MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

11.08.2007

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

 

 

Registered Office :

Kharagpur – 721 302, West Bengal

 

 

Country :

India

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

18.08.1951

 

 

TAN No.:

[Tax Deduction & Collection Account No.]

CALI01878C

 

 

Legal Form :

Institute Owned by Government of India.

 

 

Line of Business :

Making available facilities for higher education, research and training in various fields of Science and Technology.

 

 

RATING & COMMENTS

 

MIRA’s Rating :

A

 

RATING

STATUS

PROPOSED CREDIT LINE

56-70

A

Financial & operational base are regarded healthy. General unfavourable factors will not cause fatal effect. Satisfactory capability for payment of interest and principal sums

Fairly Large

 

Maximum Credit Limit :

-

 

 

Status :

Good

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

Regular

 

 

Litigation :

Clear

 

 

Comments :

Subject is a well-reputed Institute in India. Trade relations are reported as fair. Payments are usually correct and as per commitments.

 

The institute can be considered good for normal business dealings at usual trade terms and conditions.

 

 

LOCATIONS

 

Registered Office :

Kharagpur – 721 302, West Bengal, India

Tel. No.:

91-3222-282195

Fax No.:

91-3222-255303

Location:

Subject is situated about 120 km west of Calcutta; Kharagpur can be reached in about 2.5 hrs from the Howrah railway station of Calcutta. Kharagpur is also connected by direct train services to most major cities of the country. The Institute is about 10 minutes drive (5km) from the Kharagpur railway station. Private taxi, autorickshaw or cycle rickshaw can be hired to reach the Institute.

 

 

Extension Centres:

v      Bhubaneshwar Extension Centre

Address :
IIT Kharagpur Extension Centre
Mouza Samantapuri
(Near Swosti Plaza)
Bhubaneshwar 751013
Telephone : 0674 2301704
Telefax : 0674 2301704
E-Mail : gc_mitra@yahoo.com;
mohakudumesh@yahoo.com

Professor in Charge :
Prof. G. C. Mitra
Residence Phone: 0674-2546880

Supported By :  Umesh Chandra Mohakud

 

 

v      Calcutta Extension Centre

Address :
IIT Kharagpur Extension Centre
HC Block, Sector – III
Salt Lake City
Calcutta – 700106

Telephone : 033-23379793
Telefax : 033-23348091
E-Mail :ratul@adm.iitkgp.ernet.in 
saradindu_sengupta@yahoo.com

Supported By :
Sri Ratul Banerjee
Residence Phone: 033-25927184

 

 

 

Guest Houses:

v      Air conditioned single / double bedded rooms, and suites (total 60 beds )

Telephone in every room
From campus : Dial 28**
From outside : Dial +91-3222-2828**
** = room number

Contact Person : Col. P. N. Chakraborty
Telephone : +91-3222-282840(office)
E-mail : pnc@hijli.iitkgp.ernet.in

 

v      Total accommodation : 90 beds
(single, double bedded rooms and dormitory)

Telephone :
From Campus :
From Outside : +91-3222-282880

Contact Person : Col. P. N. Chakraborty
Telephone : +91-3222-282840(office)
E-mail : pnc@hijli.iitkgp.ernet.in  

           

 

DIRECTORS

 

Name :

Mr. D. Acharya

Designation :

Director

Tel. No.:

91-3222-282002 / 282003 / 277201 / 282001 / 282008

 

 

Name :

Mr. M. Chakraborty

Designation :

Deputy Director

Tel. No.:

91-3222-282012/ 283251/ 277311

E-Mail:

dydir@hijli.iitkgp.ernet.in

 

 

KEY EXECUTIVES

 

Name :

Mr. T K Dey

Designation :

Secretary

Tel. No.:

91-3222-282004 / 282005

 

 

Name :

Mr. T K Sensharma

Designation :

Secretary

Tel. No.:

91-3222-282006 / 007

Fax No.:

91-3222-282000

 

 

Name :

Mr. A. Chaudhari

Designation :

Secretary

Tel. No.:

91-3222-282014 / 282015

Fax No.:

91-3222-282013

E-Mail:

sectodd@hijli.iitkgp.ernet.in

 

 

Name :

Mr. T K Saha

Designation :

Secretary (F & P and SA)

Tel. No.:

91-3222-282030

E-Mail:

secdeans@hijli.iitkgp.ernet.in

 

 

Name :

Mr. D. Pradhan

Designation :

Secretary (Acad and AA)

Tel. No.:

91-3222-282031 / 282049

E-Mail:

secdnac@adm.iitkgp.ernet.in

 

 

Name :

Mr. B S Shastri

Designation :

Dean (Academic)

Tel. No.:

