Objectives and Guidelines.

Union Cabinet has approved a programme titled Global Initiative for Academic Networks (GIAN) in Higher Education aimed at tapping the talent pool of scientists and entrepreneurs internationally to encourage their engagement with the institutes of Higher Education in India so as to augment the country's existing academic resources, accelerate the pace of quality reform, and elevate India's scientific and technological capacity to global excellence. GIAN is envisaged to catalyse higher education institutions in the country, and that it will initially include all IITs, IIMs, Central Universities, IISc Bangalore, IISERs, NITs and IIITs subsequently cover good State Universities where the spinoff is vast. GIAN is an evolving scheme which will initially include participation of foreign faculty in Institutes as Distinguished / Adjunct / Visiting faculty / Professors of Practice, etc., to participate in delivering Short or Semester-long Courses. Other activities will be included in due course.

Details of approved courses from IIT Kanpur

Fundamentals of Bio-inspired Roboticsa
Foreign Faculty: Hiroaki Wagatsuma, Graduate School of Life Science and Systems Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology (Kyutech) Japan
Host Faculty: Professor Bishakh Bhattacharya, Mechanical Engineering
Dates: 5th October 2017 to 10th October 2017
Brochure: Fundamentals of Bio-inspired Roboticsa

Deformation Theory of algebraic structures and Twisted algebraic structures
Foreign Faculty: Abdenacer Makhlouf, Universite de Haute Alsace France
Host Faculty: Dr. Ashis Mandal, Mathematics and Statistics
Dates: 23rd October 2017 to 3rd November 2017
Brochure: Deformation Theory of algebraic structures and Twisted algebraic structures

Numerical Modeling of Multiphase Flows
Foreign Faculty: Olivier Desjardins, Cornell University United States of America
Host Faculty: Dr. Santanu De, Mechanical Engineering

Brochure: Numerical Modeling of Multiphase Flows

Ultra-Wide Band Partial Discharge Detection in In-Service High Voltage Equipment
Foreign Faculty: Vicente Rodolfo Hernandez Garcia Colon, Mexican Electrical and Clean Energy Institute (INEEL) Mexico
Host Faculty: Nandini Gupta, Electrical Engineering
Dates: 20th November 2017 to 01st December 2017
Brochure: Ultra-Wide Band Partial Discharge Detection in In-Service High Voltage Equipment

Crystal Structure Determination: Principle and Application
Foreign Faculty: Marilyn M. Olmstead, University of California, Davis; CA-95616 United States of America
Host Faculty: Professor S. P. Rath, Chemistry
Dates: 29th November 2017 to 9th December 2017
Brochure: Crystal Structure Determination: Principle and Application

Laser Materials Processing: Fundamentals and Applications
Foreign Faculty: Narendra B Dahotre, University Distinguished Research Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas, USA, United States of America
Host Faculty: Professor J. Ramkumar, Mechanical Engineering
Dates: 19th February 2018 to 24th February 2018
Brochure: Laser Materials Processing: Fundamentals and Applications

Differential Geometry and PDEs
Foreign Faculty: Luca Vitagliano, UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI SALERNO Italy
Host Faculty: Dr. Ashis Mandal, Mathematics and Statistics
Dates: 4th December 2017 to 8th December 2017
Brochure: Differential Geometry and PDEs

Microwave and THz Imaging of the Stratified Media for Industrial and Biomedical Applications
Foreign Faculty: Abbas S Omar, Otto-von-Guericke University of Magdeburg Germany
Host Faculty: Professor M Jaleel Akhtar, Electrical Engineering

Brochure: Microwave and THz Imaging of the Stratified Media for Industrial and Biomedical Applications

Failure of Materials
Foreign Faculty: Daniel Rittel, Israel Institute of Technology, Israel
Host Faculty: Professor Sumit Basu, Mechanical Engineering
Dates: 14th December 2017 to 23rd December 2017
Brochure: Failure of Materials

Autonomous Systems
Foreign Faculty: Kamesh Subbarao, University of Texas at Arlington United States of America
Host Faculty: Dr. Mangal Kothari, Mechanical Engineering
Dates: 18th December 2017 to 22nd December 2017
Brochure: Autonomous Systems

Helicopter Rotor Dynamics and Design
Foreign Faculty: Jayant Sirohi, University of Texas at Austin United States of America
Host Faculty: Dr. Abhishek, Aerospace Engineering
Dates: 1st January 2018 to 5th January 2018
Brochure: Helicopter Rotor Dynamics and Design


Sketching As A Tool For Processing Big Data
Foreign Faculty: DAVID P. WOODRUFF, IBM RESEARCH LABS, SAN JOSE, CA United States of America
Host Faculty: Professor Sumit Ganguly, Computer Science and Engineering
Dates: 2nd January 2018 to 6th January 2018
Brochure: Sketching As A Tool For Processing Big Data

Selected Topics in Internet of Things
Foreign Faculty: Sajal K. Das, Missouri University of Science and Technology United States of America
Host Faculty: Professor Laxmidhar Behera, Electrical Engineering
Dates: 8th January 2018 to 17th January 2018
Brochure: Selected Topics in Internet of Things
 

