Minutes 29 TH

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE EDUCATION
AND RESEARCH MOHALI

(Estd. By Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India)
Sector -81, Knowledge City, P.O. Manauli, S.A.S. Nagar, Mohali, Punjab
Minutes for the 29th Meeting of the Academic Senate held on May 16, 2018 at 3.00
p.m. at IISER Mohali. The following members were present:
1 Professor Debi P. Sarkar, Chairman
2 Professor A. K. Bachhawat, Member
3 Professor Arvind, Member
4 Professor Kapil Hari Paranjape, Member
5 Professor Sudeshna Sinha, Member
6 Professor J. S. Bagla, Member
7 Professor C.S. Aulakh, Member
8 Professor P. Guptasarma, Member
9 Professor K. S. Viswanathan, Member
10 Professor Sanjay Mandal, Member
11 Dr. Ramandeep Singh Johal, Member
12 Dr. N. G. Prasad, Member
13 Dr. S. Arulananda Babu, Member
14 Dr. Amit Kulshrestha, Member
15 Dr. Vinayak Sinha, Member
16 Dr. Kavita Dorai, Member
17 Dr. Varadharaj Ravi Srinivasan, Member
18 Dr. S. K. Pal, Member
19 Dr. Rajesh V., Member
20 Dr. S.K.Arun Murthi, Member
21 Dr. P. Visakhi, Member
22 Dr. Baerbel Sinha, Member
23 Dr. P. Bapaiah, Secretary
The following members could not be present in the meeting. Leave of absence was granted to
these members:
1 Professor S. Bandyopadhayay, Member
2 Professor Damodar Acharya, Member
3 Professor Malashri Lal, Member
4 Dr. Mahak Sharma, Member
5 Dr. Anoop Ambili, Member
Special Invitee
Minutes for the 29th Meeting of the Academic Senate, 16.5.2018 at 3.00 P.M. Page 1 of 58
Ms. R. Lakshmi, SRC Convener
Mr. Divanshu Gupta
Item No. Agenda & Decision
Senate 18.29.01 Introductory remarks by the Chairman
--
The Chairman welcomed all and specially the new members of the
Academic Senate. The Chairman also informed the Academic Senate
that three outside experts have been nominated. They are Professor
S. Bandyopadhayay, Director, ISI Kolkata, Professor Damodar
Acharya, Former Director, IIT Kharagpur and Professor Malashri
Lal, Former Professor and Head, English Department, University of
Delhi. Due to inadequacy of the time, these members could not
attend the meeting. However, we may welcome their nomination and
their presence in the next meeting.
Senate 18.29.02 Confirmation of the Draft Minutes of the 27th Meeting of the
Academic Senate held on December 12, 2017.
Draft Minutes of the 27th Meeting of the Academic Senate held on December
12, 2017 were circulated to all the members and requested the members to
convey the observations/comments, if any. No observations have been received.
Accordingly it is requested that the Minutes of the 27th Meeting of the
Academic Senate held on December 12, 2017 may be confirmed. Minutes
placed at Page No. 48-96 of the agenda.
Decision: Confirmed.
Senate 18.29.03 Action Taken report on the Draft Minutes of the 27th Meeting of the
Academic Senate held on December 12, 2017.
Placed at Page No. 97-103 of the agenda.
Action taken report on the Draft Minutes of the 27th Meeting of the Academic
Senate of IISER Mohali held on December 12, 2017 at 3.00 p.m. at IISER
Mohali, Sector- 81, Mohali.
Item No. Agenda Action taken
Senate Introductory remarks by the --

17.27.01
Chairman
Senate Confirmation of the Draft Confirmed

17.27.02
Minutes of the 26th Meeting of
the Academic Senate held on
July 28, 2017.
Senate Action Taken report on the Noted.

17.27.03
Draft Minutes of the
26thMeeting of the Academic
Senate held on July 28, 2017.
For Consideration and Approval:
Senate An issue raised by Professor The Chairman of the Academic review

17.27.04 Charanjit S. Aulakh on the committee has been informed of the
subject of ongoing Academic decision to look into the issue discussed.

review of Undergraduate
syllabi for consideration.
Senate Awarding of BS Degree Recommended to BOG for approval to

17.27.05 award degrees.
Senate Recommended to BOG for approval to

Awarding of BS-MS degrees.
Senate Recommended to BOG for approval to

Students Fulfilling the
Requirements for Award of
MS Degree
Senate Students Fulfilling the Recommended to BOG for approval to

17.27.08 Requirements for Award of award degrees.
Ph.D. Degree
Senate New Courses Proposed Approval noted for compliance.

17.27.09
Senate Performance of BS-MS Noted.

17.27.10 students 2017-18 1st Semester
Senate Warning cases of BS-MS Noted.
17.27.11 Students with CPI<4
Senate Termination Cases 2017-18, Approval noted for compliance.

17.27.12 Ist Semester, (on account of
CPI< 4.0 in two semesters in a
row, Students had been
reinstated in the BS-MS
programme after summer
semester 2017 on academic
probation).
Senate CNR Rao Foundation Prize Approved and prizes distributed during
17.27.13 for the Best Performance 1st Republic Day Celebrations in January
Year Student of the BS-MS 2018.
Programme 2017-18, 1st
Semester.
Certificate of Academic Certificates distributed during Republic

Senate
Excellence for the Best Day Celebration in January 2018.
17.27.14
Performing students (II, III
& IV year of BS-MS) in the
2017-18, Ist Semester.
Senate Fellowship Suspension of BS- Approved.

17.27.15 MS Students at the End of
2017-18, 1st Semester
Approved.
A) Fellowship/Scholarship to
remain (already suspended
w.e.f. June 2017)
Approved.
B) Fellowship/Scholarship to
be suspended w.e.f. January
2018
Senate Fellowship/Scholarships to be Approved.
17.27.16 restored w.e.f. 1st January
2018
Senate Overall Performance of the Noted.
17.27.17 Int. PhD and PhD students

in the Year 2017-18, 1st
Semester.
Noted.
1. a) Overall Performance of
the Int. Ph. D Students in the
Year 2017-18, 1st Semester
b) Certificate of Academic Certificates distributed during Republic

Day Celebrations during January 2018.
Excellence for the Best
Performing Students (I and II
year of Int. PhD) in the year
2017-18, Ist Semester.
c) Warning cases of Int. Ph.D. Approval noted for compliance.
Students with CPI<5.0
d) Scholarship to remain Approval noted for compliance.
suspended (Scholarship
suspended w.e.f. June 01,
2017)
e) Scholarship to be Approval noted for compliance.
suspended w.e.f. Ist January

2018.
Noted.
f) Current Activities of
Int.Ph.D. Students who have
completed their
comprehensive examination.
2. a) Overall performance of Noted.
the Ph.D students doing

course work in the year 2017-
18 Ist Semester.
Noted.
b) Warning Cases of PhD
students with CPI<7.0
c) Termination Cases of Noted.

students with CPI<7.0
(already given warning last
time, Students had been
reinstated in the PhD
programme on academic
probation for Odd semester
2017-18)
d) PhD students who have Noted.
completed 24 credits with a
CPI of >=7.0 and eligible for
comprehensive examination.
e) Current activities of Ph.D. Noted.
students
f) Number of students who Noted.
have submitted thesis: 12
g) Number of students who Noted.

have submitted synopsis: 03
h) Number of students whose Noted.

viva voce is pending: 03
Noted.
i) The following students have
resigned from the PhD
programme (after the last
senate meeting):.
Decision to continue with the existing
Senate Non – allotment of Major to
practice is noted for compliance.
17.27.18 third year students.
Approved the punishment awarded.
Senate Academic Misconduct Report
17.27.19 for fall-2017.
20.5.2018 is the Convocation Day. His
Senate Convocation 2018
Excellency President of India is the Chief
17.27.20
Guest.
Senate Agenda items received from

17.27.21 SRC- 3 Nos.
1) Duration of Fellowship of Academic Senate agreed in principle and
Int-PhD Students of IISER will take up the issue with the BOG.
Mohali- Placed at Page No. 73 Discussed and decided to place to the
of the agenda(enclosed). Finance Committee and BOG and this
may require MHRD approval.
2) Improvement of the Course Decision noted for compliance.
Feedback System (at the end
and in the middle of each term)
– Placed at page
no. 74 of the agenda(enclosed).
3) Mobility of Credits in the 9th Decision noted for compliance.

and 10th Semester of BS-MS
Program.-Placed at Page no. 75
of the agenda(enclosed).
Senate Any Other Item with the

17.27.22 Permission of the Chair.
Decision:
Noted.
Senate 18.29.04 Confirmation of the Draft Minutes of the 28th Meeting of the
Academic Senate held on January 5, 2018.
Draft Minutes of the 28th Meeting of the Academic Senate held on January 05,
2018 were circulated to all the members and requested the members to convey
the observations/comments, if any. No observations have been received.
Accordingly it is requested that the Minutes of the 28th Meeting of the
Academic Senate held on January 05, 2018 may be confirmed. Minutes placed
at Page No. 104-111 of the agenda.
Decision: Confirmed.
Senate 18.29.05 Action Taken report on the Draft Minutes of the 28th Meeting of the
Academic Senate held on January 05, 2018.
Action taken report on the Draft Minutes of the 28th Meeting of the Academic
Senate of IISER Mohali held on January 5, 2018 at 3.00 p.m. at IISER Mohali,
Sector- 81, Mohali.
Item No. Agenda Action taken
Senate Introductory remarks by --

18.28.1 the Chairman.
Senate a) The following student Recommended to BOG for
18.28.2 fulfilling the requirements approval to award degrees.
for award of PhD degree:
b) The following students Approved.

have resigned from the PhD
programme (after the last
senate meeting):
Senate Consideration of Appeals
18.28.3
The following appeals have

been placed on the table for
considerations.
1. Mr. Manish Kumar, Request could not be acceded

MS16089 to- decision noted for
compliance.
2. Ms. Nitika Devi, Request acceptance noted for

