UGAC 2019-20 End-Term Work Report

Undergraduate Academic Council, IIT Bombay
End-Term Work Report - 2019-20
Varshit Kumar
General Secretary, Academic Affairs (UG) 2019-20
Index of Contents
Structure of Council 3
Members of the Council: 4
GSAA (UG) 6
Work done on new proposals 6
Work done on improving the existing system 7
New work done in Council 8
Department-level initiatives 8
Work done as part of basic duties 8
Student Support Services 9
About the division: 10
Work done so far: 10
Career Cell 14
EnPoWER IIT Bombay 26
Finance Club IIT Bombay 32
Consult Club 35
Analytics Club 37
Web Council IIT Bombay 38
Design Council IIT Bombay 39
International Relations 40
Department Research Coordinators 41
About DRCs: 41
Mechanical Engineering: 41
Chemical Physics : 42
Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science: 43
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Structure of Council
The objective of Undergraduate Academic Council (UGAC) is to address all the issues related
to academic affairs of UG (B.Tech, B.Des, Dual Degree, and Integrated 5 yr. MSc) students. It is
the representation of students in all matters related to the academic programme, the
curriculum, the academic office and administration.
Members of the Council:

● General Secretary, Academic Affairs (UG)
● Institute Secretary, Academic Affairs (ISAA) – 3 posts
● Institute Secretary, International Relations - 1 post
● Department Research Coordinator- One representative from each department (All B.Tech.,
B.Des, DD, Integrated 5 yr MSc and 4 year BS) - 8 posts
● Web and Design Nominee, Academic Affairs (UG) - 2 posts
● Club Managers, Academic Affairs (UG) – 4 positions
● Academic Coordinators – 12 positions
● Club Convenors – 8 positions
● Design and Web Convenors – 4 positions
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Team UGAC 2019-20
Here are the names and contact details of the members of Undergraduate Academic Council
for the year 2019-20.
General Secretary Academic Affairs (UG)
Varshit Kumar gsecaaug@iitb.ac.in gsecaaug.iitb@gmail.com 9571376030
Institute Secretary International Relations
Shubham Gupta isec.ir@iitb.ac.in isecir.iitb@gmail.com 7506090043
Student Support Services
Institute Secretary
Madhav Gupta isaa.sss.iitb@gmail.com 8860138450
Academic Affairs
Akshat Koolwal Academic Coordinator navneetakshatkoolwal@gmail.com 8385904099
Priyanka Bagade Academic Coordinator priyankabagade96@gmail.com 9769847883
Ritwik Kadu Academic Coordinator rsk2111999@gmail.com 9764710654
Rwitaban Goswami Academic Coordinator rwitaban0001@gmail.com 9560496948
Career Cell
Institute Secretary
Hetvee Marviya isaa.careercell.iitb@gmail.com 9429468490
Academic Affairs
Sanya Jayee Academic Coordinator sanya.jayee11@gmail.com 9819250755
Sahil Choudhary Academic Coordinator sahilmaan1230@gmail.com 9983855313
Kirti Agrawal Academic Coordinator kiragr1999@gmail.com 7722858544
Rushin Shah Academic Coordinator rushinshah2000@gmail.com 9227209717
EnPoWER
Institute Secretary
Ameya Mittal isaa.enpower.iitb@gmail.com 9969957714
Academic Affairs
Amrutha Lakshmi Academic Coordinator al.vadladi@gmail.com 9967662451
Bhavini Jeloka Academic Coordinator jelokab@gmail.com 7722082787
Pratik Solapurwala Academic Coordinator pratik.solapurwala4444@gmail.com 6354783868
Mayank gupta Academic Coordinator mayank.gpt.831@gmail.com 7900090626
Finance Club
Dheeraj Agarwal Club Manager manager.finance.iitb@gmail.com 8094993298
Shreya Agarwal Club Manager manager.finance.iitb@gmail.com 9643037893
Shashank Tomar Club Convener shashank.delhi@gmail.com 9560086961
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Tanul Gupta Club Convener guptatanul49@gmail.com 7049494955
Siddhant Nahata Club Convener nahata.siddhant@gmail.com 8989064396
Gargee Barke Club Convener gargeebarke808@gmail.com 9769043571
Analytics Club
Ujjval Goury Club Manager manager.analytics.iitb@gmail.com 9416124451
Aishwarya Putta Club Convener aishputta@gmail.com 9381440727
Dhir Priyam Singh Club Convener dhirdps@gmail.com 6205001601
Consult Club
manager.consultclub.iitb@gmail.co
Rutvi Narang Club Manager 8828050411
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Siddhesh Biyani Club Convener siddhesh.biyani@gmail.com 9370184326
Niraj Kumar Bansal Club Convener bansalniraj9@gmail.com 7062419343
Department Research Coordinators
Mrigi Munjal MEMS mrigimunjal@gmail.com 9636566667
Ashutosh Nehete Chemical ashutoshknehete20@gmail.com 8407907318
Komal Gaware Civil komalgaware23@gmail.com 9604897190
Samarth Siddhartha Energy samarth.s1810@gmail.com 9619618248
Raj Lakhani Mechanical raj.lakhani1708@gmail.com 9967027730
Aditya Khanna Electrical adityakhanna1999@gmail.com 8368860123
Satvik Mashkaria CSE satvikmashkaria@gmail.com 8469400200
Neilabh Banzal Aerospace neilabhbanzal21@gmail.com 9082871178
Web Team
Shubham Bhardwaj Web Nominee Web.nom.ug@gmail.com 9004343631
Rohan Pipersenia Web Convener rohanpipers@gmail.com 9769211567
Karan Agarwalla Web Convener karan1agarwalla@gmail.com 8018097762
Design Team
Divya Pattisapu Design Manager nominee.design.iitb@gmail.com 8828308693
Hemanth Reddy Katha Design Convener vishalfeluda@gmail.com 9573175863
Abhinav Apurva Design Convener rvrdilip@gmail.com 8102874109
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GSAA (UG)
Work done on new proposals

● Grade Conversion for Exchange Students
Submitted a proposal to Dean IR proposing the change in grade conversion function for
exchange students. The proposal was discussed in Deans’ Meeting and HoD Meeting.
● Department Electives
Proposed the tagging to foreign university courses as Department and Institute Electives
facilitating semester exchange for students. The proposal was discussed in Deans’ Meeting
and HoD Meeting.
● Social Media Guidelines
Worked on forming the guidelines for the usage of Social Media by the institute bodies as a
part of an institute level committee appointed by the Director.
● Placement Grievances
Worked on addressing the placement and internship related grievances of 3000+ students as
a part of an institute level committee appointed by the Director. Also proposed the formation
of Placement Review Committee consisting of GSAA (UG+PG), GSHA and the Placement
Managers.
● ARP
Worked on the implementation of the newly formed ARP policy for undergraduates as part of
an institute-level committee appointed by the Director → discussed in UGPC-UGAPEC,
recommended to Senate.
● Inter-Disciplinary Dual Degree Program
Proposed the extension of eligibility criteria to apply for Interdisciplinary Dual Degree
Program to include dual degree students as well.
● Improvements in library
Working on implementation of revamping the institute library by extending the operational
hours and to conduct the electrical maintenance of the 24 x 7 study room
● Student Lounge
Proposed the funding of a Student Lounge on the ground floor in the Lecture Hall Complex
Area to alumnis.
● Towards a Disabled-Friendly Campus
Proposed improvements to be done to the campus infrastructure and policies to be inclusive
of the disabled friendly. Also, pitched the funding of the same to alumnis to kickstart the
process.
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Work done on improving the existing system
● Tagging woes
Conducted a session for educating the final year undergraduate students about tagging and
its implications. Shared a presentation for the same.
● Registration issues
Ensured a smooth registration process with minimum clashes and efficient query-handling.
Collated similar kinds of grievances and exceptional cases from students and got them
resolved through the Academic Office to increase efficiency & reduce overload on the system.
Updated the first ever institute-wide list of department electives and institute electives for
information dissemination to 4000+ UG students
● Placement Preparation Program
Carried forward the efforts of previous council of starting Placement Preparation Program
for 2000+ final year students by leading a 3-body collaboration between UGAC, SARC, and
Placement Team of the institute.
● Data Analytics and Visualization Team
Formed the second-ever Data Analysis and Visualization Team of the institute to represent
IITB in various analytic competitions. Working on releasing a project report on Student
Demographics through team.
● Undergraduate Research Committee
Carried forward the efforts of previous council to promote undergraduate research and
formed Undergraduate Research Committee with 8 Department Research Coordinators, and
an Institute Secretary of Academic Affairs to bolster the research culture in undergraduate
departments. Detailed work report can be found in further pages
● Grievance Helpline
Working on launching a Grievance helpline - that will connect 1000+ undergraduates (first
year students) to both Academic Council and Hostel Affairs Council for query redressal
New work done in Council

● ResearchX
Organized ResearchX - a first ever exposition of research and industrial projects.
For the first time, got an industrial showcase done by a visiting company - 4+ companies to
showcase the ongoing research in their industry. Collaboration was done with IITB Research
Park and the whole event saw a foot fall of 150+ students.
● Mental Health Awareness Campaign
Student Support Services division of UGAC launched a mental health awareness campaign in
the mental health awareness week covering topics such as depression, anxiety and
procrastination.
● Career Information Booklet
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Working on collating the different career options available to all the students after their
graduation from college in a single booklet for students to know what career paths lies ahead.
● Policy@IITB
Launched Policy@IITB for students to be made more aware about the rules and regulations in
the institute
● Sourcing of Laptops for financially weak students
Working on sourcing laptops for financially weak students in order to aid them in their
preparation for the examinations.
● Placement Diaries
Launched Placement Diaries depicting placement experiences of various students creating
awareness highlighting the hardships and preparation that led students to get placed in the
company of their choice.
Department-level initiatives
● Department Open Days/Conferences
Department Research Coordinators as part of UGAC have been closely involved in the
planning of the Department Open Days/Conferences in the undergraduate departments The
DGSecs have also been encouraged to be in touch with HODs regarding the same.
● 24 x 7 study spaces in the departments
The issue of lack of 24 x 7 study space in the institute has been raised time and again. While
efforts are on to get approval for either library of the LCH complex, departments have also
been trying to get the same open in the respective buildings.
● Course Information Handbook
Working with DGSecs to compile a handbook containing the updated description of courses
offered by their departments along their reviews for students to be made more about the
course maps they can take in their departments.
● Inclusion of Student Representatives in Department Committees
A document approved by the Director mandating student representatives in each department
committee was sent to each Department and DGSecs were encouraged to implement the
same.
● Research Circles
Working on conducting sessions in each department for students to know about ongoing
research in their departments.
Work done as part of basic duties