Sustainable urban planning using remote sensing and GIS
Foreign Faculty: Dr. Patrice Carbonneau, University of Durham Durham, UK United Kingdom
Host Faculty: Professor Rajiv Sinha, Earth Sciences
Dates: 15th January 2018 to 20th January 2018
Brochure: Sustainable urban planning using remote sensing and GIS

Control of Fluids: Theory & Computation
Foreign Faculty: Dr. Jean Pierre Raymond, France
Host Faculty: Prof. B.V. Rathish Kumar, Mathematics and Statistics
Dates: 22nd January 2018 to 27th January 2018
Brochure: Control of Fluids: Theory & Computation

Advanced Techniques and Methodologies of Big Data in Science and Engineering
Foreign Faculty: Tapabrata Maiti, Professor and Graduate Director in the Department of Statistics & Probability and the Co-director for the Center for Business and Social Analytics at Eli Broad College of Business at Michigan State University, USA United States of America
Host Faculty: Professor Subhra Sankar Dhar, Mathematics and Statistics

Brochure: Advanced Techniques and Methodologies of Big Data in Science and Engineering

Re-inventing fly ash into near-whitened material for generating white polymer composites: Technological advancements
Foreign Faculty: Sri Bandyopadhyay, Senior Visiting Fellow, UNSW Australia, Sydney, School of Materials Sci & Eng, Faculty of Science, Australia
Host Faculty: Professor Kamal K. Kar, Mechanical Engineering

Brochure: Re-inventing fly ash into near-whitened material for generating white polymer composites: Technological advancements

Multiobjective Optimization Using Metaheuristics
Foreign Faculty: Carlos A. Coello Coello, CINVESTAV-IPN Depto. de Computacin,  Mexico
Host Faculty: Professor Raghu Nandan Sengupta, Industrial and Management Engineering

Brochure: Multiobjective Optimization Using Metaheuristics

Network Information Theory
Foreign Faculty: Gerhard Kramer, Technical University of Munich Germany
Host Faculty: Professor Adrish Banerjee, Electrical Engineering

Brochure: Network Information Theory

Mathematical Foundations of Cardiac Electro Physiology
Foreign Faculty: Luca Pavarino, Dipartmento di Mathematica, Universita di Pavia, Italy
Host Faculty: Professor B.V. Rathish Kumar, Mathematics and Statistics
Dates: 19th March 2018 to 24th March 2018
Brochure: Mathematical Foundations of Cardiac Electro Physiology

Moment Analysis for Contaminant Fate and Transport
Foreign Faculty: Prof. Rao S. Govindaraju, United States of America
Host Faculty: Professor Ashu Jain, Civil Engineering
Dates: 20th March 2018 to 24th March 2018
Brochure: Moment Analysis for Contaminant Fate and Transport

Stochastic Programming and Applications
Foreign Faculty: JOHN R. BIRGE, The University of Chicago Graduate School of Business United States of America
Host Faculty: Professor Joydeep Dutta, Economic Sciences
Dates: 20th March 2018 to 28th March 2018
Brochure: Stochastic Programming and Applications

Quantitative Texture Analysis and Electron Backscattered Diffraction (EBSD) Applications
Foreign Faculty: David Mainprice, France
Host Faculty: Dr. Santanu Misra, Earth Sciences
Dates: 1st November 2018 to 8th November 2018
Brochure: Quantitative Texture Analysis and Electron Backscattered Diffraction (EBSD) Applications

Data Analytics for Operations Research
Foreign Faculty: Garud N. Iyengar, Columbia University United States of America
Host Faculty: Professor Raghu Nandan Sengupta, Industrial and Management Engineering
Dates: 3rd November 2018 to 7th November 2018
Brochure: Data Analytics for Operations Research

Modern Chemistry and Reactivity of the f-Block Elements
Foreign Faculty: Eric J. Schelter, United States of America
Host Faculty: Dr. Ashis K. Patra, Chemistry
Dates: 8th November 2018 to 17th November 2018
Brochure: Modern Chemistry and Reactivity of the f-Block Elements

Geochemical Monitoring of Rivers – Theory, Practice, and Data Interpretation
Foreign Faculty: Dr. Bernhard Peucker-Ehrenbrink, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution United States of America
Host Faculty: Dr. Indra Sekhar Sen, Earth Sciences
Dates: 22nd November 2018 to 27th November 2018
Brochure: Geochemical Monitoring of Rivers – Theory, Practice, and Data Interpretation

Natural Language Processing and Big Data for Psycholinguistics
Foreign Faculty: Dr. Emmanuel A. Keuleers, Tilburg University Netherlands (Holland, Europe)
Host Faculty: Dr. Ark Verma, Humanities and Social Sciences
Dates: 10th December 2018 to 15th December 2018
Brochure: Natural Language Processing and Big Data for Psycholinguistics


Principle And Application Of Ultrafast And Nonlinear Spectroscopy
Foreign Faculty:Tahei Tahara, RIKEN Japan
Host Faculty: Pratik Sen, Chemistry
Dates: 26th February 2019 to 5th March 2019
Brochure: Principle And Application Of Ultrafast And Nonlinear Spectroscopy