MS16108 compliance.
3. Mr. Chetan , MS16147 Request acceptance noted for

compliance.
4. Mr. Sachin Bhatt, Request acceptance noted for

MS16153 compliance.
5. Mr. Navjot Singh, Decision of permitting to

MS14018 change the majors noted for
compliance.
6. Mr. Neetish Kumar

Request could not be acceded
Sharma, MS14064
to- decision noted for
compliance.
7. Mr. Rabi Prakash Request could not be acceded

Maheshwari, PH16002 to.
Senate Request received from MS Decision noted for

18.28.4 Thesis Evaluation compliance.
Committee.
Senate Request of a Student Mr. Decision noted for
18.28.5 Taranpreet Singh MS12044 compliance.
Senate New Courses CHM626. Approval noted for

18.28.6 compliance.
Senate Modifications to the Ph.D. Decision noted for
18.28.7 Examination Guidelines compliance.
Senate Any Other Item with the

18.28.8 permission of the Chair.
i. Direct Admission to Ph.D. Decision noted for

Program. compliance.
ii. Guidelines for PhD Decision noted for

Evaluation: compliance.
iii. The Guidelines for

It was decided to examine the
Joint/Dual Degree Program
between IISER Mohali and issue and also legal advice be
obtained.
Foreign Academic
Institutions.
Decision: Noted.
For Reporting
Senate 18.29.06 Drop from the semester:
Ms. Amandeep Matharoo, PH17077
Mr. Gaurav Saxena, PH17053
Ms. Bhavana Chaudhary, MS16023
Mr. Saurav Shekhar, MS13138
Approved.
Decision:
For Consideration and Approval
Senate 18.29.07 Candidates from IISER Mohali, applied for Direct admission into the
Ph.D. Programme:
CPI
PhD
Sr. (After
Name Reg. No. Major Category applied to
No. 10th
Deptt.
Sem)
Kriti Kamal
1 Gupta MS13022 Physics General 9.2 Physics
2 Akhil Bhardwaj MS13041 Physics General 8.3 Physics
3 Ujjawal Singhal MS13055 Physics General 8.2 Physics
4 Amala Raj MS13068 Chemistry General 9.2 Chemistry
5 Praveen Kumar V MS13071 Biology OBC 8.0 Biology
6 Megha MS13083 Biology General 8.5 Biology
7 Asish Moharana MS13094 Physics General 8.4 Physics
8 Pranav Kukreti MS13100 Physics General 8.2 Physics
9 Amruta Rajarajan MS13119 Biology General 8.2 Biology
10 Alkit Gugalia MS13143 Chemistry General 8.4 Chemistry
11 Shreyan Ganguly MS13149 Physics General 9.6 Chemistry
12 Swathi Jayaram Ms13150 Biology General 9.0 Biology
13 Sunil Kumar MS13012 Chemistry ST 7.0 EES
Mathemati Mathemati
14 Diksha Mukhija MS13103 cs General 8.5 cs
Decision: Admit, but only those who qualify national level test and meeting any
cut-offs imposed by respective departments will be entitled for
fellowship.
Senate 18.29.08 i) Students under the BS-MS dual degree program, fulfilling the
requirements for the award of the BS-Degree.
1. A student of the BS-MS programme may opt to leave the programme with
a BS degree providing that she/he fulfils the following requirements:
a. The student has completed at least five years in the programme.
b. The student has received a grade in all core courses.
c. The student has received a grade in a list of courses whose credits total
up to not less than 139.
d. The student has a weighted grade-point average of not less than 5.0 in
the courses listed above.
2. The grade sheet given to such a student will reflect all grades obtained by
the student except where such a grade has been replaced due to repetition of the
course or due to substitution of an elective course by a different elective course.
3. The format of the BS degree will be identical to the BS degree that is
awarded to graduating BS-MS students except that no Major will be
mentioned in the degree. The student will not be awarded an MS degree.
4. The student can exercise this option after the finalization of the grades of the
10th semester completed by the student. A student who chooses this exit option
will not be allowed to return to the BS-MS programme.
5. The Institute may decide to award BS degree if a student meets the
requirements at the end of 7 years.
S.No Name Reg. No.
1 Kausal Kumar MS13047
2 Rakesh Kumar Saini MS13106
Approved and recommended to the Board of Governors to award the

Decision:
BS Degree to the above two candidates. Also recommended to award
the BS degree to Mr. Barun Khaidem, MS11072 as he completed 7
years and meets the criteria for the award of BS degree.
ii) Students under the BS-MS dual degree program, fulfilling the
requirements for the award of the degree.
The following 109 students have completed the requirements (as per Senate
decision14.15.08) of BS-MS dual degree programme:
Graduation requirements of BS-MS dual degree programme at IISER Mohali

consist of the following:
1. Course work requirement:
a) 36 core courses.
b) 16 major courses (mandatory + elective).
c) 7 open elective courses of which two are humanities courses.
d) 4 seminar courses.
2. Thesis research requirement:

a) 2 project courses in the final year.
b) Submission of MS Thesis in the prescribed format reporting the

work undertaken in the final year project courses. Grades in neither
of the project courses can be ‘F’.
3. CPI requirement: CPI of a graduating student must be at least 5.0 with

not more than 2 ‘F’ grades in the entire programme.
The senate is requested to approve the award of the BS & MS degree to the
following students.
MS 2012 Batch:
S.No. Reg. No. Name Subject CPI
1 MS12060 Himanshu Yadav MATHEMATICS 6.2
2 MS12071 Mukesh Kumar PHYSICS 6.0
MS 2013 Batch:
S.No. Reg. No. Name Subject CPI
1 MS13002 Shahina PHYSICS 8.2
2 MS13003 Ankit Labh PHYSICS 6.7
3 MS13004 Vishavdeep PHYSICS 8.7
4 MS13006 Agrim Gupta PHYSICS 6.5
5 MS13007 Prakhar Gahlot BIOLOGY 7.9
6 MS13008 Reshma R BIOLOGY 9.2
7 MS13009 Km Pragya Verma CHEMISTRY 8.8
8 MS13010 Simran S Tinani MATHEMATICS 9.8
9 MS13011 Anuj Kumar PHYSICS 7
10 MS13012 Sunil Kumar CHEMISTRY 7
11 MS13014 Pragnya Das MATHEMATICS 6.9
12 MS13015 Virender Singh CHEMISTRY 7.4
13 MS13016 Anupama Pavithran BIOLOGY 7.4
14 MS13017 Aswin. G.S MATHEMATICS 8.5
15 MS13019 Saloni Rose BIOLOGY 9.9
16 MS13020 Parvathy S MATHEMATICS 9
17 MS13022 Kriti Kamal Gupta PHYSICS 9.2
18 MS13023 Gokul Jagannadh PHYSICS 7.6
19 MS13024 Km Bharti Singh PHYSICS 5.9
Shah Parth
20 MS13025 Dharmendrabhai CHEMISTRY 7.5
21 MS13026 Saurabh Hanuman Mhatre CHEMISTRY 8.1
22 MS13027 Guru Gaurav PHYSICS 6
23 MS13028 Arsha Sreekumar BIOLOGY 7.9
24 MS13032 Shubham Dilip Verma PHYSICS 8.5
25 MS13033 Sweetu Susan Sunny BIOLOGY 9
26 MS13034 Akshai J. Kurup BIOLOGY 8.6
27 MS13035 Karan Bhatt BIOLOGY 6.4
28 MS13038 Rahul Rana PHYSICS 7.1
29 MS13040 Teena V. John PHYSICS 8.1
30 MS13041 Akhil Bhardwaj PHYSICS 8.3
31 MS13043 Vaibhvi BIOLOGY 8
32 MS13045 Manish Yadav PHYSICS 8.1
33 MS13046 Ishita Katyal PHYSICS 7.1
34 MS13048 Meghanad Kayanattil CHEMISTRY 8.4
35 MS13049 Neelima P.R CHEMISTRY 8.3
36 MS13051 Sai Praveen Madireddi MATHEMATICS 8
37 MS13052 Amol Madhukar Amodkar MATHEMATICS 7.7
38 MS13053 Varsha Jayaswal BIOLOGY 6.9
39 MS13054 Jayesh Kumar S BIOLOGY 9.2
40 MS13055 Ujjawal Singhal PHYSICS 8.2
41 MS13056 Divita Gupta CHEMISTRY 9.4
42 MS13057 Kalik Kumar Vishisth CHEMISTRY 6.8
43 MS13059 Shailesh Kumar PHYSICS 7.0
44 MS13060 Keshav Nagpal PHYSICS 7.5
45 MS13061 Lisha Loitongbam CHEMISTRY 8.6
46 MS13062 Ashima MATHEMATICS 7.9
47 MS13064 Aatashi Dhiman BIOLOGY 6.8
48 MS13065 Lalit Yadav PHYSICS 8.4
49 MS13066 Sujeesh. P.T CHEMISTRY 7.9
50 MS13067 Jyoti Tanwar MATHEMATICS 5.4
51 MS13068 Amala Raj CHEMISTRY 9.2
52 MS13069 Neeraj Maan PHYSICS 6.4
53 MS13070 Harleen Kaur CHEMISTRY 6.9
54 MS13071 V Praveen Kumar BIOLOGY 8
55 MS13077 Ankit PHYSICS 7.1
56 MS13078 Rimpy Dhanda BIOLOGY 8
57 MS13080 Prabhsimrandeep Kaur BIOLOGY 6.9
58 MS13083 Megha BIOLOGY 8.5
59 MS13086 Taseng Mancheykhun PHYSICS 7.2
60 MS13087 Abhay Kasera MATHEMATICS 8.3
61 MS13089 Swathy Lekshmy. V.S CHEMISTRY 9
62 MS13090 Sonali Maurya PHYSICS 7.2
63 MS13091 Abhishek Verma CHEMISTRY 7.8
64 MS13092 Ankit Somani CHEMISTRY 8
65 MS13093 Nitya Singh CHEMISTRY 8.5
66 MS13094 Asish Moharana PHYSICS 8.4
67 MS13095 Shreya Khandal CHEMISTRY 7.7
68 MS13097 Somya Singh MATHEMATICS 8.3
69 MS13098 Silpa. M.P PHYSICS 5.9
70 MS13100 Pranav Kukreti PHYSICS 8.2
71 MS13101 Daimiota Takhellambam CHEMISTRY 6.7
72 MS13103 Diksha Mukhija MATHEMATICS 8.5
73 MS13104 Iswarya Sitiraju MATHEMATICS 8.1
74 MS13105 Aditya Kumar Singh MATHEMATICS 6.1
75 MS13107 Sandeep Badhan CHEMISTRY 8.7
76 MS13108 Harpreet Kaur BIOLOGY 8.3
77 MS13109 Aditya Mishra PHYSICS 8.4
78 MS13111 Sumanjit Datta BIOLOGY 9.6
79 MS13112 Geethu Venugopal CHEMISTRY 7.6
80 MS13113 Madhuvanthi G Athani PHYSICS 8.3
81 MS13114 Avinash Gupta PHYSICS 6.3
82 MS13115 Sukhraj Kaur PHYSICS 7.3
83 MS13116 Priyanka Bansal CHEMISTRY 9.2
84 MS13117 Suhani Gupta PHYSICS 7.6
85 MS13118 Rhythm Shukla BIOLOGY 7.5
86 MS13119 Amruta Rajarajan BIOLOGY 8.2
87 MS13120 Joyal Davis CHEMISTRY 6.9
88 MS13121 Dantuluri Sriharsha BIOLOGY 6.8
89 MS13123 Pratibha Songara BIOLOGY 8.1
Subhashree Shubhrasmita
90 MS13124 Sahu BIOLOGY 7.5
91 MS13127 Nayana Shibu Deepthi MATHEMATICS 8.2
92 MS13129 T. Harshavardhan BIOLOGY 8.2
93 MS13132 Vaishnavi S CHEMISTRY 9.3
94 MS13135 Vidhya . S PHYSICS 7.6
95 MS13137 Ankit Kumar Pandey PHYSICS 5.7
96 MS13139 Anjoom Thahir. A.V BIOLOGY 7.8
97 MS13140 Vinayak Aswal CHEMISTRY 6.1
98 MS13142 Sreelakshmi. C BIOLOGY 8.3
99 MS13143 Alkit Gugalia CHEMISTRY 8.4
100 MS13145 Shubham Pal BIOLOGY 6.7
101 MS13146 Kushalpal Kaur PHYSICS 5.9
102 MS13147 Om Prakash CHEMISTRY 7.5
103 MS13148 Haritha. A PHYSICS 7.9
104 MS13149 Shreyan Ganguly PHYSICS 9.6
105 MS13150 Swathi Jayaram BIOLOGY 9
106 MS13151 Anjaly S. Menon PHYSICS 9.3
107 MS13153 Rupendra Kumar PHYSICS 6.1
Approved and recommended to the Board of Governors for awarding BS-MS

