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 Mission
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 " The Department wants to be a centre of
excellence in the area of Structural Biology in research, and teaching
various aspects of Biomaterials and Engineering Materials to the
Engineering graduates."
- Dr. Surat Kumar
Head Applied Sciences |
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Selection
of the Department for Special Grants : DST-FIST/AICTE
MODROBS etc.
from 2002 onwards |
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Funding Agency |
Amount
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MODROBS for Applied Sciences |
AICTE |
10 |
1998 |
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Visitors to the Department for regular / invited talks and other academic interaction |
- Prof Richard R. Ernst, Nobel Laureate of 1991 in Chemistry, of
Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland was invited to give a
talk.
- Prof. S. K. Chauhan, Director, International Center for Genetic
Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi was invited to give a talk.
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Prof N. R. Jagannathan Head NMR Group of All India Institute of Medical
Sciences, New Delhi was invited to give a talk.
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International Collaborations |
- Dr. S. Kumar has an ongoing
collaboration with Prof H. -J. Schneider of University of Saarland,
Saarbruecken, Germany.
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Dr. S. Kumar has a collaboration with
Prof. J. W. Lown of University of Edmonton, Canada in the area of
Structural Biology.
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Applied Sciences Department |
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The Department supports
Under-Graduate, Post-Graduate and Doctoral Programmes by offering:
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Major courses necessary for the degree of B. Sc. (Engineering) in
Mechanical and Electrical Engineering.
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Equipping students to enhance their presentation skills enriching Seminar
and Group Discussion component of courses.
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Strong background in Basic concepts of structure of materials in
correlation to their Engineering properties.
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Inter-disciplinary courses in other faculty, e.g. Biochemistry and
Physiology at Botany Department.
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Research opportunities in the Structural aspects of Biological
macromolecules vis-à-vis their biological activity profiles.
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Usage of the State-of-the-Art technologies in deciphering the Structure
with respect to the properties
The major focus of the Department:
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Teaching: in the area of Materials Science and Engineering Chemistry.
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Research: in Structural Biology of Biological Macromolecules
(Biomaterials) using 2D-NMR, UV, CD and Fluorescence spectroscopic,
molecular mechanical and computational techniques.
The Department is equipped with:
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All facilities commensurate with U.G. Teaching and Practice.
High End PC’s and software for Molecular Modeling and Image Analysis have
been acquired.
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PC-based workstation for simulating biological macromolecules.
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Details of R & D Projects Completed and Ongoing
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Click to view the list of
R&D Projects
in Applied Sciences Department.
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Collaboration
in Research and Training |
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Click to view the list of
Collaborations in Applied Sciences Department.
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