PART VII

COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
(Work Integrated Learning Programmes)
 Course descriptions for Work-Integrated Learning & Collaborative Programmes

AAOC ZC111Probability and Statistics 3 DSPs. Embedded applications and technologies; power
issues in system design; introduction to software and
Probability spaces; conditional probability and independence;
random variables and probability distributions; marginal and hardware co-design.
conditional distributions; independent random variables; AE* ZG513 Maintenance Engineering 5
mathematical expectation; mean and variance; binomial, Introduction, maintenance systems, methods and tools of
Poisson and normal distributions; sum of independent
maintenance analysis, eligibility and safety, maintainability,
random variables; law of large numbers; central limit theorem supportability, design for maintenance, maintenance
(without proof); sampling distribution and test for mean using integration, computerized maintenance management
normal and student's t-distribution; test of hypothesis;
systems, TPM, world-class maintenance systems, and
correlation and linear regression. maintenance effectiveness and performance evaluation.
AAOC ZC221 Graphs and Networks 3 AE* ZG514 Advanced Automotive Systems 4
Basic concepts of graphs and digraphs behind electrical Frame, suspension, springs and wheels, clutch and gear box,
communication and other networks behind social, economic
propeller shaft, universal joint, final drive, differential and rear
and empirical structures; connectivity, reachability and
axle, front axle and steering mechanism, brakes, automotive
vulnerability; trees, tournaments and matroids; planarity; air conditioning, electrical vehicles, automotive electrical
routing and matching problem; representations; various systems, automotive electronics systems.
algorithms; applications.
AE* ZG515 Non-Destructive Testing 5
AAOC ZC222Optimization 3
Ultrasonic testing, X-radiography, eddy current testing,
Optimization of functions of one and many variables with and
magnetic methods of crack detection, liquid penetrant
without constraints; Kuhn-Tucker conditions; gradient inspection, acoustic emission and acousto-ultrasonic testing
methods; linear programming; simplex based and integer techniques.
programming methods; duality theory; transportation and
assignment problems; dynamic programming; branch and AE* ZG516 Advances in Internal Combustion Engines 4
bound methods; models of linear production systems, Air standard cycles, fuel air cycles, actual cycles and their
sequencing and scheduling, PERT, CPM. analysis, fuels, alternative fuels, carburetion, mechanical and
AE* ZC442 Advanced Driver Assistance Systems 4 electronic injection systems, ignition, combustion and
combustion chambers, engine friction and lubrication, heat
Automotive safety systems, assist and autonomous systems,
rejection and cooling, engine emissions and their control,
automotive sensors and actuators for ADAS (stereo and measurements and testing, performance parameters and
mono cameras ultrasonic sensors, LIDAR, RADAR), characteristics, engine electronics, supercharging, two-stroke
fundamentals of machine vision, data fusion for ADAS,
engines. Power-train auxiliary systems integration, newer
mechatronics for ADAS, human – machine interface for engine technologies such as hybrid engines.
ADAS, telematics and infotainment, ADAS system, legal and
ethical aspects of ADAS, real time systems and development, AE* ZG517 Automotive Systems Engineering 4
advanced driver assistance systems, advanced computer Automotive systems development and testing, compatibility
systems, automated driving applications and systems. issues, performance prediction, design requirements and
AE* ZC443 Connected Cars 4 engineering metrics, systems engineering process, life cycle
Fundamentals of IOT - Architecture, Sensors, Cloud and the standards and management, concurrent engineering,
trade-off between polling and storage requirements, Structure systems analysis applications, and advanced model based
and implementation of CAN networks, CAN message, priority development.
& arbitration and the control hardware involved in the AE* ZG518 Electric and Hybrid Vehicles 4
network, data analytics by creating a simple data model using
OBD tools, ethical and legal aspects of connected car Electric motors, drives, control, batteries, architectures,
applications including data theft, privacy and security energy storage, recovery, and management, characteristics
vulnerabilities, building of predictive analytic model based on of autonomous vehicles, modelling, simulation, analysis and
in-vehicle data. comparison of relations among multiple parameters for
electric, hybrid and autonomous vehicles, insights into
AE* ZG510 Automotive Control Systems 5 regulations and norms with respect to electric, hybrid and
Introduction to vehicle electronics, semiconductor diodes, autonomous vehicles, hybrid vehicle propulsion systems,
FETs, rectifiers, small signal amplifiers, circuit models, sustainable automotive power technology.
automotive applications and case studies, automotive micro AE* ZG519 Automotive Security 4
controllers, auto sensors and actuators, vehicle electronics,
feedback control, control strategy, analog and digital Security concepts, security attacks and risks, architectures,
controllers, expert systems and neural networks, advanced policy management, mechanisms, understanding the risks
topics in EMC, vehicle communication networks, automotive and advantages of vehicle to internet (V2I), vehicle to vehicle
control system design, transmission and powertrain, brake, (V2V), vehicle to IoT (V2IoT) connectivity, issues concerning
traction, suspension, active safety and supplementary the security of intelligent transport systems that communicate
restraint systems, intelligent vehicle systems and ADAS. with the vehicle, telematics, cryptography, security standards,
security system interoperation and case studies of the
AE* ZG511 Mechatronics 5 automotive security systems and connectivity technologies,
Concepts of measurement of electrical and non-electrical automotive cyber security and autonomous vehicles,
parameters; displacement, force, pressure etc. and related connected vehicle driver responsibility, issues around
signal conditioning techniques, drives and actuators, liabilities related to automotive cyber security incidents.
concepts of microprocessors/ microcontrollers architecture AE* ZG521 World Class Manufacturing 5
and programming, memory and I/O interfacing. System
design concepts through case studies. The world-class manufacturing challenge, developing a
world-class manufacturing strategy, just-in-time, total quality,
AE* ZG512 Embedded System Design 4 total employee involvement, world-class information systems,
Introduction to embedded systems; embedded architectures: managing the change, methods and procedures; improved
Architectures and programming of microcontrollers and brainstorming methods, using the check-total quality - the first

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steps, getting people involved, monitoring world-class manufacturing systems; Supply management for JIT;
performance. Framework for implementation of JIT; Theoretical research in
AE* ZG522 Advanced Vehicle Acoustics 4 JIT systems; Various case studies.
AE* ZG611 Computational Fluid Dynamics and Heat
Fundamentals of noise sources, transfer paths, principles of
Transfer 4
noise and vibrations control, assessment and control of
engine noise and vibration, road / tyre noise, vehicle body Integral and differential conservation laws for mass,
noise and vibration, evaluating the vibration and acoustic momentum, and energy, solution of Navier-Stokes equations,
characteristics of future vehicle systems. theory of potential flow, boundary layer theory, hydrodynamic
AE* ZG523 Project Management 4 stability turbulent flow, compressible flow quasi-one-
dimensional nozzle flows numerical solution of a two-
Concepts and techniques of project formulation, evaluation dimensional supersonic flow, incompressible Couette flow.
and implementation; Project planning and scheduling; Risk supersonic flow over a flat plate, experimental techniques
management; Time-cost trade off; Resource leveling and and uncertainty analysis, integral and differential forms of
allocation; Project monitoring and control; Contract energy conservation law for heat transfer, heat transfer in
management. internal laminar and turbulent flow, heat transfer in external
AE* ZG524 Vehicle Dynamics 4 laminar and turbulent flow, natural convection heat transfer,
mixed convection heat transfer, convective heat transfer in
Fundamentals of vehicle dynamics, steering, single and two porous media flow, condensation, evaporation, and boiling.
degree-of-freedom systems, vibration isolation, absorbers, radiation heat transfers in non-participating and participating
anti- vibration mounts, exhaust mount, tire properties, media. radiation transport equation, heat transfer of engine
influence on vehicle dynamics, tire forces/moments & cooling, exhaust manifold and HVAC for automobiles,
kinematics, modified SAE tire axes & terminology, computational analysis of fluid flow, heat transfer and multi-
introduction to tire modeling ,suspension and steering effects phase flow problems with special emphasis on problems
, basic tire modeling consideration, brush tire model, steady relevant to automotive applications.
state lateral/longitudinal slip force generation, interaction
between lateral slip and longitudinal slip, transient tire forces, AE* ZG612 Advances in Materials, Composites & Plastics
steady state cornering stability analysis, handling diagram, 4
quasi steady state cornering, straight line braking stability Definition of composite materials; classification; particulates
analysis, transient cornering dynamic cornering, principles of and dispersion hardened composites, continuous and
anti-lock braking system (ABS), steady state cornering of discontinuous fiber reinforced composites, metal-matrix
single unit heavy trucks, effect of tandem axles and dual tires, composites, carbon-carbon composites, molecular
equivalent wheelbase handling diagram of complex vehicles, composites, micro and multilayer composites, theory of
vehicle parameters and states estimation, road and basic reinforcement; reinforcement by continuous and
driver models principles, basic powertrain, modeling, brake discontinuous fibers, concept of microfibril; effect of
system modeling, electronic stability control (ESC), vibration orientation and adhesion; mechanical behaviour of
mounts, construction and heavy engineering equipment. composites, stress-strain relationship, strength, fracture
AE* ZG531 Product Design 5 toughness and fatigue; properties of fibre reinforcement and
production technology of composites. Plastics and their
Introduction to creative design; user research and processing technology including injection moulding, blow
requirements analysis, product specifications, Computer moulding etc. Mathematical modeling and simple
Aided Design; standardization, variety reduction, preferred computational techniques for the mechanics of composites
numbers and other techniques; modular design; design and plastics. Applications of plastics and composite in
economics, cost analysis, cost reduction and value analysis automotive and aerospace structures. Advanced metals and
techniques, design for production; human factors in design: alloys including titanium, aluminum and magnesium, Ceramic
anthropometric, ergonomic, psychological, physiological and metal alloys (CERMETS) including Aluminum based
considerations in design decision making; legal factors, alloys and other ceramic components.
engineering ethics and society.
AE* ZG613 Tribology 5
AE* ZG532 Computer Aided Engineering 5
Introduction, lubricants and lubrication, surface texture,
Mathematics and computer implementation methodologies of bearing materials, fundamentals of viscous flow, reynolds
parametric geometric modeling for computer aided design equation and applications, thrust bearings, journal bearings,
including modeling of curves, surfaces, solids and NURBS, squeeze-film bearings, hydrostatic bearings, gas bearings,
geometric transformations, concepts of elasticity and material dry and starved bearings, selecting bearing type and size,
behavior, theories of failure, finite element analysis (FEA) of principles and operating limits, friction, wear and lubrication.
one-, two- and three-dimensional problems with special
emphasis on the application areas of noise and noise, AE* ZG614 Fracture Mechanics 5
vibration and harshness (NVH), durability, crash, occupant Introduction, energy release rate, stress intensity factor and
safety, computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and heat transfer, complex cases, anelastic deformation at the crack tip, elastic
FEA of mechanical vibrations and fracture. In all plastic analysis through J-integral, crack tip opening
implementation work and assignments, suitable commercial displacement, test methods, fatigue failure, numerical
CAE software packages such as ABAQUS is required to be analysis, mixed mode crack initiation and growth.
used.
AE* ZG615 Advanced Engine Technology 5
AE* ZG535 Advanced Engineering Mathematics 5
Engine Design & Development: Design and development of
Boundary value problems; wave equations; nonlinear partial various engine components viz. cylinder block, head,
differential equations; calculus of variations; Eigen value combustion chamber, pistons, crank shaft, connecting rod,
problems; iteration problems including forward and inverse cam shaft, valves, intake and exhaust systems, fuel supply
iteration schemes – Graham Schmidt deflation – systems, Engine balance and vibration; Engine Combustion:
simultaneous iteration method – subspace iteration – Process, analysis and diagnostics; Engine Emissions &
Lanczo’s algorithm – estimation of core and time Controls: Analysis of gas emissions and control; Alternate
requirements. Fuels: Alternative Fuels for Land, Rail, Marine and Aviation
AE* ZG542 Just-in-time Manufacturing 4 Transportation, Utilization of Alternative Fuels in Internal
Combustion Engines; Engine Testing & Certification: Test
Introduction; Toyota production system; JIT implementation facilities and methods, Instrumentation, Engine tests and
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and methods for interior and exterior parts of an automotive Materials - Light Weight material perspective; Application of
vehicle. Hybrid material and Joining methods.
AE* ZG621 Durability, Crash and Safety Engineering 4 AEL* ZC441 Automotive Vehicles 3
Classical failure theory ,creep, fatigue, buckling, low and high Internal combustion engines; vehicle performance; analysis
cycle fatigue test, crack initiation and fracture mechanics, and design of vehicle components. Experimental or
Effect of surface and metallurgical parameters on fatigue, theoretical investigation of problems selected from the field of
EN-SN curves, plasticity corrections, Road load acquisition automotive vehicles.
methods/instruments, Proving ground events & duty cycle AEL* ZC442 Advanced Driver Assistance Systems 4
preparation accordance with vehicle GVW, Joint Design, bolt
slippage & torque relaxation methods in FEM. Durability of Automotive safety systems, assist and autonomous systems,
plastics - material failure criteria, Rattle & squeeze issues in automotive sensors and actuators for ADAS (stereo and
automotive trims, IP panels. Optimization mono cameras ultrasonic sensors, LIDAR, RADAR),
techniques/algorithms - Influence of space, size, weight etc., fundamentals of machine vision, data fusion for ADAS,
on form design, aesthetic and ergonomic considerations, mechatronics for ADAS, human – machine interface for
Fundamentals of Crash Analysis, Transient Dynamic ADAS, telematics and infotainment, ADAS system, legal and
solutions, Lagarangian and Eulerian codes of solution, ethical aspects of ADAS, real time systems and development,
explicit and implicit methods of solving crash problems, crash advanced driver assistance systems, advanced computer
worthiness, Contact theory and algorithms, Quasi-static and systems, automated driving applications and systems.
dynamic events for crash analysis, time-step computation AEL* ZC443 Connected Cars 4
and mass scaling of models, different element types, Fundamentals of IOT - Architecture, Sensors, Cloud and the
formulations and application, Material representations for trade-off between polling and storage requirements, Structure
Crash analysis, Human modeling and biomechanics, Human and implementation of CAN networks, CAN message, priority
injuries and remedies, Impact sensor, types and & arbitration and the control hardware involved in the
developments, Active and Passive safety, Regulations for network, data analytics by creating a simple data model using
Automotive safety, Crash Worthiness Ratings, Model building OBD tools, ethical and legal aspects of connected car
and integration, Quasi-static load cases – Roof Strength, side applications including data theft, privacy and security
door intrusion, Seating load cases, Internal head impacts, vulnerabilities, building of predictive analytic model based on
Whiplash, Airbag – types, modeling and applications. in-vehicle data.
AE* ZG622 Advanced Manufacturing Processes 4 AEL* ZG510 Automotive Control Systems 5
High strength material forming, tooling for high strength Introduction to vehicle electronics, semiconductor diodes,
materials, Cold and hot stamping, hydro forming, vacuum FETs, rectifiers, small signal amplifiers, circuit models,
forming, high speed stamping, Aluminum forming & tooling automotive applications and case studies, automotive micro
technology including progressive and transfer dies for sheet controllers, auto sensors and actuators, vehicle electronics,
metal forming, Advanced Automotive BIW assembly/welding feedback control, control strategy, analog and digital
technology, laser welding technology, robotic hemming. controllers, expert systems and neural networks,advanced
Tooling for lightweight composites, Carbon fibre moulds & topics in EMC, vehicle communication networks, automotive
advanced plastic moulding technology, High speed control system design, transmission and powertrain, brake,
machining, precision machining technology, Resistance traction, suspension, active safety and supplementary
welding. Aluminum part manufacturing technique including restraint systems, intelligent vehicle systems and ADAS.
die casting, tailor-made blanking etc. Mathematical modelling
and analytical and numerical computations for sheet metal AEL* ZG512 Embedded System Design 4
forming processes using AutoForm. Newer sheet metal Introduction to embedded systems; embedded architectures:
forming techniques. Architectures and programming of microcontrollers and
AE* ZG629T Dissertation 16 DSPs. Embedded applications and technologies; power
issues in system design; introduction to software and
A student registered in this course must take a topic in an hardware co-design.
area of professional interest drawn from the on the job work
requirement which is simultaneously of direct relevance to the AEL* ZG513 Automotive Communication Systems 5
degree pursued by the student as well as to the employing / Introduction to communication engineering; automotive
collaborating organization of the student and submit a communication systems: basic, current and future generation
comprehensive report at the end of the semester working automotive communication protocols and telematics,
under the overall supervision and guidance of a professional advanced communication, intersystem communication and
expert who will be deemed as the supervisor for evaluation of multiplex systems, wireless and photonics systems
all components of the dissertation. Normally the Mentor of the engineering, communications and networking, signal
student would be the Dissertation supervisor and in case propagation in a mobile environment, modulation, coding,
Mentor is not approved as the supervisor, Mentor may play equalization, multiple access techniques, spread spectrum
the role of additional supervisor. The final grades for systems, second and third generation systems, UMTS, IMT-
dissertation are Non-letter grades namely Excellent, Good, 2000; Intra Vehicular Buses - CAN, TTCAN, FTTCAN, RT
Fair and Poor, which do not go into CGPA computation. and FT Ethernet, TTP/A, TTP/C, Flexray, LIN, MOST; Clock
AE* ZG633 Advances in Vehicle Body Structures 4 Synchronization and Diagnostic Services in Intra Vehicular
Buses.
Light Weight design of Vehicle Structure i.e. Front-End,
Under Body etc; Materials Selection in Automotive Design; AEL* ZG514 Robust and Intelligent Systems Design 5
Material Matching and gauge Optimization; Lightweight Principles of fault tolerant systems, redundancy, parallel and
Automotive Alloys; Mechanical Behaviour of Structural shared resources, spatial systems, configurations, design
Polymers; Designing and Manufacturing with Lightweight aspects, intelligent transport systems, neural networks and
Automotive Materials; Design and Manufacturing for fuzzy logic, reconfigurable hardware system design, energy
Environment – Light Weight material perspective; Vehicle aware computing systems.
Crashworthiness - Light Weight material perspective;
Advanced Light Weight Steels for Automobiles; Fuel Cell AEL* ZG517 Automotive Systems Engineering 4
Materials and Manufacturing; Automotive Assembly Automotive systems development and testing, compatibility
Processes - Light Weight material perspective; Analysis of issues, performance prediction, design requirements and
Lightweight Automotive Structures; Light Weight Power-train engineering metrics, systems engineering process, life cycle
Materials and Design; Environmental Degradation of standards and management, concurrent engineering,

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systems analysis applications, and advanced model based AEL* ZG554 Reconfigurable Computing 5
development. Overview of Programmable Logics. FPGA fabric
AEL* ZG518 Electric and Hybrid vehicles 4 architectures. Logic Elements and Switch Networks. Design
and Synthesis of Combinational and Sequential Elements.
Electric motors, drives, control, batteries, architectures,
energy storage, recovery, and management, characteristics Placement and Routing. Pipelining and other Design
of autonomous vehicles, modelling, simulation, analysis and Methodologies. Fine-grained and Coarse-Grained FPGAs.
Static and Dynamic Reconfiguration. Partitioning.
comparison of relations among multiple parameters for
electric, hybrid and autonomous vehicles, insights into Hardware/Software Portioning and Partial Evaluation;
regulations and norms with respect to electric, hybrid and Systolic Architectures.
autonomous vehicles, hybrid vehicle propulsion systems, AEL* ZG557 Artificial and Computational Intelligence 5
sustainable automotive power technology.
Agents and environments, Task Environments, Working of
AEL* ZG519 Automotive Security 4 agents; Uninformed Search Algorithms: Informed Search.
Security concepts, security attacks and risks, architectures, Local Search Algorithms & Optimization Problems: Genetic
Algorithm; Searching with Non-Deterministic Actions, Partial
policy management, mechanisms, understanding the risks
Information and Online search agents, Game Playing,
and advantages of vehicle to internet (V2I), vehicle to vehicle
(V2V), vehicle to IoT (V2IoT) connectivity, issues concerning Constraint Satisfaction Problem, Knowledge Representation
the security of intelligent transport systems that communicate using Logics: TT-Entail for inference from truth table, Proof
by resolution, Forward Chaining and Backward Chaining,
with the vehicle, telematics, cryptography, security standards,
security system interoperation and case studies of the Inference in FOL, Unification & Lifting, Forward chaining,
automotive security systems and connectivity technologies, Backward Chaining, Resolution; Probabilistic
Representation and Reasoning : Inference using full joint
automotive cyber security and autonomous vehicles,
connected vehicle driver responsibility, issues around distribution, Representation of Conditional Independence
liabilities related to automotive cyber security incidents. using BN, Reinforcement Learning; Difference between crisp
and fuzzy logic, shapes of membership function, Fuzzification
AEL* ZG531 Product Design 5 and defuzzification, fuzzy logic reasoning; Decision making
Introduction to creative design; user research and with fuzzy information, Fuzzy Classification; Connectionist
requirements analysis, product specifications, Computer Models: Introduction to Neural Networks, Hopfield Networks,
Aided Design; standardization, variety reduction, preferred Perceptron Learning, Backpropagation & Competitive
numbers and other techniques; modular design; design Learning, Applications of Neural Net: Speech, Vision,
economics, cost analysis, cost reduction and value analysis Traveling Salesman; Genetic Algorithms - Chromosomes,
techniques, design for production; human factors in design: fitness functions, and selection mechanisms, Genetic
anthropometric, ergonomic, psychological, physiological algorithms: crossover and mutation, Genetic programming.
considerations in design decision making; legal factors, AEL* ZG621 Safety Critical Advanced Automotive
engineering ethics and society. Systems 4
AEL* ZG533 Autotronics 5 Functional safety, safety in electrical engineering,
Fundamentals of automotive EMC, control concepts, control architecture / design practices for safety critical systems, ISO
design with the help of sensors and signal conditioning. 26262: Road vehicles – functional safety, IEC 1508
Understanding of autotronics and vehicle intelligence, sensor standards; Methodology of certification and qualification for
technologies, intelligent systems and mechatronic modelling. IEC 1508, modelling real time systems (UML-RT, and the
Introduction, electricity and electronic fundamentals, sensors, tools), reliable, common system bus – VME, ASCB, safeBus,
sensor types, signal conditioning, system modelling, dynamic multiBus II etc. Real time and safety standard and
response of systems, feedback/closed loop controllers, certifications, FPGA and ASIC based design, low-power
electronic fuel control systems, actuators: fuel injectors, techniques in RT embedded systems on-chip networking;
exhaust gas recirculation, motors and ignition systems, Hardware software partitioning and scheduling, co-simulation,
hydraulics. synthesis and verifications, architecture mapping, HW-SW
interfaces.
AEL* ZG534 Automotive Networking 4
AEL* ZG626 Hardware Software Co-Design 5
Overview of TCP/IP systems, Disturbed and Networked
Embedded systems, Embedded Internet, Real Time FPGA and ASIC based design, Low-Power Techniques in RT
Networks and Fault Tolerant Networks – Issues and Design, Embedded Systems On-chip networking. Hardware Software
Intelligent Transport Systems and IoT for Automotive partitioning and scheduling, Co-simulation, synthesis and
Systems; Fault and Error Containment, Intra and Interworking verifications, Architecture mapping, HW-SW Interfaces and
in Vehicular Systems: Intra Vehicular Buses - an overview, Re-configurable computing.
Time Triggered and Event Triggered Networks in Intra AEL* ZG631 Automotive Diagnostics and Interfaces 5
Vehicular Systems, Automotive Network Domains – Power
Train, Chassis, Body Domains – Network Characteristics and Sensors used in today's vehicles, such as temperature,
pressure, position, distance, velocity, torque and flow;
Domain Requirements, V2I/V2R, V2V , VANETS - MANETS
Designing and building analogue interfaces, regulation and
vs VANETS, Safety Applications vs Comfort Applications of
VANETS, Network Architecture, Protocols, Network Stack, control problem with reference to power electronic
MAC protocols, IEEE Wave and DSRC, Routing Protocols, converters; converter models for feedback: basic converter
dynamics, fast switching, piece-wise linear models, discrete-
Network Security – Attacks and Solutions. Emerging and
advanced automotive networks – Aerial Networks; time models, On board diagnostics II (OBD II); Voltage mode
Interconnection between various networks in ITS – and current mode controls for DC-DC converters, comparator
based control for rectifier systems, proportional and
Interconnection between Intra and Inter Vehicular Systems,
Network Models in Automotive Systems – Publisher proportional-integral control applications; Control design
Subscriber Model, Producer Consumer Models, Device based on linearization: transfer functions, compensation and
filtering, compensated feedback control systems; Hysteresis
Interoperability Issues in Interconnected Vehicles,
Middleware in Automotive Systems, Network Management control basics, and application to DC-DC converters and
Function, Objects and Device Management - AutoSar and inverters; Automotive diagnostics, electronic interfaces,
sensors and interfacing, introduction to microsystems
Networked OS; Protocol-independent design methodology for
distributed real-time networks in vehicles – Volcano. packaging, microcomputer control systems, reliability,
diagnostics, and testing of vehicles.

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AEL* ZG628T Dissertation 16 marketing, operations, quality, customer service, IT,
A student registered in this course must take a topic in an finance/accounting or human resources. We will use case
studies and other experiential components to study the
area of professional interest drawn from the on the job work
requirement which is simultaneously of direct relevance to the application of data-driven insights in the context of various
degree pursued by the student as well as to the employing / industries.
collaborating organization of the student and submit a BA* ZC416 Investment Banking Analytics 4
comprehensive report at the end of the semester working
Modern portfolio theory, Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM),
under the overall supervision and guidance of a professional Arbitrage Pricing Theory (APT), and efficient market theory;
expert who will be deemed as the supervisor for evaluation of Passive investing: indexing; Introduction to behavioral
all components of the dissertation. Normally the Mentor of the
finance; Active investing: security analysis – fundamental
student would be the Dissertation supervisor and in case analysis (strategic, financial, marketing tools) and technical
Mentor is not approved as the supervisor, Mentor may play analysis; Portfolio management including allocation,
the role of additional supervisor. The final grades for
rebalancing and risk management; Transaction cost analysis;
dissertation are Non-letter grades namely Excellent, Good, Fixed-Income and Credit Sensitive Instruments.
Fair and Poor, which do not go into CGPA computation.
BA* ZC417 Financial Risk Analytics 4
BA* ZC411 Marketing 4
The course will first cover the basics of Financial Risk and
Definition and scope, consumer behavior, competitive then focus on applications such as: currency, interest rate
behavior, demand estimation, new product introduction,
derivatives, equity markets and products, and commodity
product/brand management, pricing policies, channels of markets and products. Major topics include methodologies for
distribution, credit management, advertising and other sales measuring and analyzing volatility (a key metric of risk)
promotion, positioning, marketing regulation, market research
including EWMA, ARCH & GARCH processes, volatility
basics of industrial marketing. clusters and the issue of time varying volatility; Extreme value
BA* ZC412 Models and Applications in Operations theory; Measuring risk using Value-at-Risk, including
Research 4 computation of VaR by various methods, and stress testing;
Monte Carlo simulation, address issues in generating price
This course provides a survey of selected topics in operations
research (OR). Emphasis is placed on the practical process (such as Brownian Motion, Ito Process), Cholesky
decomposition in computing multi-asset VaR; Currency risk
application of OR tools rather than on the mathematical
properties. Application areas include: financial planning and analysis in global investing, interest rate parity (covered and
uncovered); Value at risk for fixed income portfolios; Credit
portfolio selection, production, priority planning and
Risk Analytics. The topics covered in this course will have
marketing. Topics include linear programming and its
applications; programming to achieve a set of goals or targets inbuilt case studies in financial risk management so as to
with applications in finance and production; capital budgeting understand the practical implications of the methodologies
covered in the course.
and project selection; transportation and network models; and
portfolio models. BA* ZC418 Advanced Financial Modeling 4
BA* ZC413 Introduction to Statistical Methods 3 Valuation of equity securities, fixed income securities, and
Different types of data; Data Visualization; Data derivatives. Topics include Introduction to Financial Modelling
summarization methods; Tables, Graphs, Charts, and Spreadsheet Essentials, Measuring Risk (Testing market
efficiency with regression analysis & pivot tables), Portfolio
Histograms, Frequency distributions, Relative frequency
measures of central tendency and dispersion; Box Plot; optimization (Mean-variance portfolio selection, Bond
Chebychev’s Inequality on relationship between the mean portfolio selection, Term structure estimation, Capital
budgeting), Advanced risk analysis (Monte-Carlo simulation,
and the standard deviation of a probability distribution. Basic
Risk analysis of discounted cash flow models, Spreadsheet
probability concepts, Conditional probability, Bayes Theorem,
Probability distributions, Continuous and discrete features using @Risk for Monte-Carlo simulation and
combining macros with @Risk), Business and equity
distributions, Transformation of random variables, Moments,
Correlation and Covariance, Parameter Estimation, valuation modeling , LBO Analysis Model , Stock Merger
Hypothesis Testing. Model, etc.