Decision: to the above candidates.
(iii) The following students of Integrated PhD programme have

fulfilled the requirements for the award of MS Degree:
The requirement for awarding of the MS degree prescribed for these candidates
is as follows:
Coursework requirements: Completion of two year course work worth 88
credits with CPI at least 6.0.
Thesis requirement: Acceptance of Thesis recommended by the viva-voce
committee.
1) Name of Student: Mr. Praver Gupta
Registration No.: MP15004
Registration: August 2015
Name of Supervisor: Dr. Shravan Kumar Mishra
Title of the MS Thesis: Role of an alternatively spliced form of the telomeric

regulator Rap1 in
Schizosaccharomyces pombe
MS Thesis Evaluation Committee:
i) Dr. Shravan Kumar Mishra

ii) Dr. Shashi Bhushan Pandit
iii) Dr. Rajesh Ramachandran
Date of MS Thesis Submission (final version) : 20/04/18
Viva-voce was conducted on 20/04/18

The viva-voce committee has recommended that the MS degree be awarded.
2) Name of Student: Ms. Tasha Gautam
Name of Supervisor: Dr Satyajit Jena
Title of the MS Thesis: Study of Internal Structure of a Neutron Star with

Quark Matter
i) Dr Satyajit Jena
ii) Dr. H.K. Jassal
iii) Dr. K. Lochan

3) Name of Student: Ms. Swati Patil
Name of Supervisor: Dr. R. Vijaya Anand
Title of the MS Thesis: 1,6-Conjugate Addition of n-Butyllithium to para-

Quinone Methides: An Access to Diarylmethanes
i) Dr. R. Vijaya Anand

ii) Dr. S.V. Ramasastry Sripada
iii) Dr. Sugumar Venkatramani

4) Name of Students: Mr. Kaustav Chatterjee
Name of Supervisor: Dr. Ujjal K. Gautam
Title of the MS Thesis: Investigations on the Photocatalytic Properties of Novel

Layered Sillen- Aurivillius Perovskite Phases
i) Dr. Ujjal K. Gautam

ii) Dr. R.Vijaya Anand
iii) Dr. Sugumar Venkataramani

5) Name of Student: Mr. Damanvir Singh Binner
Name of Supervisor: Dr. Abhik Ganguli
Title of the MS Thesis: Local Class Field Theory
i) Dr. Abhik Ganguli

ii) Dr. Chetan Balwe
iii) Dr. Chandrakant Aribam

6) Name of Student: Ms. Adyasha Nayak

Name of Supervisor: Dr. Lolitika Mandal
Title of the MS Thesis: Novel role of the homeotic gene deformed (dfd) in
progenitor fate
determination during haematopoiesis in Drosophila melanogaster
i) Dr. Lolitika Mandal (Supervisor)

ii) Dr. Rachna Chaba
iii) Dr. Sudip Mandal

Decision:
Approved and recommended to the Board of Governors for
awarding of MS Degrees to the above 6 candidates.
iv) Students fulfilling the requirements for the award of Ph.D. Degree.
1) Name of Student: Mr. Syed Zeeshan Ali
Registration No.: PH12125
Name of Supervisor: Dr. N.G. Prasad
Title of the Thesis: Sex, and Its tentacles: The impact of sexual conflict on
reproductive and life history trait evolution and reproductive isolation among
populations
Date of Thesis Submission: October 6, 2017
Thesis Examination Committee:
i) Dr. N.G. Prasad (Supervisor)

ii) Professor Scott S Pitnick, Syracuse University, USA (External)
iii) Professor Mewa Singh, University of Mysore, Mysuru (External)
iv) Dr. Durgadas P. Kasbekar, Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics,
Hyderabad
(External)
Based on the recommendation of thesis examination committee viva-voce was

conducted on January 23, 2018
Viva-voce Committee:
i) Dr. N.G. Prasad (Convener)
ii) Professor Mewa Singh, University of Mysore, Mysuru (External Examiner)
iii)Dr. Kuljeet S. Sandhu
iv) Professor Somdatta Sinha
The viva-voce committee has recommended that the PhD degree be awarded.
2) Name of Student: Ms. Shruti Thapliyal
Registration: January 2011
Name of Supervisor: Dr. Kavita Babu
Title of the Thesis: Deciphering the role of CASY-1, an ortholog of mammalian

Calsyntenins in the C. elegans locomotory circuit
i) Dr. Kavita Babu (Supervisor)

ii) Dr. Thomas Pucadyil, IISER Pune, Maharashtra (External)
iii) Professor Yuichi Iino, University of Tokyo, Japan (External)
iv) Dr. Kenneth Norman, Albany Medical Centre, USA (External)
conducted on March 13, 2018
i) Dr. Kavita Babu, IISER Mohali (Convener)
ii) Dr. Thomas Pucadyil, IISER Pune, Maharashtra (External Examiner)
iii) Dr. Samarjit Bhattacharyya
iv) Profeesor Anand K Bachhawat
3) Name of Student:Mr. B Praphulla Chandra
Name of Supervisor: Dr. Vinayak Sinha
Title of the Thesis: Measurements of reactive Volatile Organic Compounds

(VOCs) and their emissions in agricultural and urban atmospheric
environments of the Indo-Gangetic Plain (IGP)
i) Dr. Vinayak Sinha, IISER Mohali (Supervisor)

ii) Professor Ravindra Khaiwal, PGIMER, Chandigarh (External)
iii) Professor Tarun Gupta, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur
(External)
iv) Professor A.R. Ravishankara, Colorado State University, USA (External)
i) Dr. Vinayak Sinha (Convener)
ii) Professor Ravindra Khaiwal, PGIMER, Chandigarh (External Examiner)
iii) Dr. N. G. Prasad
iv) Dr. Baerbel Sinha
4) Name of Student: Ms. Kanupriya Verma
Name of Supervisor: Professor K. S. Viswanathan
Title of the Thesis: Exploring Hydrogen Bonding Interactions in

Multifunctional π Systems using Matrix Isolation Infrared Spectroscopy and Ab
Initio Computations
Date of Thesis Submission: August 4, 2017
i) Professor K. S. Viswanathan, IISER Mohali (Supervisor)

ii) Professor Mangala Sunder Krishnan, Indian Institute of Technology Madras,
Chennai (External)
iii) Professor E. Arunan, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (External)
iv) Professor David T Anderson, University of Wyoming, USA (External)
i) Professor K. S. Viswanathan, IISER Mohali (Convener)
ii) Professor Mangala Sunder Krishnan, Indian Institute of Technology Madras,
Chennai (External Examiner)
iii) Dr. P Balanarayan
iv) Dr. Sugumar Venkataramani
5) Name of Student: Ms. Ginny Karir
Name of Supervisor: Professor K. S. Viswanathan
Title of the Thesis: The “strange case” of Phenylacetylene: Competition

between H-π and n-σ* Contacts, Studied using Matrix Isolation Infrared
Spectroscopy and Ab Initio
Studies"
i) Professor K. S. Viswanathan, IISER Mohali (Supervisor)

ii) Professor Ashok Kumar Mishra , Indian Institute of Technology Madras,
Chennai (External)
iii) Professor Eluvanthingal D Jemmis , Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
(External)
iv) Professor Bruce Ault, College of Arts & Sciences, USA (External)

