Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Undergraduate Handbook (2015-2016)

Preface

We are delighted to welcome you to the 2015-16 academic session of the

four-year Bachelor of Science (Research) programme of the Indian Institute of

Science (IISc). The “Student Information Handbook & Scheme of Instruction”

presents all relevant information about the structure of the Bachelor of

Science (Research) programme and the courses offered in the programme. It

also provides detailed information about the facilities available to you and the

rules and regulations related to the life of an undergraduate student in the IISc

campus. Please read the Handbook carefully and feel free to contact me or your

Faculty Advisor if you have any question that is not answered in it.

With my best wishes for a productive, exciting and pleasant academic year.

Cordially,

Umesh Varshney,

Dean, Undergraduate Programme

CONTENTS

ACADEMIC EVENTS 6

1. BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (RESEARCH) PROGRAMME 7

2. DISCIPLINE, ATTENDANCE AND LEAVE RULES 12

3. CODE OF ETHICS AND CONDUCT 13

4. ACADEMIC INTEGRITY 14

5. TUITION AND OTHER FEES 16

6. STUDENTS’ ASSISTANCE 18

7. J R D TATA MEMORIAL LIBRARY 19

8. HEALTH CENTRE 20

9. HOSTELS AND DINING HALLS 20

10. STUDENT’S COUNCIL 21

11. RECREATIONAL FACILITIES 22

SCHEME OF INSTRUCTION 23

BIOLOGY 24

CHEMISTRY 30

ENGINEERING 36

EARTH & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE 44

HUMANITIES 50

MATERIALS 59

MATHEMATICS 62

PHYSICS 68

Information for Students

2015 - 16

Academic Events

REGULAR TERMS

I Term : 3 August - 11 December 2015

II Term : 1 January - 30 April 2016

Summer Term : 1 May - 30 June 2016

COURSE REGISTRATION

I Term : 3 - 5 August 2015

II Term : 1 - 5 January 2016

Summer Term : 2 - 5 May 2016

MID – SESSION RECESS

12 December - 31 December 2015

VACATION

1 May - 31 July 2016

TERMINAL EXAMINATIONS

I Term : 02 December - 11 December 2015

II Term : 20 April - 29 April 2016

Summer Term : 30 June 2016

EXPANSIONS FOR THE ABBREVIATIONS USED

TGPA : Term Grade Point Average

CGPA : Cumulative Grade Point Average

SUGCC : Senate Undergraduate Curriculum Committee

UGCC : Undergraduate Curriculum Committee

1. Bachelor of Science (Research) Programme

1.1 Basic Structure

The four-year Bachelor of Science (Research) Programme is organized into eight

semesters. The following major disciplines are available in the Bachelor of Science

(Research) Programme:

 • Biology

 • Chemistry

 • EnvironmentalSciences

 • Materials

 • Mathematics

 • Physics

 Each student is required to take a specied number of core courses in the rst

three semesters. The course work during these three semesters consists of a

common programme for all students, independent of the future discipline. This

will include courses in engineering, humanities and interdisciplinary areas for a

well-rounded learning experience. At the end of the third semester, each student

will be assigned a major discipline (from the list given above) based on her/his

preferences and CGPA. While a student specializes in a major discipline, she/he

can also broaden her/his knowledge and skills by taking courses in other disciplines.

 Students who take a sufcient number of courses in a discipline other than the

major one will qualify for a minor in that discipline. The major/minor disciplines

 takenbythestudentwillbementionedinher/hisdegreecerticate.

1.2 Faculty Advisor

Each student will be assigned a Faculty Advisor at the beginning of the rst

semester. The Faculty Advisor may be consulted about all matters (academic as

well as non-academic) that may be of concern to the student. The Faculty Advisors

will do their best to promote the development and growth of the students in their

 scientic career. A new Faculty Advisor in the area chosen by a student as major

 willbeidentiedatthebeginningofthefourthsemester.

1.3 Registration for Courses and Course Load

1.3.1 Registration for courses will be done in consultation with the Faculty Advisor.

1.3.2 All students must complete a total of 131 credits (basic courses on biology,

   chemistry, mathematics and physics in the rst three semesters: 36 credits;

   engineering courses: 19 credits; humanities courses: 9 credits; major –

   courses and project: 52 credits; minor or assortment of courses: 15 credits).

   The course load during the rst three common semesters is xed. From the

fourth semester, a student must register for a minimum of 16 credits. The

   nalsemesterisdevotedtoaresearchproject.

1.4 Dropping of Courses

1.4.1 A student may drop a course, after consultation with her/his Faculty Advisor

and the course Instructor, provided that the total number of credits carried

in the term is not less than the minimum number of credits stipulated in

Section 1.3. If the dropping occurs on or before 15th October in Term I, 2nd

March in Term II and 1st June in the Summer Term, the course will not be

   listed in the nal transcript. Students with CGPA less than  6.0 are not

allowed to take more than 19 credits in the subsequent semester. Dropping

is also permitted on or before 14th November in Term I, 1st April in Term II

   and 16th June in the Summer Term; however, the dropped course will be

   recorded in the nal transcript with a W (Withdrawn) grade marked

against it.

1.4.2 A student may register again for a course (in consultation with Faculty Advisor)

which she/he has dropped in a previous term.

1.4.3 After a student has passed a course, she/he cannot register again for it,

or take an equivalent course in order to improve the grade. Such re-taking

   for grade improvement arises only when she/he gets a failing F grade; the

details of this are discussed in Section 1.8.

1.5 Continuous Assessment

1.5.1 Evaluation is based on continuous assessment, in which sessional work and

   theterminalexaminationcontributeequallytothenalgrade.

1.5.2 Sessional work consists of class tests, mid-term examination(s), home-work

assignments etc., as determined by the Instructor. Absence from these or

late submission of home-work will result in loss of marks. Attendance in the

mid-term examination is compulsory. If a student does not attend the

examination, she/he shall be considered as having obtained zero marks in

   it. Absence on medical grounds, certied by the Chief Medical Ofcer of

the Institute, may be condoned, and the student may be permitted to take a

substitute examination as decided by the instructor.

1.5.3 The distribution of the 50 % sessional marks among home work, class tests,

mid-term examinations etc., will be announced by the Instructor at the

beginning of the course. After the terminal examination has been graded,

the 50% contribution from it is added to the sessional marks, to get the

total marks. The marks are then converted to grades, based on cut-offs that

   are decided by the Instructor. Only the grade is reported; the marks are

retained internally by the Instructor. There are 6 grades, designated S, A,

B, C, D, F, with the corresponding grade points as given below. All grades

except F are passing grades. To get a passing grade in a course that has both

theory and laboratory components, a student must secure at least 20%

marks in both theory and laboratory parts.

Grade Grade Points

S 8

A 7

B 6

C 5

D 4

F 0

1.5.4 The Grade Point Average (GPA) is computed from the grades as a measure

of the student’s performance. The Term GPA (TGPA) is based on the grades

of the current term, while the Cumulative GPA (CGPA) is based on the

grades in all courses taken after joining the programme. The contribution

of each course to the GPA is the product of the number of credits and the

grade point corresponding to the grade obtained. For instance, if it is a 3

credit course, and the student gets a B grade (which corresponds to 6 grade

points, from the table above), then the contribution of the course to the

total grade points is equal to 3 x 6, or 18. To get the TGPA, one adds the

grade point contributions of all the courses taken in the term, and divides

this total by the number of credits. The CGPA is similarly calculated, the only

difference being that one considers the grade point contributions of all the

courses taken in all the terms. The TGPA and CGPA are rounded off to the

   rstdecimalplace.

1.6 Terminal Examinations

1.6.1 Terminal examinations are held during the last fortnight of each semester

   and duringthe last weekof theSummer Term. TheTime Tablewill benotied

in advance. The graded answer scripts of the terminal examination will be

   made available to the students on a specied date within one week from the

date of the terminal examination. Requests for changes in the grading of the

terminal examination papers can be made only when the graded papers are

shown to the students.

1.6.2 Attendance of the terminal examination is compulsory. If a student does not

attend the examination, she/he shall be considered as having obtained zero

   marks in it, and will get an F grade. Absence on medical grounds, certied

   by the Chief Medical Ofcer of the Institute, may be condoned, and the

student may be permitted to take substitute examination(s) within a

prescribed period.

1.7 Academic Criteria for Continuation

1.7.1 The student should not have obtained more than four F grades at any given

   time during the period of studentship. If a fth F grade is obtained without

clearing the four existing F grades, she/he shall leave the Institute.

1.7.2 In the rst term, the TGPA should not be below 3.5, and in subsequent terms

   the CGPA should not go below 4.0. If this condition is not satised, the

student shall leave the Institute.

1.8 Handling of ‘F’ Grades

1.8.1 Since the F grade is a failing grade, a student cannot graduate until she/he

clears each F grade by taking a make-up examination, by repeating the same

course or by taking a substitute course, as decided by the UGCC and SUGCC.

Make-up examinations of all courses will be held in the last week of the

summer vacation.

1.8.2 If the F grade is obtained in a core course, it must be cleared by taking a

make-up examination in the same course or by repeating the same course, as

decided by the UGCC and SUGCC. For an elective, the UGCC can specify an

appropriate alternative course as the substitute course.

1.8.3 If a student clears an F grade by taking a make-up examination, the highest

grade she/he can get in that course is C. A student who fails the make-up

examination must repeat the course. If the student gets an F grade in the

   repeated course or in the specied substitute course, the student shall leave

the Institute.

1.8.4 Such repetition of courses is permitted only to clear F grades. Students are

not permitted to retake courses in which they have obtained any higher

grade.

1.8.5 Both the F grade that was initially obtained and the higher grade that was

   obtained in the subsequent taking of the course will be reected in the

transcript.

1.8.6 Even if F grades are subsequently cleared, the student will not be eligible for

the award of Distinction.

1.8.7 When an F grade is obtained, it is used for the computation of the TGPA

and the CGPA. When the F grade is subsequently cleared, it will no longer be

included in computing the TGPA of the term in question, and the grade from

the repeated or substitute course will replace it in the subsequent CGPA

computations.

1.9 Project

1.9.1 Each student registers for a project at the end of the sixth semester. Each

student will carry out the project under a Project Advisor who is chosen

based on the student’s interests. The Project Advisor also becomes the

Faculty Advisor from this stage.

1.9.2 Minimum Project Pass Grade The minimum pass grade is C. If a student

secures an F grade in the project, she/he fails the programme and must leave

the Institute. A student who secures a D grade will be given an opportunity

to re-do the project and improve the grade. The period of this extension of

project work has to be approved by the SUGCC on the recommendation of

the UGCC and the project supervisor.

1.10 Degree Requirements

1.10.1 Normally, students have to complete the Bachelor of Science

(Research) programme in 8 terms. However, in special circumstances, a

student may be permitted an extension, so as to complete all requirements

for the degree within a maximum of 12 terms. Further, the core courses

need to be cleared within a maximum of 6 terms. Summer terms are not

counted for this purpose.

1.10.2 ThecomputationofthenalCGPAisdoneonlyifthestudentclearsallcourses

successfullywithintheperiodspecied.

1.10.3Astudentmustcompletethespeciedcourserequirementsof131creditsofthe

relevant degree programme with a minimum CGPA of 4.0 in the course

work and at least a C grade in the project work.

1.11 ClassicationofAwards

1.11.1 Successful completion of the course can carry any one of the following

awards: First Class with Distinction, First Class and Second Class. The CGPA

requirements for each award are given below:

CGPA Award

7 and above First Class with Distinction

5.0 and above First Class

4.0 to 4.9 Second Class

(See also Section 1.8.6)

1.12 Attendance

1.12.1 Attendance in all classes (lectures, tutorials, laboratories, etc) must be at

least 80 percent of the total number of classes. The attendance records of

all students in each course will be reviewed after every four weeks. Students

who are not attending the minimum fraction of classes in a course will be

warned by the instructor of the course. Guardians of these students will be

informed and a list of their names will be posted on the UG notice board.

Students with less than 80 percent attendance in a course at the time of

the mid-term examination will not be allowed to take the examination. A

student will be debarred from appearing in the terminal examination of

a course if her/his attendance in the course for the semester falls below

80 percent. A shortage of attendance may be condoned by the Dean in

exceptional circumstances.

1.13 Break in Studies

1.13.1 Students may be permitted a break in studies on medical grounds with the prior

written permission of the UGCC. The break may be for a maximum period of one year.

1.13.2

Request for a break in studies should be submitted at least a month

in advance, and must be accompanied by a certicate from the Chief Medical

Ofcer (CMO) of the Institute. It should be forwarded through the

Faculty Advisor.

1.13.3

ResumptionofstudiesrequiresatnesscerticatefromtheCMOoftheInstitute.

1.13.4

To maintain the studentship status, the student should pay tuition and all

other fees even during the break period.

1.14 Privileges and Responsibilities

1.14.1 All students are bound by the rules and regulations framed by the Institute.

1.14.2 Full Time Students: During the tenure of their studentship, full-time students

are eligible for the following:

Residence in the Hostel as per hostel rules, subject to availability

Membership of the Gymkhana

Participation in the activities of the Students’ Council

Assistance from the Students’ Aid Fund (SAF)

Leave privileges as may be applicable from time to time

Limited assistance through the Special Medical Care Scheme

1.15 General

On all matters connected with their course work and the prescribed requirements

for the degree, students are advised to seek the guidance of the Faculty Advisor or

the Dean of Undergraduate Studies.

2. Discipline, Attendance and Leave Rules

2.1 Discipline

2.1.1 Students are expected to dress and to conduct themselves in a proper manner.

2.1.2 All forms of ragging are prohibited. If any incident of ragging comes to the

notice of the authorities, the student concerned shall be given the

opportunity to explain. If the explanation is not found to be satisfactory, the

authorities can expel her/him from the Institute.

2.1.3 The students are expected to conduct themselves in a manner that provides

a safe working environment for women. Sexual harassment of any kind is

unacceptable and will attract appropriate disciplinary action. Further details

can be obtained from the website

http://biochem.iisc.ernet. in/~bchss/policy.htm

2.2 Leave

2.3.1 A student is governed by the following leave rules.

2.3.1.1 To obtain leave, prior application shall have to be submitted to the

Dean of Undergraduate Studies through the Faculty Advisor stating

fully the reasons for the leave requested for along with supporting

document(s). Such leave will be granted by the Dean.

2.3.1.2 Absence for a period not exceeding two weeks in a semester due to

unavoidable reasons for which prior application could not be made

may be condoned by the Dean of Undergraduate Studies provided

     she/heissatisedwiththeexplanation.

2.3.1.3 The Dean of Undergraduate Studies may, on receipt of an application,

also decide whether the student be asked to withdraw from the

courses for that particular semester because of long absence.

2.3.1.4 The leave of absence as per 2.3.1.1 and 2.3.1.2 will not be condoned

for attendance.

2.3.1.5 All students are entitled to take leave for the full summer term at

the end of the second semester.

2.3.2 Leave of absence on medical grounds: Up to 30 days a year for extended

sickness normally requiring hospitalization.

2.3.2.1 Women students can avail of maternity leave for 135 days once

during the tenure of studentship.

2.3.2.2 Medical leave for periods of less than 7 days is not permitted.

2.3.2.3 For leave under 2.3.1.2 and 2.3.1.3 above, a Medical Certicate and

     a subsequent Fitness Certicate (for resumption of studies) are

required. These are to be issued by the CMO of the Institute.

2.3.2.4 A combination of different types of leave is not normally permitted.

2.3.3 No carry-over of leave is permitted. Any unused leave will automatically

lapse at the end of the year.

2.3.4 With regard to leave, the year is reckoned as follows: From the date of

commencement of the session, irrespective of the date of joining.

2.3.5 Students permitted to attend approved conferences may be considered to

be on duty.

3. Code of Ethics and Conduct

3.1 At the time of admission, each student is required to sign a statement

accepting the code of ethics and conduct, and giving an undertaking that:

  (a)she/hewillcompleteher/hisstudiesintheInstitute;and

(b) if for any legitimate reasons, she/he is forced to discontinue studies, she/

he will do so only on prior intimation to and permission from the Deans.

3.2 If a student commits a breach of the code of conduct, she/he will be asked to

leave the Institute and will not be eligible for:

3.2.1 Re-admissionasastudentforaperiodofthreeyears;and

3.2.2 Issue of grade card or certicate for the course studied or work carried out

by him/her as a part of the programme for which she/he was admitted.

3.3 On account of misconduct or unsatisfactory work, the Deans may withdraw the

scholarship at any time and/or decide that the scholarship has to be refunded from

the date of the last award.

3.4 In various phases of research, project work, course work and other academic

 activities, one is faced with issues of integrity and conict of interest. Behaviour

of all Institute faculty, students and research workers must be in conformance

with the Academic Integrity policy that is given in the next Section.

4. Academic Integrity

4.1 Cases of ethical lapses emanating from institutions of scientic research are

increasingly being reported in the news. In this context, we need to create

awareness and come up with a set of clear guidelines to maintain academic integrity.

 A ourishing academic environment entails individual and community

responsibility for doing so. The three broad categories of improper academic

 behaviour that will be considered are: I) plagiarism, II) cheating and III) conict of

interest.

4.2 Cases of ethical plagiarism are the use of material, ideas, gures, code or data

without appropriate acknowledgement or permission (in some cases) of the

original source. This may involve submission of material, verbatim or paraphrased,

that is authored by another person or published earlier by oneself. Examples of

plagiarism include:

(a) Reproducing, in whole or part, text/sentences from a report, book, thesis,

publication or internet.

 (b) Reproducing one’s own previously published data, illustrations, gures,

images, or someone else’s data, etc.

and incorporating it in one’s class reports, presentations, manuscripts or

thesis without citing the original source.

(d) Self plagiarism which constitutes copying verbatim from one’s own earlier

published work in a journal or conference proceedings without

appropriate citations.

The resources given in Subsection 4.7 explain how to carry out proper referencing,

as well as examples of plagiarism and how to avoid it.

4.3 Cheating is another form of unacceptable academic behaviour and may be classied

into different categories:

(a) Copying during exams, and copying of homework assignments, term papers or

manuscripts.

(b) Allowing or facilitating copying, or writing a report or exam for someone else.

purchasing or borrowing papers or material from various sources

(d) Fabricating (making up) or falsifying (manipulating) data and reporting them in

thesis and publications.

4.4 Some guidelines for academic conduct are provided below to guard against

negligence as well as deliberate dishonesty:

(a) Use proper methodology for experiments and computational work. Accurately

describe and compile data.

(b) Carefully record and save primary and secondary data such as original

pictures, instrument data readouts, laboratory notebooks, and computer

  folders. There should be minimal digital manipulation of images/photos; the

original version should be saved for later scrutiny, if required, and the changes

made should be clearly described.

simulations. It is important to be truthful about the data and not to omit some

  data points to make an impressive gure (commonly known as

“cherry picking”).

(d) Lab notebooks must be well maintained in bound notebooks with printed page

numbers to enable checking later during publications or patent. Date should

be indicated on each page.

(e) Write clearly in your own words. It is necessary to resist the temptation to

“copy and paste” from the Internet or other sources for class assignments,

manuscripts and thesis.

(f) Give due credit to previous reports, methods, computer programs etc with

appropriate 13 citations. Material taken from your own published work

  should also be cited; as mentioned above, it will be considered

self-plagiarism otherwise.

4.5

Conict of Interest: A clash of personal or private interests with professional

 activities can lead to a potential conict of interest, in diverse activities such as

teaching, research, publication, work on committees, research funding and

consultancy. It is necessary to protect actual professional independence, objectivity

and commitment, and also to avoid an appearance of any impropriety arising from

 conicts of interest. Conict of interest is not restricted to personal nancial gain;

it extends to a large gamut of professional academic activities including peer

reviewing, serving on various committees, which may, for example, oversee

 funding or give recognition, as well as inuencing public policy. To promote

 transparency and enhance credibility, potential conicts of interests must be

disclosed in writing to appropriate authorities, so that a considered decision can

be made on a case-by-case basis. Some additional information is available also in

the section below dealing with resources.

4.6

Individual and Collective Responsibility: The responsibility varies with the role one plays.

