Former professor of Indian Institute of
Technology, Kanpur Gautam Biswas took
charge as the new director of IIT-Guwahati
by replacing Gautam Baruah.
Biswas, before joining IIT-Guwahati, was
the director of Central Mechanical
Engineering Research Institute (CMERI),
Durgapur.
Speaking to the press after assuming charge
here, Biswas said, "Our institute has the
potential to be the number one IIT in the
country and I will put in all efforts by
taking into confidence the faculty members
and the students to achieve this goal." He
noted that IITs need better student care
system for research scholars. Emphasizing
the need to focus on better research
infrastructure, Biswas said, "The PhD
programs should train them in such a way
that they develop a mindset of world
leaders in their respective fields. An
expansion of industrial problem-based
research is essential. In a renewed drive
towards industrial impact, successful and
timely execution of small and medium size
industrial problems should be attempted."
He said a synergy between teaching and
research is needed. "Postgraduate and PhD-
level courses may be given strong research
orientation and the method of evaluation
should be shifted from formal examination
to finding out solution of open ended
problems," Biswas added.According to
Biswas, IIT-Guwahati must initiate special
drives with industries and national
laboratories for interdisciplinary research
in roads and infrastructure, electric power
from gas, oil refineries and modern
manufacturing including fabrionics.
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