Collaboration with Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay

     

Washington University and IIT-B have embarked on several collaborative ventures:

Dates Description Faculty Involved
October 2005 Signing of IIT-B as Inaugural McDonnell Academy Member; $30,000 in funds put aside by Washington University and IIT-B to promote collaboration. • Mark Wrighton, Chancellor, Washington University
• Ashok Misra, Director, IITB
Dec. 19, 2005 Visit to IIT-B by Drs. James Wertsch, Pratim Biswas and Ken Botnick. Discussions with ChE, Energy Systems, CESE and Humanities Faculty. Discussions with IDC. • Dr. James Wertsch
• Dr. Pratim Biswas
• Dr. Ken Botnick
Dec. 20, 2005 Indo-U.S. Science and Technology Forum: Nanoparticle Aerosol Science and Technology Workshop at IIT-B. Attended by 18 scientists from the U.S. and 50 from India. • Dr. C. Venkataraman, IIT-B
• Dr. P. Biswas, Washington University
July 14-18, 2006 Discussions on Center Proposal to Indo-U.S. Forum; visit to Humanities and Social Science Department. • Dr. Pratim Biswas
• Dr. Sunita Parikh
Aug. 4, 2006 Visit by IIT-B Prof. Sudha Vasan to Tsinghua University, China. McDonnell Academy Workshop organized by Dr. James Wertsch
Aug. 15, 2006 Inaugural Scholars start programs at Washington University:
• Vikram Govindan, Monsanto Scholar, Olin School of Business
• Manoranjan Sahu, EERG Fellow, School of Engineering & Applied Sciences 		• Dr. Mahendra Gupta, dean, Olin School of Business
• Dr. Mary Sansalone, dean, School of Engineering & Applied Science
Sept. 4-5, 2006 Dr. A. Misra, Director, IIT-B visits St. Louis. Presentation "Higher Technical Education in India & Global Transformation." Hosted by Mark Wrighton, Chancellor, Washington University
Oct. 2006 – March 2007 Visiting doctoral student from IIT-B to work on nanoparticle synthesis projects. Return to IIT-B and do capacity building. Vinay Tiwari, hosted by Department of Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering and the McDonnell Academy
Dec. 23-27, 2006 Visit by Mark Wrighton to IIT-B. Invited Keynote Speaker at PAN-IIT 2006. • Dr. Mark Wrighton, Chancellor
• Dr. Pratim Biswas
• Dr. Himadri Pakrasi
• Dr. James Wertsch
May 6-10, 2007 1st International Symposium on Energy and Environment, St. Louis • Dr. Ashok Misra
• Dr. A.K. Suresh
• Dr. S. Asolekar
• Dr. P. Banerjee
• Dr. A. Ganesh
June 6-10, 2007 Visit by Dr. A. Mehra. Discussion of various collaborative projects. Hosted by EECE, WUSTL
December 2007 Visit by Dr. N. Talwar, professor, IIT-B Met with Dr. James Wertsch and Dr. Gerald Early
Jan. 13-17, 2008 Presentation by Dr. M. Wrighton, chancellor, at Conclave during IIT-B Golden Jubilee Celebrations

Exploring collaborative projects:
• Dr. Pratim Biswas
• Dr. G. Yadama
• Dr. James Wertsch
• Dr. Himadri Pakrasi
• (McDonnell Scholar - M. Sahu)