18Th Convocation Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay 1St October 1980

18th convocation Indian institute of Technology, Bombay 1st October 1980

Chief Guest

Nil Ratan Banerjee (b. 1922), a King Edward Memorial Scholar of the former C. P. and Berar, obtained his Master's degree in History from the Allahabad University in 1945. He was awarded a fellowship by the German Academic Exchange Service to study West Asian Archaeology at the Free University of Berlin (1959), and a Fellowship by the Royal Government of Netherlands (1961) to conduct research on the Iron Age in India in Amsterdam. The Calcutta University awarded him the D. Phil. degree in 1963 for his pioneering work on the subject.

Dr. Banerjee is one of the distinguished band of field archaeologists to be trained by the late Sir Mortimer Wheeler.

Before his induction in the Archaeological Survey, he was a Lecturer in the Nagpur University. In 1947 he became a Scholar in the Survey for exploring the megalithic monuments in South India. In 1948 he was appointed to the post of Dy. Superintending Archeologist, and thereafter he successfully rose to the position of Director in the Survey. In 1976 he was chosen to head the National Museum, New Delhi as Director, which post he holds till date. For a short period between 1966 and 1972 he was Archaeological Adviser to H. M.'s Government of Nepal, when he extensively studied the art, archaeology and history of that country.

Dr. Banerjee has explored many archaeological sites in India and Nepal and has conducted a score of excavations both in this country and Nepal, notable among which are Sanur, Amirthamangalam, Sengamedu, Nagda, Ujjain, Ahichchhatra, Tilaurakot and Lumbini.

Dr. Banerjee is a member of several academic associations. He is the President of the Museums Assocation of India, a Member of the Board of Trustees of the Indian Museum, Calcutta, and the Salarjung Museum, Hyderabad, besides the Advisory and Art Purchase Committees of many Museum and Departments of Archaeology in India. He is a member of the Joint Museums Committee of the Indo-U. S. Sub-Commission on Education and Culture.

Dr. Banerjee has authored several books and about a hundred research papers on diverse subjects encompassing art, archaeology, anthropology and museology. He was also associated with the starting of Ancient Nepal, the official Bulletin of the Dept. of Archaeology, Govt. of Nepal.

Dr. Banerjee, has travelled widely all over the world. He is also a linguist, being equally at home in Tamil, Hindi, Marathi, Nepalese, Bengali, Sanskrit and German, besides English.

PLEDGE

I______GRADUATE – POSTGRADUATE PH.D OF THE INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY/ HEREBY PLEDGE THAT

I SHALL ALWAYS ENDEAVOUR/ TO SCRUPULOUSLY HONEST IN THE DISCHARGE OF MY DUTIES/AS AN ENGINEER AND SCIENTIST

I SHALL ALWYS ENDEAVOUR / TO UTILIZE MY KNOWLEDGE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY/ FOR THE SERVICE OF THE COUNTRY / AND GLORY OF THE INSTITUTE.

IN ALL CIRCUMSTANCES/ I SHALL TRY TO UPHOLD THE DIGNITY OF INDIVIDUAL / AND THE INTEGRITY OF THE PROFESSION “

Programme

Opening Song

Chairman, Board of Governors, declares the Convocation open

Report by the Director

Award of Degrees/and Medals ' Graduates take the PLEDGE Address by Dr. R. Ramanna, Chairman,

Board of Governors

Convocation address by the Chief Guest, Dr. N. R. Banerjee

Chairman, Board of Governors, declares the Convocation closed

National Anthem

Board of Governors

R. Ramanna Chairman
R. E. Bedford Actg. Director
S. B. Kumta Nominees of the
S. K. Shrivastava State Governments
M. S. Padmanabhan
S. SoundararajanNominees of the Council
V. S. Vyas
B.D .Tilak
S. K. RamanNominees of the Senate
G. Venkataraman
K. Janardhanan Registrar
R. E. Bedford Actg. Director
A. K. MallikDean Research & Development
M. Raja RaoDean, Academic Programmes
S. Narasimhan Dean, Planning
J. R. Isaac Dean, Students' Affairs
S. L. Gai Convener, PG-APEC
B. D. Padalia Convener, UG-APEC
K. Janardhanan Registrar

