We are particularly happy to welcome Dr. K. Kasturirangan, Director of the National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS) at Bangalore and also the Hon’ble Member of the Parliament (Rajya Sabha) amongst us for today’s Convocation.

It is with enormous sense of pride that I share with you the news of Dan David Science Prize for 2005 in Materials Science being conferred on Prof. C. N. R. Rao. He shares the award with George Whitesides of the Harvard University and Robert Langer of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Prof. Rao has been honored in recognition of his stellar achievements in the field of Solid State and Material Chemistry. Prof. C.N.R. Rao is also the recipient of the Indian Science Award for his outstanding contributions to Solid State Chemistry and Materials Science.

I have another heart-warming piece of news for you. The most recent survey of Dataquest ranks IIT Kanpur the BEST Technical School of the country. And I take this opportunity to congratulate and thank the faculty, the students, the staff as well as members of the Board of Governors for bringing this honor to the Institute.

ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES

The academic year 2004-2005 has had a successful run. The number of graduating students both at the undergraduate
(B Tech-280, M Sc (5 year Integrated)-27, M Sc (2 year)-69, Total = 376) as well as postgraduate (M Tech-355, M Des 10, MBA 28, Ph D 61, Total = 454) level shows a fairly satisfactory trend. The enrolment in the Doctoral programme as well as the publication record of the faculty and students for the academic year 2004-2005 has improved considerably.

The Institute is launching a five year integrated M.Sc. Programme in Economics in the coming academic year. Eminent journalist and Member of the Parliament Shri Arun Shourie has pledged Rs 11.00 crore out of his Member of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS) funds for establishing a separate and well-equipped building for Environmental Sciences and Environmental Engineering. The Institute envisages constructing a 'Green Building' for the Environmental Sciences. IIT Kanpur is one of the eight institutes chosen by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) for creating state-of-the-art Nano-technology center. Under the auspices of the FIST scheme of DST, a new facility for developing Intelligent Sensors and Control will be installed in the Electrical Engineering Department.
AWARDS AND HONORS

The faculty and students of IITK continue to break new grounds in the forefront of research. This has been duly recognized in the form of various awards and honors to the faculty including Fellowships of professional societies, Editorship of international journals, and best paper awards to the students. IIT Kanpur is proud of Professor Vinod Kumar Singh (Chemistry) who was conferred the prestigious Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award for 2004. The Swarnajayanti Fellowship, given by the Government of India, recognizes outstanding young researchers who explore new frontiers in science and technology. Professor Debabrata Goswami from the Department of Chemistry was awarded this Fellowship in 2004. Wellcome Trust International Senior Research Fellowship, instituted by the Wellcome Trust of the United Kingdom, is open to outstanding researchers from several countries including India whose work impacts the fields of biology and medicine. Dr. Debabrata Goswami (Chemistry) and Dr. Balaji Prakash (BSBE) have been conferred the Wellcome Trust grant for 2004.

I am happy to share with you the good news that Mr. Cherian Varkey Mathew , a first-year undergraduate student (who will soon move into his second year) of Computer Science and Engineering Department, has been chosen for the prestigious Lucent Scholarship in recognition of his outstanding all-round qualities among all the undergraduate students in the country. He shares the honor with Ms. Poonam of National Institute of Technology, Surathkal. The Bell Labs in New Jersey has invited him along with selected students from across the globe for visiting various laboratories and meeting scientists including some Nobel Laureates. Our hearty congratulations to Mathew!

Prof. A.K. Mallik has been honored with the Distinguished Teacher Award of IIT Kanpur for 2004.

Professor C.N.R. Rao has been nominated the Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Council to the Prime Minister of India and Professor S.G. Dhande has been chosen member of the Council.

A representative list of Awards and Honors is included as an addendum to the report.

RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT

The research profile of the institute is continually growing every year. At any given time, the faculty and research engineers/ scientists are engaged in carrying out about 400 sponsored projects and almost an equal number of consultancy projects. During 2004-2005, the research grants received under the sponsored projects category have been about 415 million rupees, whereas under the consultancy projects category, these have been approximately 54 million rupees.
The institute faculty members have filed more than 20 patents in India and overseas. Five patents have been awarded in the past two years. The institute has signed several memoranda of understanding with Indian as well as international academic/ research institutions and industries to strengthen its collaborative research efforts.