91-3222-282032 / 283721 / 277871

E-Mail:

deanac@hijli.iitkgp.ernet.in

 

 

Name :

Mr. A. Chakraborty

Designation :

Dean (Alumni Affairs)

Tel. No.:

91-3222-282034 / 283511 / 279896

E-Mail:

deanaa@hijli.iitkgp.ernet.in  

 

 

Name :

Mr. B. Chatterjee

Designation :

Dean (Continuing Edu)

Tel. No.:

91-3222-282033 / 283607 / 220213

E-Mail:

deance@hijli.iitkgp.ernet.in

 

 

Name :

Mr. R N Datta

Designation :

Dean (Faculty and Planning)

Tel. No.:

91-3222-282035 / 283217 / 277403

E-Mail:

deanfp@hijli.iitkgp.ernet.in

 

 

Name :

Mr. S K Satsangi

Designation :

Dean (P G & R)

Tel. No.:

91-3222-282036 / 283785

E-Mail:

deanpg@hijli.iitkgp.ernet.in

 

 

Name :

Mr. P P Chakrabarti

Designation :

Dean (SRIC)

Tel. No.:

91-3222-282037 / 283467 / 277932

E-Mail:

deansr@hijli.iitkgp.ernet.in

 

 

Name :

Mr. H R Tewari

Designation :

Dean (Students Affairs)

Tel. No.:

91-3222-282038 / 283629 / 277283

E-Mail:

deansa@hijli.iitkgp.ernet.in 

 

 

Name :

Mrs. S. Samanta

Designation :

Secretary

Tel. No.:

91-3222-282024 / 282025

Fax No.:

91-3222-282020

E-Mail:

sectoreg@hijli.iitkgp.ernet.in

 

 

Name :

Prof. P S Rao

Designation :

Secretary (Technical Committee, Agricultural and Food Engineering Department)

Address:

IIT Kharagpur – 721 302, West Bengal, India

Tel. No.:

91-3222-283164

Mobile No.:

91-9434317938

E-Mail:

psrao@agfe.iitkgp.ernet.in

 

 

Name :

Mr. C K Mukherjee

Designation :

Organizing Secretary, agricultural and Food Engineering Department

Address:

IIT Kharagpur – 721 302, West Bengal, India

Tel. No.:

91-3222-283136

Mobile No.:

91-9434709779

E-Mail:

ckm@agfe.iitkgp.ernet.in

 

 

Name :

Prof. B C Mal

Designation :

Chairman, Organizing Committee, Head, Agricultural and Food Engineering Department

Address:

IIT Kharagpur – 721 302, West Bengal, India

Tel. No.:

91-3222-282244, 283129

Fax No.:

91-3222-282244 / 255303

E-Mail:

bmal@agfe.iitkgp.ernet.in

 

 

MANAGEMENT

 

Head of Departments, Centres and Schools:

v     Prof. P K Datta                             Aerospace Engineering

v     Prof. B C Mal                               Agricultural & Food Engineering

v     Prof. Uttam K Banerjee                 Architecture & Regional Planning

v     Prof. A K Ghosh                           Biotechnology

v     Prof. T K Basu                             Center for Educational Technology

v     Prof. D Mukherjee                         Chemical Engineering

v     Prof. A Basak                              Chemistry

v     Prof. S P Dasgupta                       Civil Engineering

v     Prof. J Mukhopadhyay                  Computer & Informatics Centre

v     Prof. V V Rao                               Cryogenic Engineering

v     Prof. I Sengupta                           Computer Science & Engineering

v      Prof. D Datta                                Electronics & Electrical

Communication Engineering     

v     Prof. S K Das                               Electrical Engineering

v      Prof. S Chakrabarti                       G S Sanyal School of

Telecommunications

v     Prof. A K Gupta                            Geology & Geophysics

v     Prof. B Chatterjee                         Humanities & Social Sciences

v      Prof. P K Ray                               Industrial Engineering &

Management

v     Prof. S S Alam                             Mathematics

v     Prof. S K Som                              Mechanical Engineering

v     Prof. K U M Rao                           Mining Engineering

v     Prof. N Chakraborty                      Metallurgical & Materials Engineering

v     Prof. C K Das                               Materials Science

v      Prof. D Sen                                  Ocean Engineering & Naval

Architecture

v     Prof. H N Mishra                           Post Harvest Technology Centre

v     Prof. B K Mathur                          Physics & Meteorology

v     Prof. Suresh Prasad                     Rural Development Centre

v     Prof. R B Misra                            Reliability Engineering Centre

v     Prof. A K Bhowmick                     Rubber Technology Centre

v     Prof. I Sengupta                           Information Technology

v     Prof. A K Ray                               Medical Science & Technology

v     Prof. P K Gupta                            Vinod Gupta School of Management

v     Prof. B K Mathur                          Information Cell

v      Prof. S K Satsangi                        Oceans, Rivers, Atmosphere and

Land Sciences

v      Prof. S Tripathy                            Rajiv Gandhi School of Intellectual 