4.6.1 Student roles: Before submitting a project report to the subject coordinator,

the student is responsible for checking the report for plagiarism using

software that is available on the web (see resources below). In addition, the

student should certify that they are aware of the academic guidelines of

the Institute, have checked their document for plagiarism, and that the

project report is original work. A web-check does not necessarily rule out

plagiarism.

4.6.2 Faculty roles: Faculty should ensure that proper methods are followed for

experiments, computations and theoretical developments, and that data

are properly recorded and saved for future reference. In addition, they should

   review manuscripts and theses carefully. Apart from the student certication

regarding a web-check for plagiarism for project reports, the Institute will

provide some commercial software at SERC for plagiarism checking. Faculty

members are encouraged to use this facility for checking reports and

manuscripts. Faculty members are also responsible for ensuring personal

compliance with the above broad issues relating to academic integrity.

4.6.3 Institutional roles: A breach of academic integrity is a serious offence with

long lasting consequences for both the individual and the institute, and

   this can lead to various sanctions. In the case of a student the rst violation

of academic breach will lead to a warning and/or an “F” course grade. A

   repeat offence, if deemed sufciently serious, could lead to expulsion. It

is recommended that faculty bring any academic violations to the notice of

   the subject coordinator. Upon receipt of reports of scientic misconduct,

the Director may appoint a committee to investigate the matter

and suggest appropriate measures on a case to case basis.

4.7 References:

[1] National Academy of Sciences article “On being a scientist,”

http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=4917&page=R1

[2] http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/univ/plagiarism/

[3] http://www.aresearchguide.com/6plagiar.html

[4] https://www.indiana.edu/~tedfrick/plagiarism

 [5] http://www.les.chem.vt.edu/chem-ed/ethics/index.html

[6] http://www.ncusd203.org/central/html/where/plagiarism_stoppers.html

 [7] http://sja.ucdavis.edu/les/plagiarism.pdf

[8] http://web.mit.edu/academicintegrity/

[9] http://www.northwestern.edu/provost/students/integrity/

[10] http://www.ais.up.ac.za/plagiarism/websources.htm#info

[11] http://ori.dhhs.gov/

 [12]http://www.scienticvalues.org/cases.html

5. Tuition and Other Fees

Students are required to pay the fees prescribed by the Institute during the period of

studentship. These are liable to changes from time to time. The details of the fees in

force are given below:

5.1 Fees per annum:

5.1.1 Bachelor of Science (Research) Students (General/OBC)

Fee Details Rs

Tuition Fee 10,000

Gymkhana Fee 720

Students’ Emergency Fund 200

Other Academic Fees 2,380

Total 13,300

5.2 Fee Payment Schedule for the Session 2015-‘16

Bachelor of Science (Research) Students (General/OBC)

Installment Tuition Fees (in Rs.) Other Fees (in Rs.) Total (in Rs.)

I 4,000 3,300 7,300

II 3,000 - 3,000

III 3,000 - 3,000

Due Dates

Period Due Date

IInstallment(1August–31October) 15/08/15

II Installment (1 November-31 December) 14/11/15

III Installment (1 January-31 July) 16/01/16

Bachelor of Science (Research) Students (SC/ST)

Fee Details Rs

Tuition Fee Fully waived

Gymkhana Fee 720

Students’ Emergency Fund 200

Other Academic Fees 2,380

Total 3,300

Due Date: August 15, 2015

5.2.1 Penalties

5.2.1.1. Fees are payable on or before the dates noted above. If the due date

falls on a holiday, it can be paid on the next working day without a

     ne. A ne of Rs. 20/- per week shall be levied for all students who

default and do not pay the fees before the prescribed date.

5.2.1.2. If a student fails to pay tuition and other fees by the due date, any

one or more of the following penalties will be levied:

     (a)OverduechargesofRs.20/-perweekorpartthereof;

(b) Stoppage of scholarship and/or loss of attendance for the period

     ofnon-paymentordelayinpayment;

     research;and

(d) Cancellation of registration to continue as a student at the Institute.

5.3. Deposits (Refundable)

Statutory Deposit : Rs. 2,000/-

Library Deposit : Rs. 2,000/¬-

5.3.1 The deposits are to cover liabilities such as

(a) Damage of apparatus or other property

(b) Wastage of materials

(d) Hostel and dining hall dues

(f) Loss of Books and

(g) Other dues.

5.3.2. A request for refund of Statutory and Library deposits is to be submitted in

the prescribed forms at the time of leaving the Institute. The form may be

   obtained either from the Undergraduate Ofce or from the Finance Section

(Unit V-C). A student should submit the request through the Dean of the

Undergraduate Programme before leaving the Institute, to obtain a refund

of the deposits.

5.4. Concessions

5.4.1 Students belonging to SC and ST communities are exempted only from tuition fees.

6. Students’ Assistance

6.1 Students’ Aid Fund

6.1.1. Each student shall contribute to the Fund a sum of at least Rs. 50 per annum.

Donations are also received from other sources.

6.1.2. The Fund is administered by a Committee constituted by the Director. This

Committee may also prescribe operational rules for sanction of assistance

from the Fund from time to time. A guarantee from one or both the parents

or guardian is required before the assistance can be sanctioned.

6.1.3. Assistance in the form of loans from the Fund is available to poor students to:

a)meettuitionfees;

b) purchase books, instruments and stationery necessary for the pursuit of

   theircoursesorresearchproject;

c) meet other expenses connected with their work and for their maintenance

     attheInstituteasmaybeapprovedbytheCommittee;and

d) meet hostel, dining hall, medical expenses, etc.

6.1.4. No payment shall be made by way of scholarships or prizes to students.

6.1.5. This assistance in the form of loans will be as reimbursement of expenditure

incurred on different items. The amount will be recovered in equal installments.

The number of installments will be decided at the time of sanctioning the loan.

6.1.6 Requests for assistance should be made to the Academic Section in the

prescribed form.

6.2 Financial Assistance for Medical Care

6.2.1 Students can get limited assistance to meet the cost of expenditure

incurred in case of hospitalization, from the Students’ Medical Care Fund,

formed out of contributions made by the students and a matching grant

made by the Institute.

7. J R D Tata Memorial Library

The Library was established in 1911, and was renamed “J R D Tata Memorial Library”

 inMay1994.ItisoneofthebestscienticandtechnicallibrariesinIndia.Thelibraryaims

to develop a comprehensive collection of documents that are useful to the faculty,

students and research scholars in their educational and research activities.

The library has a total collection of about 5 lakh documents, which includes books

and monographs, bound volumes and periodicals, theses, standards, technical

 reports, Indian patents and non - book materials like CD ROMs, oppy disks etc. It

receives over 1700 current periodicals.

Books and journals are available at the main library building. Technical reports,

standards and theses are available at the library annexe building located opposite

to the NCSI building.

The Digital Information Service Centre (DISC) is located on the left wing of the

 rst oor of the annexe building. CD-ROM database access facilities are provided

here. Digital library services have been started. As part of the digital library, the

digitization of institute theses and the rare books collection initiative have

been started.

Computer systems are provided at various locations to help access the Online

Public Access Catalogue (OPAC) of the library. Users can also access the Online

Catalogue from their respective departments, through the library homepage

(URLhttp://www.library.iisc.ernet.in).

The following information can be accessed

1. Information about the library

2. Weekly list of books and journals received in the library

3. List of current journals received

4. Complete journal holdings

 5. ListofjournalsreceivedbytheveIITs

6. Web access to the Online Catalogue (OPAC)

The creation of barcode labels for new books is in progress.

Access to Electronic Resources

The library provides access to the following e-resources through the INDEST

consortium and also on its own subscription. Some of the full-text resources

include Elsevier Science (Science Direct), Springer Verlag (LINK), and ACM, ASCE,

 ASME, IEEE (IEL). It also gives access to back-les of Elsevier Science, Wiley Inter-

science, IOP, APS. Bibliographic and citation databases like Compendex, INSPEC,

Web of Science can also be accessed.

Working hours:

Monday-Saturday 0800 to 2300 hrs

Sunday 0900 to 1700 hrs

General Holidays 1000 to 1600 hrs

Circulation rules and procedures:

7.1. What may be loaned:

a) Books b) Series Publications

c) Reference Books (except Handbooks, Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, etc.)

7.2. What may not be loaned:

(a) Annual Reports (b) Handbooks

7.3. Loan Period

(a) Books (General) 14 days

(b) Periodicals

(bound/series/references) 48 hours

8. Health Centre

Medical services to students are provided at the Health Centre. It has out-patient

 and in-patient facilities served by Medical Ofcers and nursing staff. Specialists in

the areas of eye, dental and psychiatric care including an Ayurvedic consultant visit

the Health Centre regularly. In addition, there is a doctor on duty to look after

emergency cases at night.

Diagnostic facilities like a clinical laboratory, an X-ray facility, ECG and

ultrasonography are available. Cases requiring other specialist services are

referred to appropriate centres/ hospitals.

All the regular students of the Institute are covered by the “Students Health Care

Scheme” which permits reimbursement of medical expenses incurred as per norms.

Students are to undergo a medical examination at the time of joining.

9. Hostels and Dining Halls

Adequate accommodation is available for all the registered students of the Institute in

the hostels.

There are four dining halls: Vegetarian ‘A’, Composite ‘B’, ‘C’ and ‘D’ (both vegetarian

and non vegetarian).

 ChargestowardsHostelfacilities(foreachmonth)aregivenbelow:

Gen/OBC SC / ST

Rs. Rs.

Room Rent (Single) 267.00 135.00

Room Rent (Double) 133.50 67.50

Establishment 133.00 66.00

Amenities 133.00 66.00

Elec. & Water 133.00 66.00

Total 799.50 400.50

Refundable deposits for all categories of students : Rs. 6500/-

10. Student’s Council

 OfceBearers

Chairman: Amiya Banerjee, CeNSE

General Secretary: Wasimakram Binnal, MS

Secretary - Women’s Affairs: Pratibha Yadav, CES

The Students’ Council (SC) is the representative body of the entire student community of

the Institute. It is the interface between the students and the administration and works

with both entities to identify and address concerns that affect the students directly and

indirectly. The SC represents the interests of the students and participates in discussions

and decisions that affect the student community.

The SC aims at the all round development of students and organizes several extra-

curricular events throughout the year in association with the Gymkhana and the various

activity clubs on campus.

SC also coordinates the student volunteer effort for Institute events that are

organized periodically.

It also provides students an opportunity to be a part of the activity, motivated by a sense

of social responsibility and aiming to give something back to society.

 Three Ofce bearers are elected for a period of one year. Nominated members

constitute the steering and executive committees of the SC. Two representatives from

each of the departments are members of the Council. Additionally, the following

committees are also constituted by the Students Council

 • Academic-Allissuesrelatingtocourses,academicresources

 • Amenities - Deciding on new on-campus amenities and monitoring the quality of

existing ones

 • Communications-Mediainterfaceanddisseminationofinformationtostudents

 • Cultural-Organizingandpromotingintraandinter-instituteculturalevents

 • Social Initiatives - Organizing volunteer activities and drives and coordinating the

efforts of the students and student groups in execution

 • SupportNetwork,Health-CounsellingCenter,Women’sCellandtheHealthCenter

URL: http://www.iisc.ernet.in/scouncil

Email: [email protected]

11. Recreational Facilities

11.1 Gymkhana

11.1.1 The Gymkhana is the centre of cultural activity at the Institute. It has a

cricket ground, tennis, volleyball, basket ball courts and a cinder track. An

indoor badminton court, table tennis, billiards, karate, shaolin-chu-kung-fu,

taek-wondo, chess and carom, are a few among the many facilities in the

Gymkhana. Athletic and recreational facilities at the Gymkhana come as

a break to regular work schedules at the Institute. It also provides a

conducive atmosphere for interaction between students and staff.

The Gymkhana also has a good gymnasium with facilities like Home Gym, a

Hercules multi trainer and wall bar equipment.

Attached to the Gymkhana is a small well-kept swimming pool where

coaching classes are also conducted during the summer.

The Gymkhana subscribes to about 14 magazines in English at its Ranade

Library, apart from making available about 10,000 books to readers. The

music room in the Gymkhana houses a stereo system and record player,

with a good collection of records. There is a separate TV lounge. An indoor

Students’ Auditorium where cultural activities can be organized is

available as a facility.

There is also an open-air auditorium. The Film Club regularly screens

popular and classic films in its main hall for the benefit

of the members. The Gymkhana organizes inter-departmental,

inter-collegiate and inter-university tournaments in sports, games and

cultural events. A dark room facility for the Photography Club situated

at the Gymkhana caters to the needs of camera-loving members.

A snack parlour, which serves coffee, snacks and soft drinks to the

members, is also situated in the Gymkhana premises.

11.2 General Facilities

11.2.1 Other general facilities at the Institute include banks, xerox centres, travel

agencies, bookstores and a cafe and tea kiosk.

Scheme of Instruction

2015 - 16

BIOLOGY

Semester 1 (August)

UB 101 and UB 101L (2:1)

UB 101: Introductory Biology I (Organismal Biology and the Molecular Basis of Life)

Introduction to the world of living organisms; levels of biological organisation; diversity of

lifeonearth;historyandevolutionoflifeonearth;mechanismsofevolution;geneticbasisof

naturalselection;measuringtherateofnaturalselection;organismsandtheirenvironment;

adaptation; behaviour andecology; biological species diversity; environmental degradation,

conservationandmanagement;thefutureoflifeonearth.

Concepts of pH/pKa, structures of water, amino acids, peptides and proteins; chemistry of

DNA,RNA,proteins,lipidsandcarbohydrates;elementaryenzymologyandmolecularbiology;

introductiontovariousmodelorganisms;cellasaunitoflivingorganisms,cellularorganelles;

structure and function, organization of cytoskeleton and nuclei, ER-Golgi modications,

Vesicle-mediated protein transport, endocytosis and exocytosis, mitochondria and respiration.

UB 101L

Methods of describing, observing, counting and estimating the abundance, diversity and

behaviour of living organisms; light microscopy, sample preparation and examination,

identication of microorganisms, staining techniques, uorescence microscopy to examine

intracellular compartments; cell fractionation and centrifugation methods, isolation of

intracellular compartments by differential centrifugation techniques, nuclei, mitochondria,

RERetc.Basicsofcellculturemethods;cellcounting,culturemediapreparation;titrationof

amino acids, estimations of reducing non-reducing sugars, proteins, DNA, RNA, lipids, paper

chromatography/TLC, SDS-PAGE, isoelectric focusing, DNA melting curves.

Instructors: Raghavendra Gadagkar and Dipankar Chatterji

Suggested Books:

1. Carson, R. 1967 Silent Spring, Fawcett World Library, New York.

 2.Dawkins,R.1986TheBlindWatchmaker,LongmanScientic&Technical,England.

 3.Gadagkar,R.1997,1998SurvivalStrategies–CooperationandConictinAnimalSocieties,HarvardUniversity

Press and Universities Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA and Hyderabad, India.

4. Sadava, D., Hillis, D. M., Craig Heller, H. and Berenbaum, M. 2009 Life, The Science of Biology, 9th

edition, W. H. Freeman.

5. Wilson, E. O. 2002 The Future of Life, Alfred A. Knopf.

6. Wilson, E. O. Life on Earth, Freely available at: http://eowilsonfoundation.org/e-o-wilson-s-life-on-earth.

7. Lodish, H., Berk, A., Kreiger, C. A., Scott, M. P., Bretscher, A., Ploegh, H. and Matsudaira, P. 2008 Molecular

Cell Biology, W. H. Freeman, 6th edition.

8. Krebs, J. E., Goldstein E. S., and Kilpatrick, S. T. 2011 Lewin’s Genes X, 10th edition, Jones and Bartlett Publishers.

9. Nelson, D. L. and Cox, M. M. 2009 Lehninger Principles of Biochemistry, 5th edition, W. H. Freeman.

10. Berg, J. M., Tymoczko, J. L. and Styrer, L. 2006 Biochemistry, 6th edition, W. H. Freeman & Co.

11. Voet, D. and Voet, J. G. 2010 Biochemistry, 4th edition, Wiley.

Semester 2 (January)

UB 102 and UB 102L (2:1)

UB 102: Introductory Biology II (Microbiology, Cell Biology and Genetics)

Introductiontothemicrobialworldanditsdiversity;importanceofmicrobesinexplorationof

basicprinciplesofbiology;bacterialgrowthanditsmodulationbynutrientavailabilityinthe

medium;structureandfunctionofabacterialcell;structureofcellwall;isolationofauxotrophs;

introduction to viruses - life cycles of temperate and lytic bacteriophages, structure and

function of extra-chromosomal elements and their applications in molecular microbiology.

Introductiontocellbiology,eukaryoticcellsandtheirintracellularorganization;introduction

tothelightmicroscopesandothermethodsofstudyingintracellularorganelles;furtherstudies

on endoplasmic reticulum, golgi apparatus, lysosomes, mitochondria, nucleus (organization and

function), plasma membrane structure and its function, the cytoskeleton, the cell cycle.

Mendelian genetics (segregation and independent assortment); introduction to polytene

and lampbrush chromosomes; sex determination and sex linkage in diploids; cytoplasmic

inheritance;pedigrees,markers,mappingandgeneticdisorders;genefrequenciesandHardy-

Weinbergprinciple;andintroductiontovariousmodelorganisms.

UB 102L

Light microscopy, identication of microorganisms, staining techniques (Gram’s, acid fast),

bacterial plating, tests for antibiotic resistance, cell media and tissue culture; cell counting,

immunostanining for actin, microtubules, DNA and identifying interphase and various mitotic

phases;Drosophilacrossesusingredeyeandwhiteeyemutants,observationofbarrbodyin

buccalmucosacells,preparationofmitotic/polytenechromosomesfromDrosophilalarvae;

and karyotyping using human metaphase plate photos.

Instructors: Dipshikha Chakravortty, Sachin Kotak and Arun Kumar

Suggested Books:

1. Berg, J. M., Tymoczko, J. L. and Styrer, L. 2006 Biochemistry, 6th edition, W. H. Freeman & Co.

2. Stanier, R. Y., Adelberg, E. A. and Ingraham, J. L. 2007 General Microbiology, 5th edition, MacMillan Press.

3. Alberts, B. 2008 Molecular Biology of the Cell, 5th edition, Garland Science.

4. Strickberger, M. W. 2008 Genetics, 3rd edition, Prentice-Hall, India.

5. Daniel, H. 2002 Essential Genetics: A genomics perspective, 3rd edition, Jones & Bartlett.

6. Strachan, T. and Read, A. P. 2004 Human Molecular Genetics, 3rd edition, Garland Science.

Semester 3 (August)

UB 201 and UB 201L (2:1)

UB 201: Introductory Biology III (Molecular Biology, Immunology and Neurobiology)

Molecular biology (central dogma, DNA repair, replication, transcription, genetic code and

translation); examples of post-transcriptional and post-translational modications; genetic

methods of gene transfer in bacteria.

Introductiontotheimmunesystem–theplayersandmechanisms,innateimmunity,adaptive

responses, B cell receptor and immunoglobulins, T cell activation and differentiation and Major

Histocompatibility Complex encoded molecules.

Overview of the nervous system, ionic basis of resting membrane potential and action potentials,

neurodevelopment, neurotransmitters, sensory systems, motor systems, learning and memory,

emotions and disorders of the nervous system.

Instructor: Shyamala Mani

UB 201L

M13 infection, plaque assay, preparation of bacterial competent cells, transformation,

transduction, conjugation, β-galactosidase assay. Immune organs and isolation of cells from

lymph node, spleen and thymus; lymphocyte and macrophage activation studies, nitrite

detection,ELISAandcellcycleanalysis;grossanatomyofthehumanbrain;stainingofmouse

brain sections; generation of action-potential; psychophysical and cognitive neurobiology

experiments.

Instructors: Umesh Varshney, Dipankar Nandi and Shyamala Mani

Suggested Books:

1. Lodish, H., Berk, A., Kaiser, C. A., Krieger, M., Scott, M. P., Bretscher, A., Ploegh, H. and Matsudaira, P. 2007

 MolecularCellBiology,W.H.Freeman;6thedition.

2. Kindt, T., Goldsby, R. and Osborne, B. A. 2006 Kuby Immunology, W. H. Freeman, 6th edition.

3. Bear, M., Connors, B. and Paradiso, M. 2006 Neuroscience: Exploring the Brain, 3rd edition, Lippincott

Williams & Wilkins.