The Institute has taken up a Technology Mission project on various aspects of Railway Safety sponsored by the MHRD, Ministry of Railways and various Industrial groups. Department of Computer Science & Engineering has undertaken a project on development of a multi modal Biometric system for human identification which integrates at least four markers such as the face, the finger-prints, the signature and the iris in ascertaining one’s personal identity. They have also developed a Portable Model of Primary Healthcare Delivery funded by the Media Lab Asia. Department of Civil Engineering has a project on treatment of domestic wastewater in India sponsored by the Swedish International Development Corporation. Department of Electrical Engineering has undertaken a project on development of Independent Component Analysis Based Blind Source Separation Algorithms for Audio/ Image Separations. They aim to develop neuron model based Blind-Source-Separation (BSS) algorithms which will be able to separate the audio and image mixtures. Department of Atomic Energy, Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences (BRNS) has sponsored a project to the Mechanical Engineering Department for development of a general purpose Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) code. Sponsored by the Department of Science and Technology under the Swarnajayanti fellowship scheme, a project on ultrafast pulse shaping approaches to coherent control of molecular systems to achieve quantum computation has been undertaken by the Chemistry Department. Quantum computing with ultrafast pulse shaping technology project in the Chemistry Department has been sponsored by the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology. It is an initiative to develop ultrafast tunable shaped pulses as an approach to quantum computations. BSBE Department has received a couple of projects last year: Tumor genomics in Drosophila: An expression profiling of tumors of diverse genetic origins, Nonneuronal cell-mediated neuroprotection in the neurodegenerative disease, Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), Nonneuronal cell-mediated neuroprotection in the neurodegenerative disease, Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis(ALS), An in vivo assay for high throughput screening of compounds for their effect on the expression of cytochrome P450 genes, Isolation and Characterization of microbial strains for the degradation of hydroxyls and nitro toluene.

Department of Materials and Metallurgical Engineering has undertaken a couple of projects as listed below: Computer simulation of charge motion in tumbling mills using the Discrete Element Method (DEM), Reduction of skull in tundish during the Final Stages of a sequence casting of Steels, SPEED (Steel Plant Engineering, Education and Development), Electro remediation of Cr (VI) Contaminated Soil, Development of New Stereological Analysis Software Tools, Stress Induced Martensitic Transformations in Titanium Alloys, Preparation of Metallic Strips by P/M routes, Development of a New Thermomechanical Treatment for Medium-Carbon Microalloyed Steels, Synthesis of Nanocrystalline Alloys using the Mechanical Alloying Approach, Nanostructured Y-TZP Ceramics and TZP-TiB2 and WC-ZrO2 Nanocomposites, Sintering Time Compression using Microwave Sintering, Novel Structure Based Organic Thin Film Transistors (OTFTs), Development of Polysilane based Ultra-violet Light Emitting Diodes, Hydrogen Interaction in Materials.

As mentioned earlier, the DST has provided about 2 crore rupees for establishing an Intelligent Sensors and Control Research Facility in the Electrical Engineering Department. Other major projects pursued by the faculty and research engineers of the Electrical Engineering Department include the Development of Active Matrix Organic Light Emitting Diode Display, Development of Organic Solar Cells, Enhancement of Power Systems Performance using FACTs. Mathematics Department has also undertaken a couple of important projects. Increasing and Convex Along Rays Functions over Cones: A Study in Monotonic Analysis, Issues on Estimation, Prediction and Calibration in Measurement Error Models, Evolution Equations and their Applications.

The Department of Mechanical Engineering has been actively working on the following projects: Dynamic Mechanical Thermal Analyzer, Stereoscopic Particle Image Velocimetry System, Horiba Exhaust Emission Analyzer, Smart Structures Test Setup, Flow solver for Thermal Hydraulics of Neutron Spallation Target of Accelerator Driven Sub critical System (jointly with Mathematics). Recently undertaken projects in the Physics Department include: Mesoscopic structures, patterning and properties with emphasis on soft matter and thin films, Radiation induced electronic phase separation in epitaxial films of perovskite manganites, Fundamental studies of manganese oxides and analogs for suitability as cathodes in rechargeable lithium ion batteries, Development of MgO coatings by sputtering for plasma displays, and Laser matter interaction using short pulsed laser.