Property Law

v      Prof. R Mall                                  Administrative Computer Service

Support Centre

 

 

 

Presidents, Chairmen and In-charges:

v      Prof. S K Das                            Chairman, Commercial  Establishment

                                                           and Licensing Committee      

v     Prof. J K Ray                             Chairman, JAM

v      Prof. P K Das                            Chairman, Central Workshop &

                                                           Instruments Service

v      Prof. S C Kundu                         Chairman, Campus Green Cover

                                                           Committee

v      Prof. Somnath Sengupta             Chairman, Kalpana Chaola Space

                                                           Technology Cell

v      Prof. Dhrubajyoti Sen                 Chairman, Nehru Museum of Science

                                                            & Technology

v      Prof. D R Mal                             Chairman, Campus Schools Advisory

                                                           Committee

v      Prof. Arif Merchant                     Chairman, Campus Maintenance &

                                                           Development Committee

v     Prof. R K Panda                         Chairman, House Allotment Committee

v     Prof. V R Desai                          Chairman, Students' Brotherhood Fund

v     Prof. H R Tewari                         Chairman, Rajbhasha Vibhag

v     Prof. J Barman                           Prof-in-charge, Civil (Construction)

v      Prof. S Kal                                Chairman, Advanced Technology

                                                           Centre

v     Prof. S S Bandyopadhyay           Chairman, Central Library

v     Prof. I Manna                             Chairman, Central Research Facility

v      Prof. S P Pal                             Convenor, Center for Theoretical

                                                          Studies

v     Prof. Souvik Bhattacharyya         Chairman, GATE

v     Prof. H N Mishra                        Chairman, Hall Management Centre

v     Prof. A K Ghosh                        Chairman, JEE

v      Prof. N S Raghuwanshi               President TSG, Technology Students

                                                           Gymkhana

v     Prof. S Tripathy                          Prof-in-charge, IPR & IR

v     Prof. G Sinha                             Prof-in-charge, Training & Placement

v     Prof. Amit Patra                         Prof-in-charge, Advanced VLSI lab

v      Prof. Anupam Basu                    Prof-in-charge, Media Lab Asia - IIT-

                                                          KGP Lab

v     Prof. Alok Barua                        Prof-in-charge, Examination

v     Prof. Arif Merchant                     Prof-in-charge, Civil (Maintenance)

v      Prof. M Ramgopal                      Prof-in-charge, Refrigeration & Air

                                                           Conditioning

v      Prof. S S Pathak                        Prof-in-charge, Telephone

                                                           (Technology Telecom Centre)

v     Prof. S N Panda                         Prof-in-charge, Water Works

v     Prof. N K Kishore                       Prof-in-charge, Electrical Works

v     Prof. S C Kundu                         Prof-in-charge, Horticulture

 

 

 

Wardens:

v     Prof. V V Rao                                          Coordinating Warden

v     Prof. S S Pathak                                     Warden, Azad Hall

v     Prof. P P Srivastav                                   Asst Warden, Azad Hall

v     Prof. Susanta Banerjee                            Asst. Warden, Azad Hall

v     Prof. S Kumar                                         Warden, B C Roy Hall

v     Prof. T Sahoo                                          Asst. Warden, B C Roy Hall

v     Prof. D K Nanda                                      Warden, Homi Bhaba Hall

v      Prof. N C Nayak                                      Asst. Warden, Homi Bhaba

Hall

v     Prof. D K Gupta                                       Warden, JCB Hall

v     Prof. P Srinivasa Rao                               Asst. Warden, JCB Hall

v     Prof. T K Goswami                                   Asst. Warden, JCB Hall

v     Prof. V R Desai                                       Warden, LLR Hall

v     Prof. S L Shrivastava                                Asst. Warden, LLR Hall

v     Prof. S C Pradhan                                    Asst. Warden, LLR Hall

v     Prof. C Chakraborti                                  Warden, SN/IG Halls

v     Prof. K S Reddy                                      Warden, MS Hall

v     Prof. M M Ghangrekar                              Asst. Warden, MS Hall

v     Prof. R K Pandey                                     Asst. Warden, MS Hall

v     Prof. Subhasish Das                                Warden, Nehru Hall

v     Prof. K Goswami                                     Asst. Warden, Nehru Hall

v     Prof. P K Bhowmick                                 Asst. Warden, Nehru Hall

