# Exchange Diaries
**Source**: https://international.iitkgp.ac.in/exc_diaries/GIAN/
**Parent**: https://international.iitkgp.ac.in/exc_diaries/
By [International Relations Cell](https://international.iitkgp.ac.in/team/) \
### GIAN 2018
### Dr. S K Kawatra
#### Michigan Tech
**Duration:**
05 May 2018 to 12 May 2018
**Host:**
Prof. B C Meikap
**Course Name:**
Pollution Prevention in Process Industries
**Course Area:**
Chemical, Bio-Chemical & Material Sciences
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### Dr. Rajib Saha
#### University of Nebraska
**Duration:**
21 May 2018 to 25 May 2018
**Host:**
Prof. Amit Ghosh
**Course Name:**
Bioproduction in Photosynthetic Microbes
**Course Area:**
Chemical, Bio-Chemical & Material Sciences
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### Dr. Asit K Biswas
#### National University of Singapore
**Duration:**
30 April 2018 to 04 May 2018
**Host:**
Prof. A K Gupta
**Course Name:**
Urban Water and Wastewater Management for India
**Course Area:**
Earth & Environment Sciences
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### Dr. Atul K Jain
#### University of Illinois
**Duration:**
29 October 2018 to 02 November 2018
**Host:**
Prof. Bharath H Aithal
**Course Name:**
Land Cover and Land Use Changes and their Impacts on Climate
**Course Area:**
Earth & Environment Sciences
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### Dr. Ian P Holman
#### Cranfield University
**Duration:**
12 November 2018 to 16 November 2018
**Host:**
Prof. Renji Remesan
**Course Name:**
Improved Climate Change Adaptation Strategies in Water Resources
**Course Area:**
Earth & Environment Sciences
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### Dr. Subhashish Bhattacharya
#### NC State University
**Duration:**
25 June 2018 to 29 June 2018
**Host:**
Prof. Suman Maiti
**Course Name:**
SiC Devices Enabled Power Converters Applications, Opportunities and Challenges
**Course Area:**
Electronics, Electrical, Information & Communication Technology
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### Dr. Rosalind Pearmain
#### Regent's University
**Duration:**
03 December 2018 to 07 December 2018
**Host:**
Prof. Seema Singh
**Course Name:**
Meditation and Resilience - Positive Aspects of Meditation for Young People and Adults
**Course Area:**
Life Sciences & Healthcare
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### Dr. Nicola Marchetti
#### Trinity College Dublin
**Duration:**
07 May 2018 to 17 May 2018
**Host:**
Prof. Suvra Sekhar Das
**Course Name:**
Evolution of Wireless Communication towards 5G
**Course Area:**
Electronics, Electrical, Information & Communication Technology
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### Dr. Walter Steurer
#### ETH Zurich
**Duration:**
03 December 2018 to 07 December 2018
**Host:**
Prof. Partha Pratim Januarya
**Course Name:**
Structure and Stability of Intermetallic Compounds
**Course Area:**
Chemical, Bio-Chemical & Material Sciences
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### Dr. Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt
#### Crawford School of Public Policy, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific
**Duration:**
26 November 2018 to 01 December 2018
**Host:**
Prof. Jenia Mukherjee
**Course Name:**
Planet, People or Profit? Political Ecology of Resource Governance in the Indian Context
**Course Area:**
Social Sciences
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### Dr. Uma Outka
#### University of Kansas
**Duration:**
07 May 2018 to 18 May 2018
**Host:**
Prof. Uday Shankar
**Course Name:**
Renewable Energy: Law and Policy Perspectives
**Course Area:**
Law
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### Dr. Venkatesh Uddameri
#### Texas Tech University
**Duration:**
01 May 2018 to 14 May 2018
**Host:**
Prof. Ashok Kumar Gupta
**Course Name:**
Recent Advancements in Groundwater Contamination Modeling
**Course Area:**
Earth & Environment Sciences
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### Dr. Abhijit Dasgupta
#### James Clark School of Engineering
**Duration:**
04 January 2018 to 10 January 2018
**Host:**
Prof. Anandaroop Bhattacharya
**Course Name:**
Design, Packaging and Life Cycle Engineering of Electronic Systems
**Course Area:**
Electronics, Electrical, Information & Communication Technology
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### Dr. Michael Yit Lin Chew
#### National University of Singapore
**Duration:**
08 January 2018 to 13 January 2018
**Host:**
Prof. Sutapa Das
**Course Name:**
Maintainability (Design, Construction and Facility Management) of Green Buildings
**Course Area:**
Architecture, Design, Planning and Heritage
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### Dr. Neelamani Subramaniam
#### Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research
**Duration:**
10 December 2018 to 14 December 2018
**Host:**
Prof. Trilochan Sahoo
**Course Name:**
Analysis and Design of Coastal Structures
**Course Area:**
Other Categories / Interdisciplinary Categories
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### Dr. Nitish V Thakor
#### Johns Hopkins University
**Duration:**
15 January 2018 to 20 January 2018
**Host:**
Prof. Debasis Samanta
**Course Name:**
Advances of Neuro-technology and its Applications to Brain-Machine Interaction
**Course Area:**
Electronics, Electrical, Information & Communication Technology
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### Dr. Debjyoti Banerjee
#### Texas A &M
**Duration:**
25 June 2018 to 29 June 2018
**Host:**
Prof. Anandaroop Bhattacharya
**Course Name:**
Recent Advances in Multi-Phase Flows
**Course Area:**
Mechanical Sciences & Infrastructure
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### Dr. Anirban Adhya
#### Lawrence Technological University
**Duration:**
12 November 2018 to 16 November 2018
**Host:**
Prof. Ankhi Banerjee
**Course Name:**
Space is the Machine: Space Syntax Methodology
**Course Area:**
Architecture, Design, Planning and Heritage
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### Dr. Deepak R Mishra
#### University of Georgia
**Duration:**
25 June 2018 to 29 June 2018
**Host:**
Prof. Mukunda Dev Behera
**Course Name:**
Bio-Optical Characterization of Water Resources: Implications for Future Satellite Missions
**Course Area:**
Earth &Environment Sciences
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### Dr. Daya Kishan Thussu
#### University of Westminster
**Duration:**
16 July 2018 to 20 July 2018
**Host:**
Prof. Anjali Gera Roy
**Course Name:**
Digital Media in a Global Age
**Course Area:**
Humanities & Liberal Arts
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