Ahmedabad University: Recent Achievements and Developments

Recent developments at Ahmedabad University

Ahmedabad University and Ahmedabad Textile Industry’s Research Association (ATIRA) collaboration

In a unique alliance to build on the growing technical textiles and composites industries, Ahmedabad University and Ahmedabad Textile Industry’s Research Association (ATIRA) have collaborated to advance education, research & development and provide services in the domain. One of the biggest drivers of this collaboration will be a one-of-its-kind two-year Master of Technology programme in Composites offered at the School of Engineering and Applied Science, Ahmedabad University. Through the technical expertise and facilities of both institutions, the M.Tech in Composites will provide a firm grounding in advanced mechanics, design, manufacturing, and testing related to composite components and structures. Followed by a year-long industry-based thesis on an applied topic of real-world interest, which will make industry-ready graduates.

Sunil Kale, Dean, School of Engineering and Applied Science, said “This collaboration will strengthen academics at Ahmedabad University, and faculty and students participating at ATIRA will provide robust support to the process of research, development, and outreach. Ahmedabad University’s incubator, VentureStudio, will facilitate the incubation of composites-based start-ups. The collaboration addresses the need to strengthen the quality of workforce and infrastructure in the space of technical textiles and composites.”

ATIRA and Ahmedabad University have also initiated joint research and development projects and have ambitious plans to set up state-of-the-art facilities for designing, analysing, manufacturing, and testing composite components and structures, among others.

Kaumudi Joshipura, Dean, School of Public Health: How to plan multiple creative initiatives integrating research, education, and health promotion

Public health includes all organised measures to prevent disease, promote health, prolong life among the population, and provide conditions where people can be healthy using large population-based perspectives and approaches.

Education, research, and health promotion are all central to the School of Public Health, Ahmedabad University and will be more effective when integrated with each other around common goals. The long-term goals for education are to develop comprehensive and innovative interdisciplinary programmes. The initial focus of education programmes will be epidemiology, environmental health, and data science.

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The BxMx Programme, Ahmedabad University

Ahmedabad University has launched a new programme The BxMx Programme. This programme will offer students a new approach to planning their graduate education right at the undergraduate level. The BxMx Programme also aligns with the guidelines of New Education Policy 2020 Ahmedabad University announced three The BxMx programmes (Dual Degree) starting from August 2023, they are given below:

• Bachelor of Arts (Economics/ History/ Philosophy, History and Languages/ Psychology/ Social and Political Sciences)- Master of Business Administration

• Bachelor of Technology (Chemical Engineering/ Computer Science and Engineering/ Mechanical Engineering)- Master of Business Administration

• Bachelor of Science (Computer Science/ Mathematical and Computational Sciences/ Physics)- Master of Science in Quantitative Finance

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Ahmedabad University Professor and Researchers at TU Delft Combine 2 Nobel Prize-Winning Concepts to Monitor Earth’s Climate and Human Health

Adarsh Ganesan, Assistant Professor, School of Engineering and Applied Science, collaborated with two researchers, Richard Norte and Matthijs de Jong from TU Delft built a miniature microchip that is of significant importance in monitoring Earth’s climate, for medical imaging, and for applications in quantum technologies, with the help of two Nobel Prize winning concepts - Optical Frequency Comb (Nobel Prize, 2005) and Optical Trapping also known as Optical Tweezers (Nobel Prize, 2018). This work was published in Nature Communications in March 2023. This technology could be used to develop devices to monitor minute fluctuations in the Earth's climate, detailed medical imaging, and nanoscopic changes in human health. This research is set to revolutionise how we grasp the microscopic world.

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