v     Prof. S C Mahapatra                                Asst. Warden, Patel Hall

v     Prof. A K Thakur                                      Asst. Warden, Patel Hall

v     Prof. V N Giri                                           Warden, RK Hall

v     Prof. P Saha                                           Asst. Warden, RK Hall

v     Prof. S K Chaturvedi                                 Asst. Warden, RK Hall

v     Prof. S K Srivastava                                 Warden, RP Hall

v     Prof. C K Mukherjee                                 Asst. Warden, RP Hall

v     Prof. J Maiti                                             Asst. Warden, RP Hall

v     Prof. G Panda                                         Asst. Warden, SN/IG Halls

v     Prof. A Mahanty (Pathak)                         Asst. Warden, SN/IG Halls

v     Prof. V Srinivas                                          Warden, VS Hall

v     Prof. V N A Naikan                                  Asst. Warden, VS Hall

v     Prof. S K Ghosh                                      Asst. Warden, VS Hall

v     Prof. Sadhan K De                                   Warden, AM Hall

v     Prof. D Chakravarty                                  Asst. Warden, AM Hall

v      Prof. V V Rao                                          Warden, Madan Mohan

Malviya Hall

v      Prof. C Chakraborty                                 Asst. Warden, Madan Mohan 

Malviya Hall                                        

v      Prof. A K Nanda                                      Asst. Warden, Madan Mohan

Malviya Hall

v      Prof. P Banerjee                                      Asst. Warden, Madan Mohan

Malviya Hall

v     Prof. A Roy                                             Warden, Mother Teresa Hall

v      Prof. T Mishra                                          Asst. Warden, Mother Teresa

Hall

 

 

 

Communication Directory – NCC

v      Air Wing

Tel. No.: 91-3222-282772 / 282773

 

v      Administration Officer

Tel. No.: 91-3222-282776 / 282777

 

v      E M E

Tel. No.: 91-3222-282774 / 282775

 

v      NCC Gr. HQ.

       Tel. No.: 91-3222-282770 / 282771

 

 

BUSINESS DETAILS

 

Line of Business :

Making available facilities for higher education, research and training in various fields of Science and Technology.

 

 

GENERAL INFORMATION

 

No. of Employees :

450 faculty, 2200 employees and 2700 students

 

 

Bankers :

Not Available

 

CAPITAL STRUCTURE

 

Capital Investment :

Not Available

 

 

FINANCIAL DATA

[all figures are in Rupees Millions]

 

Not Available

 

 

LOCAL AGENCY FURTHER INFORMATION

 

Website details attached:

 

Institute History

 

The history of the IIT system dates back to 1946 when a committee was set up by Hon'ble Sir Jogendra Singh, Member of the Viceroy's Executive Council, Department of Education, Health and Agriculture to consider the setting up of Higher Technical Institutions for post war industrial development in India. The 22 member committee headed by Sri N. R. Sarkar, in its report, recommended the establishment of four Higher Technical Institutions in the Eastern, Western, Northern and Southern regions, possibly on the lines of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA, with a number of secondary institutions affiliated to it. The report also urged the speedy establishment of all the four institutions with the ones in the East and the West to be started immediately. The committee also felt that such institutes would not only produce undergraduates but they should be engaged in research, producing research workers and technical teachers as well. The standard of the graduates should be at par with those from first class institutions abroad. They felt that the proportion of undergraduates and postgraduate students should be 2:1.

 

With the above recommendations of the Sarkar committee in view, the first Indian Institute of Technology was born in May 1950 in Hijli, Kharagpur, in the eastern part of India.


Initially the IIT started functioning from 5, Esplanade East, Calcutta and very soon shifted to Hijli in Sept. 1950. The present name 'Indian Institute of Technology' was adopted before the formal inauguration of the Institute on August 18, 1951, by Maulana Abul Kalam Azad.


IIT Kharagpur started its journey in the old Hijli Detention Camp where some of our great freedom fighters toiled and sacrificed their lives for the independence of our country.


The history of IIT Kharagpur is thus intimately linked with the history of the Hijli Detention Camp. This is possibly one of the very few Institutions all over the world which started life in a prison house.


Pandit Nehru in his first convocation address in 1956 said "Here in the place of that Hijli Detention Camp stands the fine monument of India, representing India's urges, India's future in the making. This picture seems to me symbolical of the changes that are coming to India."