● Institute Undergraduate Orientation, Convocation Ceremony, Summer courses, Institute
Gymkhana Award Ceremony, Enthuse
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Student Support Services
ABOUT STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES:
The Student Support Services division of the Academic Council takes care of the basic
requirements of the students like tutorials, registration, personality development, Language and
Communication issues, faculty-student relations, learning & development acceleration etc. It has
many components entirely dedicated to each of the above-mentioned purposes.
1. Appendment of the UG Information Booklet
UG Information Booklet serves to disseminate information on topics like registrations, additional

courses, IDDDP, fast tracking review and the benefits related to it. New topics like Inter IIT
Semester Exchange added, URA, the role of faculty advisors, plagiarism and policies against it and
other policies/opportunities that most students of the institute are unaware of are added. It is an
all-encompassing booklet catering to various aspects of academics of IIT Bombay released for the
very first time. The booklet was released on online platforms in early July.
Find the booklet here-

https://gymkhana.iitb.ac.in/~ugacademics/Docs/UGInfoBooklet.pdf
2. Appendment of the Course Information Booklet
Course information booklet serves to disseminate information on topics like rules of IIT Bombay,
minor registration, course information of various departments courses, minors and initiatives
based on the courses offered by IIT Bombay. This time course information booklet got appended
with a lot of new things. Some of which were -
● Course ladder - Initiative based on people who want to pursue niche fields like finance,
analytics, machine learning, and artificial intelligence. It was a compilation done by seniors
who were proficient in the field and have done credibly well in the particular field
● IR language course reviews - Course reviews of the language courses German, French,
Mandarin and Japanese were added to the booklet. They were reviews by people who have
either completed the basic course or basic + advanced course of the particular language.
Link to the booklet - https://gymkhana.iitb.ac.in/~ugacademics/Docs/CourseInfo_Booklet.pdf
2. What’s in your Branch?
Every year around 10 percent undergraduate branch change to some other branch at IITB. Many
times their decision is influenced by the trend followed previously. So, to help the students take a
better and informed decision, the What’s in your branch session was conducted at the end of the
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Spring semester 2019. The session had speakers from almost all undergraduate departments
who spoke about the coursework of the department, research and future prospects in their
department. The session was mainly for the students aiming for a change of branch.
3. IDDDP (INTERDISCIPLINARY DUAL DEGREE PROGRAM) Videos
The interdisciplinary dual degree program has been implemented in IIT Bombay and we have
seen more than 4 students participating in the previous year. Since the process is new and many
people are unaware of the complications involved we decided to make a video which would help
the students understand the complete process and also get to know the experience of the two
students who did an interdisciplinary dual degree switch in the previous year. The video was
released at the beginning of the semester.
The video has been released on the Youtube channel of the undergraduate academic council link
to which is -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBxHdW4Zyko&list=PLO350eHeRqnZ89Ss4-2WzWlMEG
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4. ASC Videos Series
Every year several students 2nd year and onwards face major problems in registrations and pre
registrations. They face simple questions as “How to take a minor” or “Can we waitlist a course
while having in pre registration”. Identifying this issue the Student Support Division decided to
make videos based on registration and released them on the undergraduate academic council’s
Youtube channel link to which is -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68GOxJ7bkks&list=PLO350eHeRqnbEQs08nlxcD-vfb0Ha
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5. TA Feedback
The TA feedback program was implemented for the second time after being proposed 4 years
ago. The TA feedback program was conducted for all theory undergraduate first year students
courses. The responses of the feedback program was then shared with the course instructors so
that they can take appropriate action and improve the learning experience of the students.
6. MENTAL HEALTH INITIATIVES
6.1 Mental health videos
Every day students face problems regarding self esteem, anxiety, addiction and demotivating
friends. Student support services in advisory with the Student Wellness center made text stories
in which the person is talking to their inner conscience voice or friends from outside who feed
toxic thoughts in the mind. It shows what happens to people and how they are trying to cope up
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with those feelings. These video series were released near the world mental health day 10th of
October as a part of the mental health campaign and were widely acclaimed.
6.2 Depression Blog
In light of problems faced by students like depression and anxiety the student support services
got a blog written by a person (Identity confidential) which was centered to spread awareness
about problems related to mental health, how people feel when they are suffering from
depression and how starkly different depression is from sadness. The blog talked about what one
should do and what worked for that particular person when they were suffering from such
issues.The blog was released on the world mental health day 10th of October as a part of the
mental health campaign and was widely admired.
6.3 Informative images and comic strips
As part of the campaign, we released 5-6 images everyday (during World Mental health week) for
dissemination of information to the masses. They were taken from various websites, instagram
pages, and blogs of artists, bloggers etc
6.4 Mental Health Week
The whole 6.2, 6.3, 6.4 were combined together to drive a mental health campaign. The campaign
saw participation from various students. The tag line for the campaign was “Not all wounds are
visible”. At the end of the campaign, an aggregator video was released to show people that they’re
not alone who are suffering from mental health illness, and that it is okay to seek help.
7. Scholarship portal
A lot of students at IIT Bombay do not know about the various scholarship options they can avail.
The Student Support Services Team, therefore, compiled the various scholarships that a student
can get within India or other funded summer programs, foreign visits that the students can get for
various academic purposes abroad. The portal was launched when the first year students set foot
into IIT Bombay and was publicized through the SSS page and first year students’ ISMP mentors.
Further, we are planning to create filters for easy search ability of the relevant scholarships
8. ExCeL Structure Revamp
Every year ExCeL sessions are conducted for first year courses which have heavy coursework
involved like MA 105 and PH 107. This year the structure of ExCeL Sessions was revamped with a
proper policy being proposed to the CIIs of the courses. Red list (for the bottom 20%) of the
courses (PH 107, MA 105) was procured & handed over to the Student Mentorship Program
Coordinators so that they can help their mentees more efficiently.
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9. Policy@IITB
Students in IIT Bombay don’t know about the new rules that are amended into the rule book.
Hence, the council decided to identify those rules and come up with some innovative ideas in an
infographic way to reach out to the students. A total of 17 such policies were identified. A
policy@IITB infographic stating the rules regarding DX/FR/II/W was released in Autumn 2019.
10. TA Selection Portal
A team set up with some volunteers, successfully revamped the TA Portal facilitating the
selection of Undergraduate Teaching Assistants for all the first year theory courses of PH 108,
MA 106, MA 108, BB101 and ME 119. The portal also facilitated the selection of Undergraduate
teaching assistants for the department introductory course of CE 102. This year we also
encouraged professors to consider undergraduate TAs for CH 107 & ME 119 which previously
had just post-graduate TAs.
11. Summer course TSC
We conducted Summer course TSC for the course PH 107. Majority of the students enrolled then
requested for the TSC session.
12. Introduction of usage of Sli.do
Every year TSCs and ExCeL Sessions are conducted and the same problem is faced by students
every time they aren’t able to ask questions anonymously or give feedback even the TAs aren’t
able to share resources with the students. Sli.do provided the TSC TAs to ensure a classroom
environment and students were able to ask and interact through the medium.
13. TSC Ecertificates
Certificates to volunteers who have taught students in Tutorial service centers are given which
are signed by the General Secretary Academic affairs and the Dean of Student Affairs. Over the
years the certificates were hard copies, to save paper and cost of printing we have decided to give
the certificates in electronic form to all the people who have volunteered and successfully met
the conditions for the same.
WORK ONGOING/COMPLETED AS PART OF EVERY YEAR DUTIES
1. Catered to problems and grievances during registration
Catered to registrations related issues of over 4500+ undergraduates of IIT Bombay on multiple
mediums like facebook, WhatsAPP and the QnG portal.
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2. TSCs and ExCeL sessions
Conducted tutorial and help sessions of all the first-year courses all year to help students
perform well in their examinations. ExCeL ( Explaining Concepts and Lectures) sessions are also
being conducted in PH 107 and MA 105 to help the weak students and students with language
barriers.
3. TAs for summer courses
Procured undergraduate teaching assistants to help the professors taking summer courses and
conduct the course in an efficient manner.
5. Branch Change reviews
We contacted several people who did a branch change to a different department and also some
who chose not to. We compiled the reviews collected and released it on the UGAC blog so that
the concerned take an appropriate decision.
6. Journey Reviews
Released a series of journey reviews where seniors reflected upon their life in the institute and
gave advice to their juniors on how to make their institute experience better. The reviews were
released as blog posts on the UGAC Blog.
7. Moodle-ASC-Webmail Session
Many first year students are not comfortable with using basic institute resources such as Moodle,
ASC, Webmail, CDEEP, Bighome etc. We thus conducted a session for all first year students and
help them get acquainted with these and get comfortable using it. The session witnessed an
attendance of 1200+ students. This time the session was conducted in the convocation hall. The
slides were made extremely extensive having every resource of IIT Bombay and were released
later through SSS Facebook page and also released through their ISMP mentors.
9. Course Info Session
The Course Info Session is organized every year for the to-be-sophomores in order to educate
them about various academic policies, rules and regulations, and the related differences from
their first-year curriculum and academic structure. This year the session was attended by 400+
students and was covered by IIT BBC.
10. Pre-Registration & Registration Live Query Sheet
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Every year, the vast majority of the 3000 - odd senior undergraduate students of the institute
(second year onwards) face a number of issues due to slot clashes, the absence of time-table
entries, restrictions, and various other rules and loopholes in the process.
Since the academic council is responsible for addressing all these issues, we maintained a live
query sheet for keeping track of all the common issues and kept on updating it constantly
according to the updates received from the ASC Office and the Academic Section
The sheet bolstered transparency into our work, and also enabled the students to look up the
solutions/updated regarding the common issues, thereby streamlining the whole process.
11. Freshie Resources and Senior Resources
The Freshie Resources drive provides various academic resources, ranging from lecture slides to
previous years’ papers and solutions. This year all Department Introductory courses (DICs) were
added to the drive of freshie resources.
The senior resources drive contains course content, tutorials and past year papers of common
senior year courses. The resources are being constantly updated and were released in Autumn
2019. We are also working towards making all exhaustive paper repository drive.
12. Paper Repository
A comprehensive paper repository is being prepared which consists of question papers of

students of all the 3 years and of all the branches. A process to collect their mid-sem papers from
the students has been initiated for the second time to upload in an online drive which would, later
on, be released for everyone’s use.
13. Synergize
The first Synergize session was organized in association with the Mathematics and Physics
club, IITB. The aim of the session was to motivate students to study Quantum Physics and
understand its applications in real life. The session witnessed an audience of over 60 students.
The session was taken by a fourth year student Arush Gupta.
14. Course feedback awareness posters
A lot of people are unaware about the Raised awareness on the importance of filling the course
feedback form at the end of each semester. They are also unaware about the consequences if
they miss the deadline of the feedback form. Student support services spread awareness about
the course feedback form and its importance
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WORK AS A PART OF COUNCIL DUTIES:
1. Joint first year students Orientation in convocation
Organized the first year students orientation in the convocation hall on the first academic day of
first year students. Got Basic computer learning test papers printed in tandem with the student
mentorship program.
2. Moderating the Student Support@IITB page
The student support@IITB serves as a common platform for resolving common academic queries.
Students also use this platform to connect to seniors and alumni of IITB and take their advice.
There’s also an option to ask queries anonymously, keeping in mind that certain queries could be
sensitive to the identity of the person.
3. Summer courses
As part of the council Student support services helped in smooth administration of summer
backlog courses.
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Career Cell
About the division:

Career Cell is IIT-B’s platform to provide students with every bit of critical information about
the plethora of career options, the myriad choices ahead of us. It also aims to help students
overcome our apprehensions, clear our doubts regarding how to take that very important first
step in the professional world after IIT experience and thereby help students make a wise and
informed career decision.
As they commonly say "jñānaṃ paramam śaktihī -- Knowledge is ultimate power" The three
things that career cell stands by are - informed students, wise choice, and bright careers.
Work done so far:

● Learners’ Space - Many Interests. One School.
In its third edition, Learners’ Space aimed to introduce new courses and be a learning platform
where student’s enthusiasm will be the only thing required to join a course. In it, the famed
NTSS (Non Technical Summer School) was organised along with the TSS (Technical Summer
School).
Non Technical Summer School (NTSS):

NTSS was a highly successful event by Career Cell which saw a participation of 490+ students.
The courses spanned domains like Entrepreneurship, Finance, Analytics, Management,
Consult along with the introduction of new courses like Design and Trading Bootcamps. Entire
NTSS spanned two month period of June and July. It got students acquainted with the various
other non-technical departments which are an integral part of our institute.
Course Department Registrations Description
Entrepreneurs E-Cell 54 Day 1: What is Entrepreneurship? Who are

hip Bootcamp entrepreneurs? Why Entrepreneurship?
Day 2: How to identify problems and
commercialise the solutions? Benchmarks to
validate the idea. How to choose the right
co-founders?
Day 3: How to find the right market for your

product? Identifying the customer segments for
your product.
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Day 4: What is Business Model Canvas? Why is
Business Model Canvas important? How to fill
Business Model Canvas?
Day 5: How to get funding for your Startup?

How to pitch product to your Investor?
Structure of Each Session:-

45 minutes speaking session followed by a 30
Mins activity.
Consulting Consult Club 68 The bootcamp was a tremendous opportunity

Bootcamp for all those wanting to get a feel of the dynamic
world of Consulting. The bootcamp session gave
an introduction to consulting and delve into
each of the topics - Profitability, Case Studies,
Mergers and Acquisitions and Guesstimates.
June 7:
Consulting career - myths and realities
Speaker: Mr. Vivek Mathur
June 8:
Growth Strategy and Mergers and Acquisitions
Speaker: Mr. Rajarshi Bhattacharya
June 15:
Guesstimates and a case study walk-through on
the same.
Speaker: Mr. Ajinkya Deshpande
Design IDC 23 It was an incredible opportunity to explore the

(Industrial World of Design with Senior Students From IDC,
Design IIT Bombay.
Centre)
Participants engaged with film-craft through
screenings and discussions. With a focus on
understanding visual language, films were
translated into posters. Participants got to
develop a hands-on understanding of effective
communication and visual aesthetics in Design.
Personality Talerang 32 Self awareness and verbal communication, first

Development impression and speaking skills. How to get an
internship,mock interviews, resume building and
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much more.
Management S.J. Mehta 50 Career Cell’s management course covered the

Bootcamp School of basics of all the aspects of management.
Management
1.Money and Investment
2.Competitivness
3. Strategic Management
4.Indian Finance and Economy
5.Introduction to Finance and Cost Accounting
Finance Finance Club 97 There was general discussion on finance and

Bootcamp much more like;
What is Finance?
Different types of financial instruments.
Basics of Stock Market
Careers in Finance
Analytics Analytics 52 The first of its kind bootcamp teaching concepts

Bootcamp Club of game theory.
In this bootcamp, they learnt the art of thinking
and decision-making through a variety of
interactive games and discussions.
Topics Covered:
1.Basics of R Programming, Data Visualization
2. Inference, Modelling and Linear Regression
3. Machine Learning(Essentials and Principles)
4. Predictive Analytics
Trading Finance Club 64 The trading bootcamp introduced this time

Bootcamp started from basics provided a solid framework
to start trading in the market.
Following topics were covered in bootcamp

1. Introduction to trading and Candlestick
Patterns.
2. Famous patterns(with intuition behind
each), Support, Resistance, Volumes
3. Indicators(RSI, Moving Averages, MACD,
Bollinger Bands, Fibonacci etc.)
4. Risk Management and Examples of
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Executing Trades.
5. Fundamental Side of Stocks
Technical Summer School(TSS):

With the aim to give a technical flavour along with all the fun and non-core courses in NTSS,
Career Cell organised the Technical Summer School. It saw a huge participation of 350+
students and need for TSS becomes stronger. This year we had the innovative courses namely
Design and 3D Modelling and Game Development along with the usuals-Web Development
and Machine Learning.
Name Registrations Description
MATLAB 93 The following topics were covered in the sessions:

1.Working with the MATLAB user interface
2.Entering commands and creating variables
3.Analyzing and visualizing vectors and matrices
4.Working with data files and data types
5.Automating commands with scripts
6.Writing programs with branching and loops
7.Writing functions
8.Plotting
9.I/O tools
10.Descriptive stats Advanced
11.Simulink
Game 19 The various topics covered in the very first game Development
Development bootcamp were:
1. UI (user interface): Basic Layouts, Canvas
2. Scripting (C Sharpe): Creating and Using Scripts, Variables
and the Inspector, Creating and Destroying GameObjects,
Understanding Vector Arithmetic
3. Importing Models/packages: Importing humanoid animations
4. Switch platform(Windows, Android, HTML5): Build
*.apk/*.exe"
Machine 152 Machine Learning is the science of pattern recognition by

Learning computers without explicitly programming the governing rules.
With never before seen accuracies, ML has become the
Rockstar of data science, gaining widespread use in various
industrial and scientific endeavours. The following topics
covered in this bootcamp were:
1.Intro, Optimization algos, Probability
2.Linear and Logistic regression
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3.Bayesian approach / Naive Bayes
4.Decision trees, Bagging,Boosting
5.Neural networks CNN and intro to image classification
6.SVM KNN
Web 66 This course aims to introduce the student to the world of web
Development development, by introducing them to the latest techniques used
to build a full website. After taking this course the student was
capable to deploy a full-fledged website in the real world.
Lecture 1- Networking basics and intro to HTML

Lecture 2 - Basic web pages with HTML + CSS
Lecture 3 - The Script tag and JavaScript
Lecture 4 - Introduction to python and understanding dynamic
content delivery
Lecture 5 - Introduction to Django
Python 169 It was based on the book Automate the Boring Stuff with
Python. It helped mastered the basics of programming, to create
Python programs that effortlessly perform useful and
impressive feats of automation to:
Search for text in a file or across multiple files
Create, update, move, and rename files and folders
Search the Web and download online content
Update and format data in Excel spreadsheets of any size
Split, merge, watermark, and encrypt PDFs
Send reminder emails and text notifications
Fill out online forms
Design and 3D 35 Basics of Design: Taught the basics of Illustrator and to design a
Modelling simple character, all on your own. Then, harness the power of
Photoshop and brand your own character with its own
merchandise! Along with this, the following were introduced:
Modelling -
1. Polygons
2. Triangles
3. Hardsurface modelling
4. Basics of sculpting
5. Topology
UV unwrapping -
1. A basic introduction about what it is about.
2. How to do UV unwrapping.
Materials and texturing -
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1. Intro to PBR (Physically based rendering)
2. Types of maps
3. Using pre-existing textures
4. Painting textures
● Unconventional Masters Program:

Career Cell organised a session on “Unconventional Master’s Programmes” where seniors
who have decided to pursue some off-the-wall Master’s degrees talked about various fields
and opportunities abroad, their motivation to opt for them and the application process for the
same.
● Placement Resume Repository:

As the time of placement comes near, the stress of students regarding where and how will
they be placed builds up. With that, the question, “How to create a perfect resume?” pops up.
In these times, they look up to seniors who have been through this phase and have triumphed
through it. Career Cell along with the 3 non-core clubs-Finance, Analytics, and Consult,
continued to collect all those resumes from them and made it available for everyone to be
inspired by them.
Link to Repository:
https://drive.google.com/drive/u/2/folders/0Bx22n9vjnaXnUVJTRTJJZHd3RXM?fbclid=IwA
R3yk4ST7tzx7uRq1-YxFx5ck8I2CaR6ULuxsW5eNGCL-3VBQClFi3kLirY
● Fundae Talks:
An event series planned to make freshmen more informed, mature and focussed. We just
want to make sure that it should not happen that first year just goes by like that and later
students feel that we should have known this particular thing in our first year. Here we invite
seniors from varied backgrounds who are doing good in their domain to share their
experiences and tips with freshmen.
Fundae Talk 1.0: All about courses:

The first talk of its kind in this semester. The seniors and TAs of the respective courses that
are running in the first semester, gave a brief overview of the whole course, shared tips for
midsems and explained the overall structure of the course. Freshers got some useful insights
from those who have already aced the course in the past. Resources to study were also shared
with the students to aid them cope up with academics.
Fundae Talk 2.0: Balancing Extracurriculars and Academics:
In the second Fundae Talk of the year, we had seniors from different backgrounds
representing varied extracurriculars and guide the fellow students on how to strike an
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optimum balance between studies and extracurriculars. Freshmen got some useful insights on
how to manage their academics and extracurriculars.
● Management Club:
Management Club aims to give students the various insights and applications in the field of
Management.
Session on ‘Digital Marketing’
Career Cell conducted a session on ‘Digital Marketing’ and covered the following topics:
• Basics of Marketing and Branding
• Introduction to Digital Marketing
• Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
• Pay Per Click Management (Google Adwords)
• Professional Blogging
• Social Media Marketing
• Email Marketing
The session was conducted by:
Nikesh Shirke, Founder and CEO of Third Slash, a digital marketing agency
Product Management Case Competition, IIM Ahmedabad

Career Cell brought PM Live, a case competition which helped students to test their business
acumen. It challenged them to don the hat of a product manager and come up with solutions
for real-world business problems.
Product Management Workshops

