas Turbine Power Plants
Introduction, Combustion in a Cl engine, Performance characteristics, Supercharging, Layout
of a diesel engine power plant, Gas turbine power plant, Components of gas turbine plant, gas
turbine fuels, Gas turbine Materials
Nuclear and Hydroelectric Power Plants
Nuclear fusion and fission, Chain reaction, Nuclear fuels, Components of nuclear reactor,
Classification of reactors, Nuclear waste and its disposal, Advantages and disadvantages of
Hydroelectric power plant, Classification of hydroelectric power plants, Pelton, Francis
turbines and Kaplan turbines
Non-conventional and Renewable Power Generation
Introduction, Renewable energy sources potential, Solar power plants, Thermal energy, Wind
energy, Wind power plant, Waste to power generation, Geothermal energy.
Prerequisites: NA

ME472 Heat Transfer Labs (6 Credits)

Temperature measurement and calibration; Shell and tube heat exchanger in parallel and
counter flow configurations; Determination of emissivity and Stefan-Boltzmann constant;
Measurement of convective heat transfer coefficient; Free and forced convection.
Prerequisites: NA

ME499 Thesis (Variable Credits)

Students registering for this course are associated with a supervisor and have to carry out
research work. Student will be evaluated for the program in research at the end of semester.
Prerequisites: This course is only for BTech Honours student.

ME501 Applied Numerical Methods (6 Credits)

Introduction to Mathematical Modelling; Taylor and Fourier series expansion; Root finding;
Interpolation, splines, extrapolation; Regression and curve fitting; Solution of simultaneous
linear algebraic systems; nonlinear algebraic equations; Eigenvalues and eigenvectors;
Solution of simultaneous nonlinear algebraic systems; Numerical integration, Simpson’s rule,
Gaussian quadrature; Solution of ODE: R. K. Methods; Predictor-Corrector methods;
boundary value problems; Systems of ODEs; convergence and error studies; Linear PDEs by
finite differences.
Prerequisites: IC104, IC152

ME502 Advanced Engineering Mathematics (6 Credits)

Differential Equations: Review of first-order and second and higher order differential
equations; System of differential equations; Series solutions, Special functions; Laplace
transforms, Numerical methods for differential equations
Linear Algebra: Review of Matrix, Vectors, Determinants, Linear systems of equations, Eigen
values, Eigen vectors, Vector differential and Integral calculus; Numerical methods in Linear
algebra

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Fourier Analysis and Partial Differential Equations: Fourier Series, Integrals and Fourier
Transforms, Partial Differential equations
Prerequisites: NA

ME512 Advanced Fluid Mechanics (6 Credits)

Revisiting some preliminary concepts of fluid mechanics: fluid kinematics, dynamics of inviscid
flow, Reynolds transport theorem; Dynamics of viscous flows: Navier-Stokes equation; Exact
solutions of Navier-Stokes equation; Boundary layer theory; Inviscid incompressible flow:
potential flows and flow past immersed bodies; Turbulent flow; compressible flow.
Prerequisites: NA

ME513 Convective Heat Transfer (6 Credits)

Overview of continuity and momentum equations; Derivation of energy equation; Similarity

solutions for laminar external flows. Laminar internal flows; Transition flow - Heat transfer in
transition flow; Turbulent flow - Reynolds averaged equations of motion, Averaged energy
equations; Turbulent flow and heat transfer over a flat plate; Turbulent flow and heat transfer
in pipes and channels; Laminar and turbulent natural convection - laminar and turbulent mixed
convection; Pool boiling-nucleate boiling-film boiling; flow boiling-condensation; dropwise
condensation; film condensation; Convective heat transfer with nanofluids; Combined
convection and radiation; Double diffusive convection
Prerequisites: ME212, ME213

ME514 Internal Combustion Engines Fundamental (6 Credits)

Engine classifications; SI and CI engine principle and operation; Engine performance

parameters; Rating of SI and CI engine fuels; Carburetion; Mechanical injection system;
Electronic injection systems; Multi port fuel injection systems; Common rail diesel injection;
Ignition; Mixture formation; Combustion in SI engines; Combustion in CI engines; Lubrication
systems; Cooling system; Pollutants formation and their control; Nitrogen oxides, Carbon
monoxide, Unburned hydrocarbons, Particulate formation; In-cylinder and after treatment
techniques for emission reduction; NOx absorber; DOC and DPF; Engine performance
calculations; Supercharging and turbo-charging.
Prerequisites: NA

ME515 Engine Management Systems (6 Credits)

History and Introduction: Evolution of diesel and gasoline engines, Engine management
system for
internal combustion engines.
Engine Electronics: Piston displacement and speed sensing, Measurement of pressure,
Temperature measurement, Intake air flow measurement
Gasoline engine management: Cylinder charge control systems, Manifold fuel injection,
Gasoline
direct injection, Operation of gasoline engine on natural gas, Ignition system, Inductive ignition
systems, Different types of sensors such as temperature sensors, Engine speed sensors, Hot
film air mass sensors, Piezoelectric knock sensor, High pressure sensor, Lambda sensor,
Electronic control unit, Operating conditions.