 

Brief Profile of Professor Damodar Acharya

 

Professor Damodar Acharya received his Ph.D. (in 1975) and M.Tech. in IE & OR (in 1972) degrees from IIT, Kharagpur, and B.Sc.(Engineering) degree in Mechanical Engineering with distinction (in 1970) from NIT, Rourkela. Professor Acharya has about thirty two years of diversified experience - twenty seven years of teaching and research experience at IIT, Kharagpur, and five years of experience in academic administration as Vice-Chancellor, Biju Patnaik University of Technology, Rourkela, and Chairman, All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE), New Delhi. At IIT Kharagpur, he held several important positions, such as Head of the Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, Chairman of JEE, Dean of Sponsored Research and Industrial Consultancy, and Chairman of Vinod Gupta School of Management. He has proved himself as an individual possessing exceptional academic leadership and administrative skills.

 

As an academician, Professor Acharya has the distinction of supervising more than thirty Ph.D. students, and publishing more than 85 papers in journals of repute. He is a consultant to many world-class companies, such as Tata Steel, General Motors, Hindustan Lever, and Tata Chemicals, and handled projects worth more than Rs.15 crore.

His areas of interest and research include operation research, production planning and control, supply chain, and maintenance management. He is a fellow of both Indian National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Sciences (India), and a member of several professional bodies, such as ORSI, IE(India), and IIIE.

 

About the Detention Camp

 

The district of Midnapore along with rest of Bengal and India took part in a very significant way in the revolutionary struggle against the British Raj from the early 20th century.


The large number of youth who participated in the armed struggle or the non cooperation movement could not be accommodated in ordinary jails. The then British Government decided to establish a few detention camps - the first one was located in Buxa Fort which was followed by the setting up of the Hijli Detention Camp in 1930. The Hijli Detention Camp bears a very significant mark in our freedom movement. Two unarmed detainees were shot dead here by the British Police on Sept. 16, 1931. Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose came to Hijli for collecting the bodies of the two great sons of the freedom movement - Santosh Kumar Mitra and Tarakeswar Sengupta. All the national leaders including Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore voiced their strong protests against the British Raj over this incident.

 

The Hijli Detention Camp was closed in 1937 and was reopened again in 1940 to detain the freedom fighters without trial. In 1942 the camp was again closed and the detainees were transferred elsewhere.

 

IIT in it's Infancy


There were 224 fresher and 42 teachers in August 1951 when the first session started. The class rooms, laboratories and the Administrative office were housed in the historic building of the Hijli Detention Camp. The Institute started its academic programme with only ten Departments. On March, 1952, Pandit Nehru laid the foundation stone of the New Building.

 

The layout of the present campus and the design of our buildings were carried out by a host of engineers and architects under the guidance of an eminent Swiss architect Dr. Werner M. Moser.


A large amount of financial help was available for procuring a number of machine tools from the ministry of industry and supply. The Institute Workshop was supposed to be one of the best in the country.


The Institute was fortunate enough to have Sir J. C. Ghosh, an eminent Scientist as its first Director under whose able stewardship the Institute grew in its formative years. The first Board of Governors was constituted with Dr. B.C. Roy, as the chairman and Mr. N. R. Sarkar, Sir Jehangir J. Gandhi, Dr. Tarachand, Mr. K.R.K. Menon, Mr. T. Sivasankar, Dr. S.S. Bhatnagar, Mr. H. Kabir and Dr. J.C. Ghosh as members. Some eminent scholars from Europe had joined this Institute in its formative years and the first two of them were Prof. R.A. Kraus and Prof. H.  Tischner, who was incidentally the first Head of Electronics and ECE Department.


On Sept. 15, 1956, the Parliament of India passed an act known as the Indian Institute of Technology (Kharagpur) Act declaring this Institute as an Institute of national importance. The Institute was also given the status of an autonomous University. From this modest start in 1950, IIT Kharagpur has been engaged in a steady process of development with about 18 academic departments, five centres of excellence. the vast tree-laden campus, spreading over 2100 acres has a self contained township of over 15,000 inhabitants. Currently we have about 450 faculty, 2200 employees and 2700 students on the campus.

 

Newsite

 

Special honorees at this year’s Alumni Meet were graduates of 1957 and 1982. Every year we honour two batches of alumni and invite them to come back and spend a weekend with their alma mater. This gives the alumni a chance to come back and have a look at how the Institute has evolved, since they graduated. This is a time when alumni bring their families along and give them a taste of the IIT system. This year was no different.

 

Announcements

 

*       Nominations invited for Distinguished Alumnus Award

*       Institute Launches New Alumni WEB page

*       Technology Alumni Association Elects new office bearers

*       5th Annual Alumni Meet

 

 

Nehru Museum of Science & Technology

 

At the old building of IIT Kharagpur we have the Nehru Museum. A large number of technical models abandoned by various Institutes and organizations in India and abroad have been collected for exhibition in the museum. The museum was started in the Hijli Detention Camp which has been renamed "Hijli Shahid Bhavan" on 16th September, 1997 on the Hijli Martyrs Day to commemorate the martyrdom of two freedom fighters are the Hijli Detention Camp in September 1931.