Heads of Departments

B. S. Chittawadgi Aeronautical Engineering
S. K. RamanChemical Engineering
R.N. Mukherji Chemistry
R. S. Ayyar Civil Engineering
M. V. Hariharan Electrical Engineering
B. D. Misra Humanities & Social Sciences
M. P. Ranga Rao Mathematics
A. Jagan Mohan Mechanical Engineering
P. R. Menon Metallurgical Engineering
G. Thyagarajan Physics
S. Nadkarni Industrial Design Centre

Prize Winners

President of India Medal
Apoorva Dayaram PatelPhysics M. Sc.
Silver Medals (B. Tech.)
Dhananjay Krishnaji Samak Aeronautical Engineering
Iftekhar Abubakar Karimi Chemical Engineering
Ashish Kanayo Karamchandani Civil Engineering
Utpal Mukherji Electrical Engineering
Sanjai Kumar Bijawat Mechanical Engineering
Rajendra Dattatraya Pendse Metallurgical Engineering
Silver Medals (M. Sc.)
Manuel Cosmas Francis Pontes Chemistry
(Miss) Nandini Bhalchandra Mathematics
Patwardhan

Previous Convocations

YEARCHIEF GUEST WINNER OF PRESIDENT OF INDIA MEDAL
1962Dr. S. RadhakrishnanR. B. Bhambhani
1964Shri M. C. ChaglaB. S. Shiralkar
D. R. Limaye
1965Dr. C. P. Ramaswamy lyerManmohan Mehra
1966Dr. C. D. DeshmukhA. N. Dravid
1967Dr. Vikram A. SarabhaiA. L. Ravimohan
1968Shri Arvind MafatlalR. C. Agarwal
1969Shri V. P. NaikD. K. Merchant
1970Shri R. VenkatramanK. R. Bakshi
1971Shri C. SubramaniamS. M. Udupa
1972Smt. Indira GandhiS. R. Ahuja
1973Shri G. L. MehtaN. D. Jotwani
1974Dr. Bharat RamM. P. Wagle
1975Prof. S. Nurul HasanS. N. Nandgaonkar
1976Prof. M. G. K. Menon(Miss) Vijaya Narayan Korwar
1977Dr. P. C. ChunderSosale Shankara Sastry
1978Dr. Atma RamN. K. Karmarkar
1979Prof. K. R. NarayananS. P. Jayakar

Recipients of Degrees and Diplomas

Bachelor of Technology

First ClassAeronautical Engineering
Joseph Adesanmi Aliu
Dhananjay Krishnaji Samak
Suhas Anant Pai
Deepak Popat Yelanje
Suresh Prasad Manjhi
Gaurav Rajen

Second Class

Mahesh Sadashiv Kulkarni
Dhanjibhai Narsinhbhai Bhimani

First Class with Distinction Chemical Engineering

Iftekhar Abubakar Karimi
Makarand Dattatraya Phadke
Vivekanand Narayan Parulekar
Sunil Dharamdas Mehta
Parag Avinash Gupte
Anil Ratnakar Diwan
Vinay Ramchandra Somani
Umesh Vishnu Padval
First Class
Vinay Vasant Tilak
Kumar Ramanathan
Bhalchandra Kashinath Shrikhande
Mayank Raman Patel
Sridharan Venkatraman
Geoffrey Patrick Fonseca
Arun Gwaldas Mohota
Rajeev Arvind Vaidya
Anish Kantilal Poojara
Jayshri Jayantilal Shah
Bhupen Laljibhai Kharawala
Amulya Ligorio Athayde
Ashrafhussien Ismail Fatehi
Palamadi Subramanian Vishwanath
Makarand Hanmanta Chipalkatti
Vinayak Narayan Markande
Vinay Shankar Bhawalkar
Kiran Gopal Kamat
Kishor Arjun Shivkar
Suryakant Shamarao Ladi
Jaikumar Gurdas Uttamsingh
Sanjeev Madhukar Patwardhan
Girish Laxman Bodas
Shankar Balwant Satam
Dhroov Mulraj Shivjiani
Dathatray Rao
Nandakishore Mukund Madhekar
Hirji Eddie Nagarwalla

Second Class

Jayesh Prafullachapdra Vora
Rajesh Goenka
Rabindra Christopher Swamidasan
Shrikant Purushottam Marathe
Pradeep Chandrakant Mehta