BA* ZC414 Optimization Methods for Analytics 4 BA* ZC420 Data Visualization 3

This course will focus on development of analytical models Information overload and issues in decision making. Design
of visual encoding schemes to improve comprehension of
using optimization (and simulation) techniques to analyze and
recommend appropriate solutions for complex business data and their use in decision making; presentation and
problems across various functional areas including finance, visualization of data for effective communication. elementary
graphics programming, charts, graphs, animations, user
economics, operations, and marketing. Key topics covered in
this course are as follows: solving various problems related to interactivity, hierarchical layouts, and techniques for
planning, production, transportation, microeconomics, etc. visualization of high dimensional data & discovered patterns.
using LP models.Decision making in the context of multi BA* ZC421 Marketing Models 4
stage LP models.Application of Goal Programming (GP) and
The primary purpose of this course is to enhance your ability
Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) for decisions relating to to develop and critically evaluate marketing models. The
large teams and complex problems with long term course will examine a variety of models, including models of
implications. We will use various tools including spreadsheets
consumer behavior, industrial buying and firm behavior,
and other software for the experiential components of this (aggregate) market models (e.g., competition, market entry),
course to illustrate the application of these techniques to strategic marketing models, forecasting methods, new
various industries.
product models, marketing response models (e.g., channels,
BA* ZC415 Analytics for Competitive Advantage 4 pricing, advertising, promotion), forecasting models and
In today's competitive business environment, high performing decision support systems.
companies are doing more than just collecting data, storing it BA* ZC422 Marketing Analytics 4
and generating reports. They are developing competitive This course discusses in detail how analytics can play a vital
strategies using Business Analytics. In this course we will
role in the various elements of the marketing research
look at how to use data-driven insights to differentiate a firm's
process viz. Problem Definition, Development of an approach
business/ product strategy from other companies that are to the problem, Research Design formulation, Fieldwork or
making the same product or delivering the same
Data collection, Data preparation & Analysis and finally
service. This course is designed for analysts in any function:

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Report preparation and Presentation. The emphasis of the BA* ZG521 Financial Management 4
course is proportionately focused on Concepts, Techniques & Concepts and techniques of financial management decision;
Methodology, and Marketing Research Applications.
concepts in valuation – time value of money; valuation of a
BA* ZC423 Retail Analytics 4 firm’s stock, capital asset pricing model; investment in assets
RFM (recency, frequency, monetary) analysis, chum and required returns; risk analysis; financing and dividend
modeling, retention modeling, shopper analytics, market policies, capital structure decision; working capital
management, management of cash, management of
basket association analysis, customer segmentation and
profiling, propensity scoring models to identify prospective accounts receivable; inventory management, short and
customers, best customers, lifetime value modeling, intermediate term financing, long term financial tools of
financial analysis, financial ratio analysis, funds analysis and
marketing campaign response modeling, cross sell modeling,
etc. financial forecasting, operating and financial leverages.
BA* ZG522 Business Data Mining 4
BA* ZC424 Supply Chain Analytics 4
Demand Management and Forecasting: static, adaptive and Principles andcurrent practices of data mining; data analytics
tools and applications; acquiring and cleaning data, role of
rolling plans. Supply chain Network design: Mathematical
data warehousing in data mining; challenges and issues in
Programming Models for Selecting the right number, location,
territory, and size of warehouses, plants, and production data mining; Knowledge Discovery in Databases (KDD); role
lines; and optimizing the flow of all products through the of data mining in KDD; algorithms for classification,
association rules, and clustering; Time series analysis.
supply chain. Space Determination and Layout Methods.
Inventory Management: Inventory aggregation Models, BA* ZG523 Introduction to Data Science 3
Dynamic Lot sizing Methods, Multi-Echelon Inventory models. Context and use of Data Science. High-dimensional data,
Transportation Network Models and scheduling graphs, vectors in high dimensional space and large
algorithms: Efficient and responsive supply chains. Maximal
matrices; Algorithms for massive data problems, sampling
Flow Problems, Multistage Transshipment. Supply chain techniques. Techniques for extracting information/patterns
dynamics and integration: Cost analysis of supplier selection, from data.
order fulfillment process, levers for improved supply chain
performance, pricing and revenue management and BA* ZG524 Advanced Statistical Methods 4
coordination in supply chain. Application of Analytic Hierarchy Point and interval estimation and hypothesis testing, chi-
Process (AHP) to supply chain analytics. square tests, non- parametric statistics, analysis of variance,
BA* ZC425 HR Analytics 4 regression; linear and multiple linear, correlation, factor
models, decision theory, Bayesian statistics and
In this course students will learn how to leverage analytic autocorrelation, multivariate regression, randomization and
techniques in the context of the challenges faced by the HR sampling processes, Markov processes with
and Talent Acquisition and Management functions. The
discrete/continuous state space, statistical simulation and
primary goal is to leverage analytical techniques to deliver pattern recognition, Time Series Analysis.
meaningful insights for effectively managing employees for
achieving the goals of the organization. Applications include BA* ZG525 Big Data Analytics 4
attracting right talent, forecasting future staffing needs, Big Data and its applications in various domains such as
managing attrition and improving employee satisfaction banking and finance, social media, e-commerce, and
levels. We will be extensively leveraging experiential healthcare. Five V’s of big data, namely Volume, Variety,
components such as case studies to understand how various Velocity, Veracity, and Value. Analysis of structured and
organizations have applied these concepts in practice. unstructured data in various forms, including web logs,
BA* ZC426 Real-time Analytics 4 videos, e-mails, photographs, tweets etc. Uncovering hidden
patterns and unknown correlations for better business
Motivation and challenges of real-time, distributed, fault- decisions. Key technologies used in storing, manipulating,
tolerant data processing, distributed messaging architecture
and analyzing big data. Tools for statistical analysis and key
(Apache Kafka), Real time data processing platform: Storm, methods used in machine learning as applied to Big Data.
Storm basic programming skills, linking Spouts, and Distributed computing techniques used in Big Data Analytics.
connecting to the live Twitter API to process real-time tweets,
Open source frameworks for data analysis including tools,
multi-language capability of storm (with Python scripts), Case languages, and platforms such as Hadoop, Pig, Hive, R,
study: Networking fault prediction. This course also helps a Spark, Mahout Etc.
student to analyze and understand Big-data using visuals.
Topics include, Design principles, Perception, color, statistical BA* ZG537 Text Analytics 4
graphs, maps, trees and networks, high dimensional data, Emerging methods of organizing, summarizing, and
data visualization tools. analyzing collections of unstructured and lightly-structured
BA* ZC471 Management Information Systems 3 text. Basics of text processing and natural language
processing. Applications of text analysis such as sentiment
Introduction to Information Systems; Concepts of
analysis and opinion mining. Text processing techniques
management, concepts of information, systems concepts; stop word removal, text parsing, and other relevant tree
Information Systems and Organizations; decision making processing steps; text preprocessing, feature selection, text
process; database systems; data communications; planning,
classification, text clustering, and summarization. Natural
designing, developing and implementing information systems; language processing techniques/steps – Syntactic Analysis,
quality assurance and evaluation of information systems; Semantic analysis, and Pragmatic analysis. Case studies
future developments and their organizational and social
with focus on business processes.
implications; decision support system and expert systems.
BA* ZG621 Supply Chain Management 4
BA* ZG512 Predictive Analytics 4
Customer driven strategies in production and distribution
Basic concepts in predictive analytics / predictive modeling. systems; Integrated production and distribution networks;
Two core paradigms for predictive modeling: classification SCM in the context of JIT and MRP–II; Distribution Resource
and regression. Identification of important variables and their
Planning; Management of dealer networks; Total Control &
relation to each another. Basic modeling techniques such as
Product innovation across the supply chain; Incoming
k-nearest neighbors, classification and regression trees logistics and supplier relationships; Value addition analysis;
(CART), and Bayesian classifiers. Ensemble techniques.
Metrics for management of supply chain performance;
Model selection techniques. Mathematical models and computer assisted decision
support for SCM; Mathematical programming for SCM.

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BITS ZC411 Object Oriented Programming 3 Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) - reference models,
Object orientation concepts and principles: abstraction, service classes, switch design, LAN emulation; Application
Layer protocols.
encapsulation, modularity, inheritance, and polymorphism;
classes and objects; static and dynamic binding; class BITS ZG553 Real Time Systems 5
utilities; metaclasses; object oriented software engineering; Real time software, Real time operating systems-scheduling,
programming and problem solving using one or more of the virtual memory issues and file systems, real time data bases,
popular object-oriented programming languages like C++ or
fault tolerance and exception handling techniques, reliability
Java. evaluation, data structures and algorithms for real
BITS ZC423T Project Work 20 time/embedded systems, programming languages, compilers
Consistent with the student’s professional background and and run time environment for real time/embedded systems,
real time system design, real time communication and
work-environment, the student will be required to carry out
work-oriented projects. The student would be required to security, real time constraints and multi-processing and
select an area of work that is considered vital to the distributed systems.
sponsoring organization. The topic of the project and detailed BITS ZG628TDissertation 16
project outline that is prepared by the student, in consultation
A student registered in this course must take a topic in an
with his/her Mentor, needs to be approved by the Dean, area of professional interest drawn from the on the job work
WILPD. On approval, the student carries on with the work- requirement which is simultaneously of direct relevance to the
centered project, adhering to the guidelines provided in the
degree pursued by the student as well as to the employing /
detailed course handout, taking all the prescribed evaluation collaborating organization of the student and submit a
components on time. At the end of the semester, the student comprehensive report at the end of the semester working
should submit a comprehensive Project Report, to the
under the overall supervision and guidance of a professional
Institute for evaluation. The student will be evaluated on the expert who will be deemed as the supervisor for evaluation of
basis of the various interim evaluation components, contents all components of the dissertation. Normally the Mentor of the
of the report and Seminar/Viva-Voce that may be conducted
student would be the Dissertation supervisor and in case
at Pilani or at any other Centre approved by the Institute. Mentor is not approved as the supervisor, Mentor may play
BITS ZC424T ProjectWork 10 the role of additional supervisor. The final grades for
dissertation are Non-letter grades namely Excellent, Good,
Consistent with the student’s professional background and
work-environment, the student will be required to carry out a Fair and Poor, which do not go into CGPA computation.
work-oriented project. At the beginning of the semester, the BITS ZG629T Dissertation 20
student should select an area of work that is considered vital A student registered in this course must take a topic in an
to the sponsoring organization, and prepare a detailed project
area of professional interest drawn from the on the job work
outline, in consultation with his/her Mentor. The student requirement which is simultaneously of direct relevance to the
carries on with the work-centered project, adhering to the degree pursued by the student as well as to the employing /
guidelines provided in the detailed course handout, and
collaborating organization of the student and submit a
taking all the prescribed evaluation components on time. At comprehensive report at the end of the semester working
the end of the semester, the student should submit a under the overall supervision and guidance of a professional
comprehensive Project Report. The student will be evaluated
expert who will be deemed as the supervisor for evaluation of
on the basis of the various interim evaluation components, all components of the dissertation. Normally the Mentor of the
contents of the report and a final seminar and viva-voce. student would be the Dissertation supervisor and in case
BITS ZC461Software Engineering 3 Mentor is not approved as the supervisor, Mentor may play
the role of additional supervisor. The final grades for
Software engineering concepts and methodology; formal
dissertation are Non-letter grades namely Excellent, Good,
requirements specification; estimation; software project
planning; detailed design; techniques of design; productivity; Fair and Poor, which do not go into CGPA computation.
documentation; programming languages styles, code review; BITS ZG659Technical Communication 4
tool, integration and validation; software quality assurance;
Roleand importance of communication; effectiveness in oral
software maintenance; metrics, automated tools in software and written communication; technical reports; technical
engineering. proposals; technical descriptions; definitions and
BITS ZC463 Cryptography 3 classifications; business correspondence; precis writing;
memorandum; notices, agenda and minutes; oral
Objectives of cryptography; ciphers – block and stream;
mathematical foundations – modular arithmetic, finite fields, communication related to meetings, seminars, conferences,
discrete logarithm, primality algorithms; RSA; digital group discussions, etc.; use of modern communication aids.
signatures; interactive proofs; zero–knowledge proofs; BSDC* ZC111 Probability & Statistics 3
probabilistic algorithms; pseudo-randomness.
Probability spaces; conditional probability and independence;
BITS ZC471Management Information Systems 3 random variables and probability distributions; marginal and
Introduction to Information Systems; Concepts of conditional distributions; independent random variables;
management, concepts of information, systems concepts; mathematical expectation; mean and variance; binomial,
Poisson and normal distributions; sum of independent
Information Systems and Organizations; decision making
process; database systems; data communications; planning, random variables; law of large numbers; central limit theorem
designing, developing and implementing information systems; (without proof); sampling distribution and test for mean using
normal and student's t-distribution; test of hypothesis;
quality assurance and evaluation of information systems;
future developments and their organizational and social correlation and linear regression.
implications; decision support system and expert systems. BSDC* ZC112 Electrical Sciences 3
BITS ZC481Computer Networks 3 Course covers basic passive circuit elements, dependent
Introduction, history and development of computer networks; and independent sources, network theorems, circuit analysis
techniques and response of first and second order circuits.
Reference models; Physical Layer: theoretical basis,
Introduction to three - phase circuits, magnetic circuits,
transmission media, types of transmission; MAC sub-layer:
local area networks, FDDI; Data Link Layer: Sliding Window transformers, basics of rotating machines. Semiconductors -
operation of diodes, zener diodes, bipolar junction transistors
protocols, design aspects; Network Layer: routing algorithms,
congestion control algorithms, internetworking; Transport and field effect transistors. Biasing techniques and
Layer: Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN), applications of diodes and transistors. Introduction to

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operational amplifiers and applications. Introduction to Digital structure and function of ecosystem, population ecology,
Electronics. biodiversity and its conservation, overview of natural
BSDC* ZC142 Computer Programming 4 resources, environmental pollution, social issues and the
environment, and environmental impact assessment.
Basic Model of a Computer; Problem Solving-Basic
BSDC* ZC226 Creative Thinking 3
Computing Steps and Flow Charting (Assignment,
Sequencing, Conditionals, Iteration). Programming Creative thinking & its importance, Process of creative
Constructs – Expressions, Statements, Conditionals, thinking, Road blocks to creative thinking, Developing
Iterators/Loops, Functions/Procedures; Data Types – creative thinking, Brainstorming, Bloom’s Taxanomy,
Primitive Types, Tuples, Choices (Unions or Enumerations), Assessment of creative thinking, Conceptual framework for
Lists/Arrays, Pointers and Dynamically Allocated Data. Input Critical thinking, Aspects of critical thinking, Stages of critical
output and Files. thinking; Reasoning: Fountain head of critical thinking, Need
BSDC* ZC151 Writing Practice 3 & benefit of critical thinking, Critical thinking in decision
making, Developing critical thinking in classroom,
The course aims to develop students’ writing ability. It is Assessment of critical thinking skills.
assumed that students who will be part of this course have
BSDC* ZC231 Dynamics of Social Change 3
not received explicit and extensive training in academic
writing. Therefore, the course begins with paragraph writing Nature of society, social institutions; concept and nature of
and goes on to cover areas such as elements of writing, socio-cultural change, obstacles, rate and direction of
language issues and vocabulary related to writing and ends change; factors of social change-ideological, economic,
with different models of writing. Effort has been made to technological and political demographies; agencies of social
provide students with a comprehensive background in writing change-education, leadership, propaganda, legislative
so that they can write their assignments, examinations, reforms; five-year plans and social change, peasant and land
letters, reports and essays more effectively. reform, bhoodan and gramdan; changing pattern of family,
BSDC* ZC211 Principles of Economics 3 marriage, caste and religion.
BSDC* ZC234 Linear Algebra & Optimization 3
Nature and scope of economic science, its relationship with
other social sciences; quantification of economic variables, Vector and matrix algebra, systems of linear algebraic
theories of consumer behaviour and of the firm: linear equations and their solutions; eigenvalues, eigenvectors and
economic models; market structures; social accounting and diagonalization of matrices; Formulation of linear
basic elements of economic planning. programming problems, Simplex method, Big-M method, two
BSDC* ZC214 Science, Technology and Modernity 3 phase method, Sensitivity analysis, Revised and Dual
Simplex Methods.
Interrelationship between science, technology and modern
BSDC* ZC236 Symbolic Logic 3
society; forms in which beliefs and values of a modern
society shape sciences and technologies; forms in which A brief historical survey of the development of logic; nature
scientific discoveries and technological developments and kinds of arguments; sentential connectives;
influence and shape modern societies. Scientific Revolution symbolization of statements and arguments; truth tables,
and the emergence of modernity as a social condition; establishing validity of arguments by truth tables and different
Enlightenment promise of progress within the economic types of proofs, quantified statements; quantified arguments
system of capitalism. Some critiques of the received view; and their validity.
recent phase of capitalism and the role of technology in BSDC* ZC242 Cultural Studies 3
globalization.
Introduction to Cultural studies, Importance of cultural
BSDC* ZC215 Digital Design 4
studies, types of cultural studies, relation to Critical theory,
Boolean Algebra & logic minimization; combinational logic relation to Literary Criticism. Introduction to theories such as
circuits: arithmetic circuit design, Design using MSI Communication studies, Film studies, Feminist theory, Art
components; Sequential Logic Circuits: flip flops & latches, history/Criticism, Societal impact, business relevance,
registers and counters, Finite state machine; HDL introduction to myriad practices, institutions, beliefs and
Implementation of Digital circuits; Digital Integrated Circuits; varied social structures within a given culture.
Programmable logic devices; Memory organization; BSDC* ZC311 – Information Security 3
Algorithmic State machine; Introduction to computer
organization; The course will also have laboratory component Course Description to be developed
on digital design. BSDC* ZC312 Evolution of Design 3
BSDC* ZC222 Discrete Structures for Computer Science Intellectual nature of design - two thousand years of design -
3 three forms in which the design appears -mechanism,
Sets & operation on sets; relations & equivalence relations; structure and systems – energy and design-materials and
number theory; weak & strong form of mathematical design- the aesthetic basis of design- evolution and design-
induction; principle of inclusion & exclusion, pigeonhole economy, form and beauty- production and design in nature-
principle; recurrence relations & generating functions; The relation between manufacturing and design- verbal and
digraphs & graphs, graph isomorphism & sub-graphs, visual thoughts-some aids to design- evolution of design in
spanning trees, Euler & Hamiltonian graphs, planar graphs, decorative arts.[Design as an activity will be an integral part
chromatic numbers & graph coloring; groups; Lagrange of teaching and learning as well as evaluation for this course.]
theorem finite groups; Rings & Fields. BSDC* ZC313 Object Oriented Programming and Design
BSDC* ZC224 Print and Audio-Visual Advertising 3 4
The Dimensions of Advertising; Advertising and Marketing; Object oriented concepts and design, abstraction,
Creative strategy and Creative process; Creative Execution: architecture and design patterns, GUI programming and
Art and copy; Media strategy; Advertising research; frameworks, design of object oriented solutions using UML,
Relationship Building: Public relation and Corporate design for concurrency, implementation of solutions using
advertising; Ethical issues. object oriented languages like C++ or Java; Language level
mapping and realization of object oriented constructs,
BSDC* ZC225 Environmental Studies 3
realization and performance issues versus abstraction and
Environment, human population, and industrialization; natural usability.
resources and the impact of man-made activities on them;

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BSDC* ZC314 Software Development for Portable to new problems; Core Principles of Design; Elements of
Devices 3 Design, Form and Functionality, Central Activity of
Engineering Designs; Language and Interface Design,
Introduction to mobile computing and emerging mobile
application and hardware platforms; Developing and Design Thinking: Influence of Context Vs. Conflict with
accessing mobile applications; Software lifecycle for mobile Context.
application – design and architecture, development – tools, BSDC* ZC329 Design for Social Media 3
techniques, frameworks, deployment; Human factors and
The course Design for Social Media will help understand the
emerging human computer interfaces (tangible, immersive, emerging role of Social Media as an important vehicle for
attentive, gesture, zero-input); Select application domains promoting a culture of participation, interaction, persuasion
such as pervasive health care, m-Health; Mobile web
and influence where social networks, news, photos, blogs
browsing, gaming and social networking. and videos are used to harness collective intelligence and
BSDC* ZC315 Web Programming 3 encourage active communication among users. The course
Technologies related to web development and associated will focus on – Emergence of Social Media, Types of Social
Media, Functions and Dysfunctions of Social Media, Design
technologies that make the web work. Scripting languages
like HTML, CSS and JavaScript; Design of dynamic websites; aspects for Usability, Design aspects for Sociability,
Presentation and Navigation schema of content, Information
on both client-side and server-side scripting technologies;
Handling, Design for Interactivity, Media Richness, Language
full-stack web development. Design and development of web
applications, web applications that could query database and aspects of Social Media, Content and Design Analysis of
fetch information over the network; development and testing Media, Working with mime types in Social Media, Using
software tools like Photoshop / Illustrator.
of web applications.
BSDC* ZC330 Appreciation of Art 3
BSDC* ZC316 Computing and Design 3
Visual perception and basic techniques used in art,
Design Principles - Separation of Concerns, Abstraction, and
Modularity. Application of these principles in the design of compositional balance, space, movement form, light colour,
Computers. Hardware and Components - Modularity. texture, tensions, expressions lines; mainstreams of art;
influence of Indian art abroad; various schools of art-
Instruction Set Architecture - Abstraction and Modularity.
Computing Systems - Hardware, Operating Systems, and Greecian, Medieval, Christian Renaissance, Baroque and
Romanticism, impressionism and post impressionism,
Communication. Highlights of Operating System Design:
Abstraction and Interfaces in Operating Systems - Processes, fauvism, futurism, expressionism, Dadaism and surrealism,
metaphysical art, non-representational and abstract art;
System Calls; Modularity in Operating Systems - Kernels vs.
analysis of work of art and their evaluation.
external modules such as device drivers. Abstraction in
Programming: Data Abstraction and Control Abstraction. BSDC* ZC342 Computer Mediated Communication 3
Modularity and Reuse in Programming. Design Principle - Computer Mediated Communication- Definitions and
Virtualization. Virtualization at the Architecture and OS level. overview; Evolution of Computer Mediated Communication;
Virtualization in Software.
Components of Computer Mediated Communication;
[Design as an activity will be an integral part of teaching and Computer Mediated Discourse Analysis- Theories and
learning as well as evaluation for this course.] faceted Approach; Information-Interactivity Dynamism in
BSDC* ZC317 Algorithm Design 3 Computer Mediated Communication; Gender perspectives in
Computer Mediated Communication; Privacy Issues in
Effective construction and analysis of algorithms. Computer Mediated Communication; Socialization in Social
Understanding, application, and implementation of algorithm Media-Profiles, Identity and traversal; Computer Mediated
design techniques like divide-and-conquer, greedy, dynamic Communication and technology acceptance; Computer
programming, and back-tracking. Worst case and average Mediated Communication Theories; Human-Computer
case analysis of algorithms. Basic notions of complexity Interfaces.
classes – P, NP, and NP-complete and Reduction.
BSDC* ZC343 Software Engineering 4
BSDC* ZC322 Critical Analysis of Literature and Cinema
3 Software engineering concepts and methodology; formal
requirements specification; estimation; software project
Creativity and Aesthetics; An overview of Major Movements planning; detailed design; techniques of design; productivity;
in Literature and Cinema; Interpretation of Selected Works; documentation; programming languages styles, code review;
Cinema & Art; Understanding Drama: Theme, Character, tool, integration and validation; software quality assurance;
Plot, form; Understanding Poetry: Diction, Imagery, software maintenance; metrics, automated tools in software
Symbolism, Structure and Form, Personification, Apostrophe, engineering.
Sound and Rhythm; Understanding fiction: Setting, Point of
BSDC* ZC344 Professional Ethics 3
View, Plot and Character; Understanding Short Fiction:
Meaning and message, Style and Coherence; Understanding Ethics, nature and purpose; ethical theories; ethics in
Cinema: Plot; Character; Screenplay; Linguistic, Social, business and management; ethics in engineering, global
Musical codes; Cinematic Codes; Camera Work. ethical issues.
BSDC* ZC327 Systems Programming 3 BSDC* ZC350 Human Rights: History, Theory and
Practice 3
Batch processing Systems programs; operating
characteristics and limitations; parallel processing of I/O and The meaning and history of human rights; Human rights
interrupt handling, multiprogramming; multiprocessing debates and controversies; Political, civil, social and
systems; design of system modules and interfaces; other economic rights; Culture and human rights; Themes -
selected topics. Democracy, dictatorship, and human rights; Science,
BSDC* ZC328 Humanities and Design 3 technology, and human rights; Ethnicity; Gender; Children’s
rights and others; Evaluating the progress made and
Ideas and Designs, Thinking about New Designs, challenges in practice of human rights.
Perspectives to Design: Historical, Social, Technical and
BSDC* ZC351 Organizational Behaviour 3
Creative Dimensions; Engineering Design and Problem
Solving; Basic Concepts in Engineering Design; Design A new perspective of management; conceptual model of
Skills, Abstraction, Identification of Patterns in Processes and organization behavior; the individual processes- personality,
Products, Application of Systematic Techniques to Problem work attitude, perception, attribution, motivation, learning and
Solving, Application and Adaptation of tools and technologies reinforcement, work stress and stress management; the

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dynamics of organizational behavior- group dynamics, power Aspects – Aspect Oriented Design. High-level design vs.
& politics, conflict & negotiation, leadership process & styles, Low-level design. Basic Architectural Elements and Styles –
communication; the organizational processes- decision Layered Architectures and Event-Driven Architectures, MVC
making, job design; organizational theory and design, architecture in User Interfaces.
organizational culture, managing cultural diversity; [Design as an activity will be an integral part of teaching and
organizational change & development.
learning as well as evaluation for this course.]
BSDC* ZC352 Advanced Writing Course 3
BSDC* ZC413 Database Design 4
This course includes components related to development of
Introduction to database systems; DBMS Three-schema
creative content and writing skills required for professional architecture; Conceptual data modelling-ER modelling and
communication and documentation purposes. In addition, the Extended ER modelling and use of UML in modelling
course also tries to enable students to become independent
databases; Relational query languages- Relational algebra
and effective writers by exposing them to citation and and SQL; Database design- functional dependencies,
referencing conventions, document formatting, use of web normalization, normal forms and decomposition; Query
platforms for writing, international laws related to plagiarism,
processing and Optimization; Database tuning; Introduction
etc. to - Indexing, Transaction processing, Concurrency control
BSDC* ZC353 Computer Organization and Architecture4 and Recovery.
Overview of logic design; Instruction set architecture; BSDC* ZC432 Applied Statistical Methods 3
Assembly language programming; Pipelining; Computer Review of estimation and testing of hypotheses; Simple and
Arithmetic; Control unit; Memory hierarchy; Virtual memory;
multiple regression methodology through method of least
Input and output systems; Interrupts and exception handling; squares, Multicollinearity and residual analysis, Categorical
Implementation issues; Case studies; This course covers the data handling through logistic regression; Multivariate data
fundamentals of computer organization and architecture from
analysis by Hoteling T , Mahalanobis D , discriminant
a programmer's perspective.
analysis, cluster analysis and factor analysis; Data handling
BSDC* ZC354 Introduction to Architecture 3 and forecasting time series data by various components time
Origin and history of architecture; designing object, space, series methodology; Statistical Quality Control of variables
building, cities; form, space and order as fundamental design and attributes control charts; Non parametric data handling
considerations; elements of architecture; iterative design through Kruskal walls test, Mann Whitney and KS two sample
process; developing concepts; tools and techniques for test.
generating ideas; materials and perception of space; building BSDC* ZC481 Computer Networks 3
structure and methods of construction; building systems;
Introduction, history and development of computer networks;
architectural practice and communication; allied fields
Reference models; Physical Layer: theoretical basis,
BSDC* ZC356 Data Structures 4 transmission media, types of transmission; MAC sub-layer:
Elementary data structures; Linked lists, stacks, queues; local area networks, FDDI; Data Link Layer: Sliding Window
Searching and Sorting. A selection of sorting algorithms and protocols, design aspects; Network Layer: routing algorithms,
their usage and context; Non-linear data structures: Trees, congestion control algorithms, internetworking; Transport
binary trees, and heaps – applications, construction and Layer: Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN),
operations, traversals, implementation techniques. Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) - reference models,
Dictionaries - Hash tables, Binary Search Trees, and service classes, switch design, LAN emulation; Application
Balanced Binary Search Trees; Introduction to analysis of Layer protocols.
algorithms and complexity. BSDC* ZC229T Design Project 5
BSDC* ZC364 Operating Systems 3 Operate, maintain, design and develop software in innovative
Introduction to operating systems; Various approaches to areas and activities of the industry; the student’s actual day-
design of operating systems ; Overview of hardware support to-day task involvement would constitute the central thread of
for 0perating systems; Process/thread management: the learning process. The evaluation will recognize this
synchronization and mutual exclusion, inter process aspect by demanding day-to-day engagement and
communication, CPU scheduling approaches ;Memory productivity of the student.
management: paging, segmentation ,virtual memory, page BSDC* ZC499T Capstone Project 15
replacement algorithms ; File systems: design and
Real life problems encompassing computing and design
implementation of file systems; Input /Output systems; device
problems/requirements obtained from organizations/third
controllers and device drivers; Security and protection ; Case
party vendors; Jointly mentored by the industry experts and
studies on design and implementation of operating system
faculty; Presentation of theprogress and results in appropriate
modules.
forms; Periodic review of progress of the project.
BSDC* ZC365 Human Computer Interaction 3
CBDA ZG511 The Hadoop Framework 1
Principles of human-computer interaction; Evaluation of user
Distributed computing environments for Big Data; Distributed
interfaces; Usability engineering; Task analysis, user-
storage and processing of Big Data using the MapReduce
centered design, and prototyping; Conceptual models and
programming model; High-level programming for the
metaphors; Software design rationale; Design of windows,
environment.
menus, and commands. Voice and natural language I/O;
Response time and feedback; Color, icons, and sound; CBDA ZG521 ETL & Batch Processing with Hadoop 2
Internationalization and localization; User interface Fundamentals of Data Warehousing and ETL, ETL vs. ELT,
architectures and APIs. Data Lakes; Data Ingestion – Data Ingestion for structured
BSDC* ZC412 Software Design Principles 4 and unstructured data, Data ingestion in the context of
distributed and map-reduce execution platforms; Event
Software Development lifecycle; Role of high level and low
processing – flows, tools and technologies for event
level design in lifecycle. Object-Oriented Abstraction and
processing, complex event processing applications; Workflow
Object Oriented Design. Design for Reuse and Design for
Management - workflow specifications and processing, tools,
Change – Refactoring. Design Patterns - History of Patterns
and interfaces with distributed platforms.
in Building Architecture and Relevance to Software Design,
Evolution of Software Design Patterns and Impact of Using
Design Patterns in Lifecycle. Crosscutting Concerns and

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CBDA ZG531 Big Data Analytics using Spark 3 Tasks. Regression – definition, use-case and example, using
Introduction to Streaming Data – characteristics and sources, a tool to implement a solution based on regression,
visualizing and interpreting the results. Classification –
Processing of Streaming Data – components and architecture
of a typical real-time / streaming processing system; Analytics definition and use-cases; classifier models - line, curve, and
Tasks – Regression, Classification, and Clustering; Tools and plane separating classes; representing classes using a tree;
probabilistic representation of classes; classifier performance;
Platforms for implementing Analytics Tasks; Regression –
definition, use-case and example, using a tool to implement using a tool to implement a classifier; visualizing results.
regression; Classification – definition and use-cases; Clustering – definition and use-cases, notion of similarity,
unsupervised grouping, k-means clustering and deciding k,
representing classes using a tree; Overcoming tree
limitations with Random Forest; using a tool to implement a using a tool to implement a clustering solution, visualizing
classifier; Clustering – definition and use-cases, notion of and interpreting results. Case studies of Analytics.
similarity, k-means clustering and hierarchical clustering, CBDE ZG571 Capstone Project 3
using a tool to implement a clustering solution; Case studies
Consistent with the student’s professional background and
of Analytics. work-environment, the student will be required to carry out a
CBDA ZG541 Capstone Project 2 work-oriented project that demonstrates application of
knowledge and skills acquired through the program. This is
Consistent with the student’s professional background and
an unstructured open-ended course where under the
work-environment, the student will be required to carry out a
work-oriented project that demonstrates application of supervision of a mentor, the student will carry out the project
knowledge and skills acquired through the program. This is and must submit a project report and an artifact (such as a
design, system, or software) as a culmination of his / her
an unstructured open-ended course where under the
supervision of a mentor, the student will carry out the project endeavor and investigation.
and must submit a project report and an artifact (such as a CFSE ZG511Overview of Full Stack Engineering 2
design, system, or software) as a culmination of his / her Overview of the modern application landscape; Typical
endeavor and investigation.
structure of an end-to-end application: components and
CBDE ZG511 Foundations of Big Data Systems 2 connections; Design considerations and implementation
Understanding Big Data – Big Data Sources and choices; Case study for each of the topics discussed.
Applications, Characteristics, Processing Requirements and CFSE ZG521Web Development5
Constraints; Structured and Unstructured Data. Storing and
Components of front-end web application development: User
Exchanging Big Data – Review of Data Structure Design, interfaces, rendering, Document Object Model, Event and
Data Structures for exchanging large volumes of data, State handling; Languages/tools such as HTML, CSS,
Search trees and Queries including range search. Algorithm
JavaScript, AJAX; Web apps development frameworks;
Design for Big Data – Review of Divide-and-Conquer, Design Components of back-end web development: Web Server
of Distributed Algorithms using Divide-and-Conquer, Select essentials; Server Side scripting; REST architecture;
Design Patterns for Distributed Algorithms including Map and
Database interactions; Integration with code repositories.
Reduce.
CFSE ZG531Mobile Application Development 2
CBDE ZG521 Platforms for Big Data 2
Mobile application building blocks such as the screens (UI),
Distributed Computing Environments for Big Data – Clusters background services; Communication between the
and Map-Reduce Execution, In-memory vs. Persistent Data application components; Application development using
Stores, Distributed FileSystems for Map-Reduce based
native multi-platform development; Interaction of applications
processing, NoSQL databases, and high- level programming
with Internet resources, REST APIs, databases; Unit testing
using parallel data flows. Programming environment and of applications; Integration with code repositories.
constructs for distributed in-memory processing. Data Store
on the Cloud - introduction to Cloud as a platform for storage CFSE ZG541Cloud Native Development 3
and execution, concept of virtualization and its usage in the Basics of cloud computing. Different types of services; Virtual
context of deploying storage and applications on the cloud, machines vs Containers deployment; Characteristics of cloud
simple object store and databases on cloud. native application; Elements to build cloud-native
CBDE ZG531 Processing Big Data - ETL & Batch applications; Cloud native architecture and micro-services;
Processing 2 Design, decomposition of applications to micro-services;
Developing micro-services; Interactions with data services
Data Warehousing – fundamentals of Data Warehousing and and databases.
ETL, ETL vs. ELT, Data Lakes, Batch Processing. Data
Ingestion – Data Ingestion for structured and unstructured CFSE ZG551Agile and DevOps 3
data, Data ingestion in the context of distributed and map- Overview of Agile methodology: Scrum, Test driven
reduce execution platforms. Event processing – flows, tools development, DevOps, Continuous Integration/Continuous
and technologies for event processing, complex event Delivery (CI/CD); Code repository: Multi-user, distributed
processing applications. Workflow Management - workflow development, version control; Continuous inspection of code
specifications and processing, tools, and interfaces with quality; Build and build tools; Automated Testing; Integration
distributed platforms. Batch processing on the Cloud – elastic tools; Implementing CI/CD.
processing and models.
CFSE ZG561Deployment of Micro-services 2
CBDE ZG541 Processing of Real-Time Data and
Streaming Data 1 Containerizing applications by creating container
configuration files and build processes; Manage deploying,
Introduction to Streaming Data – characteristics and sources. scaling, and updating applications with micro-services using
Processing of Streaming Data – components and architecture container management platforms such as Kubernetes;
of a typical real-time / streaming processing system. Stream Configure and launch auto-scaling, self-healing clusters; Best
Processing – sourcing and modeling, abstractions, platforms, practices for container management, when architecting and
and programming interfaces used for processing streams, developing new micro-services.
windowing / micro-batching techniques. Case studies and
applications. CFSE ZG571Capstone Project 4
CBDE ZG551 Big Data Analytics 1 Full stack applications demonstrating the UI, server, and
database components of an end-to-end multi-user
Analytics Tasks and Cases – Regression, Classification, and application; Usage of one or more well-known development
Clustering. Tools and Platforms for implementing Analytics