The Nehru Museum of Science and Technology was established in 1990 with the objective of:

  • Providing a historical perspective to the advancement of scientific and technological knowledge in various fields of human endeavor by means of models, experiments, demonstrations, photographs, manuscripts, geological specimens like fossils etc.
  • To provide young minds at the school and college level with an opportunity to learn and rediscover scientific principles by performing experiments.
  • To bring out literature, books, magazines, etc. for popularizing science and technology amongst the people at large.
  • To preserve and present the history technical education in India and specially the history of the IIT system to the general public.
  • To collect and preserve the cultural and anthropological of the people of our neighborhood.
  • To organize exhibitions of scientific and technical models and gadgets, creative arts and crafts etc. for the education of the common mass.

The technical models present were abandoned by various Institutes and organizations in India and abroad which have been collected for exhibition in the museum.


Fourteen open air demo experiments have been set up in a park in front of the museum for school children. More than 100 indoor exhibits and several outdoor exhibits like a hunter plane (donated by the IAF), a steam engine (donated by the Indian Railways) are on display. NMS&T organizes exhibitions quite regularly on various themes like "SPLASH" - an exhibition related to water, "GIFT OF WINGS" - on flying in air etc.


A number of books on popular science like "LASERS", "FOOD & FUN", "BRAIN WAVE", "Profiles in wisdom: Science and Indian scientists" have been published by the museum.


An archive room has been set up where documents pertaining to history of IIT Kharagpur and Midnapore district are displayed.


The museum is a financially independent entity. It welcomes donations.


The museum is run by a management committee approved by BOG, IIT Kgp.

The museum is a financially independent entity. We welcome donations in terms of money, active or passive models, gadgets on science and advanced technology, creative art and crafts, scientific and technical material for popularizing science and technology. We welcome any member from the public to join us and be a patron, life member, sustaining member and help us in our endeavor to achieve our goals.

 

Workshop on Sustainability of Indian Aquaculture Industry

 

 

WORKSHOP ON SUSTAINABILITY OF INDIAN AQUACULTURE INDUSTRY

(SUSTAIN-AQUA 07)  SEPTEMBER 28- 29, 2007

 

Agricultural & Food Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur - 721302

 

INTRODUCTION


The world has shown a tremendous rise in production of aqua cultural food product during last decade. India has also been continuing its pace with world in terms of production and trade. After continuous decline in production from capture fisheries and the then technological, economic success in food production from aquaculture and the global free-trade agreement, the face of coastal areas continued to change in terms of social, demographical and economic facets. Shrimp, a penaied species has been continuing to comprise almost 70-80% share in terms of value of total marine food traded. However, the path of aquaculture industry particularly shrimp farming industry was not smooth as it was perceived in early nineties. The over-use of environment and its pollution effect due to effluent of the shrimp production process caused pathogenic disease reducing the productivity during mid-nineties. The Industry almost came to a halt. The Industry has rejuvenated to grow again with the integrated effort of all the stakeholders in curbing the fatal disease stretch. But the developmental scenario now is different compared to the path followed earlier. Now there is a need of intensive co-operation of all the stakeholders and integration of their contemplation about the Industry.


At this juncture, to re-energize Indian aquaculture industry, to reunite the aqua - family to achieve the past success story again and to explore a pathway for sustainable development, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur is organizing a Workshop on Sustainable Development of Indian Aquaculture Industry; which would bring the different stakeholders on one platform and facilitate them to critically analyze the past actions, faults and experiences, to synchronize their perceptions and visions and to bring out the strategies for the sustainability of the industry. The result of the proposed workshop is expected to arrive at a consensus on different policy issues related to the industry starting from producer to consumer and bankers to environmentalists.

THEME


The Workshop will focus on the following areas:

  • Overview of Indian aquaculture industry, current trends of aquaculture business in India and their associated problems.
  • Environmental aspects of aquaculture and their management through various techniques including image processing & GIS.
  • Engineering aspects of aquaculture such as site selection, planning and design of aquaculture farms, facilities, equipment etc. and also aspects related to harvesting, handling, transportation, preservation, processing and value addition.
  • Application of biotechnology for sustainable aquaculture.
  • Aspects related to marketing and export of fish and fishery products.
  • Economics, finance and management aspects of individual aquaculture business and Indian Aquaculture industry as a whole.
  • Social and legal aspects and policy issues related to Indian aquaculture industry.
  • Future perceptions and sustainability of Indian aquaculture industry.