Several projects covering a wide spectrum of areas which have a direct industrial relevance are currently underway. For instance, research sponsored by Unilever India, Bangalore, on particulate adhesion and detachment focuses on uncovering the fundamental physico-chemical and interfacial aspects of detergency, with the aim of designing futuristic ultra-efficient detergents. Chevron-Texaco Inc, USA, is sponsoring experimental and computational studies on flow patterns in bubble column reactors, and the development of novel catalysts. GAIL-India, is supporting process intensification studies that can lead to miniaturization of chemical plants similar to the progress witnessed in the microelectronic devices.

A few major consultancy projects recently undertaken by the Civil Engineering Department include: Development and application of Uttar Pradesh Spatial Decision support system, Review of Building Codes and Preparation of Commentary and Handbooks on earthquakes, wind and fire, Design of Drainage Master Plan for Kanpur South under Kanpur Development Authority. A Consultancy project involving synthesis of several important organic intermediates for the purpose of high speed analoging drug discovery program has been started in the Chemistry department. Sun Microsystems, USA has funded establishment of a Sun Grid in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering. The grid has 20 Opteron based machines.

RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT

To strengthen the research infrastructure, the Institute has procured a large number of new equipment: A new facility for the study of fuel sprays and aerosols (Malvern Particle Size Analyzer) has been created in the Aerospace Engineering Department. Other worth mentioning facilities include: A Femtosecond Laboratory for Quantum Computation, Pulsed Electron Deposition (PED) unit for Thin Film Nanostructures, CEM Voyager Stopflow system integrated with microwave enhanced Raman spectrometer, CCD X-Ray Diffractometer, Affymetrix Microarry Platform, Time-lapse Video Microscopy, Automated DNA Sequencer Facility, Laser Scanning Confocal Microscopy, Facilities for Biomaterial Research, A Research Centre (Prabhu Goel ) for computer and internet security, a computer hardware laboratory to train students and carry out research in the area of computer hardware, Superconducting Quantum Interference Device (SQUID), Ellipsometer and Spectrofluorometer.

FINANCIAL POSITION

The Institute has had a satisfactory financial year during 2004-05. The total non-plan grant(s) from MHRD was Rs 68 crore and that from the total plan funds was Rs 30 crore. The Institute received a grant of Rs 4.13 crore (approximately) for various schemes like R & D, thrust area and laboratory modernization. I am sure we will be able to cope well, thanks to the able guidance of our Chairman and the support of the alumni and other well- wishers of the Institute.

We have also received Rs. 74.06 lacs from the 1980 batch, Rs 23.41 lacs from the 1969 batch, Rs 2.97 lacs from the 1970 batch and Rs 1.27 lacs from the 1990 batch. In addition, we have received liberal donations from various alumni towards establishing different lecture series in different departments (Prof. Arindam Bose, US$ 5000, in addition to his earlier donation of Rs 2.35 lacs for BSBE; Dr. ESP Das, US$ 10000, for Materials Science, Dr. Anil Chopra, US$10000 for Petro Tel Lecture in Chemical Engineering, Mr. Satish Dasari, US$10000, for DP Rao Lecture series in Laser Technology, Mr. Devendra Shukla, US$10000 for Civil Engineering). We have also received Rs 8.75 lacs from various donors for Prof. S. Sampath Chair. The Institute has received Rs 5.38 lacs for Endowment Corpus of NICEE. Sukriti Vidyut Udyog is giving a donation of Rs 2.0 lacs on a yearly basis for five years to support outstanding researchers. We have also received Rs 21.83 lacs from Dr. Ajit Gill in addition to his earlier donations of Rs 13.55 lacs and 12.02 lacs towards the BSBE department. Prof G S Kainth has donated Rs 2 lacs in addition to his earlier donation of Rs 1 lac towards the establishment of Dr Gurcharan Singh Kainth Scholarship. The Institute received a donation of Rs. 1.45 lacs for Prof. Sachchidanand Memorial Fund. A donation of Rs. 3.0 lacs has been received from Ram Rajendra Malhotra Educational Society, New Delhi for the institution of an Annual Exhibition-cum-Lecture series as part of the M Des programme. Mr. Devendra Shukla has donated US$10000 for instituting the Devendra Shukla Distinguished Lecture Series in the Civil Engineering department. The Institute has received a total donation of Rs. 4.36 lacs from different donors for instituting the J. Mahanty Lecture Series in the Physics department. Infosys Technologies, Bangalore has donated Rs.3.0 lacs for instituting Infosys Fellowship. Generous donations are being received for instituting the Satyendra K. Dubey award. Satyendra K. Dubey Memorial Fund Committee has already donated Rs. 3.19 lacs. Satyendra Dubey Memorial Fund Committee has further donated Rs. 1.50 lacs for installing an appropriate thematic structure in memory of the Late Sri Satyendra K. Dubey. Prof. CNR Rao has donated Rs 1.0 lac for instituting the Prof. CNR Rao Lecture Series at IIT Kanpur. The alumni continue to support the Institute morally, physically and financially. I wish to place on record our gratitude to all of them on behalf of the faculty, staff and students of IITK and on my own. The Institute participated in the PanIIT event held in New Delhi in December 2004. The Institute also participated in a recently held IIT2005 event in Washington DC.