Career Cell launched first of its kind workshop series on Product Management in association
with The Product Folks. This initiative under Management Club consisted of 3 webinars which
covered everything from basics:
1. PM101: Introduction to Product Management
2. Product Ideation & Validation
3. User & Market Research for Product
Akhil J., senior Product Manager from Amazon
Deepak Dubey, Product Manager at SIXT (one of the biggest car rental providers)
Nachiketas R, a venture developer at Accel, previously associated with Amazon & Paypal
● Coding Bootcamp:
Career Cell organised a two session Coding Bootcamp under the “Placement Preparation
Program” for the students who would be appearing for placements this placement season. It
was to help them learn basic and intermediate level of C++, Java and also learn the basic
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coding principles. These sessions were mostly to teach the principles and languages in a
manner which will be useful from the placements perspective.
The sessions were conducted by:
Sanchit Jain
● Core and Non-Core Apping for Sophomores:

As with the resume season being over, the next thing students were wondering about was
‘apping’ and how to go about doing it. Career Cell and EnPoWeR organised a session on Core
and Noncore Apping for Universities and Companies to give you a detailed overview on what
apping exactly is. It covered all the aspects, right from how to database the universities and
companies to finding scholarships and the final confirmation.
Karan Trichal
Rahul Agarwal
Ameya Mittal
● Leadership Talk by Vice President of L&T Infotech:

Career Cell organised an interactive and innovative session for training future leaders, that
helps impart and develop lifelong social skills and even discover hidden talents beyond the
lecture halls. It provided hands-on learning opportunities and a grounded understanding of
today’s realities, while challenging students to solve for tomorrow’s problems.
Mr. Rajesh Gharpure, the current VP of Larsen and Toubro Infotech and a Digital
Transformation Leader in the domains of Manufacturing, Energy, Automotive, E&C.
● Policy Consulting Masterclass:

Career Cell for the very first time organized a “Policy Consulting Masterclass” in association
with Global Governance Initiative(GGI). The Masterclass at IIT Bombay taught practical skills:
case preparation in public sector & networking techniques in 7 hours of the extensive
workshop. It was aimed to educate and transform candidates into a job-ready, employable
Policy Consultant and gave students an opportunity to network with a diverse cohort from
outside IIT.
The speakers in the workshop were:
Shatakshi Sharma - GGI Founder, Senior Associate at BCG
Bhavna Nahata - Worked in Quality Council of India, Consultant in BCG
Smita Jacob - Social Impact Consultant, Masters in International Public Policy, John Hopkins
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● Information Session Series on Programs and Scholarships:
Future Year Scholars Program in The Darden School of Business:

Career Cell organised an enlightening session for final year students held by The Darden
School of Business in which they discussed the "Future Year Scholars program.”
Future Year Scholars Program - Darden’s Future Year Scholars Program offers exceptional
college students the opportunity to gain acceptance into one of the world’s top MBA
programs before beginning their professional journey. Admitted scholars may choose to begin
their MBA after gaining two, three or four years of work experience.
Y-E-S scholarship session and acting student representative for facilitating award:
Career Cell conducted a session on the Young Engineer and Scientist (Y-E-S) Award instituted
by the Honda Foundation in India in 2007. The session included a brief description about the
scholarship program offered, the benefits of the competition and the perks that come along,
followed by what the competition demands.
‘Young India Fellowship’:

Career Cell organised an informative session on ‘Young India Fellowship’ for final year
students who are interested in the same.
Young India Fellowship (YIF): YIF is a one-year multidisciplinary postgraduate diploma
programme in Liberal Studies. The Fellowship brings together a group of bright young
individuals who show exceptional intellectual ability and leadership potential from across the
country and trains them to become socially committed citizens of the country. With the eighth
academic session under way, they are now seeking candidates for our ninth batch, beginning
in July 2019.
External Speaker from Ashoka University
● Career Talks:
Career in Cyber Security:

Career Cell conducted a session on the very less explored field of Cyber Security which is
transforming into an evergreen industry. The session comprised of following:
1. Enlightened students with the various opportunities and options in this field.
2. Guidance on how to go about pursuing a career in this field.
3. How a normal day in this sphere of work looks like along with Q & A round
Session on Higher Education Abroad:
Career Cell conducted a session on “Higher Education Abroad” which gave students insight on
the graduate school application process and discussed what aspirants can do to better
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prepare themselves for higher study whether it is in engineering or in another complementary
discipline. Apart from the regular information (CV, SOP, LOR, Timing), the talk also included
discussions on:
1. MBA vs MS
2. 2+2 MBA
3. Yale Silver Scholar
4. Knight Hennessy Scholarship and Fulbright (advance planning required)
5. MS Vs PhD

Ms. Heather Wallick, who was a former Assistant Director of Admissions and Financial Aid at
Harvard Law School.
Placement Workshop and ‘Launch of Expertrons’ (interview preparation application):

Career Cell organised a placement workshop on preparation for interviews and resumes.
About Expertrons - An IITB alumni venture, it helps students crack their dream job
/internship/B-school. In Expertrons, you get to watch interviews first hand by interacting with
video bots of experts 24x7, who have cracked interviews with various big
companies/B-schools and are alumni of IITs, NITs, IIMs & many other colleges.
Jatin Solanki - (Cofounder - Expertrons, an IITB alum and a Tedx Speaker, also featured in
CNBC & Business world.)
Career Cell Talk in ResearchX - ‘How to create a business from technology’ :

Career Cell as part of Research X, the research exposition where industry meets academia,
organised a session on how your skills in Technology can combine with your knack for
entrepreneurship to enable you to create your own business.
Kaushik Bose, co-founder of SustLabs, a SINE-IIT Bombay incubated company itself
● KPMG Six Sigma Certification Programme:

KPMG, one of the Big Four, is a leading provider of risk, financial & business advisory, tax &
regulatory services, internal audit, and corporate governance. It’s Six Sigma Certification is a
four day programme that is recognised across the globe(in more than 140 countries). It
follows a Define-Measure-Analyse-Improve-Control approach. Six Sigma cycle will help
derive solutions for business problems using statistical tools and techniques
Link to the FAQ’s
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NhbU4u00RZrffVYb9IqlYg7WSNddakz44UnUX46w4
Xs/edit?usp=docslist_api
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External Speaker from KPMG
● Technical Talk on High Scale software systems by SAP Labs:

Career Cell organised an informative session on ‘complexity of modern day technology and
redesigning of software systems’ for all the students. It consisted of analysing systems in
nature and understanding how they handle complexity and failure.
Parveen Mittal, a senior leader from SAP Labs and an IIT Bombay alumnus
● Placement Diaries (UG Academics Blog):

Career Cell, this year launched Placement Diaries: A unique online series in which IITB
Graduates will be re-visiting their placement journey and will be sharing the things they
learned throughout this roller coaster Ride. It consists of 15 placement experiences of
seniors from diverse backgrounds, who have passed this tense period of life with flying
colours.
Link for blog posts:
https://gymkhana.iitb.ac.in/~ugacademics/new_research/index.php/category/general/?fbclid=
IwAR2TfpoAx1Z6a0_6I0HEXhATOK12yE25tPsUB2VfRanq134We7zU-ISX8JE
● Apping Repository:
On the lines of the placement repository, the idea of apping repository was created to help
compile a list of details of the apping process of seniors currently admitted into graduate
schools. It also aimed to be the one stop source for undergraduates across all years to know
about the apping requirements, how to build a profile and timeline for the same. It consists of
two part-
1. Creating a questionnaire covering topics on graduate examinations, LORs, and projects
among others and collecting department wise responses.
2. Launching Grad School presentations in 4 departments to provide guidance on how to
build a good application profile.
● CMAP Certification course:

Career Cell organised a Certified Marketing Analytics Practitioner (CMAP) programme to
teach students how to solve marketing problems using Analytics Tools: R, Advanced Excel,
SAS, Google Analytics. In this 4-days/32-hours Training program, Undergraduate and
Post-graduate students participated in the program.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1cHCOyVlogzvmNZJPCDaMb9lS6V5fNI-0
The session was taken by: External Speaker from Henry Harvin Academy
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● Workshop on Public Policy and Governance
Career Cell conducted a session in association with Vision India Foundation for students
wanting to develop an understanding of the public policy landscape and aspiring public
leaders interested to pursue studies in Policy. The session was divided into two parts:
1. Unconventional Careers in Nation Building
2. Deconstructing Governance for Nation Building
Mr. Kumar Shubham, Director of Vision India Foundation (IIT Delhi, Master’s in Public
Administration)
● How to evaluate your startup idea?

A workshop was launched for the entrepreneur aspiring crowd to learn on how to check if a
startup idea is really worth pursuing. This interactive session had pre final year and final year
students coming with startup ideas which were evaluated by the speaker in the session.
Saransh Garg, IITB’14, founder of Prodigal, former BCG and Accel employee
● Career Information Booklet

Career Cell launched the first Career Information Booklet, which is an all-encompassing
source for information about opportunities after engineering. The prime vision behind this
booklet is to help students explore the choices of careers open to them which will enable
them to make right decisions ahead. The 200-page booklet includes department wise core job
opportunities as well as career roles in non-core fields of Finance, Consult, Analytics, and
FMCGs. It extensively covers topics like expectation, skill sets required, growth, and exit
opportunities. The booklet disseminates information on various entrance and competitive
examinations.
Link for booklet:
https://gymkhana.iitb.ac.in/~ugacademics/Career_info_booklet.pdf
● Competitions:
Campus Stars Competition from Economic Times:

Career Cell brought to the students the third edition of ET Campus Stars (ETCS) , India’s
largest program that identifies and rewards the brightest engineering minds in the country.
Wabtec’s Campus Challenge - “Exceed 2019”:

Career Cell launched Wabtec’s pan – Indian Campus Challenge “Exceed-2019” in IIT Bombay,
a platform for expression of ideas in context of the industry, regardless of one’s discipline or
area of expertise. It had multiple technical problem statements for students to solve
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according to their interests and compete with some of the best minds in the country to
eventually win and attend the “Exceed” conference at JFWTC, Bangalore.
Agastya Case Study Competition:

Career Cell with Agastya Foundation, a Bangalore based NGO running one of the largest
hands-on science education programs for school-aged children, brought a Case Study
Competition to strategize operations and human capital management.
The task was to propose a strategy - how Agastya should scale up its operations to overcome
talent crunch without compromising its commitment to experiential learning.
Bajaj Mach design auto challenge:

Career Cell with Bajaj Auto organised the Mach Design challenge which consisted of two
challenges to come up with unique solutions for business problems. This opportunity open for
the Electrical and Mechanical department awarded a prize of Rs 1,00,000 for the winners.
Mercedes Benz Digital Challenge