Semester 4 (January)

UB 202: General Biochemistry (2:0)

(Core Course for BIO Major and Minor)

Protein sequencing methods, introduction to proteomics, MALDI and ESI-MS, protein

puricationandcharacterizationstrategies,methodsofDNAsequencing,proteinco-operativity

(using myoglobin and hemoglobin as examples), structure of nucleic acids with emphasis on

RNAtertiarystructuresandfolding,protein–nucleicacid(DNA/RNA)interaction.

Basic concepts of enzymes and enzyme kinetics, mechanisms of enzyme actions, basic concepts

of metabolism and its design, catabolism and anabolism, energy generation and storage,

glycolysis, citric acid cycle, oxidative phosphorylation, gluconeogenesis, fatty acid metabolism,

integration of metabolism etc.

Instructors: Mahavir Singh and D. N. Rao

Suggested Books:

1. Voet, D. and Voet, J. G. 2010 Biochemistry, 4th edition, Wiley.

2. Berg, J. M., Tymoczko, J. L. and Styrer, L. 2011 Biochemistry, 7th edition, W. H. Freeman & Co.

UB 204: Introductory Physiology (2:0)

(Core Course for BIO Major)

Mammalian Physiology: Introduction to physiology, internal environment, control of internal

environmentbyfeedbacksystems,renalphysiology,bodyuidsandkidneys,urineformation

by the kidneys, principles of membrane transport, transporters, pumps and ion channels, cell

signalling and endocrine regulation, hormonal regulation of energy metabolism, hormonal

regulation of calcium metabolism, hormonal control of reproduction in males and females,

pregnancyandlactation;structureofheart,cardiacmusclecontraction,cardiaccycle,electric

conductivity of heart, regulation of cardiac homeostasis, structure and function of arteries and

vein,bloodpressure,bloodow,capillaryexchange,physiologyoflymphaticsystem.

Plant physiology: Plant cell structure and cell wall, water uptake, photosynthesis and

photorespiration, secondary metabolites, phytochrome and light signalling, hormone signalling

inplants,controlofowering,stressphysiology.

Instructors: N. Ravi Sundaresan, C. Jayabhaskaran and R. Medhamurthy

Suggested Books:

1. Hall, J. E. 2011 Guyton and Hall Textbook of Medical Physiology, 12th edition, Elsevier.

2. Jameson, J. L. and De Groot, L. J. 2010 Endocrinology, 6th edition, Elsevier.

3. Taiz, L. and Zeiger, E. 2010 Plant Physiology, 5th edition, Sinauer Associates.

UB 205L: Experiments in Biochemistry and Physiology (0:2)

(Core Course for BIO Major)

Expression of recombinant proteins, purication and characterization; isolation and

characterization of proteins, quantitation of proteins using biochemical assays and physico-

chemicalcharacterizationofproteins;puricationofImmunoglobulinGfromrabbitantiserum;

characterizationofantibodiesbyimmune-asays;solidphase,liquidphaseandWesternblotting;

enzymeassaysanddeterminingspecicactivityofenzymes.

Instructors: Anjali Karande and Deepak Saini

UB 206: Basic Molecular Biology (2:0)

Genes as carriers of heredity, gene-enzyme relation, spontaneous versus adaptive mutations:

origins of bacterial genetics, the transforming principle and the chemical identity of the gene,

DNA and heredity, biochemistry of DNA, Chargaff’s rule, early models of DNA structure, the

double helix and the origins of molecular biology, alternative structures of DNA, unidirectional

ow of genetic information - The Central Dogma, the coding problem - elucidation of the

genetic code, conrmation of DNA as the genetic material, models for replication of DNA.

Gene organization in bacteria: operons and regulons, structure of bacterial promoters, RNA

polymeraseandinitiationoftranscription,repressorsandactivators,restriction-modication

systems in bacteria, DNA topology and its homeostasis, DNA repair mechanisms, developmental

systemsinprokaryotes–lysogenyandsporulation.Chromosomeorganizationineukaryotes:

histones and nucleosomes, gene regulation in eukaryotes: transcription factors and enhancers,

histone modication and epigenetics, gene expression during development, regulation

mediated by RNA, molecular evolution, genomics.

Instructor: S. Mahadevan

Suggested Books:

1. Watson, J. D., Baker, T. A., Bell, S. P., Gann, A. and Levine, M. 2013 Molecular Biology of the Gene, 7th

edition, Benjamin-Cummings Publishing Company.

2. Stent G. and Calendar, R. 1978 Molecular Genetics: An Introductory Narrative, 2nd edition, W. H. Freeman & Co.

Semester 5 (August)

UB 301L: Experiments in Microbiology and Ecology (0:2)

(Core Course for BIO Major)

TherearetwosetsofpracticalexperimentsforBiologymajors:Intherstpart,studentswill

get a hands-on experience in understanding the basic concepts in microbiology. The topics

include the microbial growth curve, microbial nutritional requirements, genetic engineering

techniques, plasmid isolation, creation of genetic knock out in bacteria, bacterial infection in cell

culturesystem,estimationofinfectionbycolonyformingunit(CFU)analysisanduorescence

technique.

In the second part, students will explore key concepts in Ecology, Evolution and behaviour

through eld observations, manipulative experiments and computer simulations. Topics

will include diversity and distributions of organisms, competition and predation, species

interactions, sexual selection and mate choice, habituation and adaptation, learning and

memory, as well as natural selection and evolutionary history. There will also be a three-day

triptoanationalpark,wherestudentswilldesignandconducttheirownindependenteld-

based research project.

Instructors: Dipshikha Chakravortty and Maria Thaker

UB 305 and UB 305L (2:1)

UB 305 Genetics

Evolution of Genetics:Mendeliangenestosyntheticgenomes;anoverviewofmodelsystems;

Mendelism;extensionsofMendelism;evolutionoftheconceptofgene;anoverviewofGenetic

Chemistry;Cytogeneticsofchromosomalmutations;variationsinnumberandrearrangement;

gene mutations; basic features and phenotypic effects; genetic recombination and repair;

mobile genetic elements in Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes; genome imprinting & epigenetics;

molecular basis of sex determination and dosage compensation in Caenorhabditis, Drosophila

andman;populationgeneticsandspeciation.

UB 305L

(1) Genetics of Mutants: (a) Drosophila (b) Zebra sh (c) Arabidopsis (2) Chromatographic

analysis of eye pigments in the mutants of Drosophila (3) Mitotic (human), meiotic (mouse/

grasshopper) and polytene chromosomes (Drosophila) (4) Collection of Drosophila species

from wild/nature to study sympatric diversity of species and pattern of genetic variability (5)

Experiments to demonstrate different patterns of inheritance: Genetic crosses and analysis

ofP1, P2,F1, F2  &  test crossprogeny (6) Generationofnew mutations inDrosophila –

thiswillgotilltheendofcourse–studentsneedtocharacterize amutationbasedonwhat

they learn in theory and practical classes (7) Experiments on natural selection and genetic drift

(8) Quantitative characters: Acrostichals and Sternopleurals bristles in Drosophila: Mean,

Standard deviation, t-test (9) Experiments with Genome - Nucleic acids: Isolation of genomic

DNA,restrictiondigestionproles,PCR.

Instructor: H. A. Ranganath

Suggested Books:

 1.Grifths,A.J.F.,Wessler,S.R.,Carroll,S.B.andDoebley,J.2012IntroductiontoGeneticAnalysis,W.H.

Freeman and Company.

2. Pierce, B. A. 2012 Genetics: A Conceptual Approach, W. H. Freeman and Palgrave MacMillan.

Semester 6 (January)

UB 302 (formerly UB 204): Developmental Biology (2:0)

(Core Course for BIO Major)

Introduction, history and concepts of developmentalbiology; thecurrent understandingon

the mechanisms of development using model organisms including invertebrates, vertebrates

andplants;generalprinciplesforthemakingofacomplex,multicellularorganismfromasingle

cell;thecreationofmulticellularity(cellularization,cleavage),reorganizationintogermlayers

(gastrulation),celltypedetermination;creationofspecicorgans,(organogenesis);molecular

mechanisms underlying morphogenetic movements, differentiation, and interactions during

development;fundamentaldifferencesbetweenanimalandplantdevelopment;embryogenesis

inplant–classicalandmodernviews;axisspecicationandpatternformationinangiosperm

embryos; organization and homeostasis in the shoot and root meristems; patterning in

vegetativeandowermeristems;growthandtissuedifferentiationinplants;stemcellsand

regeneration;evolutionofdevelopmentalmechanisms.

Instructors: Usha Vijayraghavan, Upendra Nongthomba and Utpal Nath

Suggested Books:

1. Wolpert, L. and Tickle, C. 2010 Principles of Development, 4th edition, Oxford University Press.

2. Gilbert, S. F. 2010 Developmental Biology, 9th edition, Sinauer Associates.

3. Slack, J. M. W. 2012 Essential Developmental Biology, 3rd edition, John Wiley & Sons.

4. Leyser, O. and Day, S. 2003 Mechanisms in Plant Development, Willey-Blackwell.

5. Taiz, L. and Zeiger, E. 2010 Plant Physiology, 5th edition, Sinauer Associates.

6. Alberts, B. 2008 Molecular Biology of the Cell, 5th edition, Garland Science.

UB 303L: Experiments in Molecular Biophysics (0:1)

(Core Course for BIO Major)

UV spectroscopy of proteins (quantitation and determination of extinction coefcient).

Fluorescence spectroscopy of proteins. UV spectroscopy of DNA (determination of melting

temperatureandinuenceofbuffercomposition).CDspectroscopyofproteinsandcalculation

of helical contents. CD spectroscopy of DNA and monitoring conversion of B-form DNA

[poly(dG-dC)] to Z-form DNA in high salt. Mass spectroscopy of proteins (determination of mass

and MS-MS analysis). Study of protein oligomerization by dynamic light scattering. Estimation

of free sulfhydryl groups in proteins by DTNB titration and its validation by mass spectroscopy

and iodoacetamide labeling.

Instructors: Jayanta Chatterjee

UB 304L: Experiments in Neurobiology (0:1)

Thevertebratenervoussystemanditsorganization;theoryanddemonstrationofstereotactic

surgery in rodents; demonstration of tissue sectioning techniques; preparation of primary

neuronal cultures and imaging neurons; theory and demonstration of neuronal activity;

introduction to behavioural measurements and statistical analysis.

Prerequisite: NS 201 (AUG) (3:0)

Instructors:

Vijayalakshmi Ravindranath and Shymala Mani

Semester 8 (January)

UB 401: Research Project (0:16)

An independent research project will be performed by all UG-Biology major students under

the supervision of faculty. It is recommended that students initiate laboratory work during

the summer break post completion of the sixth semester. The progress of the project will be

monitored at the end of the seventh semester. The submitted project report will be graded

before the end of the eighth semester as follows: faculty assessment (30% marks), independent

referee(30%marks) and presentation(40%).Basedonthe student’s performance,thenal

grade will be determined.

Instructors: Faculty members in the Division of Biological Sciences, IISc

ADDITIONAL COURSES IN SEMESTERS 5, 6, 7 and 8:

Please see courses listed in the Scheme of Instruction for postgraduate students and select

appropriate courses in consultation with the faculty advisor and UG-Biology Coordinators.

CHEMISTRY

Semester 1 (August)

UC 101: Physical Principles of Chemistry (2:1)

Bohr theory, Wave Particle Duality, Uncertainty principle, Schrödinger equation, H-atom and

atomic orbitals, electron spin, Pauli principle and many electron atoms. Chemical bonding:

covalent and ionic bonding, valence bond theory, hybridization and resonance; molecular

orbital theory. Homonuclear and heteronuclear diatomics, potential energy curves and

intermolecularinteractions;elementsofspectroscopy,vanderWaalsequationofstate;theory

of chemical reactions.

Instructors: K. L. Sebastian, Atanu Bhattacharya and Moumita Koley

Suggested Books:

1. McQuarrie, D. A. and Simon, J. D. Physical Chemistry, Viva Books.

2. Gray, H. B. 1965 Electrons and Chemical Bonding, W.A. Benjamin Inc.

3. Peter Atkins, and Julio De Paula, Elements of Physical Chemistry, 5/E, Oxford University Press, Indian Edition.

4. Ira, N. and Levine, 2008 Physical Chemistry, Tata McGraw Hill.

5. Barrow, G. M. 2007 Physical Chemistry, McGraw Hill.

Semester 2 (January)

UC 103: Basic Inorganic Chemistry (2:1)

Multi-electron atoms–periodictrends;chemicalbonding:ionicsolids,CFT:d-orbitalsplitting,

tetrahedral,squareplanar,cubicandoctahedralcrystalelds,covalentbonding;Lewismodel

(2 Dim); VSEPR (3 Dim) hybridization; molecular orbital theory: heteronuclear diatomics,

triatomics;shapesofmaingroupcompounds;acid-basechemistry:concepts,measuresofacid-

base strength, HSAB. Main group chemistry: carbon group compounds & noble gases.

Instructors: P. S. Mukherjee and Moumita Koley

Suggested Books:

1. Lee, J. D. Concise Inorganic Chemistry, 5/E, Oxford University Press, Indian Edition.

2. Miessler, G. L. and Tarr, D. A. Pearson Inorganic Chemistry, Third Edition.

3. Shriver, D. F., Atkins, P. W. and Langford, C. H. Inorganic Chemistry, Oxford University Press.

4. Huheey, J. E., Keiter, E. A. and Keiter, R. L. Inorganic Chemistry, 4/E, Pearson Education Asia.

Semester 3 (August)

UC 206: Basic Organic Chemistry (2:1)

Nomenclature of organic compounds, Bonding and molecular structure, Aromaticity, Acids

and bases, Reaction mechanism: substitution, aromatic substitution, elimination, addition and

rearrangements,Oxidation-reduction.Introductiontochiralityandstereochemistry;elements

of symmetry; congurational nomenclatures; optical activity; chiral resolution and kinetic

resolution; stereospecic and stereoselective reactions and mechanisms; conformation of

acyclic and cyclic systems.

Instructors: Mrinmoy De, T. K. Chakraborty, K. R. Prabhu and Anuradha Mukherjee

Suggested Books:

1. Solomons, T. W. G. and Fryhle, C. 2009 Organic Chemistry, John Wiley & Sons.

2. McMurry, J. E. 2007 Organic Chemistry 7th edition, Thomson.

3. Bruice, P. Y. Organic Chemistry, 6th edition, Pearson.

4. Nasipuri, D. Stereochemistry of Organic Compounds, Principles and Applications.

5. Eliel, E. L. Stereochemistry of Carbon Compounds.

Prerequisite: None

Semester 4 (January)

UC 202: Thermodynamics and Electrochemistry (2:0)

(Core for Majors)

Intermolecular forces and interaction potentials, equations of state. Laws of thermodynamics,

state and path functions,intensive and extensivequantities. Energy, enthalpy, specic heat,

chemical potential, entropy, free energy. Application to engines, phase change, mixtures, and

chemical equilibrium. Colligative Properties. Activity and activity coefcient, Debye-Hückel

theory and ionic conductivity, Nernst equation and cells. Electrode thermodynamics and

kinetics, interfacial phenomena.

Instructor: Anshu Pandey

Suggested Books:

 1.McQuarrie,andSimon,PhysicalChemistry–AMolecularapproach.

2. Silbey, Alberty, and Bawendi, Physical Chemistry.

3. Berry, Rice, and Ross, Physical Chemistry.

4. Fermi, E., Thermodynamics.

5. Crow, D. R. Principles and Applications of Electrochemistry.

UC 207: Instrumental Methods of Chemical Analysis (2:1)

(Core for Majors and Minors)

Propagation of errors in measurement, statistical analysis of data, etc. Separation Techniques:

Extraction and separation, principles of chromatography. Electroanalytical Techniques:

Voltammetry and its variants, ion selective electrodes and electrochemical techniques for

analysis Spectroscopic Techniques: Atomic absorption/emission, Electronic, Fluoresecence,

and Vibrational (IR and Raman) Spectroscopy: basic principles, operation and application to

chemical problems. NMR Spectroscopy: Basic principles and operation, application of one

dimensionalNMRforidenticationofchemicals.MassSpectrometry:PrinciplesandApplications.

Instructors: H. S. Atreya and Anuradha Mukherjee

Suggested Book:

1. Skoog, Fundamentals of Analytical Chemistry, 8th edition, West, Holler and Crouch.

UC 204: Inorganic Chemistry: Chemistry of Elements (2:0)

(Core for Majors)

Chemistryofd-blockelements:bonding-VBT,CFT,MOT;Orgeldiagrams;descriptivechemistry

of metals: periodic trends, chemistry of various oxidation states of transition metals, oxidation

states and EMFs of groups; bioinorganic chemistry: metals in biological systems, heme and

non-hemeproteins,metalloenzymes;Chemistryoff-blockelements.

Instructor: A. R. Chakravarty

Suggested Books:

1. Shriver, D. F. and Atkins, P. W. Inorganic Chemistry, 4th edition, ELBS.

2. Huheey, J. E., Lieter, E. and Leiter, K. Inorganic Chemistry, Harper International Edition.

3. Greenwood, and Earnshaw, Chemistry of Elements, Maxwell Macmillan.

4. Cottton, and Wilkinson, Advanced Inorganic Chemistry, Wiley International.

UC 205: Basic Organic Reactions (2:0)

(Core for Majors)

Acidsandbases:effectofstructure,kinetic&thermodynamicacidity,general&specicacid/

base catalysis; Reactions of carbon-carbon multiple bonds: addition of halogens, hydrogen

halides & interhalogen compounds, hydration, epoxidation, dihydroxylation, ozonolysis,

cyclopropanation, hydrogenation; Reactions of carbonyl compounds: addition to carbonyls,

oxidation, reduction, rearrangements & their applications, C–C bond forming reactions

involvingcarbonyls;Introductiontopericyclicreactions:cycloadditions,electrocyclicreactions,

sigmatropic rearrangement and group transfer reactions. Introduction to organometallic

reagents: Grignard reagents, organolithium, organocopper and organozinc compounds.

Instructor: Santanu Mukherjee

Suggested Books:

1. Norman, R. O. C. and Coxon, J. M. 1993 Principles of Organic Synthesis, 3rd edition.

2. Carruthers, W. and Coldham, I. 2004 Modern Methods of Organic Synthesis, 4th edition, Cambridge University Press.

3. Clayden, J., Greeves, N., Warren, S. and Wothers, P. 2000 Organic Chemistry, Oxford University Press.

4. Carey, F. A. and Sundberg, R. J. 2007 Advanced Organic Chemistry, Part A & Part B, 5th edition, Springer.

Pre-requisite: Successful completion of UC201

Semester 5 (AUG)

CD 211: Physical Chemistry I - Quantum Chemistry and Group Theory (3:0)

(Core for Majors)

PostulatesofQuantumMechanicsandintroductiontooperators;Exactlysolvableproblems

Perturbational and Variational Methods, Hückel model, Many electron Atoms, Slater

determinants, Hartree-FockVariational Method for atoms; Molecular Quantum Mechanics,

Symmetry and Group theory, Point Groups, Reducible and Irreducible Representations (IR),

Great Orthogonality theorem, Projection operators, Applications to molecular orbitals and

normal modes of vibration and selection rules in spectroscopy.

Instructors: S. Ramasesha and D. D. Sarma

Suggested Books:

1. Levine, Quantum Chemistry.

 2.Grifths,D.,IntroductiontoQuantumMechanics.

3. Cotton, F. A., Chemical Applications of Group Theory.

CD 212: Inorganic Chemistry -Main group and Coordination Chemistry (3:0)

(Core for Majors)

Main group: hydrogen and its compounds-ionic, covalent, and metallic hydrides, hydrogen

bonding;chemistryoflithium,beryllium,boron,nitrogen,oxygenandhalogengroups;chains,

rings, and cage compounds; Coordination chemistry: molecular orbital theory, spectral and

magneticproperties;Tanabe-Suganodiagrams;inorganicreactionsandmechanisms:hydrolysis

reactions,substitutionreactionstrans-effect;isomerizationreactions,redoxreactions;mixed

valencesystems;chemistryoflanthanidesandactinideelements.

