# Exchange Diaries
**Source**: https://international.iitkgp.ac.in/exc_diaries/GIAN16/
**Parent**: https://international.iitkgp.ac.in/exc_diaries/GIAN/
By [International Relations Cell](https://international.iitkgp.ac.in/team/) \
### GIAN 2016
### Dr. Mike Meylan
#### University of Newcastle
**Duration:**
12 December 2016 to 16 December 2016
**Host:**
Prof. Trilochan Sahoo
**Course Name:**
Computational Methods in Hydroelasticity
**Course Area:**
Interdisciplinary Categories
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### Dr. Joydeep Bhattacharya
#### University of London
**Duration:**
13 June 2016 to 24 June 2016
**Host:**
Prof. Goutam Saha
**Course Name:**
Brain Rythms: Understanding, Measurement, Analysis and Applications
**Course Area:**
Electronics, Electrical, Information & Communication Technology
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### Dr. Vijay Devadas
#### University of Otago
**Duration:**
02 May 2016 to 07 May 2016
**Host:**
Prof. Anjali Gera Roy
**Course Name:**
Media and Intercultural Communication
**Course Area:**
Humanities & Liberal Arts
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### Dr. Jean-Charles Mare
#### Institut Clément Ader
**Duration:**
05 December 2016 to 13 December 2016
**Host:**
Prof. Rathindranath Maiti
**Course Name:**
Fluid (Drive) and Alternative Drives, and Control in Aerospace
**Course Area:**
Mechanical Sciences & Infrastructure
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### Dr. Bithin Datta
#### James Cook University
**Duration:**
05 December 2016 to 13 December 2016
**Host:**
Prof. Anirban Dhar
**Course Name:**
Groundwater Modeling Characterization and Management
**Course Area:**
Earth & Environment Sciences
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### Dr. Basant Maheshwari
#### Western Sydney University
**Duration:**
05 December 2016 to 16 December 2016
**Host:**
Prof. D.R. Mailapalli
**Course Name:**
Water in the Landscape
**Course Area:**
Earth & Environment Sciences
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### Dr. Willi H. Hager
#### VAW, ETH Zurich
**Duration:**
05 December 2016 to 16 December 2016
**Host:**
Prof. Subhasish Dey
**Course Name:**
Advances in Hydraulic Modelling
**Course Area:**
Earth & Environment Sciences
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### Dr. Paul Lillrank
#### Aalto University, School of Science
**Duration:**
06 June 2016 to 17 June 2016
**Host:**
Prof. Ram Babu Roy
**Course Name:**
Healthcare Operations and Innovation
**Course Area:**
Management
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### Dr. Michael Karow
#### Technische Universitaet Berlin
**Duration:**
06 December 2016 to 20 December 2016
**Host:**
Prof. Bibhas Adhikari
**Course Name:**
Singular Optimal Control and Dissipation Inequalities
**Course Area:**
Mathematical & Computer Sciences
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### Dr. Lalit Mohanty
#### Cloud Sales CSC
**Duration:**
26 November 2016 to 30 November 2016
**Host:**
Prof. Atasi Mohanty
**Course Name:**
Human Resource and Strategic Management
**Course Area:**
Social Sciences
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### Dr. William G Hoover
#### University of California Davis
**Duration:**
05 December 2016 to 16 December 2016
**Host:**
Prof. Baidurya Bhattacharya
**Course Name:**
Nonequilibrium Statistical Mechanics and Molecular Dynamics
**Course Area:**
Chemical, Bio-Chemical & Material Sciences
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### Dr. Sajid Alavi
#### Kansas State University
**Duration:**
06 June 2016 to 17 June 2016
**Host:**
Prof. Ashis Kumar Datta
**Course Name:**
Extrusion Processing in the Food and Feed Industries
**Course Area:**
Interdisciplinary Categories
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### Dr. Sudarshan Kurwadkar
#### California State University
**Duration:**
06 June 2016 to 27 June 2016
**Host:**
Prof. Sudha Goel
**Course Name:**
Modelling Fate and Transport of Environmental Pollutants
**Course Area:**
Earth & Environment Sciences
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### Dr. Rakesh K. Kapania
#### Virginia Ploytechnic Institute and State University
**Duration:**
19 December 2016 to 28 December 2016
**Host:**
Prof. Md. Rabius Sunny
**Course Name:**
Aeroelasticity
**Course Area:**
Mechanical Sciences & Infrastructure
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### Dr. Keshab K. Parhi
#### University of Minnesota
**Duration:**
19 December 2016 to 30 December 2016
**Host:**
Prof. Mrityunjoy Chakraborty
**Course Name:**
VLSI Architectures for Signal Processing and Machine Learning
**Course Area:**
Electronics, Electrical, Information & Communication Technology
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### Dr. Lee Bosher
#### Loughborough University
**Duration:**
20 June 2016 to 25 June 2016
**Host:**
Prof. Sanghmitra Basu
**Course Name:**
Reducing Disaster Risks in Historic Urban Areas
**Course Area:**
Architecture, Design, Planning and Heritage
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### Dr. Sanjay Banerjee
#### The University of Texas at Austin
**Duration:**
19 December 2016 to 24 December 2016
