Industry Interactive Innovations in Science, Engineering and Technology (eng)

The book is a collection of peer-reviewed scientific papers submitted by active researchers in the International Conference on Industry Interactive Innovation in Science, Engineering and Technology (I3SET 2016). The conference is a collective initiative of all departments and disciplines of JIS College of Engineering (an autonomous institution), Kalyani, West Bengal, India. The primary objective of the conference is to strengthen interdisciplinary research and encourage innovation in a demand-driven way as desired by the industry for escalating technology for mankind.

A galaxy of academicians, professionals, scientists, industry people and researchers from different parts of the country and abroad shared and contributed their knowledge. The major areas of I3SET 2016 include nonconventional energy and advanced power systems; nanotechnology and applications; pattern recognition and machine intelligence; digital signal and image processing; modern instrumentation, control, robotics and automation; civil engineering and structural design; real-time and embedded systems, communication and devices; advanced optimization techniques; biotechnology, biomedical instrumentation and bioinformatics; and outcome based education.

Dr. Swapan Bhattacharyya (M’06) received his B.Sc. (Hons.) degree in Physics from the University of Calcutta in 1982, the Integrated M. Tech. (B. Tech & M. Tech) degree in Radio Physics and Electronics in 1987 and the Ph.D. degree, all from the University of Calcutta. In 1988, he joined the Tata Group of Companies (TGC) at Jamshedpur, India as a Senior Customer Support Engineer, where he became the Branch Manager (Customer Support) in 1998 and in the next year he joined the Corporate Office – Mumbai as a Corporate Manager.

In May 2004, he joined the Asansol Engineering College (India) as a System Manager, where he became the Head of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering since December 2004. At present he is the Head of the Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering at JIS College of Engineering (An Autonomous Institution). He is continuing his research in the field of Semiconductor nanostructures with special focus on Quantum dots for information and communication applications. He has also special interest in natural language processing, and use of IT for rural development. Since 2013, he is one of visiting faculties in Radio Physics and Electronics Department of Calcutta University. Dr. Bhattacharyya was a recipient of a National Scholarship from Government of India. He worked in academic administration of several reputed technical institutes and universities in India. He has published many technical research papers in international journals, in national and international conferences. He served as the convener of technical committee for several national conferences and seminars. He is also the reviewer of IEEE, Journal of Applied Physics. He is a member of IEEE, IEEE Photonics Society and life member of IE (Institute of Engineers, India).

Dr. Sabyasachi Sen received his Bachelor, Masters and PhD degree from the prestigious University of Calcutta. He has been associated with academics for nearly 15years and with research and development activities for 13 years. Over these years, he has served the Institute at the various administrative position including HOD, Physics and Nanoscience and Technology; Dean R&D, Secretary Academic Council of Autonomous JIS College of Engineering. He has 21 publications in Journals of Internal repute which includes premier Journals like Physical Review Letters (Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 257204 (2012); Impact factor: 7.5), Journal of American Chemical Society (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 132 (2010)15334; Impact factor: 11, Research Highlight in Nature India, entitled 'Electron spin memory'), Journal of Physical Chemistry C (Impact factor: 4.8), Physical Review B (Impact factor: 3.69), Chem Phys Chem (Impact factor:  3.349), Physical Chem. Chem. Physics (Impact factor: 4.493) and many more. He has published one book chapter in the Hand of Book of Nanophysics. He is presently supervising three research projects funded by DST. In 2008, he received Sir AcharyaPrafulla Chandra Roy Award (2007 – 08) from University of Calcutta for contribution in research activities. Apart from this he along with HOD, Chemistry of the JIS College of Engineering has initiated Masters’ Program in Nanoscience and Technology, the technology of next generation.

Dr. Meghamala Dutta is presently with JIS College of Engineering as Examination Controller and Senior Faculty in the Department of Biomedical Engineering. Dr. Dutta was formerly the Head, Department of Biomedical Engineering and successfully completed 4 years. A multifaceted leader, who has worked in diverse field across the academia in managing several cutting edge research projects funded by Government of India, organizing National and International Level Conferences with participation from Harvard Medical School and other organizations of repute, authoring several papers in National and International Journals including a book chapter. She has over 12 years of experience in Industry and Academia and has played a key role in technical course design, implementation of new courses, identification of thrust areas essential for industry academia interfacing, governance and research.  A member of IEEE, Dr. Dutta is also the Nominee Chairman under MHRD run Kendriya Vidyalaya. Dr. Dutta has been associated with several industries in developing technical projects, in undergraduate students beneficial for placement. She has been the Nodal Officer for EAP (Equity Action Plan) the prestigious World Bank funded TEQIP Project and is involved with Establishing Finishing Schools, Soft Skill and Communication Skill Development Training Programs.

Dr. Papun Biswas received his M.Tech and PhD degree from the University of Calcutta and University of Kalyani , respectively. Dr. Biswas is presently the Teacher in-Charge of the Department of Electrical Engineering, JIS College of Engineering. He has been associated with academics for nearly 12 years and withresearch and development activities for 9 years. He has 28 publications in international journals, book chapters and international conference proceedings which include Elsevier, Springer and IEEE. He is also the reviewer of IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems, Applied Mathematics and Computation, European Journal of Operational Research. He is a member of IEEE and IEEE CSI Society. He has been the Nodal Officer for Procurement of the prestigious World Bank funded TEQIP Project. He is continuing his research on Application of Soft Computing Techniques in the field of Electrical Engineering.

Prof. Himadri Chattopadhyay is currently working as Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. He received his PhD degree in the year of 2002. Prof. Chattopadhyay has more than 70 publications in various reputed international journals and international conferences. He has received fellowship and reinvention fellowship from DAAD in the year of 1997 and 2003, respectively. His areas of research interest include transport phenomena/convection, turbulence, heat transfer, augmentation, biofluid dynamics, and material processing.