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frameworks; Demonstration of scalability and reusability by CIOT ZG561 Data Management in IoT 2
applying design concepts such as microservices and This courses covers topics in management of data in the
container-based deployment on the cloud; Demonstration of
context of the Internet of Things. Specific topics include Data
compliance with principles of agile and CI/CD. sources in IoT and Data Types in IoT, Data-centric IoT
CGM* ZC411 Marketing 3 products, Flow of Data, Challenges in managing IoT Data;
Definition and scope, fundamentals of consumer behaviour, Data Models and Data acquisition in Wireless Sensor
Networks (WSNs), Query Processing and Query Optimization
competitive behaviour, demand estimation, new product
introduction, channels of distribution, advertising and other in WSNs, Sensor Data Cleaning and Storage, Embedded
sales promotion, positioning, marketing regulation, market Database Systems; Data Acquisition in RFID Networks –
RFID data cleaning and data preparation; Stream Processing
research, basics of industrial marketing.
– Event Processing, Event Processing in RFID, Mining Data
CGM* ZC421 Financial and Management Accounting 3 Streams – Clustering, Classification, Frequent Pattern
Basic concepts, double entry accounting, journal, ledger, trial Mining, Change Detection, Dimensionality Reduction,
balance, profit & loss account, balance sheet, cash flow Forecasting; Big Data Management in IoT – Big Data Storage
statement, fundamentals of financial statement analysis, ratio and Processing, Distributed Processing – Issues and
analysis, cost-volume-profit analysis, inventory valuation, solutions. Case studies.
inflation accounting, basics of cost accounting. CIOT ZG571 Capstone Project 3
CGM* ZC431 Quantitative Methods 3 Consistent with the student’s professional background and
Grouping data, measures of central tendency and dispersion, work-environment, the student will be required to carry out a
probability distribution, sampling and estimation,testing work-oriented project that demonstrates application of
hypotheses, chi-square and analysis of variance, regression knowledge and skills acquired through the program. This is
and correlation, non-parametric methods,fundamentals of an unstructured open-ended course where under the
time series analysis, index numbers, decision theory, supervision of a mentor, the student will carry out the project
applications of various statisticalsoftware and spreadsheets. and must submit a project report and an artifact (such as a
design, system, or software) as a culmination of his / her
CGM* ZC414 Managerial Economics 3 endeavour and investigation.
Fundamental concepts, supply, demand, market mechanism; CMP* ZC411 Managing People & Organizations 3
theory of demand (consumer behaviour);production costs
(theory of firm); market structures (perfect competition, Fundamental concepts and principles of management as
monopoly, monopolisticcompetition, oligopoly); circular flow applied to a variety of organizations; elementary study of
of income, fundamentals of money and banking, employment, managerial roles, styles, activities and decision making;
interest,inflation; basic concepts relating to economics of relationship with organizational effectiveness; basic concepts
information, adverseselection, moral hazard problem,market relating to planning activities, manpower development; basic
failure, externalities, public goods. concepts relating to organizational behaviour.
CIOT ZG511 IoT Technology and Applications 3 CMP* ZC426 Operations Management 3

Introduction to IoT and Cyber-Physical Systems; IoT Enabling Fundamentals of production systems; product and process
Technologies; Different Levels of IoT Systems; IoT Design design; facility location & layout; operations scheduling and
Methodology; Introduction to IoT Platforms and End Devices, control; productivity of operations; fundamentals of inventory
Introduction to IoT Network and Cloud Services; IoT planning & independent demand systems; MRP; basic
Applications - Design Challenges; Basic Architecture and concepts relating to quality management; Japanese approach
Components. to operations management (JIT, TPM, continuous
improvement).
CIOT ZG521 Hardware Architectures for IoT 4
CMP* ZC437 Lean Manufacturing 4
This course covers the concepts necessary for designing IoT
device hardware and developing optimal firmware to meet the Fundamentals of continuous improvement, value added and
demands of IoT applications which include time critical waste elimination, elements of lean production:small lot
response, low power consumption, fault tolerance etc. Topics production, setup time reduction, maintaining and improving
include - Low power processor and microcontrollers – equipment, pull production systems,focused factories and
architecture, programming & interfacing; IoT platforms; group technologies, work cells and cellular manufacturing,
Memory architectures- Cache, Memory Management and standard operations, qualityof design, systems for eliminating
Memory protection, Speed Vs power optimizations; On-board defects, basics of production planning and control systems:
/ On-chip buses and I/O interfaces. scheduling forsmooth flow, synchronizing and balancing
process, planning and control in pull production.
CIOT ZG531 Communication and Networking
Technologies in IoT 3 CMP* ZC422 Total Quality Management 3

Wireless Communication & Network protocols – 802.11, BLE, TQM principles and practices; leadership; customer
NFC, LORA, Zigbee; Wireless Sensor and Ad hoc networks, satisfaction; employee involvement; continuous
Cross-Layer protocol optimization; Industrial and Automotive processimprovement; supplier partnership; performance
Networks, VANETS, Security issues and QoS in IoT measures; statistical process control; ISO
Systems. 9000;benchmarking; quality function deployment.
CIOT ZG541 Sensors, Actuators, and Signal Processing CNSS ZG511 Sanitation Technology 5
3 This course aims to give the participants a review of the
Sensing Technologies for remote data gathering; Sensors fundamentals as well as the latest technological
and actuators of varied complexity; Signal Acquisition, developments applied in the field of sanitation. Urban
Processing and Conditioning; Sensor fusion, Smart Sensors Drainage and Sewerage, Carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus
and interface to the internet; Introduction to advanced removal & recovery; sludge treatment, Site evaluation; toilets;
Sensing technologies- HCI in IoT, BCI in IoT; Control of onsite sanitation systems; emptying and transport;
actuators via Internet. established and transferring technologies for dewatering,
stabilization, pathogen inactivation and nutrient management,
CIOT ZG551 Software and Programming in IoT4 urban low cost drainage, Innovation processes, Intro &
Operating Systems for IoT applications; Building Android Exercise technology selection tool / decision support system;
applications; Web server implementation and deployment; discuss outcomes
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CNSS ZG512 Sanitation and Public Health 5 HotSpot-like optimizations. Implementation of exception
This course will have four modules – Introduction to handling, concurrency, and generic jumps (like call/cc).
Sanitation, Sanitation system and services, Public Health and CS ZG623 Advanced Operating Systems 5
Analysis of sanitation flow. Background on urban sanitation,
Overview of advanced operating systems: motivation for their
Material flow analysis, Monitoring frameworks, Shit Flow design, and various types of advanced operating systems;
Diagrams, Human Health Hazards and Waste, Review and Distributed operating systems: architecture of distributed
Assessment of Transmission Routes, Review and
systems, theoretical foundation of distributed systems,
Assessment of Transmission Routes, Disease Cycles – deadlock detection/resolution,agreement protocols, file
Lifecycles & Vectors, Control Measures, Risk Evaluation systems, distributed shared memory, scheduling, fault
Tools, Urban development trends, demography, Urban
tolerance and recovery; Multiprocessor operating systems:
sanitation planning & programming multiprocessor system architectures, multiprocessor
CNSS ZG513 Sanitation Governance, Behavioral Change operating system design issues, threads, process
and Advocacy 5 synchronization, process scheduling and memory
management; Data base operating systems: introduction,
This particular course will have two modules – Sanitation
Governance and Behaviour change & Advocacy. Water & concurrency control: theoretical and algorithmic aspects;
Case Study: Amoeba and Mach.
sanitation governance: definitions, debates, controversies,
Power relations among actors in the local and global levels: CSI* ZC132Linear Algebra & Optimization 3
Gender, class & race relations and power asymmetries,
Vector and matrix algebra, systems of linear algebraic
Practices of coordination & decision, making around equations and their solutions; eigenvalues, eigenvectors and
contested water distribution, Case studies on regulatory diagonalization of matrices; Formulation of linear
frameworks around the world – how is sanitation managed:
programming problems, Simplex method, Big-M method, two
where, how and why, Everyday sanitation from different phase method, Sensitivity analysis, Revised and Dual
perspectives. Behaviour with reference to Societal and Simplex Methods.
cultural aspects, Types: Knowledge, motivations and
reactions, Reinforcements: Norms and behaviour Settings CSI* ZC163Computer Programming 4
CNSS ZG515 Emergency Sanitation & Leadership 5 Basic Computing Steps and Flow Charting (Assignment,
Sequencing, Conditionals, Iteration). Programming
This course will have two modules – Emergency Sanitation
Constructs – Expressions, Statements, Conditionals,
and Leadership. The evolution of humanitarian aid: historical
Iterators/Loops, Functions/ Procedures; Data Types –
events and the humanitarian system as it stands today. Primitive Types, Tuples, Choices (Unions or Enumerations),
Overview of the international legal framework (Refugee law, Lists/Arrays, Pointers and Dynamically Allocated Data. Input
International Humanitarian Law-IHL, International Disaster
output and Files. Laboratory Component: Programming
Relief Law-IDRL), code of conduct and guiding principles of Exercises involving development and testing of iterative and
humanitarian action. Standards applied by relief agencies procedural programs using bounded and unbounded
and global cluster, Sphere, WASH cluster. Disaster cycle, risk
iterations, function composition, random access lists,
reduction/ response/ recovery/ development, emergency sequential access lists, dynamically allocated lists, and file
response phases. Overview of relief organizations, their access.
mandates, their commitments and priorities in emergencies.
CSI* ZC213Probability & Statistics 3
CS ZC444 Real-Time Systems 3
Probability spaces; conditional probability and independence;
Introduction to real-time systems, clock synchronization, task
random variables and probability distributions; marginal and
assignment and scheduling, programming language with real-
conditional distributions; independent random variables;
time support, ADA, real-time communication protocols, real- mathematical expectation; mean and variance; binomial,
time databases, fault tolerant techniques, reliability evaluation
Poisson and normal distributions; sum of independent
methods; case studies in real-time operating systems, random variables; law of large numbers; central limit theorem
simulation of real-time systems, embedded system (without proof); sampling distribution and test for mean using
programming.
normal and student's t-distribution; test of hypothesis;
CS ZG524 Real Time Operating Systems 5 correlation and linear regression.
Introduction to real-time systems, clock synchronization task CSI* ZC252Discrete Structures for Computer
assignment and scheduling, programming language with real- Science 3
time support, ADA, real-time communication protocols, real-
time database, fault tolerant techniques, reliability evaluation Sets and relations; graphs and digraphs; trees, lists and their
methods; case studies in real-time operating systems, uses; partially ordered sets and lattices; Boolean algebras
simulation of real-time systems, embedded system and Boolean expressions; semigroups and machines; codes
programming. and applications.
CS ZG525 Advanced Computer Networks 5 CSI* ZC263Digital Electronics &Microprocessors 4
Topics in advanced networking – Quality of Service in IP Binary logic gates; logic circuits; Boolean algebra and K-map
networks, IPv6, Wireless and Mobile Networks, Carrier simplification; number systems and codes; arithmetic logic
Technologies (Frame Relay, FDDI, ISDN, ATM), Peer-to- units; flipflops; registers and counters; introduction to
Peer Networks and Overlays, Routing and QoS Issues in microprocessors; architecture; instruction set and
Optical Networks. programming; memory and I/O interfacing examples of
system design.
CS ZG551 Advanced Compilation Techniques 5
CSI* ZC311Information Security 3
Generic Code Optimization Techniques - loop optimization,
inlining, and other transformations. Impact of architectures on Program security, Web security, Database security,
code generation and optimization: RISC architectures, VLIW Protection in operating systems, Cloud security
architectures, special-purpose architectures. Architecture- fundamentals; Privacy and Anonymity in computing; Legal
specific code optimizations – register allocation, instruction and ethical issues in security, Secure programming and
scheduling. Code Optimizations under real-time / embedded Trusted systems design; policy, administration and
constraints - cacheless / diskless memory models, bounded procedures; auditing; physical security; content protection.
time responses. Garbage Collection Techniques. Virtual
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CSI* ZC313Object Oriented Programming & Design 4 emerging human computer interfaces (tangible, immersive,
Object oriented concepts and design, abstraction, attentive, gesture, zero-input); Select application domains
such as pervasive health care, m-Health; Mobile web
architecture and design patterns, GUI programming and
frameworks, design of object oriented solutions using UML, browsing, gaming and social networking.
design for concurrency, implementation of solutions using CSI* ZC446Data Storage Technologies &Networks 3
object oriented languages like C++ or Java; Language level Storage Media and Technologies – Magnetic, Optical and
mapping and realization of object oriented constructs,
Semiconductor media, techniques for read/write operations,
realization and performance issues versus abstraction and issues and limitations. Usage and Access – Positioning in the
usability. memory hierarchy, Hardware and Software Design for
CSI* ZC327Systems Programming 4 access, Performance issues. Large Storages – Hard Disks,
Networked Attached Storage, Scalability issues, Networking
Batch processing; Systems programs; operating
characteristics and limitations; parallel processing of I/O and issues. Storage Architecture. - Storage Partitioning, Storage
interrupt handling, multiprogramming; multiprocessing System Design, Caching, Legacy Systems. Storage Area
Networks – Hardware and Software Components, Storage
systems; design of system modules and interfaces with focus
on contemporary open source operating system-specific Clusters/Grids. Storage QoS – Performance, Reliability, and
Security issues.
programming; laboratory experiments or programming
assignments involving Unix/Linux System-specific CSI* ZC462Network Programming 3
Programming including shell-scripting via online laboratory
Overview of computer networks; inter-process
facility. communication; network programming; socket interface;
CSI* ZC337Database Systems &Applications 4 client-server computing model: design issues, concurrency in
Introduction to Database Management Systems; File server and clients; external data representation; remote
procedure calls; network file systems; distributed systems
organization; Data Independence in databases; Data Models;
Query processing systems; Database Design techniques; design.
Concepts of security and integrity in databases; Distributed CSI* ZC463Cryptography 3
Databases; Applications using DBMS, database Objectives of cryptography; ciphers – block and stream;
programming experiments involving use of SQL, database
mathematical foundations – modular arithmetic, finite fields,
creation etc. via online laboratory facility.
discrete logarithm, primality algorithms; RSA; digital
CSI* ZC353Computer Organization &Architecture 4 signatures; interactive proofs; zero–knowledge proofs;
probabilistic algorithms; pseudo-randomness.
Overview of logic design; Instruction set architecture;
Assembly language programming; Pipelining; Computer CSI* ZC467Computer Networks 4
Arithmetic; Control unit; Memory hierarchy; Virtual memory; Introduction, history and development of computer networks;
Input and output systems; Interrupts and exception handling; Reference models; Physical Layer: theoretical basis,
Implementation issues; Case studies; This course covers the
transmission media, types of transmission; MAC sub-layer:
fundamentals of computer organization and architecture from local area networks, FDDI; Data Link Layer: Sliding Window
a programmer's perspective. protocols, design aspects; Network Layer: routing algorithms,
CSI* ZC363Data Structures & Algorithms 4 congestion control algorithms, internetworking; Transport
Layer: Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN),
Introduction to software design principles, modularity,
Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) - reference models,
abstract data types, data structures and algorithms; analysis
of algorithms; Linear data structures – stacks, arrays, lists service classes, switch design, LAN emulation; Application
Layer protocols, Laboratory experiments / assignments
queues and linked representations; Pre-fix, in-fix and post-fix
expressions; Recursion; Set operations; Hashing and hash related to simulation of network protocols, programming
functions; Binary and other trees, traversal algorithms, simple network applications, implementing select routing
algorithms via online laboratory facility.
Huffman codes; Search trees, priority queues, heaps and
balanced trees; Sorting techniques; Graphs and digraphs; CSI* ZG511IT Infrastructure Projects & Processes 3
Algorithmic design techniques; Data structures for external
Course description to be developed
storage, multi-way search and B-trees.
CSI* ZG513Network Security 4
CSI* ZC364Operating Systems 4
This course examines issues related to network and
Introduction to operating systems; Various approaches to information security. Topics include security concepts,
design of operating systems; Overview of hardware support
security attacks and risks, security architectures, security
for operating systems; Process management: process policy management, security mechanisms, cryptography
synchronization and mutual exclusion, inter process
algorithms, security standards, security system interoperation
communication, process scheduling; CPU scheduling
and case studies of the current major security systems.
approaches; Memory management: paging, segmentation,
virtual memory, page replacement algorithms; File systems: CSI* ZG514Data Warehousing 5
design and implementation of file systems; input/output Introduction, evolution of data warehousing; decision support
systems; device controllers and device drivers; Security and systems; goals, benefit, and challenges of data warehousing;
protection; Case studies on design and implementation of architecture; data warehouse information flows; software and
operating system modules, select laboratory experiments hardware requirements; approaches to data warehouse
related to creating different elements of operating system design; creating and maintaining a data warehouse; Online
and/or implementation of select scheduling, memory Analytical Processing (OLAP) and multi-dimensional data,
management and I/O related algorithms/schemes, using multi-dimensional modeling; view materialization; data marts;
system calls for creating file system specific command, data warehouse metadata; data mining.
creating simple file system etc. via online laboratory facility.
CSI* ZG515Introduction to DevOps 4
CSI* ZC424Software Development for Portable Devices
3 Continual Service - continuous integration and continuous
delivery; Scaling: automating infrastructure and infrastructure-
Introduction to mobile computing and emerging mobile as-code; DevOps and Cloud: platform-as-a service and
application and hardware platforms; Developing and DevOps, use of virtual machines and containers for
accessing mobile applications; Software lifecycle for mobile deployment, Micro-services; application lifecycle
application – design and architecture, development – tools, management: deployment pipeline and application
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deployment, continuous deployment pipeline; stack Introduction to the World Wide Web. Web Application
management - life cycle of stack and events, resource and Architecture –2-tier and 3-tier architectures, RESTful
event monitoring, auto healing; Security: security of applications, Web Services, and mash-ups; Hyper-Text
deployment pipeline, policy-as-code. Transfer Protocol (HTTP) and Web Servers – Case studies
CSI* ZG518 Database Design & Applications 5 e.g. Apache and IIS; Deploying and tuning web servers. Web
Application Front Ends: Markup (HTML and XML), Styling
DBMS architecture; Data models: Network model, (CSS), and Scripting (Client Side and Serve Side Scripts,
Hierarchical model and Relational model; Database design & Objects and Document Object Models – APIs for parsing
optimization; Query processing & Query optimization; documents, Event Handling and Asynchronous Scripting).
Transaction Processing; Concurrency control; Recovery; Application Deployment on the Web: Dynamic Back-ends,
Security & protection; Introduction to Object Oriented data Database Connectivity, Unstructured Data and NoSQL. Web
model & Multimedia Databases. Security – Typical Security Solutions for the Web.
CSI* ZG520Wireless & Mobile Communication 5 CSI* ZG527Cloud Computing 5
Signal propagation in a mobile environment, modulation, Concurrency and distributed computing, message passing
coding, equalization; first generation systems; multiple over the network, connectivity and failure models, local vs
access techniques like FDMA, TDMA, CDMA, spread remote connectivity, distributed resource modeling,
spectrum systems; second & third generation systems, distributed data models; replication & consistency;
UMTS, IMT-2000; Wireless LAN, Wireless ATM and Mobile virtualization; CPU virtualization, memory and storage
IP; emerging trends in Wireless & Mobile Communication. virtualization, virtualized networks, computing over WAN and
CSI* ZG522Design and Operation of Data Centers 5 Internet; computing on the cloud, computing models, service
models and service contracts, programming on the cloud;
Data Center Design: Principles (Scalability, Reliability, and Cloud infrastructure, LAN vs Wan issue, resource scaling and
Elasticity), Components - Computing Infrastructure resource provisions, performance models, scalability,
(Processing, Storage, and Networking) and Physical performance measurement and enhancement techniques;
Infrastructure (Power, Cooling, and Physical Security); cloud applications and infrastructure services.
Servers – Server Hardening, Server Optimization, Server
Deployment and Consolidation, Converged and Hyper- CSI* ZG528Cyber Physical Systems 4
Converged Infrastructure. Application monitoring and Course description to be developed.
maintenance. Networking for data centers – device
CSI* ZG533Service Oriented Computing 4
hardening, bandwidth aggregation, traffic management,
redundancy, network isolation, deployment of internal Course description to be developed.
security and peripheral security; Contingency Planning & CSI* ZG538Infrastructure Management 4
Disaster Recovery: Backup, recovery, and redundancy
/replication technologies and approaches. Data Center Course description to be developed.
Architecture: Private, Public, and Hybrid models; Distributed CSI* ZG582Telecom Network Management 5
Data Centers; Introduction to Software Defined Data Centers.
Costing and Pricing– Costing and Cost Optimization, Pricing Network architecture and protocols; LAN, MAN and WANs;
and Economics of Data Center Operation. internetworking; network planning; network management
concepts and standards; administrative, operational and fault
CSI* ZG523Introduction to Data Science 3 management; security issues; remote network management.
Context and use of Data Science. High-dimensional data, CSI* ZG656Networked Embedded Applications 4
graphs, vectors in high dimensional space and large
matrices; Algorithms for massive data problems, sampling Networked embedded systems, Clock synchronization,
techniques. Techniques for extracting information/patterns Protocol mechanisms protocol performance, CAN Bus
from data architecture, USB Architecture, Embedded Internet,
distributed computing, Use of Java in building networked
CSI* ZG524 Middleware Technologies 4 systems, Reliability & Fault Tolerance etc. Mission-critical
Evolution of Middleware Technologies: Transaction distributed real-time applications, e.g., military, air traffic
Processing, Remote Procedure Calls, Message-Oriented- control; Prototyping benchmark applications, e.g. simulated
Middleware, Object Request Brokers, Web services and air traffic visualization, radar display; Networking: TCP/IP,
REST; Forms of Middleware: Enterprise Middleware, Web distributed objects; Embedded system programming and
Middleware, and Cloud / Services Middleware; Middleware middleware: I/O, analog / digital conversion, DSP, runtime
Elements: communication protocols, middleware protocols, monitoring of CPU, processes, network equipment; Modeling
data representation, server process control, naming and distributed real-time systems; Quality of service maintenance.
directory services, security, system management; Select DE* ZC415 Introduction to MEMS 4
case studies such as MS .NET, J2EE. Service Oriented
Architecture: Loosely Coupled Systems, Business processes, Overview, history and industry perspective; working
Tiers, Architectural Choices; Resiliency in Middleware: principles; mechanics and dynamics, thermos fluid
resiliency techniques, hardware failures, communication engineering; scaling law; microactuators, microsensors and
failures, software failures; Performance and scalability in microelectromechanical systems; microsystem design,
Middleware; Security in Middleware; Implementation Aspects: modeling and simulation; materials; packaging;
business process implementation, enterprise integration, web microfabrication: bulk, surface, LIGA etc;
and database middleware (e.g. NoSQL middleware) change micromanufacturing; microfludidics; microrobotics; case
management. Case studies of Enterprise application studies.
architecture (EAI) - Eg. Tibco, Websphere. DE* ZG511 Mechatronics 5
CSI* ZG525Advanced Computer Networks 5 Concepts of measurement of electrical and non-electrical
Topics in advanced networking – Quality of Service in IP parameters; displacement, force, pressure etc. and related
networks, IPv6, Wireless and Mobile Networks, Carrier signal conditioning techniques, drives and actuators,
Technologies (Frame Relay, FDDI, ISDN, ATM), Peer-to- concepts of microprocessors/ microcontrollers architecture
Peer Networks and Overlays, Routing and QoS Issues in and programming, memory and I/O interfacing. System
Optical Networks. design concepts through case studies.
CSI* ZG526Web Technologies 4 DE* ZG512 Finite Element Methods 5
Element properties, Iso parametric elements, Finite element
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continuum mechanics, Dynamic systems, Heat conduction total quality control concepts in quality circles, quality
and Electrical potentials, etc. will be taken up. incentives. Fundamental concepts of reliability engineering,
DE* ZG613 Tribology 5 Failure analysis, Reliability versus quality control, Systems
reliability evaluation, reliability allocation, maintainability, and
Introduction, lubricants and lubrication, surface texture, designing for reliability. Illustrative examples of design
bearing materials, fundamentals of viscous flow, reynolds ensuring reliability to be taken up.
equation and applications, thrust bearings, journal bearings,
DE* ZG535 Advanced Engineering Mathematics 5
squeeze-film bearings, hydrostatic bearings, gas bearings,
dry and starved bearings, selecting bearing type and size, Boundary value problems; wave equations; nonlinear partial
principles and operating limits, friction, wear and lubrication. differential equations; calculus of variations; Eigen value
DE* ZG514 Fracture Mechanics 5 problems; iteration problems including forward and inverse
iteration schemes – Graham Schmidt deflation –
Introduction, energy release rate, stress intensity factor and simultaneous iteration method – subspace iteration –
complex cases, an elastic deformation at the crack tip, elastic Lanczo’s algorithm – estimation of core and time
plastic analysis through J-integral, crack tip opening requirements.
displacement, test methods, fatigue failure, numerical
DE* ZG541 Product Design 5
analysis, mixed mode crack initiation and growth.
DE* ZG515 Computational Fluid Dynamics 5 Introduction to creative design; user research and
requirements analysis, product specifications, Computer
Philosophy of computational fluid dynamics (CFD), Aided Design; standardization, variety reduction, preferred
governing equations of fluid dynamics, mathematical numbers and other techniques; modular design; design
behavior of partial differential equations, basics of the economics, cost analysis, cost reduction and value analysis
numeric: basic aspects of discretization, grids with techniques, design for production; human factors in design:
appropriate transformations, and simple CFD anthropometric, ergonomic, psychological, physiological
techniques, applications, numerical solutions of quasi- considerations in design decision making; legal factors,
one-dimensional nozzle flows, numerical solution of a two- engineering ethics and society.
dimensional supersonic flow, incompressible couette flow,
DE* ZG542 Machine Tool Engineering 5
and supersonic flow over a flat plate, advanced topics in
CFD. Design principles of machine tools; stiffness and rigidity of
DE* ZG521 World-Class Manufacturing 5 separate construction elements and their combined
behaviour under load; design of stepped and stepless drives;
The world-class manufacturing challenge, developing a electrical, mechanical and hydraulic drives; design of
world-class manufacturing strategy, just-in-time, total quality, bearings and sideways; machine tool controls; machine tool
total employee involvement, world-class information systems, dynamics; recent developments in machine tool design.
managing the change, methods and procedures; improved
DE* ZG544 Design for Additive Manufacturing 5
brainstorming methods, using the check-total quality - the first
steps, getting people involved, monitoring world-class Fundamentals of computer aided design, part modeling and
performance. analysis using contemporary tools, design for manufacturing
DE* G522 Advanced Composites 5 & assembly particularly in additive manufacturing, design
considerations for additive manufacturing, support structures
Definition of composite materials; classification; particulates in metal-based systems and lightweight structures.
and dispersion hardened composites, continuous and
DE* ZG545 Advanced Control Engineering 5
discontinuous fibre reinforced composites, metal-matrix
composites, carbon-carbon composites, molecular Modeling and classification of dynamical systems, properties
composites, micro and multilayer composites, theory of and advantages of feedback systems, time-domain analysis,
reinforcement; reinforcement by continuous and frequency-domain analysis, stability and performance
discontinuous fibres, concept of microfibril; effect of analysis, state space analysis, controller design and root
orientation and adhesion; mechanical behaviour of locus plot, compensator design and bode plot, non-linear plant
composites, stress-strain relationship, strength, fracture control, model predictive control systems.
thoughness and fatigue; properties of fibre reinforcement and DE* ZG546 Model Based System Design 5
production technology of composites.
Review of numerical methods, dynamic programming, data
DE* ZG523 Project Management 4
interpolation and statistical analysis, modeling, linearization of
Concepts and techniques of project formulation, evaluation nonlinear systems, modeling and simulation of mechanical,
and implementation; Project planning and scheduling; Risk electronic and electric drive systems, hardware in the loop
management; Time-cost trade off; Resource leveling and (HIL), model in the loop (MIL), simulation and real-time
allocation; Project monitoring and control; Contract control, design of engineering structures for minimum weight
management. and maximum strength, dynamic models of multibody systems
DE* ZG525 Mechanical System Design 5 and analysis, thermal efficiency optimization using
mathematical models, design of experiment methods to create
Concept of system design; modeling of structural and models of physical systems.
kinematic systems, and determination of system
DE* ZG548 Design for Industrial Internet of Things 5
characteristics; reliability of systems; design of machine
elements for specified reliability; concepts of optimization; IoT overview and technologies, smart devices and smart
techniques of design optimization for linear and non-linear products, cyber-physical systems, smart devices and control
problems. system, integrating smart concepts into existing products,
DE* ZG531Concurrent Engineering 5 programming using IoT, implementing a small IoT project,
wireless communication and technologies, case studies.
Introduction of concurrent engineering and need, concurrent
DE* ZG561 Mechanisms & Robotics 5
engineering tools, advances in design and manufacturing
engineering, design for manufacture, design for assembly, Classification of robots & manipulators; fields of application;
rapid prototyping, simulation, concurrent approaches to design, synthesis of planar & spatial mechanisms; methods of
manufacturing and other aspects of engineering. function & path generation; coupler curve synthesis; linkages
DE* ZG532 Quality Assurance and Reliability 5 with open loop; actuators & drive elements; microprocessor
application and control of robots.
Quality planning and control, economics of quality control,
DE* ZG611 Dynamics & Vibrations 5
Specifications, tolerances and process capability studies,

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Steady and transient Vibration of single and multi-degree coordinate measuring machines, introduction to computer
freedom systems. Systems with distributed mass and aided tolerancing.
elasticity. Non-linear and self-excited vibrations, structural DM ZG612 Advances in Materials, Composites & Plastics
damping, Random vibrations, vibration analysis, vibration 4
control - reduction, isolation and vibration absorbers.
Definition of composite materials; classification; particulates
DE* ZG612 Advanced Finite Element Modelling &
and dispersion hardened composites, continuous and
Analysis 5
discontinuous fiber reinforced composites, metal-matrix
Creation of FEA models, performing analysis and interpreting composites, carbon-carbon composites, molecular
the results for the following cases using industrial examples composites, micro and multilayer composites, theory of
and case studies, including selection of elements, boundary reinforcement; reinforcement by continuous and
conditions and loading, static analysis (plane stress & plane discontinuous fibers, concept of microfibril; effect of
strain), nonlinear analysis, dynamic (modal , harmonic orientation and adhesion; mechanical behaviour of
transient analysis), thermal analysis (conduction, convection, composites, stress-strain relationship, strength, fracture
mixed boundary conditions), coupled (thermal + structural), toughness and fatigue; properties of fibre reinforcement and
fluid flow analysis, fatigue creep and fracture, crash analysis. production technology of composites. Plastics and their
processing technology including injection moulding, blow
DE* ZG621 Computer Aided Analysis and Design 5
moulding etc. Mathematical modeling and simple
The course aims at developing complete self-reliance in computational techniques for the mechanics of composites
solving analysis & design problems of engineering with the and plastics. Applications of plastics and composite in
aid of computers. It stresses upon the use of more powerful automotive and aerospace structures. Advanced metals and
tools including system planning, simulation and modelling. alloys including titanium, aluminum and magnesium, Ceramic
The student will take up a design project and will work and metal alloys (CERMETS) including Aluminum based
independently on the project guided by the instructor or alloys and other ceramic components.
resource person as and when required. The effort must
DM ZC622 Industrial IoT 4
culminate with a CAAD program and a project report.
DE* ZG631 Materials Technology & Testing 5 Workplace safety, industrial revolution 4.0, connected
factories, smart industrial devices and products, cyber
Study of characteristics and technology of metals, plastics, physical system in manufacturing, connecting industrial
rubbers, ceramics, polymers, composites, optical fibres and devices and equipment with each other and with internet,
other modern engineering materials and their application with data acquiring and collection, communication technologies,
particular reference to Railways. Destructive and non- RFID, QR codes and cellular technologies, protocols,
destructive testing techniques and their applications in hardware in IoT, software (IDE), cloud platform, connectivity
Railways. and networking in IIoT, smart eyes on shop floor, integrating
DE*ZG641 Theory of Elasticity and Plasticity 5 smart into existing equipment, programming using IoT, case
study and implementation.
Basic equations of theory of elasticity; elementary elasticity
problems in two and three dimensions; theories of plastic DM ZG6631 Additive Manufacturing Process 5
flow; problems in plastic flow of ideally plastic and strain Overview of additive manufacturing process, its importance to
hardening materials; theory of metal forming processes. industries and its rapid development. Process, development
DM ZG511 Mechatronics 5 and optimization for group of additive manufacturing
technologies with special focus on metal based systems.
Concepts of measurement of electrical and non-electrical Application of additive manufacturing technology in different
parameters; displacement, force, pressure etc. and related settings for a given application. Additive manufacturing
signal conditioning techniques, drives and actuators, process from CAD file import till post processing and
concepts of microprocessors/ microcontrollers architecture finishing. Emerging trends in additive manufacturing.
and programming, memory and I/O interfacing. System
design concepts through case studies. DM ZC412 Flexible Manufacturing Systems 4
DM ZG521 Design for Additive Manufacturing 5 Introduction CAD/CAM systems, overview of FMS, system
hardware and general functions, material handling system,
Fundamentals of computer aided design, part modeling and work holding systems, cutting tools and tool management,
analysis using contemporary tools, design for manufacturing physical planning of system, software structure functions and
& assembly particularly in additive manufacturing, design description, cleaning and automated inspection,
considerations for additive manufacturing, support structures communications and computer networks for manufacturing,
in metal-based systems and lightweight structures. quantification of flexibility, human factors in manufacturing,
DM ZG531 High Precision Manufacturing 4 FMS and CIM in action (case studies), justification of FMS,
modelling for design, planning and operation of FMS.
Introduction to high precision manufacturing processes.
Process and design considerations of both conventional and DM ZG512 Embedded System Design 4
non-conventional processes in micro and nano Introduction to embedded systems; embedded architectures:
manufacturing. Applications of high precision manufacturing Architectures and programming of microcontrollers and
in the fields such as semiconductor devices, medical devices. DSPs. Embedded applications and technologies; power
Common quality defects in high precision manufacturing. issues in system design; introduction to software and
Emerging trends in the field. hardware co-design.
DM ZC472 Precision Engineering 3 DM ZG522 Behavioral Operations 4
Concept of accuracy, accuracy of numerical control systems, Human behavior & cognition and their impacts on operating
tolerances and fits, acceptance tests for machine tools, static systems and processes. Heuristics used by operations
stiffness and its influence on machining accuracy, managers to make spot decisions, their analysis using
inaccuracies due to thermal effects, influence of forced behavioral decision making literature with their potential
vibrations on accuracy, dimensional wear of cutting tools and implications for OM settings. The traditional operational
its influences on accuracy, clamping and setting errors, issues (rational anomalies) such as bullwhip effect,
location principles and errors due to location, surface explanation using behavioral operations theories. The impact
roughness and micro finishing processes, dimensioning and of cognitive biases and methods of dealing with them in
dimensional chains, methods of improving accuracy and factory settings. Cognitive overload, decision making under
surface finish, thread and gear measuring instruments,