STUDENT ACTIVITIES

The previous year had been a very active and fruitful one for our Institute. IIT Kanpur has always striven to encourage an equitable balance between academics and extracurricular engagements. Our aim is to create future leaders in their chosen fields and not just technically accomplished individuals. Knowledge and skills that are easily measured or assessed are not the only ones worth having; some very precious qualities such as a person’s sense of values and cultural awareness are equally important goals to attain. We take pride in the support the institute provides to various social, cultural and sporting activities pursued by the Students’ Gymkhana and other student groups. The activities range from clubs like Prayas, where students teach children coming from socially disadvantaged and economically deprived backgrounds to the Dramatics club which through its thematic and socially relevant plays often alert us to the most crucial questions concerning humanity, thus providing a corrective to our traditional knowledge-based and examination-driven teaching. Other technically oriented student groups are engaged round the year in pursuing special interests like robotics, electronic aids, animation, aero-modeling and astronomy to name just a few.

The overriding objective of our large-scale events like the Cultural Festival Antaragni, the Science and Technology Festival Techkriti, the sports Festivals Udgosh and Josh, the entrepreneurial event Megabucks and the film festival Umang organized by the Students Films Society is to infuse in our students a sense of richness and purpose. We are fully convinced that extracurricular activities and community services play a significant role in school life contributing to the development of the student into a whole person. The Gymkhana Festivals have seen vastly improved participation levels, both from within the institute and also from students from other Indian and international institutes. The revenue generated from the conduct of these well-organized festivals witnessed a dramatic growth this year and ably testifies to the managerial and logistical skills of our students.

Students’ strenuous efforts often involving months of intensive training were well rewarded at the Inter IIT Sports meet held at IIT Madras. In our contingent of 120 there were over 40 first year students whose enthusiasm and experience, we hope, would provide a source of strength in the coming year. Other activities like Nature trails, trekking, and mountaineering are being taken up actively by the students. Students interest in activities like photography and music are also being actively encouraged and the institute is doing all it can to provide the enthusiasts of these and other clubs with the requisite funding and equipment. In order to encourage the sports activities among the students, the Institute has introduced Sports Prizes to the medalists in the Inter IIT Sports meet, and twenty sports scholarships of Rs 500/- per month each for achieving outstanding leadership in sports.

Discussion and debate in the student community is being sustained by both the general interest student Magazine “Meander” and the campus news reportage of “Spark”. These journalistic endeavors have been successful in cultivating a broader awareness in the student community of certain problems. They facilitate an active personal engagement in the system of redressal and also act as a sounding board for student opinion.

The placement scenario this year has witnessed a positive upswing with almost 93% of the B.Tech and 70% of the
M. Tech students registered with the student placement office getting offers. A remarkable improvement in M. Tech placement has been observed with more than 100 additional offers compared to the previous years. Placement of the MBA students has been 100 % with substantial increase in the average pay package. Many companies of repute also registered for the on-campus-recruitment program for the first time. From the next academic session, the placement activities will start after the inter IIT Sports meet in December. A new complex comprising Students’ Placement Office, Alumni Activities, and a mini convention centre is coming up adjacent to the stadium between Visitors’ Hostel and SAC with enthusiastic support from the alumni of 1969 and 1980 batch. With improved facilities and a response system in place, we earnestly hope that the coming year would see increased participation of companies and industrial organizations for effective placement and industrial training programs.

