Research and Innovation Anna University Chennai Tamil Nadu

Research and Innovation Anna University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu -M. K. SURAPPA

Anna University v. State Technical University Offering UG, PG, M. S (By Research) and Ph. D in Engineering, Technology and Allied Sciences v. Provide Services to State Government, Central Government Institutions , Agencies and Industries Ø Conducting Counseling for Tamilnadu Govt (Engg. Admissions) ØResearch and Development Activities ØTesting & Consultancy v. Training & Continuing Education in basic and state of the art areas

Major Recognitions National Ranking Global Ranking v NAAC - CGPA 3. 46/4 - ‘A’ Grade v QS World Ranking v NIRF - 2018 Ø University Top 651 -700 Ø Universities – 4 Ø Engineering and Technology - 388 Ø Architecture - 6 v QS BRICS- Top 85 Ø Engineering - 8 v QS Asian- Top 300 Ø Over all-10 Ø Management-28 v US News Asia - 267 v Research - H-index-123 v UGC recognized University with Potential for Excellence ² 4 State National Facilities No. 1 Ranking among Universities 4

Anna University v 4 University Department Campuses (CEG/MIT/ACT/SAP Campuses) - offer 29 UG and 79 PG Programmes. v 15, 554 students on roll v 4 Regional Campuses at Trichy, Tirunelveli, Madurai & Coimbatore v 13 Constituent Colleges v 596 Affiliated Colleges (Government, Government Aided & Self-Financing Engg. Colleges). v. Affiliated Institutions - 41 UG and 57 PG programmes offered in Affiliated Institutions. v 6, 14, 626 students on roll.

CENTRE FOR RESEARCH ANNA UNIVERSITY, CHENNAI - 600025 Not Needed? ? ü 14946+ Ph. D. Scholars on roll (27% of them are Girls) ü 4000+ Recognized Supervisors ü 500+ Affiliated colleges ü 600+ Recognized research departments/ institutes ü 50+ MOU’s ü 8 Faculty ü 1000+ admissions twice in an year https: //cfr. annauniv. edu 6

Sponsored Projects and Consultancy Total Number of Projects= 474 Total Number of Consultancy=2029 800 700 600 500 400 300 200 100 0 Projects Consultancy 70 60 Details Required Total from Projects =146. 59 Crores Total from Consultancy = 82. 62 Crores Projects Consultancy 50 40 30 20 10 2014 -2015 -2016 -2017 -2018 • 58 Sponsored Faculty projects worth Rs. 15. 16 Crores – DRDL, DST, CVRDE, SERB, DRDO, ICMR, ICSR • 836 consultancy Projects worth Rs. 21. 64 Crores Some of the major consultancies : • Institute for Energy Studies - Neyveli Lignite Corp – 81 Lakhs • Centre for Environmental Studies L&T – Reuse of Domestic Water - 30 Lakhs & VGN – Advanced Research Lab - CSR– 50 Lakhs)

Extra-Mural Funding Details Required ²RUSA Ø 20 Crore - utilised for the purpose of constructing a new Girls Hostel, Renovation activities, establishing of Solar and Bio-Gas Generation Systems, Procurement of Server and Computers and Purchase of books and Journals. v Rs. 3. 5 crore - Research project entitled ‘‘Sustainable Energy Technologies – Efficient renewable energy power generation with energy storage for sustainable smart grid” - Anna University as the Lead Partner ²DRS ²FIST/COSIST/SAP 8

Details Required DST & UGC Sponsored Departments ²University supported by DST PURSE Scheme ²DST FIST Recognized Departments - 18 ²UGC - SAP Sponsored Departments ²DRS - 9 ²DSA - 2 ²CAS - 3 9

Recent Major Projects Details Required ² Centre of Excellence and 5(t-SDIs) Technical Skill Development Institutes – Rs. 546. 84 Crore with Siemens and Designtech Limited ² Capacity Building at Centre for Water Resources Under Dam Rehabilitation and Improvement Project (DRIP) –Rs. 4. 11 Crores ¯Establish advanced instrumentation facilities and technologies to comprehensively study the catchment processes, sediment related problems, flood modelling in terms of quantity and quality for sustainable management. ¯Prepare Emergency Action Plan (EAP) through flood modelling in the upstream and downstream of the Dam to ensure the safety of the people. ² Sustainable Energy Technologies - Efficient renewable energy power generation with energy storage for sustainable smart grid – Rs. 15 Crores v RUSA national Scheme – 20 Crore Øutilised for the purpose of constructing a new Girls Hostel, Renovation activities, establishing of Solar and Bio-Gas Generation Systems, Procurement of Server 10

