Organization

Prof. Koshy Varghese, Chairperson

Prof. M.S. Ramachandra Rao, Member

Prof. Nilesh J. Vasa, Member

Prof. C. Balaji, Member

Prof. Navakanta Bhat, Dean, Division of Interdisciplinary Science, IISc External member

Dr. Ravi Bhatkal, MD, MacDermidAlpha Electronics Solutions, External Member

Mr. Raja Manickam, Founder, iVP Semi, External Member

Dean, Faculty, Ex-officio

Dean, AR, Ex-officio

Dean, AC, Ex-officio

Dean, Planning Ex-officio

Dean, Administration, Ex-officio

Head, SIDiS, Member Secretary

Prof. Anbarasu Manivannan, Head, SIDiS, Chairperson

Prof. Rajnish Kumar, Head, School of Sustainability, Associate Chairperson

Members:

All IDDD Coordinators and I2MP Coordinators

Prof. Santosh Kumar Sahu, MS, PhD Coordinator, SIDiS

Prof. Satyanarayanan Seshadri, Associate Head, School of Sustainability

Prof. Rupashree Baral, Member, School of Sustainability

IDDD Coordinators

Prof. Abhishek Misra, Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology

Prof. Prasad Patnaik, B S V, Computational Engineering  

Prof. Krishna Vasudevan, Energy Systems

Prof. Asokan T, Robotics

Prof. Prabha Mandayam, Quantum Science and Technology

Prof. Sayan Gupta, Complex Systems and Dynamics

Prof. Sridharakumar Narasimhan, Cyber-Physical Systems

Prof. Srikanthan Sridharan, Electric Vehicles

Prof. P. Krishna Prasanna, Quantitative Finance

Prof. Usha Mohan, Tech MBA

Prof. Muraleedharan VR, Public Policy

Prof. Sachin S. Gunthe, Atmospheric and Climate Sciences

I2MP Coordinators

Prof. Sridhar Kumar Narasimhan, Cyber-Physical Systems

Prof. Praveen Vidya Bhallamudi, Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology

Prof. Prasad Patnaik B S V, Computational Engineering

Prof. Asokan T, Robotics

Prof. Sayan Gupta, Complex Systems and Dynamics

Prof. Krishna Vasudevan, Energy Systems

Norms to propose a new IDDD program:

1. Justification for the interdisciplinary nature of the program

2. The need for the proposed program and the expected outcome of the program

3. Buy-in from existing cluster or creation of new cluster.

4. Interested group of faculty members (from multiple departments) and their commitment in overall execution.

5. Commitment from potential course instructors (minimum 3-4 instructors) for at least three years for each course in the proposed curriculum.

Norms to invite existing faculty members to SIDiS:

1. Justification to be provided on the choice of suitable clusters based on their expertise with relevant research accomplishments.

2. Contributions made to exiting IDDD, I2MP courses in the cluster. If not, willingness to teach courses offered in IDDD, I2MP programs for at least three years.

3. Willingness to contribute to research programs of the cluster.

4. Willingness to execute sponsored/consultancy projects through SIDiS

5. Commitment to participate and contribute to administrative responsibilities of SIDiS and SCC.

6. Faculty contribution in Teaching, Research guidance, publications, SR, IC, and Internationalization in the areas of the cluster.

Norms to start a new cluster:

1. Rationale of formation of a new cluster – opportunities, demand, and justification on why the proposed cluster does no fit within existing clusters

2. Number of participating faculty members (from more than two departments), and identified faculty members and their commitment in overall execution.

3. The group of faculty members proposing the cluster, shall understand that full-time faculty members directly under SIDiS may not be recruited.

4. National and International Scenario of proposed domain and its significance on why such cluster to be formed at IITM.

5. Commitment from potential faculty members to be part of the new cluster and their willingness to be course instructors (at least three) for at three years for each course in the proposed curriculum.

Performance evaluation of existing clusters:

1. IDDD, I2MP Students enrollment for the entire period

2. Research scholars’ performance and progress

3. Sponsored, consultancy projects

4. Placement activities

5. International collaborations, joint research students, and projects