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uncertainty and ethical blindness in profession, which are DM ZG532 Big Data Analytics in Manufacturing 4
relevant for modern digital factories. Big Data and its applications in manufacturing. Five V’s of big
data, analysis of structured and unstructured data in various
forms, uncovering hidden patterns and unknown correlations
for better operational decisions. Key technologies used in
storing, manipulating, and analyzing big data. Tools for
statistical analysis and data visualization. Open source
frameworks for data analysis.
DM ZG533 Manufacturing Planning & Control 5
Planning and control of manufacturing operations; material
flow planning; product and process planning; demand
forecasting and forecasting models; facility location; plant
layout planning and design; machine cells; capacity planning;
designing work methods; material handling; line balancing;
aggregate planning; inventory models and systems for
independent demand; materials requirements planning;
elements of monitoring and production control; current
developments in operations management.
DM ZG534 Sustainable Manufacturing 5
Introduction to sustainable manufacturing, sustainable
manufacturing design, practice and matrices, life cycle
management and assessment, end of life (EOL) strategies,
implementation framework, sustainable business models,
waste minimization, case studies.
DM ZG535 Cyber Security in Manufacturing 4
Overview of cyber security for industry 4.0 landscapes with
an emphasis on design and manufacturing application.
Technological foundation of cyber security within
manufacturing domain, existing threats faced by industry 4.0
sectors along with the existing solutions. Implementation of
risk mitigation measures in industry.
DM ZG541 Product Design 5
Introduction to creative design; user research and
requirements analysis, product specifications, Computer
Aided Design; standardization, variety reduction, preferred
numbers and other techniques; modular design; design
economics, cost analysis, cost reduction and value analysis
techniques, design for production; human factors in design:
anthropometric, ergonomic, psychol giccl, physiological
considerations in design decision making; legal factors,
engineering ethics and society.
DM ZG561 Mechanisms & Robotics 5
Classification of robots & manipulators; fields of application;
synthesis of planar & spatial mechanisms; methods of
function & path generation; coupler curve synthesis; linkages
with open loop; actuators & drive elements; microprocessor
application and control of robots.
DM ZG629T Dissertation 16
A student registered in this course must take a topic in an
area of professional interest drawn from the on the job work
requirement which is simultaneously of direct relevance to the
degree pursued by the student as well as to the employing /
collaborating organization of the student and submit a
comprehensive report at the end of the semester working
under the overall supervision and guidance of a professional
expert who will be deemed as the supervisor for evaluation of
all components of the dissertation. Normally the Mentor of the
student would be the Dissertation supervisor and in case
Mentor is not approved as the supervisor, Mentor may play
the role of additional supervisor. The final grades for
dissertation are Non-letter grades namely Excellent, Good,
Fair and Poor, which do not go into CGPA computation.
DSE* ZC413 Introduction to Statistical Methods 3
Different types of data; Data Visualization; Data
summarization methods; Tables, Graphs, Charts,
Histograms, Frequency distributions, Relative frequency
measures of central tendency and dispersion; Box Plot;
Chebychev’s Inequality on relationship between the mean
and the standard deviation of a probability distribution. Basic

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probability concepts, Conditional probability, Bayes Theorem, DSE* ZC465 Machine Learning 4
Probability distributions, Continuous and discrete Introduction to Machine Learning, Various kinds of learning,
distributions, Transformation of random variables, Moments,
Supervised Learning, Unsupervised Learning, Model
Correlation and Covariance, Parameter Estimation, Selection; Bayesian Learning, MAP Hypothesis, MDL
Hypothesis Testing. Principle, Bias Variance Decomposition, Bayes Optimal
DSE* ZC414 Optimization Methods for Analytics 5 Classifier, Naive Bayes Classifier; Linear Models for
Regression, Linear Models for Classification; Non-Linear
This course will focus on development of analytical models
using optimization (and simulation) techniques to analyze and models, Decision trees; Instance Based Learning, KNN
recommend appropriate solutions for complex business Algorithm, CBR Learning; Support Vector Machines, VC
Dimension; Neural Networks, Perceptron Learning, Back
problems across various functional areas including finance,
economics, operations, and marketing. Key topics covered in Propagation Algorithm; Introduction to Genetic Algorithms.
this course are as follows: solving various problems related to DSE* ZG515 Data Warehousing 5
planning, production, transportation, microeconomics, etc. Introduction, evolution of data warehousing; decision support
using LP models. Decision making in the context of multi
systems; goals, benefit, and challenges of data warehousing;
stage LP models. Application of Goal Programming (GP) and architecture; data warehouse information flows; software and
Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) for decisions relating to
hardware requirements; approaches to data warehouse
large teams and complex problems with long term
design; creating and maintaining a data warehouse; Online
implications. We will use various tools including spreadsheets Analytical Processing (OLAP) and multi-dimensional data,
and other software for the experiential components of this multi-dimensional modeling; view materialization; data marts;
course to illustrate the application of these techniques to
data warehouse metadata; data mining.
various industries.
DSE* ZG516 Computer Organization &
DSE* ZC415 Data Mining 3 Software Systems 5
Data Mining – introduction, fundamental concepts; motivation Programmer model of CPU; Basic concept of buses and
and applications; role of data warehousing in data mining; interrupts; Memory subsystem organization; I/O organization;
challenges and issues in data mining; Knowledge Discovery
Concept of assembler, linker & loader; Types of operating
in Databases (KDD); role of data mining in KDD; algorithms systems; Concept of process; OS functions: Process
for data mining; tasks like decision-tree construction, finding
scheduling, Memory management, I/O management and
association rules, sequencing, classification, and clustering; related issues.
applications of neural networks and machine learning for
tasks of classification and clustering. DSE* ZG517 Systems for Data Analytics 5
DSE* ZC416 Mathematical Foundations for Data Science Fundamentals of data engineering - data engineering vs data
4 science; Data processing concepts - partitioning, replication,
grouping and sorting, data locality; Flynn's taxonomy; Task vs
Vector and matrix algebra, systems of linear algebraic Data Parallelism; Databases, parallel vs distributed
equations and their solutions; Eigen values, eigenvectors and databases, architecture – performance; Distributed
diagonalization of matrices, Sets and relations; Graphs and
computing architecture; Processing frameworks - batch, map-
digraphs; Trees, lists and their uses; Partially ordered sets reduce, stream processing, parallel processing, real time
and lattices. processing; Cloud fundamentals - virtualization, batch-
DSE* ZC420 Data Visualization 3 transactional-continuous workloads, execution models and
examples- AWS , Azure etc..
Information overload and issues in decision making. Design
of visual encoding schemes to improve comprehension of DSE* ZG519 Data Structures and Algorithms Design 5
data and their use in decision making; presentation and Introduction to Abstract Data Types, Data structures and
visualization of data for effective communication. elementary Algorithms; Analysis of Algorithms – Time and Space
graphics programming, charts, graphs, animations, user
Complexity, Complexity Notation, Solving Recurrence
interactivity, hierarchical layouts, and techniques for Relations.; Divide-and-Conquer as a Design Technique;
visualization of high dimensional data & discovered patterns. Recursion – Design of Recursive Functions / Procedures, Tail
DSE* ZC421 Ethics for Data Science 3 Recursion, Conversion of Recursive Functions to Iterative
Form. Linear data structures – Lists, Access Restricted Lists
Introduction to data ethics, perils of big data, foundations of
data privacy, challenges of privacy in the digital age, data (Stacks and Queues) – Implementation using Arrays and
policies, consent and fair usage. Linked Lists; Searching and Order Queries. Sorting – Sorting
Algorithms (Online vs. Offline, In-memory vs. External, In-
DSE* ZC426 Real Time Analytics 4 space vs. Out-of-space, Quick Sort and Randomization).
Motivation and challenges of real-time, distributed, fault- Unordered Collections: Hash tables (Separate Chaining vs.
tolerant data processing, distributed messaging architecture Open Addressing, Probing, Rehashing). Binary Trees – Tree
(Apache Kafka), Real time data processing platform: Storm, Traversals. Partially Ordered Collections: Search Trees and
Storm basic programming skills, linking Spouts, and Height Balanced Search Trees, Heaps and Priority Queues.
connecting to the live Twitter API to process real-time tweets, Algorithm Design: Greedy Algorithms and Dynamic
multi-language capability of storm (with Python scripts), Case Programming. Graphs and Graph Algorithms: Representation
study: Networking fault prediction. This course also helps a schemes, Problems on Directed Graphs (Reachability and
student to analyze and understand Big-data using visuals. Strong Connectivity, Traversals, Transitive Closure. Directed
Topics include, Design principles, Perception, color, statistical Acyclic Graphs - Topological Sorting), Problems on Weighted
graphs, maps, trees and networks, high dimensional data, Graphs (Shortest Paths. Spanning Trees). Introduction to
data visualization tools. Complexity Classes (P and NP) and NP-completeness. NP-
Hard problems. Designing Algorithms for Hard Problems –
DSE* ZC444 Artificial Intelligence 3 Back tracking, Branch-and-Bound, and Approximation
The object of this course is to give an introduction to the Algorithms.
problems and techniques of A.I. along with the applications of DSE* ZG521 Graphs - Algorithms and Mining 5
A.I. techniques to the fields like natural language
understanding, image processing, game theory and problem Basic concepts of graphs and digraphs connectivity,
solving. The course also aims at understanding its reachability and vulnerability; Trees, tournaments and
implementation using LISP and PROLOG languages. matroids; Planarity; Routing and matching problems;
Representations; Various algorithms; applications,
introduction to graph mining, Graph Pattern Mining, Graph

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Classification, Graph Compression, graph model, graph Characteristics of a Well-Designed Dashboard, Key Goals in
dynamics, social network analysis, visualization, the Visual Design Process; Power of Visual Perception:
summarization, graph clustering, link analysis, applications of Visually Encoding Data for Rapid Perception, Applying the
graph patterns. Principles of Visual Perception to Dashboard Design.
DSE* ZG522 Big Data Systems 5 DSE* ZG556 Stream Processing and Analytics 5
What is big data - are existing systems sufficient?; Data Real Time , Streaming Data & Sources, Real time streaming
Warehouse v/s Data Lakes; Hadoop – Components; Storage system architecture , Characteristics of a Real Time
- Relational DBs/ NoSQL dbs / HDFS / HBase / Object Data Architecture and Processing ; Configuration and Coordination
stores - S3; Serialization; Interfaces - Hive/ Pig; Stream Systems: Distributed State and Issues, Coordination and
Processing; Spark; Mahout. Configuration using Apache Zoo Keeper; Data Flow
DSE* ZG523 Introduction to Data Science 3 Management : Distributed Data Flows , Various Data Delivery
and Processing Requirements, N+1 Problem, Apache Kafka
Context and use of Data Science. High-dimensional data, (High-Throughput Distributed Messaging); Processing
graphs, vectors in high dimensional space and large Stream Data with Storm; Overview of Data Storage –
matrices; Algorithms for massive data problems, sampling Requirements: Need for long-term storage for a real time
techniques. Techniques for extracting information/patterns processing framework, In-memory Storage, No-Sql Storage
from data. Systems, Choosing a right storage solution; Visualizing Data
DSE* ZG524 Deep Learning 4 :Requirements, Principles and tools; Bounds of Random
variables, Poisson Processors, Maintaining Simple Statistics
Common Architectural Principles of Deep Networks; Building from Data Streams, Sliding Windows and computing statistics
Blocks of Deep Networks; Convolutional Neural Networks over sliding windows, Data Synopsis (Sampling, Histograms,
(CNNs); Recurrent Neural Networks; Recursive Neural Wavelets, DFT), Exact Aggregation, Timed Counting and
Networks; Building Deep Networks with ND4J; Applications to Summation, Multi Resolution Time Series Aggregation,
Sequence Data, Anomaly Detection; Tuning Deep Networks; Stochastic Optimization; Statistical Approximation to
Vectorization. Streaming Data: Probabilities and Distributions, Sampling
DSE* ZG525 Natural Language Processing 3 Procedures for Streaming Data, Approximating Streaming
Data with Sketching, Registers and Hash Functions, Working
Language modelling with N-gram, Spelling correction, Neural with Sets, The Bloom Filter, Distinct Value Sketches, The
networks and neural language models, Parts-of-Speech Count-Min Sketch; Clustering techniques for Streaming Data;
tagging, Syntactic parsing, Language semantics, Classification methods : Decision Tree (VFDT); Evaluating
Computational symantics. stream processing algorithms; Case Studies in Designing
DSE* ZG526 Probabilistic Graphical Models 4 solutions to streaming data
HMM, Markov Random Field, Bayesian networks, DSE* ZG557 Artificial and Computational Intelligence 5
Representation, Learning, Inference; Dynamic Bayesian Agents and environments, Task Environments, Working of
Networks and Temporal Bayesian networks, applications. agents; Uninformed Search Algorithms: Informed Search.
DSE* ZG537 Information Retrieval 4 Local Search Algorithms & Optimization Problems: Genetic
Algorithm; Searching with Non-Deterministic Actions, Partial
Organization, representation, and access to information;
Information and Online search agents, Game Playing,
categorization, indexing, and content analysis; data
Constraint Satisfaction Problem, Knowledge Representation
structures for unstructured data; design and maintenance of
using Logics: TT-Entail for inference from truth table, Proof
such data structures, indexing and indexes, retrieval and
by resolution, Forward Chaining and Backward Chaining,
classification schemes; use of codes, formats, and standards;
Inference in FOL, Unification & Lifting, Forward chaining,
analysis, construction and evaluation of search and
Backward Chaining, Resolution; Probabilistic
navigation techniques; search engines and how they relate
Representation and Reasoning : Inference using full joint
to the above. Multimedia data and their representation and
distribution, Representation of Conditional Independence
search.
using BN, Reinforcement Learning; Difference between crisp
DSE* ZG554 Distributed Data Systems 4 and fuzzy logic, shapes of membership function, Fuzzification
Distributed File Systems - File System Models; Replication and defuzzification, fuzzy logic reasoning; Decision making
and Synchronization - Caching; Failure & Recovery; File with fuzzy information, Fuzzy Classification; Connectionist
System Security. Distributed Databases - Distributed Data Models: Introduction to Neural Networks, Hopfield Networks,
Sources and Updates; Database Connectivity; Concurrency Perceptron Learning, Back propagation & Competitive
Control and Distribution mechanism; Distributed indexing Learning, Applications of Neural Net: Speech, Vision,
schemes. Database security. Data on the Web - Web as a Traveling Salesman; Genetic Algorithms - Chromosomes,
distributed data repository. Data Collection and Use fitness functions, and selection mechanisms, Genetic
Crawlers, Search Engines, and Indexing Schemes. algorithms: crossover and mutation, Genetic programming.
Information Retrieval Techniques. Data Exchange - EA ZC412 Flexible Manufacturing Systems 4
Hierarchical Data Models, XML, and query languages. Semi-
Introduction CAD/CAM systems, overview of FMS, system
structured / Unstructured data -querying and synchronization.
hardware and general functions, material handling system,
Pervasive Data - Data distribution and access for non-
work holding systems, cutting tools and tool management,
computing devices, small computing devices, embedded
physical planning of system, software structure functions
computing devices and sensory devices.
anddescription, cleaning and automated inspection,
DSE* ZG555 Data visualization and Interpretation 5 communications and computer networks for manufacturing,
Visualization as a Discovery tool, Visualization skills for the quantification of flexibility, human factors in manufacturing,
masses, The Visualization methodology, Visualization design FMS and CIM in action (case studies), justification of FMS,
objectives, Exploratory vs. explanatory analysis, modelling for design, planning andoperationof FMS.
Understanding the context for data presentations, 3 minute EA ZC451 Internetworking Technologies 3
story, Effective Visuals, Gestalt principles of visual
Introduction to internetworking concepts; the internet
perception, Visual Ordering, Decluttering, Story Telling,
architecture; goals and key issued related to internetworking
Visualization Design; Taxonomy of Data Visualization
technologies; design aspects; HTTP and other relevant
Methods: Exploring Tableau, Dashboard and Stories, Bullet
protocols; agent technology and tools relevant to the internet;
graphs, Pareto charts, Custom background images;
techniques of data compression; voice, video, and interactive
Dashboard : Dashboard categorization and typical data,
video-on-demand over the internet; multimedia operating

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systems and their impact; multimedia networking; mobile ED* ZC233 Calculus 4
computing; internet security, case studies. Limits, continuity, differentiation, integration, Fourier series,
EA ZC473 Multimedia Computing 3 ordinary differential equations for initial and boundary value
problems, solution through Laplace transforms, numerical
Introduction to multimedia; media & data streams; image,
video & audio file formats; image & video processing, solution using Picard’s iteration and higher order methods,
synthesis of sound signal; image coding & compression, partial derivatives, partial differential equations, analytical
solution techniques.
video & audio codes, low bit rate video telephony; audio-
visual integration, lip reading, face animation; augmented ED* ZC235 Linear Algebra & Optimization 3
reality; multimedia search services, content based image& Vector and matrix algebra, systems of linear algebraic
video indexing; access to multimedia, human-machine equations and their solutions; eigen values, eigenvectors and
interfaces, spoken language interface; algorithm vs.
diagonalization of matrices; Formulation of linear
architecture based approaches, multimedia processors, programming problems, Simplex method, Big-M method, two
performance quantification; case studies, vision 2010. phase method, Sensitivity analysis, Revised and Dual
EBCT ZG511Overview of e-Business 3 Simplex Methods.
E-Business Environment and Opportunities: Background; E- ED* ZC241 Technical Report Writing 3
Business evolution; E-Business environment; Diverse
Elements of effective writing; art of condensation; business
opportunities in E-Business; E-Businesses on the Internet. letter writing; memos; formal reports; technical proposals;
Categories of E-Business - B2B/E2EI, B2C, C2C; Overview conducting, and participating, meetings; agenda and minutes;
of E-Business implementation technologies. E-Business
strategies for writing technical descriptions, definitions, and
Models - Enterprise portal, CRM, ERP, Supply Chain classifications; oral presentation; use of graphic and audio-
Planning(SCP), Transport Management System(TMS), visual aids; editing.
Warehouse Management System(WMS), Content
Management. E-Business Products- Development products; ED* ZC245 Fluid Mechanics and Machines 4
integration products; generic tools; performance analyzer Introduction and fundamental concepts, fluid statics,
tools; content management tools; component generator tools. kinematics and dynamics of fluid flow, inviscid flows, pipe
Electronic Transaction and Security – Online payment system flow and network design, open channel flow, incompressible
and security issues; Secure Transport Protocols, Secure viscous flow, laminar boundary layers, turbulent flows,
Transactions, Secure Electronic Payment Protocol (SEPP), essentials of compressible flow, dimensional and model
Secure Electronic Transaction (SET); Security features – analysis, orifice, venturi, notches and weirs, hydraulic
certificates for authentication (SSL, third party certifications); turbines, centrifugal and reciprocating pumps, fluid couplings
security on Web servers and Enterprise Network. Emerging and torque convertors, compressors.
E-Businesses Scenario- Changing economic considerations;
Emerging business opportunities and revenue models; ED* ZC251 Engineering Measurements 4
emerging technologies; Social aspects. Performance characteristics of measuring instruments,
ED* ZC164 Computer Programming 4 measurement methods for mechanical, electrical, radiant,
chemical, magnetic and thermal energy variables. Emphasis
Basic Computing Steps and Flow Charting (Assignment, in this course shall be on the operation and use of
Sequencing, Conditionals, Iteration). Programming instruments.
Constructs –Expressions, Statements, Conditionals,
Iterators/Loops, Functions/ Procedures; Data Types – ED* ZC261 Mechanical Technology 4
Primitive Types, Tuples, Choices (Unions or Enumerations), Fundamental concepts of heat, work and energy; second law
Lists/Arrays, Pointers and Dynamically Allocated Data. Input of thermodynamics; properties of gases and vapors; basic
output and Files. Laboratory Component: Programming cycles; flow of liquids; steam boilers; steam engines and
Exercises involving development and testing of iterative and pumps; steam turbines and condensers; hydraulic pumps and
procedural programs using bounded and unbounded turbines; internal combustion engine.
iterations, function composition, random access lists,
sequential access lists, dynamically allocated lists, and file ED* ZC311 Manufacturing Process 4
access. Fundamentals of casting process; forging; powder metallurgy;
ED* ZC211 Electrical & Electronics Technology 3 soldering; brazing and welding technology; metal forming
process, its analysis and design; Introduction to Metal cutting,
Electric circuit, electromagnetism, magnetic circuit, machine tools; mechanics of metal cutting; other machining
electrostatics, AC voltage and current, single-phase circuits, processes; grinding and finishing operations; non convention
semiconductor devices, amplifiers, digital systems, machining; chipless machining processes; NC machines
microprocessors, DC machines, polyphase circuits, programming; control system in CNC; CNC, DNC; FMS and
transformers, synchronous machines, induction motors, machining center.
power electronics, measurements, illumination.
ED* ZC321 Mechanics of Solids 3
ED* ZC231 Principles of Management 3
Fundamental principles of mechanics; introduction of
Fundamental concepts of management - planning; mechanics of deformable bodies; forces and moments
organizing; staffing; directing and controlling; production, transmitted by slender members; stress and strain; stress-
financial, personnel, legal and marketing functions; strain-temperature relations; torsion; stresses and defections
accounting and budgeting, balance sheets. due to bending; stability of equilibrium.
ED* ZC232 Engineering Materials 3 ED* ZC322 Kinematics & Dynamics of
Mechanical, electrical, electronic and chemical properties and Machines 3
applications of common engineering materials; ferrous and Kinematics of mechanism: introduction to mechanisms,
non- ferrous metals and alloys; thermosetting and position, displacement, velocity, acceleration analysis, cam
thermoplastic plastics; natural and synthetic resins; rubber; design, gear trains, synthesis of linkages. Dynamics of
glass; abrasives and ceramics; common building materials, machines: static force analysis, dynamic force analysis
namely, timber, stone, lime and cement; corrosion of metals (planar), dynamics of reciprocating engines, balancing, cam
and methods of preventing corrosion; protective and dynamics, flywheels, governors and gyroscopes, free and
decorative coatings; insulating materials; testing of materials. forced vibrations.

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ED* ZC324 Mechatronics & Automation 4 ED* ZC434, Quality Control, Assurance &Reliability 4
Mechatronics design approaches, interfacing, instrumentation Basic concepts of probability and probability distributions,
and control systems, modeling of mechanical and standard probability distribution, sampling and sampling
electromechanical systems, sensors and actuators, distributions, confidence intervals, testing significance,
introduction to automation, pneumatics and hydraulics in statistical tolerance, various types of control charts, statistical
automation, pneumatic circuits for automation, PLC process control techniques, value analysis, defect diagnosis
programming and interfacing with pneumatic and hydraulic and prevention, basic concepts of reliability, reliability design
systems, introduction to MEMS, modeling and simulation of evaluation and control, methods of applying total quality
MEMS, CNC machines, automated material handling, management, production process. Practical assignments on
introduction to FMS. statistical quality control using suitable statistical software
ED* ZC325 Fluid Power Systems 4 tools such as R-software, MS Excel, SAS, Minitab or SPSS.
ED* ZC436Computer Aided Design 4
Introduction to Fluid power, advantages of fluid power,
applications, Introduction to Pneumatics, Air preparation and CAD software and CAD hardware. Mathematical modeling of
Components, Pneumatics Circuits and Applications, Electro parametric curves, surfaces and solids, and their computer
pneumatics, Electrical Controls for fluid power circuits, , simulation on spreadsheets and using specialized solid
Physical properties of hydraulic fluids, Energy and Power in modeling packages. CAD/CAM data exchange. Introduction
Hydraulic Systems, Frictional Losses in Hydraulic Pipelines, to finite element analysis and FEM practice on a specialized
Hydraulic Pumps, Hydraulic Cylinders and Cushioning CAE package. Rapid prototyping. Hands-on in assignments
Devices, Hydraulic Motors, Hydraulic Valves, Hydraulic and CAD project.
Circuit Design and Analysis, Ancillary Hydraulic Devices, ED* ZC441 Automotive Vehicles 3
Hydraulic Conductions and Fittings, Maintenance of Hydraulic
Systems, Use of PLC programming for interfacing Internal combustion engines; vehicle performance; analysis
pneumatics and Hydraulic Circuits. and design of vehicle components. Experimental or
theoretical investigation of problems selected from the field of
ED* ZC332 Mechanical Engineering Design I 4
automotive vehicles.
Introduction to mechanical engineering design, stress and ED*ZC452 Composite Materials and Design 4
strain, deflection and stiffness, introduction to materials and
manufacturing, failures resulting from static loading, failures Introduction to composites, concepts of reinforcement,
resulting from variable loading, design of mechanical strengthening mechanisms, fibrous reinforcements, matrix
elements: screws, fasteners, permanent joints, materials, micromechanical aspects of composites,
nonpermanent joints and mechanical springs. Practice of manufacturing methods, composite production design
machine part and assembly drawings using Pro/Engineer or methods design of tensile members, pressure vessels,
similar solid modeling environment. storage tanks, and other chemical process equipment made
of FRP, design of joints, damage of composites by impact,
ED* ZC342Mechanical Engineering Design-II 4
FRP grids, recent development in manufacturing of
Lubrication and journal bearings, rolling contact bearings, composites and technologies. Simulation of mechanics of
introduction to gearing, spur helical, bevel and worm gears, composite materials using suitable software tools.
clutches, brakes, couplings, flywheels, belts, chains, wire ED* ZC453 Product Design & Development 4
rope,shafts and axles. Practice of machine part and assembly
drawings using Pro/Engineer or similar solid modeling Introduction to product design and development, product
environment. development planning and process tools, technical and
business concerns, understanding customer needs, function
ED* ZC423T Project Work 20
modeling, product teardown and experimentation,
Consistent with the student’s professional background and benchmarking and engineering specifications, product
work-environment, the student will be required to carry out architecture, concept generation, concept selection, concept
work-oriented projects. The student would be required to embodiment, modeling of product metrics, design for X,
select an area of work that is considered vital to the physical prototypes, physical models and experimentation,
sponsoring organization. The topic of the project and detailed robust design, case studies.
project outline that is prepared by the student, in consultation ED* ZC454 Reverse Engineering and Rapid
with his/her Mentor, needs to be approved by the Dean,
WILPD. On approval, the student carries on with the work- Prototyping 4
centered project, adhering to the guidelines provided in the Introduction to reverse engineering, methodologies and
detailed course handout, taking all the prescribed evaluation techniques for reverse engineering, reverse engineering
components on time. At the end of the semester, the student hardware and software, selecting reverse engineering
should submit a comprehensive Project Report, to the system, introduction to rapid prototyping, relationship
Institute for evaluation. The student will be evaluated on the between reverse engineering and rapid prototyping. Reverse
basis of the various interim evaluation components, contents engineering in automotive engineering, aerospace
of the report and Seminar/Viva-Voce that may be conducted engineering, medical device industry. Legal aspects and
at Pilani or at any other Centre approved by the Institute. barriers for reverse engineering. Practice of virtual and
ED* ZC433Mechanical Vibrations & Acoustics 4 physical rapid prototyping of simple models.
Introduction, single degree-of-freedom systems: free and ED* ZC471 Management Information Systems 3
forced vibration problems, concept of resonance and Introduction to Information Systems; Concepts of
damping, vibration isolation, multi-degree-of-freedom management, concepts of information, systems concepts;
systems: modeling of multi-degree-of freedom systems, eigen Information Systems and Organizations; decision making
value problem and calculation of normal modes of a system, process; database systems; data communications; planning,
forced response using modal superposition techniques, designing, developing and implementing information systems;
introduction to acoustics - terminology used in acoustics and quality assurance and evaluation of information systems;
definitive of fundamental quantities 1D wave, equation (plane future developments and their organizational and social
waves) & 3D wave equation, formulation and fundamental implications; decision support system and expert systems.
solution to the equations, measurement of noise & vibration –
vibration measurement principles. EE* ZG511 Environmental Chemistry 5
Fundamentals of Physical Chemistry, Water Chemistry,
Water pollution, Green Chemistry, Fundamentals of