i) Professor K. S. Viswanathan, IISER Mohali (Convener)
ii) Professor Ashok Kumar Mishra , Indian Institute of Technology Madras,
Chennai (External Examiner)
iii) Dr. Sugumar Venkataramani
iv) Dr. P Balanarayan
6) Name of Student: Ms. Leena
Name of Supervisor: Dr. Goutam Sheet, IISER Mohali
Title of the Thesis: Tip-induced Superconductivity in Topological Semimetals
Date of Thesis Submission: June 16, 2017
i) Dr. Goutam Sheet, IISER Mohali (Supervisor)

ii) Professor Umesh V. Waghmare, JNU Centre for Advanced Scientific
Research, Bangalore (External)
iii) Professor Arindam Ghosh , Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore
(External)
iv) Professor Yukio Tanaka, Nagoya University, Japan (External)
conducted on March 20, 2017.
i) Dr. Goutam Sheet, IISER Mohali (Convener)
ii) Professor Arindam Ghosh , Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore
(External Examiner)
iii) Dr. Yogesh Singh
iv) Dr. Sanjeev Kumar
7) Name of Student: Ms. Saryu Garg
Name of Supervisor: Dr. Baerbel Sinha
Title of the Thesis: Source apportionment of black carbon and PM10 aerosol
using optical
properties, chemical tracers and statistical tools
i) Dr. Baerbel Sinha (Supervisor)

ii) Professor Bhola R. Gurjar, Indian Institute of Technology (I.I.T.) - Roorkee
(External)
iii) Professor Tarun Gupta, Indian Institute of Technology-Kanpur(External)
iv) Professor Hartmut Herrmann, Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research,
Leipzig (External)
i) Dr. Baerbel Sinha (Convener)
ii) Professor Bhola R. Gurjar, IIT Roorkee (External)
iii) Dr. Vinayak Sinha
iv) Dr. Abhishek Chaudhuri
8) Name of Student: Mr. Neeraj
Name of Supervisor: Prof. Sudesh Kaur Khanduja
Title of the Thesis: A Study of Valued Fields
Date of Thesis Submission: November 15, 2017
i) Prof. Sudesh Kaur Khanduja (Supervisor)

ii) Professor J.K. Verma, IIT, Powai, Mumbai (External)
iii) Professor V. Balaji, Chennai Mathematical Institute, Tamil Nadu (External)
iv) Professor André Leroy, Université d'Artois Faculté, France (External)
i) Prof. Sudesh Kaur Khanduja (Convener)
ii) Professor J.K. Verma, IIT, Powai, Mumbai (External)
iii) Dr. Varadharaj Ravi Srinivasan
iv) Dr. Amit Kulshrestha
9) Name of Student:Mr. Anuj Jakhar
Name of Supervisor: Prof. Sudesh Kaur Khanduja
Title of the Thesis: A STUDY OF ALGEBRAIC NUMBER FIELDS
i) Prof. Sudesh Kaur Khanduja (Supervisor)

ii) Professor Sudhir Ghorpade, IIT Powai, Mumbai (External)
iii) Professor Dipendra Prasad, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research,
Mumbai (External)
iv) Professor R. Parimala, Emory University, USA (External)
conducted on April 06, 2018
i) Prof. Sudesh Kaur Khanduja (Convener)
ii) Professor Sudhir Ghorpade, IIT Powai, Mumbai (External)
iii) Varadharaj Ravi Srinivasan
iv) Dr. Amit Kulshrestha
10) Name of Student:Mr. Prabhat Kumar Mahato
Name of Supervisor: Dr. Samarjit Bhattacharyya
Title of the Thesis: Cellular and molecular mechanisms of metabotropic

glutamate receptor 5(mGluR5) trafficking
Date of Thesis Submission: February 02, 2018
i) Dr. Samarjit Bhattacharyya (Supervisor)

ii) Professor Nihar Ranjan Jana, National Brain Research Centre, Manesar
(External)
iii) Professor George Banting, University of Bristol, UK (External)
iv) Prof. Vidita Vaidya, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai
(External)

conducted on May 07, 2018
i) Dr. Samarjit Bhattacharyya (Convener)
ii) Professor Nihar Ranjan Jana, National Brain Research Centre, Manesar
(External)
iii) Dr. Kausik Chattopadhyay
iv) Dr. Kavita Babu
11) Name of Student: Ms. Navdeep Gogna
Registration: Januray 2013
Name of Supervisor: Dr. Kavita Dorai & Dr. N.G. Prasad
Title of the Thesis: NMR-based metabolomic investigations of human disease,

plant responses to stress, and immunity in Drosophila melanogaster
Date of Thesis Submission: January 24, 2018
i) Dr. Kavita Dorai (Supervisor)

ii) Dr. N.G. Prasad (Supervisor)
iii) Professor R V Hosur,TIFR Mumbai (External)
iv) Professor Mandar Deshmukh, CCMB Hyderabad (External)
v) Professor H S Atreya, IISc Bangalore (External)
conducted on
i) Dr. Kavita Dorai (Convener)
ii) Dr. N.G. Prasad (Convener)
iii) Professor H S Atreya, IISc Bangalore (External)
iv) Professor Arvind
v) Dr. Manjari Jain
12) Name of Student:Mr. Deependra Bawari
Name of Supervisor: Dr. Sanjay Singh
Title of the Thesis: New Molecular Topologies from Main Group Elements:
P/N, B/N and Al/N Containing Macrocycles and Pyridinophanes
i) Dr. Sanjay Singh (Supervisor)

ii) Professor Jitendra K. Bera, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (External)
iii) Professor Anil J. Elias, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (External)
iv) Professor Ashoka Samuelson, Indian Institute of Science,
Bangalore(External)
i) Dr. Sanjay Singh (Convener)
ii) Professor Anil J. Elias, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (External)
iii) Dr. R. Vijaya Anand
iv) Dr. Debashis Adhikari
13) Name of Student:Mr. Nitin Kishor
Name of Supervisor: Prof. P. Guptasarma
Title of the Thesis: BsuAP, An Aminopeptidase from Bacillus subtilis:
Structural-Biochemical and mutational exploration of function

Date of Thesis Submission: September 11, 2017
i) Prof. P. Guptasarma (Supervisor)

ii) Professor Suman Kundu, Delhi University, New Delhi (External)
iii) Professor Narayan S. Punekar, IIT Bombay, Mumbai (External)
iv) Professor Matthew Chapman, University of Michigan, USA (External)
conducted on April 09, 2018
i) Prof. P. Guptasarma (Convener)
ii) Professor Suman Kundu, Delhi University (External)
iii) Dr. Rachna Chaba
iv) Dr. Kausik Chattopadhyay
14) Name of Student:Mr. Harpreet Singh
Registration: July 2011
Name of Supervisor: Dr. Kavita Dorai and Prof. Arvind
Title of the Thesis: Generation, estimation, and protection of novel quantum

states of spin systems
Date of Thesis Submission: September 12, 2017
i) Dr. Kavita Dorai and Prof. Arvind (Supervisor)

ii) Professor Anil Kumar, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (External)
iii) Professor T. S. Mahesh, IISER Pune (External)
iv) Dr. Ivan S Oliveira, Brazilian Center for Research, Rio de Janeiro Brazil
(External)
i) Dr. Kavita Dorai and Prof. Arvind (Convener)
ii) Professor Anil Kumar, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (External)
iii) Professor Arvind
iv) Dr. Abhishek Chaudhuri
15) Name of Student:Mr. Saikat Ghosh
Name of Supervisor: Dr. Lolitika Mandal
Title of the Thesis: Understanding development, differentiation and the activity

of the blood cells in post larval stages of Drosophila melanogaster
i) Dr. Lolitika Mandal (Supervisor)

ii) Dr. Mayu Inaba, UConn Health, USA (External)
iii) Dr. Maithreyi Narasimha, TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL
RESEARCH, Mumbai (External)
iv) Dr. Amitabha Bandyopadhyay, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
(External)
i) Dr. Lolitika Mandal (Convener)
ii) Dr. Amitabha Bandyopadhyay, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
(External)
iii) Dr. Sudip Mandal
iv) Dr. Shashi B. Pandit
Approved and recommended to the Board of Governors for

Decision: awarding Ph.D. Degrees to the above 15 candidates.
v) President's Gold Medal
The President’s Gold Medal is awarded to the student having the highest
CPI vide Senate Agenda item No.12.11.12(c) of the graduating class.
• Ms. Saloni Rose, Registration No. MS13019, CPI 9.9
is recommended for President’s Gold Medal this year.
Decision: Approved.
vi) Professor S. N. Kaul Medal
Ms. Divita Gupta, Registration No. MS13056

Minutes of the constituted committee placed at the Page No. 120.
Decision:
Approved.
vii) Certificate of Academic Excellence
Academic Excellence Prize in Chemical Sciences

Reg. No. Name CPI
MS13056 Ms. Divita Gupta 9.4
Academic Excellence Prize in Biological Sciences

Reg. No. Name CPI
MS13019 Ms. Saloni Rose 9.9
Academic Excellence Prize in Mathematical Sciences
Reg. No. Name CPI
MS13010 Ms. Simran S Tinani 9.8
Academic Excellence Prize in Physical Sciences

Reg. No. Name CPI
MS13149 Mr. Shreyan Ganguly 9.6
Decision:
Approved.
Senate 18.29.9 Performance of the BS-MS Students in 2017-18, 2nd Semester
MS17 Batch
• Total number of students: 196
• Total number of credits: 19
• Maximum SPI achieved: 10
• Summary of the overall result:
SPI Number of CPI Number of

students students
≥ 9.0 26 ≥ 9.0 25
≥ 8.0 and < 9.0 35 ≥ 8.0 and < 9.0 41
≥ 7.0 and < 8.0 46 ≥ 7.0 and < 8.0 40
≥ 6.0 and < 7.0 34 ≥ 6.0 and < 7.0 37
≥ 5.0 and < 6.0 23 ≥ 5.0 and < 6.0 25
≥ 4.0 and < 5.0 17 ≥ 4.0 and < 5.0 15
< 4.0 15 < 4.0 13
Incomplete (Grade Incomplete (Grade