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Diesel engine management: Cylinder charge control systems, Principles of diesel fuel
injection,
Mixture distribution, Diesel fuel injection systems, Single plunger fuel injection pumps, Unit
injector
systems and Unit pump systems, Common rail systems, Injection nozzles, Minimizing
emissions
inside the engine, Electronic diesel control (EDC), Electronic control unit (ECU).
Prerequisites: ME514

ME516 Alternative fuels (4 Credits)

Combustion and Fuels: Flame propagation, Fuel spray pattern, Stratification, Combustion
process in SI and CI engines. Liquid Alternative Fuels: Straight vegetable oils, Biodiesels,
Emulsified Fuels, HVO, Methanol, Ethanol and higher versions of alcohols. Gaseous
alternative fuels: Hydrogen, Liquefied petroleum gas, Di-methyl ether, Hythane. Modern
developments in IC Engines such as EGR, MPFI, GDI, HCCI and Turbo-charging, Optical
measurement techniques and tools, Pollution monitoring instruments and techniques, Non-
Dispersive Infra-Red (NDIR) detectors, The flame ionisation detector (FID),
chemiluminescence method for NOx measurement, Engine particle number emission, dilution
and measurement. Principle and working of DOC, DPF, SCR and LNT.
Prerequisites: ME514

ME517 Building Environment and Energy Conservation (3 Credits)

Indoor environment - standards and recommendations; Heat loss and heat gains in buildings;
Urban heat island effect; Energy Use and Thermal Comfort in Buildings; HVAC systems
(performance and efficiency); Building heating and cooling (using conventional & renewable
energy); Energy efficiency in district cooling/heating system; Hybrid air-conditioning systems
(performance and efficiency); Thermal storage systems integrated in the building envelope.
Indian climate map; Energy performance of Indian buildings; Integrated design process for
energy efficient buildings; Passive building design Strategies: Building orientation, sun path,
sun exposure, daylight and building natural ventilation, Indoor air quality, building envelope,
building thermal insulation, single and double glazing windows, window location and solar
protection; Building energy codes - Energy Conservation Building Code (ECBC); Energy
Performance Index (EPI); Building rating; Green buildings.
Energy-efficient strategies to maintain thermal comfort; Personal cooling and heating systems;
Local body cooling.
Prerequisites: ME213, ME413

ME518 Human Body Thermoregulation & Bio-heat Transfer (3 Credits)

Introduction to human body thermoregulation; Metabolism; Convection over body surface,

sweating, respiration; Heat transfer to blood vessels; Body heat balance; Hypothalamus;
Maintaining body temperatures; Cold thermoreceptors and heat receptors; Body temperature
measurement (mean skin temperature, mean torso temperature and core temperature);
Temperature induced dynamic change of blood flow (Vasodilation and Vasoconstriction); Body
heat storage; thermal comfort; Cold-spell and heat wave conditions; Hypothermia and
hyperthermia; fever; human-clothing interaction, Clothing thermal comfort; Fabric properties
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affecting thermal comfort; Thermal comfort evaluation - Thermal manikins and human trials.
Thermo-regulation models; Bio-heat transfer models; Application of bioheat transfer -
Detection of breast cancer, Tumor thermal treatment, Cryobiology, Determination of degree of
skin burn.
Prerequisites: ME212, ME213

ME531 Advanced Mechanics of Solids (6 Credits)

Review of strength of Materials and its limitations. Mathematical Preliminaries; Deformation

and Strains; Stress and equilibrium; Cauchy’s principle; Constitutive law, Navier’s equations,
compatibility; Formulation of boundary value problems, Plane Problems; Different approach
to solve plane problems with examples (for eg. Stress function approach, Series solutions,
Fourier transform methods); 3D problems by Potential methods, Energy methods and
Problems.
Prerequisites: NA

ME535 Theory of Elasticity (6 Credits)

Review of the Field Equations of Linear Elasticity: Kinematics and Kinetics of deformable
solids, Constitutive models for linear elastic materials; Theorems of linear elasticity; Two
dimensional formulation; Two dimensional boundary values problems; Complex variable
methods. Three dimensional boundary value problems; Energy Theorems and Applications;
Anisotropic elasticity.
Prerequisites: ME231, ME531

ME551 Advanced Manufacturing Process (6 Credits)

Modern Machining Processes: Electro Discharge Machining (EDM), Processes mechanism of

material removal, parameters effects EDM & application, Electrical Discharge Grinding(EDG),
Traveling Wire EDM, Electrochemical Machining (ECM), Processes, Mechanism of material
removal, Tool design, Parameters affecting ECM , Applications, Electro-chemical
Honing(ECH), Electrochemical Debarring (ECD), Electrochemical Grinding(ECG),
Electrochemical Discharge Grinding, Chemical Machining, Ultrasonic Machining, Cutting Tool
System Design, Mechanism of cutting, Parameters affects USM applications, Abrasive Jet
Machining, Variables of AJM, Nozzle Design, Laser Beam Machining, Thermal and Non-
thermal analysis, and applications, Electron – Beam Machining and its mechanism,
Applications, Plasma arc machining, Equipment, Arc transfer mechanism, Metallurgical
efforts, Safety precautions and applications, Plasma are surfacing and plasma Arc Springing,
Iron Beam machining and water Jet Machining. High Energy rate forming processes,
Advanced Welding Techniques, Additive Manufacturing.
Prerequisites: NA

ME552 Knowledge Base Systems (3 Credits)

Introduction to knowledge base system/Expert system, Importance of expert system,

Components of expert system.
Conventional optimisation tools, Genetic algorithm (Basic concepts; Population;
Chromosomes; Operators), Fuzzy Set Theory, Fuzzy Logic Controllers (FLC), Neural Network

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(NN) Controllers - back propagation network. Combined techniques of soft computing - GA•
FLC, GANN, NN-FLC, GA-FLC-NN.
Prerequisites: NA

ME553 Advanced Materials and Processing (4 Credits)

Strengthening mechanisms; Structure-property correlationship. Ferrous alloys; Non-ferrous

alloys; Special alloys; Composites. Need for secondary processing; Thermo-mechanical
processing; Special Processing techniques.
Prerequisites: NA

ME554 Sensors in Manufacturing (3 Credits)

Importance of sensors-Active and passive sensors-source of sensing: electrical, optical,

acoustic, pneumatic, magnetic-sensors in condition monitoring-Sensors in automation.
Prerequisites: NA

ME555 The Science and Technology of Metal Forming (6 Credits)

Introduction: Metal forming processes, definition, advantages, disadvantages, forming

equipment Plasticity theory: stress-strain relation, strain• displacement, incompressibility,
strain compatibility, yield criteria, flow rule Fundamentals: slip lines field, upper bound and
lower bound theorem, slab analysis. Bulk Forming Processes: forging; extrusion, wire and
tube drawing, rolling; process description and application of theory. Sheet Forming
Processes: blanking, deep drawing, stretch forming, bending. Advanced techniques:
numerical approaches in metal forming.
Prerequisites: NA