Instructors: E. D. Jemmis and P. Thilagar

Suggested Books:

1. Shriver, and Atkins,’ Inorganic Chemistry by: Atkins, Overton, Rourke, Weller and Armstrong, Fifth Edition.

South Asia Edition (paper back), Oxford University Press, 2010.

2. Bochmann, M., Cotton, F. A., Wilkinson, G. and Murilla, C. A. 2007 Advanced Inorganic Chemistry, 6th edition,

Wiley Student Edition, NY.

3. Huheey, J. E., Keiter, E. A., Keiter, R. L. and Medhi, O. K. 2006 Inorganic Chemistry, Principles of Structure

and Reactivity, 4th edition, Pearson.

CD 213: Organic Chemistry – Structure & Reactivity (3:0)

(Core for Majors)

Stereochemistry and chirality; Conformation of acyclic and cyclic compounds including

medium rings, effect of conformation on reactivity. Methods of deducing organic reaction

mechanisms: Kinetic analysis, Hammond postulate, Curtin-Hammett principle. Linear free

energyrelationships–Hammettequation.Kineticisotopeeffects.Solventeffectsonreaction

rates.

Reactive intermediates, classical and nonclassical carbocations, carbanions, free radicals,

carbenes, nitrenes, arynes, radical ions, diradicals. Photochemistry. Concerted reactions. FMO

theory, Woodward-Hoffman rules.

Instructors: Uday Maitra and Mrinmoy De/S. Chandrasekhar

Suggested Books:

1. Anslyn, E. V. and Dougherty, D. A. 2006 Modern Physical Organic Chemistry, University Science Books.

2. Smith, M. B. and March J. 2007 March’s Advanced Organic Chemistry: Reactions, Mechanisms and Structure,

6th edition, Wiley.

3. Carey, F. A. and Sundberg, R. J. 2008 Advanced Organic Chemistry, Part A, 5th edition, Plenum.

4. Lowry, T. M. and Richardson, K. S. 1998 Mechanism and Theory in Organic Chemistry, Third Edition, Addison-

Wesley-Longman.

Current Literature

Prerequisites: Successful completion of UC201 and 205 for UG

UC 301: Organic & Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory (0:1)

(Core for Majors)

Common organic transformations such as esterication, Diels-Alder reaction, oxidation-

reduction,Grignardreaction,etc. Isolationandpuricationofproductsbychromatographic

techniques, characterization of puried products by IR and NMR spectroscopy. Synthesis

of coordination complexes, preparation of compounds of main group elements, synthesis

of organometallic complexes. Physico-chemical characterization of these compounds by

analytical and spectroscopic techniques.

Instructors: K. R. Prabhu, P. Thilagar, S. Natarajan and A. Srinivasan

Semester 6 (January)

CD 221: Physical Chemistry II: Statistical Mechanics (3:0)

(Core for Majors)

Review of thermodynamics, ensembles, partition functions, Classical and quantum statistics.

Applicationtoblackbodyradiation,electronconduction,molecularsystems,specicheatsof

solids,classicaluidsandphasetransitions.

Instructor: Govardhan Reddy

Suggested Books:

1. Callen, H. B., Thermodynamics and Introduction to Thermostatistics.

2. Fermi, E., Thermodynamics.

3. McQuarrie, D. A., Statistical Mechanics.

4. Chandler, D., Introduction to Modern Statistical Mechanics .

CD 222: Materials Chemistry (3:0)

(Core for Majors)

Structure of solids, symmetry concepts, crystal structure. Preparative methods and

characterization of inorganic solids. Crystal defects and non-stoichiometry. Interpretation

of phase diagrams, phase transitions. Kinetics of phase transformations, structure property

correlations in ceramics, glasses, polymers. Composites and nano-materials. Basics of magnetic,

electrical, optical, thermal and mechanical properties of solids.

Instructor: Bikramjit Basu

Suggested Books:

1. West, A. R. 1984 Solid State Chemistry and its Applications, John Wiley and Sons.

2. Shackelford, J. F. 1988 Introduction to Materials Science for Engineers, MacMillan.

CD 223: Organic Synthesis (3:0)

(Core for Majors)

Synthetic methods, methodologies and mechanisms in reductions, oxidations of carbon-

carbonandcarbon-heteroatombonds;Carbon-carbonbond-formingmethodologiesthrough

ionic,radical,concerted and organometallic reactionmechanisms;Approachestomulti-step

synthesis with examples of chosen natural and un-natural product synthesis, through anti-

thetic analysis and logical synthesis.

Instructors: N. Jayaraman and T. K. Chakraborty

Suggested Books:

1. House, H. O. 1972 Modern Synthetic Methods, W. A. Benjamin, Inc.

2. Smith, M. B. 2002 Organic Synthesis, McGraw-Hill.

3. Corey, E. J. and Chung, 1989 Logic in Chemical Synthesis, John-Wiley & Sons.

Chosenprimaryliteratureandreviewarticles.

Prerequisites:UGstudentshavingcompletedUC205,CD213;Chemistrymajorstudents

UC 302: Physical and Analytical Chemistry Laboratory (0:1)

(Core for Majors)

Chemical kinetics. Langmuir adsorption, chemical analysis by potentiometric and

conductometricmethods,cyclicvoltametry,amephotometry,electronicstatesbyUV-Visible

spectroscopy, IR spectroscopy, solid state chemistry -synthesis of solids and chemical analysis.

Thermogravimetry. X-ray diffraction, electrical and magnetic properties of solids. Vacuum

techniques in preparative chemistry.

Instructors: S. Sampath, A. J. Bhattacharyya, C. Shivakumara and A. Srinivasan

Suggested Book:

1. Vogel, A. I. 1989 Vogel’s text book of quantitative chemical analysis Longman.

UC 303: Basic Organometallic Chemistry (3:0)

(Core for Majors)

Structure and bonding in organometallic compounds – isolobal analogies, metal carbonyls,

carbenes and NHC complexes, olen and acetylene complexes, alkyls and allyl complexes,

metallocenes. Major reaction types – oxidative addition, reductive elimination, insertion,

isomerization and rearrangement reactions. Catalytic reactions: metathesis, hydrogenation,

allylic activation, C-C coupling reactions, C-X coupling.

Instructor: A. G. Samuelson

Suggested Books:

1. Elschenbroich, Ch. 2005 Organometallics, 3rd edition, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim.

2. Gupta, B. D. and Elias, A. J. 2013 Basic Organometallic Chemistry: Concepts, Syntheses and Applications

(Second edition).

Semester 7 (August)

UC 401: Basic Organometallic Chemistry (3:0)

(Core for Majors)

Structure and bonding in organometallic compounds – isolobal analogies, metal carbonyls,

carbenes and NHC complexes, olen and acetylene complexes, alkyls and allyl complexes,

metallocenes. Major reaction types – oxidative addition, reductive elimination, insertion,

isomerization and rearrangement reactions. Catalytic reactions: metathesis, hydrogenation,

allylic activation, C-C coupling reactions, C-X coupling.

Instructor: A. G. Samuelson

Suggested Books:

1. Elschenbroich, Ch. 2005 Organometallics, 3rd edition, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim.

2. Gupta, B. D. and Elias, A. J. 2013 Basic Organometallic Chemistry: Concepts, Syntheses and Applications

(Second edition).

UC 402: Molecular Spectroscopy, Dynamics and Photochemistry (3:0)

(Core for Majors)

Energy levels of molecules and their symmetry. Polyatomic rotations and normal mode

vibrations.Electronicenergystatesandconicalintersections(6);time-dependentperturbation

theoryandselectionrules(6);microwave,infraredandRaman,electronicspectroscopy(12);

energy transfer by collisions, both inter and intra-molecular. Unimolecular and bimolecular

reactionsandrelationsbetweenmolecularityandorderofreactions,ratelaws(6);temperature

and energy dependence of rate constants, collision theory and transition state theory, RRKM

and other statistical theories (6); photochemistry, quantum yield, photochemical reactions,

chemiluminescence, bioluminescence, kinetics and photophysics (6).

Instructor: E. Arunan

Suggested Books:

1. Levine, I. N., Molecular Spectroscopy.

2. McHale, J. L., Molecular Spectroscopy.

3. Steinfeld, J. I., Fransisco, J. S. and Hase, W. L., Chemical Kinetics and Dynamics.

4. Laidler, K. J., Chemical Kinetics.

ENGINEERING

Semester 1 (August)

UE 101: Algorithms and Programming (2:1)

Notions of algorithms and data structures. Introduction to C programming. Importance of

algorithms and data structures in programming. Notion of complexity of algorithms and the

Big O notation. Iteration and Recursion. Algorithm analysis techniques. Arrays and common

algorithms with arrays. Linked lists and common algorithms with linked lists. Searching with

hash tables and binary search trees. Pattern search algorithms. Sorting algorithms including

quick-sort, heap-sort, and merge-sort. Graphs: shortest path algorithms, minimal spanning

tree algorithms, depth rstand breadth rst search. Algorithm design techniquesincluding

greedy, divide and conquer, and dynamic programming.

Instructor: V. Susheela Devi

Suggested Books:

1. Kerninghan, B. W. and Ritchie, D. M. 2009 The C Programming Language, Prentice Hall of India, New Delhi.

2. Dromey, R. G. 2006 How to Solve it by Computer, Pearson Education India.

3. Kruse, R. L. 2006 Data Structures and Program Design in C, Prentice Hall of India, New Delhi.

4. Skiena, S. S. 2008 The Algorithm Design Manual, Springer, Second Edition.

Semester 2 (January)

UE 102: Introduction to Electrical and Electronics Engineering (2:1)

Ohm’s law, KVL, KCL, Resistors and their characteristics, Categories of resistors, series parallel

resistor networks. Capacitors and their characteristics, Simple capacitor networks, Simple RC

Circuit and differential equation analysis, Frequency domain analysis and concepts of transfer

function, magnitude and phase response, poles. Inductors and their characteristics, a simple LR

circuit and differential equation analysis, frequency domain transfer function and time constant,

LRC circuit and second order differential equation, frequency domain analysis, resonance and

Quality factor. Introduction to Faraday’s and Lenz’s laws, magnetic coupling and transformer

action for step up and step down. Steady State AC analysis and introduction to phasor concept,

lead and lag of phases in inductors and capacitors, Concept of single phase and three phase

circuits. Semiconductor concepts, electrons & holes, PN junction concept, built-in potential,

forwardandreversecurrentequations,diodeoperationandrectication,Zenerdiodes,Simple

Diodecircuitslikehalf-waverectierandfull-waverectier.NPNandPNPbipolartransistor

action,currentequations,commonemitteramplierdesign,biasingandtheoryofoperation.

MOSFET as a switch, introduction to PMOS and NMOS.

Introduction to Opamp concept, Characterisitics of an ideal opamp a simple realisation of

opamp using transistors, Various OPAMP based circuits for basic operations like summing,

amplication,integrationanddifferentiation,IntroductiontofeedbackconceptLAB:Designof

3 transistor opamp and its characterisation. Simple OPAMP applications using 741. MOSFET

circuitsfor some simplegates, simple combinationalfunctions.Basic ip-op operationand

clocks in digital design, Introduction to A/D conversion, Introduction to 8051 microcontroller

and assembly language programming.

Instructor: M. K. Gunasekaran

Suggested Book:

1. Horowitz, and Hill, Art of Electronics, Second Edition.

Semester 3 (August)

UE 200: Introduction to Earth and its Environment (2:0)

Evolution of earth as habitable planet, Evolution of life through geological times, Exploring the

earthanditsenvironment,Originofgravitationalandmagneticelds,Platetectonics,howit

worksandshapestheearth,Internalgeosystems;earthquakesandvolcanoes,Climatechanges

through time, Basic geological process and their relation to natural resources, Natural hazards

and human environment.

Groundwater occurrence and recharge process, Groundwater movement and hydrology,

Groundwater as resource, Quality and contamination, Modeling and managing groundwater

systems.

Natural resources and projection to future,Solid waste management, Environmental threats,

Sustainabledevelopment,Biodiversityanditssignicance.

Field visit to environmentally sensitive area.

Instructors: Kusala Rajendran and M. Sekhar

Suggested Books:

1. Grotzinger, J. and Jordan, T. H. 2010 Understanding Earth, Sixth Edition, W. H. Freeman.

2. Younger, P. L. 2007 Groundwater in the Environment: An Introduction, Blackwell Publishing.

3. Mihelcic, J. R. and Zimmerman, J. B. 2010 Environmental Engineering: Fundamentals, Sustainability &

Design, Wiley.

4. Bharucha, E. 2004 Text book for Environmental Studies, UGC, New Delhi.

UE 202: Introduction to Materials Science (2:0)

Bonding, types of materials, basics of crystal structures and crystallography. Thermodynamics,

thermochemistry, unary systems, methods of structural characterization. Thermodynamics

of solid solutions, phase diagrams, defects, diffusion. Solidication. Solid-solid phase

transformations. Mechanical behaviour: elasticity, plasticity, fracture. Electrochemistry and

corrosion. Band structure, electrical, magnetic and optical materials. Classes of practical

materials systems: metallic alloys, ceramics, semiconductors,composites.

Instructor: Kaushik Chatterjee

Suggested Book:

1. Callister, W. D. 2007 Materials Science and Engineering, Wiley, India.

Semesters 4, 5 and 6

The students can take courses within the following pool.

Pool of Elective Courses

UE201:IntroductiontoScienticComputing(2:1)

(Semester 4/6) (January)

Numberrepresentation,stabilityandconvergenceanderroranalysis;Interpolation:Lagrange,

Newton’sDividedDifference,Neville;Rootnding:Bisection,Newton-Raphson,Secant,Regula

falsi,Ridders,Steffensen;Dataanalysisandtting:Goodnessoft,Chi-Squaretest;Numerical

integration and differentiation: Newton-Cotes, Gaussian quadrature, Romberg integration,

Importancesampling;NumericalsolutionofODEs:EulerandRunge-Kuttamethods;Fourier

Series and Fourier Transforms, Basics of Sampling Theory, DFT and FFT; Simple computer

implementation exercises.

Instructor: S. Raha

Suggested Books:

1. Kreyszig, E. 2011 Advanced Engineering Mathematics, 10th edition, John Wiley & Sons.

 2.Press,W.H.,Teukolsky,S.A.,Vetterling,W.T.andFlannery,B.P.2007NumericalRecipes:TheArtofScienti

Computing, 3rd edition, Cambridge Univ. Press.

3. Hildebrand, F. B. 1987 Introduction to Numerical Analysis, 2nd edition, Dover Publications, (First South-

 AsianEdition–2008).

4. Burden, R. L. and Faires, J. D. 2010 Numerical Analysis: Theory and Applications, India Edition, Cengage

Brooks-Cole Publishers.

UE 204: Elements of solid mechanics (3:0) (Semester 4/6) (January)

Elastic bodies. Axial and shear stresses. Hooke’s law. Stress resultants. Axially loaded members.

Torsion of circular bars. Shear force, bending moment, and axial thrust. Theory of simple

bending. Bending and shear stress distribution in beams. Two dimensional state of stress.

Principal stresses and strains. Mohr’s diagram. Pressure vessels. Combined states of stress and

failure theories. Detection of beams. Statically indeterminate beams. Unsymmetrical bending.

Shear centre. Buckling of columns. Energy methods. Principle of virtual work. Castiglianos

theorems and applications.

Instructors: C.S.Jog,AnanthRamaswamy and C. S. Manohar

Suggested Books:

1. Gere, J. M. and Timoshenko, S. P. 1984 Mechanics of Materials, 2nd edition, CBS Publishers, New Delhi.

2. Popov, E. P. 1990, Engineering Mechanics of Solids, Prentice Hall, New Jersey.

3. Utku, S., Norris, C. H. and Wilbur, J. B. 1991 Elementary Structural Analysis, McGraw-Hill, New York.

4. Crandall, S. H. and Dahl, N. C. 1959 An Introduction to Mechanics of Solids, McGraw-Hill, New York.

DIVISION OF MECHANICAL SCIENCES

Department of Materials Engineering

Course

Number

Course Title Credits Semester Prerequisites Comments

UMT 203

Materials

Thermodynamics

3:0 Jan None No limit

MT 271

Introduction to

Biomaterials

Science and

Engineering

3:0 Aug None No limit

MT 253

Mechanical

Behaviour of

Materials

3:0 Aug

MT 250/PD 205/

ME228

No limit

MT 260/

CH 237

Polymer Science

Engineering

3:0 Aug None No limit

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Course

Number

Course Title Credits Semester Prerequisites Comments

ME 201 Fluid Mechanics 3:0 Aug(5th Sem) UP 101, UP 202 20

ME 228

Materials &

Structure Property

Correlations

3:0 Aug(5th Sem) None 15

ME 240

Dynamics &

Control of

Mechanical

Systems

3:0 Aug None 10

ME 271 Thermodyamics 3:0 Aug(7th Sem) UC 202

ME 256

Variational

Methods &

Structural

Optimization

3:0 Jan(6th Sem) None

Max 15 UG

Students

ME 251 Biomechanics 3:0

Check with

instructor

UE 204

Elements of Solid

Mechanics

3:0 Jan

No limit

Department of Aerospace Engineering

Course

Number

Course Title Credits Semester Prerequisites Comments

AE 221

Flight vehicle

structures

3:0 Aug None

Max 10 UG

students

AE 224

Analysis & design

of Composite

Structures

3:0 Aug/Jan None

Max 10 UG

students

AE 227

Multi-body

Dynamics

using Symbolic

Manipulators

3:0 Aug None

Max 10 UG

students

AE 259

Navigation,

Guidance & Control

3:0 Aug None

Max 10 UG

students

AE 266

Introduction to

Neural Network

and Engineering

Applications

3:0 Aug/Jan None

Max 10 UG

Students

AE 262

Guidance Theory &

Applications

3:0 Jan None

Max 10 UG

students

AE 281

Introduction to

Helicopters

3:0 Jan None

Max 10 UG

students

Centre for Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

Course

Number

Course Title Credits Semester Prerequisites Comments

AS 230

Atmos

Thermodynamics

3:0 Aug Physics No limit

AS 211

Observational

Techniques

2:1 Aug None 2

AS 209

Mathematical

Methods in Cli Sci

3:0 Aug None No limit

UES 307

Introduction to Solid

Earth

3:0 Jan None No limit

UES 204

Fundamentals of

Climate Science

3:0 Jan None No limit

AS 202 GeoPhys Flu. Dyn. 3:0 Jan Diff. equations No limit

Department of Chemical Engineering

Course

Number

Course Title Credits Semester Prerequisites Comments

CH 201

Chemical Engg

Mathematics

3:0 Aug None

Check with

instructor

CH 202 Numerical Methods 3:0 Aug None No limit

CH 203 Transport Processes 3:0 Aug None

Check with

instructor

CH 204 Thermodynamics 3:0 Aug None

Check with

instructor

CH 237/

MT 260

Polymer Science and

Engineering

3:0 Aug None No limit

CH 205

Chemical Reaction

Engineering

3:0 Jan None

Check with

instructor

Centre for Product Design and Manufacturing

Course

Number

Course Title Credits Semester Prerequisites Comments

PD 201 Elements of Design 2:1 Aug

Check with

instructor

PD 202

Elements of Solid and

Fluid Mechanics

2:1 Aug

Check with

instructor

PD 203

Creative Engineering

Design

2:1

Check with

instructor

PD 212

Computer Aided

Design

2:1 Jan

Max No. of

UGs 15

PD216

Design of Automotive

Systems

Check with

instructor

PD 217

CAE in Product

Design

2:1 Aug

Strength of

Materials,

Numerical

Methods

Max No. of

UGs 15

PD 214

Advanced Materials &

Manufacturing

3:0 Jan

Materials

Science

Max No. of

UGs 15

PD 215

Mechatronics

Systems

2:1 Jan

Control

Systems

Max No. of

UGs 15

Centre for Sustainable Technologies

Course

Number

Course Title Credits Semester Prerequisites Comments

ST 202

Energy Systems and

Sustainability

3:0 Aug None

Max 20 UG

students

ST 201

Thermochemical &

Biological Energy

Recovery from

Biomass

3:0 Jan None

Max 20 UG

students

ScienticComputing

Only one of CH 202/SE 288/ SE 289/UE 203 can be taken, as they are equivalent courses.