National Hub for Healthcare Instrumentation Development (NHHID) • established by DST under Technology Development & Transfer at Anna University • promote and accelerate the development of healthcare instrumentation indigenously. • aids in the transfer of basic research ideas from research institutions to private biomedical companies and vice versa. • carry out R & D on healthcare instruments as required by indigenous industry and healthcare needs. • The Calibration centre-prominent activity of NHHID Educational Multimedia Research Centre (EMMRC) • established in 1985 –UGC • with an objective of disseminating knowledge in the field of Science and Technology to society through Educational Television (ETV) programmes using electronic media. Crystal Growth Centre • recognized by UGC as National Facility • has grown several crystals covering a broad range of characteristics. • 24 national programs and more than 21 international programs have been successfully organized • 170 researchers have received their doctoral degree National Centre for Sustainable Coastal Management (NCSCM) • Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change • For better protection, conservation, rehabilitation, management and policy design of the coast. • promote integrated and sustainable management of coastal and marine areas in India and advise the Union and States/ Union Territory Governments and other associated stakeholders on policy, and scientific matters relating to Integrated Coastal Management (ICZM) Research – Ecosystem - National Facilities 11

Centres of Excellence and Autonomous Institutes v. AU-BCT Kalam Centre of Excellence v. AU-FRG Institute for CAD/CAM v. AU-KBC Research Centre v. AU-RU Urban Energy Centre v. AU-TVS Centre for Quality Management v. Centre for Aerospace Research v. Centre for Climate Change and Adaptation Research v Centre for Disaster Mitigation and Management v Centre for Nano Science and Technology v Centre for Water Resources v Institute for Catalysis and Petroleum Technology v Institute for Energy Studies v Institute of Ocean Management v Institute of Remote Sensing

Centres of Excellence v v v Centre of Excellence and 5(t-SDIs) Technical Skill Development Institutes – Rs. 546. 84 Crore with Siemens and Design Tech Limited v International Centre for Research Facilitation and Training- Rs. 50 Crore Organize meetings to create awareness & provide research management facilities to the research community with all sources. v Centre of Excellence for Cloud Computing – Rs. 45 Crore Networking will be useful for providing services for different applications such as fee payment, viewing class time tables, academic details and results etc. v Centre of Excellence for Automobile Technology (CEAT) – Rs. 50 Crore platform for consultancy in advanced areas of technology development related to IC engines

UGC Sponsored Course Development ²e-PG Pathshala Project in Computer Science, Biotechnology & Architecture ²Completed, submitted & available online– Computer Science at PG level for 16 courses – 640 modules MHRD – RUSA Project for Curriculum Innovation ²Among 10 states – Tamilnadu chosen – one university – Anna University – One programme – B. E Computer Science & Engg ²Mentors by Professors from Georgia Tech, USA & IIT Chennai ²Preparation of Curriculum completed – syllabi preparation underway 14

RESEARCH : HEALTH CARE Current Strengths • UGC-University with Potential for Excellence (Rs. 23. 11 crore) • DST-National Hub for Healthcare Instrumentation Development (Rs. 12. 4 crore) • DBT- BUILDER Program (Rs. 10. 44 crore) • BIRAC- University Innovation Cluster (Rs. 2. 3 crore) • Laser Facilities for Medical Technologies (Rs. 4. 22 crore) Technology Transfer: 6 • Hystero Electrical Activity Mapping Device Commercialisation: 2 Objectives Envisaged To arrive at • Innovative , cost-effective & indigenous solutions for • diagnosis, • rehabilitation and • pro-preventive measures Leading to Affordable Health Care Automated External Defibrillator Synthetic Milk Tester

UNIVERSITY WITH POTENTIAL FOR EXCELLENCE (UPE) IN BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING & INSTRUMENTATION v Focus on limited manufacture of Automated Biomedical Device Development for Commercialization Ø Automated Antibiogram cum Pathogen Identification Device (Bactibiogramoscope) by a highly interdisciplinary team formed among biotechnologists, engineering faculty from medical electronics, Electronics and Communication Engineering, instrumentation, mechatronics and Medical Physics. Sanctioned Amount – Rs. 75 crore

Tanii – (Tamil Nadu Innovation Initiative) DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT AND MANUFACTURING OF UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES Vertical Take off and Horizontal Transition (VTHT) Tethered UAV Long Range Fixed Wing UAV Quad Rotor Agriculture Quad Helicopter Design and Development of the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle for use by various Government Departments at a cost of Rs. 20 Crore MOBILE COMMAND CONTROL STATION - ANJAS Vertical Take of and

Anusat-1 First Indian Student Satellite Mission objective - capacity building Launched by ISRO in April 2009 Operated in orbit for three years 38 Kg Mass and 60 cm Cube Anusat-2 Second satellite from Anna Univ Nanosatellite of mass 2 Kg and 10 cm x 20 cm size Satellite fabrication complete Under negotiations for suitable launch opportunity various launch agencies