ME556 Fluid Power Systems (4 Credits)

Fundamentals of Fluid Power - Fluid Properties - Pneumatic and Hydraulic components:

symbols and their usage - Fluid power systems as a tool for automation - Predicting
Performance Through Simulation - Advanced Components and Systems.
Prerequisites: Fundamental course on Fluid Mechanics

ME557 Laser Material Processing (6 Credits)

Introduction to laser, laser properties, advantages and disadvantages, application; Working

principle of different industrial laser, C02 Laser, Nd-YAG laser, Diode laser, Excimer laser,
Fiber laser etc. Laser material processing, cutting, drilling, welding, micro-machining, surface
treatment, forming, cladding etc. Application of laser in 30 printing, selective laser sintering,
laser melting, direct metal deposition, comparison of laser based additive manufacturing with
other additive manufacturing process. Laser safety
Prerequisites: NA

ME558 Surface Engineering (6 Credits)

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 1. Introduction to surface engineering - Concept and importance, Surface Degradation:
Causes, types, and consequences of surface degradation. classification of surface
modification techniques, advantages, and their limitations.
2. Materials for Surface Engineering: Selection of materials for engineering the surfaces
for specific applications, structure and property relationship of coatings system.
3. Conventional surface engineering practices like pickling, grinding, buffing etc.,
Conventional heat treatment processes. surface modification of ferrous and non-
ferrous materials like nitriding, cyaniding, aluminizing etc.
4. Vapour deposition processes: Chemical Vapour Deposition of different types of
coatings. Vacuum Evaporation Deposition, Cathodic Arc Evaporation Deposition,
Sputtering and its advancements)
5. Thermal Spraying methods: Classifications, Flame and plasma spraying, HVOF, cold
spray techniques.
6. Electroplating, Electroless coating, Laser, Electron beam and Microwave assisted
Surface Engineering, Friction Surfacing and Friction stir Processing.
7. Physical Characterization: Microstructure, Surface morphology, Phase analysis,
Determination of Crystallite size.
8. Mechanical Characterization: Determination of thickness of coating, Coating hardness,
Adhesion of surface coating, Surface roughness.
9. Performance evaluation of coatings: Friction and wear performance, Evaluation of
corrosion resistance, Assessment of oxidation resistance, Applications of tribological
coatings, Performance of cutting tool coatings: Few case studies using hard and soft
coatings, HFCVD Diamond coated tool.
Prerequisites: NA

ME599 Thesis (Variable Credits)

Students registering for this course are associated with a supervisor and have to carry out
research work. Student will be evaluated for the program in research at the end of semester.
Prerequisites: This course is only for MTech student.

ME601 Applied Numerical Methods (6 Credits)

Introduction to Mathematical Modelling; Taylor and Fourier series expansion; Root finding;
Interpolation, splines, extrapolation; Regression and curve fitting; Solution of simultaneous
linear algebraic systems; nonlinear algebraic equations; Eigenvalues and eigenvectors;
Solution of simultaneous nonlinear algebraic systems; Numerical integration, Simpson’s rule,
Gaussian quadrature; Solution of ODE: R. K. Methods; Predictor-Corrector methods;
boundary value problems; Systems of ODEs; convergence and error studies; Linear PDEs by
finite differences.
Prerequisites: NA

ME613 Microfluidics (6 Credits)

Introduction: Significance in fundamental and applications; Governing equations: mass,

momentum and energy and species conservation equations; Boundary conditions; Pressure
driven flows; Surface tension driven flows and it's modulation; Unsteady flows; Electrokinetic
flows; Stokes drag on sphere; Introduction to lubrication theory; Gas flow through micro
conduits; Biomicrofluidics; Microfluidics components; Introduction to microfabrication.
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Prerequisites: ME212 (Fluid Mechanics)

ME614 Electronic Cooling Systems (6 Credits)

Introduction; heat transfer modes, thermal spreading and contact resistance, microscale heat
transfer; Fin analysis, heat sink design optimization, Air and liquid jet impingement, immersion
cooling, phase change energy storage, multi-mode heat transfer; Thermal systems analysis,
cold plates and heat exchangers, flow network modeling, compact models, acoustic and
mechanical design issues; Microscale measurement techniques; Emerging technologies.
Prerequisites: NA

ME615 Computational Fluid Dynamics (6 Credits)

Conservation laws of fluid motion and boundary conditions: Governing equations,

conservation vs non-conservation, Differential vs integral forms of general transport equations,
classification of physical behaviours, classification method for simple PDEs; finite volume
method for diffusion problems; finite volume method for convection-diffusion problems:
differencing schemes; Solution of discretised equations: TDMA, Iterative methods; Solution
algorithms for pressure-velocity coupling in steady flow: SIMPLE algorithm; The finite volume
method for unsteady flows: Explicit scheme, Crank-Nicolson scheme, fully implicit scheme;
Errors and uncertainty in CFD modelling. Application of CFD to analyze engineering problems.
Prerequisites: NA

ME616 Interfacial Transport Phenomena (6 Credits)

Introduction: Basic concepts of interfaces and transport.