**Host:**
Prof. Samit K. Ray
**Course Name:**
Ultra-Large-Scale Integrated (ULSI) and Nanoelectronic Devices
**Course Area:**
Electronics, Electrical, Information & Communication Technology
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### Dr. Yoram Oren
#### Zuckerberg Institute for Water Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva
**Duration:**
20 June 2016 to 29 June 2016
**Host:**
Prof. M.M. Ghangrekar
**Course Name:**
Environmental Electrochemistry
**Course Area:**
Earth & Environment Sciences
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### Dr. Nathan Widder
#### University of London
**Duration:**
19 December 2016 to 24 December 2016
**Host:**
Prof. Saswat.S.Das
**Course Name:**
Digitized Humanity: The “Contractual” Ethico-Political Dimensions of the “Machinic” Networks
**Course Area:**
Humanities & Liberal Arts
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### Dr. Jyoti Mukherjee
#### United States of America
**Duration:**
23 May 2016 to 03 June 2016
**Host:**
Prof. Kunal Kanti Ghosh
**Course Name:**
Production and Operations Management
**Course Area:**
Management
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### Dr. Holger Neumann
#### Institue for Technical Physics(ITEP)
**Duration:**
27 June 2016 to 08 July 2016
**Host:**
Prof. Parthasarathi Ghosh
**Course Name:**
Cryogenic Technology: Materials, Processes & Equipment
**Course Area:**
Mechanical Sciences & Infrastructure
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### Dr. Robert Godwin-Jones
#### Virginia Commonwealth University
**Duration:**
16 May 2016 to 20 May 2016
**Host:**
Prof. Aradhna Malik
**Course Name:**
Intercultural Communication in Global Virtual Environments
**Course Area:**
Management
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### Dr. Sushanta Mitra
#### York University
**Duration:**
16 May 2016 to 27 May 2016
**Host:**
Prof. Suman Chakraborty
**Course Name:**
Microfluidics and Nanofluidics for Energy, Water and Health Care
**Course Area:**
Mechanical Sciences & Infrastructure
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### Dr. Hosahalli S. Ramaswamy
#### McGill University
**Duration:**
12 December 2016 to 16 December 2016
**Host:**
Prof. H N Mishra
**Course Name:**
Novel and Emerging Technologies for Food Processing Applications
**Course Area:**
Interdisciplinary Categories
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### Dr. Vladimir V Kisil
#### University of Leeds
**Duration:**
12 December 2016 to 23 December 2016
**Host:**
Prof. Debapriya Biswas
**Course Name:**
The Group SL(2,R) in Geometry, Analysis and Physics
**Course Area:**
Mathematical & Computer Sciences
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### Dr. John Hughes
#### Hughes Insitute Engineering Ltd.
**Duration:**
14 June 2016 to 25 June 2016
**Host:**
Prof. Debasis Roy
**Course Name:**
Geotechnical Site Characterization and In-situ Testing with Emphasis on Assessment of Liquefaction Susceptibility
**Course Area:**
Earth & Environment Sciences
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### Dr. Amitava Mitra
#### MIT
**Duration:**
19 December 2016 to 30 December 2016
**Host:**
Prof. Pradip Kumar Ray
**Course Name:**
Quality Engineering in Products and Processes
**Course Area:**
Management
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### Dr. Kalyanmoy Deb
#### Michigan State University
**Duration:**
27 June 2016 to 08 July 2016
**Host:**
Prof. D. K. Pratihar
**Course Name:**
Optimization for Innovation in Research and Practice
**Course Area:**
Mechanical Sciences & Infrastructure
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### Dr. Moshe Zilberman
#### Azrieli College of Engineering
**Duration:**
03 July 2016 to 08 July 2016
**Host:**
Prof. A. Roy
**Course Name:**
Wind Tunnel Design and Testing from a Practical Perspective
**Course Area:**
Mechanical Sciences & Infrastructure
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### Dr. Samit Roy
#### University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa
**Duration:**
17 December 2016 to 27 December 2016
**Host:**
Prof. Professor B. N. Singh
**Course Name:**
Advanced Composite Structures
**Course Area:**
Mechanical Sciences & Infrastructure
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### Dr. Shashi Shekhar
#### University of Minnesota
**Duration:**
30 May 2016 to 10 June 2016
**Host:**
Prof. Soumya K Ghosh
**Course Name:**
Spatial Informatics
**Course Area:**
Mathematical & Computer Sciences
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### Dr. Nicola Marchetti
#### Trinity college
**Duration:**
21 June 2016 to 05 July 2016
**Host:**
Prof. Dr. Suvra Sekhar Das
**Course Name:**
5G: Scenarios and Technology Solutions
**Course Area:**
Electronics, Electrical, Information & Communication Technology
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### Dr. Milan Carsky
#### University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban
**Duration:**
08 June 2016 to 11 June 2016
**Host:**
Prof. B. C. Meikap
**Course Name:**
Safety and Loss Prevention
**Course Area:**
Chemical, Bio-Chemical & Material Sciences
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