Materials Science and Engineering

Only one of UMT 200/MT 250, PD 205, or ME 228 can be taken, as they are equivalent courses.

DIVISION OF ELECTRICAL SCIENCES

Department of Computer Science and Automation

Course

Number

Course Title Credits Semester Prerequisites Comments

E0 251

Data Structures &

Algorithms

3:1 Aug

A or S in UG 101

Algorithms &

Programming

A or S in all

Mathematics

Course in the UG

Programme

Onlyfth

term or

later;Max

number:10

E0 222

Automata Theory

& Computability

3:1 Aug

A or S in UG 101

Algorithms &

Programming

A or S in all

Mathematics

Course in the UG

Programme

Onlyfth

term or

later;Max

number:10

EI 254 Game Theory 3:1 Jan

A or S in UG 101

Algorithms &

Programming

A or S in all

Mathematics

Course in the UG

Programme

Only sixth

term or

later;Max

number:10

Department of Electrical Engineering

Course

Number

Course Title Credits Semester Prerequisites Comments

E1 251

Linear and Nonlinear

Optimisation

3:0 5th or 7th Sem

Multivariate

calculus,

matrices &

linear algebra

Max 15 UGs

E9 201

Digital Signal

Processing

3:0 5th or 7th Sem

A basic

orientation

in Signals and

Systems

Max 25 UGs

Department of Electrical Communication Engineering

Course

Number

Course Title Credits Semester Prerequisites Comments

E3 238 Analog VLSI Circuits 2:1 Aug UE 102

Max 10 UG

students

E7 213

Introduction to

Photonics

3:0 Aug

3rd yr or 4th yr

UG standing

No cap

SERC

Course

Number

Course Title Credits Semester Prerequisites Comments

SE 301 Bioinformatics 2:0 Aug

Check with

instructor

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E0 224 Computational Complexity Theory 3:1

E0 229 Foundations of Data Science

E0 235 Cryptography 3:1

E1 213 Pattern Recognition and Neural Networks 3:1

E1 216 Computer Vision 3:1

E1 254 Game Theory 3:1

E2 201 Information Theory 3:0

E3 214 Microsensor Technologies 3:0

E3 222 Micromachining for MEMS Technology 2:1

E3 253 Industrial Instrumentation

E3 267/IN 222 Microcontroller Applications

E9 213 Time-Frequency Analysis 3:0

E9 282 Neural signal processing 3:0

E9 241 Digital Image Processing 2:1

E9 291 DSP System Design 2:1

INTERDISCIPLINARY PROGRAMS

BioEngineering

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BE 201

Fundamentals of

Biomaterials and

Living Matter

3:0 Aug None No Cap

Center for Nanoscience

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NE 327

Nanoelectronics

Device Technology

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NE 231 Microuidics 3:0 Aug

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NE 201

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EARTH & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

Semester 4 (January)

UES 202: Introduction to Earth Systems

(2:1, Core course for Earth & Env. Sci. Major)

Earth Surface features, concept of Geomorphology, weathering phenmena, physics and

chemistry of earth’s interior, internal processes, tectonics through time, geological time scale,

bio-stratigraphy,earlyearth,rockformation,rockclassication,mineralogy,basicsofcrystal

symmetry, composition of atmosphere and origin of atmosphere, earth like planetary bodies,

evidence of life in other planet, basics of hydrosphere and its component, physical property

of water, elementary oceanography, chemical composition of ocean, evolution of life and its

diversication.

Instructor: Prosenjit Ghosh

Suggested Books:

1. Patwardhan, P. H. I. The Dynamic Earth System, Learning Private Limited, New Delhi, ISBN -978-81-203-1496-2.

2. Kump, L. R., Kasting, J. F. and Crane, R. G. The Earth System, Prentice Hall, ISBN 0-13-142059-3.

3. Thompson, G. R. and Turk, J. Modern Physical Geology, Saunder College Publishing.

UES 206: Experimental Methods in Environmental Chemistry

(1:2, Core Course for Earth & Env. Sci. Major)

Characterization of Water Quality - Electrical conductivity, pH, Chlorides, Sulphates, Alkalinity,

Hardness. Characterization of pollutants in water - Estimation using spectroscopic and

chromatographic techniques. Determination of dissolved and suspended solids in water

samples, determination of turbidity of water samples.

Determination of chlorine in bleaching powder, Determine the optimum dosage of coagulant

for coagulation of suspended solids in water sample.

Estimation of total coliforms by MPN and Membrane Filtration Method.

Soil surface sorption properties - Cation exchange capacity, organic content, grain size

distribution, pore water salinity.

Sampling and measurement techniques in air quality - Gaseous pollutants and particulates, air

quality standards, Instrumental techniques for gas analysis.

Instructors: Sudhakar Rao and P. Raghuveer Rao

Suggested Books:

1. APHA, 1999 Standard methods for the examination of water and wastewater. American Public Health

Association, 20th edition, Washington DC.

2. SP 36 : Part 1 : 1987 Compendium of Indian standards on soil engineering: Part 1- Laboratory testing of

soils for civil engineering purposes.

UES 204: Fundamentals of Climate Science

(3:0, Core Course for Earth & Env. Sci. Major)

Atmospheric structure and composition, Observations and theory of the general circulation of

the atmosphere, Global energy balance, Radiative processes in the atmosphere, the greenhouse

effect, natural and anthropogenic climate change, waves in the atmosphere, clouds, weather

systems, tropical dynamics and monsoons, ocean circulation

Instructors: G. Bala and Arindam Chakraborty

Suggested Books:

1. Hartmann, D. L. 1994 Global Physical Climatology, Academic Press.

2. Wallace, J. M. and Hobbs, P. V. Aytmospheric Sciences: An Introductory Survey, Academic Press.

3. Peixoto, J. P. and Oort, A. H. Physcs of Climate. American Institute of Physics, New York.

Semester 5 (August)

UES 301: Environmental Hydrology

(3:0, Core Course for Earth & Env. Sci. Major)

Basicconcepts,denitionandscopeofenvironmentalhydrology,hydrologicalcycleandenergy

budget,Hydro-meteorologicalprocesses,watershedhydrology;hydrologyofforests,wetlands

andurbanareas,climatechange,hydrologicalimpactsofenvironmentalchange;hydrogeology,

water quality issues in surface and groundwater.

Instructor: V. V. Srinivas

Suggested Books:

1. Ward, A. D. and Trimble, S. W. 2004 Environmental Hydrology, Lewis Publishers.

2. Singh, V. P. (Ed.), 1995 Environmental Hydrology, Water Science and Technology Library, Vol. 15.

3. Chow,V. T., Maidment, D. R. and Mays, L. W. 2010 Applied Hydrology, Tata McGraw-Hill Edition.

UES 302: Design Principles in Environmental Engineering

(2:0, Core Course for Earth & Env. Sci. Major)

Laws of conservation: mass, energy and momentum balances.

Fundamentals of chemical reaction engineering: thermodynamics, stoichiometry and kinetics

ofchemicalreactions,chemicalreactors–stirredtankandplugowreactors.

Design for waste water treatment processes: physical unit operations such as sedimentation

andltration,chemicalandbiologicaltreatmentprocesses.

Design for air pollution control: gas-liquid interactions, absorption and adsorption processes,

particulate emission control.

Instructor: Jayant M. Modak

Suggested Books:

1. Davis, M. and Masten, S. 2004 Principles of Environmental Engineering, McGraw Hill.

2. Davis, M. and Cornwell, D. 2006 Introduction to Environmental Engineering, McGraw Hill.

3. Mihelcic, J. and Zimmerman, J. B. 2010 Environmental Engineering: Fundamentals, sustainability and

Design, John Wiley.

4. Spellman F. R. and Whiting, N. E. 2005 Environmental Engineer’s Mathematics Handbook, CRC Press.

UES 303: Introduction to Geochemistry:

(2:1, Elective)

Geochemical Fundamentals/Chemistry Review, The Elements; basic principles of inorganic

chemistry, periodic properties, thermodynamics and chemical reactions, solubility, Aquatic

Chemistry, pH-pE, Biology and redox, Organic Chemistry.

High temperature Geochemistry - Planetary geochemistry, Age and Origin of the Solar System,

Planet formation, differentiation of the Earth, igneous processes, Radiogenic isotope geology/

Geochronology.

Low temperature geochemistry - The hydrologic cycle and Sedimentary geochemistry, Chemical

Processes, Photosynthesis/respiration, Aquatic Microbial Biochemistry in rain, rivers, lakes,

estuaries, Chemical weathering, soil formation, geochemistry of clays, The oceans, marine

chemistry, primary productivity, Gaia, Marine Sediments: a record of environmental global

history, light isotope geochemistry, Global Climate: Present and Future, atmospheric CO.

Lab component: It will involve exposure to instrumental methods which include (a) titration

(b) chromatography using liquid and gas columns (c) analyses of cation and anion using Ion

Chromatography, towards chemical analysis of rock samples, measurement of soil moisture

contents, geo-chemical characterization of rock samples and determination of CO2

concentrations in air.

Instructor: Prosenjit Ghosh

Suggested Books:

1. Walther, J. V. 2009 Essentials of Geochemistry, Jones and Bartlett Publishers 2nd edition.

2. Gill, R. 1995 Chemical Fundamentals of Geology, Springer, 2nd edition.

UES 304: Introduction to Basic Geology

(2:1, Elective)

Classicationofrocks;geologyofsouthernIndia:tectonicconcepts;theearthstructuresandits

signicance;shear/suturezones-identication,interpretationandimplications,uidinuence

in shear zones; petrological, geochemical and geochronological: methods, approaches and

inferences, origin-exhumation-weathering; the rock cycle, landforms, element mobility and

interactions;linkingrocks/mineralchemistrytotectonicswithIndianexamples.

Laboratory component: Sample preparation of rock specimens, petrological observation of

rock and mineral thin sections.

Instructor: K. Sajeev

Suggested Books:

1. Vernon, R. H. and Clarke, G. 2008 Principles of Metamorphic Petrology, Cambridge University Pres.

2. Vernon, R. H. 2004 A Practical Guide to Rock Microstructure, Cambridge University Press.

3. Rollinson, H. R. 1993 Using Geochemical Data: Evaluation, Presentation, Interpretation, Longman

Publishing Group.

 4. Condie,K.C.2004EarthasanEvolvingPlanetarySystem,AcademicPress;1stedition.

5. Pluijm, B. A. V. D. and Marshak, S. 2003. Earth Structure: An Introduction to Structural Geology and

Tectonics, W. W. Norton & Co. Inc., 2nd edition.

6. Philpotts, A. R. 2003 Petrography of Igneous and Metamorphic Rocks, Waveland Press, Inc.

UES 310: Experimental Methods in Solid Waste Management

(1:2, Elective)

Solidwastecharacterization–Waterleachtest,ToxicityCharacteristicLeachProcedure.

Pollutantsorption capacity characterization–Kinetics&adsorptionisotherms,Distribution

coefcients.

Pollutanttransport–Columnexperimentstoevaluatetransportandpartitioninginvadoseand

saturatedzones,Diffusioncoefcients.

Laboratorydeterminationofsoilpermeabilityforcontaminantow.

Chemicalsolidicationofcontaminatedwastes-Limeandcementstabilization,Leachingand

compressive strength measurements.

Instructors: Sudhakar Rao and P. Raghuveer Rao

Suggested Books:

1. US EPA Publication SW-846: Test Methods for Evaluating Solid Waste, Physical/Chemical Methods, 1996.

2. BIS Compendium on Engineering Properties of Soils.

Semester 6 (January)

UES306:SurfaceandGroundwaterQuality

(3:0, Core Course for Earth & Env. Sci. Major)

Hydrologiccycle,Waterandchemicalbudgets;sourcesandtypesofwaterpollution,Water

quality standards, fate and transport in aquatic systems, rivers and streams, lakes & reservoirs,

wetlands,estuaries;groundwaterowandgeologiccontrolsonow,Vadosezonehydrology,

contaminant transport in groundwater, modeling environment.

Instructor: M. Sekhar

Suggested Books:

1. Chin, D. A. 2006 Water Quality Engineering in Natural Systems, Willey InterScience.

2. Bedient, P. B., Rifai, H. S. and Newell, C. J. 1994 Ground Water Contamination: Transport and Remediation.

Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, USA.

UES 307: Introduction to Solid Earth

(3:0, Elective)

History of the Earth:

IntroductiontoEarthhistory,originoftheEarthandsolarsystem;origin

andevolutionoflife,massextinctions,interpretationofthegeologicalrecordofEarthhistory;

measurement of geological time, historical development of concepts.

The Dynamic Earth:

Introduction to thedynamic Earth, GravityandMagneticelds, thermal

structureandheatow,Radioactivity,internalstructureoftheearth.Continentaldriftandplate

tectonics, earthquakes, volcanoes, mountain-building processes; igneous and metamorphic

processes;surfaceprocesses,erosion,soil,andsedimentformation,importantmorphological

features on the earth, interactions among the lithospheric, hydrospheric, atmospheric, and

biospheric systems.

Instructor: Kusala Rajendran

Suggested Books:

1. Fowler, C. M. R. 2005 The Solid Earth: An introduction to Global Geophysics, Cambridge University Press.

2. Keary, P. and Vine, F. 1996 Global Tectonics, Blackwell Science.

3. Siever, R., Grotzinger, J., Jordan, T. and Freeman W. H. U2003 Understanding Earth, Frank Press, 4th edition.

UES308:LandllEngineering

(3:0, Elective)

Physico-chemical and engineering properties of soil, Ground water ow and contaminant

transport,Criteriaforlandllsitelocation,Designoflandllcomponentssuchasliners,covers,

leachate collection and removal, Gas generation and management, Principles and methods

ofmonitoring ground waterqualityand quantity,End uses oflandllsites, Risk assessment

approaches, Contaminated site characterization and remediation technologies, Environmental

laws and regulations.

Instructor: G. L. Siva Kumar Babu

Suggested Books:

1. Rowe, R. K., Quigley, R. M., Brachman, R. W. I. and Booker, J. R. Barrier 2004 Systems for Waste Disposal

Facilities, 2nd edition, Spon Press, Taylor & Francis Group, London.

2. Sharma, H. D. and Reddy, K. R. Geoenvironmental Engineering: Site Remediation, Waste Containment and

Emerging Waste Management Technologies, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.

3. Tchobanoglous, G., Theisen, H. and Vigil, S. 1993 Integrated Solid Waste Management - Engineering

Principles and Management Issues, McGraw Hill.

UES309:WastewaterTreatment

(3:0, Elective)

Wastewatergenerationpatterns/sources-quanticationandqualityissues,Pathogensand

microbiological risks from wastewater.

Pollution Indicators - physical, chemical, biological and microbiological.

Water Testing - Physico-chemical properties, Biological and microbiological characteristics.

Microbial Metabolism with respect to waste water remediation and water treatment,

Organic Matter Removal - Anaerobic and Aerobic methods, Modeling activated sludge

processes.

Nitrogen, Phosphorus and Pathogen removal from wastewater, Aquatic and water Toxicity and

toxicology, Physico-chemical basis and processes for aeration, mixing, settling, microbial killing

processes.

Sludge physical properties, settling properties, characterization, remediation, treatment

and disposal.

Membrane Bio-reactors, Anaerobic Wastewater Treatment reactor designs, Hybrid reactors,

BiolmReactors,Anaerobicbiolmreactors.

Micro-biological and Phyto-remediation techniques.

Grey and black water recycling, needs, Ground water pollution, sources and mechanisms,

sustainability issues, in-situ and ex-situ bioremediation.

Instructor: Hoysall Chanakya

Suggested Books:

1. APHA, 1999 Standard methods for the examination of water and wastewater, American Public Health

Association, 20th edition, Washington DC.

2. Tchobanoglous, G., Burton, F. L and Stensel, H. D. 2003 Wastewater engineering, treatment and re-use

(Revised), Metcalf & Eddy Incorporation, Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing Company limited, New Delhi.

3. Relevant papers from current literature.

Semester 7 (August)

UES 401 Natural Hazards and Their Mitigation

(3:0, Core Course for Earth & Env. Sci. Major)

Denitionsandbasicconcepts,differentkindsofhazardsandtheircauses,GeologicHazards:

Earthquakes, causes of earthquakes and their effects, plate tectonics, seismic waves, measures

ofsizeofearthquakes,earthquakeresistantdesignconcepts;Slopeinstabilityandlandslides,

causes of landslides, principles of stability analysis, remedial and corrective measures for slope

stabilisation,ClimaticHazards:Floods,causesofooding,regionaloodfrequencyanalysis,

oodcontrolmeasures,oodrouting,oodforecastingandwarningsystems;Droughts,causes

andtypesofdroughts,effectsofdrought,hazardassessmentanddecisionmaking;UseofGIS

in natural hazard assessment, mitigation and management.

Instructors: K. S. Nanjunda Rao and V. V. Srinivas

Suggested Books:

1. Hyndman, D. and Hyndman, D. 2008 Natural Hazards and Disasters, Brooks/Cole Cengage Learning.

2. Bryant, E. 2005 Natural Hazards, Cambridge University Press.

3. Duncan, J. M. and Wright, S. G. 2005 Soil Strength and Slope Stability, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

4. Elnashai, A. S. and Sarno, L. D. 2008 Fundamentals of Earthquake Engineering, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

UES 402 Green Chemistry

(2:0, Elective)

Introduction and principles of green chemistry, Tools of green chemistry-alternative starting

material, alternative target/product, Process analytical chemistry, Evaluation of methods to

design safer chemicals, Reaction types, yield and atom economy, Examples of green chemistry,

Solid acids and bases as catalysts, Organocatalysis, Catalysis and Green chemistry, Catalysis in

novel reaction media, Enatoselective catalysis, Future trends in green chemistry.

Instructor: K. R. Prabhu

Suggested Books:

1. Anastas, P. T. and Warner, J. C. 2000 Green Chemistry: Theory and Practice, Oxford University Press.

2. McDonough, W. and Braungart, M. 2002Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things, New York:

North Point Press.

3. Sheldon, R. A., Arends, I. and Hansfeld, U. 2007 Green Chemistry and Catalysis, Wiley-VCJ Verlag GmbH &

Co. KGaA. Weinreim, Germany.

Semester 8 (January)

UES 403 Solid Waste Management

(3:0, Elective)

Classication and characterization of solid wastes, The RCR (recover, recycle and reuse)

principle, Handling and treatment of MSW (municipal solid waste), Biological treatment,

Thermaltreatment,Landll,Integratedwastemanagement,Sludgegenerationfromtreatment

of industrial waste waters, Physico-chemical characterization of sludge, Sludge handling,

treatment and disposal options, Siting, operation and maintenance of Toxic Substances Disposal

Facilities (TSDFs), Surface and ground water control, Closure and post closure care of land-

lls,Treatmentofhazardouswastes:Airstripping,Soilvapourextraction,Carbonabsorption,

Steamstripping,Stabilizationandsolidication,Thermalmethods–combustion,liquidinjection

incinerators,Biologicalmethods–conventionaltreatment,In-situbio-remediation.

Toxicology and risk assessment: Toxic effects, dose-response relationships, carcinogens,

ecotoxicology, risk, exposure and toxicity assessment, risk characterization, ecological risk

assessment.

Environmental, legal and public health aspects of solid waste management.

Instructor: J. R. Mudakavi

Suggested Books:

1. McDougall, F., White, P., Franke, M. and Hindle, P. 2001 Integrated Solid Waste Management- Life Cycle

inventory, Blackwell Publishing.

2. Wentz, C. A. 1989 Hazardous Waste Management, McGraw-Hill International Editions, Singapore.

3. Kiely, G. 1998 Environmental Engineering, Mc-Graw Hill International Edition.

 4.Dawson,G.W.andMercer,B.W.1981HazardousWasteManagement–JohnWiley.

5. Lagrega, M. D., Buckingham, P. L. and Evans, J. C. 1994 Hazardous Waste Management, McGraw Hill

International Edition.

HUMANITIES

The Humanities course at Indian Institute of Science-Undergraduate Programme is an

opportunity to bring about synergy between the Humanities and Social Sciences (or ‘Human

Sciences’) with the Natural Sciences. With this aim in mind, IISc offers one course in Humanities

intherstsixsemestersoftheeightsemesterBSprogramme.Thesecoursesarenotdesigned

to teach Humanities as a series of distinct disciplines. But are designed to create an intellectual

milieu in which the students learn science.