Capillarity: Deformable interfaces, emphasis on the effect of surface tension, liquid at
interfaces, Surface curvature, Contact Angles and measurement.
Surface wettability: Hydrophilic, hydrophobic and superhydrophobic surfaces, and variable
wettability gradient surfaces.
Hydrodynamics of wetting: Thin films, droplets, bubbles, puddles and waves.
Dynamics of Liquid-droplet in detail: Focus will be on droplet Impact (Fluid dynamics
aspect) and evaporation (Fluid dynamics and Heat Transfer aspect) in detail. Droplet
spreading, receding, bouncing, nonbouncing, partial bouncing, splashing. The partial
differential equations and their solutions for these problem. Scaling approximations.
Surfactants: Applications, Soap films and bubbles.
Basics of manipulation of fluids and its applications in microchannels.
Colloidal Deposits and its interfaciat science: Coffee ring effect, blood-stain patterns,
colloidal particle-sorting, etc.
Special Topics: Applications in Forensic science, biotechnology, energy and sustainable
environment.
Prerequisites: Fundamentals of Physics, Mathematics (Partial differential Equations)

ME617 Multiphase Flow and Heat Transfer (6 Credits)

Introduction of multiphase flow: Various definitions, examples and industrial applications;

multiphase Flow regime types and their definitions; analysis of flow regimes and the simple
analytical models; homogeneous flow model, Drift flux model, Separated flow model; two

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phase flows: Boiling heat transfer, boiling regimes, heat transfer in different regimes of boiling,
Instabilities of vapor layer; quenching/Rewetting and its analytical model; two-Phase Natural
circulation loop and Heat Transfer; condensation and its types: Homogeneous,
Heterogeneous, Dropwise, Filmwise condensation.; measurement Techniques for the
multiphase flow parameters: Void fraction measurement, estimation of flow patterns.
Prerequisites: UG students - Fluid Mechanics (ME212), Heat and Mass Transfer (ME213)

ME632 Fracture Mechanics (6 Credits)

Introduction; Background and history of fracture; Energy release rate; Crack-tip deformation
and stress fields; Stress intensity factor; Westergaard’s approach; Elasto-plastic fracture
mechanics, CTOD; J-Integral; Test methods; Fatigue failure and environment assisted
fracture; Numerical analysis of cracks; Mixed mode crack initiation and growth.
Prerequisites: ME231/ME531

ME633 Finite Element Method (6 Credits)

Introduction and historical background; Background on variational calculus: Galerkin methods,

Collocation methods, Least-squares methods. Variational methods of approximation-
Rayleigh-Ritz method, variational theorems; 1D FEM; Trusses; Beams and frames; 2D
problems: Constant strain triangles, Axisymmetric problems; Isoparametric elements; 3D
problems; Shell analysis; Solution of heat conduction, fluid flow, vibration, and stability.
Prerequisites: NA

ME634 Composite Materials (6 Credits)

Introduction to the fiber reinforced composite materials: Basic terminologies, Advantages of

composite, Applications, Manufacturing of FRC materials; Macromechanical and
Micromechanical behaviour of a lamina; Macromechanical behaviour of a laminate; Analysis
of laminated plates and beams; Fracture mechanics of FRP composites; Fatigue;
Environmental effects; Experimental characterization of composites.
Prerequisites: ME231/ME531

ME652 Automation (6 Credits)

Introduction to manufacturing, Manufacturing system concept. Manufacturing automation,

FMS, CIMS, Flow lines and assembly systems, Automated storage /retrieval systems, AGV.
Introduction to CAD/CAM, NC, CNC, DNC, Adaptive control. Manual and computer assisted
part programming. Introduction to robots and their application in manufacturing. Process
planning and Computer Aided Process planning. Group Technology, Opitz System and GT
benefits.
Prerequisites: NA

ME653 Experimental Methods in Fluids and Thermal Science (6 Credits)

Analysis of Experimental Data: Causes and types of experimental error, uncertainty analysis,
statistical analysis of data, probability distributions and curve fitting; Dynamic performance
characteristics; Input types; Instrument types- zero order instrument, first-order instrument,
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Measurement of pressure: design of Pitot and Pitot static tubes, factors affecting the
measurements of Pitot/Pitot Static Tubes: Alignment, wall effects, turbulence etc., the effect of
flow compressibility on pressure measurements of PST, methods of measuring static and
Pltot/stagnatlon pressure In the compressible flow. Flow measurements: 3 hole and 5 hole
probes, directional sensitivity of 3 hole and five-hole probes, Hotwire anemometry (HWA):
detail analysis of constant current anemometer (CCA) and constant temperature anemometer
(CTA), comparison of CCA and CTA, measurements of fluctuating velocity in turbulent flow,
Laser Doppler Velocimetry/Anemometry (LDV/LDA), Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV), micro-
PIV, Flow visualization methods; Temperature Measurements: Details of Thermocouple
measurements and its calibration; Liquid crystal thermography (LCT), lnfraRed Thermography
(IRT), optical methods for temperature and density measurements: qualitative and quantitative
analysis through Interferometer, Schlieren and Shadowgraph;
Prerequisites: Fluid Mechanics, Heat Transfer and Thermodynamics

ME654 Advanced Materials - Development and Characterization (6 Credits)

Advancement in engineering materials - Role of alloys, ceramics, intermetallics and other

special class of materials in automobile and aerospace applications.
Development and characterization practice: Material identification - Development by
conventional / unconventional material development route – microstructural characterization
(Optical and Electron microscopies, XRD, etc) - mechanical performance (Room and high
temperature properties, tribological characteristics, etc.). Documenting and reporting the
results.
Prerequisites: ME553

ME673 Computational Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (1 Credits)

Modelling and analysis of various fluid flow and heat transfer problems involving:
Internal fluid flow: Flow through pipe and channels, sloshing and other similar problems.
External fluid flow: Flow over aerofoil/wing and automobiles; flow over stationary and rotating
cylinder (magnus effect), and other similar problems.
Forced convection: Flow through pipe/channels; problems involving electronics cooling and
jet impingement cooling.
Free convection: Natural convection cooling and heating; coupled natural convection-
radiation problems.
Prerequisites: Fluid Mechanics and Heat & Mass Transfer

ME795 Candidacy (0 Credit)

The objective of this candidacy is to evaluate the candidate’s ability to carry out research and
shall include the evaluation of the knowledge breadth of the student, including the research
comprehension.
Prerequisites: Student must have completed the course credit requirement for the program
registered for.