CLOSING REMARKS

Dear graduates, on this occasion of 37th convocation, I offer my hearty congratulations to each of you. This Institute has given you the knowledge as well as a unique value system. My fervent prayer is that you should all excel in your professional career. Some of you will choose to work in the industry, some of you will choose to go in for higher studies, some of you will opt for a career in management, and some of you will prefer to serve the country as civil servants. Whatever be your chosen profession, please remember that innovation and integrity should remain your guiding principles. This is the moment for you to take a resolution that you will deliver. Always remember the symbiotic relationship between science, technology and the society. The Chairman, the members of BOG and my colleagues are all with me in wishing you the best as you face the challenges of life. I am sure that you will stand firm and face such situations bravely. This Institute has helped you to internalize several principles, acquire some special skills, and gain knowledge of several fields. All these translate into the basic capital of your life. While the journey ahead constitutes the real learning for you, be assured that the spirit of IITK which you have imbibed will act as your conscience and help you negotiate the crises and perils of this journey. It is people like you who keep IITK flag flying high. You are now our alumni. We are proud of you. Your contributions will enrich the heritage of IITK. We will always be keen to hear about your success. Our relationship now graduates to that of mutual friends. This new relationship is the most beautiful treasure that you will own from today.

AWARDS AND HONORS

• Prof. CNR Rao, who was appointed chair of the Scientific Advisory Council to the Indian Prime Minister in January, has received the Indian Science Award for his contributions to Solid State Chemistry and Materials Science

• Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award 2004:
Prof. V. K. Singh (Chemistry)

• B. M. Birla Science Prize (2004) in Chemical Sciences: Prof. F. A. Khan (Chemistry)

• B. M. Birla Science Prize (2004) in Chemical Sciences: Prof. S. Verma (Chemistry)

• Swarnajayanti Fellowship (2004): Prof. D. Goswami (Chemistry)

• Wellcome Trust International Senior Research Fellowship Award, U.K. (2004): Prof. D. Goswami (Chemistry)

• Wellcome Trust International Senior Research Fellowship Award, U.K. (2004): Prof. Balaji Prakash. (BSBE)

• Distinguished Teacher Award (2004): Prof. A.K. Mallik (Mechanical Engineering)

• Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences (2004):
Prof. V. K. Singh (Chemistry)
• Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences (2004):
Prof. A. Chandra (Chemistry)

• Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences (2004):
Prof. R.C. Budhani (Physics)

• Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences (2004): Prof. V. K. Singh (Chemistry)

• Fellow of Indian National Academy of Engineering (2005): Prof. V.K. Gupta (Civil Engineering)

• Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (2005):Prof. K. Deb (Mechanical Engineering)

• Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (2005): Prof. A. Ghosh (Electrical Engineering)

• C.L. Chandna Award for the year 2004: Profs. D. Kundu & B.V.Rathish Kumar (Mathematics and Statistics)

• Dr. V.K. Gupta (Civil Engineering) has been chosen Associate Editor of ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering

• Prof. G. Biswas (Mechanical Engineering) has been chosen Associate Editor of the Journal of Heat Transfer, Transactions of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) [w.e.f January 2006]

• Prof. Sanjay Mittal (Aerospace Engineering) has been elected a member of the Editorial Board of the International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids

• Professor P Jalote (Computer Science) has been appointed Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering

• Professor P Jalote (Computer Science) has been appointed on the Technical Advisory Board of Microsoft Research Lab, India

• Prof. S.C. Srivastava (Electrical Engineering) has been elected Vice Chairperson of Technical Activities of IEEE India Council (2004)

• Dr. R. Balasubramaniam (Department of Materials & Metallurgical Engineering) has been appointed a member of the International Advisory Board of the Journal ‘Material Science Research India’

• Dr. Neeraj Mishra (Mathematics and Statistics) has been chosen for the 2003 Jacob Wofowitz Prize for Theoretical Advances in the Mathematical and Management Sciences for, “Simultaneous Multiple Comparison with the Worst and Best”