This digital challenge was an initiative to embrace the spirit of Innovation in the student
fraternity to create technology on various interesting themes. The finalist teams were to be
invited to Mercedes Benz Bangalore to demo their solution.
EnPoWER IIT Bombay
About the division:

EnPoWER (Engineering Oriented Promotion of Work Experience and Research) being the
Research wing of the institute aims to bring research opportunities closer to the Undergraduate
students with a mission to promote research among the student community.
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It is devoted to increasing the participation of Undergraduate students of IIT Bombay in research &
development of engineering based solutions of industry problems by providing them opportunities,
recognition and raising awareness. By conducting events like "Enthuse", "SURP", "Department Talks"
etc., it bridges the gap between the students and the knowledgeable and experienced people
associated, in this case the professors and seniors.
Work done so far:
● First edition of RESEARCHx - RESEARCHx 2019 [20th October, 2019]

(In coordination with the DRCs)
We believe the best way to promote research is to exhibit the work being done within and
outside the institute. Hence we went ahead and conducted the very first edition of
RESEARCHx. An overview:
➔ The first edition of RESEARCHx was conducted in collaboration with IIT Bombay
Research Park. It was an event to showcase some great research being conducted in
the institute as well as in the industry. Stalls were put up by both students and
industries (Applied Materials and Tata Power SED)
➔ Other events during RESEARCHx were three talks by people from the industry :
Senior Vice President, Viacom18; Dr. Nitin Kale, Co-founder, Nanosniff and a talk by
Sust Labs, incubated at SINE, IIT Bombay
➔ A panel discussion on the topic Industry and Academia was also conducted.
➔ Two competitions namely the Quiz competition and Hackathon for solving institute
related issues were conducted and winners were declared.
➔ Synergize was conducted on the topic of Quantum Physics by Student Support
Services and MnP club during the event
● UG Research 101 - a followup to the Research Newsletter [launched 29th April, 2020]
The UG Research 101 booklet took inspiration from the Research newsletter published last
year by the EnPoWER and DRC team. The idea behind the booklet was to inspire the students
of the institute and give them some insight into the current and future opportunities in the life
of a UG researcher at IIT Bombay. We intended to have a session along the same lines but due
to the lockdown we decided to convert the session into the booklet. An overview:
➔ The booklet was designed by the Design team and EnPoWER team of 2019-20
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➔ The booklet had articles from:
1. An alumni of IITB who is a senior scientist now
2. An alumni of IITB who is a professor at IITB itself now
3. A senior who received an admit to the prestigious MIT university
4. Seniors at IIT Bombay who went for foreign research internships
5. The IIT Bombay Research Park
Link to the booklet: https://bighome.iitb.ac.in/index.php/s/TJyGBQTxjRK9WsS
● SURP 2020* (Summer Undergraduate Research Program) [May 2020 - Present]

SURP is a program which facilitates the process of students taking up projects under the
professors during the summer as well as the professors finding it easy to float projects to
applicants from interdisciplinary fields. An overview:
➔ Major revamps in the SURP portal were done by the Web Nominees of the 2020-21
council and the interface was made much better
➔ SSO login and an in-built feature to accept applications were integrated in the website
➔ Received 220+ applications from students (y-o-y increase by 35%) and a total of 89
students were selected as a part of the SURP program
➔ Projects from professors from other centres such as the Educational Technology were
also received
(*SURP 2020 was conducted with remote projects offered due to the unforeseen situation of
the coronavirus pandemic. Also it was conducted by the 2019-20 council as the new council
hadn’t been formed.)
● Enthuse 1.0 (for freshmen batch 2019-20) [26th July, 2019]

An event held in the mess of the freshmen hostels to foster student-professor interaction
among the first year students itself and generate interest among them towards research and
the various departments. An overview:
➔ Simultaneously conducted Enthuse sessions in Hostel 15 and Hostel 16 mess with
seven professors in each panel to generate enthusiasm towards research among the
freshmen batch
➔ Witnessed a 60% y-o-y increase (800 freshmen attendees as compared to 500 in
Enthuse 2018) in the number of freshmen who attended the event
➔ Also introduced two new segments : A presenter segment where 2 seniors per mess
showcased their research done within the institute via models or simulations; A
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research experience segment where 1 senior per mess talked about their path in
research and about their summer research internship experience outside India
● SURP (Summer Undergraduate Research Program) [May 2019 - July 2019]

SURP is a program which facilitates the process of students taking up projects under the
professors during the summer as well as the professors finding it easy to float projects to
applicants from interdisciplinary fields. An overview:
➔ Relaunched the SURP portal for students to take up projects offered by professors in
the summer break of 2019 and also long term projects
➔ Received around 160+ applications from students with around 60 students selected
post screening by the professors.
➔ Provided certificates to the people who completed their projects and also designed
posters for all the people who submitted their abstracts and reports
➔ Prepared a good documentation on the program highlighting improvements and scope
of improvements and presented the same to the Dean R&D
➔ Statistical data for SURP 2019 is as follows:
Department No. of students
Chemical 17
Mechanical 12
EP 6
MEMS 6
CSE 5
Energy 4
Chemistry 1
Civil 3
Aerospace 3
Electrical 3
TOTAL 60
● iSURP (In Semester Undergraduate Research Program) [September 2019 - present]
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Seeing the overwhelming response of students who took projects under SURP, we decided to
approach professors for in-semester projects for the students. These projects were majorly
started post midsems and will be continued into winter as well. An overview:
➔ Launched the iSURP portal for students to take up projects offered by professors in
the autumn semester and also long term projects throughout winter
➔ Received a total of 50 projects from the professor’s side and 110+ applications
➔ Collected two work reports from the students to ensure accountability for their work
➔ E-certificates were provided to all who successfully completed their work in iSURP
➔ Statistical data for iSURP 2019 is as follows:
Department No. of students
Chemical 18
Mechanical 7
MEMS 6
Aerospace 6
Civil 5
Electrical 5
Economics 4
CESE 3
Chemistry 2
CSE 1
Energy 1
TOTAL 58
● Curious Community formation [May 2019-present]
To foster the interaction between people interested in taking up some research or just
generally curious about the world, we created the Curious Community group with students
from all years and all departments, creating a good platform. The long term vision is to create
a platform where all interesting research can be discussed and any queries related to the
future options in research are cleared within the community. An overview:
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➔ Created a community for all the people in the institute who are interested in research
with two broad categories of people : 1. People who already have an experience in
research within or outside the institute 2. People who show interest but are unaware
and wanting to explore the option of research, both within IITB and outside IITB
➔ Discussion threads were initiated from our end as well as from seniors, fostering a
research intensive environment in the Google group having 400+ members
➔ The group also serves as an information dissemination medium for important
announcements regarding research oriented events or activities
➔ Initiatives within the group:
1. Ask me Anything session conducted by a senior
2. Student Interest Groups created by enthusiastic seniors who created interest
groups for discussion on niche topics
3. Trivia posts (discontinued) to make all members aware of the interesting active
research going on around the world
Link to the Curious Community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2619525728268690/
● Curious Community Discussion session on Dark Matter [28th January, 2020]

The session on Dark Matter was taken by a senior of our institute, Riya Singh. She is also a
member of the curious community and more such informative sessions by seniors will be held.
An overview:
➔ An open for all discussion session was conducted in the SAC Conference Room and
Riya Singh was guiding the discussion
➔ Around 20 people attended the session and knowledge levels ranged from absolute
beginners in the topic to people who had a very good grasp of the concept
● Research Portal [March 2020-present]

The long term vision for the Research Portal is to create a centralised portal for all research
which takes place at IIT Bombay. People are generally unaware of the ongoing projects or
other UG seniors/PG students/Professors working in the different fields of research. We
wanted to centralise all the information and start by making a portal where the research being
done by any person could be found using keywords. An overview of work done:
➔ A mail from the Dean R&D office was sent and data wad provided by around 150
research students at IITB (UG+PG) was provided.
➔ A basic outline of the portal and its functions has been made by the web council of
2019-20 and the blueprint has been handed over to the 2020-21 council
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➔ Basic blueprint involves two main parts: i. Profiles of the student researchers on the
portal and ii. Keyword search option to search any field of research and the profiles
associated with it
● Apping repository
(In coordination with Career Cell)
The vision behind creating a repository for ‘apping’ or applying for research programs was to
foster this thought among the upcoming batches of students. This would at as a resource for
all those students who wish to apply for any programs or students who also want to plan their
four years in the institute in order to build a good research profile for themselves. An
overview of work done:
➔ Responses have been collected from seniors who have applied and received graduate
school admits into top research universities in the world
➔ Grad School 101 presentations have been made by respective DRCs for 3-4
departments and the other DRCs would be working on their department presentations
as well
● Know Your Lab posts [August 2019 - present]

To help people understand and know more about the very interesting state-of-the-art lab
facilities at IIT Bombay, we went ahead and released weekly posts of different labs and central
facilities from the less known departments and centres of IIT Bombay. An overview:
➔ Weekly posts about research facilities within the institute with the main focus being on
facilities that are central and not in the core department buildings
➔ Also acts as an ice breaker for many unconventional departments and people are made
aware of different world class facilities
● EnPoWER Legacy Sheet

Created and maintained a legacy sheet as a part of organization and accounting of the work
done during the entire tenure. The sheet contains all the shortcomings, timeline and
description of each and every event conducted during the year and can be accessed by any
future ISAA for EnPoWER for reference and for guidance
● URA experience blog

Published blogs on URA experience of Akhilesh Vyas and Veerupaksh Singla thus increasing
awareness and also the number of URAs awarded for projects done in 2019
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● Blog on ‘A day in the life of a UG researcher’
A blog on the daily life experiences of a researcher was written by Rahul Agrawal from
Mechanical Engineering department who was a research intern in Paris; and released through
the page helping students understand about the experience
● Ubisoft GameJam and IIT Bombay Research Park orientation

Ideated and conducted the orientation for the IIT Bombay research park and Ubisoft facility
at IIT Bombay to make students aware of the functions of the IIT Bombay Research Park and
also to release GameJam 2019
● In-semester project opportunity

Floated a four-week in-semester project and research opportunity offered by Samespace,
Novanet in the domain of Machine learning which received 100+ responses
● Research program experience blogs

Published two blogs by Shruti Gupta (SURP 2016) and by Bhavesh Patil (SURP 2019) to
motivate students to take part in the research programs based on relatable experiences
● Novice’s guide to taking up projects

Released an easy to follow guide to take up projects in the institute and pinned it on the
Facebook page for easy access. Shared by IIT Bombay’s page, a good reach was ensured
● Research internship vlog series

Released Research Internship Vlog series with 3-4 videos made based on the research
internship experience of seniors and also providing information on the work profile
● Apping session
An apping session was held to help sophomores and third year students with the process of
applying to core universities, non core companies, non core universities which was attended
by 450+ students
● EnPoWER drive folder and email id creation