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ME798 Independent Study (variable Credits)

Students registering for this course are expected to get versed in a particular topic allotted by
the course instructor. The topic and the credits are assigned by the course instructor. There
will not be any regular lecture delivered for this course type.
Prerequisites: The course is available only to PG students.

ME799 Thesis (variable Credits)

Students registering for this course are associated with a supervisor and have to carry out
research work. Student will be evaluated for the program in research at the end of semester.
Prerequisites: Student must have cleared candidacy.

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Courses in Physics
PH200 Laser Physics (2 Credits)

The course will cover topics starting from the introduction to lasers and basic laser physics to
resonators and lasers in everyday use. The topics would include optical radiation processes,
conditions for the amplification of radiation, three level and four level lasers, resonators and
cavity designs, practical laser systems till date, with their applications.
Prerequisites: NA

PH201 Nonlinear Optics (2 Credits)

The course would be meant to introduce the students to the field of nonlinear optics. The
course thus would include the origin of nonlinearity, nonlinear optical interactions, intensity
dependent refractive index, linear and nonlinear absorptions, nonlinear optical materials,
sources based on nonlinear optical interactions and their applications.
Prerequisites: NA

PH202 Photonics (2 Credits)

The course will provide introduction and basics of laser physics, nonlinear optics and fiber
optics. The topics covered will be optical radiation processes, conditions for the amplification
of radiation, laser system, origin of nonlinearity, nonlinear optical interactions, linear and
nonlinear absorptions, dielectric waveguide, dispersion, fiber parameters.
Prerequisites: NA

PH203 Thin Film Science and Technology (2 Credits)

Thin film research shares the knowledge from multi-disciplines (e.g., materials science,
chemistry, solid state physics, mechanics and etc.). This course is designed for those students
who are interested in thin film fundamentals and processing for various industrial applications.
Topics include, but are not limited to, fundamentals on crystal structures and defects in thin
films, the basic nucleation and growth mechanisms of thin films (growth models, lattice
matching epitaxy and domain matching epitaxy), thin film processing techniques (CVD,
MOCVD, MBE, PLD, Laser-MBE, sputtering, and evaporation etc.), thin film growth
instrumentation aspect (energy source, chamber configurations, vacuum systems and growth
controllers), and several advanced topics related to electrical and optical devices. Lab-tour
session(s) will be arranged to promote learning.
Prerequisites: NA

PH204 Photovoltaics (2 Credits)

There is no doubt about the fact that for the widespread substitution of fossil fuel and to meet
future energy needs, solar cells have to play a key role in that. This course will introduce the
fundamentals of photoelectric conversion: charge excitation, conduction, separation, and
collection. The course will introduce the working principles, characterization techniques,
limitations or technological hurdles, grid-parity and material aspects of different types of solar

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cell technologies. Latest results and breakthroughs in materials and technology will also be
discussed.
Prerequisites: NA

PH205 Relativity (2 Credits)

Galilean transformations, postulates of special theory of relativity, Lorentz transformations,

length contraction, time dilation, relativistic mass, relativistic energy and momentum, notion of
space, time and space-time, space-time diagram, Lorentz group, equivalence principle and
general theory of relativity.
Prerequisites: NA

PH206 Light Absorption, Emission and evice (2 Credits)

Optical absorption and reflection (fundamentals, X- rays to microwaves), cyclotron

resonances, excitons, polarons, plasmons, radiative and non-radiative carrier
recombination, excitonic signatures in photoluminescence. Optical properties of OD, 10
and 20 semiconducting materials, quantum-dot-based light emitting diodes (lnGaN, GaP
etc) and transistor (lnGaP, GaAs etc), semiconductor LASERS (GaAs, AIGaAs, etc),
quantum-dot-based LASERS (eg lnGaAs) and optical properties of superlattices.
Miscellaneous semiconductors (amorphous, organic, fullerenes, carbon nanotubes),
molecular electronics, photoconductivity and dynamics, photovoltaics. Rayleigh, Raman
and Brillouin scattering phenomena.
Prerequisites: NA

PH207 Quantum Optics and Information Processing (2 Credits)

Classical optics, quantum properties of light, photon statistics, single photon source, polarizing
beam splitter (analogy with Stern-Gerlach experiment), polarization state of a single photon,
single photon polarization detector, Pockets cell, light amplifier, basic principles of quantum
cryptography, quantum cryptographic systems and limitations, quantum key distribution-8884,
-892 protocols, qubits, quantum logic gates, decoherence, error correction and applications of
quantum computers.
Prerequisites: NA

PH208 Self-Propelled Micro/Nanorobots (2 Credits)

Mechanism of propulsion at small scale (low Reynolds numbers), Scaling laws, Design
strategies for self-propelled micro/nanorobots under different environmental conditions (e.g.
aqueous and complex viscoelastic or biological media), Techniques of the localization and
manipulation (external and self-guided motion). Observation and tracking methods.
Micro/nanorobots for the applications in targeted drug delivery, non-invasive surgery,
environmental sensing, cargo delivery, and formation of dynamic and reconfigurable self
assemblies.
Prerequisites: NA

PH209 Unfurling Neutrino Stories (2 Credits)

1. History of Neutrinos: From Pauli to Fermi's theory to six Nobel Prizes in neutrino physics

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2. Fundamental Constituents of our Universe (quarks, leptons, photon, W,Z bosons, Higgs)
and forces: [electromagnetic, weak, Strong and gravitational interactions.
3. Status of Neutrinos in Weinberg, Salam and Glashow's SM of Particle Zoo.
4. Brief Idea about Solar, atmospheric, reactor/accelerator, supernovae neutrinos.
5. Neutrino oscillations and efforts by Indian Neutrino Observatory.
6. Neutrino Astronomy, lcecube Telescope: Neutrinos from Heaven.
7. Current Research Perspectives of Neutrino Physics in purview of Particle Physics,
Astrophysics and Cosmology.
Prerequisites: NA

PH501 Classical Mechanics (6 Credits)