August- December 2015

SemesterI:WaysofKnowing

Course Code: UH 101

Instructors:

Bitasta Das, Nithin Manayath, Lakshmi Arya and P. P. Sneha

Module 1: Cultural analysis

What do we understand by the word “culture”? When does something become “cultural”? What

does “culture” entail in everyday conversations and practices? Through visual and material

artifacts, this module will unpack ways in which we understand culture in our everyday life.

By doing so, we see how a society’s culture and its politics are closely related. We familiarize

ourselves with key concepts related to the analysis of culture and how the discipline of Cultural

Studies approaches culture as an object of study.

Texts and Readings for classroom discussion:

Raymond Williams, “Culture” and “Native,” in Keywords: A Vocabulary of Culture and Society.

Raymond Williams, “The Analysis of Culture” in John Storey ed. Cultural Theory and Popular Culture: A Reader.

Raymond Williams, “Masses” and “Popular”, in Keywords: A Vocabulary of Culture and Society.

Horkheimer and Adorno, “The Culture Industry: Enlightenment as Mass Deception”.

John Fiske, “Understanding Popular Culture”, in Reading the Popular.

Stuart Hall, “Cultural Studies and its Theoretical Legacies”, in Lawrence Grossberg, Cary Nelson, Paula Treichler (eds.)

Cultural Studies.

Module 2: Ethnographic methods

How are cultural practices and patterns reproduced and carried forward in time? Questions

such as these can be explored with the help of qualitative ethnographic methods. Originating

in cultural anthropology, these are now widely used across the human sciences. Typically,

ethnography collects empirical data about human societies, using eldwork, participant

observation, questionnaires, interviews, chain sampling, etc. to understand how social meanings

are created. Of special interest to science students would be the reexiveand interpretive

emphasisofethnography,sinceithasabearingonhowtoreadandwriteupscienticndings.

The module will expose students to some key debates in this area through short readings and

documentarylms.

Texts and Readings for classroom discussion:

CliffordGeertz,“ThickDescription”and“NotesontheBalineseCockght,”inTheInterpretationofCultures.

James Clifford, “On Ethnographic Authority.”

Kirin Narayan, “How Native is a ‘Native Anthropologist’?.

Laura Nader, “Ethnography as Theory.”

Module 3: Historical analysis

What is the past? Where may we draw a line differentiating past and present: Is the past a

millisecond ago or a century ago? The course will examine when and how this differentiation

between past and present-- and with it, the discipline and method of history -- emerges.

It would show that the past/present distinction is essential to the ‘objectivity’ of the historical

method. The claim to objectivity is something that the social and human sciences share with

the natural sciences. In India, postcolonial thinkers have critiqued history as a Western way

of knowing the past. Their contention is that professional history-writing is imbued with a

“historical consciousness”, which many Indians who inhabit epistemic worlds outside of the

University and the social sciences, do not share. For many Indians, the relationship to the ‘past’

maynotbepremisedonquestionsoffacticity,evidence,and‘truth’inthescienticsense.Is

there a way of understanding the ancient Indian texts which goes beyond this fact/myth dyad?

The course will end with this question.

Texts and Readings for classroom discussion:

Constantin Fasolt. 2004. ‘A Dangerous Form of Knowledge’, in The Limits of History. Chicago and London: The University

of Chicago Press. 3-29.

Pierre Nora. 1989. ‘Between Memory and History: Les Lieux de Memoire’, in Representations, No. 26, Spring, 1989.

Ashis Nandy. 2002. ‘History’s Forgotten Doubles’ in The Romance of the State and the Fate of Dissent in the Tropics.

New Delhi: Oxford University Press. 82-109.

DipeshChakrabarty.1992.‘PostcolonialityandtheArticeofHistory:WhoSpeaksfor“Indian”Pasts?’,Representations,

No. 37, 1-26. Winter, 1992

Partha Chatterjee and Anjan Ghosh. (eds.), History and the Present, Delhi: Permanent Black, 2002.

A.K. Ramanujan. 1999. “Three Hundred Ramayanas: Five Examples and Three Thoughts on Translation” in Vinay

Dharwadker(ed.)TheCollectedEssaysofA.K.Ramanujan.Delhi:OxfordUniversityPress.131–160.

S.N. Balagangadhara. 2014. What do Indians Need? A History or the Past? 7th Maulana Abdul Kalam Lectures at the

Indian Council of Historical Research, New Delhi.

Module 4: Textual analysis:

This module introduces students to key concepts and issues in textual analysis, a method

adopted by students of literature but also History and other disciplines. It begins with the

discussion of what a text is and the relationship of the writer to the text written by him or

her. It then goes on to discuss how meaning is produced from a text and who produces it. It

then returns to the problem of interpretation, discussed in the earlier modules, to focus on the

reader’s role in interpreting texts and generating meaning, examine how texts are, What is the

role of the reader in interpreting textual meaning? Students will be introduced in this module

to methods of close reading drawn from literary criticism and cultural studies.

Texts and Readings for classroom discussion:

Excerpt from: James Jeans, “The Mysterious Universe”in G.H Hardy ed., The Oxford Book of Modern Science Writing.

Excerpt from: C.P Snow, Foreword to “A Mathematician’s Apology” in G.H Hardy, The Oxford Book of Modern Science

Writing.

Jonathan Culler, “Language, Meaning and Interpretation” Literary Theory: A Very Short Introduction (New York:

OxfordUniversityPress)2000,pp55–68.

Peter Childs & Roger Fowler, “Context”, “Intertextuality”, “Author”, “Reader” The Routledge Dictionary of Literary

Terms;(NewYork:Taylor&Francis)2006.

Tony Bennett & Lawrence Grossberg, “Text” New Keywords: A Revised Vocabulary of Culture and Society (Malden:

Blackwell Publishing) 2005, pp. 345-347

Alan Mckee, “What is Textual Analysis”, Textual Analysis: A Beginner’s Guide (London: Sage Publications) 2003, pp

1-33

Roland Barthes, “From Work to Text” and “Death of the Author” in Image-Music-Text.

Michel Foucault, “What is an Author?” in Paul Rabinow ed., The Foucault Reader.

Semester III: Ways of Doing: Mapping Science-Society Relationship

Course Code: UH 201

Instructors:

Raghavendra Srinivas, Rajan Gurukkal, H. A. Chanakya and Namita Avatri

Module 1: Economics

The aim of this module is to introduce the study of Macroeconomics which is concerned with

the analysis of major economic problems such as unemployment, ination, and economic

growth. The module will introduce and analyze several theoretical models that are developed

to address these issues. The module will highlight the fundamental differences in these

theoretical models that give rise to diametrically opposite policy prescriptions as solutions for

the macroeconomic problems of unemployment and economic growth. This module will also

help locate various policy regimes that dominated various periods of the past century in the

context of the theoretical models developed in macroeconomics.

Texts and Readings for classroom discussion:

Bhaduri, A Bhaduri, Amit . Macroeconomics: The Dynamics of Commodity Production.

Gandolfo, G. Economic Dynamics, Springer-Verlag.

Tu, P.N.V. Dynamical Systems: An Introduction to with Applications in Economics and Biology.

Lecture notes

Module 2: People and Nature

This module will approach the theme of people and nature from several natural science,

social science, humanities and arts perspectives. The course will discuss the evolution of our

conception of nature, our understanding of our place in nature, our understanding of how

nature works and our attempts to describe, appreciate, control and manipulate nature. This

module will be more multidisciplinary than interdisciplinary and will attempt to showcase the

signicantvariationacross,disciplines,historicaltimeandgeographicalspace,inourapproach

tonature,andtheinevitableconictssuchvariationgenerates.

Texts and Readings for classroom discussion:

Alfred W. Crosby, Ecological Imperialism: The Biological Expansion of Europe, 900-1900, Cambridge University Press,

2004.

Clive Ponting, A New Green History of the World: The Environment and the Collapse of Great Civilizations, Penguin

Books, rev.ed. 2007.

Gilbert F. LaFreniere, The Decline of Nature: Environmental History and the Western Worldview, Paper Back ed. Oak

Savanna Publishing, Corvallis, Oregon, 2012.

Donella H. Meadows, Jorgen Randers, Dennis L. Meadows, The Limits to Growth: The 30-Year Update, Chelsea Green

Pub., Vermont, 2004.

Emilio F. Moran, People and Nature: An Introduction to Human Ecological Relations, Wiley-Blackwell, 2006.

Module 3: Sustainable Development

This module will approach the gradually evolving concepts of sustainable development from

the Indian to a Global perspective and in the process bring about the various societal forces

(local and global) that evolve(d) the meanings of sustainability and sustainable development,

emerging debates and likely conicts into the future.  Is sustainability Science?  Examining

how people of natural, engineering and social sciences perceive sustainability in different

perspectives /domains and the potential to integrate these perspectives for completeness, S&T

in championing sustainable development. Measuring sustainability and evolving indices for

sustainability.

Module4:LawandScience

Law and science in various ways are constitutive of modernity. This course will examine the

foundational authority of law in violence and how this is enmeshed with the authority of science.

Law and justice are often assumed to bear the same meaning, but law unlike justice is about

the application of general norms that are blinded to the unique, particular realities of people.

This is again different from laws in science that are based on experiment and observation. The

functioningoflawinsocietyisbasedonlegalctionsespeciallythatofthe“reasonableman”

thatisborrowedfromWesternlegaltradition.Thegureofthereasonablemanisemblematic

of the hierarchies and exclusions inbuilt into the legal system. In this course we will explore

citizenshipandgenderasissueswherequestionsoflegalandscienticauthorityareraised,

rstly biometric authentication in UID and the reliance on technology to resolve issues of

poverty and crisis, secondly variance in gender or transgender described as a medical pathology

by the courts.

Texts and Readings for classroom discussion:

Before the law, Franz Kafka “Reasonable man, reasonable woman, reasonable expectations”, Usha Ramanathan http://

www.ielrc.org/content/a9906.pdf

Michel Foucualt, Excerpt on biopolitics from lectures “Society must be defended”

NALSAv.UnionofIndiahttp://supremecourtondia.nic.in/outtoday/wc40012.pdf(judgmentacceptingtransgenderas

citizen).

“Digital Delivery of Services: The Indian Landscape.” IN The Wake of Aadhaar: The Digital Ecosystem of Governance in

India. Bangalore: CSCS, 2013. E-book. (excerpt).

Selvi and another v. State of Karnataka 5 May 2010 http://indiankanoon.org/doc/338008/ (judgment on validity of

scienticevidenceinIndianlaw).

Semester V: Journalism for Scientists

Course Code: UH 301

Instructor:

Amrita Shah

The Course will be useful in acquainting students with journalistic skills which they may apply

intheirownworktoobserveandcommunicatebetterforinstanceortotheireldasfuture

science reporters, perhaps or as individuals who might have to explain science to the lay person.

It also seeks to provoke thought on the practice of journalism, its tenets, its limitations and

itsinuence witha view toencouragingamore critical engagementwith mediabut also to

position science within the media.

Class 1: What is News?

The media shapes society’s perception of what is newsworthy. How does one identify an event

as news?

Class 2: Reporting

Newsgatheringmethods;ananalysisofsamplesofreportage.

Class 3: How to investigate

Innovative or extraordinary methods used in journalism to uncover truths not available by

conventional means.

Class 4: New Media

Print, television, video, satellite TV and the small screen of the cell phone. A discussion on how

technological advance affects journalism.

Class 5: Reporting Science

How is science reported in the mainstream media? Is the coverage adequate and informed?

Class 6: Science Journalism

Trends and approaches in Indian and international science magazines.

Class 7: How to research and write an article for a newspaper or magazine

Practical tips and guidelines

Class 8: Expressing an opinion

Constructing and presenting a point of view as in a column or a review

Class 9: The Art of the Interview

Practical tips and guidelines on conducting interviews

Class 10: Ethics and Dilemmas

Themediaisbothapublicserviceandabusiness.Whataretheconictsandcompromisesthat

journalists face?

Class 11: Preparing to write a book

Early steps in turning an idea into a book : laying the ground and writing a proposal.

Class 12: Class Discussion possibly with Guest Speaker on dealing with the newsroom

Class 13: Class Exercise in reading news/anchoring media debates and so on

Class 14: Concluding Discussion

Elaborating points of interest raised in earlier classes and answering queries

Readings:

Sainath,P.“TheTrickleUpDownTheory;Or,healthforthemillions.”InEverybodyLovesaGoodDrought,(NewDelhi:

Penguin Books), 2000, pp.23-27.

Verghese, B G. “The Making of a Marwari Tamil”. In Warrior of the fourth estate : Ramnath Goenka of the Express, (New

Delhi : Viking), 2005, pp.24-30.

Morris, James. “The Conquest of Everest, 29 May 1953”. In John Carey. The Faber Book of Reportage, (Faber & Faber),

1996, pp.660-662.

Wenner, Jann. “Bruce Springsteen”. In Jann Wenner & Joe Levy. The Rolling Stone Interviews (New York : Back Bay

Books), 2008, pp.13-19.

Wolfe,Tom.“Selections”.InThenewjournalism,(EWJohnson;Picador),1990,pp.40-42.

Mehta, Vinod. “Introduction”. In Lucknow boy : a memoir, (New Delhi : Penguin Viking), 2011, pp.vii-xxi.

Hype, Hypocrisy & Television in Urban India (Vikas, New Delhi 1997) by Amrita Shah

Vikram Sarabhai-A Life (Viking-Penguin, 2007) by Amrita Shah

January- April 2016

Semester II: Ways of Seeing

Course Code: UH 102

Instructor:

S. V. Srinivas

This course introduces students to (a) the ways in which cultural forms and genres represent

the world around us and (b) how we see and understand the world as refracted by these forms.

There will be three modules. In short, this is a course about seeing and interpreting the forms

that show us the world. Each module discusses a particular cultural form and also focuses on

one theme.

General introduction: Reinforcement of concepts and theories introduced in Semester I: archive,

text, author, reader, and interpretation.

Theory texts used by instructor:

Roland Barthes, Image-Music-Text and Raymond Williams, Keywords.

Module 1: Literature

What do we need to know in order to appreciate creative writing? How do we read and interpret

literary works? Where does meaning lie? How do we ‘learn’ from literature? Special focus on

science ction: good science and bad science; space/distance and time/history; human and

non-human;science&technologyandnature.

Readings circulated to students:

Issac Asimov, Selections from I, Robot: “Introduction,” “Robbie,” “Runaround” and “Reason”

Satyajit Ray, “Diary of a Space Traveller” and “Bonku Babu’s Friend”

Vandana Singh, Selections from The woman who thought she was a Planet: “Woman who thought she was a planet,”

“Hunger” and “Tetrahedron.”

Module 2: Visual Arts

Howdopaintingsrepresentreality?Isrealismmore“scientic”thanotherwaysofpresenting

the world? How does technology determine the evolution of art forms? What problems did

artists face in the Indian context as they adopted western styles and forms? Special focus on

mythology and its representation in modern Indian art.

Text used by Instructor:

John Berger, Ways of Seeing

Readings circulated to students:

Gulammohammed Sheik, “Mobile Vision: Some Synoptic Comments”

Walter Benjamin: “Work of art in the age of mechanical reproduction.”

Module 3: Films

History of cinema as a technological form, technophobic reactions to lm. Audiences and

spectatorship.Filmasanurban,democraticform.Howctionandnon-ctionlms“document”

realityandwhattheycantheytellusaboutsociety;howto“read”lms.Specialfocusonthe

city,assubjectofcinemaandsiteoflmproductionandviewing.

Texts used by instructor:

AshishRajadhyaksha,“PhalkeEra:TheConictofTraditionalFormandModernTechnology”andWalterBenjamin,

Selections from The Arcades Project.

Readings circulated to students:

Ranjani Mazumdar, “The Panaromic Interior” from Bombay Cinema: An Archive of the City.

Films:

DGPhalke,ShriKrishnaJanma(1918);FritzLang,Metropolis(1927)andDzigaVertov,ManwithaMovingCamera

(1929).

[A professional editor will be invited to class to introduce students to the basics of video editing before they begin

working on their projects].

Semester IV: Mapping India through the Folk Arts

Course Code: UH 203

Instructor: Bitasta Das

The objective of this course is to understand the seven regions of India—North, West, East

South, Central, North-East and the Islands a little better—through their folk arts. The course

considers the art forms, as viewed in the discipline of Folkloristics, as means of knowing the

regional cultures from “inside-out rather than outside-in”. The aim of this seminar course is to

providethestudentsabroadideaofIndiaasa“nation”,itsdiverseregionalspecicitiesand

the relevance of the folk arts in understanding the “national” and the “regional”. The students

will get an oppourtunity to interact with folk artists and gain rst-hand knowledge about

various aspects of the folk arts to understand the synergy between artistic worldview and the

contemporary social milieu. The course will be useful in recognizing how meaning is produced

and expressed in folk domain and at the same time, aid the students to gain cognizance of Indian

multiculturalism.

Class Plan

Class 1: Nation and the Folk: In the introduction class the relationship between a nation and

its folk arts will be explored. Focusing on India the class will probe into the different art forms-

classical, folk, tribal and popular.

Class 2: Folk-Philosophy: Here the deeper meaning of folk expressions will be taken on board.

An Indian folk philosopher’s work will be discussed.

Class 3: Design and Learning to make a folk art: This will be a theoretical class on design followed

by a workshop on making a folk art.

Class 4: Survival and Renovation: Tracing its history, the changes that folk arts go through over

the time for survival and sustenance will be illustrated.

Class 5: Copyright and Archiving: In this class the need to protect the folk arts against the

threats from globalization will be foregrounded.

Class 6: Gender Question: The gender equations within the artists and the relationship with the

art will be discussed in this class.

Class 7: Folk Arts and the Market Economy: How the market situation affects the folk arts and

artists will be elaborated in this class.

Class 8: Art Criticism: This class will understand the basics of art criticism.

Class 9: Critical Writing: Here the students will engage with and learn few techniques of critical

art writing.

Class 10: Field trip: Observation of local folk art performance.

Readings:

Dundes, Alan. Essays in Folkloristics. University of Michigan. 1978.

Pattanayak, D.P, Claus, Peter and Handoo, Jawahar lal. Indian Folklore. Volume II. Mysore. Central Institute of Indian

Languages. 1981.

Pattanayak, D.P and Claus, Peter. Indian Folklore. Volume I. Mysore. Central Institute of Indian Languages. 1981.

Dundes, Alan. Interpreting Folklore. Indiana University. 1980.

Bronner, Simon J. The Meaning of Folklore: Analytical Essays of Alan Dundes. Logan, Utah. Utah State University Press.

2007.

Dorson, M Richard. Folklore and Folklife. Chicago. University of Chicago Press. 1972.

Dorson, M Richard. Folklore in the Modern World. Mouton Publishers. 1978.

Alexander Haggerty Krappe. Science of Folklore. Kessinger Publishing. 1930.

Anderson,Benedict.ImaginedCommunityReectionOnTheOriginAndTheSpreadOfNationalism.NewYork.Verso.1991

Bhabha, Homi. K (ed.). Nation and Narration. New York. Routledge. 1990.

Handoo, Jawahar lal. Folklore an Introduction. Mysore. Central Institute of Indian Languages. 1989.

Semester VI: Introduction to Governance

Course Code: UH 302

Instructor: Uday Balakrishnan

The semester long programme on Introduction to Governance is to enable the participants to

develop an appreciation of key issues and challenges to governance in India while gaining an

insight into how the Government of India works and relates to the people. It will be largely

interactive and to facilitate this (i) Select reading material will be given ahead of each session (a)

additionally, a selection of books will be available for consultation in the library of the Centre for

Contemporary Studies, IISc. Some, if not all of the sessions, are expected to be supplemented

by experts drawn from the top echelons of public administration, the judiciary and politics.

Evaluation is based on group projects and individual assignments emerging from each covering

a range of contemporary issues that engage us as concerned citizens of our country.

Class Plan

Class 1: Introduction to the semester and assignment of Group projects

Class 2: The challenge of good governance in a democracy followed by presentation of Group

project (1) People Power as driver of change in Governance

Class 3: Overview of the Indian Constitution followed by Group project (2) Examining the 42nd

Amendment to the Indian Constitution- Was it necessary?