Created a drive folder and email id for EnPoWER wing of the academic council to ensure the
smooth functioning and organization of the previous work done and the current work
● Outreach and Engagement
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EnPoWER has time and again ensured that information related to research and the various
other opportunities reach the students with posts such as the Know you Labs posts or the
Novice guide to taking up projects. This has led to a 35% increase in the number of likes on our
Facebook page
● Proposal for Department Open Days

Proposed Department Open Days to DGSecs and ensuring they’re getting conducted
● Research internship experience blog

Research internship blog by Debanjali Chatterjee on her experience at Purdue University
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Work Report 2019-20
Finance Club IIT Bombay
Undergraduate Academic Council
About the club:

Finance Club is the representative body for the interests of all students of IIT Bombay in the
domains of finance, fintech and cryptocurrency.
The central focus of the club is to cultivate interest among the students towards the financial sector as well
as promote it as a viable career option post their engineering degree. The club activities not only connect
members with alumni and finance professionals but also extends practical finance education with
job-specific knowledge.
Website
https://financeclubiitb.finance.blog/
Facebook Page
https://www.facebook.com/financeclubiitb/
Bootcamps 2019-20 :-
1. Finance Bootcamp 2019
A 5-day summer Finance Bootcamp covering the essential concepts in Finance was organised with
professionals from Blackstone.
2. Trading Bootcamp 2019

A 5 day Bootcamp covering basics of the stock market and technical analysis was organized with
professionals from Barclays.
3. Finance Placement Bootcamp 2019

A two day bootcamp delivered by alumnus Sudipto Mitra, to aid the students in the process, that
would help them prepare for the most commonly asked questions on various fields of Finance
4. Online Finance Bootcamp 2020

A 7 day online bootcamp with video resources and assignments organised in collaboration with
Finshiksha for beginners in Finance
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Workshops 2019-20
1. Workshop on Quantitative Trading

A 2 day workshop on Trading System Building conducted with a startup called Quantify Capital
followed by a case competition , winners of which received cash prizes totalling Rs 5000.
2. Trading Simulation Workshop

A 1 day workshop introducing different kind of roles available on a trading desk (buy-side and
sell-side) followed by a live simulation where students were divided into teams of 2 to trade virtual
commodities and stocks.
Competitions 2019-20
1. Barclays Delta One Trading Case Study
A case study competition by Barclays winners of which were awarded direct interviews for
internships
2. IIT Bombay Crypto Trading Challenge 2020

An online Cryptocurrency Trading competition on the Roostoo app, aiming to give a hands on
experience in cryptocurrency trading involving real time prices and movements.
3. External Competitions
Teams were formed and given preparatory material for participating in competitions like the Global
Investment Banking Challenge and CME Group Trading Challenge
Seminars 2019-20
1. Careers in Finance
A talk aimed at spreading awareness of various careers in finance
2. Mathematics for Finance and Derivative Pricing

A Collaboration with Maths and Physics club to conduct the first-ever session on applications of
Mathematics in Finance with a special focus on Derivative Pricing. The session was taken by Mr
Arshdeep Duggal, currently working in JP Morgan.
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3. Taxes and Personal Finance
A session on Taxes and Personal Finance aimed at improving awareness of the passing out
students to manage their wealth well and procedures to pay taxes
4. CFA Lectures
An introductory session on CFA followed by a session on portfolio management for CFA
5. Women Emerging in Finance

A session on the opportunities available for women in finance was conducted by Goldman Sachs.
Webinars 2020
1. Fundamental Analysis Webinar
A four-day webinar on Fundamental Analysis. It started with the basics of stocks and markets and
covered valuation and industry insights in great detail. The webinar ended with a ‘National Stock
Pitch Challenge’, where students had to come to a valuation of some stocks and present their ppt’s
online.
2. Cryptocurrency Webinar
A three-day webinar on Cryptocurrency called ‘Cryptonite’. The webinar covered the basics of
cryptocurrency and major coins like Etherum and Bitcoins.
3. Equity Portfolio Management:

A certified course on Equity Portfolio Management provided a practical introduction to Equity
Portfolio Management and trading using a combination of “Live & interactive” online sessions
Information Dissemination
1. Finstreak
Launched and circulated 4 editions of the first-ever Finance Club Magazine, Finstreak with features
like Sector Analysis, Commodity Analysis, News and Stocks that Matter which reached 3000+
readers.
2. Term of the week

Took the existing series of the term of the week to its 100th edition .
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3. Resume Depository
Collected resumes of seniors placed in Finance Companies to aid the pre-final and final year
students in resume making
4. Finance Club Blogs and Website

Launched the finance club website as a one stop solution for all finance club related concerns and
exciting blogs
https://financeclubiitb.finance.blog
Miscellaneous
1. Freshmen Orientation - Strategy Wars:

An exciting game of wit & strategy in groups of 3 freshmen students which included some
very basic aspects of finance, analytics and consulting. The session was aimed to increase
the outreach of the clubs among the freshmen students.
2. Manch 3.0:
Associated with Deutsche Bank for Manch which is a 6 months long Project aimed at
improving Financial knowledge, develop soft skills and prepare students for their life after
college for all the students of the Institute.
3. Investment Team
We launched a competition where students were asked to submit their cases, and we then
shortlisted some students based on the cases. A team of 30 students is finally formed who
represents the Investment Team of IIT Bombay. They helped us with the content of the magazine
and we conducted many meets during the tenure for discussion on markets. We have also built a
structure around which the future investment team would work.
4. Girls Take Dalal Street
15 senior undergraduate female students were taken for an interactive and experiential session at the
Bombay Stock Exchange on 17 October 2019. They got an opportunity to experience the thrill of the
marketplace, interact with senior leaders from BSE, Bloomberg and UBS and have a wider knowledge of
career choices in the sector.
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Consult Club
About the division:

The Consult Club, along with the Finance Club and the Analytics Club, aims at providing
exposure and training to the student community of the Institute in these non-core domains. The
primary objective is to get final year-students well-prepared for their placements in Consulting
interviews. This is achieved through well-planned workshops, regular sessions, presentations,
discussions, and meetups by our Alumni as well as by other professionals.
The broader objective is to develop efficient problem solvers in the Institute who are ready to
tackle the problems faced by the Institute!
Work done so far:
● Summer Bootcamp:
Three sessions were successfully done within the span of a month, with a very high
attendance in the sessions as compared to the last year (140% increase). The sessions
involved guesstimates, growth strategy, mergers & acquisition and even live case solving.
● Resume repository:
Contacted each of the recently graduated alumni placed in Consulting, and uploaded the
resumes of those who responded positively
● Bootcamp for Placement seeking students:
Successfully held an Introductory session on Consulting by A.T. Kearney, attended by
approximately 220 students.
The session with Ernst & Young was postponed due to rains, but we expect to come to a
mutually convenient date soon.
● Freshmen Orientation- Strategy Wars:

An exciting game of wit & strategy in groups of 4 freshmen students which included some very
basic aspects of consulting, finance and analytics. The session was aimed to increase the
outreach of the clubs among the freshmen students.
● Samsung EDGE:
The Samsung EDGE 4.0 case study challenge, is a pan-India competition. This year 11 teams
submitted their solutions in the first phase. Students have been shortlisted for the second
phase.
● Teqothon in collaboration with Mahindra Susten
Conducted an Institute-wide Case Study competition in collaboration with Mahindra Susten
and Mahindra Teqo. The competition involved solving a real-life problem of the company.
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Great response from the participants, with over 40 team registrations, each having 2-4
members. 5 teams have been shortlisted in phase 1, and they will be presenting their solutions
to a panel from Mahindra, following which the winner teams will be declared.
● Live projects with Reliance Foundation
Positive response from the CSR head of Reliance foundation towards collaborating with IIT
Bombay students on real life problems. Visited the Reliance foundation office to finalise on
the details. Still in the ideation phase.
● Blog posts on Strategies implemented by companies:
Working to start a series of fortnightly blogs posted through UGAC blog, that discuss the
various innovative strategies formulated and implemented by different companies and
organisations. Example- The launch and growth of Dropbox etc.
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Analytics Club
About the division:

Analytics Club is one of the major representative bodies for the interests of all students of IIT
Bombay in the domains of data analytics. We carry out various sessions, workshops and
bootcamps on topics related to ML, Big Data Handling etc. And it has been constant efforts of the
club to cover more fields that come under the realm of data analytics.
Work done so far:
● Summer Bootcamp:
First ever session on “Game Theory and Strategy Thinking” successfully conducted by the
founder of Indian Game Theory Society to increase awareness among the thoughts of
students, attendance of 50+ students.
● Resume Repository:
Contacted each of the Alumni placed in the Analytics firm, and uploaded the ones of those
who responded positively, and also collected resumes of the students from the current year as
well.
● Freshmen Orientation - Strategy Wars:

An exciting game of wit & strategy in groups of 3-4 freshmen students which included some
very basic aspects of finance, analytics and consult. Successfully automated the experience
for better automation of the game.
● Mensa India Test:

The Mensa India Test occured in the campus on 25th January. Total 6 students cleared the
test.
● Online Presence:
Scraped off the concept of term of the week, being less relevant in the field of Analytics.
Rather introduced relevant infographic videos which give graphical insights to world events.
Till now, 3 such posts have been posted.
● AnalyzeThis:
PAN India case competition on live business project conducted by American Express
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● Digital Revolution in Manufacturing Domain presented by L&T Infotech:
A talk on “Digital Revolution in Manufacturing Domain” was presented by Mr. Jeffrey
Chenevey, Director of IT and Digital Services at Vitamex and Mr. Rajesh Gharpure,
Vice-President at Larsen and Toubro Infotech. Various aspects of Digital transformation in
manufacturing industry was discussed like Big data and predictive analytics, Social and
collaboration tools, Cloud and accessing IT resources as a service
● Online R Programming Bootcamp:

Certified Online bootcamp was conducted by Mr Durvesh Javle. The sessions were held over
two weekends, for which 650+ students registered. The session helped students who did not
have prior experience in R Programming, to get a proper grasp of the language and were
taught different Machine Learning Algorithms in R. A test was taken in the end and students
who scored 80%+ were awarded certificates.
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Web Team
About the division:

The Web Team does work related to web part of UGAC. It involves providing a web interface for
the academic council and students to access various programs run by the Undergraduate
Academic Council and designing other portals which serve a platform to interact with students
Work done so far:

● Summer Undergraduate Research Portal (SURP)
Fixed bugs in the SURP portal, that provides the database of all summer projects offered by
the professors of the institute in all departments and their research interests, providing an
efficient channel for students and professors to interact for summer opportunities.
● Learners’ Space:
Updated the website for Learners’ Space which serves as a platform for many students who
want to explore their interests in finance, analytics, language, debating, machine learning,
entrepreneurship, and other interesting things in summers.
● E-certificates:
Fixed some bugs in the portal for giving out E-certificates which reduces the effort of making
certificates offline and distributing them, and attached a feedback form in the portal itself
which helps to get critical reviews for improvement of the programme next year.
● TA Portal:
We worked on a large number of major and minor bugs in the TA selection portal which is for
the purpose of selection of TAs.
We are currently working on developing a new platform in Django to fill the shortcomings of
the previous portal, closely working with the suggestions from professors to make the portal
more streamlined to its purpose.
● UGAC Website Revamp
We are working towards the development of a new, integrated council website from scratch,
having all the features linked on the single page instead of the decentralised manner that is
currently in place.
● Grievance Portal
Included the details about the concerned people to contact for newer departments on the
grievance portal of UGAC.
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Design Team
About the division:

Design Team does the work of the council related to designing, publicity, and providing an entire
front-end to the council
Work done so far:

● Posters and Flexes:
Designed 125+ posters and flexes for the promotion of different events of the council.
● Visiting cards:
Building up from the last tenure, new letterheads and visiting cards for the council members
were designed
● Hoodie:
Designed the hoodies for the council.
● Booklet Design:
Designed the Course Information Booklet and the UG Information Booklet for the first time
● Online Promotional Materials:
Designed cover photos and profile pictures for various facebook pages of the council bodies.
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International Relations
About the division:

The role of the Office of the Dean for International Relations is to oversee and coordinate all
international activities of IIT Bombay, including:
1. To promote relationships between foreign universities and institutions and IIT Bombay (IITB),
and to help define the scope of such relationships through appropriate MoUs.
2. To promote exchange programs through-Student-Exchange Agreements with other institutes.
3. To interface with internal entities to facilitate visits of delegations & students coming to IITB.
Work done so far:
● Workshops and Sessions
Exchange 101 was conducted for all campus students receiving massive positive response.
DAAD Information Session for Undergraduates was conducted for students looking for third
year summer internship opportunities.
Conducted session on Study and Research opportunities in Germany as well as the WISE
internship scholarship by the German Academic Exchange Service.
Organised the Knight-Hennessy Scholars Information Session by Mr. Derrick Bolton ( Dean of
Knight-Hennessy Scholars Admission) to speak to undergraduates and recent alumni who are
interested in pursuing graduate studies at Stanford.
The AUA Overseas Study Program "Innovation, Incubation and Entrepreneurship" (I2E) was
hosted at IIT Bombay from the 1st to 7th July 2019. A diverse set of 18 students from nine
universities across Asia took part in the program - Nazarbayev University, University of
Colombo, Seoul National University, The University of Tokyo, Universitas Indonesia, United
Arab Emirates University, University of Malaya, University of Yangon and Indian Institute of
Technology Bombay.
● Delegates
Hosted 10 international student delegates from Tajikistan and conducted a cultural interaction
session between the delegates and selected enthusiastic students from the institute.
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● PG IR Represenstative
Designated a PG IR representative to boost the involvement of Masters and PhD

students for semester/project exchanges.
● Language Courses
Sorted logistical issues to conduct 4 foreign language courses - German, French, Chinese &
Japanese. Conducted exams on the SAFE platform to shortlist students for 2 language courses,
German and French. Organized Basic Hindi classes for incoming exchange students.
Initiated new rules towards compulsory attendance of 80% or more and increasing the
registration fees to ensure consistent attendance and lowered drop out rates throughout
course.
Revamped the selection process of the students for the language courses to ensure fair and
equal opportunities for all the applicants.
● Publicity
Expanding the reach of Wordpress Exchange blog of IITB Bombay by inculcating blogs
revolving around the personal exchange experiences of students, updated regularly.
● Website
The IR website has been completely revamped by CYGNUS with an AMC of 1 year. Changes
in the front-end of the website have been implemented and beta website is ready. The
website will be deployed by the end of the semester.
● Buddy Program
Allocated buddies to all inbound exchange students on a one-to-one correspondence basis for
both semesters.
● International Students Affairs
Conducted orientation of HA, Sports, Culturals, Academics and GRA activities for incoming
students. Organised orientation and farewell lunch. Conducted Hindi movie screenings for
Autumn semester exchange students.
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● Proposals
Mapping of the Department electives and Institute electives at partner university during
semester exchange program.
Mapping of Lab courses at partner university during semester exchange

Reaching out to Alumni in order to create funding for semester exchanges. Data of finance
required for different countries/universities has already been collected.
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Department Research Coordinators
About DRCs:
For each undergraduate department (department with undergraduate strength), one
Department Research Coordinator is allocated. The primary role of the DRCs is to bolster the
undergraduate research culture in the departments and in the institute at large through
various initiatives and sessions, as has been in the work report of all the DRCs attached.
Aerospace Engineering:
● Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP) - 2019
Working with the EnPoWER Team and other Department Research Coordinators,
conceptualized the SURP policy. Approached professors of the Aerospace Department in
person to explain the need for SURP and its application process. Collected feedback from
both students and professors twice over summers to gauge the progress.
● RESEARCHx 2019 - First edition

Helped in the ideation, event planning and handled on-ground execution and logistics for the
first edition of the Research Exposition. Contacted students for bringing their BTP, DDP,
summer research internship projects, SURP projects, and URA projects from the Aerospace
Department to showcase their research work in the event. Ideated and organized the
RESEARCHx Quiz. 4 Students faced off in the Finals for the Grand Prize.
● iSURP (in-Semester Undergraduate Research Program)

iSURP was launched to encourage undergraduates to take up research projects in the
semester and then continue it through winter breaks. Pitched the idea and initiative of iSURP
to all the professors from the Aerospace Department for providing in-semester research
opportunities to UG students. Two work reports were asked to be submitted by the students
to gauge their progress in the project they have taken up.
● The Curious Community

This Curious Community Google Group currently has 400+ research enthusiasts. Initiated
discussion threads and ensured weekly posts by Department Research Coordinators to
increase the activity of the group and hence, attract more members. Publicized major
research-related events and activities through this group. Added Facebook as a platform for a
wider reach via the Facebook Group.
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● Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP) - 2020
Procured projects from the different departments and floated under SURP 2020 to facilitate
seamless research engagement remotely amidst the ongoing pandemic.
● ‘UG Research 101’
Collaborated with EnPoWER to compile a guide to UG Research at IIT Bombay - ‘UG Research
101’.
Mechanical Engineering:
● Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP)
Conceptualized a policy for SURP with Team EnPoWER and other Department Research
Coordinators. Approached professors of the Mechanical Department in person to explain the
need for SURP and its application process. Handled 24 project entries from 10 professors of
the Mechanical department and its smooth allocation among 50 applicants across many
departments. A total of 12 students from the Mechanical Department alone were part of this
program. Collected feedback from both students and professors twice over summers to gauge
progress so far.
● RESEARCHx 2019 - First edition
Ideated RESEARCHx in collaboration with Team EnPoWER and IIT Bombay Research Park to
showcase Academia-Industry collaboration at the institute level. Ideated and organized a
Panel Discussion on ‘Academia and Industry’ with 4 panelists, two professors and two
industrialists. The panelists were Prof. B Ravi, Prof. Rajesh Zele, Mr. Rahul Singh (CTO,
ideaForge) and Dr. R. Muralidharan (CTO, TATA Power SED). The event was attended by 40+
students in VMCC and they actively participated in the discussion. Approached SURP
students to present in RESEARCHx exhibition. 6 students from Mechanical Department
presented out of a total of 18 presenters.
● iSURP (inSemester Undergraduate Research Program)
iSURP was launched to encourage undergraduates to take up research projects in the
semester and then continue it through winter breaks. A total of 14 projects were floated from
Mechanical Department professors. 7 students from the Mechanical department were part of
this program after a proper selection process. Two work reports were asked to be submitted
by the students to gauge their progress in the project they have taken up.
● Curious Community
This google group currently has 400+ research enthusiasts. Initiated discussion threads and
ensured weekly posts by Department Research Coordinators to increase activity of the group
and hence, attract more members. Publicized major research-related events and activities
through this group.
● Organized Grad School 101 hosted by Rahul Agrawal and Sumanth Kandala to enlighten
potential MS/Ph.D. applicants with insights of graduate school applications and to share
valuable tips to build a strong academic profile for the same.
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● Procured around 20 remote projects from the Mechanical Department and floated under
SURP 2020 to facilitate seamless research engagement remotely amidst the ongoing
pandemic. 45+ students out of a total 220+ applied to the projects under the Mechanical
department alone and 15 students were selected finally for SURP 2020.
● Hosted ‘Mech Chai and Quiz’ - an online trivia over Zoom to increase virtual interaction
amongst students amidst the lockdown. 30+ students from different programs and batches
participated in the quiz.
● Created a database of Mechanical final year students who received MS or Ph.D. Fall admits
from universities abroad, to be later used in compiling ‘Grad Apping Repository’. Contacted
15+ alumni currently studying at universities abroad to collect responses for the ‘Grad Apping
Repository’.
● Collaborated with EnPoWER to compile a guide to UG Research at IIT Bombay - ‘UG Research
101”; penned down my university research internship experience in one of the articles.
Chemical Engineering :
● Summer Undergraduate Research Program