CALL FOR PAPERS


Scientific, technical, research derived, review based and status reporting papers on above themes are invited for presentation in the Workshop. The abstracts not exceeding 300 words neatly typed in MS Word with the title of the paper, name(s) of the author(s) and address (es) be preferably sent to Secretary, Technical Committee, SUSTAIN-AQUA 07 through email: psrao@agfe.iitkgp.ernet.in  In case of non-availability of email facilities, abstracts may be sent to following address by post: Secretary, Technical Committee, SUSTAIN-AQUA 07, Agricultural & Food Engineering Department, IIT Kharagpur -721302.


The accepted abstracts will be published in 'Souvenir-cum-Workshop Abstracts' volume. All the papers will undergo a pre-workshop editing. The edited papers will be compiled in CD in PDF format. The CDs will be distributed to the delegates during registration. The papers presented in the Workshop will be peer reviewed and published in the proceedings. However, the author (s) will be required to resubmit the papers including the corrections/modifications based on the discussion in the workshop.


PARTICIPATION DETAILS


Planners, management experts, technologists, engineers, scientists, academicians, researchers and students from government and non-governmental organizations, universities, research institutes, NGOs, consulting consortiums, private enterprises as well as shrimp and fish farmers, processors, exporters are expected to participate and register in this workshop. The delegates will be provided registration material, lunches and Workshop dinner.

 


REGISTRATION FEE

 

General delegates

Rs.1500

Student delegates

Rs 800

 


SOUVENIR-CUM- WORKSHOP ABSTRACTS


A Souvenir-cum- Workshop Abstract Volume will be published formally during the Inauguration Programme and will be distributed to the delegates and dignitaries as well as to various organizations across the country. Advertisements will be accepted from willing organizations for insertion in this volume.


ADVERTISEMENT RATES

 

Outside Back Cover (colour)

Rs 10,000

Inside Back Cover (colour)

Rs 7000

Special Inside Page (colour)

Rs 5000

Inside Full Page

Rs 3000

Inside Half Page

Rs 2000

Inside Quarter Page

Rs 1500

Banners ( 1m x 2m)

Rs 5000



Honours and Awards

 

Professor Partha Pratim Chakrabarti, Dean (SRIC) & Professor, Department of Computer Science & Engineering has been awarded the INAE Visvesvarya Chair Professorship.


Dr. Indranil Manna, Professor, Department of Metallurgical & Materials engineering has been selected as the Distinguished Industry Professor Scheme by the Indian National Academy of Engineering, New Delhi.

Dr. Anupam Basu, Professor, Department of Computer Science & Engineering has become an Advisory Member of the Social Development & Community Affair Sub-Committee for Eastern India of the Confederation of Indian Industry, Eastern Region.


Dr. Ahindra Nag, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry has been selected to join in the Editorial Board of "J. of Chemical Engineering and Patents" (Bentham Science Publishers Ltd., USA).


Professor J. C. Misra, Centre for Theoretical Studies has been appointed a Member of the Board of Editors of the Journal of Mechanics in Medicine and Biology.


Dr. Madan Kumar Jha, Department of Agricultural & Food Engineering has been selected for the Outstanding Book Award 2005-06, by ISAE, for book Applications of Remote Sensing and GIS Technologies in Groundwater Hydrology: Past, Present and Future.


Professor Samir Kumar Das, Department of Mining Engineering received the National Mining Award in Mining Engineering for the year 2006, awarded by the National Design and Research Forum under IE (I).

Professor P. K. Mishra, Department of Mechanical Engineering received the "Achievement Award" by Production Engineering Division of Institution of Engineers (India)


Professor Chacko Jacob, Materials Science Centre has been awarded the prestigious MRSI Medal prize by the Materials Research Society of India (MRSI).


Dr. Kumar Biradha, Department of Chemistry fas been awarded the Scopus Young Scientist Award 2006 for Chemsitry.

Dr. Subhasish Dey, Department of Civil Engineering has been selected as an Associated Editor of Journal of Hydro-Environment Research, Elsevier.

 

 

CMT REPORT (Corruption, Money Laundering & Terrorism]

 

The Public Notice information has been collected from various sources including but not limited to: The Courts, India Prisons Service, Interpol, etc.

 

1]         INFORMATION ON DESIGNATED PARTY

No records exist designating subject or any of its beneficial owners, controlling shareholders or senior officers as terrorist or terrorist organization or whom notice had been received that all financial transactions involving their assets have been blocked or convicted, found guilty or against whom a judgement or order had been entered in a proceedings for violating money-laundering, anti-corruption or bribery or international economic or anti-terrorism sanction laws or whose assets were seized, blocked, frozen or ordered forfeited for violation of money laundering or international anti-terrorism laws.