Review of Newtonian mechanics, Lagrangian mechanics, generalized coordinates,

constraints, principle of virtual work, Lagrange’s equation, calculus of variations, central
forces, collisions, scattering small oscillations, anharmonic oscillators. perturbation theory,
forced oscillators. Hamilton’s equations, phase space & phase trajectories, canonical
transformations, Poisson brackets, Hamilton- Jacobi theory, rigid body dynamics, nonlinear
dynamics; Special Theory of Relativity: Relativistic Kinematics, Mass Energy equivalence,
Continuous System.
Prerequisites: NA

PH502 Quantum Mechanics-I (6 Credits)

Origins of quantum theory, Schrödinger equation, wave mechanics, one and three-
dimensional problems, Harmonic and other potentials; hydrogen atom, Hilbert space
formalism for quantum mechanics, symmetries in quantum mechanics, general treatment of
angular momentum; spin, identical particles; Pauli exclusion principle.
Prerequisites: NA

PH503 Mathematical Physics (6 Credits)

Vector space, orthogonality, matrices, Cayley-Hamilton Theorem, eigenvalues, eigenvectors;

Complex variable, Singularities, Taylor and Laurent series, residue theorem, contour
integration; Fourier series, Fourier transformation, Laplace transformation; Special function:
Gamma, Hermite, Bessel, Legendre, Laguerre and Green functions; Introduction of tensor and
group theory, representation of O(N), SU(N).
Prerequisites: NA

PH504 Computational Physics (6 Credits)

C Programming Language: Algorithms, flow charts, constants, expressions, conditional

statements, loops, arrays, logical expressions, control statements, functions, structures,
pointers, bit operation, files in C. Solving problems using C programming. Numerical Analysis:
Interpolation by Lagrange method, Numerical solution of simple algebraic equation by
Newton- Raphson method, Least Square fit using rational functions, Numerical integration:
Trapezoidal method, Simpson’s method, Romberg integration, Gauss quadrature method,
Eigenvalues and eigenvectors of a matrix, Solution of linear homogeneous equations, Trace
of a matrix, Matrix inversion, Solution of ordinary differential equation by Runge-Kutta Method,
Introductory Monte Carlo techniques.

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PH505 Electronics Laboratory (6 Credits)

Bipolar junction transistor (BJT) - characteristics, MOSFET characteristics, Cathode Ray

Oscilloscope (CRO), Logic Circuit, Light Emitting Diode (LED) characteristics, Thin Film
Deposition and its characterization, Characteristics of Solar cell, Photoluminescence, Raman
effect experiment.
Prerequisites: NA

PH506 Statistical Physics (6 Credits)

Classical Statistical Mechanics: Postulate of classical statistical mechanics, Liouville’s

theorem, micro canonical ensemble, Derivation of thermodynamics, equipartition theorem,
classical ideal gas, Gibb’s Paradox. Canonical ensemble and energy fluctuation, grand
canonical ensemble and density fluctuation, Equivalence of canonical and grand canonical
ensemble; Quantum Statistical Mechanics: The density matrix, ensembles in quantum
statistical mechanics; Ideal gas in micro-canonical and grand canonical ensembles; Equation
of state for ideal Fermi gas, Theory of white dwarf stars. Ideal Bose Gas, Photons and Planck’s
law, Phonons, Bose-Einstein condensation; Phase Transition: Thermodynamic description of
phase transitions, phase transitions of second kind, Discontinuity of specific heat, change in
symmetry in a phase transition of second kind. Ising model : Definition of Ising model, One
Dimensional Ising model; Ideal Bose Gas, Photons and Planck’s law Phonons, Bose- Einstein
condensation; Thermodynamics description of phase transitions, phase transitions of second
kind, Discontinuity of specific heat, change in symmetry in a phase transition of second kind.
Prerequisites: NA

PH507 Quantum Mechanics – II (6 Credits)

Time Independent Perturbation Theory, First and Second Order Correction, Perturbed
Harmonic Oscillator, Anharmonic Oscillator, The Stark Effect. Degenerate Perturbation
Theory, Removal of Degeneracy.
Variational Methods: Ground State, First Excited State and Second Excited State of One-
Dimensional Harmonic Oscillator, Ground State of H-atom and He-atom, Rotational and
Vibrational Degrees of Freedom, Hydrogen molecule ion, Hydrogen molecule.
WKB Approximation Method: General Formalism, Validity of WKB Approximation Method,
Connection Formulas, Bohr Sommerfeld Quantization Rule, Application to Harmonic
Oscillator, Tunneling Through a Potential Barrier, Cold Emission, Alpha Decay
Time Dependant Perturbation Theory: Transition Probability, Constant and Harmonic
Perturbation, Fermi’s Golden Rule, and Electric Dipole Radiation and Selection rules.
Scattering Theory: Scattering Amplitude and Cross Section. Born Approximation. Application
to Coulomb and Screened Coulomb Potential,. Partial Wave Analysis for Elastic and Inelastic
Scattering, Optical Theorem, Hard-Sphere Scattering, Resonance Scattering from a Square
Well Potential.
Prerequisites: NA

PH508 Electrodynamics (6 Credits)

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Brief electromagnetism, Maxwell’s equations, Poynting’s theorem, Energy and momentum
conservation; Electromagnetic waves: wave equation, propagation of electromagnetic waves
in different media, reflection, refraction, and total internal reflection, complex refractive index;
Multipole Radiation: Potential, Fields and radiation due to an oscillating electric dipole, angular
distribution of power radiated, Rayleigh Scattering. Magnetic dipole and Electric Quadrupole
radiation; Radiation by Point Charge: Lienard-Weichert potential, Field due to a point charge,
Angular distribution of radiation and total power radiated by an accelerated charge, Thomson's
scattering.
Prerequisites: NA

PH509 Nuclear and Particle Physics (6 Credits)

