# Exchange Diaries
**Source**: https://international.iitkgp.ac.in/exc_diaries/GIAN17/
**Parent**: https://international.iitkgp.ac.in/exc_diaries/GIAN/
By [International Relations Cell](https://international.iitkgp.ac.in/team/) \
### GIAN 2017
### Dr. Purnendu Mandal
#### Lamar University
**Duration:**
10 July 2017 to 21 July 2017
**Host:** Prof.
Pradip Kumar Ray
**Course Name:**
Sustainable Production Management: Concepts and Practices
**Course Area:**
Management
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### Dr. Sheshakamal Jayaram
#### University of Waterloo
**Duration:**
11 December 2017 to 15 December 2017
**Host:** Prof.
N K Kishore
**Course Name:**
High Voltage Engineering Applications
**Course Area:**
Electronics, Electrical, Information & Communication Technology
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### Dr. Milan Carsky
#### University of KwaZulu-Natal
**Duration:**
11 December 2017 to 16 December 2017
**Host:** Prof.
B C Meikap
**Course Name:**
Principals and Applications of Fluidization
**Course Area:**
Chemical, Bio-Chemical & Material Sciences
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### Dr. Jih Sheng (Jason) Lai
#### Virginia Tech
**Duration:**
18 December 2017 to 22 December 2017
**Host:** Prof.
Dipankar Debnath
**Course Name:**
Power Electronics for Renewable Energy Systems
**Course Area:**
Electronics, Electrical, Information & Communication Technology
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### Dr. Elias Balaras
#### George Washington University
**Duration:**
18 December 2017 to 22 December 2017
**Host:** Prof.
Somnath Roy
**Course Name:**
Immersed Boundary Methods for Turbulent Incompressible Flows
**Course Area:**
Mechanical Sciences & Infrastructure
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### Dr. Ian Buchanan
#### University of Wollongong
**Duration:**
08 December 2017 to 13 December 2017
**Host:** Prof.
Saswat Das
**Course Name:**
Technology, Urban Space and Culture: Emerging Paradigms for Global India
**Course Area:**
Humanities & Liberal Arts
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### Dr. Raji Sundararajan
#### Purdue University
**Duration:**
22 May 2017 to 28 May 2017
**Host:** Prof.
N.K. Kishore
**Course Name:**
Medical Applications of Electrical, Electronics & HV Engineering
**Course Area:**
Electronics, Electrical, Information & Communication Technology
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### Dr. Reena Tiwari
#### Curtin Academy
**Duration:**
04 December 2017 to 09 December 2017
**Host:** Prof.
Anjali Gera Roy
**Course Name:**
Transforming Communities - Principles and Practices of Co-creating Community Architecture
**Course Area:**
Architecture, Design, Planning and Heritage
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### Dr. Maruthi R. Akella
#### University of Texas
**Duration:**
01 December 2017 to 14 December 2017
**Host:** Prof.
Manoranjan Sinha
**Course Name:**
Adaptive Control and Applications to Aerospace Systems
**Course Area:**
Electronics, Electrical, Information & Communication Technology
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### Dr. Saion K. Sinha
#### University Of New Haven
**Duration:**
29 June 2017 to 08 July 2017
**Host:** Prof.
Soumen Das
**Course Name:**
Nanobiotechnology for Healthcare
**Course Area:**
Life Sciences & Healthcare
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### Dr. Carla Fabiana Chiasserini
#### Politecnico di Torino
**Duration:**
27 December 2017 to 31 December 2017
**Host:** Prof.
Chetna Singhal
**Course Name:**
Principles and Technologies for 5G Systems
**Course Area:**
Electronics, Electrical, Information & Communication Technology
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### Dr. Anita M Thompson
#### University of Wisconsin
**Duration:**
11 December 2017 to 15 December 2017
**Host:** Prof.
D R Mailapalli
**Course Name:**
Agricultural Watersheds: Hydrologic and Water Quality Data Collection and Analysis