I) I)
Total 196 Total 196
MS16 Batch
• Total number of credits: 19
• Maximum SPI achieved: 10.0
• Summary of the overall result:

students students
≥ 9.0 23 ≥ 9.0 30
≥ 8.0 and < 9.0 28 ≥ 8.0 and < 9.0 27
≥ 7.0 and < 8.0 33 ≥ 7.0 and < 8.0 42
≥ 6.0 and < 7.0 33 ≥ 6.0 and < 7.0 28
≥ 5.0 and < 6.0 23 ≥ 5.0 and < 6.0 28
≥ 4.0 and < 5.0 16 ≥ 4.0 and < 5.0 15
< 4.0 19 < 4.0 5
Incomplete (Grade Incomplete (Grade

I) I)
Total 175 Total 175
MS15 Batch
• Subject wise details:
BIOLOGY MAJORS
students students
≥ 9.0 15 ≥ 9.0 06
≥ 8.0 and < 9.0 21 ≥ 8.0 and < 9.0 14
≥ 7.0 and < 8.0 12 ≥ 7.0 and < 8.0 18
≥ 6.0 and < 7.0 04 ≥ 6.0 and < 7.0 13
≥ 5.0 and < 6.0 06 ≥ 5.0 and < 6.0 07
≥ 4.0 and < 5.0 ≥ 4.0 and < 5.0
< 4.0 < 4.0
Incomplete (Grade I) Incomplete (Grade
I)
Total 58 Total 58
CHEMISTRY MAJORS
students students
≥ 9.0 12 ≥ 9.0 04
≥ 8.0 and < 9.0 10 ≥ 8.0 and < 9.0 05
≥ 7.0 and < 8.0 05 ≥ 7.0 and < 8.0 14
≥ 6.0 and < 7.0 05 ≥ 6.0 and < 7.0 07
≥ 5.0 and < 6.0 01 ≥ 5.0 and < 6.0 03
≥ 4.0 and < 5.0 ≥ 4.0 and < 5.0
< 4.0 < 4.0
Incomplete (Grade I) Incomplete (Grade I)
Total 33 Total 33
MATHEMATICS MAJORS
students students
≥ 9.0 02 ≥ 9.0 02
≥ 8.0 and < 9.0 02 ≥ 8.0 and < 9.0 05
≥ 7.0 and < 8.0 02 ≥ 7.0 and < 8.0 03
≥ 6.0 and < 7.0 03 ≥ 6.0 and < 7.0 04
≥ 5.0 and < 6.0 02 ≥ 5.0 and < 6.0 05
≥ 4.0 and < 5.0 02 ≥ 4.0 and < 5.0
< 4.0 06 < 4.0
Total 19 Total 19
PHYSICS MAJORS
students students
≥ 9.0 12 ≥ 9.0 09
≥ 8.0 and < 9.0 19 ≥ 8.0 and < 9.0 13
≥ 7.0 and < 8.0 11 ≥ 7.0 and < 8.0 17
≥ 6.0 and < 7.0 07 ≥ 6.0 and < 7.0 11
≥ 5.0 and < 6.0 02 ≥ 5.0 and < 6.0 02
≥ 4.0 and < 5.0 01 ≥ 4.0 and < 5.0 02
< 4.0 02 < 4.0 00
Total 54 Total 54
Student who has not been allotted major
Sr No Name Reg. No. SPI CPI No. of ‘F’
grades in
core
courses
1 Preeti MS15048 3.8 4.5 04
2 Abhijit Sahoo MS15059 3.4 4.5 05
3 Ishan MS15072 04
Chagainu 5.8 5
4 Nitesh Bhatt MS15085 3.3 4.6 04
5 Farzana N MS15145 6.6 6.1 02*
*Student became eligible to choose their major.

MS14 Batch
BIOLOGY MAJORS
students students
≥ 9.0 18 ≥ 9.0 02
≥ 8.0 and < 9.0 11 ≥ 8.0 and < 9.0 11
≥ 7.0 and < 8.0 07 ≥ 7.0 and < 8.0 14
≥ 6.0 and < 7.0 02 ≥ 6.0 and < 7.0 10
≥ 5.0 and < 6.0 02 ≥ 5.0 and < 6.0 05
≥ 4.0 and < 5.0 03 ≥ 4.0 and < 5.0 02
< 4.0 01 < 4.0
Incomplete (Grade I) Incomplete (Grade
I)
Total 44 Total 44
CHEMISTRY MAJORS
students students
≥ 9.0 14 ≥ 9.0 06
≥ 8.0 and < 9.0 13 ≥ 8.0 and < 9.0 16
≥ 7.0 and < 8.0 11 ≥ 7.0 and < 8.0 15
≥ 6.0 and < 7.0 13 ≥ 6.0 and < 7.0 14
≥ 5.0 and < 6.0 08 ≥ 5.0 and < 6.0 10
≥ 4.0 and < 5.0 06 ≥ 4.0 and < 5.0 05
< 4.0 01 < 4.0
Total 66 Total 66
MATHEMATICS MAJORS
students students
≥ 9.0 03 ≥ 9.0 02
≥ 8.0 and < 9.0 02 ≥ 8.0 and < 9.0 02
≥ 7.0 and < 8.0 02 ≥ 7.0 and < 8.0 06
≥ 6.0 and < 7.0 04 ≥ 6.0 and < 7.0 03
≥ 5.0 and < 6.0 04 ≥ 5.0 and < 6.0 04
≥ 4.0 and < 5.0 02 ≥ 4.0 and < 5.0 04
< 4.0 05 < 4.0 01
Total 22 Total 22
PHYSICS MAJORS
students students
≥ 9.0 09 ≥ 9.0 05
≥ 8.0 and < 9.0 10 ≥ 8.0 and < 9.0 07
≥ 7.0 and < 8.0 09 ≥ 7.0 and < 8.0 09

≥ 6.0 and < 7.0 04 ≥ 6.0 and < 7.0 10
≥ 5.0 and < 6.0 03 ≥ 5.0 and < 6.0 04
≥ 4.0 and < 5.0 01 ≥ 4.0 and < 5.0 03
< 4.0 03 < 4.0 01
Total 39 Total 39
Student who has not been allotted major
grades in
core
courses
1 Sukhpal MS14094 3.8 4.6 03
MS13 Batch
• Total number of students whose programme is not completed: 19
BIOLOGY MAJORS
S. No. Name Reg. No SPI CPI
1 Saurav Shekhar MS13138 0* 3.8
2 Abhinav MS13074 4.0 5.3
3 Aiswarya. M.S MS13018 6.5 6.2
4 Pankaj Kharra MS13063 9.2 5.9
5 Sanjay Anand MS13110 2.7 4.4
6 Shubham Singh MS13099 0.8 5.8

Tomar
7 Mridul MS13044 4.8 4.9
8. Vandana Kumari MS13141 0 5.6
CHEMISTRY MAJORS
1 Rohit Kumar MS13133 7.7 6.0
2 Ashish MS13076 4.0 5.0
3 Gobinder Singh MS13125 1.3 5.5
4 Siddharth MS13037 6.0 4.9

Kumar Kurdia
5 Sukhwinder MS13082 8.2 5.7

Singh
6 Shikha Bhateja MS13081 7.3 6.4

* The student has dropped the semester
MATHEMATICS MAJORS
1 Prabhat Mankar MS13134 2.4 4.6
2 Rudra Shekhar MS13122 3.8 5.7
3 Vijay Singh MS13130 5.3 5.1

Yadav
PHYSICS MAJORS
1 Sandeep Singh MS13079 2.0 5.1
2 Kana Ram MS13030 4.8 5.7

Khator
MS12 Batch
CHEMISTRY MAJORS
1 Parman Bains MS12122 6.0 4.9

MS11 Batch
• Subject wise details
BIOLOGY MAJORS
1 Barun Khaidem MS11072 0 4.3

Decision:
Noted (recommended for BS degree).
Senate 18.29.10 Warning Cases of MS Students with CPI < 4 for the First Time
MS 2016 Batch
Sr. No. Regn. No. Name CPI
1 MS16100 Siddharth 3.5
MS 2017 Batch
Sr. No. Regn. No. Name CPI
1 MS17189 Bobby 3.6
2 MS17111 Vaibhav Kumar 3.8
3 MS17103 Vishal Kataria 3.9
4 MS17130 Diksha Singh Gautam 3.9
5 MS17196 Ravi 3.9
Decision: Approved.
Senate 18.29.11 Termination cases:
i) Termination cases (on account of non-completion of core courses