Pass Class

Ambrose James Otieno
First Class with DistinctionCivil Engineering
Ashish Kanayo Karamchandani
First Class
Sunil Shashikant Desai
Deepak Shantaram Ambekar
Mehernosh Boman Irani
Surendra Jeet Singh Chhabra
Xerxes Antia
Satpal Kirpal Singh
Uday Jagmohan Sheth
Cheah Kim Hwa
Bina Kanwal Nabh
Vinay Sobhagyachand Bhodia
Himanshu Shriniwas Tulpule
Anant Jairam Gaundalkar
Murari Narayan Sawant
Uday Vasant Mandlekar
Prakash Shankar Bansod
Samit Sengupta

Second Class

Subhash Jayant Pedanekar
Dilip Harising Bhagat
Bhushan Vinayak Dandwate
Arvind Raghunath Ghanekar
Anand Pandurang Bedarkar
First Class with DistinctionElectrical Engineering
Utpal Mukherji
Nitin Ramchandra Donde
Vikas Gopal Sontakke
Sunil Ramanand Shenoy
Shripad Madhukar Patki
Shirish Prabhakar Deodhar
Anil Allan Pal
Vinod Menon
Ramakant Vishnu Kelkar
Ganesh Shambhu Pandit
Seshadri Simha

First Class

Ekanath Daulatram Hattangadi
Nitin Vasant Sarangdhar
Tushar Ramkrishna Pradhan
Mahadeo Raghunath Patwardhan
Neeraj Magotra
Shantanu Sarkar
Sunil Vasudeo Ashtaputre
Anil Ratan Gajwani
Nitin Gopal Deshpande
Naveen Jangbahadur Tangri
Ravindra Narayan Gogte
Bernard Lourdes Menezes
Atulkumar Chhabildas Mistry
Kishor Manohar Arur
Kameshwar Rao Poolla
Sanjeev Radhakrishna Kuwadekar
Jagannath Raghavan Ayyangar
Milind Madhukar Athavale
Anand Ratibhai Patel
Nitin Borwankar
Suresh Nair
Raju Ram Hira
Bimal Chimanlal Thakkar
Anil Sadashiv Apte
Bhushan Manohar Mulherkar
Ramanujam Vijayaraghavan lyengar
Revathi Kasturi
Dushyant Jayantilal Desai
Sanjay Prakash Adkar
Kumar N. Shah
Vivek B. Paunikar
Ameet Kiran Zaveri
Girish Vasant Salpekar
Sunil Jagannath Kamat
Ramasubramaniam Krishnan
Kanchan Keshav Nijasure
Trevor Douglas Borthwick
Naresh Taro Advani

Second Class

Rajiv Vinayak Shetye
Venkatesh Krishnan
Arvind Chandrashekhar Kher
First Class with DistinctionMechanical Engineering
Sanjai Kumar Bijawat
Pratim Biswas
Anil Kumar
Sanjeev Vasant Savant
Kersasp Rusi Anjirbag
Alan Goncalves
Prakash Krishnarnurthi Kulkarni
Sriram Dasu
Vikas Anant Keni
Siddharth Pant
Padmakar Vasant Joshi
Mukund Prabhakar Borle

First Class

Srinivasan Chandrashekhar
Rajamoney Kumar Anantasubramaniam
Abhay Mangesh Padgaonkar
Krishna Ramaswamy Murthy
Anand Bangalore Srinath
Ashok Vasudev Malik
Prakash Mallikarjun Boramanikar
Yeshwant Mohanlal Sakhardande
Anil Chandrakant Bongale
Shirish Sharacchandra Ranade
Ramesh Chanabhai Nagda
Deepak Khemani
Vinay Dattatraya Gavankar
Ninad Murlidhar Gosavi
Gopal Kanayalal Madnani
Vivek Ramkrishna Pai
Wilban Francis Gonsalves
Sanjeev Raghunath Sardesai
Nalinaksh Sharadchandra Vyas
Vijay Balkrishna Bokil
Nirmalendu Atmaram Jajodia
Shaikh Shamshuddin Abdulla
Sunil Dinkar Sinkar
Janat Ghanshyambhai Shah
Pradeep Prabhakar Joshi
Narendra Govind Bapat
Rajendran Raghavan
Pramod Sadashiv Khambete
Vinodk!amar Bhayyaji Sant
Ramesh Ullal Acharya
R. Shankar
Shridhar Vadirajachar Tambraparni
Gokul Krishnan Maniyembeth Churai