Ground state of Deuteron, Mesons and nuclear force field (Field theory of Nuclear forces);
Liquid drop model and Weissacker’s mass formula, Shell model of the nucleus, Fermi gas
model Single particle shell model, Collective model of nucleus, rotational motion of the
nucleus, vibration of spherical Nuclei; Description of nuclear Reactions, Q-value, derivation of
elastic and reaction cross section, description by partial wave analysis, Resonances, Breit-
winger one level formula; Accelerators and Detectors.
The Standard model of particle physics, particle classification, Spin and parity determination,
Isospin, strangeness, hypercharge, and baryon number, lepton number, Gell-Mann-Nishijima
Scheme, Quarks in hadrons: Meson and baryon octet, Elementary ideas of SU(3) symmetry,
charmonium, charmed mesons and B mesons, Quark spin and colour.
Prerequisites: NA

PH510 Experimental Laboratory (6 Credits)

Typical set of experiments: Michelson Interferometer, X-Ray Diffraction, Planck’s constant,

Geiger-Muller counter, Hall effect, Faraday effect, Microwave Experiment, Electron Spin
Resonance, 2D Grating, Kerr effect, Rydberg constant, Franck-Hertz experiment, Zeeman
effect.
Prerequisites: NA

PH511 Atomic and Molecular Physics (6 Credits)

Review of one and two-electron atoms; Many electron atoms: central field approximation,
Thomas-Fermi model, Hartee-Fock and self-consistent field methods, Hund's rule, L-S and j-j
coupling, Equivalent and nonequivalent electrons, Spectroscopic terms, Lande interval rule;
Interaction with Electromagnetic fields: Zeeman, Paschen Back and Stark effects; Hyperfine
structure and isotope shift, selection rules; Lamb shift; Molecular spectra: rotational,
vibrational, electronic, Raman and Infra-red spectra of diatomic molecules; Hund's rule,
Frank–Condon principle; Molecular structure: molecular potential, Born-Oppenheimer
approximation, diatomic molecules, electronic angular momenta; Modern developments:
optical cooling and trapping of atoms, Bose- Einstein condensation, Introduction of LASER
physics.
Prerequisites: NA

PH512 Solid State Physics (6 Credits)

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Crystal structure: Miller indices and reciprocal lattice, Bragg and von Laue diffraction, structure
factor; Lattice vibration and thermal properties: harmonic approximation, monatomic and
diatomic lattices, Brillouin zone, density of states, acoustic and optical modes, phonons,
crystal momentum, Debye model of specific heat, thermal expansion, thermal conductivity;
Free electron theory: Fermi gas, specific heat, Ohm’s law, magneto-resistance, thermal
conductivity; Band theory: Bloch theorem, nearly free electron model, motion of electron in
energy bands, effective mass; Semiconductor: Intrinsic and extrinsic semiconductors, mobility
and electrical conductivity, Fermi level, Hall effect; Magnetism: Diamagnetism, Hund’s rules,
Lande g-factor, quantum theory of paramagnetism, Pauli paramagnetism, exchange
interaction, ferromagnetism, hysteresis; Superconductivity: Meissner effect, London
equations, type-I and type-II superconductors; Ginzburg-Landau theory, outlines of BCS
theory.
Prerequisites: NA

PH513 Experimental and Measurement Techniques (6 Credits)

The range of experimental methods covers X-ray diffraction technique-Neutron diffraction;

Fundamentals of electron microscopy (SEM, TEM, Electron diffraction, STEM); Electron Probe
Microanalysis (EPMA) (EDS, WDS); Scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) and atomic force
microscopy (AFM); Electron emission spectroscopies (XPS, AES, UPS); Vibrational
spectroscopy (IR, Raman); Resonance techniques (NMR, ESR); Lithography- optical, e-beam
etc; chromatographic techniques (size exclusion chromatography, liquid chromatography, gas
chromatography); mass spectroscopy (ESI-MS, MALDI-TOF); surface area analysis of porous
materials, oxygen/moisture permeability analysis; mechanical testing; rheology. Whenever
possible lab tours will be arranged showing the equipment in practical use.
Prerequisites: NA

PH514 Electronics (6 Credits)

Network theorems; application to simple circuits; p-n junction devices, diode, transistors;
biasing schemes; small signal amplifiers; feed-back; theory; oscillators; power supply; wave
shaping circuits; Bipolar junction transistor: configurations, small signal amplifier, oscillators;
JFET and MOSFET: characteristics, small signal amplifier; OP-AMP: Differential amplifiers;
Op-Amp (741) circuits (amplifiers; scalar; adder;subtractors; comparator; logarithmic
amplifiers; etc.); Number systems and their inter-conversion; Boolean algebra; Logic gates;
De-Morgan's theorem; Logic Families: TIL, MOS and CMOS; Combinational Circuits: Adders,
subtractors, Encoder, etc.; Sequential Circuits: Flip-flops, Registers, Counters, Memories;
A/D and D/A conversion Microprocessor and microcontroller basics
Prerequisites: NA

PH515 Semiconductors and Applications (6 Credits)

Introduction to thin films and nanostructures; Growth modes and zone models; techniques for
fabrication of semiconductor thin films and nanostructures using sputtering, e-beam
evaporation, atomic layer deposition, electrospinning, dry and wet etching, chemical vapour
deposition, sol-gel, spin-coating, and Langmuir-Blodgett technique etc. Characterization of
optical, electrical, mechanical and structural properties using various techniques. Interaction
of ultraviolet and visible photons with semiconductors; charge excitation, formation of excitons
and polarons in general and molecular semiconductors; dynamics of photogenerated carriers;

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some specific examples for the dynamics of charge carriers; photovoltaic effect: conduction,
separation, and collection; working principles, photovoltaic characterization techniques,
limitations or technological hurdles, and material aspects of different generation of solar cell
technology.
Prerequisites: NA

PH517 Astrophysics & Cosmology (6 Credits)