within prescribed period i.e. three years)
2015 Batch:
grades in
core courses
1 Preeti MS15048 3.8 4.5 04
2 Abhijit Sahoo MS15059 3.4 4.5 05
3 Ishan Chagainu MS15072 5.8 5 04
4 Nitesh Bhatt MS15085 3.3 4.6 04
2014 Batch:
Sr No Name Reg. No. SPI CPI No. of ‘F’ grades
in core courses
1 Sukhpal MS14094 3.8 4.6 03
Decision: Approved.
ii) Termination cases (on account of CPI <4 in two semesters in a row)
MS 2014 Batch
Sr.
No. Regn. No. Name CPI
1 MS14008 Sutikshna Singhdeo 3.6
2 MS14018 Navjot Singh 3.8
MS 2016 Batch
Sr.
1 MS16108 Nitika Devi 3.4
2 MS16153 Sachin Bhatt 3.4
3 MS16147 Chetan 3.8
MS 2017 Batch
Sr.
1 MS17137 Shalika 2.6
2 MS17129 Ajinkya Sakhare 2.9
3 MS17024 Himanshu Patel 3
Virendra Kumar
4 MS17207 Meena 3.1
5 MS17041 Nishant 3.3
6 MS17016 Shuvajit Das 3.4
Aishwarya Kumar
7 MS17086 Priye 3.5
Shubham Kumar
8 MS17127 Sinha 3.9
Decision:
Approved.
Senate 18.29.12 CNR Rao Foundation Prize for the Best Performing 1 st year student of the
nd
BS-MS Programme in the 2017-18, 2 semester:
CNR Rao Foundation Prize:
S.N
o Reg No. Name SPI
1 MS17034 Achuthan Raja Venkatesh 10
2 MS17106 Abhimanyu Sharma 10
3 MS17108 Abhigyan Writwik Medhi 10
Approved.
Decision:
Senate 18.29.13 Certificate of Academic Excellence forndthe Best performing students(II, III
& IV year of BS-MS) in the 2017-18, 2 semester:
MS16
S.No Reg. No. Name SPI
1 MS16028 Dipannita Ghosh 10
2 MS16034 Shradha Sapru 10
3 MS16036 Rahul Ramesh 10
4 MS16060 Gautam Neelakantan M 10
5 MS16075 Satvik Singh 10
6 MS16082 Soumya Panyam 10
7 MS16184 Puneeth Deraje 10
MS15 Biology
1 MS15043 Shreya D Kumar 10
2 MS15050 P Prathibha 10
3 MS15143 Sunandini Ramnarayanan 10
4 MS15170 Karthik T 10
5 MS15181 Tisya Banerjee 10
6 MS15204 Trirupa Tapas Chakraborty 10
MS15 Chemistry
1 MS15017 Parmeet Kaur Dhindsa 10
2 MS15021 Anjana R Kammath 10
MS15 Mathematics
1 MS15152 Kabeer Manali Rahul 9.6
MS15 Physics
1 MS15042 Yash Rana 10
2 MS15125 Hayman Gosain 10
MS14 Biology
1 MS14090 Ravi Kumar Yadav 10
2 MS14123 Manjushree Sarda 10
3 MS14148 Aswathy Joji 10
4 MS14155 Greeshma. P. Bose 10
5 MS14157 Archi Sharma 10
6 MS14173 Avneet Kaur 10
7 MS14181 J Ashwin Kumar 10
MS14 Chemistry
1 MS14026 Virinder Bhagat 10
2 MS14053 Rishabh Gupta 10
3 MS14180 Lejish V P 10
MS14 Mathematics
1 MS14030 Ramandeep Singh Arora 10
MS14 Physics
1 MS14024 Shruti Jose Maliakal 10
Approved.
Decision:
nd
Senate 18.29.14 Fellowship Suspension of BS-MS students in the End of 2017-18, 2
semester:
A) Fellowship/Scholarship to remain suspended (Scholarship suspended
w.e.f. January 2018).
1. Muskaan, MS14072 (CPI=5.9)
2. Nitin Burman, MS14073 (CPI=5.4)
3. Sayan Biswas, MS14075 (CPI=4.9)
Decision: Approved.
B) Fellowship/Scholarships to be restored w.e.f. 1st June, 2018:
1. Ayush Tyagi, MS15202, CPI=6.
Decision: Approved.
C) Fellowship/Scholarship to be suspended w.e.f. 1st June 2018:
2014 Batch:
Sr. No. Reg. NO. Name CPI
1 MS14003 Harsh Pruthi 4.7
2 MS14008 Sutikshna Singhdeo 3.6
3 MS14009 Kakade Kunal Madhukar 5.5
4 MS14018 Navjot Singh 3.8
Shubham Dnyanobarao
5 MS14020 Bhojane 5.3
6 MS14031 Avinesh Kumar 5.6
7 MS14036 Parikshit Parihar 4.9
8 MS14037 Kapil Yadav 4.9
9 MS14040 Vasudev 5.8
10 MS14054 Apoorv Alawada 5.9
11 MS14055 Manish Kumar Yadav 4.8
12 MS14068 Vandana Verma 5.2
13 MS14079 Aman Dhiman 4.3
14 MS14080 Ankuj Kumar 4.2
15 MS14082 Pranshu Kalson 5.8
16 MS14087 Ravi Kumar 4.7
17 MS14091 Ajay Kumar 5.1
18 MS14092 Mohit Kumar 5
19 MS14094 Sukhpal 4.6
20 MS14095 Komal Meena 5.2
21 MS14096 Neeraj Meena 4.8
22 MS14105 Isabella Antony K J 5.7
23 MS14109 Dipali Singh 5.6
24 MS14112 Dharmendra Kumar 5.7
25 MS14119 Amrutha Ajikumar 4.1
26 MS14120 Naman Kumar Bharti 5.8
27 MS14126 Renu Meena 4.1
28 MS14139 Vaishali Singh 5.1
29 MS14140 Prabhat Singh Rana 5.7
30 MS14142 Ishant Sandil 5.6
31 MS14144 Vinita Kumari 5.9
32 MS14165 Goverdhan Gouri Laxmikant 5.2
33 MS14167 Sushmita Nahar 5.3
34 MS14179 Shakshi 4.8
35 MS14186 Tambe Indrajeet Manik 5.5
36 MS14187 Chavan Aniket Laxman 4.8
2015 Batch:
Sr. No. Reg. NO. Name CPI
1 MS15008 Abhishek Meena 5.7
2 MS15015 Somoshree Barik 5.2
3 MS15023 Jithin. R 5.9
4 MS15048 Preeti 4.5
5 MS15056 Athul R Ramesh 5.5
6 MS15059 Abhijit Sahoo 4.5
7 MS15066 Alan Babu 5.5
8 MS15072 Ishan Chagainu 5
9 MS15077 Vaibhav Kumar Singh 4.8
10 MS15081 Asif Mohammed L 5.7
11 MS15082 Himanshu 5.3
12 MS15085 Nitesh Bhatt 4.6
13 MS15106 Sahil Kaushal 5.8
14 MS15123 Vishwas Kamal 5
15 MS15141 Tamanna 5.8
16 MS15147 Krishna Kanth T.G 5.5
17 MS15148 Deepak Potyan Negi 5.3
18 MS15150 Sachin C S 5.6
19 MS15151 Satnaam Singh 4.6
20 MS15173 Rajesh Kumar Bajiya 5.9
21 MS15179 Harpreet Kaur 5.7
22 MS15198 Shivansh 5.2
23 MS15207 Mohit Baswal 4.7
2016 Batch:
Sr. No. Reg. No. Name CPI
1 MS16005 Aritram Dhar 5.6
2 MS16022 Harshath Amal 5.3
3 MS16025 Anubhav Kumar Srivastava 5.8
4 MS16033 Asrith Krishna. R 5.7
5 MS16042 Reena 5.4
6 MS16045 Kshitiz 3.5
7 MS16048 Utkarsh Pathak 5.5
8 MS16082 Soumya Panyam 4.6
9 MS16107 Liz Maria Luke 5.1
10 MS16110 Salman Faris. K 5.7
11 MS16116 Deepanshu Aggarwal 5.7
12 MS16119 Anuthariq A V 5.8
13 MS16120 Deepraj Verma 5.9
14 MS16126 Subhamoy Deb 5.6
15 MS16127 Rishi Gangadhar G 5
16 MS16128 Vishnu. P.V 4.9
17 MS16177 Ashirbad Mishra 4.4
18 MS16180 Jerin Saji 3.4
19 MS16185 Anshul Nagar 5.3
20 MS16188 Parvathi Valsalan 5.9
Approved.
Decision:
Senate18.29.15 Overall performance of the Integrated PhD and PhD students in the Year
2017-18, 2nd semester:
(i) Overall performance of the Int. Ph.D. students in the year 2017-18, 2nd
semester:
MP17 Batch:
BIOLOGY
S. No. Reg. No SPI CPI

1 MP17001 8 8
CHEMISTRY

1 MP17004 8.4 7.9
2 MP17005 8.8 8.4
3 MP17006 8.8 8.6
4 MP17015 9.6 9.4
MATHEMATICS

1 MP17008 7.3 7.9
2 MP17009 9.6 9.6
3 MP17010 6.9 8.2
4 MP17011 8.5 8.1
5 MP17013 6.9 7.8
6 MP17014 5.7 6.9
PHYSICS

1 MP17002 9.9 9.9
2 MP17003 6.9 7.4
3 MP17007 5.7 6.3
MP16 Batch:
BIOLOGY

1 MP16013 10 9.7
2 MP16014 10 9.3
3 MP16015 8 7.6
4 MP16018 10 8.9
5 MP16019 8.7 8.8
6 MP16020 10 9.3
CHEMISTRY

1 MP16002 9 9
2 MP16005 9.7 9.5
3 MP16012 8.7 8.5
MATHEMATICS

1 MP16003 6.6 5.4
2 MP16004 8.7 8.8
3 MP16011 5.5 6.8
4 MP16017 7.6 7.5
5 MP16022 7.4 7.2
PHYSICS

1 MP16001 8.2 7.5
2 MP16006 8.5 7.9
3 MP16007 8.7 8.4
4 MP16008 8.7 8.3
5 MP16009 8.9 8.4
6 MP16016 10 9.7
7 MP16021 2.2 6.0
Noted.
Decision:
(ii) Certificate of Academic Excellence for the Best Performing Students (I
and II year of Int. Ph.D.) in the 2017-18, 2nd semester:
MP17 Physics
1 MP17002 Sanjay Kumar 9.9
MP17 Chemistry

1 MP17015 Jay Prakash Maurya 9.6
MP17 Maths

1 MP17009 George Shaji 9.6
MP16 Biology
1 MP16013 Sharanya P 10
2 MP16014 Anupa T Anil 10
3 MP16018 Prateek Chawla 10
4 MP16020 Shashi Prakash Yadav 10
MP16 Physics

1 MP16016 Vassu Doomra 10
MP16 Chemistry

1 MP16005 Pankaj Seliya 9.7
Decision:
Approved.
(iii) Termination cases: on account for not registered the Even Semester of
the academic session 2017-18:
MP17
S.No Reg. No. Name

1 MP17012 Ms Tamanna
MP15
S.No Reg. No. Name

1 MP15015 Mr. Somnath Maji
Decision: Approved.
(iv) Scholarship to remain suspended (Scholarship suspended w.e.f.

January 01, 2018)
MP16 Mathematics:
S.No Reg. No. Name CPI
1 MP16003 Shubham Mittal 5.4
Decision:
Approved.
(v) Int. Ph.D. students who have completed 88 credits with a CPI of >6.0
and eligible for comprehensive examination:
Int. PhD Students who have completed 88 credits with a CPI of ≥ 6.0 and
eligible for comprehensive examination
S.No Regd. no. Name Subject CPI