Second Class

Shirish Sadanand Sinkar
Salil Shankar Donde
Shreekant Sadashiv Puranik
Achinta Kumar Mitra
Ramkumar Swaminathan
Mangesh Shantaram Undirwadkar
Milan Rajnikant Mehta
Lyndsay Carl Soares
Mukesh Jaideo Meshram
Pradeep Nilkanthrao Silekar
Alhad Avadhut Joshi
Sanjay Rai

Pass Class

Pradeep Kantiprasad Mittal
First Class with DistinctionMetallurgical Engineering
Rajendra Dattatraya Pendse

First Class

Udayanath Mitra
Rajeev Hiralal Gandhi
K. K. Ashok Krishnamoorthy
Srinivas Bhasker Rao
Noshir Minoo Bhathena
Vijay Vashdev Alreja
Abner David Joseph
Ali Syed Fareed
Pankaj Fulchandbhai Ajmera
Ravi Raj Singh
Santosh Kumar Sarawgi
Ravindra Devidas Kanvinde
Rajeev Madhav Vadjikar
Parthasarathy Jagannathan
Ravindra Vithal Tilak
Prasad Prabhakar Baokar
Chandrashekhar Kashinath Patil
Shantilal Liladhar Dedhia
Sanjay Krishnarao Gaat
Makarand Moreshwar Koparkar

Second Class

Kumar Bhagavatheswaran
Vijay Atu Shivdasani
Kiritkumar Mohanlal Mandalia
Rajaram Vishwanathan
Master of Science (5 Year Programme)
First ClassChemistry
Girija Viswanathan
Roy Joseph Noel Vaz
Kasim Abbaas Mookhtiar
Sabu Mathew George
Second Class
Renuka Sood
Jamshed Noshir Lam
First Class with DistinctionPhysics
Apoorva Dayaram Patel
Rajeev Rajan Rohatgi
Urjit Ajitlal Yajnik
First Class
Mehernosh Rustom Press
Nitin Ramesh Samarth
Second Class
Shrikant Madhusudan Purkar
Rajendra Shashikant Supnekar
Second Class Mathematics
Hitendra ManCibhai Abuwala
Anil Kumar Dayal
M. Sc. (3 Year Programme)
First Class with DistinctionApplied Geology
Barbara Jenny Santos
First Class
T. Ramesh Kumar Reddy
Govindaraju Suresh Kumar Rao
Amar Narendra Joshi
Ashok Bhimrao Zingade
M. Sc. (2 Year Programme)
First Class with Distinction Chemistry
Manuel Cosmas Francis Pontes
Karuna Sagar Dheram

First Class

Rejimol Varghese
Sham Ganesh Kulkarni
S. Nanda Kumari
Pradeep Vishanji Chheda
Mudlagiri Balkrishna Goli
Sushifa Utsav Kapadia

Second Class

Chittackattu Ramakrishnannair Vijayan
Vivek Vishwanath Malpani
Dharmaraj Ramachandra Rao
Sharad Vishnudas Shenvi
Madhukar Kashinath Malve
Vijay Indravadan Dave
Shrikant Sudam Shewale
Anand Padmakar Gokhale
V. S. Narayana Swami

First Class Physics

Geeta Udgaonkar
Enakshi Bhattacharya

Second Class

Harita Chandravadan Parikh
Kushal Dutt
Dhruv Raina
Prajval Shastri
Gramma Lakshminarayan Prathima lyengar
First Class with Distinction Mathematics
Nandini Bhalchandra Patwardhan
Lalitha Ramaswami

First Class

Anita Gajanan Sardesai
Mala Geeta Menon
Vijay Chandur Gurbaxani
Vineeta Achyut Thatte
Rekha PrabhakarPatwardhan
Umang Chhotalal Bhatt
Kalpana Prabhakar Koranne