Class 4: How the Indian Parliament works followed by Group project (3) Evaluating the 15th -

latest following the 2009 elections- Lok Sabha.

Class 5: Understanding Indian bureaucracy and making it work for you followed by presentation

of Group Project (4) Is IT cutting through red tape?

Class 6:

AfrmativeActionfollowedbyGroupProject(5)AmbedkarandtheEmpowermentof

the historically discriminated in Indian society- an appreciation.

Class7: Important aspects of India’s Internal & External Security followed by Group Project

(6) Challenging the State- a short account of peoples struggles since Independence.

Class 8: Development as a Political Process thee Amartya Sen- Jagdish Bhagwathi debates

followed by Group Project (7) Is Democracy handicapping Development in India?

Class 9: The evolving role of Indian Judiciary

Class 10:

CorruptionandtheIndianStatefollowedbyGroupproject(8)ExperiencingGraft–

Sharing a collection of personal experiences from within the IISc student community.

Class 11:

TheAlternative–TheAAPphenomena–Challenginganestablishedpoliticalmodel

followed by Group project (9) Contrasting the JP Movement’s Total Revolution with Anna

Hazare/ APP movement.

Class 12:

Internationalinterdependence–anappreciationoftheUNsystemfollowedbyGroup

project (10) Challenging Isolation in an increasingly globalizing and interdependent world.

Readings:

The Economic and Political Weekly

The Economist

The Hindu

Extracts from books:

Ivan Illich’s De-schooling Society, Small is beautiful by E.F.Schumacher

Everyone love a good Drought by P.Sainath

Lords f Poverty Graham Hancock

An Eye to India by David Selbourne

The essential writings of Mahatma Gandhi edited by Judith M Brown

The Judgement- the inside story of the Emergency in India by Kuldip Nayar

India Unbound by Gurucharan Das

Patrick French’s India A Portrait

MATERIALS

Semester 3 (August)

UMT 101 Introduction to Materials Science (2:0)

Bonding, types of materials, basics of crystal structures and crystallography. Thermodynamics,

thermochemistry, unary systems, methods of structural characterization. Thermodynamics

of solid solutions, phase diagrams, defects, diffusion. Solidication. Solid-solid phase

transformations. Mechanical behaviour: elasticity, plasticity, fracture. Electrochemistry and

corrosion. Band structure, electrical, magnetic and optical materials. Classes of practical

materials systems: metallic alloys, ceramics, semiconductors, composites.

Instructor: K. Chatterjee

Suggested Book:

1. Callister, W. D. 2007 Materials Science and Engineering, Wiley India.

Semester 4 (January)

UMT 202 Structure of Materials (2:1)

(Core for Materials Majors and Minors)

Elements of bonding, structures of simple metallic, ionic and covalent solids; Coordination

polyhedra,projections of structures, stacking; Lattices, symmetry operations, stereographic

projection; Structure and thermodynamics of point defects and solid solutions, non-

stoichiometry,orderedstructures;Dislocationsandslip,twinningandinterfaces.

Instructors: N. Ravishankar and S. Karthikeyan

Suggested Books:

1. Kelly, A. and Groves, G. W., Crystallography & Crystal Defects, Addison Wesley.

2. Barrett, C.S. and Massalski, T. B., Structure of Metals, Pergamon.

3. West, A. R., Introduction to Solid State Chemistry, John Wiley.

UMT 203 Materials Thermodynamics (3:0)

(Core for Materials Majors + Soft core for Materials Minors)

First Law, Enthalpy, Thermochemistry; Second Law, Entropy, Statistical Interpretation;

HelmholtzandGibbsFreeEnergies,ChemicalPotential;SolutionThermodynamics;Conditions

forEquilibrium,PhaseRule,PhaseDiagrams;ChemicalReactionsandEquilibria;Surfacesand

Interfaces.

Instructor: T. A. Abinandanan

Suggested Books:

1. DeHoff, R. T. 2006 Thermodynamics in Materials Science, Taylor & Francis.

2. Gaskell, D. R. 2003 Introduction to the Thermodynamics of Materials (4th Ed), Taylor & Francis.

UMT 204 Electronic Properties of Materials (3:0)

(Core for Materials Majors + Soft core for Materials Minors)

Brief review of the fundamentals of quantum mechanics, statistical mechanics, electrostatics

and electrodynamics. Energy bands in crystals, density of states, Electric conduction in metals

and alloys, Thermoelectric phenomenon and applications, Semiconductors and devices,

Electrical properties of polymers, ceramics, dielectric and amorphous materials, classical

and quantum mechanical description of optical properties, Lasers, LEDs, photonics,Magnetic

phenomenon and applications, Thermal properties of materials.

Instructor: R. Ranjan

Suggested Books:

1. Kittel, C., Introduction to Solid State Physics, McGraw-Hill.

2. Solymar, L. and Walsh, D., Lectures on Electrical Properties of Materials.

3. Omar, M. A., Elementary Solid State Physics.

4. Hummel, R. E., Electronic Properties of Materials.

Semester 5 (August)

UMT 301 Materials Kinetics (3:0)

(Core for Materials Majors + Soft core for Materials Minors)

Point defects, Fick’s laws of diffusion, concept of jump frequency, activation energy, Kirkendall

effect, solidication, nucleation, constitutional supercooling, sintering, interfaces, grain

growth, solid state transformations, JMA theory, GP zone, Spinodal decomposition, ordering

and martensitic transformations, effect of stress and electric current.

Instructor: T. A. Abinandanan

Suggested Books:

1. Reed-Hill, R. E. and Abbaschian, R. 2009 Physical Metallurgy Principles, Cengage.

2. Porter, D. A. and Easterling, K. E. 2009 Phase Transformations in Metals and Alloys, Taylor and Francis.

UMT 302 Introduction to Materials Processing (2:1)

(Core for Materials Majors + Soft core for Materials Minors)

Metals: Principles of extraction of metals, hydrometallurgy, electrometallurgy, pyrometallurgy.

Solidication Processing. Ceramics: Synthesis of ceramic powders, consolidation, sintering.

Polymersynthesis.Growthandprocessingofthinlms.

Instructors: S. Subramanian and P. C. Ramamurthy

Suggested Books:

1. Alcock, C. B. 1976 Principles of Pyrometallurgy, Academic Press, London.

2. Venkatachalam, S. 1998 Hydrometallurgy, Narosa, New Delhi.

3. Kingery, W. D., Bowen, H. K. and Uhlmann, D. R. 1976 Introduction to Ceramics, Wiley.

4. Braun, D., Cherdron, H., Rehahn, M., Ritter, H. and Voit, B. 2010 Polymer Synthesis: Theory and Practice:

Fundamentals, Methods, Experiments, Springer.

UMT 303 Mechanical Behaviour of Materials (3:0)

(Core for Materials Majors + Soft core for Materials Minors)

Introduction to basic concepts of Stress and Strain; Engineering stress-strain response vs.

True stress-strain response, Elastic and viscoelastic behavior, dislocations, plastic ow in

single crystals, strengthening mechanisms, composites, noncrystalline materials, fracture and

toughening mechanisms of ceramics and polymers, creep and fatigue, environmental effects.

Instructor: S. Karthikeyan

Suggested Book:

1. Courtney, T. H. 2001 Mechanical Behavior of Materials, 2nd edition, Tata McGraw Hill.

Semester 6 (January)

UMT 307 Manufacturing Processes (2:1)

(Core for Materials Majors)

Processing of Metallic materials: Principles of Hot, warm and cold working of metallic materials,

Fundamentals of metal forming processes-rolling, forging, extrusion, wire drawing and sheet

metal forming, defects in forming. Introduction to Metal casting and joining. Powder processing

of Metallic and Ceramic Materials: Powder production, compaction and sintering.

Polymer processing:

 Basic Concepts of Compounding and Processing; Concept of Master

batches; Classication and type of Additive for Plastics: Antioxidants, Light stabilizers, UV

stabilizers;ProcessingTechniques: Basic ofvariousprocessingtechniques,Extruders: single

screw and twin screw extruders, Film blowing, Fiber spinning, Thermoforming; Molding:

Injection molding, Blow molding, Compression molding, Injection stretch blow molding, Gas

and water assisted injection molding.

Instructors:

S.Suwas,S.Bose and G. S. Avadhani

Suggested Books:

1. Grover, M. P. 2011 Introduction to Manufacturing Processes, Wiley.

2. Dieter, G. E. 1988 Mechanical Metallurgy, McGraw-Hill.

3. Billmeyer, F. W. Textbook of Polymer Science, 3rd Edition.

4. Gowarikar, V. R., Vishwanathan, N. V. and Sreedhar, J., Polymer Science.

UMT 308 Mechanical Characterization (1:1)

(Core for Materials Majors)

Overview of Solid Mechanics, Introduction to Instrumentation, Controls and Data acquisition,

Mechanical testing techniques: Tensile and Compression, Hardness, Fatigue, Impact, Creep,

Fracture.

Instructors: P. Kumar and R. Ravi

Suggested Book:

1. Dieter, G. E. 1988 Mechanical Metallurgy, McGraw-Hill.

Core for the Fifth Year

Thefthyearmastersoptionrequirestakingcoursesfor12credits(6core+6electives),and

doing a masters project for 20 credits. The 6 core credits are to be taken from the list of courses

recommended at the beginning of the year.

Electives

Anindicativelistofgraduate-levelelectivecoursesisgivenbelow;specicrecommendations

will be made at the beginning of each semester:

For the third year:

Fundamentals of Biomaterials and Living Matter (Bio-Engineering)

Introduction to Biomechanics of Solids (Bio-Engineering)

Corrosion Technology (MT)

Polymer Science and Engineering-I (MT)

Topics in Basic and Applied Electrochemistry (IPC)

Phase Transformations (MT)

Interfacial Phenomena in Materials Processing (MT)

Fracture (MT)

SolidicationProcessing(MT)

Defects and Materials Properties (MRC)

Functional Materials Lab (MRC)

Introduction to Biomaterials (MRC)

Thin Films, Nanomaterials and Devices: Science and Engineering (MRC)

Forthefourthandfthyear:

Semiconductor Devices and Integrated Circuit Technology (CeNSE)

Crystal Growth and Thin Films (CeNSE)

Elements of Solid and Fluid Mechanics (CPDM)

Design and Selection of Materials (MT)

Defects in Materials (MT)

Modeling and Simulations in Materials Engineering (MT)

Science of Materials Processing (MT)

Introduction to Biomaterials Science and Engineering (MT)

Electron Microscopy (MRC)

Computational Modeling of Materials (MRC)

Nanostructured Materials (MRC)

MATHEMATICS

Semester 1 (August)

UM 101: Analysis and Linear Algebra I (3:0)

One-variable calculus: Real and Complex numbers; Convergence of sequences and series;

Continuity, intermediate value theorem, existence of maxima and minima; Differentiation,

meanvaluetheorem,Taylorseries;Integration,fundamentaltheoremofCalculus,improper

integrals.LinearAlgebra:Vectorspaces(overrealandcomplexnumbers),basisanddimension;

Linear transformations and matrices.

Instructor: Gautam Bharali

Suggested Books:

1. Apostol, T. M. 2007 Calculus, Volume I, 2nd edition, Wiley, India.

2. Strang, G. 2006 Linear Algebra and its Applications, 4th Edition, Brooks/Cole.

Semester 2 (January)

UM 102: Analysis and Linear Algebra II (3:0)

Linear Algebra continued: Inner products and Orthogonality; Determinants;Eigen valuesand

Eigenvectors;DiagonalisationofSymmetricmatrices.Multivariablecalculus:FunctionsonRn

PartialandTotalderivatives;Chain rule; Maxima, minima andsaddles;Lagrangemultipliers;

IntegrationinRn,changeofvariables,Fubini’stheorem;Gradient,DivergenceandCurl;Line

andSurfaceintegralsinR2andR3;Stokes,Green’sandDivergencetheorems.

IntroductiontoOrdinaryDifferentialEquations;LinearODEsandCanonicalformsforlinear

transformations.

Instructor: Kaushal Verma

Suggested Books:

1. Apostol, T. M. 2007 Calculus, Volume II, 2nd edition, Wiley, India.

2. Strang, G. 2006 Linear Algebra and its Applications, 4th edition, Brooks/Cole.

3. Artin, M. 1994 Algebra, Prentice Hall of India.

4. Hirsch, M., Smale, S. and Devaney, R. L. 2004 Differential Equations, Dynamical Systems, and an Introduction

to Chaos, 2nd edition, Academic Press.

Semester 3 (August)

UM 201: Probability and Statistics (3:0)

Basic notions of probability, conditional probability and independence, Bayes’ theorem,

random variables and distributions, expectation and variance, conditional expectation,

moment generating functions, limit theorems. Samples and sampling distributions, estimations

of parameters, testing of hypotheses, regression, correlation and analysis of variance.

Instructor: Srikanth Iyer

Suggested Books:

1. Ross, S. 2005, A First Course in Probability, Pearson Education Inc., Delhi, Sixth edition.

2. Ross, S. 2010 Introduction to Probability and Statistics for Engineers and Scientists, Elsevier, Fourth edition.

3. Feller, W. 2009 An Introduction to Probability Theory and Its Applications, Wiley, India, Third edition.

4. Hogg, R. V. and Ledolter, J. 1987 Engineering Statistics, Macmillan Publishing Company, New York.

Semester 4 (January)

UM 202: Introduction to Basic Analysis (3:0)

(Core Course for Mathematics Major and Minor)

Basicnotionsfromsettheory,countableanduncountablesets.Metricspaces:denitionand

examples, basic topological notions. The topology of R^n: topology induced by norms, the

Heine-Borel theorem, connected sets. Sequences and series: essential denitions, absolute

versus conditional convergence of series, some tests of convergence of series. Continuous

functions: properties, the sequential and the open-set characterizations of continuity,

uniform continuity. Differentiation inone variable.The Riemannintegral:formal denitions

and properties, continuous functions and integration, the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus.

Uniform convergence: denition, motivations and examples, uniform convergence and

integration, the Weierstrass Approximation Theorem.

Instructor: Siddhartha Gadgil

Suggested Books:

1. Tao, T. 2014 Analysis I, 3rd edition, Texts and Readings in Mathematics, vol. 37, Hindustan Book Agency.

2. Tao, T. 2014 Analysis II, 3rd edition, Texts and Readings in Mathematics, vol. 38, Hindustan Book Agency.

3. Apostol, T. M., Mathematical Analysis, 2nd edition, Narosa.

UM 203: Elementary Algebra and Number Theory (3:0)

(Core Course for Mathematics Major and Minor)

DivisibilityandEuclid’salgorithm;Fundamentaltheoremofarithmetic;Innitudeofprimes;

Congruences;(Reduced)residuesystems,Applicationtosumsofsquares;ChineseRemainder

Theorem;Solutionsofpolynomialcongruences,Hensel’slemma;Afewarithmeticfunctions

(in particular, discussion of the oor function); the Mobius inversion formula; Recurrence

relations;Basiccombinatorialnumbertheory(pigeon-holeprinciple,inclusion-exclusion,etc.);

Primitive roots and power residues, Quadratic residues and the quadratic reciprocity law, the

Jacobisymbol;SomeDiophantineequations,Pythagoreantriples,Fermat’sdescent,examples;

Denitionsofgroups,ringsandelds,motivations,examplesandbasicproperties;polynomial

rings over elds, factorisation of polynomials, content of a polynomial and Gauss’ lemma,

Eisenstein’s irreducibility criterion; Elementary symmetric polynomials, the fundamental

theoremonSymmetricpolynomials;Algebraicandtranscendentalnumbers(anintroduction).

Instructor: Basudeb Datta

Suggested Books:

1. Burton, D. M., Elementary Number Theory, McGraw Hill.

2. Niven, Zuckerman, H. S. and Montgomery, H. L., An Introduction to the Theory of Numbers, 5th edition,

Wiley Student Editions.

3. Fraleigh, G., A First Course in Abstract Algebra, 7th edition, Pearson.

Semester 5 (August)

MA 212: Algebra I (3:0)

(Core Course for Mathematics Major and Minor)

Part A:Groups(denitions,basicexamples),Normalsubgroups,Quotients,Threeisomorphism

theorems, Center of a group, centralizer/normalizer of a subset, Symmetric groups and Cayley’s

Theorem,Groupactions;SylowTheoremsasanapplication.

Part B:Ringsandideals,basicdenitions,quotientrings,Chineseremaindertheorem,Maximal

and Prime ideals, Unique factorization, UFD, PID and ED, polynomial rings, Modules; basic

denitions; Structure theorem for nitely generated modules over PID,Basic denitions of

elds,Algebraicandtranscedentalextensions,Finiteelds,characteristic,anyniteeldhas

order pn.

Instructor: Abhishek Banerjee

Suggested Books:

1. Lang, S. 2002 Algebra, revised third edition, Springer-Verlag, (Indian Edition Available).

2. Artin, M. 1994 Algebra, Prentice-Hall of India.

 3.Dummit,D.S.andFoote,R.M.2001AbstractAlgebra,JohnWiley&Sons.

4. Hungerford, T. W. 2004 Algebra, Springer, India.

5. Herstein, I. N. 1995 Topics in Algebra, John Wiley & amp, Sons.

MA 219: Linear Algebra (3:0)

(Core Course for Mathematics Major and Minor)

Vector spaces: Basis and dimension, Direct sums. Determinants: Theory of determinants,

Cramer’s rule. Linear transformations: Rank-nullity theorem, Algebra of linear transformations,

Dual spaces. Linear operators, Eigen values and Eigen vectors, Characteristic polynomial,

Cayley- Hamilton theorem, Minimal polynomial, Algebraic and geometric multiplicities,

Diagonalization, Jordan canonical Form.

Symmetry: Group of motions of the plane, Discrete groups of motion, Finite groups of S0(3).

Bilinear forms: Symmetric, skew symmetric and Hermitian forms, Sylvester’s law of inertia,

SpectraltheoremfortheHermitianandnormaloperatorsonnitedimensionalvectorspaces.

Linear groups: Classical linear groups, SU2 and SL 2(R).

Instructor: Harish Seshadri

Suggested Books:

1. Artin, M. 1994 Algebra, Prentice-Hall of India.

2. Herstein, I. N. 1972 Topics in Algebra, Vikas Publications.

3. Strang, G. 1988 Linear Algebra and its Applications, Third Edition, Saunders.

4. Halmos, P. 1987 Finite Dimensional Vector Spaces, Springer-Verlag (UTM).

MA 221: Analysis I (3:0)

(Core Course for Mathematics Major and Minor)

Review of Real and Complex numbers systems, Topology of R, Continuity and differentiability,

Mean value theorem, Intermediate value theorem. The Riemann-Stieltjes integral. Introduction

to functions of several variables, differentiablility, directional and total derivatives. Sequences

and series of functions, uniform convergence, the Weierstrass approximation theorem.

Instructor: S. Thangavelu

Suggested Books:

1. Rudin, W. 1986 Principles of Mathematical Analysis, McGraw-Hill.

2. Royden, H. L. 1988 Real Analysis, Macmillan.

MA 231: Topology (3:0)

(Core Course for Mathematics Major)

Open and closed sets, continuous functions, the metric topology, the product topology, the

ordered topology, the quotient topology. Connectedness and path connectedness, local path

connectedness. Compactness. Countability axioms. Separation axioms. Complete metric

spaces, the Baire category theorem. Urysohn’s embedding theorem. Function. Topological

groups, orbit spaces.

Instructor: Siddhartha Gadgil

Suggested Books:

1. Armstrong, M. A. 2004 Basic Topology, Springer, India.

2. Janich, K. 1984 Topology, Springer-Verlag, UTM.

3. Munkres, K. R. 2005 Topology, Pearson Education.

4. Simmons, G. F. 1963 Topology and Modern Analysis, McGraw-Hill.

Semester 6 (January)

MA 213 Algebra II (3:0)

(Core Course for Mathematics Major)

Part A: Introduction to categories and functors, direct and inverse limits, Localization of Rings,

Fraction Field of an integral domain, I-adic completion of rings, Tensor products, Short exact

sequencesofmodules,Noetherianringsandmodules;Hilbertbasistheorem,JordanHolder

Theorem,Artinianrings;ArtinianimpliesNoetherian,Krull-SchmidtTheorem.