**Course Area:**
Earth & Environment Sciences
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### Dr. J. Stuart Bolton
#### Purdue University
**Duration:**
15 May 2017 to 19 May 2017
**Host:** Prof.
A. R. Mohanty
**Course Name:**
Acoustics and Industrial Noise Control
**Course Area:**
Mechanical Sciences & Infrastructure
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### Dr. Prasanta Kumar Ray
#### University of Surrey
**Duration:**
18 December 2017 to 22 December 2017
**Host:** Prof.
Pradip Kumar Ray
**Course Name:**
Environmental Performance of Manufacturing Systems: Modelling and Application
**Course Area:**
Management
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### Dr. Koushik Maharatna
#### University of Southampton
**Duration:**
18 December 2017 to 29 December 2017
**Host:** Prof.
Sudipta Mukhopadhyay
**Course Name:**
Systems Design for Remote Healthcare
**Course Area:**
Electronics, Electrical, Information & Communication Technology
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### Dr. Hosahalli S. Ramaswamy
#### McGill University
**Duration:**
23 October 2017 to 27 October 2017
**Host:** Prof.
H.N Mishra
**Course Name:**
Post Harvest Management & Food Processing Technologies for Entrepreneurs and Industry Professionals
**Course Area:**
Chemical, Bio-Chemical & Material Sciences
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### Dr. Simon Paul Washington
#### University of Queensland
**Duration:**
04 December 2017 to 08 December 2017
**Host:** Prof.
Sudeshna Mitra
**Course Name:**
Statistical and Econometric Methods in Transportation
**Course Area:**
Mechanical Sciences & Infrastructure
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### Dr. Kasiviswanathan Muthukumarappan
#### South Dakota State University
**Duration:**
11 December 2017 to 15 December 2017
**Host:** Prof.
H.N Mishra
**Course Name:**
Advances in Texture, Rheological and Tribology Characteristics of Food Materials
**Course Area:**
Interdisciplinary Categories
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### Dr. Tetsuo Shimizu
#### Tokyo Metropolitan University
**Duration:**
28 August 2017 to 01 September 2017
**Host:** Prof.
Arkopal Kishore Goswami
**Course Name:**
Information Technology Applications in Transportation Planning & Management
**Course Area:**
Other Categories / Interdisciplinary Categories
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### Dr. Arun Misra
#### McGill University
**Duration:**
22 December 2017 to 27 December 2017
**Host:** Prof.
Manoranjan Sinha
**Course Name:**
Satellite Attitude Dynamics and Control
**Course Area:**
Mechanical Sciences & Infrastructure
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### Dr. Laszlo Toth
#### Lorraine
**Duration:**
04 December 2017 to 14 December 2017
**Host:** Prof.
Somjeet Biswas
**Course Name:**
Crystallographic Texture and Crystal Plasticity Modeling
**Course Area:**
Mechanical Sciences & Infrastructure
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### Dr. Goutam Chattopadhyay
#### JPL, CalTech
**Duration:**
28 November 2017 to 02 December 2017
**Host:** Prof.
Mrinal Kanti Mandal
**Course Name:**
Millimeter-Wave Antennas, Circuits and Systems
**Course Area:**
Electronics, Electrical, Information & Communication Technology
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### Dr. Dorian Wiszniewski
#### Edinburgh College of Art
**Duration:**
18 December 2017 to 22 December 2017
**Host:** Prof.
Ankhi Banerjee
**Course Name:**
Urban Paradigms
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### Dr. Martin Lambert
#### Adelaide University
**Duration:**
04 December 2017 to 15 December 2017
**Host:** Prof.
Prashanth Reddy Hanmaiahgar
**Course Name:**
Practical hydraulics: Applications in Free Surface and Pressurized Flows
**Course Area:**
Mechanical Sciences & Infrastructure
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### Dr. Lukas Palatinus
#### Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences
**Duration:**
04 December 2017 to 09 December 2017
**Host:** Prof.
Partha Pratim Jana
**Course Name:**
Structure Solution, Refinement and Interpretation of Difficult Inorganic Structures by Jana2006
**Course Area:**
Structure Solution, Refinement and Interpretation of Difficult Inorganic Structures by Jana2006
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### Dr. Junyi Zhang
#### Hiroshima University
**Duration:**
11 December 2017 to 15 December 2017
**Host:** Prof.
Bhargab Maitra
**Course Name:**
Conventional and Intelligent Measures for Enhancing Road Safety
**Course Area:**
Mechanical Sciences & Infrastructure
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### Dr. Virinder Singh Kalra
#### University of Manchester
**Duration:**
11 December 2017 to 16 December 2017
**Host:** Prof.
Anjali Gera Roy
**Course Name:**
Theories and Practices of Popular Culture
**Course Area:**
Humanities & Liberal Arts
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### Dr. Simit Raval
#### University of New South Wales
**Duration:**
04 December 2017 to 08 December 2017
**Host:** Prof.
Debashish Chakravarty
**Course Name:**
Advanced Remote Sensing Techniques for Mine Environmental and Safety Monitoring
**Course Area:**
Chemical, Bio-Chemical & Material Sciences
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### Dr. Romesh Chandra Batra
#### Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
**Duration:**
18 December 2017 to 23 December 2017
**Host:** Prof.
Manas Chandra Ra
**Course Name:**
Nonlinear Continuum Mechanics
**Course Area:**
Mechanical Sciences & Infrastructure
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### Dr. Jayanta Kapat
#### University of Central Florida
**Duration:**
11 December 2017 to 15 December 2017
**Host:**
Dr. Srinibas Karmakar
**Course Name:**
Turbomachinery for Sustainable Power and Aviation: A System Approach
**Course Area:**
Mechanical Sciences & Infrastructure
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