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Analytical Chemistry, Atmospheric Chemistry and air EE* ZG532 Pumps and Automation Systems 4
pollution, Energy and climate change, Toxic compounds, Pumps and Pumping stations: Need of pumping,
Metals, soils, sediments and waste disposal, Case studies
classification and type of pumps, Pumping power, Head and
EE* ZG512 Environmental Biotechnology 5 capacity of pump, site selection pump specification and
Principles, concepts and applications of Biotechnology to the selection; Distribution system: Type of distribution system,
management of environmental problems, Microbial different layout of distribution system, methods of supplying
water, pressures in distribution system, distribution resources
technologies for waste management, Bioremediation of
toxicants, Microbial systems for detoxification, Microbial and its capacity, type of reservoirs & accessories; Valves and
technologies for waste management, Biochemical kinetics Fittings: Different type of valves, hydrants, meters, stop cock
& water tap, pipe fittings, leakage & waste of water factors,
and engineering, Concept of rDNA technology, Regulation
and ethics affecting losses & wastes. Introduction to Automation:
Sensors and actuators for pumping, basic control concepts,
EE* ZG513 Applied Transport Phenomena 5 micro controllers and PLC’s, Introduction to SCADA and HMI
Introduction to fluid, heat and mass transport, Newton’s laws interface; Pump Drivers: Basics of AC motors, Types, starting
of viscosity, Fourier’s laws of heat conduction, Fick’s laws of methods, types coupling, motor and coupling selection; Water
diffusion, Continuity equation, Concept of laminar and Automation systems: Automatic switching systems, control of
turbulent flow, Convective heat and mass transfer, Submersible Pumps, timer based control, level based control,
Introduction to transport equations for fluid, heat and mass Tank to Tank Flow Automation System.
transport, Sedimentation, Packed beds, Fluidization, Pumps EE* ZG533 Industrial Pollution Abatement 4
and compressors, piping networks, Heat and mass transfer
equipment related to environmental systems, Dimensionless Different types of wastes generated in an industry, their
effects on living and non-living things; environmental
numbers and their significance
regulatory legislations and standards and climate changes;
EE* ZG514 Environmental Sampling and analytical quantification and analysis of wastewater and treatment;
methods 5 different unit operations and unit processes involved in
Principles of sample collection and data analysis / conversion of highly polluted water to potable standards;
interpretation, Gravimetric methods, titrimetric methods, atmospheric dispersion of air pollutants, and operating
electrochemical methods, Spectrometric methods of analysis, principles, design calculations of particulate control devices;
Chromatographic methods of analysis, Sampling techniques analysis and quantification of hazardous and non-hazardous
for air and water pollution, Biological methods of analysis, solid wastes, treatment and disposal.
Interpretation of data in environmental monitoring EE* ZG534 Urban Water Management 4
EE* ZG515 Environmental Management Systems 5 The urban water cycle (description, social imperatives,
Study of environmental policies, Environmental laws, environmental considerations, and economic challenges);
Environmental regulations and permit procedures; ISO water supply (availability, service levels, and technical
series; Life Cycle analysis; Environmental audit; options); free basic water, demand management, loss
Environmental impact assessment, Risk assessment, control, use of recycled water; sewage (public health
Hazardous waste management, Integrating environmental considerations, service levels and technical options, the dry-
and safety management; Case studies. versus-wet sanitation debate, social acceptance, and grey
water management); drainage (service levels and technical
EE* ZG521 Physico – Chemical treatment principles & options, sustainable urban drainage systems (SUDS), urban
design for wastewater systems 4 litter management, urban rivers, risk management, and
Pollutant classification, Source selection process, Selection groundwater issues); management (water sensitive urban
of treatment chain, Plant siting, Physical treatment methods design, introduction to asset management, GIS as a water
like screening, sedimentation, filteration, etc., Chemical management tool, and sustainability indicators).
treatment principles like precipitation, coagulation, ozonation EE* ZG611 Energy generation and management in waste
etc., adsorption, Novel processes like membranes, treatment Plants 4
electrodialysis, etc., Design of physico-chemical systems for
wastewater treatment, Case studies. Energy audit and minimization in waste treatment facilities;
Novel energy conservation technologies, Estimation of
EE* ZG522 Biological treatment principles & design for energy potential of waste; Selection of energy generation
wastewater systems 4 technologies coupled with waste treatment, e.g. incinerators,
Fundamentals of biological treatment, Biochemistry and pyrolysis units, bio-digesters and purification and
kinetics of biochemical processes like oxidation, nitrification & enrichment of off gases from these units; Utilization of fuel
denitirification, Dephosphatization, Acedogensis and &fertilizer value of gases & liquids from bio-digesters and
methogenasis, Aerobic and anaerobic treatment processes, pyrolysis units; Energy generation from waste sludge.
Basic description of equipment and design methodologies, EE* ZG612 Environmental remote sensing and GIS 4
Design of reactors and configurations; Case studies for
industrial and wastewater treatment. Principles of remote sensing, Components of GIS: Hardware,
Software and Organization Context, Types of Maps; Spatial
EE* ZG523 Environmental Statistics 4 and Non Spatial, Types of Projections, Editing the Raster
Introduction to probability and Statistics, Probability concepts and Vector data structures, Analysis using raster and Vector
and probability distributions, Fundamentals of data analysis, Data, Data Retrieval, Data Reclassification, Data Overlaying
Uncertainty in Measurement, Precision and accuracy, and Buffering; Data Output; Pollution data gathering in GIS
Reproducibility/repeatability, Types of errors, Error area under consideration through terrestrial and aerial
propagation, Confidence intervals, Hypothesis testing for stations, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) equipped with
equality of mean and standard deviation: t-test, chi-square imaging and spectroscopic probes; Pollution mapping
test and F-test, Errors in hypothesis testing, Experiment coupled to GIS through wireless network; Water body
design and analysis of variances, Autocorrelation, cross- pollution monitoring instruments coupled to GIS through
correlation and sensitivity analysis in data sets, Linear least- wireless network, Thermal and microwave remote sensing,
squares regression. Precision of parameter estimates, Space imaging, Case studies on various applications of GIS
Coefficient of determination; Interpreting statistical results, for environmental management.
documentation and recommendations, Theory of attributes, EE* ZG613 Environmental systems modeling 4
Time series analysis, Case studies
Introduction to air quality models, Atmospheric stability and
turbulence, Gaussian dispersion models, single source and

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multisource models, Transport and fate of pollutant in aquatic characteristics), Natural attenuation, Wastewater unit
systems, Introduction to modeling of river, lake and estuarine operation (preliminary treatment, secondary or biological
hydrodynamics, Stratification and eutrophication of water treatment), Sludge disposal, Industrial waste and their
bodies, Dissolved oxygen model for water streams, characterization (physical, chemical characteristics, health
Computational methods in environmental modeling and hazard), Advanced wastewater treatment (nature of waste,
simulation, Transport and fate of pollutants in soils and application of nanotechnology, biotechnology, and other
ground water, Applications of public domain models and advanced material etc.), Solid waste management (source
software; Case studies. and nature of waste, disposal method, recycle and reuse,
EE* ZG614 Air Pollution Control Technologies 4 guideline and legislation); Water and wastewater sampling
and laboratory analysis.
Introduction to air pollution, Atmospheric diffusion of air
EEE ZG512 Embedded System Design 4
pollutants, Particulate control, Gaseous pollutant control,
Methods for monitoring and control, Selection and design of Introduction to embedded systems; embedded architectures:
control equipments, Meteorological aspects of air pollution, Architectures and programming of microcontrollers andDSPs.
Applications and case studies Embedded applications and technologies; power issues in
EE* ZG621 Solid Waste Management 4 system design; introduction to software and hardware co-
design.
Introduction to solid waste management: Sources and
EEE ZG571 Optical Communication 4
classification, Composition and Properties of Solid Waste and
emerging e-waste, Onsite handling, storage and processing Optical communication systems and components; optical
including segregation, Collection of solid waste, Transfer and sources and transmitters (basic concept, design and
transport, Recycling, Incineration pyrolysis and composting, applications); modulators (electro-optic, acousto-optic and
Processing technique and equipment, Recovery of resources, laser modulation techniques); beam forming; focusing and
conversion products, and energy, Biomedical and hazardous coupling schemes to optical repeators; optical amplifiers;
waste, Electronic waste, Regulatory framework, optical field reception; coherent and non-coherent light wave
categorization, generation, collection, transport, treatment systems; fibre optic communication system design and
and disposal, Leacheate collection and treatment, performance; multichannel light wave systems; long haul
Bioleaching and bioremediation; Case studies. communications; fibre optic networks.
EE* ZG622 Environmental Process Engineering 4 EEE ZG572 Satellite Communication 5
Origin, Nature and composition of solid, liquid and gaseous Review of microwave communications and LOS systems; the
emissions from various processes in Industries, institutions various satellite orbits like GEO, MEO, LEO; the satellite link
and human habitats, Assessment of pollution potential analysis and design; the communication transponder system
through study of process chemistry and process engineering, like INSAT, INELSAT etc; the earth segment and earth
Understanding block flow diagrams (BFD), Process Flow station engineering; the transmission of analog and digital
Diagrams (PFD) and Piping and Instrumentation Diagram signals through satellite and various modulation techniques
(P&ID) and Process Pollution Flow Diagram (PPFD), employed; the multiple access techniques like FDMA, TDMA,
Maximum Attainable Control Technologies (MACT) and Best CDMA, DAMA, etc; the INSAT program; salient features of
Available Control Technologies (BACT), Reasonably INSAT – systems and services offered; satellite services
Available Control Technology (RACT) and Lowest Attainable offered by INTELSAT, INMARSAT and future satellites like
Emission Rate (LAER), List of equipment and processes for IRIDIUM etc; future trends in satellite communications.
BACT/RACT/LAER and their description, Estimating thermo- EEE ZG573 Digital Signal Processing 3
physical and thermodynamic data for pollutants, Use of
software in Environmental Process Engineering Equipment Introduction; design of analog filters; design of digital filters
design and datasheet generation, Technical audit of Existing (IIR and FIR); structures for the realization of digital filters;
process technology, Environmental carrying capacity random signals and random processes; linear estimation and
calculations; Interpretation of field/on-site and laboratory prediction; Wiener filters; DSP processor architecture; DSP
data, Case studies. algorithms for different applications.
EE* ZG623 Environmental Impact and Risk Assessment4 EEE ZG582 Telecom Network Management 5
Introduction to Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), Network architecture and protocols; LAN, MAN and WANs;
Environmental assessment framework, Impact assessment internetworking; network planning; network management
methodologies; Air and water quality Impact analysis (AQIA / concepts and standards; administrative, operational and fault
WQIA), Energy and noise impact analysis (EnIA / NIA), management; security issues; remote network management.
Vegetation, wild life and socio-impact analysis, Environment ENGG ZC111Electrical & Electronics Technology 4
risk assessment, Environmental Impact statement.
Electric circuit, electromagnetism, magnetic circuit,
EE* ZG624 Advanced Water Treatment Technology and electrostatics, AC voltage and current, single-phase circuits,
Water Supply Systems 4 semiconductor devices, amplifiers, digital systems,
The course will cover estimation of water demand, microprocessors, DC machines, polyphase circuits,
characterization of water quality (physical, chemical and transformers, synchronous machines, induction motors,
biological), different unit operations for treatment of water power electronics, measurements, illumination.
(screening, sedimentation, coagulation, filtration, disinfection ENGG ZC232Engineering Materials 4
etc.), nature of emerging contaminants (types of
contaminants and sources, physical & chemical Mechanical, electrical, electronic and chemical properties and
characteristics and their health hazard), advanced techniques applications of common engineering materials; ferrous and
for water purification (includes advanced process such as non- ferrous metals and alloys; thermosetting and
reverse osmosis, desalinization process, membrane filtration thermoplastic plastics; natural and synthetic resins; rubber;
etc., and advanced material such as nanomaterial, composite glass; abrasives and ceramics; common building materials,
material etc.), water distribution system, pumping at the namely, timber, stone, lime and cement; corrosion of metals
mains, water leakage and their detection, water auditing. and methods of preventing corrosion; protective and
decorative coatings; insulating materials; testing of materials.
EE* ZG625 Advanced Wastewater Engineering 4
ENGG ZC241Mechanical Technology 4
The course will cover design of sewer system (including
pumping of swage, sewer hydraulic, layout and construction), Fundamental concepts of heat, work and energy; second law
Characterization of waste (physical, chemical and biological of thermodynamics; properties of gases and vapors; basic

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cycles; flow of liquids; steam boilers; steam engines and ES* ZC142 Computer Programming 4
pumps; steam turbines and condensers; hydraulic pumps and Basic Model of a Computer; Problem Solving-Basic
turbines; internal combustion engine.
Computing Steps and Flow Charting (Assignment,
ENGG ZC242 Maintenance & Safety 3 Sequencing, Conditionals, Iteration). Programming
Objectives, functions, and types of maintenance; defects due Constructs – Expressions, Statements, Conditionals,
to wear; lubrication and surfacing techniques to reduce wear; Iterators/Loops, Functions/Procedures; Data Types –
Primitive Types, Tuples, Choices (Unions or Enumerations),
maintenance of different equipment’s and their elements;
spares planning; overhauling; TPM; safety and safety Lists/Arrays, Pointers and Dynamically Allocated Data. Input
management; environmental safety; chemical safety; output and Files.
occupational health management; control of major industrial ES* ZC212 Engineering Mathematics - II 3
hazards; managing emergencies; employee participation in First order ordinary differential equations, Second order linear
safety; HRD for maintenance and safety. differential equations: initial conditions, boundary conditions,
ES* ZC111 Probability & Statistics 3 Applications of differential equations, Computer
implementation of Euler’s method, Runge-Kutta methods
Probability spaces; conditional probability and independence;
random variables and probability distributions; marginal and and Finite difference method for two point boundary value
problem, Sturm-Liouville problem, Laplace transforms,
conditional distributions; independent random variables;
Fourier series, Classification of second order partial
mathematical expectation; mean and variance; binomial,
Poisson and normal distributions; sum of independent differential equations, Analytical solutions of heat, wave and
random variables; law of large numbers; central limit theorem Laplace equations using method of separation of variables.
Numerical experiments will be carried out/performed using
(without proof); sampling distribution and test for mean using
normal and student's t-distribution; test of hypothesis; MATLAB.
ES* ZC120 Chemistry - II 3
correlation and linear regression.
ES* ZC115 General Physics I 3 Industrially important reactions; homogeneous and
Units, Physical Quantities and Vectors; Motion along a heterogeneous catalysis; important materials and its
straight line; Motion in two and three dimensions; Newton’s applications, especially polymer materials; alternative energy
applications; wide range of characterization tools of
Laws of Motion; Applying Newton’s Laws; Work and Kinetic
Energy; Potential Energy and Energy Conservation; molecules and materials for industrial applications.
ES* ZC217 Materials Science - I 3
Momentum, Impulse and Collisions; Rotation of Rigid Bodies;
Dynamics of Rotational Motion; Equilibrium and Elasticity; Fundamentals of materials: elastic moduli; atomic bonding;
Fluid Mechanics; Gravitation; Periodic Motion; Mechanical crystalline structure; imperfections; application of elastic
deformation; Strength of materials: yield strength, tensile
Waves; Sound and Hearing
ES* ZC116 English Language Practice 3 strength & ductility; modification of properties; Failure:
fracture; fatigue; creep; corrosion; friction & wear; Properties
Writing Grammar and usage, sentence completion, jumbled
of materials: thermal, electrical, magnetic; Material selection:
sentences, emphatic word order, vocabulary building,
message organization, paragraph development techniques functional, environmental, cost & availability.
ES* ZC218 Introduction to Thermodynamics &
and note taking. Reading: Skimming, scanning, rapid reading,
Applications 4
analytical reading, factual reading, and aesthetic reading.
Listening: Content listening, critical listening, aesthetic Fundamental concepts, thermodynamic properties, equations
listening, empathetic listening, listening to short of state, laws of thermodynamics and their application to
industrial systems, entropy and its significance, basics
conversations, stories, lectures.
ES* ZC117 Chemistry-I 3 concepts of thermodynamics applied to chemical reactions,
Structure of atoms; formation of molecules and related reaction equilibrium and combustion calculations.
ES* ZC219 Materials Science - II 3
bonding theories with the help of quantum chemistry;
properties of solid, liquid and gas; chemical thermodynamics Metal structures; phase diagrams; structural change; kinetics;
and its applications to solutions, equilibrium and alloys; carbon steel; alloy steels; metal processing –
materials science perspective; ceramics; cement & concrete;
electrochemical systems and chemical kinetics.
ES* ZC118 General Physics II 3 polymers; composites; wood; material characterization
Electric Charge and Electric Field; Gauss’s Law; Electric supported by lab.
ES* ZC220 Introduction to Economics 3
Potential; Capacitance and Dielectrics; Current, Resistance
Big ideas in economics; Functioning of economy; Scarcity
and Electromotive Force; Direct Current Circuits; Magnetic
Fields and Magnetic Forces; Sources of Magnetic Field; and choice; Consumer behaviour; Firm behaviour;
Competitive markets; Labour markets; Unemployment;
Electromagnetic Induction; Inductance; Alternating Current;
Electromagnetic Waves; Nature and Propagation of Light; Capital market; Banking and non-banking financial institution;
Geometric Optics; Interference; Diffraction Central banking; Economic growth; Inflation; Monetary policy;
ES* ZC119 General Physics III 3 Fiscal Policy.
ES* ZC225 Environmental Studies 3
Temperature and Heat; Thermal Properties of Matter; The
First Law of Thermodynamics; The Second Law of Environment, human population, and industrialization; natural
Thermodynamics; Relativity; Photons - Light waves behaving resources and the impact of man-made activities on them;
as particles; Particles behaving as Waves; Quantum structure and function of ecosystem, population ecology,
mechanics I - Wave functions; Quantum Mechanics II - biodiversity and its conservation, overview of natural
Atomic Structure; Molecules and Condensed Matter; Nuclear resources, environmental pollution, social issues and the
Physics; Particle Physics and Cosmology. environment, and environmental impact assessment.
ES* ZC131 Engineering Mathematics - I 3
ES* ZC227 Basic Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Differential and integral calculus in one dimension, vector 4
algebra, calculus of several variables, partial derivatives,
Passive circuit elements; network theorems and analysis;
directional derivatives, maxima and minima in higher introduction to single and three phase systems; DC/AC
dimensions, constrained maxima and minima using Lagrange
machines; electrical installation; semiconductors - operation
multipliers, vector calculus – properties of grad, div and curl,
of diodes, bipolar junction transistors and field effect
line, surface and volume integrals, Green’s, Gauss and transistors.
Stokes theorems, Complex variables – Continuity and ES* ZC232 Fundamentals of Engineering Measurements
Differentiability, analytic functions, harmonic functions, 4
Cauchy Riemann equations. Introduction to measurement techniques; the basic concept of
units, static & dynamic performance characteristics and error
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and circuits; measuring instruments and their applications; ES* ZC337 Digital Electronics & Microcontrollers 3
Instrument design aspects, techniques and specifications of Introduction to Digital Systems: Combinational circuits: Logic
electronic instruments; types of transducers used in gates; decoders; encoders; Mux/Demux; Sequential Circuits:
instrumentation and measurement particularly for Latches & Flip-flops; Design of combinational and sequential
Temperature, Pressure, Flow and level variables. circuits; Microcontrollers; Controller architecture; Assembly
ES* ZC234 Linear algebra & Optimisation 3 programming; Peripheral devices – Parallel & Serial I/O
Vector and matrix algebra, systems of linear algebraic interfacing.
ES* ZC338 Digital Manufacturing 4
equations and their solutions; eigenvalues, eigenvectors and
Manufacturing, a historic perspective; Internet of Things &
diagonalization of matrices; Formulation of linear
programming problems, Simplex method, Big-M method, two associated technologies: Smart sensors and actuators, smart
phase method, Sensitivity analysis, Revised and Dual things/ devices, connected factories, cobots, material &
information flow; Digital transformation: preparing and
Simplex Methods.
aligning organizations for digital transformation and cyber
ES* ZC319 Mechanisms 4 physical production systems; development, characteristics
Overview of the various means to effectively convert force and framework; Case studies and examples of digital
into desired motion, Classical mechanisms, mechanisms of factories. Students will gain hands-on experience of various
mechatronics devices; concept of Mechanical Advantage; IOT devices and manufacturing systems through remote lab
Physics of mechanisms such as, inclined planes, jacks, experiments.
levers, linkages, gears, chains, pulleys, genevas, cams, and ES* ZC339 Engineering Design and drawing 4
clutches; Safety mechanisms; Torque, speed, tension & The course introduces the subject with a real-life illustrative
limit control mechanisms; Free and forced vibrations; project, deducing the product design process, concept to
vibration control; Hydraulic & pneumatic mechanisms; Bio- model to detailed design to manufacturing to disassembly.
mechanics. The course then proceeds in developing simple models using
ES* ZC320 Introduction to Industrial Instrumentation 4 engineering modelling tools. The student will undertake a
Importance and objectives of process control; process team project to design and model a simple product or
modelling; system dynamics (first order and second order); assembly using modelling software.
control structures: ON-OFF control, Proportional Integral and ES* ZC340 Introduction to Supply Chain Management 3
Derivative control; tuning; analog signal conditioning; PID Overview of the supply chain concept, its elements and
implementation; actuators and final control elements; other interactions; integrated view of the supply chain; global
control configurations; Piping and Instrumentation Diagram; supply chains, benefits and challenges; make-buy-
Programmable Logic Controllers. outsourcing decisions; forecasting, aggregate planning and
ES* ZC321 Manufacturing Sciences 4 scheduling, materials requirement planning, inventory
Principles, methods and equipment; product disassembly management systems, distribution systems.
studies; science and engineering principles of metal casting, ES* ZC345 Maintenance for productivity and safety 3
metal forming, joining, and metal cutting; common defects The major industrial disasters, their causes and
and the physics behind them. consequences, learnings from the history, predictive and
ES* ZC333 Introduction to Transport Phenomena 3 preventive maintenance practices, statistical measure of
Introduction and basic concepts in fluid mechanics; fluid equipment uptime, TPM as an integrated approach to
statics and fluid kinematics; dimensional analysis; mass, maintenance.
momentum and energy balance; internal flows, external flow, ES* ZC346 Manufacturing Systems Design & Analysis 4
pressure loses and flow devices; basics of heat transfer: Historical evolution of manufacturing systems, mass
conduction, convection and radiation; convective heat production and its attributes, the need for new production
transfer coefficients radiation view factor; and heat transfer system; Toyota way, how Toyota went about discovering,
equipment. Introduction to mass transfer; molecular diffusion; designing, developing and deploying the Toyota production
mass transfer coefficient. systems, the challenges; Tool and techniques: JIT, Pull,
ES* ZC334 Numerical & Computational Methods 3 Kanban, level production, 5S, throughput & takt, SMED,
Numerical solution of differential equations including Jidoka. Finally, the course concludes by providing an
fundamentals: roots of single nonlinear and simultaneous integrated view of Toyota Production Systems. The concepts
(Matrix) equations, least squares fitting and statistical are illustrate using simple models.
goodness, interpolation, finite differences, differentiation, ES* ZC347 Quality Control & Metrology 4
integration, eigen solutions. Engineering problem solving Overview of quality control, quality management and
using MATLAB; Working with Variables: creating variables, dimensional metrology; Quality control: Statistical basis of
data import from external sources, data entry, scalars, vector sampling & process control; Quality management: Principles
and matrix data, vector and matrix arithmetic, plotting and & practices including quality system standards; Metrology:
visualization. Lab component: Exercises drawn from Measurement system nomenclature, measurement of
engineering industry, solved using the various tools and distance, form and surface; calibration.
methods learnt in the course. ES* ZC348 Robotics and Automation 3
ES* ZC335 Integrated Engineering Science 3 Fundamentals of automation and robotics such as types of
This is a cross-disciplinary course, aims to integrate the automation, history of robotics, robot anatomy, end-effectors
various engineering science concepts and practices learned and sensors. Application of basic mathematics in the motion
in the earlier semesters. The course adopts a problem-based analysis and control of robots using forward and inverse
learning approach, wherein industry scale problems from the kinematics and control theory. Fundamentals and
specialization streams are drawn and discussed with a applications of machine vision and artificial intelligence.
particular emphasis on the environmental and ethical Programming the robot for performing simple tasks using
dimensions. motion, end-effector and sensor commands. Social issues,
ES* ZC336 Contemporary Manufacturing Processes 4 future and the applications of robotics.
Manufacturing process, attributes and equipment: Investment ES* ZC229T Project 5
& die castings; metal forming and machining. The classroom Apply the knowledge of the foundation in the workplace to
learning is augmented with virtual labs. Additive design/ improve an existing process or product as a team;
manufacturing: The distinctive features; technology; methods; demonstrate team working & communication skills, and
applications. Students will execute team project designing ethical & environmental concerns in addition to critical
and developing simple products using additive process. Non- thinking abilities; the student’s actual day-to-day task
traditional manufacturing: Classifications; applications and involvement would constitute the central thread of the
limitations. learning process. The evaluation will recognize this aspect by