Part B:Splittingelds,Normalandseparableextensions,Applicationtoniteelds:existence

and uniqueness, Fundamental Theorem of Galois Theory, Primitive Element Theorem.

Instructor: Mousumi Mandal

Suggested Books:

1. Lang, S. 2002 Algebra, revised third edition, Springer-Verlag, (Indian Edition Available).

2. Artin, M. 1994 Algebra, Prentice-Hall of India.

 3.Dummit,D.S.andFoote,R.M.2001AbstractAlgebra,JohnWiley&amp;Sons.

4. Atiyah, M. and MacDonald, R., Commutative Algebra.

5. Herstein, I. N. 1995 Topics in Algebra, John Wiley & amp, Sons.

MA 222: Analysis II (3:0)

(Core Course for Mathematics Major)

Note: This can be taken either in Semester VI or Semester VIII

Construction of the Lebesgue measure, measurable functions, limits theorems. Lebesgue

integration. Different notions of convergence and convergence theorems. Product measures

and the Radon-Nikodym theorem, change of variables, complex measures.

Instructor: A. K. Nandakumaran

Suggested Books:

1. Hewitt, E. and Stromberg, K. 1969 Real and Abstract Analysis, Springer.

2. Royden, H. L. 1988 Real Analysis, Macmillan.

3. Folland, G. B., Real Analysis: Modern Techniques and their Applications, 2nd edition, Wiley.

MA 224: Complex Analysis (3:0)

(Core Course for Mathematics Major)

Complex numbers, complex-analytic functions, Cauchy’s integral formula, power series,

Liouville’s theorem. The maximum-modulus theorem. Isolated singularities, residue theorem,

the Argument Principle, real integrals via contour integration. Mobius transformations,

conformal mappings. The Schwarz lemma, automorphisms of the disc. Normal families and

Montel’s theorem. The Riemann mapping theorem.

Instructor: Gautam Bharali

Suggested Books:

1. Ahlfors, L. V. 1979 Complex Analysis, McGraw-Hill.

2. Conway, J. B. 1978 Functions of One Complex Variable, Springer-Verlag.

3. Gamelin, T. W. 2001 Complex Analysis, UTM, Springer.

MA 241: ODE (3:0)

(Core Course for Mathematics Major)

Basics concepts: Phase space, existence and uniqueness theorems, dependence on initial

conditions,ows.

Linear systems: The fundamental matrix, stability of equilibrium points, Sturm-Liouvile theory.

Nonlinear systems and their stability: The Poincare-Bendixson theorem, perturbed linear

systems, Lyapunov method.

Instructor: Thirupathi Gudi

Suggested Books:

1. Coddington, E. A. and Levinson, N. 1972 Theory of Ordinary Differential Equations, Tata McGraw-Hil.

2. Birkhoff, G. and Rota, G. -C. 1989 Ordinary Differential Equations, Wiley.

3. Hartman, P. 1982 Ordinary Differential Equations, Birkhaeuser.

Semester 7 (August)

Thecourseworkforthissemestercomprisesveelectives.

See below for the list of electives offered by the Department of Mathematics.

Semester 8 (January)

The work for this semester consists of one elective course and the undergraduate project.

The undergraduate project carries 13 credits.

See below for the list of electives offered by the Department of Mathematics.

List of electives offered by the Department of Mathematics

(Detailed information about electives will be posted on http://www.math.iisc.ernet.in/

newcourse.htm)

ELECTIVES OFFERED IN THE AUGUST-DECEMBER SEMESTER

MA 215: Introduction to Modular Forms

Instructor: Jaban Meher

MA 223: Functional Analysis (3:0)

Instructor: T. Bhattacharyya

MA 232: Introduction to Algebraic Topology (3:0)

Instructor: Basudeb Datta

MA 242: Partial Differential Equations (3:0)

Instructor: M. K. Ghosh

MA 227: Nonlinear Dynamics

Instructor: Thirupathi Gudi

MA 261: Probability Models

Instructor: Arvind Ayyer

MA 361: Probability Theory

Instructor: Manjunath Krishnapur

MA 368: Topics in Probability and Stochastic Processes

Instructor: Manjunath Krishnapur

MA : Introduction to Dynamical Systems

Instructor: G. Rangarajan and Janaki Balakrishnan (NIAS)

(Subject to approval from SCC)

ELECTIVES OFFERED IN THE JANUARY-APRIL SEMESTER

MA 229: Calculus on Manifolds (3:0)

Instructor: Gadadhar Misra

MA 313: Algebraic Number Theory

Instructor: Dilip Patil

MA 317: Introduction to Analytic Number Theory (3:0)

Instructor: Soumya Das

MA 319: Algebraic Combinatorics

Instructor: Arvind Ayyer

MA 320: Representation Theory of Compact Lie Groups (3:0)

Instructor: S. Thangavelu

MA 364: Linear and Nonlinear Time Series Analysis

Instructor: G. Rangarajan

MA 314: Introduction to Algebraic Geometry

Instructor: Umesh Dubey

MA 315: Lie Algebras and Their Representation

Instructor: E. K. Narayanan

PHYSICS

Semester 1 (August)

UP 101: Introductory Physics I - Mechanics, Oscillations and Waves (2:1)

Kinematics, laws of motion. Circular motion, Work. Kinetic and potential energy. Line integrals.

Conservative forces. Friction, terminal velocity in air. Systems of particles. Conservation of

linear momentum. Scattering in one and two dimensions. Angular momentum. Moment of

inertia. Rotation about one axis. Precession of gyroscope. Central force. Reduction of two-

body problem to one-body problem and effective one-body potential. Planetary motion and

Kepler’s laws. Simple pendulum, damped and forced, resonance. Coupled oscillators, normal

modes. Small oscillations. Transverse waves on a string. Linear superposition, interference,

beats. Fourier series. Sound waves in air. Doppler effect.

Instructors: Subrato Mukerjee, Prasad V. Bhotla and K. Ramesh

Suggested Books:

1. Kittel, C., Knight, W. D., Ruderman, M. A., Helmholz, A. C. and Moyer, B. J. 2011 Mechanics, Berkeley Physics

Course: Volume 1, 2nd edition.

2. Kleppner, D. and Kolenkow, R. J. 2007 An Introduction To Mechanics (Special Indian Edition).

Semester 2 (January)

UP 102: Introductory Physics II – Electricity, Magnetism and Optics (2:1)

Introduction, Review of vector algebra, Vector calculus: gradient, divergence, curl, Gauss’s

theoremandStokes’theorem,Laplacianetc.Coulomb’slaw,electriceld,Electrostaticpotential,

Uniqueness theorem, Conductors, capacitance, Method of images, Bound charges and dipole

momentdensity,Energystoredinelectricelds.Magnetostatics:Electriccurrents,Biot-savart

law,Ampere’slaw,magneticeldsofstraightwires,circularloopsandinnitesolenoids,Vector

potential, Magnetic dipole moment and bound currents. Lorentz force and Faraday’s law,

Inductance,Energystoredinamagneticeld.Lineardielectricandmagneticmaterials,Charge

conservation, displacement current, Maxwell’s equations and gauge invariance, Classical wave

equation and plane monochromatic waves, Energy of EM waves and Poynting’s theorem.

Instructors: Tarun Deep Saini and R. C. Mallik, IAP

Suggested Books:

1. Purcell, E. M. 2011 Electricity and Magnetism, Berkeley Physics Course - Volume 2, 2nd edition, Tata

McGraw Hill.

2.Grifths,D.J.2003IntroductiontoElectrodynamics,3rdedition,Prentice-HallofIndia.

Semester 3 (August)

UP 201: Introductory Physics Ill - Thermal and Modern Physics (2:1)

Temperature, The First Law of Thermodynamics, Kinetic Theory of Gases and Maxwell

-Boltzmann Statistics, Heat Engines, Entropy and the Second Law of Thermodynamics,

Relativity, Introduction to Quantum Physics, Basics of Quantum Mechanics, Atomic , Molecular

and Solid state Physics, Nuclear Physics, Particle Physics and Cosmology

Instructors: P. S. Anil Kumar, K. P. Ramesh and G. R. Jayanth

Suggested Books:

1. Serway, and Jewett, Physics for Scientists and Engineers (7th Edition).

2. Young, and Freedman, University Physics (12th Edition).

3. Halliday, Resnick and Walker, Fundamentals of Physics, Extended (8th Edition).

4. Harris Benson, University Physics, Revised Edition.

5. Kenneth Krane, Modern Physics, Second Edition.

Semester 4 (January)

UP 202: Intermediate Mechanics, Oscillations and Waves (2:1)

(Core Course for Physics Major)

Special theory of relativity. Lorentz transformations. Energy-momentum relation. Lorentz

four-vectors. Motion in non-inertial frames. Fictitious forces. Coriolis force. Focault pendulum.

Basic scattering theory. Vibrations of particles on a circle and a line. Orthonormal basis. Wave

equation. Fourier transform.Phase space. Hamiltonian equations, xed points and stability.

Nonlinear equations. Chaos. Logistics map and period doubling. Fluid mechanics. Euler equation.

Bernoulli’sequation.Wavesinuids.Gravitywaves.Viscosity.Navier-Stokesequation.Basic

ideas about turbulence. Elasticity. Strain and stress tensors. Elastic modulii. Bending of rods.

Waves in solids.

Instructors: Biplob Bhattacharjee, K. P. Ramesh and R. Ganesan

Suggested Books:

1. Kleppner, D. and Kolenkow, R. J. 2007 An Introduction To Mechanics (Special Indian Edition).

2. Rana, N. C. and Jog, P. S. 1991 Classical Mechanics, Tata McGraw-Hill, New Delhi.

3. Landau, L. D. and Lifshitz, E. M. Fluid Mechanics and Theory of Elasticity (Vols. 6 and 7 of Course of

Theoretical Physics).

UP 203: Intermediate Electromagnetism and the Quantum Physics of Radiation (2:1)

(Core Course for Physics Major)

Electromagnetic waves: Wave equation from Maxwell’s equations, polarization, energy and

momentum in EM waves, propagation in linear media, reection and refraction, Snell’s law

andFresnel’sequations,Brewsterangleandtotalinternalreection.EMwavesinconductors,

skin depth, simple theories for disperion of EM waves. Wave guides and coaxial cables, optical

bresGeometricaloptics:Fermat’sprinciple,Snell’slaw,reectionandrefractionatspherical

surfaces, convex and concave mirrors and lenses, real and virtual images.

Physical optics: Coherence, Young’s two slit experiment, multiple slits, diffraction grating,

wavelength resolution and fringe visibility, Newton’s rings, Michelson and Fabry-Perot

interferometer, difraction from rectangular and circular apertures, Airy disc and resolving

power of microscopes. Quantum optics: Photons, spontaneous and stimulated emission,

Einstein A and B coefcients and relation to the Planck distribution, rate equations for

absorption and emission, two level and three level systems, population inversion and light

amplication,opticalresonatorsandthebasicworkingprincipleofalaser,examplesoflasers:

Ruby, He-Ne, semiconductor etc.

Instructors: Prerna Sharma, S. M. Victor and K. Ramesh

Suggested Books:

 1.Grifths,D.J.2003IntroductiontoElectrodynamics,3rdedition,Prentice-HallofIndia.

2. Hecht, E. and Ganesan, A. R. 2008 Optics, 4th edition, Pearson.

3. Ghatak, A. and Thyagarajan, K. 1991 Optical Electronics, Cambridge University Press.

UP 204: Intermediate Thermal Physics and the Physics of Materials (2:1)

(Core Course for Physics Major and Minor)

Review of kinetic theory and thermodynamics, Free energies, Phases and phase transitions, Van

der Walls gas and the liquid gas transition, Thermodynamics of magnetic systems, Ensembles

and rules of Statistical Mechanics, The Ideal Maxwell-Boltzmann Gas, The Ideal Fermi Gas, The

Ideal Bose Gas, Crystal Structure, Lattice Vibrations, Band theory of electrons in crystalline

solids, Thermal properties of crystalline solids.

Instructors: H. R. Krishnamurthy and Prasad V. Bhotla

Suggested Books:

1. Callen, H. B. Thermodynamics and Introduction to Thermostatistics (2nd edition), Wiley Student Edition.

2. Reif, F. Statistical Physics, Berkeley Physics Course Volume 5, Tata McGraw Hill.

3. Kittel, C. Introduction to Solid State Physics, 5th/6th/7th edition, Wiley International.

Semester 5 (August)

PH 201: Classical Mechanics (3:0)

(Core Course for Physics Major)

Newton’s laws, generalized co-ordinates. Lagrange’s principle of least action and equations.

Conservation laws and symmetry. Integrable problems, elastic collisions and scattering. Small

oscillations including systems with many degrees of freedom, rigid body motion. Hamilton’s

equations. Poisson brackets. Hamilton Jacobi theory. Canonical perturbation theory, chaos,

elements of special relativity. Lorentz transformations, relativistic mechanics.

Instructor: Banibrata Mukhopadhyay

Suggested Books:

1. Goldstein, H. 1989 Classical Mechanics, 2nd edition, Narosa, New Delhi.

2. Landau, L. D. and Lifshitz, E. M. 1976 Mechanics, Pergamon, UK.

3. Rana, N. C. and Jog, P. S. 1991 Classical Mechanics, Tata McGraw-Hill, New Delhi.

PH 203: Quantum Mechanics I (3:0)

(Core Course for Physics Major)

Historical foundations. Wave function for a single particle. Hamiltonian. Schrodinger equation.

Probability current. Wave packets. One-dimensional problems: step, barrier and delta-function

potentials. Tunnelling, scattering and bound states. Harmonic oscillator, operator approach.

Matrix formulation of quantum mechanics. Hermitian and unitary operators. Orthonormal

basis. Momentum representation. Uncertainty relations. Postulates of quantum mechanics.

Heisenberg representation. Ehrenfest’s theorem. Three-dimensional problems. Rotations,

angular momentum operators, commutation relations. Spherical harmonics. Hydrogen atom,

its spectrum and wave functions. Symmetries and degeneracies. Spin angular momentum.

Spin-1/2 and two-level systems. Addition of angular momentum. Spin-orbit and hyperne

interactions. Time-independent perturbation theory. Stark and Zeeman effects. Variational

methods, ground state of helium atom.

Instructor: Diptiman Sen

Suggested Books:

1. Cohen-Tannoudji, C., Diu, B. and Laloe, F. 1977 Quantum Mechanics, Vol.1, John Wiley.

2. Landau, L. D. and Lifshitz E. M. 1974 Quantum Mechanics, Pergamon, NY.

3. Shankar, R. 2010 Principles of Quantum Mechanics, Springer.

4. Schwabl, F. 1995 Quantum Mechanics, Springer.

PH 205: Mathematical Methods of Physics (3:0)

(Core Course for Physics Major)

Linear vector spaces, linear operators and matrices, systems of linear equations. Eigen values

and eigen vectors, classical orthogonal polynomials. Linear ordinary differential equations,

exact and series methods of solution, special functions. Linear partial differential equations

of physics, separation of variables method of solution. Complex variable theory; analytic

functions.TaylorandLaurentexpansions,classicationofsingularities,analyticcontinuation,

contour integration, dispersion relations. Fourier and Laplace transforms.

Instructor: Tanmoy Das

Suggested Books:

1. Mathews, J. and Walker, R. L. 1973 Mathematical Methods of Physics, Benjamin, Menlo Park, California.

2. Dennery, P. and Krzywicki, A. 1967 Mathematics for Physicists, Harper and Row, NY.

3. Wyld, H. W. 1976 Mathematical Methods for Physics, Benjamin, Reading, Massachusetts.

PH 211: General Physics Laboratory (0:3)

Diffraction of light by high frequency sound waves, Michelson interferometer, Hall effect, band

gap of semiconductors, diode as a temperature sensor, thermal conductivity of a gas using

Pirani gauge, normal modes of vibration in a box, Newton’s laws of cooling, dielectric constant

measurements of tri-glycerine selenate, random walk in porous medium.

Instructors: Vasant Natarajan, AveekBid,K.S.R.KoteswaraRao and D. V. S. Muthu

Semester 6 (January)

PH 202: Statistical Mechanics (3:0)

(Core Course for Physics Major)

Basic principles of statistical mechanics and its application to simple systems. Probability

theory, fundamental postulate, phase space, Liouville’s theorem, ergodicity, micro-canonical

ensemble, connection with thermodynamics, canonical ensemble, classical ideal gas, harmonic

oscillators, paramagnetism, Ising model, physical applications to polymers, biophysics. Grand

canonical ensemble, thermodynamic potentials, Maxwell relations, Legendre transformation.

Introduction to quantum statistical mechanics, Fermi, Bose and Boltzmann distribution, Bose

condensation, photons and phonons, Fermi gas, classical gases with internal degrees of freedom,

uctuation,dissipationandlinearresponse,MonteCarloandmoleculardynamicsmethods.

Instructor: Arnab Rai Choudhuri

Suggested Books:

1. Pathria, R. K. 1996 Statistical Mechanics, Butterworth Heinemann, Second edition.

2. Reif, F. 1965 Fundamentals of Statistical and Thermal Physics, McGraw Hill.

3. Landau, L. D. and Lifshitz, E. M. 1980 Statistical Physics, Pergamon.

PH 204: Quantum Mechanics II (3:0)

(Core Course for Physics Major)

Time dependent perturbation theory. Fermi golden rule. Transitions caused by a periodic

externaleld.Dipoletransitionsand selectionrules.Decayof an unstable state.Borncross

section for weak potential scattering. Adiabatic and sudden approximations. WKB method for

bound states and tunneling. Scattering theory: partial wave analysis, low energy scattering,

scattering length, Born approximation, optical theorem, Levinson’s theorem, resonances,

elements of formal scattering theory. Minimal coupling between radiation and matter,

diamagnetism and paramagnetism of atoms, Landau levels and Aharonov- Bohm effect.

Addition of angular momenta, Clebsch Gordon series, Wigner Eckart theorem, Lande’s g factor.

Many particle systems: identity of particles, Pauli principle, exchange interaction, bosons

and fermions. Second quantization, multielectron atoms, Hund’s rules. Binding of diatomic

molecules. Introduction to Klein Gordon and Dirac equations, and their non-relativistic

reduction, g factor of the electron.

Instructor: B. Ananthanarayan

Suggested Books:

1. Landau, L. D. and Lifshitz, E. M. 1974 Quantum Mechanics, Pergamon, NY.

2. Cohen-Tannoudji, C., Diu, B. and Laloe, F. 1977 Quantum Mechanics (2 Vols.), John Wiley.

Optional Courses for Physics Major

Course

Number

GP Title Faculty

PH 206 3:0 Electromagnetic Theory Anindya Das

PH 207 1:2 Analog Digital and Microprocessor Electronics

K. Rajan and

M. N. Ramanuja

PH 208 3:0 Condensed Matter Physics I Manish Jain

PH 209 2:1 Analog and Digital Electronics Lab

K. Rajan and

M. N. Ramanuja

PH 212 0:3 Experiments in Condensed Matter Physics

K. S. R. K. and

Suja Elizabeth

PH 213 0:4

Advanced Experiments in Condensed Matter

Physics

Arindam Ghosh,

Ambarish Ghosh

and R. Ganesan

PH 217 3:0 Fundamentals of Astrophysics

Biman Nath and

Tarun Saini

PH 231 0:1 Workshop practice Vasant Natarajan

PH 320 3:0 Condensed Matter Physics II Vijay Shenoy

PH 322 3:0 Molecular Simulation Prabal K Maiti

PH 325 3:0 Advanced Statistical Physics Rahul Pandit

PH 330 0:3 Advanced Independent Project Faculty

PH 340 4:0 Quantum Statistical Field Theory

PH 347 2:0 Bioinformatics

S. Ramakumar and

K. Sekar

PH 350 3:0 Physics of Soft Condensed Matter Jadeep K. Basu

PH 351 3:0

Crystal Growth, Thin Films and

Characterization

Suja Elizabeth and

P. S. Anil Kumar

PH 352 3:0 Semiconductor Physics and Technology V. Venkataraman

PH 359 3:0 Physics at the Nanoscale

A. K. Sood and

Arindam Ghosh

PH 362 3:0 Matter at Low Temperatures Ambarish Ghosh