1. MP16022 Vinay Gaba MTH 7.2
2. MP16011 Mahinshi MTH 6.8
3. MP16001 Sandip Roy PHY 7.5
4. MP16017 Pooja MTH 7.5
5. MP16015 Ashish Sethi BIO 7.6
6. MP16006 Rajesh Kumar Maiti PHY 7.9
7. MP16008 Neetu Rani PHY 8.3
8. MP16009 Pratibha PHY 8.4
9. MP16007 Tanmoy Pandit PHY 8.4
10. MP16012 Kaushalendra Patel CHM 8.5
11. MP16019 Vibhu Mishra BIO 8.8
12. MP16004 Debjit Basu MTH 8.8
13. MP16018 Prateek Chawla BIO 8.9
14. MP16002 Soumyadeep Chakrabortty CHM 9
15. MP16014 Anupa T Anil BIO 9.3
16. MP16020 Shashi Prakash Yadav BIO 9.3
17. MP16005 Pankaj Seliya CHM 9.5
18. MP16013 Sharanya P BIO 9.7
19. MP16016 Vassu Doomra PHY 9.7
Decision: Noted.
(vi) Current activities of Int. Ph.D. students who have completed their
comprehensive examination:
Number of Int. PhD students who have completed their comprehensive

examination and are doing research work / MS thesis research work :
PhD thesis research: 43
Biological Sciences: 10
Chemical Sciences: 19
Physical Sciences: 11
Mathematical Sciences: 03
Decision: Noted.
(vii) Overall performance of the Ph.D students doing course work in the
year 2017-18:
Total number of students who did coursework this semester: 99

• Total number of students who did not do coursework in this semester as the student is on
leave: 02
• Total number of students awaiting comprehensive examination: 57
• Total number of students whose comprehensive examination is pending: 03
• Total number of students whose comprehensive examination is not cleared after first attempt:
01
• Total number of students pursuing thesis research: 322
• Total number of students who have submitted their Thesis:10
• Total number of students who have submitted their Synopsis:04
• Total number of students whose viva voce is pending:02

BIOLOGY
SPI No. of CPI No. of

Students Students
≥ 9.0 9 ≥ 9.0 9
≥ 8.0 and < 9.0 9 ≥ 8.0 and < 9.0 9
≥ 7.0 and < 8.0 1 ≥ 7.0 and < 8.0 1
< 7.0 1 < 7.0 1
Incomplete 00 Incomplete (Grade 00
(Grade I) I)
Total 20 Total 20
CHEMISTRY

Students Students
≥ 9.0 8 ≥ 9.0 8
≥ 8.0 and < 9.0 12 ≥ 8.0 and < 9.0 13
≥ 7.0 and < 8.0 6 ≥ 7.0 and < 8.0 5
< 7.0 1 < 7.0 1
Incomplete (Grade 00 Incomplete (Grade 00
I) I)
Total 27 Total 27
HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

1. PH17063 10 9.8
2. PH17067 9.3 9.3
PHYSICS

1. PH17069 9.4 9.4
2. PH17011 9.2 9.2
3. PH17078 9.1 9.1
4. PH17074 8.8 8.8
5. PH17006 8.6 8.4
6. PH17007 8 7.1
7. PH17082 8 8
8. PH17081 5.7 5.7
MATHEMATICS

1. PH17043 10 9.7
2. PH17042 10 10
3. PH17049 9.2 8
4. PH16064 9 7.3
5. PH17020 8.4 7.5
6. PH17021 7.2 5.7
7. PH17055 6 5.2
EARTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

1. PH17083 9.4 9.4
2. PH17034 9.2 8.8
NANO-SCIENCE

Students Students
≥ 9.0 6 ≥ 9.0 7
≥ 8.0 and < 9.0 16 ≥ 8.0 and < 9.0 17
≥ 7.0 and < 8.0 1 ≥ 7.0 and < 8.0 5
< 7.0 1 < 7.0 00
Incomplete (Grade 00 Incomplete (Grade 00
I) I)
Total 29 Total 29
CIAB

1. PH17301 8.4 8.3
2.
PH17305 7.7 7.7
3. PH17304 7.6 7
NABI

1.
PH17401 8 8
Decision:
Noted.
(viii) Warning Cases of PhD students with CPI<7.0:
S.No Reg. No. Name Subject CPI
1. PH17085 Mohammad Umer Lone CHM 4.3
2. PH17088 Asis Kumar Khuntia BIO 4.3
3. PH17081 Nitish Chhetri PHY 5.7
Decision: Approved.
(ix) Termination cases of students with CPI<7.0 (already given warning
last time)

1. PH17055 Ankush Kumar MTH 5.2
2. PH17021 Kushal Bhowmick MTH 5.7
Decision:
Approved.
(x) PhD students who have completed 24 credits with a CPI of >=7.0 and
eligible for comprehensive examination:

1. PH16064 Jayanta Kumar MTH 7.3
Mondal
2. PH17007 Andri Sharma PHY 7.1
3. PH17006 Ankit Dhanuka PHY 8.4
4. PH17020 Ravi Tomar MTH 7.5
5. PH17024 Himanshu Kumar CHM 7.7
6. PH17012 Lona Dutta CHM 7.8
7. PH17026 Annu Kala BIO 8
8. PH17044 Prashant Kumar CHM 8
9. PH17049 Bandna Rani MTH 8
10. PH17061 Archit Gupta BIO 8
11. PH17036 Km Samita Mishra CHM 8.2
12. PH17051 Arpita Sarkar BIO 8.2
13. PH17062 Trisha Ghatak CHM 8.2
14. PH17015 Jyoti CHM 8.3
15. PH17005 Nisha Bamola CHM 8.5
16. PH17010 Deeksha Thakur BIO 8.5
17. PH17002 Anamika Avni CHM 8.7
18. PH17004 Sonam Suwasia CHM 8.7
19. PH17014 Km Tanuja Tewari CHM 8.7
20. PH17058 Yogesh Saxena BIO 8.7
21. PH17060 Paras Verma BIO 8.7
22. PH17003 Mukul Kumar Gupta BIO 8.8
23. PH17017 Anjali Mahadevan CHM 8.8
24. PH17023 Shalini Rawat BIO 8.8
25. PH17034 Tess George EES 8.8
26. PH17039 Shruti Rani CHM 8.8
27. PH17013 Labhini Singla CHM 9
28. PH17029 Swati Singh BIO 9
29. PH17032 Aabeer Kumar Basu BIO 9
30. PH17059 Rajat Pandey CHM 9
31. PH17008 Sonam Sharma CHM 9.2
32. PH17011 Dipayan Mukherjee PHY 9.2
33. PH17037 Esha Haldar BIO 9.2
34. PH17041 Manu Adhikari CHM 9.3
35. PH17025 Anindya Chaudhuri BIO 9.5
36. PH17028 Mekhla Rudra BIO 9.7
37. PH17043 Suneel Kumar MTH 9.7
38. PH17048 Kavita Rani CHM 9.7
39. PH17030 Eshita Paul BIO 9.8
40. PH17063 Pardiwalla Yezad HSS 9.8
Keki Daisy
41. PH17031 Meghna Suhag BIO 10
42. PH17042 Niranjan MTH 10
43. PH17204 Shikha Sharma INST 8
44. PH17214 Khushboo Rani INST 8
Singh
45. PH17207 Rimple Kalia INST 8.3
46. PH17210 Avinash Chandra INST 8.3
Kushwaha
47. PH17201 Vianni Chopra INST 8.7
48. PH17202 Gaurav Kumar INST 8.7
49. PH17203 Aakriti Singh INST 8.7
50. PH17206 Manju Sharma INST 8.7
51. PH17208 Tanmay Goswami INST 9
52. PH17213 Mujeeb Alam INST 9
53. PH17205 Gurpreet Kaur INST 10
54. PH17212 Ankush INST 7.7
55. PH17301 Varun Kumar CIAB 8.3
56. PH17304 Priyanka Pal CIAB 7
57. PH17401 Vinita Sharma NABI 8
Noted.
Decision:
(xi) Current activities of Ph.D students:
(1) Number of PhD students who have completed their comprehensive

examination and are doing research work:322
Biological Sciences: 87
Chemical Sciences: 65
Earth and Environmental Sciences:08
Humanities and Social Sciences: 14
Mathematical Sciences: 13
Physical Sciences: 66
Nano Science: 68
CIAB: 01
Decision: Noted.
(2) Number of students subject-wise who are current SRF:120
Biology: (CSIR:7 , DBT:3 , DST Inspire: 7, ICMR:4 , UGC:11 , Inst. Fellow:10 )

Chemistry: (CSIR:2 , DST Inspire: 1, UGC:5 , Inst. Fellow:21 )
EES: (CSIR:0 , DST Inspire:0 , Inst. Fellow:6 )
HSS: (UGC:3 , Inst. Fellow:2 )
Mathematics: (UGC:3 , Inst. Fellow: 3)
Physics: (CSIR:2 , DST Inspire: 2, UGC:2 , Inst. Fellow:26 )
Decision: Noted.
(3) Number of students subject-wise who are currently JRF:150:
Biology: (CSIR:7, DBT: 4, DST Inspire: 1, UGC: 8 Inst. Fellow:17 )

Chemistry: (CSIR6: , DST Inspire: 5, UGC:4 , Inst. Fellow: 35)
EES.: (UGC: 1, Inst. Fellow: 2)
HSS: (UGC: 3 Inst. Fellow:8 )
Mathematics: (CSIR:6 , UGC: 5, Inst. Fellow:2 NBHM:2)
Physics: (CSIR:3 , UGC: 5, Inst. Fellow:26 )
Decision: Noted.
(4) Number of students whose viva-voce examination is pending:
S. Name Reg. No. Sub Supervisor Title of the Thesis

No.
1. Rajneesh PH11092 PH Dr. Rajeev Polymer Translocation
Y Kapri Through
Narrow Pores: Role of
Semiexibility and
Hydrodynamics
2. Mohammad Aslam PH14007 PH
Dr. Gautam Investigation of
Y
Sheet Superconductivity and other
Competing Orders in BiS2-
Based Systems
Decision: Noted.
(5) Number of students who have submitted their Thesis:
S. No. Name Reg. No. Sub Supervisor Title of the Thesis