Astrophysics: basics, spectra, radiative transfer, stars, end-states of stars (white dwarfs,
Chandrasekhar's mass limit, neutron stars, supernovae, black holes), quasars, gamma ray
bursts, interstellar medium, galaxies, astrophysical fluids & plasmas, instabilities,
magnetohydrodynamics, applications to stars/galaxies and the Universe.
Einstein's relativity: special relativity, equivalence principle, basics of general relativity.
Cosmology: redshift, FRL W models of the Universe, expansion, Hubble's law, the early
Universe, big-bang model, inflation, nucleosynthesis, matter and radiation dominated era, dark
matter, dark energy, cosmic microwave background, baryon acoustic oscillations, formation of
galaxies and stars, current forefront of research, supermassive black holes, first stars, epoch
of reionization, 21 cm cosmology, N-body simulations
Prerequisites: NA

PH602 Solid State Physics (6 Credits)

Crystal structure: symmetry operations, Bravais lattices, point groups, examples of simple
crystal structures, Miller indices and reciprocal lattice, Bragg and von Laue diffraction,
structure factor;
Lattice vibration and thermal properties: harmonic approximation, monatomic and diatomic
lattices, Brillouin zone, density of states, acoustic and optical modes, phonons, crystal
momentum, determination of dispersion relations, Debye model of specific heat, anharmonic
effects, thermal expansion, thermal conductivity;
Free electron theory: Fermi gas, specific heat, Ohm’s law, magneto-resistance, thermal
conductivity; Band theory: Bloch theorem, nearly free electron model, classification of metal,
insulator and semiconductor, motion of electron in energy bands, effective mass, Fermi
surfaces of metals; Semiconductor: Intrinsic and extrinsic semiconductors, mobility and
electrical conductivity, Fermi level, Hall effect;
Magnetism: Diamagnetism, Hund’s rules, Lande g-factor, quantum theory of paramagnetism,
Pauli paramagnetism, exchange interaction, ferromagnetism, Ising model, Heisenberg model,
hysteresis; Superconductivity: Meissner effect, London equations, type-I and type-II
superconductors; Ginzburg-Landau theory, outlines of BCS theory.
Prerequisites: NA

PH604 Advanced Quantum Mechanics (4Credits)

Klein-Gordon equation and its drawbacks, Dirac equation, Properties of Dirac Matrices, Non-
relativistic reduction of Dirac equation.
Covariant form of Dirac equation, magnetic moment, Darwin’s term, Spin- orbit coupling,
bilinear
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covariant, Lorentz Covariance of Dirac equation, Free particle solution of Dirac equation,
Projection operators for energy and spin.
Physical interpretation of free particle solution, Zitterbewegung, Hole theory, Charge
conjugation, Space reflection and Time reversal symmetries of Dirac equation.
Continuous systems and fields, Transition of discrete to continous systems, Lagrangian and
Hamiltonian formulations, Noether’s theorem
Second quantization, Quantization of neutral scalar field, and charge scalar field, (Expansion
of fields in terms of creation, annihilation operator and number operator, unequal space time
commutators, anti commutators, propagator functions and their integral representations,
Vacuum expectation value, Time ordered product, Feynman propagator).
Dirac field and electromagnetic field (Expansion of fields in terms of creation, annihilation
operator and number operator, unequal space time commutators, anti commutators,
propagator functions and their intergral representations, Vacuum expectation value, Time
ordered product, Feynman propagator)
Prerequisites: NA

PH605 Quantum Field Theory (6 Credits)

Relativistic quantum mechanics – Klein-Gordon equation, Dirac equation, free-particle

solutions
Lagrangian formulation of Klein-Gordon, Dirac and Maxwell equations, Symmetries (Noethers
theorem), Gauge field, Actions. Canonical quantization of scalar and Dirac fields. Interacting
fields – Heisenberg picture, perturbation theory, Wicks theorem, Feynman diagram
Cross-section and S-matrix. Quantization of gauge field, gauge fixing. QED and QED
processes. Radiative corrections – self-energy, vacuum polarization, vertex correction. LSZ
and optical theorem. Introduction to renormalization.
Prerequisites: NA

PH606 Particle Physics (6 Credits)

The Standard model of particle physics, particle classification, fermions and bosons, lepton
flavors, quark flavors, electromagnetic, weak and strong processes, Spin and parity
determination, Isospin, strangeness, hypercharge, and baryon number, lepton number, Gell-
Mann-Nishijima Scheme, Quarks in hadrons: Meson and baryon octet, Elementary ideas of
SU(3) symmetry, charmonium, charmed mesons and B mesons, Quark spin and colour.
Dirac equation, Scattering processes of spin-1/2 particles (Feynmans rules as thumb rule),
propagators
Current-current interactions, weak interaction, Fermi theory Gauge symmetries, spontaneous
symmetry breaking, Higgs mechanism
Electroweak interaction, Glashow-Salam-Weinberg model Introduction to QCD, structure of
hadrons (form factors, structure functions), parton model, Deep inelastic scattering.
Prerequisites: NA

PH657 Feynman Diagram Calculation (2 Credits)

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Motivation, Anatomy of S-matrix, structure of propagator and self-energy in vacuum as well as
medium for spin 0, ½ and 1 particles, Application of Feynman diagram in particle and nuclear
physics.
Prerequisites: NA

PH699 Thesis (variable Credits)

Students registering for this course are associated with a supervisor and have to carry out
research work. Student will be evaluated for the program in research at the end of semester.
Prerequisites: NA

PH795 Candidacy (0 Credit)

The objective of this candidacy is to evaluate the candidate’s ability to carry out research and
shall include the evaluation of the knowledge breadth of the student, including the research
comprehension.
Prerequisites: Student must have completed the course credit requirement for the program
registered for.

PH798 Independent Study (variable Credits)

Students registering for this course are expected to get versed in a particular topic allotted by
the course instructor. The topic and the credits are assigned by the course instructor. There
will not be any regular lecture delivered for this course type.
Prerequisites: The course is available only to PG students.

PH799 Thesis (variable Credits)

Students registering for this course are associated with a supervisor and have to carry out
research work. Student will be evaluated for the program in research at the end of semester.
Prerequisites: Student must have cleared candidacy.

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