Bi Annual Report of IIT Madras SPIE Student Chapter India July 2007 January 2008 Name and E-mail addresses of our officers: Officer Name E-mail ID Faculty Advisor Nandigana Krishna Mohan nkmohan@iitm.ac.in President Paul Kumar Upputuri paul@physics.iitm.ac.in Vice-President Pushpa Ann Kurian ann@physics.iitm.ac.in Secretary Ambika Nautiyal ambika@physics.iitm.ac.in Treasurer Pavan Kumar challa pavan@physics.iitm.ac.in List of current student chapter members 1) Dhanasekar Baladhanaqpan 2) Krishnan Sathiyamoorthy 3) Madhulita Das 4) Basanta Bhaduri 5) Venkata Dantham 6) Jyotsana Gupta 7) Kailash Jena 8) Ashokan Krishnan 9) Pushpa Ann Kurian 10) Ramji Manoharan 11) Ambika Nautiyal 12) Manas Parida 13) Sailaja Rallabandi 14) Nibedita Ram 15) Paul Kumar Upputuri 16) Pavan Kumar Challa 17) Sonu Bhaskar 18) Kaladevi Sendhil 19) Ravi Raushan
Details of Chapters activities since last report 1. We have organized a seminar series by all the student members of our chapter in 5 th July, 2007. All the student chapter members have delivered the talks on their respective research fields for research interaction and discussions. Basanta Bhaduri Pushpa Ann kurian
Ambika Nautiyal Paul Kumar IIT Madras Student chapter seminar program held at IIT Madras on 5th July 2007. 2. We have organized a Industrial tour to Prisms India Private Ltd., Pondicherry, with all the student chapter members on 14th July, 2007. It was a great opportunity for our chapter members and industrialists to interact, exchange ideas and discuss the contemporary research topics.
IIT Madras SPIE student Chapter Members along with Prof. C. Vijayan, Vice President of SPIE India Chapter visit to Prisms India Private Limited, Pondicherry on 14 th July 2007. 3. Our chapter vice-president Ms. Pushpa Ann Kurian attended the conference Optics & Photonics 2007, San Diego, CA in August 2007 for SPIE Student Chapter Annual Meeting. Ms. Kurian has also presented the chapter activities during last one year as well as a research paper. 4. An open house in the area of Optics and Photonics was organized under Shaastra program from 4 th to 6 th October 2007 for college students. 5. Ms. Nibeditha Ram, member of SPIE, attended and presented a paper at National laser symposium (NLS-2007) International conference held at M.S.University of Baroda, Vadodara, and Gujarath during 14 th to 20 th December 2007 with the financial support from the chapter. Awards Mr. Paul Kumar Upputuri and Dr. Basanta Bhaduri, Student chapter members were award 'Certificate of Merit' prize for the paper on 'Two wavelength microscopic TV interferometric system for surface profiling' presented at 9th INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON MEASUREMENT & QUALITY CONTROL (9th ISMQC) November 21-24, 2007, IIT Madras. India.
Details of Planned activities for the future 1. Seminar talks by the members of the chapter will be continued.. 2. One day workshop for research scholars from different parts of the country working in the area of optics. 3. We are going to invite experts in the field of Optics & Photonics for invited talks and to interact with the students under visiting lecture program.
Financial Statement Chapter Bank Account : Name of the Account: IIT Madras SPIE Student Chapter Account No: 10620825659 SHIFT SBININBB453 SHIFT CODE: 1055 STATE BANK OF INDIA, IIT MADRAS BRANCH INCOME ( In Indian Rupees) From 1.1.2007 to 31.1.2008 Balance brought forward : 108772.76 Annual Grant Received from SPIE : 27052.00 on 29.06.2007 Bank Interest on 30.06.2007 : 1908 00 Bank Interest on 31.12.2007 : 1911.00 Total Income : 139643.76 EXPENDITURE (In Indian Rupees) Chapter GBM meeting : 190.00 on 25.02.07 and 16.06.2007 IIT Madras SPIE student chapter : 4850.00 Seminar series program on 5.07.2007. Industrial Visit to M/s Prisms India 17660.00 Private Limited, Pondicherry on 14-07-2007 Expenditures for participation & : 666.00 Presentation at SPIE Annual meeting San Diego, August 2007 National Laser Symposium held at Mumbai : 4678.00 14-12-2007 to 20-12-2007 Student chapter Member participation Total Expenditure : 28044.00 Balance as on 31.1.2008: 111599.76 1. Total Income: Rs. 139643.76 2. Total Expenditure: Rs. 28044.00 3. Net Balance (as on 1 st Jan 2008): Rs. 111599.76 The financial statement contains the totals of expenditure under various sub-heads. Details of expenditures are available with the chapter along with the bills and vouchers