RESEARCH : DATA SCIENCE Current Strengths Objectives Envisaged • DST-FIST(Machine Learning and Data Analytics • Build a Cloud based secure Data Science Rs. 1. 1 crore) Framework (CSDS Framework) to design • Center for Advanced Computing and Research predictive and prescriptive models and Education (Rs. 5 crore) methodologies that would process, fuse and analyze heterogeneous big data. Patents : 4 • Develop sustainable solutions to societal problems including renewable energy, healthcare, public transport, green aware FMCG products, water usage in the industry, agriculture and disaster management using heterogeneous data Machine Learning framework for Drug Discovery

Discussion with the WRD Measurement supply Monitoring the work engineers at the tank channel dimensions progress surplus Project: Concurrent Evaluation RRR Scheme Focus Group Discussion stakeholder to assess the water security Project : Water Security

SOCIETAL IMPACT - Current Affordable medical devices for infectious and non-infectious diseases Advanced UAV technology for security cordon, survey, health and agriculture Anna Community Radio Drip Irrigation Tsunami Indundation Model Agricultural productivity & profitability through crop diversification & drip irrigation Local Language computing Tools Launched ANUSAT I Micro-satellite for

Department of Medical Physics PROTOTYPE DEVELOPED : FLUORO POLARIMETER FOR CANCER DIAGNOSIS Indigenous Fluoro Polarimeter designed and fabricated for the diagnosis of Oral cancer using blood plasma. (Funded by DAE-BRNS) ORAL CANCER DIAGNOSIS USING SALIVARY DNA Normal Vs Premalignant Molecular probe + Sensitivity- 92. 6% Specificity- 69. 2% Fluorescence Spectroscopy of saliva has been exploited in diagnosing oral premalignant lesions

RAMAN SPECTRAL MAPPING IS A POWERFUL TOOL IN DIAGNOSING CANCER PROGNOSIS CERVICAL NEOPLASIA Raman Mapping Histopathology Neoplastic Epithelium Affected Stroma Normal Stroma Neoplastic Epithelium Normal Stroma The sample was CIN III by H&E image shows stroma appears normal but the Raman mapping study reveals that the stroma had also undergone biochemical changes associated with malignancy.

In-vivo Radiation Dosimetry q. Synthesis & Fabrication of indigenous cost effective TLD In-vivo dosimeter for dose verification of cancer patient in Radiotherapy q Determination of Neutron contamination for the cancer patients undergoing radiotherapy in Medical Linear Accelerator funded by SRI-AERB

UNIVERSITY WITH POTENTIAL FOR EXCELLENCE CPEPA Industrial R&D Arm UGC’s Centre with Potential for Excellence Phase 1 & 2 from 2000 to 2010 built the interdisciplinary research ecosystem bringing together 21 researchers from science, engineering and technology departments from 14 Depts/Centres to find viable technological solutions for environmental problems. For example, instrumentation development methods for of patented environmental Facilities for Testing Calibration Production Promotion of Healthcare Instrumentation NHHID HRD Tech platforms Commercial Prototypes DST chose AU in establishing National Hub for Healthcare Instrumentation Development (NHHID) and commercializing indigenously developed healthcare devices by bringing academia, research institutions, industries, hospitals, NGOs and Government Organizations all over India to build a new national ecosystem model and infrastructure at Rs. 12. 4 Crores in the first phase 2010 -2017.

Based on the proven commercialization potential of NHHID model and the matured ecosystem ……………. UNIVERSITY WITH POTENTIAL FOR EXCELLENCE IN BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING AND INSTRUMENTATION (2017 – 2022, Rs. 75 Cr) FOCUS AREA Automated Biomedical Device Development and Commercialization Specific Application to Automated Bacterial Pathogen Identification and Antibiogram Device

COMMERCIAL PROTOTYPE OF ANTIBIOGRAM DEVICE BASED ON PATENTED BIOTECHNOLOGY VALIDATED AT THE NABL-ACCREDITED CLINICAL MICRBIOLOGICAL LAB, COIMBATORE Latest ACM pic with the whole group THE TEAM FOR IDEA TO MARKET FULLY AUTOMATED COMMERCIAL MODEL FOR PATHOGEN DETECTION AND ANTIBIOGRAM DEVICE

Inter-disciplinary Team comprising of faculty members from ² Departments of ¯Biotechnology ¯Biomedical Engineering ¯Electronics and Communication Engineering ¯Electronics and Instrumentation ¯Electronics Engineering ¯Production Engineering ¯Manufacturing Engineering ¯Medical Physics ¯Management Studies

CENTRE FOR RESEARCH ANNA UNIVERSITY, CHENNAI - 600025 Not Needed? ? ü 14946+ Ph. D. Scholars on roll (27% of them are Girls) ü 4000+ Recognized Supervisors ü 500+ Affiliated colleges ü 600+ Recognized research departments/ institutes ü 50+ MOU’s ü 8 Faculty ü 1000+ admissions twice in an year https: //cfr. annauniv. edu 30

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