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demanding day-to-day engagement and productivity of the Clusters/Grids. Storage QoS – Performance, Reliability, and
student. Security issues.
ES* ZC498T Capstone Project 10
ES* ZC481 Computer Networks 3
Real life problems encompassing design, analysis, and
improvement projects obtained from the workplace/ third Introduction, history and development of computer networks;
party vendors; jointly mentored by the industry experts and Reference models; Physical Layer: theoretical basis,
faculty; to learn and demonstrate the various skills and transmission media, types of transmission; MAC sub-layer:
competencies gained throughout the program with a local area networks, FDDI; Data Link Layer: Sliding Window
particular emphasis on team-working, communication, protocols, design aspects; Network Layer: routing algorithms,
planning, ethics and environmental concerns. Presentation of congestion control algorithms, internetworking; Transport
the progress and results in appropriate forms; Periodic review Layer: Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN),
of progress of the project. Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) - reference models,
service classes, switch design, LAN emulation; Application
ES ZC263Digital Electronics and Microprocessors4
Layer protocols.
Binary logic gates; logic circuits; Boolean algebra and K-map
ES* ZG511 Mechatronics 5
simplification; number systems and codes; arithmetic logic
units; flipflops; registers and counters; introduction to Concepts of measurement of electrical and non-electrical
microprocessors; architecture; instruction set and parameters; displacement, force, pressure etc. and related
programming; memory and I/O interfacing examples of signal conditioning techniques, drives and actuators,
system design. concepts of microprocessors/ microcontrollers architecture
and programming, memory and I/O interfacing. System
ES ZC343 Microprocessors & Microcontollers3
design concepts through case studies.
Introduction to microprocessors and microcontrollers. ES* ZG512 Embedded System Design 4
Architecture of 8086 microprocessors; Assembly directives,
Assembly language programs with algorithms, Memory Introduction to embedded systems; embedded architectures:
interfacing and timing diagrams; Architecture of 8-bit Architectures and programming of microcontrollers and
microcontrollers; Assembly language programming for DSPs. Embedded applications and technologies; power
microcontrollers; Interfacing I/O devices; System design issues in system design; introduction to software and
examples. hardware co-design.
ES*ZG629T Dissertation 20 ES* ZG513 Network Security 4
A student registered in this course must take a topic in an This course examines issues related to network and
area of professional interest drawn from the on the job work information security. Topics include security concepts,
requirement which is simultaneously of direct relevance to the security attacks and risks, security architectures, security
degree pursued by the student as well as to the employing / policy management, security mechanisms, cryptography
collaborating organization of the student and submit a algorithms, security standards, security system interoperation
comprehensive report at the end of the semester working and case studies of the current major security systems.
under the overall supervision and guidance of a professional ES* ZG514 Mechanisms & Robotics 5
expert who will be deemed as the supervisor for evaluation of
all components of the dissertation. Normally the Mentor of the Classification of robots & manipulators; fields of application;
student would be the Dissertation supervisor and in case synthesis of planar & spatial mechanisms; methods of
Mentor is not approved as the supervisor, Mentor may play function & path generation; coupler curve synthesis; linkages
the role of additional supervisor. The final grades for with open loop; actuators & drive elements; microprocessor
dissertation are Non-letter grades namely Excellent, Good, application and control of robots.
Fair and Poor, which do not go into CGPA computation. ES* ZG520 Wireless & Mobile Communication 5
ES* ZC424 Software for Embedded Systems 3 Signal propagation in a mobile environment, modulation,
Real-time and Embedded Systems; Software issues in coding, equalization; first generation generation systems;
Embedded Systems; Software Development Process; multiple access techniques like FDMA, TDMA, CDMA,
Requirements Analysis– Use Cases, Identification and spread spectrum systems; second & third generation
Analysis of use cases, Use Case Diagrams. Design – systems, UMTS, IMT-2000; Wireless LAN, Wireless ATM and
Architectural Design, Design Patterns, Detailed Design. Mobile IP; emerging trends in Wireless & Mobile
Implementation – Languages, Compilers, Runtime Communication.
Environments and Operating Systems for embedded ES* ZG523 Project Management 4
software. Testing – Methodologies, Test Cases.
Concepts and techniques of project formulation, evaluation
ES* ZC441 Robotics 3 and implementation; Project planning and scheduling; Risk
The objective of this course is to make the students familiar management; Time-cost trade off; Resource leveling and
with Robotics, the main components of kinematics, sensors, allocation; Project monitoring and control; Contract
transmission and drives, control systems, intelligence and management.
vision, geometric modelling and reasoning, assembly ES* ZG524 Real Time Operating Systems 5
planning, grasping, collision avoidance, mobile robots, force
strategies, uncertainty analysis, and representation of visual Introduction to real-time systems, clock synchronization task
world. assignment and scheduling, programming language with real-
time support, ADA, real-time communication protocols, real-
ES* ZC446 Data Storage Technologies & Networks 3 time database, fault tolerant techniques, reliability evaluation
Storage Media and Technologies – Magnetic, Optical and methods; case studies in real-time operating systems,
Semiconductor media, techniques for read/write operations, simulation of real-time systems, embedded system
issues and limitations. Usage and Access – Positioning in the programming.
memory hierarchy, Hardware and Software Design for ES* ZG525 Avionics Systems 5
access, Performance issues. Large Storages – Hard Disks,
Networked Attached Storage, Scalability issues, Networking Civil avionics systems, fly-by-wire technology, flight control
issues. Storage Architecture. - Storage Partitioning, Storage systems, engine control systems, fuel systems, hydraulic
System Design, Caching, Legacy Systems. Storage Area systems, electrical systems, pneumatic systems,
Networks – Hardware and Software Components, Storage environmental control systems, navigational systems,
emergency systems, rotary wing systems, advanced
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technology, environmental conditions, flight management zeros. A/D and D/A converters as system elements. FIR and
systems, vehicle health management systems, IIR behaviour, noise and its nature. AR, MA, and ARMA
communication protocols, hardware certification process, models of systems. The Fourier transform and what it
software certification process, certification considerations for conveys. Processing requirements of a DSP, floating point
highly integrated / complex aircraft systems. DSP’s: the TMS320C3x family. Memory organization,
ES* ZG526 Advanced Computer Networks 5 interrupt systems, and I/O interface with the TMS320C3x
family. The TMS320C31 as an embedded controller, drive
Topics in advanced networking – Quality of Service in IP control features. Applications in vector and direct torque
networks, IPv6, Wireless and Mobile Networks, Carrier control of synchronous motors, vector and direct torque
Technologies (Frame Relay, FDDI, ISDN, ATM), Peer-to- control of induction motors, torque control of SRM’s.
Peer Networks and Overlays, Routing and QoS Issues in
ES* ZG571 Optical Communication 5
Optical Networks.
ES* ZG531 Pervasive Computing 4 Optical communication systems and components; optical
sources and transmitters (basic concept, design and
Select application architectures; hardware aspects; human- applications); modulators (electro-optic, acousto-optic and
machine interfacing; device technology: hardware, operating laser modulation techniques; beam forming; focusing and
system issues; software aspects, java; device connectivity coupling schemes to optical repeaters; optical amplifiers;
issues and protocols; security issues; device management optical field reception; coherent and non-coherent lightwave
issues and mechanisms; role of web; wap devices and systems; fibre optic communication system design and
architectures; voice-enabling techniques; PDAs and their performance; multichannel lightwave systems; long haul
operating systems; web application architectures; communications; fibre optic networks.
architectural issues and choices; smart card-based
ES* ZG573 Digital Signal Processing 3
authentication mechanisms; applications; issues and
mechanisms in WAP-enabling; access architectures; Introduction; design of analog filters; design of digital filters:
wearable computing architectures. (IIR and FIR); structures for the realization of digital filters;
ES* ZG532 Testability for VLSI 5 random signals and random processes; linear estimation and
prediction; Wiener filters; DSP processor architecture; DSP
BIST, boundary sean, stuck-at faults, test generation algorithms for different applications.
algorithms for combinatorial logic circuits and sequential
ES* ZG611 Advanced Control Systems 5
circuits, logic simulation and fault simulation, synthesis for
test, built in self-test, pseudo-random test techniques, other Review of State variable modelling of linear continuous, linear
test methods - IDDQ testing, boundary scan etc. discrete and nonlinear control systems; Time varying
ES* ZG545 Control & Instrumentation for Systems 5 systems; Time domain solution; Controllability and
observability; Stability; direct method of Lyapunov; Modal
The regulation and control problem with reference to power control; Optimal Control System; Calculus of variation,
electronic converters. Converter models for feedback: basic Minimum principle, dynamic programming, search
converter dynamics, fast switching, piece-wise linear models, techniques, Ricatti equation, Stochastic processes and
discrete-time models. Voltage mode and current mode Stochastic estimation and control; Adaptive Control system.
controls for DC-DC converters, comparator based control for
ES* ZG612 Fault Tolerant System Design 5
rectifier systems, proportional and proportional-integral
control applications. Control design based on linearisation: Principles of fault tolerant systems, redundancy, parallel and
transfer functions, compensation and filtering, compensated shared resources, spatial systems, configurations, design
feedback control systems. Hysteresis control basics, and aspects etc.
application to DC-DC converters and inverters. General ES* ZG613 Advanced Digital Signal Processing 5
boundary control: behaviour near a boundary, and choice of
suitable boundaries. Basic ideas of fuzzy control techniques, Review of stochastic processes, models and model
and performance issues. Sensors for power electronic classification, the identification problem, some field of
circuits, speed and torque transducers. applications, classical methods of identification of impulse
response and transfer function models, model learning
ES* ZG553 Real Time Systems 5
techniques, linear least square estimator, minimum variance
Real time software, Real time operating systems-scheduling, algorithm, stochastic approximation method and maximum
virtual memory issues and file systems, real time data bases, likelihood method, simultaneous state and parameter
fault tolerance and exception handling techniques, reliability estimation of extended kalman-filter, non-linear identification,
evaluation, data structures and algorithms for real quasi linearization, numerical identification methods.
time/embedded systems, programming languages, compilers ES* ZG621 VLSI Design 5
and run time environment for real time/embedded systems,
real time system design, real time communication and Introduction to NMOS and CMOS circuits; NMOS and CMOS
security, real time constraints and multi-processing and processing technology; CMOS circuits and logic design;
distributed systems. circuit characterization and performance estimation;
Structured design and testing; Symbolic layout systems;
ES* ZG554 Reconfigurable Computing 5
CMOS subsystem design; System case studies.
Overview of Programmable Logics. FPGA fabric ES* ZG625 Safety Critical Embedded System Design 4
architectures. Logic Elements and Switch Networks. Design
and Synthesis of Combinational and Sequential Elements. Architecture / Design practices for Safety critical systems;
Placement and Routing. Pipelining and other Design DO178B standards. Methodology of Certification and
Methodologies. Fine-grained and Coarse-Grained FPGAs. Qualification for DO178B, Modelling real time systems (UML-
Static and Dynamic Reconfiguration. Partitioning. RT, and the tools), Reliable, common system bus – VME,
Hardware/Software Portioning and Partial Evaluation; ASCB, SafeBus, MultiBus II etc. Safety critical system busses
Systolic Architectures. & protocols, ARINC 429, 629, Mil-1553B & 1773, Ethernet
based switched network for safety critical applications, Real
ES* ZG556 DSP Based Control of Electric Drives 3
time and safety standard and certifications, Reliability
State space and transfer matrix representations, Maintainability & Safety of Embedded Systems. FPGA and
representation of nonlinear systems by update of parameters, ASIC based design, Low-Power Techniques in RT
output feedback and state feedback control, basic notion of Embedded Systems On-chip networking. Hardware Software
state estimation. Sampling of signals, discrete representation partitioning and scheduling, Co-simulation, synthesis and
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verifications, Architecture mapping, HW-SW Interfaces and ET ZC352 Energy Management 4
Re-configurable computing. Energy management principles; energy conservation; energy
ES* ZG641 Hardware Software Co-Design 4 auditing; analysis; formulation of energy management
options; economic evaluation, implementation & control;
FPGA and ASIC based design, Low-Power Techniques in RT
Embedded Systems On-chip networking. Hardware Software energy conservation techniques – conservation in energy
partitioning and scheduling, Co-simulation, synthesis and intensive industries; steam generation, distribution systems,
and electrical systems; integrated resource planning;
verifications, Architecture mapping, HW-SW Interfaces and
Re-configurable computing. demand-side. management; cogeneration; total energy
schemes; thermal insulation; energy storage; economic
ES* ZG642 VLSI Architecture 4 evaluation of conservation technologies; analysis of typical
Overview of CISC processor architectures; Instruction set applications.
architecture of CISC processor; hardware flow-charting ET ZC362Environmental Pollution Control 3
methods; implementing microprocessor logic from hardware
flowcharts; RISC instruction set architecture; pipelined Air and water pollutants; sampling and analysis; control
methods for air & water pollutants; modeling of different
execution of RISC instructions; pipeline execution unit
control techniques; advanced wastewater treatment
design; control hazards; design of memory hierarchy.
processes; solid waste management, noise pollution; case
ES* ZG651 Networked Embedded Applications 4 studies.
Networked embedded systems, Clock synchronization, ET ZC348 ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING 4
Protocol mechanisms protocol performance, CAN Bus
architecture, USB Architecture, Embedded Internet, Introduction to Additive Manufacturing, CAD for Additive
Manufacturing; Material Science Aspects in Additive
distributed computing, Use of Java in building networked
systems, Reliability & Fault Tolerance etc. Mission-critical Manufacturing, Different materials used in AM, Use of
distributed real-time applications, e.g., military, air traffic multiple materials, multifunctional and graded materials in
AM, Role of solidification rate; Various Additive
control; Prototyping benchmark applications, e.g. simulated
air traffic visualization, radar display; Networking: TCP/IP, Manufacturing Processes Powder ‐ based AM processes
distributed objects; Embedded system programming and involving sintering and melting, Printing processes (droplet
based 3D printing), Fused deposition modelling (FDM),
middleware: I/O, analog / digital conversion, DSP, runtime
Laminated object manufacturing, Stereolithography, Micro
monitoring of CPU, processes, network equipment; Modeling
and nano additive manufacturing processes; Modelling in
distributed real-time systems; Quality of service maintenance.
Additive Manufacturing Transport phenomena models:
ET ZC234 Manufacturing Processes 4 temperature and fluid flow, molten pool formation, Various
Fundamentals of casting process; forging; powder metallurgy; case studies modelling of fusion based AM process, powder
soldering; brazing and welding technology; metal forming bed melting based process, droplet based printing process;
process, its analysis and design; Introduction to Metal cutting, Applications of Additive Manufacturing in Aerospace,
machine tools; mechanics of metal cutting; other machining Automotive, Electronics industries and Biomedical
processes; grinding and finishing operations; non convention applications
machining; chipless machining processes; NC machines ET ZC349 IoT in MANUFACTURING 4
programming; control system in CNC; CNC, DNC; FMS and
machining center. Safe work practices and workplace safety, Industrial
revolution 4.0, Forces behind Industry 4.0 (IoT, big data and
ET ZC323 Mechatronics and Automation 4 cloud computing, robotics and artificial intelligence),
Introduction to mechatronics, sensors and transducers, Connected factories (what is connected factory and criteria
pneumatic and hydraulic actuation systems, mechanical for connected factory), Smart devices and smart products,
actuation systems, electrical actuation systems, digital logic, cyber physical system, definition; cps in manufacturing,
microprocessors and programmable logic controllers; Connecting devices with each other and with internet, Data
Introduction to automation, features of numerical control acquiring and collection, Communication technologies (WIFI,
machine tools, numerical control part programming, control IEEE 802.15.41), RFID, QR codes and cellular technologies,
loops for numerical control systems, computerized numerical Protocols, Hardware in IoT, Software (IDE), Cloud platform,
control, adaptive control systems, industrial robots, automatic Smart devices and control system, Connectivity and
identification and data capture, automated production lines networking in IoT, Smart eyes on shop floor, Integrating
and automated assembly systems. smart into existing, Programming using IoT, Case study and
implementation.
ET ZC341Instrumentation & Control 3
ET ZC412Production Planning & Control 4
Measurement systems, transducers, feedback control,
components: electrical, hydraulic, pneumatic; Signal Generalized model of production systems; types of
conditioning and processing, controllers, display, recording, production flows; life cycle concepts; facilities location and
direct digital control, programmable logic controllers, PC layout planning; aggregate and batch production planning;
based instrumentation. inventory systems; materials requirements planning;
elements of monitoring & production control.
ET ZC342Materials Management 4
ET ZC413 Engineering Design 4
Integrated materials management, policy aspects, purchasing
management, warehousing and storage of inventory control The Engineering Design Process, Current Practices in
systems; appraisal and control; just in time (JIT); automation Engineering Design, Establishing Need, Design Proposal,
in materials management. Formulating the Problem, Structuring the Search for a
Solution: Design Goals and Specifications; Applying and
ET ZC344Instrumentation & Control 4 Protecting Technical Knowledge, Abstraction and Modeling,
Generalized measurement system and performance Synthesis in Engineering Design, Ethics and Product Liability
characteristics, Transducers - principles and applications, Issues, Hazard Analysis and Failure Analysis, Design
Signal conditioning circuits – bridges, amplifiers, data Analysis - Alternative Designs, Prioritizing the Design Goals,
converters, filters; Process control – control schemes, Decision Matrix and Economic Analysis, Implementation -
controllers, multi-loop control configuration, Control valves; Transforming a Design Concept into Reality, Materials
Programmable Logic Controllers, DCS and SCADA, Selection in Design, Common Fabrication Materials,
Simulation, Case Studies. Materials Testing, Manufacturing Processes, Communicating
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ET ZC414 Project Appraisal 3 FIN ZG512 Global Financial Markets and Products 4
Overview of project and project phases; project formulation Capital markets; stock markets, bond markets, derivative
aspects in terms of market studies, technical studies, markets; operations of these markets from a global
financial studies, economic studies, environmental studies, perspective; Overview and features of key financial products,
etc.; project evaluation aspects in terms of commercial equities, fixed income securities and derivatives; bond
profitability prospects, national economic profitability features, indenture, coupon, maturity, YTM, zero coupon,
prospects; issues of project preparation in project valuation, duration, convexity; Equities, product features,
implementation. basic valuation concepts; derivatives, forwards, futures,
ET ZC415 Manufacturing Excellence 4 options, swaps, commodity derivatives, cost of carry,
concepts, basic features, payoff, put call parity, basic option
Introduction, frameworks of manufacturing excellence, strategies; relevant case studies, simulations, modeling.
practices for manufacturing excellence: leadership and
FIN ZG513 Management of Banks & Financial
change management, manufacturing strategy, innovative
Institutions 4
product planning, total productive maintenance, total quality
management, lean manufacturing, customer relations Overview and operation of financial institutions and banks;
management, green manufacturing, supply chain Commercial banking, Investment banking; Define, quantify,
management, knowledge management and social and manage various types of risks faced by financial
responsibility. institutions; asset liability management - overview,
ET ZC423 Essentials of Project Management 3 strategies; off balance sheet activities of banks; sovereign
risk; deposit insurance; capital adequacy; study current best
Programmes project management, project manager: role and practices using selected case studies; bank management
responsibilities, project management and organization, failures; insights from collapse of Lehman Brothers;
project planning and scheduling, graphical techniques and introduction to bank regulation; international considerations;
PERT, CPM, price estimation and cost control; proposal, relevant case studies, simulations, modeling.
control valuation monitoring and trade off analysis in a project
FIN ZG514 Derivatives and Risk Management4
environment, pitfalls and future scenario.
ET ZC426 Plant Layout & Design 4 Overview of Financial Markets. Introduction to derivatives.
Definition of future, forward, option and swap. Difference
Factors affecting plant layout, Types of layout, procedure for between various players of derivative market, their motives
plant layout, techniques and tools for planning layout, and types of position they can hold. Mechanics of future,
quantitative layout analysis, material handling equipment, option & swap markets. Hedging strategies. Option Pricing
improving and revising existing layout, evaluation of layout, and understanding of various factors affecting option price.
plant location, evaluation of location, design of layout, Calculations of Greeks. Introduction to interest rates, yield,
computer applications in layout design. term structure and forward rates. Mechanics of Bond Market.
ET ZC434 Quality Control, Assurance &Reliability 3 Review of concept of compounding and time value of money.
Difference between floating rate and fixed income bonds.
Basic concepts of probability and probability distributions, Price quotes and accrued interest. Pricing of Bonds.
standard probability distribution, sampling and sampling Computation of yield. Bond Price volatility. Duration, Modified
distributions, confidence intervals, testing significance, Duration and convexity. Factors affecting Bond Yields and
statistical tolerance, various types of control charts, statistical the Term Structure. Concept of Risk. Perspective of Risk
process control techniques, value analysis, defect diagnosis from view point of individuals, companies & financial
and prevention, basic concepts of reliability, reliability design institutions. Commercial Banks and risks faced by them.
evaluation and control, methods of applying total quality Different types of Insurance and risk faced insurance
management, production process. companies. Introduction to various risks: Market Risk, Credit
ET ZC442 Advanced Driver Assistance Systems 4 Risk, Operational Risk, Liquidity risk & Model Risk. Concept
of Value at Risk.
Automotive safety systems, assist and autonomous systems,
automotive sensors and actuators for ADAS (stereo and FIN ZG518 Multinational Finance 4
mono cameras ultrasonic sensors, LIDAR, RADAR), Effective financial decision making in a multinational
fundamentals of machine vision, data fusion for ADAS, corporation; issues in global financial management,
mechatronics for ADAS, human – machine interface for international monetary system, balance of payments, foreign
ADAS, telematics and infotainment, ADAS system, legal and exchange markets, international parity conditions, foreign
ethical aspects of ADAS, real time systems and development, currency options, transaction exposure, operating exposure,
advanced driver assistance systems, advanced computer translation exposure, sourcing capital globally, foreign
systems, automated driving applications and systems. investment decisions, basics of multinational taxation,
ET ZC443 Connected Cars 4 transfer pricing, principles of multinational capital budgeting,
Fundamentals of IOT - Architecture, Sensors, Cloud and the and managing multinational operations . Extensive use of
trade-off between polling and storage requirements, Structure case studies and simulations to connect theory with practice.
and implementation of CAN networks, CAN message, priority FIN ZG519 Business Analysis and Valuation 4
& arbitration and the control hardware involved in the
network, data analytics by creating a simple data model using Theory of finance, value maximization, stakeholder theory,
OBD tools, ethical and legal aspects of connected car and corporate objective function: value creation – ways and
applications including data theft, privacy and security means, business analysis: The techniques of strategy and
vulnerabilities, building of predictive analytic model based on competitive analysis, value chain analysis for competitive
in-vehicle data. advantages, business valuation – approaches and methods,
the dark side of valuation: strategic investment decisions.
FIN ZC415 Financial and Management Accounting 4
FIN ZG520 Security Analysis and Portfolio Management
Basic concepts, double entry accounting, journal, ledger, trial 4
balance, profit & loss account, balance sheet, cash flow
statement, financial statement analysis, ratio analysis, cost- Introduction to investment and securities; profile of financial
volume-profit analysis, inventory valuation, inflation assets; new issue market or primary market, initial public
accounting, cost accounting and budgetary control systems, offerings (IPO); secondary market; framework of risk & return;
financial analysis and forecasting. fundamental analysis- economy, industry; company analysis;
stock evaluation models; multiple holding period and multiple
growth rate; bond analysis and bond management strategies;
technical analysis; efficient market theory; portfolio

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management; Markowitz model; Sharpe’s Single Index framework and related metrics; extensive use of relevant
model; capital asset pricing model; financial derivatives, case studies, simulations, modeling.
options & futures. FIN ZG527 International Regulatory
FIN ZG521 Financial Management 4 Framework for Banks 4
Concepts and techniques of financial management decision; Three pillars of the Basel II framework; key elements of risk
concepts in valuation – time value of money; valuation of a management in banks; various methodologies used to
firm’s stock, capital asset pricing model; investment in assets calculate capital and provision requirements under Basel III
and required returns; risk analysis; financing and dividend framework, capital conservation buffer, counter cyclical
policies, capital structure decision; working capital capital buffer; liquidity coverage ratio, NSFR, leverage ratio;
management, management of cash, management of implications for the management of credit risk, market risk
accounts receivable; inventory management, short and and operational risk; basic approach, standardized approach,
intermediate term financing, long term financial tools of advanced approach, etc.; extensive use of relevant case
financial analysis, financial ratio analysis, funds analysis and studies relating to bank failures and 2008 financial crisis.
financial forecasting, operating and financial leverages.
FIN ZG528 Venture Capital & Private Equity 4
FIN ZG522 Mergers, Acquisitions, and Corporate
This course will lay a strong foundation in core concepts,
Restructuring 4
features and characteristics of the venture capital and private
Basics of M&A (corporate finance, strategy, economics), equity markets; specialized services provided by VC's and
merger types, trends; theories underlying M&A; legal aspects; PE funds; stages in VC investing; deal flow; deal sourcing,
evaluating an acquisition target; valuation of mergers and evaluation; risk return tradeoff of VC/ PE investments;
acquisitions, MVA, relative valuation, multiples, DCF, FCFF, valuation of VC/ PE transactions; structuring and execution of
FCFE; M&A deal structuring; synergy analysis; break-up deals; exit options, distributions; Course will make extensive
valuation; sensitivity analysis; terms of merger; financing use of case studies to understand industry best practices and
considerations; capital structure decisions; structuring and current trends.
valuing of Leveraged Buy-out (LBO) transaction; financing HHSM ZG513 Biostatistics & Epidemiology 4
considerations; exit strategies; extensive use of relevant case
studies, simulations, modeling. Methods of collection and presentation of statistical data;
calculation and interpretation of various measures like mean,
FIN ZG523 Market Risk Management 4
median, mode, standard deviation, kurtosis, correlation
Market risk measurement and management in foreign coefficient; probability distributions; sampling and estimation
exchange markets, debt markets, equity markets, of parameters; tests of hypothesis; data analysis. Introduction
commodities markets; application of Value-at-Risk (VaR) to to the principles and methods of epidemiology. Epidemiology
market risk management, VaR methods, VaR mapping, of some illustrative infectious diseases (of bacterial, rickettsial
stress testing, multi factor VaR, limitations of VaR, alternative and viral origins), sexually transmitted diseases, chronic
metrics to VaR, expected shortfall; market risk in bank trading diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular diseases,
strategies; market risk management in fixed income neurological disorders etc. Use of biostatistics in
securities, duration, convexity, advanced term structure epidemiology.
models, mortgage backed securities, pre-payment risk, HHSM ZG516Epidemic & Disaster Management 4
burnout, modeling pre-payment risk; volatility smiles, exotic
options; measuring and managing corporate risk, cash flow Disaster management; impact and response; relief phase;
exposures; extensive use of relevant case studies, disaster mitigation in health sector; disaster preparedness;
simulations, modeling. policy development; man-made disasters; international
agencies providing health based humanitarian assistance;
FIN ZG524 Credit Risk Management 4
and strategies for disaster management.
Default, charge-off, bankruptcy; loan restructuring, loan HHSM ZG517Health Care Management 4
moratorium; counterparty credit risk, measurement,
management; credit risk modeling, quantitative models, Basis of organizational culture and management techniques
Probability of Default, Exposure at Default, Loss Given for efficient administration of health delivery; general
Default, Expected and Unexpected losses; qualitative principles of HR, materials and operation management;
framework, five Cs of credit; application of Value-at-Risk understanding the organizational culture that exists in public,
(VaR) to credit risk management, i.e. Credit VaR, default risk private and non-Govt. sector agencies; management
measurement and management in Fixed Income securities, information system.
and securitization; extensive use of relevant case studies, HHSM ZG614 Hospital Operations Management 4
simulations, modeling.
Operations Management aspects connected with outpatient
FIN ZG525 Operational Risk Management 4 ward, casualty, operation theatres, diagnostic laboratories,
Topics covered include: operational risk measurement, pathology laboratories, pharmacy, diet and nutrition, blood
management framework; internal loss data, external loss bank, laundry, medical records, security, scheduling and
data; key risk indicators; scenario analysis, stress testing; risk deployment of doctors, nurses and other staff, accounts
appetite; reputational risk and operational risk; application of among others; Equipment planning and management,
value-at-risk (VaR) to operational risk management; liquidity Materials management, Management of human resources in
risk, definition, measurement and management; liquidity hospitals, Hospital Management Information Systems,
adjusted VaR; liquidity and leverage; legal risk, compliance Licensing and legal compliance, Quality and accreditation of
risk; fraud risk (internal and external); model risk; enterprise hospitals and healthcare organizations. The course will
risk management; extensive use of relevant case studies, involve onsite visits in a hospital, discussions and
simulations, modeling. presentations on the practical aspects of hospital operations
management.
FIN ZG526 Advanced Risk Models 4
HHSM ZG615 Service Quality Excellence in Healthcare4
Advanced VaR models, expected shortfall, stressed VaR,
historical simulation, delta/ gamma models, full revaluation, Quality in healthcare, Leadership for Quality, Customer
risk factor selection, volatility clustering, structured Monte satisfaction in healthcare, Continual improvement, cost of
Carlo analysis, stress testing, scenario analysis, back testing; quality, Benchmarking, Performance measures, Statistical
country and sovereign risk models; management of country process control, Experimental design, Quality tools, Lean
and sovereign risks, external and internal credit ratings tools applied in healthcare, Case study in healthcare.
methodology and framework; expected and unexpected loss

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HHSM ZG617 Strategic Management of Healthcare Concepts of security and integrity in databases; Distributed
Organizations 4 Databases; Applications using DBMS.
Strategic management function within contemporary health IS ZC337 Database Systems & Applications 4
services organization with focus on organizational strategic
Introduction to Database Management Systems; File
planning processes including principles and methods of organization; Data Independence in databases; Data Models;
strategic assessment, strategy formulation, evaluation, Query processing systems; Database Design techniques;
implementation, and control, Case studies in healthcare
Concepts of security and integrity in databases; Distributed
systems. Databases; Applications using DBMS, database
HHSM ZG631Introduction to Health Systems & programming experiments involving use of SQL, database
Environmental Health 4 creation etc. via online laboratory facility.
Introduction to health systems; functions of health systems; IS ZC343 Software Engineering 4
managing health systems; problems of health systems
Software engineering concepts and methodology; formal
management; Major environmental health problems including requirements specification; estimation; software project
quality of water, waste disposal food production and
planning; detailed design; techniques of design; productivity;
processing, vector control etc. Air pollution and its controlling,
documentation; programming languages styles, code review;
Hazards of radiation, municipal and other wastes, tool, integration and validation; software quality assurance;
Occupational health hazards. software maintenance; metrics, automated tools in software
IS ZC313 Object Oriented Programming & Design 4 engineering.
Object oriented concepts and design, abstraction, IS ZC353 Computer Organization & Architecture 4
architecture and design patterns, GUI programming and
Overview of logic design; Instruction set architecture;
frameworks, design of object oriented solutions using UML, Assembly language programming; Pipelining; Computer
design for concurrency, implementation of solutions using Arithmetic; Control unit; Memory hierarchy; Virtual memory;
object oriented languages like C++ or Java; Language level
Input and output systems; Interrupts and exception handling;
mapping and realization of object oriented constructs, Implementation issues; Case studies; This course covers the
realization and performance issues versus abstraction and fundamentals of computer organization and architecture from
usability.
a programmer's perspective.
IS ZC314 Software Development for Portable Devices 3 IS ZC362Operating Systems 3
Introduction to mobile computing and emerging mobile Introduction to operating systems; Various approaches to
application and hardware platforms; Developing and design of operating systems; Overview of hardware support
accessing mobile applications; Software lifecycle for mobile
for operating systems; Process management: process
application – design and architecture, development – tools, synchronization and mutual exclusion, inter process
techniques, frameworks, deployment; Human factors and communication, process scheduling; CPU scheduling
emerging human computer interfaces (tangible, immersive,
approaches; Memory management: paging, segmentation,
attentive, gesture, zero-input); Select application domains virtual memory, page replacement algorithms; File systems:
such as pervasive health care, m-Health; Mobile web design and implementation of file systems; input/output
browsing, gaming and social networking.
systems; device controllers and device drivers; Security and
IS ZC323Systems Programming 3 protection; Case studies on design and implementation of
operating system modules.
Batch processing Systems programs; operating
characteristics and limitations; parallel processing of I/O and IS ZC363 Data Structures & Algorithms 4
interrupt handling, multiprogramming; multiprocessing Introduction to software design principles, modularity,
systems; design of system modules and interfaces; other
abstract data types, data structures and algorithms; Analysis
selected topics. of algorithms; Linear data structures – stacks, arrays, lists,
IS ZC327 Systems Programming 4 queues and linked representations; Pre-fix, in-fix and post-fix
Batch processing; Systems programs; operating expressions; Recursion; Set operations; Hashing and hash
functions; Binary and other trees, traversal algorithms,
characteristics and limitations; parallel processing of I/O and
interrupt handling, multiprogramming; multiprocessing Huffman codes; Search trees, priority queues, heaps and
systems; design of system modules and interfaces with focus balanced trees; Sorting techniques; Graphs and digraphs;
Algorithmic design techniques; Data structures for external
on contemporary open source operating system-specific
programming; laboratory experiments or programming storage, multi-way search and B-trees; Implementation
assignments involving Unix/Linux System-specific techniques for different data structures including trees,
graphs and search structures; Performance evaluation of
Programming including shell-scripting via online laboratory
facility. data structures and algorithms; Implementation issues in
large data structures.
IS ZC328 Software Testing 3
IS ZC364 Operating Systems 4
Brief description of importance of software, Life cycle model
and process, Basic software testing, all definitions, Types of Introduction to operating systems; Various approaches to
design of operating systems; Overview of hardware support
testing and techniques (CFG, CDG etc.), Black Box & white
box Testing Methodologies, Finite State Machine Model, for operating systems; Process management: process
State based Testing, Static Testing and analysis, Test cases, synchronization and mutual exclusion, inter process
communication, process scheduling; CPU scheduling
Test Data Generation ,Test selection ,Minimizations and
Prioritization, Test adequacy criteria, Software Testing on approaches; Memory management: paging, segmentation,
Web Engineering, Object based Software Testing, virtual memory, page replacement algorithms; File systems:
design and implementation of file systems; input/output
Architecture of Testing tool, Software Test Effort Estimation,
Testing behavior and process model, Qualitative analysis, systems; device controllers and device drivers; Security and
Quality factors in software testing, Selection of testing tools. protection; Case studies on design and implementation of
operating system modules, select laboratory experiments
IS ZC332 Database System & Application 3 related to creating different elements of operating system
Introduction to Database Management Systems; File and/or implementation of select scheduling, memory
organization; Data Independence in databases; Data Models; management and I/O related algorithms/schemes, using
Query processing systems; Database Design techniques; system calls for creating file system specific command,
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IS ZC365 Human Computer Interaction 3 also aims at understanding its implementation using LISP
Principles of human-computer interaction; Evaluation of user and PROLOG languages.
interfaces; Usability engineering; Task analysis, user- IS ZC446 Data Storage Technologies & Networks 3
centered design, and prototyping; Conceptual models and
Storage Media and Technologies – Magnetic, Optical and
metaphors; Software design rationale; Design of windows, Semiconductor media, techniques for read/write operations,
menus, and commands. Voice and natural language I/O; issues and limitations. Usage and Access – Positioning in the
Response time and feedback; Color, icons, and sound;
memory hierarchy, Hardware and Software Design for
Internationalization and localization; User interface access, Performance issues. Large Storages – Hard Disks,
architectures and APIs. Networked Attached Storage, Scalability issues, Networking
IS ZC373 Complier Design 4 issues. Storage Architecture. - Storage Partitioning, Storage
System Design, Caching, Legacy Systems. Storage Area
Introduction to Programming Languages and Compilers,
Programming Language Features, Front End of a Compiler, Networks – Hardware and Software Components, Storage
Back End of a Compiler, Special aspects of compilers and Clusters/Grids. Storage QoS – Performance, Reliability, and
Security issues.
runtime.
IS ZC462 Network Programming 3
IS ZC415 Data Mining 3
Overview of computer networks; inter-process
Data Mining – introduction, fundamental concepts; motivation
and applications; role of data warehousing in data mining; communication; network programming; socket interface;
challenges and issues in data mining; Knowledge Discovery client-server computing model: design issues, concurrency in
server and clients; external data representation; remote
in Databases (KDD); role of data mining in KDD; algorithms
for data mining; tasks like decision-tree construction, finding procedure calls; network file systems; distributed systems
association rules, sequencing, classification, and clustering; design.
applications of neural networks and machine learning for IS ZC464 Machine Learning 3
tasks of classification and clustering.
Neural networks; neuro-computing theory and applications,
IS ZC422 Parallel Computing 3 knowledge representation; computational learning theory;
statistical/probabilistic methods, genetic algorithms;
Introduction to parallel computing; Models of parallel
computers; Interconnection networks, basic communication inductive/analytic/reinforcement learning and bayesian
operations; Introduction to parallel algorithms; Parallel networks; selected topics such as alpha-beta pruning in
programming paradigms; issues in implementing algorithms game trees, computer models of mathematical reasoning,
natural language understanding and philosophical
on parallel computers; Parallel programming with message
passing interface; Performance analysis; Scalability analysis; implications.
Basic design techniques for parallel algorithms; Parallel IS ZC465 Machine Learning 4
algorithms for selected topics like sorting, searching and Introduction to Machine Learning, Various kinds of learning,
merging, matrix algebra, graphs, discrete optimization
Supervised Learning, Unsupervised Learning, Model
problems and computational geometry. Selection; Bayesian Learning, MAP Hypothesis, MDL
IS ZC423 Software Development for Portable Devices 3 Principle, Bias Variance Decomposition, Bayes Optimal
Introduction to mobile computing and emerging mobile Classifier, Naive Bayes Classifier; Linear Models for
Regression, Linear Models for Classification; Non-Linear
application and hardware platforms; Developing and
models, Decision trees; Instance Based Learning, KNN
accessing mobile applications; Software lifecycle for mobile
application – design and architecture, development – tools, Algorithm, CBR Learning; Support Vector Machines, VC
Dimension; Neural Networks, Perceptron Learning, Back
techniques, frameworks, deployment; Human factors and
emerging human computer interfaces (tangible, immersive, Propagation Algorithm; Introduction to Genetic Algorithms.
attentive, gesture, zero-input); Select application domains IS ZC467 Computer Networks 4
such as pervasive health care, m-Health; Mobile web Introduction, history and development of computer networks;
browsing, gaming and social networking.
Reference models; Physical Layer: theoretical basis,
IS ZC424 Software for Embedded Systems 3 transmission media, types of transmission; MAC sub-layer:
Real-time and Embedded Systems; Software issues in local area networks, FDDI; Data Link Layer: Sliding Window
Embedded Systems; Software Development Process; protocols, design aspects; Network Layer: routing algorithms,
congestion control algorithms, internetworking; Transport
Requirements Analysis– Use Cases, Identification and
Analysis of use cases, Use Case Diagrams. Design – Layer: Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN),
Architectural Design, Design Patterns, Detailed Design. Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) - reference models,
service classes, switch design, LAN emulation; Application
Implementation – Languages, Compilers, Runtime
Environments and Operating Systems for embedded Layer protocols, Laboratory experiments / assignments
related to simulation of network protocols, programming
software. Testing – Methodologies, Test Cases.
simple network applications, implementing select routing
IS ZC425 Data Mining 3 algorithms via online laboratory facility.
Data Mining – introduction, fundamental concepts; motivation IS ZC471 Management Information Systems 3
and applications; role of data warehousing in data mining;
challenges and issues in data mining; Knowledge Discovery Introduction to Information Systems; Concepts of
in Databases (KDD); role of data mining in KDD; algorithms management, concepts of information, systems concepts;
Information Systems and Organizations; decision making
for data mining; tasks like decision-tree construction, finding
association rules, sequencing, classification, and clustering; process; database systems; data communications; planning,
applications of neural networks and machine learning for designing, developing and implementing information systems;
quality assurance and evaluation of information systems;
tasks of classification and clustering.
future developments and their organizational and social
IS ZC444 Artificial Intelligence 3 implications; decision support system and expert systems.
The object of this course is to give an introduction to the IS ZC472 Computer Graphics 3
problems and techniques of A.I. along with the applications of
A.I. techniques to the fields like natural language Generation of dots, lines, arcs and polygons; color graphics,
shades and levels; image transformation, windowing and
understanding, image
processing, game theory and problem solving. The course clipping; 2-D and 3-D graphics; data structures, algorithms