• Dr. Bikramjit Basu (Materials & Metallurgical Engineering) has been chosen the Young metallurgist of the year 2004 by the Indian Institute of Metals
• Dr. Bikramjit Basu (Materials & Metallurgical Engineering) has been chosen for the INSA Medal for Young Scientist (2005) by the Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi

• Professor R. C. Budhani (Physics) has been elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society

• Drs. Sanjeev Swami (Industrial & Management Engineering) and A K Agarwal (Mechanical Engineering) have been chosen for the AICTE Career Award for Young Teachers for the Year 2004-2005

• Prof. R.P. Singh (Civil Engineering) has been elected Vice President GeoRisk Commission of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics; and also a Member, Editorial Board, International Journal of Remote Sensing, Taylor and Francis, UK

• Professor R K Ghosh (Computer Science) was appointed chair of the Conference on International Conference on Distributed Computing and Internet Technology, 2004

• Professor Manindra Agrawal (Computer Science) presented an invited talk at the 22nd Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science, Stuttgart, 2005
• Best paper award in the Conference on Intelligent Sensors and Information Processing, ICISIP-2004:
Dr. L. Behera and Bharat Sundaram (Electrical Engineering)

• Prof. K. Deb (Mechanical Engineering) is an Executive Council Member of the International Society for Genetic and Evolutionary Computation (ISGEC), and also Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation Journal, and Evolutionary Computation Journal from MIT Press

• Prof. V.K. Jain (Mechanical Engineering) has been appointed Editor of the online Journal, International Journal of Manufacturing Technology and Management

• Dr. S. Ghorai (Mathematics) visited the University of Glasgow, as a BOYSCAST fellow to work on the Design of efficient Numerical/qualitative methods for solving differential equations

• Dr Anish Upadhyaya (Materials and Metallurgical Engineering) received the Young Scientist of the Year 2004 Award by Indian National Science Academy and also G. S. Tendulkar Prize for the overall best oral presentation among Ferrous, Non-Ferrous, Metal Science & Environment Science Groups at the 58th Annual Technical Meeting of the Indian Institute of Metals (2004)
• Drs. A.K. Gupta and S. Anantha Ramakrishna (Physics) became Young Associates of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore

BOOKS PUBLISHED

• A. Saxena and B. Sahay. Computer Aided Engineering Design. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer, 2005.

• P.S. Ghoshdastidar. Heat Transfer. Oxford University Press, 2004.

• K. Muralidhar and G. Biswas, Advanced Engineering Fluid Mechanics. Second Edition, Narosa Publishers, 2004.

• D. Bahuguna. Differential equations and Dynamical Systems. Narosa Publishers, 2005.

• Joydeep Dutta, CR Bector & Suresh Chandra. Principles of Optimization Theory. Narosa Publishers, 2004.

• D. Kundu & A. Basu. Statistical Computing: Existing Methods & Recent Advances. Narosa Publishers, 2004.

• B.V. Rathish Kumar. Mathematical Biology: Recent Trends. Anamaya Publications, New Delhi 2005.

• R. Balasubramaniam. The Qutub Complex. Aryan Books International, New Delhi, 2004.
• S.D. Joglekar. Mathematical Physics. Universities Press, 2005.

• V. Chandrasekhar. Inorganic and Organometallic Polymers. Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag, 2005.

• S. Gajbhiye and G. Balaji. Chapter on “Recent Advances in the Nanostructured Magnetic Particles" in Advances in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology. National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources, (CSIR) New Delhi, 2004.

• R. N. Mukherjee, Chapter on “Copper" in Comprehensive Coordination Chemistry-II: from Biology to Nanotechnology, Vol. 6, (Volume Editor: D.E. Fenton). Elsevier/Pergamon, Amsterdam, 2004, pp.747-910.

• S. Sundar Manoharan, Manju Lata Rao, “Sonochemical Synthesis of Nano Materials.” A review chapter in Encyclopedia of Nano science and Nanotechnology. H. S. Nalwa, Ed., American Scientific Publishers, 10, 2004.

• N.S.V. Kameswara Rao. Dynamic Soil Tests and Applications. A.H. Wheeler/S. Chand.

• Ashwini Kumar. Stability of Structures. Allied Publishers.

• B.C. Raymahashay. Geo-chemistry for Hydrologists. Allied Publishers.