Second Class

Vinay Amarchand Mutha
Namdeo Ramchandra Patil
Tandava Krishna Rao Manepalli
Achala Narendraraj Vaishnav
Kirthivasan Kasthuri Rengan
Kondaveeti Venkata Poorna Kutumba Basavanaga Subrahmanyam
Sankara subramaniam Janardhanam
Postgraduate Diplomas
Dock and Harbour Engg.
Manojit Raychaudhuri
J. Karthikeyan
R. Sreekumar
Ajit Kumar Das
Advanced Aerial Photo Interpretation
N. Ganesh
Gurav Vasudev Ganapati
A. K. Gopinath
K. Dhandapani
Applied Hydrology
Ketankumar Chimanlal Gandhi
M. Surendranath
Pratima K.Naidu
Computer Science
Gyaneshwar Pandey
Biilekallu Shankarao
Chanchlani Narendar
Gobindram
S. Srikumar
Foundry Technology
Basavaraj Y. Harkuni
Industrial Design Centre
Bellamkonda Ramdivakar
Pathak Dilip Laxman
M. Tech.
Aeronautical Engineering
Aircraft Design
Sharad Vasudev PrabhuLaminated Orthotropic Thin and Thick Plates some Studies
Kanver Preet SinghGradients of Take off Weight and their Application in Optimization.
Sabahat AliFlight Control Systems Microprocessor Based.
Srikumar P.Design of a Single Seater Light Airplane.
Aerodynamics
Mohan ChackoTheoretical studies for the extraction of the static and dynamic stability
derivatives from flying model tests.

Aircraft Structure

Ashok JoshlSome Studies on the Effect of Static Axial Stresses on the Dynamic
Behaviour of thin Walled Beams.
Chemical Engineering
General
Gunupurl Mohan RaoStudies in the Production of Microcrystalline Wax from Tankbottoms.
Rudraraju Pandu Ranga RajuStudies in the Preparation of P-Phenetidine
Mukund Madhukar BhawaySeparation of Individual Cresol from Mixed Cresols
Gudipati Sri Rama VenkataGas-Liquid Two-Phase Flow Heat Transfer in a Straight
Subba RaoHorizontal Tube.
Surepalli Ram Mohan RaoFlow and Heat Transfer Studies in Air Fluidized Reds with a Plain and
a Spirally Grooved Internal Tube.
Ravindra SrinivasraoModelling and Simulation of Sinter Strand.
Jambagi
Tadipatri Srinivasa PrasadStudies in Solar Energy Conversion (Performance
Evaluation of Flat Plate Collectors and one Concentrator)
Sharad Anant NeneStudies in Absorption of Mercury.
Ravindra ShantaveerappaEvaluation of the Performance of a Commercial Naphtha
JavaliReformer
S. RaviCatalytic Dehydrogenation of Alcohol
Chandrakant Madhao JoshiDirect Contact Liquid Liquid Heat Transfer in Packed
Columns.
Chunamari ShashikantAdsorption Studies in Organic Vapours
Andaneppa
Akhilesh BhargavaKinetics of Alkylation Reaction between Chlorinated Paraffin
Wax and Naphthalene.
Pradip Kumar BasuPreparation and Properties of Silica GEL.
Gollamudi Babu RaoOptimal Design of Packed Bed Reactor.
Vivek Amir JairazbhoyStudies on a Venturi Scrubber
Agashe Girish YeshwantAlkylation of Benzene to Cumene
Balkrishna DattatrayraoMass Transfer Effects in Solid
Deshpande.Fluid Reactions.
Chaphekar GopalChlorination of Ferrosilicon
Moreshwar
Kishore Prabhat LokreThe Hydraulic Transport of Solids
Civil Engineering
Structural Engg.
Rahul Sushilbhai VakhariyaEffect of Intermediate Supports on the Behaviour of Folded
Plate Structures.
Sunilkumar Chinubhai ShahOptimum Design of Hyperbolic Cooling Towers.
Harry SidhuCreep of Concrete at Elevated Temperatures.
Marichetty VenkatachalapathyIntegrity Monitoring of Offshore Towers.
Dharneepathy
Kankanhalli ShankaraCollapse Load of Simply Supperted Skew Slabs.
Srinivas
Mulay Deepak Jagatrao Analysis of Skew Plates by Numerical Integration
Garish Suresh Stability constraint for Plastic Design of Multistorey Steel Frames
Baragur Viswanathaiah Critical Studies on Limit State Design of R. C. C
Suryanarayana Members and Structures
Ekanath Bapu Patil A Fe Analysis of Stiffened Plates and Shells - Some Studies.
Murlidhar Sambhaji Mundhe Stochastic Analysis of Offshore Structures.
Hydraulic Engg.
Prafuilachandra Extra-Basin Transfer in Conjunctive use with Ground Water for.
Chandrashekhar Zapke Drought Prone Areas A Case Study; Sangola Taluka
Prabhakar Tewari Wave Forces on Piles used in Marine Structures.
Kanakmal Jain Optimization of Water Distribution Networks
General
Nirajkumar Chandulal Dubey Soil-Structure Interaction Considering Elastic Plastic behaviour in
Frames
Gopal Rao K. Computer-Aided Highway Route Location Studies
(Using Aerial Photographs)
Mahangare Chandrakant Analysis of Soil-Foundation Interaction for Static and Dynamic Loads
Ramachandra.
Sharad Madhukar Sabnis A Superparametic Element for Thin Walled Curved Beams.
Ashok Tukaram Khambe Study of Frames with Semirigid Connections.
Sharad Ganesh Orpe Computer Aided Simulation Model for the Planning of Public Transport.
System in Kalyan Complex
Shekhar Balasaheb Ithape Some Experimental Investigations for Practical Application in Steel Fibre
Reinforced Composite Construction
Geotechnical Engg
.
Ram Kumar NOCI Studies on Model Pile in Sand under Lateral Dynamic Loading.
Hassan Thammaiah Manjunath Theoretical and Experimental Investigations of Lateral Loaded Piles.
Kamalnayan Labhashanker Dave A Study of the Effect of Embedment on Coupled Vibrations of
Circular Footings.
Anil Madhavrao Ambadekar Study of behaviour of Axially Loded Piles in Layered Media using
the Finite Element Methods
Keshav Shreenivas Vllagh Analysis of a Circular Tunnel in a Non-Linear Elastic Medium
Electrical Engneering
ElectronDevice Technology
Pushpangadan N. High Speed Power Switching Devices
Jayesh Shah Development of Nigh Power Transistor
Abhay Jain Development of Differential Pair ICS
Communication Engineering
R. Prakash Microprocessor Based Adaptive Equaliter
Shabbir Noman MerchantAdaptive Signal Processor
VIlaS Vishwanath JoshiT. V. Tuner Using Phase Locked Loop
George VargheSeSlipping Raster Scan for T. V. Camera