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and optimization methods; case studies using GKS, CORE, MBA ZC415 Financial and Management Accounting 4
etc; graphic languages and compilers. Basic concepts, double entry accounting, journal, ledger, trial
IS ZC481 Computer Networks 3 balance, profit & loss account, balance sheet, cash flow
statement, financial statement analysis, ratio analysis, cost-
Introduction, history and development of computer networks;
Reference models; Physical Layer: theoretical basis, volume-profit analysis, inventory valuation, inflation
transmission media, types of transmission; MAC sub-layer: accounting, cost accounting and budgetary control systems,
financial analysis and forecasting.
local area networks, FDDI; Data Link Layer: Sliding Window
protocols, design aspects; Network Layer: routing algorithms, MBA ZC416 Managerial Economics 4
congestion control algorithms, internetworking; Transport Fundamental concepts, supply, demand, market mechanism;
Layer: Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN), theory of demand (consumer behaviour); production, costs
Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) - reference models,
(theory of the firm); market structures (perfect competition,
service classes, switch design, LAN emulation; Application monopoly, monopolistic competition, oligopoly); circular flow
Layer protocols. of income, national income accounting, national income
MATH ZC161Engineering Mathematics I 3 determination; money and banking, employment, interest,
inflation, economics of information, problem of adverse
Limit concept; derivatives of elementary functions and their
applications; introduction to ordinary and partial differential selection, moral hazard problem, market failure, externalities,
equations and initial/boundary value problems. Convergence public goods.
tests for series; power series and interval of convergence; MBA ZC417 Quantitative Methods 4
series solution of differential equations. Approximation and
Grouping data, measures of central tendency and dispersion,
error, interpolation; roots of algebraic and transcendental probability distribution, sampling and estimation, testing
functions, Newton's method. hypotheses, chi-square and analysis of variance, regression
MATH ZC222Discrete Structure for Computer Science 3 and correlation, non-parametric methods, time series and
forecasting, index numbers, decision theory, linear
Sets and relations; graphs and digraphs; trees, lists and their
uses; partially ordered sets and lattices; Boolean algebras programming, transportation and assignment problems,
and Boolean expressions; semi groups and machines; codes queuing theory, network problems, simulation; application of
statistical software (SYSTAT, SPSS, SIMULA8, etc.) and
and applications.
spreadsheets.
MATH ZC232Engineering Mathematics II 3
MBA* ZC419Financial Risk Analytics 4
Algebra of vectors and matrices; Gauss's row-reduction
process; applications of simultaneous linear equations and The course will first cover the basics of Financial Risk and
then focus on applications such as: currency, interest rate
matrix inversion; determinants and Cramer's rule. Numerical
differentiation and integration; numerical methods for solving derivatives, equity markets and products, and commodity
ordinary and partial differential equations. markets and products. Major topics include methodologies for
measuring and analyzing volatility (a key metric of risk)
MATH ZC233 Calculus 4 including EWMA, ARCH & GARCH processes, volatility
Limits, continuity, differentiation, integration, Fourier series, clusters and the issue of time varying volatility; Extreme value
ordinary differential equations for initial and boundary value theory; Measuring risk using Value-at-Risk, including
problems, solution through Laplace transforms, numerical computation of VaR by various methods, and stress testing;
solution using Picard’s iteration and higher order methods, Monte Carlo simulation, address issues in generating price
partial derivatives, partial differential equations, analytical process (such as Brownian Motion, Ito Process), Cholesky
solution techniques. decomposition in computing multi-asset VaR; Currency risk
analysis in global investing, interest rate parity (covered and
MATH ZC234 Linear Algebra & Optimization 3 uncovered); Value at risk for fixed income portfolios; Credit
Vector and matrix algebra, systems of linear algebraic Risk Analytics. The topics covered in this course will have
equations and their solutions; eigen values, eigenvectors and inbuilt case studies in financial risk management so as to
diagonalization of matrices; Formulation of linear understand the practical implications of the methodologies
programming problems, Simplex method, Big-M method, two covered in the course.
phase method, Sensitivity analysis, Revised and Dual MBA ZG511 Managing People & Organizations 4
Simplex Methods.
Concepts and principles of management as applied to a
MBA ZC411 Marketing 4 variety of organizations; study of managerial roles, styles,
Definition and scope, consumer behavior, competitive activities and decision making; relationship with
behavior, demand estimation, new product introduction, organizational effectiveness; planning activities, leadership &
product/brand management, pricing policies, channels of control; manpower development; organizational behavior and
distribution, credit management, advertising and other sales theory.
promotion, positioning, marketing regulation, market research MBA* ZG512Predictive Analytics 4
basics of industrial marketing.
Basic concepts in predictive analytics / predictive modeling.
MBA* ZC413 Analytics for Competitive Advantage 4 Two core paradigms for predictive modeling: classification
In today's competitive business environment, high performing and regression. Identification of important variables and their
companies are doing more than just collecting data, storing it relation to each another. Basic modeling techniques such as
and generating reports. They are developing competitive k-nearest neighbors, classification and regression trees
strategies using Business Analytics. In this course we will (CART), and Bayesian classifiers. Ensemble techniques.
look at how to use data-driven insights to differentiate a firm's Model selection techniques.
business/ product strategy from other companies that are MBA ZG513 Enterprise Resource Planning 4
making the same product or delivering the same
service. This course is designed for analysts in any function: Course description to be developed.
marketing, operations, quality, customer service, IT, MBA ZG514 Leadership & Managing Change 4
finance/accounting or human resources. We will use case
Individuals as leaders, team leadership and organizational
studies and other experiential components to study the
application of data-driven insights in the context of various leadership. Introduction to managing change, management of
industries. change: organizational structure, culture, recruitment,
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reward management, employee relations and involvement, MBA ZG522 Total Quality Management 4
downsizing, and evaluating and promoting. TQM principles and practices; leadership; customer
MBA ZG515 Consulting & People Skills 4 satisfaction; employee involvement; continuous process
improvement; supplier partnership; performance measures;
Facilitation skills, Communication skills, Presentation and
Interviewing skills, Analytical Skills, Creativity, Partnership statistical process control; ISO 9000; benchmarking; quality
and networking skills, Critical thinking skills, Emotional function deployment; concurrent engineering; experimental
design; Taguchi’s quality engineering; product liability.
Intelligence Development, Stress Management, Ethics and
respect for the client, Vision and Framing of issues, MBA ZG523 Project Management 4
Synthesizing Skills, Leadership skills. Concepts and techniques of project formulation, evaluation
MBA* ZG516 Introduction to FinTech 4 and implementation; Project planning and scheduling; Risk
Overview of FinTech, Current disruptions in Financial management; Time-cost trade off; Resource leveling and
allocation; Project monitoring and control; Contract
Services, Fintech in the Context of the Digital Economy,
Landscape of Fintech, Disruptions in Asset Servicing, management.
Disruptions in the Capital Markets, Disruptions in Investment MBA ZG525 Business Process Analysis 4
Management, Alternative Data in Portfolio Management, Course description to be developed.
Lending and Crowd funding, Robo-Advisory, Overview of
Technologies - Big Data, Machine Learning and AI, Cloud MBA ZG526 Operations Management 4
Computing, Future of FinTech Operations strategy; process view vs. functional view in
MBA* ZG517 Financial Analytics 4 operations; factors in product and process design and
selection; facility configuration; demand planning and
Different sources of Financial Data, Statistical characteristics forecasting; capacity planning; aggregate planning; planning
of financial data, Distributions of Financial Data, Statistical
service operations; productivity of operations; inventory
Applications in Finance, Exploratory Data Analysis, Modelling planning and independent demand systems; materials
using Financial Statements Data, Modelling stock price requirements planning; quality management; uncertainty and
behaviour, Modelling Credit Default using classification
variability; project management; current developments in
algorithms, Introduction to Machine Learning for price
operations management.
forecasting and Portfolio Modelling, Introduction to Monte
Carlo simulation, Bootstrapping, Cross validation, Sentiment MBA* ZG527Entrepreneurship in FinTech 4
Analysis in Finance FinTech Themes, Changing landscape in raising capital,
MBA* ZG518 Multinational Finance 4 FinTech Hubs, Early stage funding, Integrated FinTech
Ecosystems, Emerging Markets and Social Impact, Valuation
Effective financial decision making in a multinational of FinTech Firms, FinTech Solutions - Case Studies, Legal,
corporation; issues in global financial management,
Regulatory, Data privacy and Ethical aspects of FinTech
international monetary system, balance of payments, foreign startups, Capital and Investment for new businesses,
exchange markets, international parity conditions, foreign Enterprise Innovation.
currency options, transaction exposure, operating exposure,
translation exposure, sourcing capital globally, foreign MBA* ZG528 Venture Capital and Private Equity 4
investment decisions, basics of multinational taxation, This course will lay a strong foundation in core concepts,
transfer pricing, principles of multinational capital budgeting, features and characteristics of the venture capital and private
and managing multinational operations . Extensive use of equity markets; specialized services provided by VC's and
case studies and simulations to connect theory with practice. PE funds; stages in VC investing; deal flow; deal sourcing,
MBA ZG519 Business Analysis and Valuation 4 evaluation; risk return tradeoff of VC/ PE investments;
valuation of VC/ PE transactions; structuring and execution of
Theory of finance, value maximization, stakeholder theory, deals; exit options, distributions; Course will make extensive
and corporate objective function: value creation – ways and
use of case studies to understand industry best practices and
means, business analysis: The techniques of strategy and current trends.
competitive analysis, value chain analysis for competitive
advantages, business valuation – approaches and methods, MBA* ZG529 Machine Learning for Finance 4
the dark side of valuation: strategic investment decisions. Univariate and Multivariate Financial Time series and their
MBA* ZG520 Security Analysis & Portfolio Management 4 characteristics, Applications of Support Vector Machines,
Neural Networks and Gradient-Based Optimization,
Introduction to investment and securities; profile of financial Applications of Tree based ensemble methods (Random
assets; new issue market or primary market, initial public
Forests, Boosting), Dimension reductions using PCA and
offerings (IPO); secondary market; framework of risk & return;
Auto Encoders, Feature Engineering, Cross validations,
fundamental analysis- economy, industry; company analysis; Credit Scoring, Predicting Bankruptcy, Fraud Identification
stock evaluation models; multiple holding period and multiple models, Applications of Clustering Algorithms, Introduction to
growth rate; bond analysis and bond management strategies;
Sequential Learning.
technical analysis; efficient market theory; portfolio
management; Markowitz model; Sharpe’s Single Index MBA* ZG530 InsurTech 4
model; capital asset pricing model; financial derivatives, Digital Transformation in Insurance, Insurance of Things,
options & futures. From Insurance Premium to Discrete Event, Telematics,
MBA ZG521 Financial Management 4 Collaborative Approach, InsurTech Value Chain, Business
Models, Practical Robotics in Insurance, Claims Handing,
Concepts and techniques of financial management decision; Applications of Technology in Underwriting, New Business
concepts in valuation- time value of money; valuation of a Generation and Policy Processing.
firm's stock, capital asset pricing model; investment in assets
and required returns; risk analysis; financing and dividend MBA ZG531 Statistical Quality Control 5
policies, capital structure decision; working capital Sources of Variation: Common and Assignable Causes,
management, management of cash, management of Descriptive Statistics, Statistical Process Control Methods,
accounts receivable; inventory management, short and Control Charts for Variables, Control Charts for Attributes, C-
intermediate term financing, long term financial tools of Charts, Process Capability, Acceptance Sampling, Operating
financial analysis, financial ratio analysis, funds analysis and characteristic curve, Statistical Quality Control in Services.
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MBA* ZG532 Deep Learning Application in Finance 4 Theory, Trade Protectionism, Economic Integration and
Review of Machine Learning, Foundations of Neural networks Cooperation, Markets for Foreign Exchange, Factors that
Influence Exchange Rates, Global Debt and Equity Markets,
and deep learning, Fundamentals of deep networks,
Multilayer Perceptron, Convolutional neural networks (CNN), Ethics and Social Responsibility, Strategies for International
Recurrent neural networks (RNN) frameworks – LSTM, GRU. Business, Evaluation of Countries for Operations, Modes of
Trading Internationally
Hands on building Deep Learning networks, Auto-encoders,
Parameter tuning, Generative Adversarial Networks (GAN), MBA ZG541 Consultancy Practice 4
Semantic Segmentation, Unsupervised Learning, Strategic planning and marketing of consultancy services,
Applications of Deep Learning in FinTech. client consultant relationships, technology transfers,
MBA* ZG533Technology Disruptions in FinTech 4 negotiations, agreements, guarantees, organizing and
executing consultancy services, quality in consultancy
Big Data in the Financial Services Industry, Internet of
Things, Impact of IoT on Businesses, IoT in Financial services, technical audit, government policies such as
Services, Cyber Security, Cyber security Categories and industrial policy, trade policy, technology policy, patent and
trademarks etc.
Players, Data Privacy and Governance, Cloud Computing,
Networks, Mobile Applications and Smart Phones MBA* ZG542 Entrepreneurship and New Ventures 4
MBA* ZG534 Sustainable Manufacturing 4 Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Intrapreneurship; Creativity
Introduction to sustainable manufacturing, sustainable & Lateral Thinking; Design Thinking; Effectual Thinking;
manufacturing design, practice and matrices, life cycle Market Validation; Development and Evaluation of Business
Idea; Introduction to Business Model Generation; Developing
management and assessment, end of life (EOL) strategies,
implementation framework, sustainable business models, Lean Business Model for the Business Idea; Developing
waste minimization, case studies. Prototype and Evaluating assumptions in Business Model
using prototype cheaply; Presentation of Business Model;
MBA ZG535 Decision Analysis 4 Raising Finance; NDAs and Term Sheets; Exit Strategies;
Introduction to quantitative techniques and statistics, Decision Scaling up the venture; Developing Business Plan; Business
making, intelligence design and choice phases, basic theory Fair
of decision making under uncertainty; decision trees, MBA* ZG543 Family Business Management 4
qualification of judgments and preferences, Bayes theorem,
the structuring of complex decisions, and multi-attribute utility Nature, Importance and Uniqueness of Family Business –
theory. Statistical estimation and forecasting. Various Perspectives, Zero sum dynamics and family culture,
Family systems perspective, Family Genograms, Family
MBA* ZG536 Foundations of Data Science 4 Emotional Intelligence, Family Business interaction factor,
Introduction, Role of a Data Scientist, Statistics vs. Data Unity and continuity, Family employment policy, Conflict
Science, Fundamentals of Data Science, Data Science management, Share holder priorities, effective governance of
process and life cycle, Exploratory Data Analysis, Data the shareholder–firm relationship, Profile of successful
Engineering and shaping, Overview of Data Science successors - rewards and challenges for latter-generation
Techniques and Models, Introduction to Regression, family members, crafting the next generation career plan,
Classification, Shrinkage, Dimension Reduction, Tree-based Sources of Value creation, Three states of evolution,
models, Support Vector Machines, Unsupervised learning, Business Rejuvenation matrix
Choosing and evaluating models, Featurization, Overview of MBA* ZG544 Mergers, Acquisitions, and Corporate
Neural Networks, Data mining, and pattern recognition Restructuring 4
techniques, Documentation, Deployment, and Presentations
Basics of M&A (corporate finance, strategy, economics),
of the insights.
merger types, trends; theories underlying M&A; legal aspects;
MBA ZG537 Lean Manufacturing 5 evaluating an acquisition target; valuation of mergers and
Course description to be developed. acquisitions, MVA, relative valuation, multiples, DCF, FCFF,
FCFE; M&A deal structuring; synergy analysis; break-up
MBA* ZG538Advanced Statistical Methods 4 valuation; sensitivity analysis; terms of merger; financing
Point and interval estimation and hypothesis testing, chi- considerations; capital structure decisions; structuring and
square tests, non- parametric statistics, analysis of variance, valuing of Leveraged Buy-out (LBO) transaction; financing
regression; linear and multiple linear, correlation, factor considerations; exit strategies; extensive use of relevant case
models, decision theory, Bayesian statistics and studies, simulations, modeling.
autocorrelation, multivariate regression, randomization and MBA ZG545 Product Design and Development 4
sampling processes, Markov processes with
discrete/continuous state space, statistical simulation and Product Development Process and Tools; Scoping Product
pattern recognition, Time Series Analysis. Development; Understanding Customer Needs; Establishing
Product Function; Product Teardown and Experimentation;
MBA* ZG539Data Visualization and Communication 4 Benchmarking and Establishing Engineering Specifications;
Need for visualization, Presentation and visualization of data Product Portfolios and portfolio architecture; Product
for effective communication, the importance of context and Architecture; Generating Concepts; Concept Selection;
audience, choosing an effective visual, Visualizations of a Concept Embodiment; Modelling of Product Metrics; Design
single number, Visualizations for comparisons, Displaying for Manufacturing and Assembly; Design for Environment;
relative performances, Visualizing survey results, Physical Prototypes, and Models and Experimentation.
Visualizations for Ranking and Branching, Visualizations for MBA* ZG547 Modern Manufacturing 4
parts of a whole, Visualizing correlations and regression,
Visualizing Qualitative Data, Visualizing Trends, Tree-based Computer Integrated Manufacturing, ASRS, Robotics, Mass
visualizations, Visualizing Geo Data, Techniques for Customization, Additive manufacturing, Internet of Things
visualization of high dimensional data & discovered patterns, and distributed manufacturing, Managing Global
Common mistakes in dashboards, Visual perception, Create manufacturing systems and Global sourcing.
interactive Dashboards and Stories MBA* ZG548 Manufacturing Strategy 4
MBA* ZG540 International Business and Trade 4 Corporate strategy; Missing links in manufacturing strategy;
Overview of International Business and Globalization, Audit approach; Restructuring; Manufacturing strategy
Culture, Governmental and Legal Systems, Economic process in practice; Formulation as a process; Operating
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Competitive priorities; Strategic value of response time and Banking, Regulation vs. Innovation, Reframing identity
product variety; Flexibility in context of manufacturing through Technology, Embedded Banking, Banking Chatbots,
strategy; Manufacturing focus; Business process From products and channels to experiences, Designing
reengineering; Theory of constraints; Link between strategy Digital banks without branches, Building Relationships
and organizational culture; Evolution of manufacturing through digital banking, Technologies enabling digital
systems; Operations management strategic perspective. banking, Security, New economics of digital bank, Beyond
MBA ZG549 Managing Quality in Services Industry 4 digital banking, Role of AI and Big Data in Banking.
MBA* ZG555Algorithmic and High Frequency Trading 4
Key Differences between Services Sector and Manufacturing
Sector, and the implications for Quality Management, Key Introduction to Algorithmic trading, Users of Algorithmic
quality metrics in services sector, quality measurement Trading, Currently Popular trading Algorithms, Algo trades for
scales in service sector (INSTAQUAL, SERVEQUAL, individual investors, Optimization, Stock personality clusters,
MEQUAL), Concept of Net Promoter Score, Components of Selecting a Cohort of Trading Stocks, Stock Profiling,
quality in services sector, Importance of human element in Volatility, Alpha Algo strategies, Benchmarks and
quality management in services, Establishment of quality Performance Measures, Technical Analysis (TA), Heuristics,
management system for services sector, Designing the AI, Artificial Neural Networks and Other Avenues, From the
service encounter, Quality management as driver of Efficient Market Hypothesis to Prospect Theory, Mean
innovation in service industry, Business process excellence in Reversion strategies, Momentum strategies, risk
services industry, process blueprinting, benchmarking, management.
Applications of Six Sigma in services industry MBA* ZG556 Advanced Risk Models 4
MBA ZG550 Quality Management Systems 4
Advanced VaR models, expected shortfall, stressed VaR,
ISO 9000 series of standards, formation of ISO (1947), historical simulation, delta/ gamma models, full revaluation,
background & development of ISO 9000. ISO 9000 family of risk factor selection, volatility clustering, structured Monte
standards, selection & use of appropriate model of ISO 9000. Carlo analysis, stress testing, scenario analysis, back testing;
Requirements of ISO 9001; System demonstration & country and sovereign risk models; management of country
documentation, how to organize a formal quality assurance and sovereign risks, external and internal credit ratings
system, other quality system standards, relating ISO 9000 methodology and framework; expected and unexpected loss
with QS 9000 and ISO 14000, Understanding ISO 16949 and framework and related metrics; extensive use of relevant
PPAP/APQP/FAI/Configuration Management. case studies, simulations, modeling.
MBA* ZG551 Quality Analytics 4 MBA* ZG557FinTech in Wealth Management 4
Systems approach to Quality, Systems engineering- (RAMS Introduction, Traditional wealth management industry,
Framework, Reliability, Availability, Maintainability, Safety, Digitization in wealth management, Digitizing client advisory,
Testability), Safety engineering and systems safety, Fault Robo advisors, Gamification, Digitizing wealth management
tolerant systems, redundancy, Types of failures by attribution: operations, Digital platforms, products and eco systems,
Manufacturing and assembly induced failures, storage Block chain applications in asset and wealth management,
induced failures, transport induced failures, maintenance Algorithms of Automated Portfolio Rebalancing, Digital
induced failures, human errors, TCO Approach of making Financial Advisor, Future of Digital Advice, Personalize the
decisions, Quality, Simulations, Systematic methodology of Investment Experience, Future of wealth tech.
Research, Sampling techniques, Research design, Sampling MBA* ZG558 Financial Risk Management 4
design, Data Collection for measuring quality, Applications of
statistics (univariate and bivariate) in quality management, Introduction to Financial Risk Management, Financial
Hazard rate modelling, Applications of Machine Learning and Institutions and their trading, Credit Crisis of 2008, Market
Artificial Intelligence in Quality Management Risk (Risk Management by traders, Interest rate risk,
volatility, Correlation and Copulas, Value at Risk and
MBA* ZG552 Business Acumen for Managing Quality 4
Expected Shortfall, Historical Simulation and Extreme Value
Aligning quality strategy with the overall business strategy, Theory, Model-Building Approach), Credit Risk (Estimating
Quality and the target Customer segment, concept of Default Probabilities, CVA, DVA, Credit Value at Risk),
perceived quality and optimal quality, Economics of Quality, Regulation (BASEL I, II and III), Fundamental Review of the
Costs related to quality, Taguchi Loss Function, Quality as a Trading Book, Scenario Analysis and Stress Testing,
competitive advantage, Defining Quality metrics for BI Overview of Operational Risk, Liquidity Risk, Economic
dashboards, Communicating the product quality to the Capital and RAROC.
consumer, Differential Quality SLAs for different segments, MBA* ZG559 Management of Banks & Financial
Business Ethics and Quality, Managing Quality in the era of Institutions 4
Industry 4.0, Quality and Regulation, Introduction to Weights
and Measures Act, Consumer Rights and regulatory Overview and operation of financial institutions and banks;
implications of quality imperfections, Quality for Safety, Commercial banking, Investment banking; Define, quantify,
Health and Environment, How organizations can go safe? and manage various types of risks faced by financial
institutions; asset liability management - overview,
MBA* ZG553Block Chain and Applications4
strategies; off balance sheet activities of banks; sovereign
Introduction, Evolution of Block chain, Building blocks of risk; deposit insurance; capital adequacy; study current best
block chain, Smart contracts, Block chain Principles, Asset practices using selected case studies; bank management
Monetization in Block Chain, Building a block chain network, failures; insights from collapse of Lehman Brothers;
Use cases of Block chain in different sectors across the world introduction to bank regulation; international considerations;
(Manufacturing and Industrial, Government and Public relevant case studies, simulations, modeling.
Sector, Consumer Goods and Retail Industry, Food Industry, MBA* ZG560Global Financial Markets and Products 4
Crypto currencies in detail), Limitations of existing block
chains, Regulatory Aspects, Strategy to implement across the Capital markets; stock markets, bond markets, derivative
enterprise, Best Practices in implementing Block chain, markets; operations of these markets from a global
Different types of Block chain architectures – Hyper Ledger, perspective; Overview and features of key financial products,
Ethereum, Future challenges. equities, fixed income securities and derivatives; bond
features, indenture, coupon, maturity, YTM, zero coupon,
MBA* ZG554Digital Banking and Beyond 4
valuation, duration, convexity; Equities, product features,
Traditional Banking landscape, First principles of Banking, basic valuation concepts; derivatives, forwards, futures,
Effect of Digital Technology, New Operating Models for options, swaps, commodity derivatives, cost of carry,

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concepts, basic features, payoff, put call parity, basic option and its applications; programming to achieve a set of goals or
strategies; relevant case studies, simulations, modeling. targets with applications in finance and production; capital
MBA* ZG561 Behavioural Finance 4 budgeting and project selection; transportation and network
models; and portfolio models, Case Studies, simulations,
Introduction, Rational Market Hypothesis, Foundations of hands-on exercises using tools like R / Python.
Rational Finance (Expected Utility, MPT, CAPM, EMH),
MBA* ZG569Analytics for Investment Banking 4
Challenges to rational behaviour, Heuristics, Cognitive
Biases, Self-Deception, Prospect Theory, Mental Accounting, Modern portfolio theory, Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM),
Emotional Factors, Challenges to Efficient Market Arbitrage Pricing Theory (APT), and efficient market theory;
Hypothesis, Investor Behaviour, Market Outcomes, Value Passive investing: indexing; behavioral finance; Active
Investing, Applications of Behavioural Finance, Introduction investing: security analysis – fundamental analysis (strategic,
to Behavioural Corporate Finance. financial, marketing tools) and technical analysis; Portfolio
MBA* ZG562 Derivatives & Financial Engineering 4 management including allocation, rebalancing and risk
management; Transaction cost analysis; Fixed-Income and
Introduction to derivatives market, forward, futures, options, Credit Sensitive Instruments. Case Studies, simulations,
swaps, Pricing and valuation of derivatives, options trading hands-on exercises using tools like R / Python.
strategies, Elementary Stochastic calculus, binomial tree
MBA* ZG570Financial Risk Models 4
model, Black Scholes Merton model, option Greeks, Exotic
Options, Volatility Smiles, credit risk, credit derivatives, credit Basics of financial risk, Its applications in the form of
default swaps, collateralized debt obligations, valuation of derivatives- Currency and interest rate derivatives, equity
synthetic CDO, Interest rate Derivatives. markets and products, commodity markets and products,
MBA* ZG563 Analytics for HR 4 Measuring and Analysing Volatility- EWMA, ARCH, GARCH,
Volatility clusters and the issue of time-varying volatility,
Leveraging analytic techniques in the context of the Extreme Value Theory, Correlation and Copula, Introduction
challenges faced by the HR and Talent Acquisition and to Multivariate Forecasting), VaR Computation, Stress
Management functions. Applying analytical techniques to testing, Monte Carlo simulation, address issues in generating
deliver meaningful insights for effectively managing price process (such as Brownian Motion, Ito Process),
employees for achieving the goals of the organization. Cholesky decomposition in computing multi-asset VaR;
Attracting right talent, forecasting future staffing needs, Currency risk analysis in global investing, interest rate parity
managing attrition and improving employee satisfaction (covered and uncovered); Value at risk for fixed income
levels. Case Studies, simulations, hands-on exercises using Credit Risk Analytics Case Studies, simulations, hands-on
tools like R / Python. exercises using tools like R / Python.
MBA* ZG564Models in Marketing 4 MBA* ZG571Analytical Models in Finance 4
Introduction to Marketing Models, Models of consumer Modelling and valuation of equity securities, fixed income
behavior, industrial buying and firm behaviour, (aggregate) securities, and derivatives, Introduction to Financial
market models (e.g., competition, market entry), strategic Modelling, and Spreadsheet Essentials, Measuring Risk
marketing models, forecasting methods, new product models, (Testing market efficiency with regression analysis & pivot
marketing response models (e.g., channels, pricing, tables), Portfolio optimization (Mean-variance portfolio
advertising, promotion), forecasting models and decision selection, Bond portfolio selection, Term structure estimation,
support systems. Case Studies, simulations, hands-on Capital budgeting), Advanced risk analysis (Monte-Carlo
modeling. simulation, Risk analysis of discounted cash flow models,
MBA* ZG565Supply Chain Analytics 4 Monte- Carlo simulation, Business and equity valuation
modelling, LBO Analysis Model , Stock Merger Model, etc.,
Introduction to supply chain analytics, Data understanding Case Studies, simulations, hands-on modelling exercises.
and data preparation, Supply chain performance ,
Descriptive analytics, Predictive analytics and setting up the MBA ZG611 Strategic Management &Business Policy 4
problem, Supply chain forecasting, studying holt, winter and Strategic management elements; internal, external, external
ARIMA models, Supply chain Network Planning, Multi environment. assessment of corporate strengths,
echelon network optimization, Supply chain sales and weaknesses and opportunities; planning and deployment of
operations planning, Supply chain segmentation, Vehicle capital assets; profit planning and control functions problems,
routing problems, Supervised and Unsupervised learning, pressures, responsibilities, limits of the chief executive;
Use of Bayesian networks in supply chain, Simulation and SC evaluation of one's own business undertaking; formulating
models, Supply chain risk management. objectives, strategies, policies and programmes for improving
MBA* ZG566Analytics for Marketing 4 company’s present situation; personnel strength and
implementation of the policies and programmes,
Introduction to Marketing Research, Research Methodology, development, implementation, evaluation and control of
Problem definition, research design formulation, Field work strategies, strategic management of MNCs, management
and Data Collection, Data preparation and Analysis, Final style and behavior, corporate style, behavior and culture.
report preparation and presentation, Case Studies,
simulations, hands-on exercises using tools like R / Python. MBA ZG621 Supply Chain Management 4

MBA* ZG567Analytics for Retail Industry 4 Customer driven strategies in production and distribution
systems; Integrated production and distribution networks;
RFM (measuring customer recency, frequency and monetary) SCM in the context of JIT and MRP–II; Distribution Resource
Analysis, churn modeling, retention modeling, shopper Planning; Management of dealer networks; Total Control &
analytics, market basket association analysis, customer Product innovation across the supply chain; Incoming
segmentation and profiling, propensity scoring models to logistics and supplier relationships; Value addition analysis;
identify prospective customers, best customers, lifetime value Metrics for management of supply chain performance;
modeling, marketing campaign response modeling, cross sell Mathematical models and computer assisted decision
modeling, etc., Case Studies, simulations, hands-on support for SCM; Mathematical programming for SCM.
exercises using tools like R / Python.
MBA ZG634 Strategic Change Management 4
MBA* ZG568Operations Research Models 4
Results-based management, managing for outcomes–
Practical application of OR tools. Application areas include: objectives and targets; strategy; indicator, performance
financial planning and portfolio selection, production, supply information; environmental scan and SWOT analysis;
chain, priority planning and marketing. Linear programming planning, budgeting, implementation, review - the (strategic)

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management cycle Models and theories of planned change, ME* ZC213 Engineering Measurements 3
Strategic management: transformational leadership or Performance characteristics of measuring instruments,
change management (or learning),Strategic management in a
measurement methods for mechanical, electrical, radiant,
context of joint action and networks, Participation and chemical, magnetic and thermal energy variables. Emphasis
Empowerment, Teams and Teamwork, Parallel learning in this course shall be on the operation and use of
structures, OD Interventions, Team Interventions, Intergroup
instruments.
and third party interventions, Structural and Comprehensive
interventions, Action research, Socio-clinical and Socio- ME* ZC231 Principles of Management 3
technical Approaches, Issues in Consultant-Client Fundamental concepts of management - planning;
Relationships, Power Politics and Organization Development. organizing; staffing; directing and controlling; production,
MBA ZG661 Software Quality Management 4 financial, personnel, legal and marketing functions;
accounting and budgeting, balance sheets.
Software quality challenges and expectations; quality
dilemma; software life cycle and link to quality; quality gates, ME* ZC233 Calculus 4
formal reviews, system requirement reviews, preliminary Limits, continuity, differentiation, integration, Fourier series,
design reviews, critical design reviews, test reviews; ordinary differential equations for initial and boundary value
engineering reviews, walkthroughs, inspections, internal problems, solution through Laplace transforms, numerical
reviews; quality gate categories; technical environment and solution using Picard’s iteration and higher order methods,
quality; planning for software quality, quality requirements for partial derivatives, partial differential equations, analytical
planning, quality needs, elements of quality planning, quality solution techniques.
assessments during planning, software quality organization
requirements; quality evaluation of software development ME* ZC234 Maintenance & Safety 3
process, process quality attributes, measuring software Objectives, functions, and types of maintenance; defects due
process quality; software process metrics; quality gate to wear; lubrication and surfacing techniques to reduce wear;
integrity; software product quality, standards and maintenance of different equipments and their elements;
conventions, metrics; quality hierarchy, factors; quality spares planning; overhauling; TPM; safety and safety
assessment; quality evaluation techniques, reviews, management; environmental safety; chemical safety;
walkthroughs, audit, inspections, analytical evaluation occupational health management; control of major industrial
techniques; quality systems. hazards; managing emergencies; employee participation in
MBA ZG623TProject 12 safety; HRD for maintenance and safety.
Consistent with the student’s professional background and ME* ZC235 Linear Algebra & Optimization 3
work-environment, the student will be required to carry out Vector and matrix algebra, systems of linear algebraic
work-oriented projects. The student would be required to equations and their solutions; eigenvalues, eigenvectors and
select an area of work in Engineering / Management aspects diagonalization of matrices; Formulation of linear
that are considered vital to the sponsoring organization. At programming problems, Simplex method, Big-M method, two
the end of the semester, the student should submit a phase method, Sensitivity analysis, Revised and Dual
comprehensive Project Report. The student will be evaluated Simplex Methods.
on the basis of the various interim evaluation components,
contents of the report and a final seminar & viva-voce. ME* ZC236 Engineering Materials 3

ME*ZC112 Electrical and Electronics Technology 3 Mechanical, electrical, electronic and chemical properties and
applications of common engineering materials; ferrous and
Electric circuit, electromagnetism, magnetic circuit, non- ferrous metals and alloys; thermosetting and
electrostatics, AC voltage and current, single phase circuits, thermoplastic plastics; natural and synthetic resins; rubber;
semiconductor devices, amplifiers, digital systems, glass; abrasives and ceramics; common building materials,
microprocessors, DC machines, poly phase circuits, namely, timber, stone, lime and cement; corrosion of metals
transformers, synchronous machines, induction motors, and methods of preventing corrosion; protective and
power electronics, measurements, illumination. decorative coatings; insulating materials; testing of materials.
ME* ZC113 Probability and Statistics 3 ME* ZC241 Technical Report Writing 3
Probability spaces; conditional probability and independence; Elements of effective writing; art of condensation; business
random variables and probability distributions; marginal and letter writing; memos; formal reports; technical proposals;
conditional distributions; independent random variables; conducting, and participating, meetings; agenda and minutes;
mathematical expectation; mean and variance; binomial, strategies for writing technical descriptions, definitions, and
Poisson and normal distributions; sum of independent classifications; oral presentation; use of graphic and audio-
random variables; law of large numbers; central limit theorem visual aids; editing.
(without proof); sampling distribution and test for mean using
normal and student's t-distribution; test of hypothesis; ME* ZC242 Manufacturing Process 3
correlation and linear regression. Fundamentals of casting process; forging; powder metallurgy;
ME* ZC164 Computer Programming 4 soldering; brazing and welding technology; metal forming
process, its analysis and design; Introduction to Metal cutting,
Basic Computing Steps and Flow Charting (Assignment, machine tools; mechanics of metal cutting; other machining
Sequencing, Conditionals, Iteration). Programming processes; grinding and finishing operations; non convention
Constructs – Expressions, Statements, Conditionals, machining; chipless machining processes; NC machines
Iterators/Loops, Functions/ Procedures; Data Types – programming; control system in CNC; CNC, DNC; FMS and
Primitive Types, Tuples, Choices (Unions or Enumerations), machining center.
Lists/Arrays, Pointers and Dynamically Allocated Data. Input
output and Files. Laboratory Component: Programming ME* ZC251 Mechanical Technology 3
Exercises involving development and testing of iterative and Fundamental concepts of heat, work and energy; second law
procedural programs using bounded and unbounded of thermodynamics; properties of gases and vapors; basic
iterations, function composition, random access lists, cycles; flow of liquids; steam boilers; steam engines and
sequential access lists, dynamically allocated lists, and file pumps; steam turbines and condensers; hydraulic pumps and
access. turbines; internal combustion engine.