1. Poonam PH12117 BIO Dr. Shravan Role of the ubiquitin-
Kumar Mishra related protein Sde2 in
intron-specific pre-mRNA
splicing
2. Karishma Bhasne PH13021 BIO Dr. Samrat Conformational Plasticity
Mukhopadhyay and Disorder-to-Order
Transition of Intrinsically
Disordered α-Synuclein:
Interactions with Lipid
Membranes, Tau and
Chaperones
3. Chandrakala PH14032 PHY Prof. Sudeshna Pattern formation in
Meena Sinha Complex Dynamical
Networks
4. Pallavi Sharma PH11099 BIO Dr. Kavita Babu Understanding synaptic
function and RNA splicing
using C. elegans as a
model system
5. B. Gopalkrishnan PH12132 CHM Dr. S Arulananda Studies on Stereoselective
Babu Synthesis of
Functionalized Aliphatic
Chains Containing
Stereogenic Centers
through the Pd(II)-
Catalyzed C-H Activation
6. Dibyendu Das PH12141 CHM Dr. Santanu Biomolecule-Induced
Kumar Pal Ordering Transitions at the
Liquid Crystal-Aqueous
Interface
7. Pranay Deep PH15021 PHY Prof. Sudeshna Synchronization in
Rungta Sinha Networks of Bistable
Systems
8. Archana Sangwan PH12118 PHY Harvinder Kaur Observational constraints
Jassal on dark
energy parameters
9 Hema M. Swasthi PH12148 CHM Prof. Smarat Insights into the Formation
Mukhopadhyay of a Functional Amyloid
from Biofilm Forming
Intrinsically Disordered
Curli Subunits
Noted.
Decision:
(6) Number of PH.D students who have submitted synopsis:
S. Name Reg. No. Sub Supervisor Title of the Thesis

No.
1.Sudha Devi PH12121 CHM Dr. Sugumar Tuning, Controlling and Applications of
Venkatramani Cis-isomer Stability in Azoheteroarenes
and Multiple Azoarenes Connected
System.
2.Simran PH12146 BIO Dr. Rajesh
Understanding the gene regulatory
Kaur Ramachandra network underlying zebrafish
n retinaregeneration
3.Nidhi PH12144 BIO Kausik Structure-function studies on Vibrio
Kundu Chattopadhya
parahaemolyticusthermostable direct
y
hemolysin
4.Sankar R PH13041 CHM Dr. S. A. Babu Studies on the Ni-Catalyzed Synthesis
of Tertiary Amides and Pd-Catalyzed
Synthesis of α-Naphthol-Based
Triarylmethanes, Ortho-Arylated D-(-)-
Phenylglycine Methyl Esters and β-
Arylated Keto Acids
Decision:
Noted.
(7) Following students have resigned from the PhD programme:
S.No Reg. No. Name

1. PH17302 Aman Bhardwaj
2. PH17068 Rahul Hooda
3. PH17215 Anjali Pant
4. PH16068 Palvinder Singh
5. PH17211 Pradyot Kumar Roy
6. PH16234 Ravi Pratap Singh Bhadoriya
7. PH16211 Ashish Kumar Mohapatra
8. PH17027 Nitish Tayal
9. PH17022 Ravi Umadi
10. PH17064 Mohamed Musthafa Iqbal
Decision:
Approved.
(xii) The students opted for Majors:
MS16 Batch:175
The breakup is as follows:-
Biology: 53
Chemistry:45
Mathematics: 23
Physics: 54
Decision: Noted.
Senate18.29.16 New Courses:
1) EES 3XX: Sedimentology and Concepts in Stratigraphy

2) EES 4XX: Remote Sensing and GIS
3) Phy 6xx: Open quantum systems
Placed at page no. 121-126.
Decision:
Approved.
Senate18.29.17 Convocation 2018
The 7th Convocation of the Institute is scheduled to be held on 20.05.2018. Shri

Ram Nath Kovind, the President of India has kindly consented to be the Chief
Guest.
Decision:
Noted.
Senate18.29.18 Mid-Sem. Exams: One Mid-sem exam per semester in lieu of two:
Prof. Anand K Bachhawat, Professor & Head, Deptt. of Biology has requested
that there should be one midsem exam per semester in lieu of two midsem
exams. Copy of letter dated April 23, 2018 is placed at page no. 127.
Decision:
The Academic Senate deliberated on this issue. Since the proposal is
from one Department, other Departments also discussed the issue
and suggestions if any may be brought to the Academic Senate.
Senate18.29.19 Course structuring in Int. Phd Biology programme:
for course restricting in Int. Ph.D Biology programme. Copy of letter dated
May 1, 2018 is placed at page no. 128-130.
It was decided that we may attach the Lab course number instead of
Decision:
Research Lab Project.
Senate18.29.20 Bio628 Synthetic Biology:
for adding one new book, and modifying the content. Email placed at page no.
131-132 of the agenda.
Decision:
Academic Senate deliberated on the issue and decided that the final
version of the proposal be placed to the next Senate meeting.
Senate18.29.21 Bio 411 and Bio 629 (Bioinformatics courses: mandatory and elective):
for changing contact hours from Lab 3+3 to Lab 2 + Theory 2 + Lab tutorial 1
(overall contact hours remains same). Placed at page no. 133.
Decision:
The proposal approved but to have the total number of hours it
should be = lab 3+ Theory 2 + Lab tutorial 1.
Senate18.29.22 Reports of Prevention of Academic Misdemeanor Committee
Reports of the Committee placed at Page no. 134-135 of the agenda.
Decision: Approved.
Senate18.29.23 Appeal from MS13125 to repeat PRJ502 in summer 2018.
Copy of the report of MS thesis evaluation committee and letter dated

05.02.2018 from Dr. B. Sinha placed at page no. 136-137 of the agenda.
Decision: Approved.
Senate18.29.24 Any other item with the permission of the Chair.
1. Course drop prior to End Semester
Proposal: Allow a student to drop a course one week prior to End Semester.
Proposed by : Kapil Paranjape
Justification:
From the point of view of the student, this avoids an ‘F’grade in their transcript.
From the point of view of the instructor, this avoids un-necessary agonising
over award of poor grades to students who have demonstrated lack of
interest/ability in the course.
What purpose does the existing system serve?
The primary purpose of awarding an ‘F’grade to a student is to indicate that

they have not completed the basis requirements of the course and thus that they
need to repeat it (modulo the 2 ‘F’relaxation).
The secondary purpose is merely punitive. To indicate that the approach of the
student to the course is wrong and will not lead to them meeting its
requirements.
In both cases, these two aspects are already clear to the student at the proposed
time(one week before End Semester). No one will argue that the instructor
receives vicarious pleasure in awarding an ‘F’grads as a punishment for poor
approach.
Decision: All the departments may come out after discussion in their respective
departments and can back again to the Senate..
2. Mr. Neetish Kumar Sharma, MS14064
Decision:
His candidature has been considered based on his representations.
The Academic Senate decided that he be advised to change his major
to continue in the programme for BS-MS. However, while
continuing if he opt for BS degree no change of major he has
required.
Hence, Academic Senate has permitted Mr. Neetish Kumar Sharma

as a special case to continue in the programme.
-Sd/-
Registrar/Secretary
Academic Senate, IISER Mohali
-Sd/-
Chairman
Academic Senate, IISER Mohali

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INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE EDUCATION

AND RESEARCH MOHALI

Item No. Agenda & Decision

Senate 18.29.01 Introductory remarks by the Chairman

Placed at Page No. 97-103 of the agenda.

Senate Introductory remarks by the --

Senate Confirmation of the Draft Confirmed

Senate Action Taken report on the Noted.

For Consideration and Approval:

Senate An issue raised by Professor The Chairman of the Academic review

subject of ongoing Academic decision to look into the issue discussed.

Senate Awarding of BS Degree Recommended to BOG for approval to

Senate Recommended to BOG for approval to

Senate Recommended to BOG for approval to

Senate Students Fulfilling the Recommended to BOG for approval to

Senate New Courses Proposed Approval noted for compliance.

Senate Performance of BS-MS Noted.

Senate Warning cases of BS-MS Noted.

Senate Termination Cases 2017-18, Approval noted for compliance.

Certificate of Academic Certificates distributed during Republic

Senate Fellowship Suspension of BS- Approved.

Senate Overall Performance of the Noted.

17.27.17 Int. PhD and PhD students

b) Certificate of Academic Certificates distributed during Republic

c) Warning cases of Int. Ph.D. Approval noted for compliance.

Students with CPI<5.0

d) Scholarship to remain Approval noted for compliance.

e) Scholarship to be Approval noted for compliance.

suspended w.e.f. Ist January

2. a) Overall performance of Noted.

the Ph.D students doing

c) Termination Cases of Noted.

g) Number of students who Noted.

h) Number of students whose Noted.

Senate Agenda items received from

3) Mobility of Credits in the 9th Decision noted for compliance.

Senate Any Other Item with the

Placed at Page No. 112-113 of the agenda.

Item No. Agenda Action taken

Senate Introductory remarks by --

b) The following students Approved.

The following appeals have

1. Mr. Manish Kumar, Request could not be acceded

2. Ms. Nitika Devi, Request acceptance noted for

3. Mr. Chetan , MS16147 Request acceptance noted for

4. Mr. Sachin Bhatt, Request acceptance noted for

5. Mr. Navjot Singh, Decision of permitting to

6. Mr. Neetish Kumar

7. Mr. Rabi Prakash Request could not be acceded

Senate Request received from MS Decision noted for

Senate New Courses CHM626. Approval noted for

Senate Any Other Item with the

i. Direct Admission to Ph.D. Decision noted for

ii. Guidelines for PhD Decision noted for

iii. The Guidelines for

Ms. Amandeep Matharoo, PH17077

Mr. Gaurav Saxena, PH17053

Ms. Bhavana Chaudhary, MS16023

Mr. Saurav Shekhar, MS13138

Placed at Page No. 114-117 of the agenda.

Placed at Page No. 118-119 of the agenda.

Approved and recommended to the Board of Governors to award the

Graduation requirements of BS-MS dual degree programme at IISER Mohali