 

2]         Court Declaration :

No records exist to suggest that subject is or was the subject of any formal or informal allegations, prosecutions or other official proceeding for making any prohibited payments or other improper payments to government officials for engaging in prohibited transactions or with designated parties.

 

3]         Asset Declaration :

No records exist to suggest that the property or assets of the subject are derived from criminal conduct or a prohibited transaction.

 

4]         Record on Financial Crime :

            Charges or conviction registered against subject:                                                  None

 

5]         Records on Violation of Anti-Corruption Laws :

            Charges or investigation registered against subject:                                                          None

 

6]         Records on Int’l Anti-Money Laundering Laws/Standards :

            Charges or investigation registered against subject:                                                          None

 

7]         Criminal Records

No available information exist that suggest that subject or any of its principals have been formally charged or convicted by a competent governmental authority for any financial crime or under any formal investigation by a competent government authority for any violation of anti-corruption laws or international anti-money laundering laws or standard.

 

8]         Affiliation with Government :

No record exists to suggest that any director or indirect owners, controlling shareholders, director, officer or employee of the company is a government official or a family member or close business associate of a Government official.

 

9]         Compensation Package :

Our market survey revealed that the amount of compensation sought by the subject is fair and reasonable and comparable to compensation paid to others for similar services.

 

10]        Press Report :

            No press reports / filings exists on the subject.

 

 

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

 

MIRA INFORM as part of its Due Diligence do provide comments on Corporate Governance to identify management and governance. These factors often have been predictive and in some cases have created vulnerabilities to credit deterioration.

 

Our Governance Assessment focuses principally on the interactions between a company’s management, its Board of Directors, Shareholders and other financial stakeholders.

 

 

CONTRAVENTION

 

Subject is not known to have contravened any existing local laws, regulations or policies that prohibit, restrict or otherwise affect the terms and conditions that could be included in the agreement with the subject.

 

 

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 

Currency
Unit

Indian Rupees

US Dollar

1

Rs. 40.63

UK Pound

1

Rs. 82.42

Euro

1

Rs. 55.96

 

 

SCORE & RATING EXPLANATIONS

 

SCORE FACTORS

 

RANGE

POINTS

HISTORY

1~10

9

PAID-UP CAPITAL

1~10

6

OPERATING SCALE

1~10

6

FINANCIAL CONDITION

 

 

--BUSINESS SCALE

1~10

9

--PROFITABILIRY

1~10

5

--LIQUIDITY

1~10

7

--LEVERAGE

1~10

7

--RESERVES

1~10

6

--CREDIT LINES

1~10

6

--MARGINS

-5~5

--

DEMERIT POINTS

 

 

--BANK CHARGES

YES/NO

YES

--LITIGATION

YES/NO

NO

--OTHER ADVERSE INFORMATION

YES/NO

NO

MERIT POINTS

 

 

--SOLE DISTRIBUTORSHIP

YES/NO

NO

--EXPORT ACTIVITIES

YES/NO

NO

--AFFILIATION

YES/NO

YES

--LISTED

YES/NO

NO

--OTHER MERIT FACTORS

YES/NO

YES

TOTAL

 

61

 

This score serves as a reference to assess SC’s credit risk and to set the amount of credit to be extended. It is calculated from a composite of weighted scores obtained from each of the major sections of this report. The assessed factors and their relative weights (as indicated through %) are as follows:

 

Financial condition (40%)            Ownership background (20%)                 Payment record (10%)

Credit history (10%)                    Market trend (10%)                                Operational size (10%)

 

 

RATING EXPLANATIONS

 

RATING

STATUS

 

 

PROPOSED CREDIT LINE

>86

Aaa

Possesses an extremely sound financial base with the strongest capability for timely payment of interest and principal sums

 

Unlimited

71-85

Aa

Possesses adequate working capital. No caution needed for credit transaction. It has above average (strong) capability for payment of interest and principal sums

 

Large

56-70

A

Financial & operational base are regarded healthy. General unfavourable factors will not cause fatal effect. Satisfactory capability for payment of interest and principal sums

 

Fairly Large

41-55

Ba

Overall operation is considered normal. Capable to meet normal commitments.

 

Satisfactory

26-40

B

Unfavourable & favourable factors carry similar weight in credit consideration. Capability to overcome financial difficulties seems comparatively below average.

 

Small

11-25

Ca

Adverse factors are apparent. Repayment of interest and principal sums in default or expected to be in default upon maturity

 

Limited with full security

<10

C

Absolute credit risk exists. Caution needed to be exercised

 

 

Credit not recommended

NR

In view of the lack of information, we have no basis upon which to recommend credit dealings

No Rating

 

 

 

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