Framed a database of the professors in the Department with their contact details, their works
of interest and the current projects they are doing
Contacted all the professors from the department to propose the need and motivation for
SURP and handled 12 project entries from 12 professors and its allocation amongst 55
applications
Aided in the smooth execution by ensuring timely feedback, from both, professors and
selected 17 students
● In-Semester Undergraduate Research Program
Pitched the idea and initiative of iSURP to all the professors from chemical department for
providing in semester research opportunity to UG students
Procured 6 project entries and handled its allocation amongst 18 applications and ensuring
smooth execution
● Session on URA as a part of aping session
Delivered a talk disseminating information about the types and importance of the
Undergraduate Research Awards
Included the information of how to go about pursuing a research project and shared the
personal experience of summer URA 01 research project
● ResearchX 2019
Helped in the ideation, event planning and handled on ground execution and logistics for the
first edition of the Research Exposition
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Contacted students for bringing their BTP, DDP, summer research internship projects, SURP
projects, and URA projects from chemical department to showcase their research work in the
event
Coordinated with the 5 presenters from chemical department for the research poster,
know-your-presenter poster, and other details
Conceptualized and formulated the problem statements and conducted a two-stage
competition ‘Hackathon’ that focussed on solving problems pertaining to institute related
general issues and declared the winning team with the help of judges
Looked for the deals on lunch options for the presenters and visiting authority from IITBRP
● Grad School 101
Organized a session hosted by Arjav Shah and Kshitiz Parihar to enlighten potential MS/Ph.D.
applicants with insights of graduate school applications (timeline, minimum requirements,
LORs, etc) and to share valuable tips to build a strong academic profile for the same.
● SURP 2020
Procured 7 remote projects from the Chemical Department and floated under SURP 2020 to
facilitate seamless research engagement remotely amidst the ongoing pandemic. 47 students
out of a total 220+ applied to the projects under the Chemical Department and 8 students
were selected finally.
● UG Research 101
Collaborated with EnPoWER and DRCs in ideation and compilation of a guide to
Undergraduate Research at IIT Bombay and contributed to the department wise activities
section of this research newsletter.
Communicated trending research news from chemical department and major research
oriented events to an audience of 400+ members.
● Aided in structuring the Chemical Engineering section of the “Career Info Booklet” to include
the various job profiles and career opportunities in the faculty.
● Compiled and publicised a repository that includes documented booklets on everything about
grad school by IIT Bombay alumni, the chemical engineering brochure containing professors
and their research fields, an article on future of chemical engineering and a book on frontiers
of chemical engineering.
● Publicized various research-oriented events, talks, applications for scholarships, fellowships,
and available in-semester research projects from the department
Metallurgical Engineering Materials Science:
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● Organized a visit to Applied Materials laboratories and research facilities on campus for 9
students (third-year undergraduates) in two batches.
● Organized a day-long visit to Indian Rubbers Manufacturers Research Association’s

Materials Testing and Research facility in Thane for 40+ students (second and third-year
undergraduates) escorted by an adjunct faculty member. Prepared a comprehensive report
and submitted to the Head of the Department and other faculty members to emphasize the
importance of out-of-classroom learning and to aid future Industrial Visits.
● Created a group to aid discussions among third-year GRE enthusiasts and relevant seniors.
● Organized a visit to Chai and why? - Make it Crystal Clear, a part of TIFR’s Scientific Outreach
Programme, in Fort, Mumbai along with Krittika Managers.
● Introduced and encouraged more students to attend the “Entrepreneurs for Materials”
sessions taken by Prof. Venkatramani.
● Led a team of Department Students on the editorial board of Dhatuki, Department

Newsletter (revived after a hiatus of 3 years). The edition captured commendation from
students, faculty members, parents as well as alumni. (Link:
https://bighome.iitb.ac.in/index.php/s/GZQQyCn7Pr3xYKj)
● Virtual Student-Faculty Engagement Activities - Collaborated with the Head of the

Department to organize virtual evenings with cultural programs and quizzes.
● Organizing a virtual tour of the Hydro Carbide Tool Company in Pennsylvania, US through a
collaboration with the company President (Department Alumnus ‘92).
● Created and led discussions in Curious Community (400+ members), a community for all the
people in the institute who are curious about research and industry in coordination with
EnPoWER.
● Pioneered the concept of breaking down the curious community to SIGs (Special Interest
Groups) to foster engaging and personalized discussions on the lines of Mensa International
SIGs.
● Currently heading the “Something to do with Materials SIG” (46 active members) that
encourages conversation on latest developments in Materials Science on the Messenger
group as well as through weekly discussion sessions and theme-based games.
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● Relaunched the SURP 2019 portal for students to take up projects offered by professors in
the summer break of 2019 in coordination with EnPoWER.
● Launched the iSURP 2019 portal for students to take up projects offered by professors in the
autumn semester in coordination with EnPoWER.
● SURP 2020 consisting wholly of remote projects saw the highest number of projects from
ME&MS.
● Organized the session Grad School 101 taken by Department seniors on GRE tips and
application tips for higher education.
● Altered the Application Guide to fit Department-specific needs and collected counsel,
guidance and details in written format from graduating seniors who applied for higher
education for the use of junior batches in coordination with EnPoWER as well as Career Cell.
● Collaborated with the DIC-Instructor to showcase engaging experiments from Department

labs as a part of the course to intrigue freshmen.
● Formed the “Lectures/Seminars” group (100 members) for notifications regarding interesting
seminars and institute lectures in an attempt to create a community excited about the cutting
edge developments in the Institute and around the world.
● Contributed to the ideation and execution of various events in the first edition of ResearchX
like Hackathon and Industry-Professor panel discussion.
● Initiated conversation with IITB Research Park and formed a student liaison with them for the
possibility of Industrial Projects and collaboration with UGAC events.
● Collaborated with EnPoWER on the UG Research 101 magazine.
● Invited and contributed as student representative to various Department committees like

Committee to Increase Student-Faculty Engagement (moderated by Prof. Nagmani Jaya
Balila, convened by the Head of Department), Diamond Jubilee Curriculum Delivery Revamp
Workshop and various Faculty Candidate Seminars (as student evaluator).
● Hosted 2 editions of Materials Virtual Quiz Night along with a fellow D-AMP mentor which
saw participation from Undergraduates, Postgraduates, Professors, Department staff as well
as some students from other Departments.
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Civil Engineering:

Created a database with all the details about the research projects being carried out by
various professors in the department, enabling students to find an appropriate project and
professor which aligns with their area of interest.
Contacted the professors from the Civil department giving them an insight into the SURP
portal and encouraging the professors to put up short-term projects in their field of
specialization.
Helped in the execution of the SURP program by acquiring projects from professors and
handling 6 interested applicants.
Collected timely feedback from both students, as well as professors, further encourage more
participation and betterment of research projects given to undergraduates.

Explained the professor about how students in-semester projects can be beneficial to both
students as well as for the research projects and procured 9 projects from the civil
department.
Handled the allocation of projects for 26 applicants during the semester.
● ResearchX2019
Conceptualized and formulated the Industry and Academia: A Panel discussion by some
well-known experts from the field. The panel discussion mainly focused on providing insight
into the work and how both the industry and academics are very much related.
Helped in ideation of RESEARCHx organised in collaboration with Team EnPoWER and IIT
Bombay Research Park to showcase various projects and research topics being worked upon
in the institute.
● Career counseling session

Met the DGSEC, Damp-co to plan the flow of the whole event, and decided upon the
time, and the event to be conducted.
Scheduled a career counseling session by a professional counselor for second and
third-year civil engineering students.
● Session on a semester exchange

Helped the Damp-co and Dgsec in publicizing and conducting the session on a
Semester exchange.
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Ensuring regular updation of the event on the WhatsApp groups.
Helped in the execution of session on a semester exchange.
● UG Research 101 - a followup to the Research Newsletter

Collaborated with the team of DRCs for planning out a newsletter for the purpose of
Publicizing research culture among UGs and ideating upon all the topics to be included.
Contributed to the department wise activities section of the research newsletter
Energy Science and Engineering:

Framed a database of the professors in the Department with their contact details, their works
of interest and the current projects they are doing
Contacted all the professors from department to propose the need and motivation for SURP
and handled 6 project entries from professors in Department of Energy Science and
Engineering, and their allocation amongst the applicants
Aided in the smooth execution by ensuring timely feedbacks, from both, professors and
selected students
Contacted professors for feedback on the entire SURP process and how we could improve it
for further iterations of the same

Pitched the idea and initiative of iSURP to all the professors from department of energy
science and engineering for providing in semester research opportunity to UG students
● ResearchX 2019
Helped in the ideation, event planning and handled on ground execution and logistics for the
first edition of the Research Exposition
Contacted students for bringing their BTP, DDP, summer research internship projects, SURP
projects, URA projects, and other ptojects to showcase their research work in the event as
part of the exhibition
Conceptualized and formulated the problem statements and conducted a two-stage
competition ‘Hackathon’ that focused on solving problems pertaining to institute related
general issues and declared the winning team with the help of judges. Collected feedback
from the judges regarding the competition, and ideas on how it could've been improved
further for next year

Communicating trending research news, upcoming events pertaining to research to an
audience of 400+ members
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● Publicity
Publicized various research-oriented events, talks, applications for scholarships, fellowships,
and available in-semester research projects
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Undergraduate Academic Council, IIT Bombay

End-Term Work Report - 2019-20

Members of the Council:

Work done on new proposals

New work done in Council

Work done as part of basic duties

1. Appendment of the UG Information Booklet

UG Information Booklet serves to disseminate information on topics like registrations, additional

Find the booklet here-

2. Appendment of the Course Information Booklet

Link to the booklet - https://gymkhana.iitb.ac.in/~ugacademics/Docs/CourseInfo_Booklet.pdf

2. What’s in your Branch?

3. IDDDP (INTERDISCIPLINARY DUAL DEGREE PROGRAM) Videos

4. ASC Videos Series

6. MENTAL HEALTH INITIATIVES

6.1 Mental health videos

6.2 Depression Blog

6.3 Informative images and comic strips

6.4 Mental Health Week

8. ExCeL Structure Revamp

10. TA Selection Portal

11. Summer course TSC

12. Introduction of usage of Sli.do

13. TSC Ecertificates

WORK ONGOING/COMPLETED AS PART OF EVERY YEAR DUTIES

1. Catered to problems and grievances during registration

3. TAs for summer courses

5. Branch Change reviews

9. Course Info Session

10. Pre-Registration & Registration Live Query Sheet

11. Freshie Resources and Senior Resources

12. Paper Repository

A comprehensive paper repository is being prepared which consists of question papers of

14. Course feedback awareness posters

1. Joint first year students Orientation in convocation

2. Moderating the Student Support@IITB page

About the division:

Work done so far:

Non Technical Summer School (NTSS):

Course Department Registrations Description

Entrepreneurs E-Cell 54 Day 1: What is Entrepreneurship? Who are

Day 3: How to find the right market for your

Day 5: How to get funding for your Startup?

Structure of Each Session:-

Consulting Consult Club 68 The bootcamp was a tremendous opportunity

Design IDC 23 It was an incredible opportunity to explore the

Personality Talerang 32 Self awareness and verbal communication, first

Management S.J. Mehta 50 Career Cell’s management course covered the

4.Indian Finance and Economy

5.Introduction to Finance and Cost Accounting

Finance Finance Club 97 There was general discussion on finance and

Analytics Analytics 52 The first of its kind bootcamp teaching concepts

Trading Finance Club 64 The trading bootcamp introduced this time

Following topics were covered in bootcamp

Technical Summer School(TSS):

Name Registrations Description

MATLAB 93 The following topics were covered in the sessions:

Machine 152 Machine Learning is the science of pattern recognition by

Lecture 1- Networking basics and intro to HTML

Materials and texturing -

● Unconventional Masters Program:

● Placement Resume Repository:

Fundae Talk 1.0: All about courses:

Product Management Case Competition, IIM Ahmedabad