Power Apparatus and Systems

Milind Kashinath Joshi Application of Microprocessor to Protective Relaying
B. Jeyasurya Interactive Studies for Power System Planning
Shah Gautambhai Ratilal Filter Design for Hvdc Converters
Electrical Drives & Machines
K.P Ahammed KoyaStatic Scherbus Drives
Shah Umesh VinubhalDesign of Standard Trigqering Modules and
Thyristor Circuits
Sandhya Shinde Thermojunction Solar Energy Converter
S.R. Narayana Prakash Performance Analysis of Current Source Inverter.
Fed Induction Motors

Control & Instrumentation

Desai Shushama Malhar Digital Phase Locked Loop in Motor Speed Control
Arun Laxmanrao Deshmukh Microprocessor Based Reconfigurable Data Acquisition
System
Samuel Narinchil Mathew Tactile Feedback for the Deaf
Sanjay Gopal Deshpande Stability Analysis of Pwm Inverter Drives
Shashikant KrishnaraoEmg Biofeed Back Karmarkar
Sandesh Sharadchandra Pradhan Current Source Inverter Drive System
Nitin Sitaam BhiseMicrotutor
Desai Shailesh O.Microprocessor uses in Scr Systems
Computer Science
Rajendra Ramchandra Datar l/o Simulator for EC-1030
Narinder Pal Singh Bajwa Complilation of Expressions in IITFORT
VIShWBS Padmakar Pethe An Extension to Plas for Coping with Dynamic World Knowledge
D. Janardhana RbjU Extensions to the CCN Filling System
Ajay Jerath Multiprocessor Fortran Programming System-Part I
Harminder Singh Mehra War game Model-Tank Battle Simulator
Rajendra Madhav PalnitkarA Data Flow Computer Architecture for Continuous