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ME* ZC261 Mechanics of Solids 3 analysis; quality control, reliability; decision theory; queuing
Fundamental principles of mechanics; introduction of theory; deterministic and probabilistic inventory systems.
mechanics of deformable bodies; forces and moments ME* ZC343 Materials Management 3
transmitted by slender members; stress and strain; stress-
Integrated materials management, policy aspects, purchasing
strain-temperature relations; torsion; stresses and defections management, warehousing and storage of inventory control
due to bending; stability of equilibrium. systems; stores management; material planning, make or buy
ME* ZC271 Manufacturing Excellence 3 decisions; scheduling, strategic sourcing, JIT, Kanban
system; inventory costing principle; concept of MRP II;
Introduction, frameworks of manufacturing excellence,
practices for manufacturing excellence: leadership and vendor development; central excise, customs, importing,
change management, manufacturing strategy, innovative sales tax.
product planning, total productive maintenance, total quality ME* ZC412 Flexible Manufacturing Systems 4
management, lean manufacturing, customer relations
Introduction CAD/CAM systems, overview of FMS, system
management, green manufacturing, supply chain hardware and general functions, material handling system,
management, knowledge management and social
work holding systems, cutting tools and tool management,
responsibility.
physical planning of system, software structure functions and
ME* ZC311 Automobile Technology –I 3 description, cleaning and automated inspection,
Introduction; working and construction of IC Engines; its communications and computer networks for manufacturing,
components; cycles; fuel air cycle; diesel cycles; combustion quantification of flexibility, human factors in manufacturing,
FMS and CIM in action (case studies), justification of FMS,
in SI and CI Engines; fuels and combustion; fuel supply
systems; scavenging process; engine cooling and lubrication; modelling for design, planning and operation of FMS.
engine cooling system, friction and lubrication, engine testing ME*ZC418 Lean Manufacturing 3
and performance; super charging, analytical method of Fundamentals of continuous improvement, value added and
performance and estimation; emission controls; alternate
waste elimination, elements of lean production: small lot
fuels; modern trends in engine development. production, setup time reduction, maintaining and improving
ME* ZC312 Automobile Technology-II 3 equipment, pull production systems, focused factories and
Vehicle classification; chassis construction; clutches-friction group technologies, work cells and cellular manufacturing,
clutches, fluid coupling; gear box-arrangement and design of standard operations, quality of design, systems for
gear boxes; epicyclical gear box; torque converters, eliminating defects, simplified production planning and control
systems: scheduling for smooth flow, synchronizing and
semiautomatic and automatic gear boxes; propeller shaft;
universal joint; differential; rear axle suspension systems; balancing process, planning and control in pull production,
front axle and steering mechanisms – power steering beyond the production systems: managing the supply chain,
activity based costing, performance measurement.
mechanism; brakes –mechanical, hydraulic and air brakes;
servo and power operated brake systems; wheels and tyres; ME* ZC421 Essentials of Project Management 3
testing and performance of automobiles; vehicle vibration; Programmes project management, project manager: role and
and human comfort; auto-electrical systems; ignition system- responsibilities, project management and organization,
conventional and
project planning and scheduling, graphical techniques and
electronic system, alternators; charging system; storage PERT, CPM, price estimation and cost control; proposal,
batteries; wiper motors; lighting system; electrical vehicles; control valuation monitoring and trade off analysis in a project
automobile law.
environment, pitfalls and future scenario.
ME* ZC323 Design of Machine Elements 4
ME* ZC432 Quality Control, Assurance &Reliability 3
Fundamentals and principles of design; properties of
Basic concepts of probability and probability distributions,
engineering materials; design of simple machine parts; standard probability distribution, sampling and sampling
shafts, keys and couplings; power screws; threaded joints, distributions, confidence intervals, testing significance,
welded and riveted joints, bearings and seals, gears, cams
statistical tolerance, various types of control charts, statistical
and followers; design of mechanisms. process control techniques, value analysis, defect diagnosis
ME* ZC324 Mechatronics and Automation 4 and prevention, basic concepts of reliability, reliability design
Introduction to mechatronics, sensors and transducers, evaluation and control, methods of applying total quality
management, production process.
Concepts of measurement of electrical and nonelectrical
parameters; displacement, force, pressure etc. and related ME* ZC471 Management Information Systems 3
signal conditioning techniques , pneumatic and hydraulic Introduction to Information Systems; Concepts of
actuation systems, mechanical actuation systems, electrical
management, concepts of information, systems concepts;
actuation systems, digital logic, microprocessors and
Information Systems and Organizations; decision making
programmable logic controllers; Introduction to automation, process; database systems; data communications; planning,
control loops for numerical control systems, adaptive control designing, developing and implementing information systems;
systems, industrial robots, automatic identification and data
quality assurance and evaluation of information systems;
capture, automated production lines and automated future developments and their organizational and social
assembly systems, System design concepts through case implications; decision support system and expert systems.
studies.
MEL* ZC415 Introduction to MEMS 4
ME* ZC331 Production Planning & Control 3
Overview, history and industry perspective; working
Types of production systems and problems of planning and
principles; mechanics and dynamics, thermo fluid
control, product planning, forecasting, product demand, engineering; scaling law; micro actuators, micro sensors and
process planning, project management, capacities location micro electromechanical systems; micro system design,
and layout of facilities, aggregate planning and scheduling,
modeling and simulation; materials; packaging; micro
materials requirement, planning, inventory management,
fabrication: bulk, surface, LIGA etc; micro manufacturing;
systems and recent trends in production management. micro fludidics; micro robotics; case studies.
ME* ZC332 Operations Research 3 MEL* ZG510 RF Microelectronics 5
Sampling, simulation, design of experiments and analysis of Introduction; application of RF electronics in modern systems;
variance, nonparametric tests; correlation and regression
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various RF diodes and transistors and their circuit models, Static and Dynamic Reconfiguration. Partitioning.
matching and biasing networks, RF amplifier design: low Hardware/Software Portioning and Partial Evaluation.
power, low noise and broadband amplifiers, RF oscillator Systolic Architectures.
design; negative resistance oscillator; dielectric resonator MEL* ZG573 Digital Signal Processing 3
oscillators, phase noise. RF Mixers: Balanced mixers; low
noise mixers; noise in RF circuits, microwave transmitters Introduction; design of analog filters; design of digital filters:
and receivers. (IIR and FIR); structures for the realization of digital filters;
random signals and random processes; linear estimation and
MEL* ZG511 Design & Analysis of Algorithms 5
prediction; Wiener filters; DSP processor architecture; DSP
Design techniques such as divide-and-conquer, recursion, algorithms for different applications.
backtracking, branch-and-bound, simulation; Analysis in MEL* ZG611 IC Fabrication Technology 5
terms of average level and worst level efficiency; Relationship
to appropriate data structures; Illustrations dealing with Material properties; Crystal growth and doping; diffusion;
problems in computer science, graph theory and oxidation; epitaxy; Ion implantation; Deposition of films using
mathematics; Computational complexity and bounds; NP- CVD, LPCVD and sputtering techniques; Wet and dry etching
hard and NP-complete problems. and cleaning; Lithographic process; Device and circuit
fabrication; Process modeling and simulation.
MEL* ZG512 Optoelectronic Devices, Circuit & Systems 5
MEL* ZG613 Advanced Digital Signal Processing 4
Physics of optical radiation and principles of calculation in
radiation physics & optics, fundamental laws of photometry. Review of stochastic processes, models and model
Interaction between optical radiation and matter. Radiation classification, the identification problem, some field of
sources. Parameters of IR detectors and junction applications, classical methods of identification of impulse
photodetectors, parameters common to emitters and response and transfer function models, model learning
receiver, radiation measurements, optoelectronic techniques, linear least square estimator, minimum variance
components, optoelectronic integrated devices, photodetector algorithm, stochastic approximation method and maximum
circuits, methods of modulation and optoelectronic system likelihood method, simultaneous state and parameter
design and applications. estimation of extended kalmanfilter, non-linear identification,
quasi linearization, numerical identification methods.
MEL* ZG520 Wireless & Mobile Communication 5
MEL* ZG621 VLSI Design 5
Signal propagation in a mobile environment, modulation,
coding, equalization; first generation systems; multiple Introduction to NMOS and CMOS circuits; NMOS and CMOS
access techniques like FDMA, TDMA, CDMA, spread processing technology; CMOS circuits and logic design;
spectrum systems; second & third generation systems, circuit characterization and performance estimation;
UMTS, IMT-2000; Wireless LAN, Wireless ATM and Mobile Structured design and testing; Symbolic layout systems;
IP; emerging trends in Wireless & Mobile Communication. CMOS subsystem design; System case studies.
MEL* ZG524 Real Time Operating Systems 5 MEL* ZG623 Advanced VLSI Design 5
Introduction to real-time systems, clock synchronization task Deep submicron device behavior and models, interconnect
assignment and scheduling, programming language with real- modeling for parasitic estimation, Clock signals and system
time support, ADA, real-time communication protocols, real- timing--Digital phase locked loop design, memory and array
time database, fault tolerant techniques, reliability evaluation structures, Input/output circuits design, ASIC technology,
methods; case studies in real-time operating systems, FPGA technology, High speed arithmetic circuits design, -
simulation of real-time systems, embedded system Parallel prefix computation, Logical effort in circuit design,
programming. Low power VLSI Circuits-Adiabatic logic circuits, Multi
threshold circuits, Digital BICMOS circuits, Design of VLSI
MEL* ZG526 Embedded System Design 4
systems.
Introduction to embedded systems; embedded architectures: MEL* ZG625 Advanced Analog and
Architectures and programming of microcontrollers and Mixed Signal Design 5
DSPs. Embedded applications and technologies; power
issues in system design; introduction to software and Design of high speed compartors and Op-amps; analog
hardware co-design. buffers; different architectures of A/D and D/A converters;
analog multipliers and dividers; design of PLLS; design
MEL* ZG531 Testability for VLSI 5
methods for switched capacitor filters sample and hold
BIST, boundary sean, stuck-at faults, test generation circuits; mixed signal design issues; noise coupling from
algorithms for combinatorial logic circuits and sequential substrate and its reduction; cross talk and shielding; analog
circuits, logic simulation and fault simulation, synthesis for layout techniques for mixed signal designs.
test, built in self-test, pseudo-random test techniques, other MEL* ZG631 Physics & Modelling of
test methods - IDDQ testing, boundary scan etc. Microelectronic Devices 5
MEL* ZG553 Real Time Systems 5
Physics and properties of semiconductor - a review; pn
Real time software, Real time operating systems-scheduling, junction diode; bipolar transistor; metal semiconductor
virtual memory issues and file systems, real time data bases, contacts; JFET and MESFET; MOSFET and scaling; CCD
fault tolerance and exception handling techniques, reliability and photonic devices.
evaluation, data structures and algorithms for real MEL* ZG632 Analog IC Design 5
time/embedded systems, programming languages, compilers
and run time environment for real time/embedded systems, Basic concepts; BICMOS process and technology; current
real time system design, real time communication and and voltage sources; Differential and Operational Amplifiers;
security, real time constraints and multi-processing and Multipliers and modulators; phase-lock techniques; D-to-A
distributed systems. and A- to-D converters; Micro power circuits; High voltage
circuits; Radiation Resistant Circuits; Filter design
MEL* ZG554 Reconfigurable Computing 5
considerations.
Overview of Programmable Logics. FPGA fabric MEL* ZG641 CAD for IC Design 5
architectures. Logic Elements and Switch Networks. Design
and Synthesis of Combinational and Sequential Elements. Introduction to VLSI design methodologies and supporting
Placement and Routing. Pipelining and other Design CAD tool environment; Overview of `C', Data structure,
Methodologies. Fine-grained and Coarse-Grained FPGAs. Graphics and CIF; Concepts, structures and algorithms of
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editors; Module generators; Silicon compilers; Placement and MM ZC412Flexible Manufacturing Systems 4
routing tools; Behavioral, functional, logic and circuit Introduction CAD/CAM systems, overview of FMS, system
simulators; Aids for test generation and testing.
hardware and general functions, material handling system,
MEL* ZG642 VLSI Architecture 4 work holding systems, cutting tools and tool management,
Overview of CISC processor architectures; Instruction set physical planning of system, software structure functions and
architecture of CISC processor; hardware flow-charting description, cleaning and automated inspection,
communications and computer networks for manufacturing,
methods; implementing microprocessor logic from hardware
flowcharts; RISC instruction set architecture; pipelined quantification of flexibility, human factors in manufacturing,
execution of RISC instructions; pipeline execution unit FMS and CIM in action (case studies), justification of FMS,
modelling for design, planning and operation of FMS.
design; control hazards; design of memory hierarchy.
MM ZC441 Human Resource Management 4
MEL* ZG651 Hardware Software Co-Design 4
Introduction, manpower planning, career and succession
FPGA and ASIC based design, Low-Power Techniques in RT
Embedded Systems On-chip networking. Hardware Software planning, procurement of personnel, performance appraisal,
job satisfaction and morale, job rotation, employee
partitioning and scheduling, Co-simulation, synthesis and
communication, audit and control, management training and
verifications, Architecture mapping, HW-SW Interfaces and
Re-configurable computing. development, wage and salary administration, welfare
administration, trade unions and collective bargaining,
MEL* ZG652 Networked Embedded Applications 4 industrial dispute and worker participation in management.
Networked embedded systems, Clock synchronization, MM ZC472 Precision Engineering 3
Protocol mechanisms protocol performance, CAN Bus
Concept of accuracy, accuracy of numerical control systems,
architecture, USB Architecture, Embedded Internet,
distributed computing, Use of Java in building networked tolerances and fits, acceptance tests for machine tools, static
systems, Reliability & Fault Tolerance etc. Mission-critical stiffness and its influence on machining accuracy,
inaccuracies due to thermal effects, influence of forced
distributed real-time applications, e.g., military, air traffic
control; Prototyping benchmark applications, e.g. simulated vibrations on accuracy, dimensional wear of cutting tools and
air traffic visualization, radar display; Networking: TCP/IP, its influences on accuracy, clamping and setting errors,
location principles and errors due to location, surface
distributed objects; Embedded system programming and
roughness and microfinishing processes, dimensioning and
middleware: I/O, analog / digital conversion, DSP, runtime
dimensional chains, methods of improving accuracy and
monitoring of CPU, processes, network equipment; Modeling
distributed real-time systems; Quality of service maintenance. surface finish, thread and gear measuring instruments,
coordinate measuring machines, introduction to computer
MGTS ZC211 Principles of Management 3 aided tolerancing.
Fundamental concepts of management - planning; MM ZG512Manufacturing Strategy 4
organizing; staffing; directing and controlling; production,
Corporate strategy; Missing links in manufacturing strategy;
financial, personnel, legal and marketing functions;
accounting and budgeting, balance sheets. Audit approach; Restructuring; Manufacturing strategy
process in practice; Formulation as a process; Operating
MM ZC348 ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING 4 strategies; Methodology framework; Lean production;
Introduction to Additive Manufacturing, CAD for Additive Competitive priorities; Strategic value of response time and
Manufacturing; Material Science Aspects in Additive product variety; Flexibility in context of manufacturing
Manufacturing, Different materials used in AM, Use of strategy; Manufacturing focus; Business process
multiple materials, multifunctional and graded materials in reengineering; Theory of constraints; Link between strategy
AM, Role of solidification rate; Various Additive and organizational culture; Evolution of manufacturing
Manufacturing Processes Powder ‐based AM processes systems; Operations management strategic perspective.
involving sintering and melting, Printing processes (droplet MM ZG513 Maintenance Engineering 5
based 3D printing), Fused deposition modelling (FDM),
Introduction, maintenance systems, methods and tools of
Laminated object manufacturing, Stereolithography, Micro ‐
and nano ‐additive manufacturing processes; Modelling in maintenance analysis, reliability and safety, maintainability,
Additive Manufacturing Transport phenomena models: supportability, design for maintenance, maintenance
integration computerized maintenance management systems,
temperature and fluid flow, molten pool formation, Various
case studies ‐ modelling of fusion based AM process, TPM, world-class maintenance systems, and maintenance
powder bed melting based process, droplet based printing effectiveness and performance evaluation.
process; Applications of Additive Manufacturing in MM ZG514 Leadership and Managing Change 4
Aerospace, Automotive, Electronics industries and
Individuals as leaders, team leadership and organizational
Biomedical applications leadership. Introduction to managing change, management of
MM ZC349 IoT in Manufacturing 4 change: organizational structure, culture, recruitment,
Safe work practices and workplace safety, Industrial performance management, human resource development,
reward management, employee relations and involvement,
revolution 4.0, Forces behind Industry 4.0 (IoT, big data and
cloud computing, robotics and artificial intelligence), downsizing, and evaluating and promoting.
Connected factories (what is connected factory and criteria MM ZG515Quantitative Methods 4
for connected factory), Smart devices and smart products, Basic concepts in Operations Research; Analytical &
cyberphysical system, definition; cps in manufacturing,
Mathematical Modeling Techniques; Model Building;
Connecting devices with each other and with internet, Data Inventory Control, queuing theory; Linear Programming;
acquiring and collection, Communication technologies (WIFI, Transportation and assignment problems, simulation, index
IEEE 802.15.41), RFID, QR codes and cellular technologies,
numbers, decision theory, etc.
Protocols, Hardware in IoT, Software (IDE), Cloud platform,
Smart devices and control system, Connectivity and MM ZG522 Total Quality Management 4
networking in IoT, Smart eyes on shop floor, Integrating TQM principles and practices; leadership; customer
smart into existing, Programming using IoT, Case study and satisfaction; employee involvement; continuous process
implementation. improvement; supplier partnership; performance measures;
statistical process control; ISO 9000; benchmarking; quality
function deployment; concurrent engineering; experimental
design; Taguchi’s quality engineering; product liability

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MM ZG523 Project Management 4 Planning; Management of dealer networks; Total Control &
Concepts and techniques of project formulation, evaluation Product innovation across the supply chain; Incoming
logistics and supplier relationships; Value addition analysis;
and implementation; Project planning and scheduling; Risk
management; Time-cost trade off; Resource leveling and Metrics for management of supply chain performance;
allocation; Project monitoring and control; Contract Mathematical models and computer assisted decision
support for SCM; Mathematical programming for SCM.
management.
MM ZG627ManagerialCorporateFinance 4
MM ZG533Manufacturing Planning & Control 5
Introduction to corporate finance; financial statements -
Planning and control of manufacturing operations; material
flow planning; product and process planning; demand analysis and interpretation; value creation – ways and
forecasting and forecasting models; facility location; plant means; time value of money; risk and return; understanding
and analyzing various cost concepts and behaviour; analysis
layout planning and design; machine cells; capacity planning;
designing work methods; material handling; line balancing; and impact of leverage; cost of capital; project appraisal and
aggregate planning; inventory models and systems for management - emphasis on technology projects (Diamond
framework: NTPC - Novelty, Technology, Pace and
independent demand; materials requirements planning;
elements of monitoring and production control; current Complexity); dimensions of adaptive technology project
management; measuring and controlling assets employed in
developments in operations management.
a project; project risk analysis; management control of
MM ZG534Sustainable Manufacturing 4 projects; project financing – leasing and hire purchase;
Introduction to sustainable manufacturing, sustainable management control system - budget preparation; analyzing
manufacturing design, practice and matrices, life cycle financial performance reports (variance analysis) and
management and assessment, end of life (EOL) strategies, performance measurement system; working capital
implementation framework, sustainable business models, management – managing operating capital.
waste minimization, case studies. MM ZG628TDissertation 16
MM ZG535Decision Analysis 4 A student registered in this course must take a topic in an
Introduction to quantitative techniques and statistics, Decision area of professional interest drawn from the on the job work
making, intelligence design and choice phases, basic theory requirement which is simultaneously of direct relevance to the
of decision making under uncertainty; decision trees, degree pursued by the student as well as to the employing /
qualification of judgments and preferences, Bayes theorem, collaborating organization of the student and submit a
the structuring of complex decisions, and multi-attribute utility comprehensive report at the end of the semester working
theory. Statistical estimation and forecasting. under the overall supervision and guidance of a professional
expert who will be deemed as the supervisor for evaluation of
MM ZG537 Lean Manufacturing 5 all components of the dissertation. Normally the Mentor of the
Course description to be developed. student would be the Dissertation supervisor and in case
Mentor is not approved as the supervisor, Mentor may play
MM ZG539 Six Sigma 4 the role of additional supervisor. The final grades for
History of Six Sigma, Implementing Six Sigma, Becoming a dissertation are Non-letter grades namely Excellent, Good,
Customer and Market-Driven Enterprise, Customer Fair and Poor, which do not go into CGPA computation.
Expectations and Needs, Linking Six Sigma Projects to MT* ZC112 Electrical and Electronics Technology 3
Strategies, Attributes of Good Metrics, Using resources
wisely, Project Management Using the DMAIC and DMADV Electric circuit, electromagnetism, magnetic circuit,
Models, The Define Phase, The Measure Phase, electrostatics, AC voltage and current, single phase circuits,
Measurement System Analysis, Analyzing Data: Value semiconductor devices, amplifiers, digital systems,
Streams and Dealing with Variations, Designing Experiments, microprocessors, DC machines, poly phase circuits,
The Improve Phase, The Control Phase. transformers, synchronous machines, induction motors,
power electronics, measurements, illumination.
MM ZG541 Product Design 5
MT* ZC213 Engineering Measurements 4
Introduction to creative design; user research and
requirements analysis, product specifications, Computer Performance characteristics of measuring instruments,
Aided Design; standardization, variety reduction, preferred measurement methods for mechanical, electrical, radiant,
numbers and other techniques; modular design; design chemical, magnetic and thermal energy variables. Emphasis
economics, cost analysis, cost reduction and value analysis in this course shall be on the operation and use of
techniques, design for production; human factors in design: instruments.
anthropometric, ergonomic, psychol giccl, physiological MT* ZC221 Computer Programming 4
considerations in design decision making; legal factors,
engineering ethics and society. Elementary computer organization; introduction to Number
Systems; Representation of integers, real numbers and
MM ZG611 Strategic Management & Business Policy 4 characters on computers; concept of range and accuracy;
Strategic management elements; internal, external, external Arithmetic Overflow; Algorithms and algorithm development;
environment. assessment of corporate strengths, structured program development through step wise
weaknesses and opportunities; planning and deployment of refinement. Introduction to C language; Functions; Recursion;
capital assets; profit planning and control functions problems, Data structure & algorithms; File management & file handling;
pressures, responsibilities, limits of the chief executive; Problem solving using C.
evaluation of one's own business undertaking; formulating MT* ZC231 Principles of Management 3
objectives, strategies, policies and programmes for improving
company’s present situation; personnel strength and Fundamental concepts of management - planning;
implementation of the policies and programmes, organizing; staffing; directing and controlling; production,
development, implementation, evaluation and control of financial, personnel, legal and marketing functions;
strategies, strategic management of MNCs, management accounting and budgeting, balance sheets.
style and behavior, corporate style, behavior and culture. MT* ZC233 Calculus 4
MM ZG621 Supply Chain Management 4 Limits, continuity, differentiation, integration, Fourier series,
Customer driven strategies in production and distribution ordinary differential equations for initial and boundary value
systems; Integrated production and distribution networks; problems, solution through Laplace transforms, numerical
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partial derivatives, partial differential equations, analytical demonstrated. Some amount of Pro/Engineer (CREO)
solution techniques. modeling of automobile structures may be practiced.
MT* ZC234 Maintenance & Safety 3 MT* ZC312 Automobile Technology-II 4
Basic maintenance systems and practice; maintenance Vehicle classification; chassis construction; clutches-friction
planning; estimating and budgeting; scheduling maintenance clutches, fluid coupling; gear box arrangement and design of
jobs; importance of safety; factors affecting safety; safety gear boxes; epicyclical gear box; torque converters,
aspects of site and plant; hazards of commercial chemical semiautomatic and automatic gear boxes; propeller shaft;
reaction and operation; instrumentation for safe operation; universal joint; differential; rear axle suspension systems;
safety education and training; personnel safety; disaster front axle and steering mechanisms – power steering
planning and measuring safety effectiveness; future trends in mechanism; brakes –mechanical, hydraulic and air brakes;
industrial safety; maintenance of components and servo and power operated brake systems; wheels and tyres;
equipments; new dimensions in maintenance covering plant testing and performance of automobiles; vehicle vibration;
engineering, tribology, materials technology, terotechnology and human comfort; auto-electrical systems; ignition system-
(life cycle costing) etc.; extensive case studies. conventional and electronic system, alternators; charging
MT* ZC235 Linear Algebra & Optimization 3 system; storage batteries; wiper motors; lighting system;
electrical vehicles; automobile law. Virtual demonstration of
Vector and matrix algebra, systems of linear algebraic automobile parts and assemblies may be demonstrated.
equations and their solutions; eigen values, eigenvectors and Some amount of Pro/Engineer (CREO) modeling of
diagonalization of matrices; Formulation of linear automobile structures may be practiced.
programming problems, Simplex method, Big-M method, two
MT* ZC315Casting and Welding 4
phase method, Sensitivity analysis, Revised and Dual
Simplex Methods. Casting: fundamentals of casting processes, design of
MT* ZC236 Engineering Materials 3 castings, furnaces, foundry mechanization, special casting
processes, economics of casting, inspection and defects of
Mechanical, electrical, electronic and chemical properties and casting. Powder metallurgy: introduction, methods of powder
applications of common engineering materials; ferrous and production, characteristics and properties of powder,
non- ferrous metals and alloys; thermosetting and manufacturing methods, furnaces, finishing processes,
thermoplastic plastics; natural and synthetic resins; rubber; economics of powder metallurgy. Welding: various welding
glass; abrasives and ceramics; common building materials, processes, design for welding, safe practices in welding,
namely, timber, stone, lime and cement; corrosion of metals inspection and defects of welding, economics of welding,
and methods of preventing corrosion; protective and brazing and soldering. Virtual simulation of casting and
decorative coatings; insulating materials; testing of materials. welding processes.
MT* ZC241 Technical Report Writing 3 MT* ZC316 Transport Phenomena 4
Elements of effective writing; art of condensation; business Fundamental concepts of fluid flow, concept of momentum
letter writing; memos; formal reports; technical proposals; transfer, Newton’s law of viscosity, Continuity and Bernoulli’s
conducting, and participating, meetings; agenda and minutes; equation, concept of pressure drop and drag; Heat transfer:
strategies for writing technical descriptions, definitions, and steady state and unsteady state heat conduction; analytical
classifications; oral presentation; use of graphic and audio- and empirical relations for forced and free convection heat
visual aids; editing. transfer; heat exchanger analysis and design, heat transfer
MT* ZC245 Fluid Mechanics and Machines 4 by radiation; Elements of mass transfer; one dimensional
compressible flow; associated laboratory on condenser,
Introduction and fundamental concepts, fluid statics, boiler, economizer, super heater etc.
kinematics and dynamics of fluid flow, inviscid flows, pipe
flow and network design, open channel flow, incompressible MT* ZC324 Mechatronics & Automation 4
viscous flow, laminar boundary layers, turbulent flows, Introduction to mechatronics, sensors and transducers,
essentials of compressible flow, dimensional and model Concepts of measurement of electrical and nonelectrical
analysis, orifice, venturi, notches and weirs, hydraulic parameters; displacement, force, pressure etc. and related
turbines, centrifugal and reciprocating pumps, fluid couplings signal conditioning techniques , pneumatic and hydraulic
and torque convertors, compressors. actuation systems, mechanical actuation systems, electrical
MT* ZC251 Mechanical Technology 4 actuation systems, digital logic, microprocessors and
programmable logic controllers; Introduction to automation,
Fundamental concepts of heat, work and energy; second law control loops for numerical control systems, adaptive control
of thermodynamics; properties of gases and vapors; basic systems, industrial robots, automatic identification and data
cycles; flow of liquids; steam boilers; steam engines and capture, automated production lines and automated
pumps; steam turbines and condensers; hydraulic pumps and assembly systems, System design concepts through case
turbines; internal combustion engine. studies. Virtual demonstration of mechatronics elements,
MT* ZC261 Mechanics of Solids 3 their assembly to obtain devices and products etc.
Fundamental principles of mechanics; introduction of MT* ZC331 Production Planning & Control 4
mechanics of deformable bodies; forces and moments Types of production systems and problems of planning and
transmitted by slender members; stress and strain; stress- control, product planning, forecasting, product demand,
strain-temperature relations; torsion; stresses and defections process planning, project management, capacities location
due to bending; stability of equilibrium. and layout of facilities, aggregate planning and scheduling,
MT* ZC311 Automobile Technology-I 4 materials requirement, planning, inventory management,
systems and recent trends in production management.
Introduction; working and construction of IC Engines; its Simulations using software tools such as FlexSim or Quest
components; cycles; fuel air cycle; diesel cycles; combustion may be conducted.
in SI and CI Engines; fuels and combustion; fuel supply
systems; scavenging process; engine cooling and lubrication; MT* ZC332 Operations Research 4
engine cooling system, friction and lubrication, engine testing Sampling, simulation, design of experiments and analysis of
and performance; super charging, analytical method of variance, nonparametric tests; correlation and regression
performance and estimation; emission controls; alternate analysis; quality control, reliability; decision theory; queuing
fuels; modern trends in engine development. Virtual theory; deterministic and probabilistic inventory systems.
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MT* ZC342Machine Design 4 for numerically controlled machine tools and automatic screw
Fundamentals and principles of design, design and selection machines.
of machine elements such as shafts, spindle supports, gears, MT* ZC412 Flexible Manufacturing Systems 4
bearings; etc.; design of mechanism; design of machine tool
Introduction CAD/CAM systems, overview of FMS, system
structure; dynamics of machine tools; introduction to CAD, hardware and general functions, material handling system,
CAM, CIM; Design of jigs and fixtures; press tools for work holding systems, cutting tools and tool management,
blanking; punching; drawing; combination tools and
physical planning of system, software structure functions and
progressive tools. Machine Drawing of part and assembly description, cleaning and automated inspection,
drawing using Pro/Engineer (CREO) or similar software tools communications and computer networks for manufacturing,
are to be conducted.
quantification of flexibility, human factors in manufacturing,
MT* ZC343 Materials Management 4 FMS and CIM in action (case studies), justification of FMS,
Integrated materials management, policy aspects, purchasing modelling for design, planning and operation of FMS.
management, warehousing and storage of inventory control FlexSim/Quest based simulations.
systems; stores management; material planning, make or buy MT* ZC418 Lean Manufacturing 4
decisions; scheduling, strategic sourcing, JIT, Kanban
Fundamentals of continuous improvement, value added and
system; inventory costing principle; concept of MRP II; waste elimination, elements of lean production: small lot
vendor development; central excise, customs, importing, production, setup time reduction, maintaining and improving
sales tax. FlexSim/Quest based simulations.
equipment, pull production systems, focused factories and
MT* ZC344Metal Forming and Machining 4 group technologies, work cells and cellular manufacturing,
Metal forming: introduction, metal forming machines, metal standard operations, quality of design, systems for
forming process analysis and design. Machining: introduction, eliminating defects, simplified production planning and control
systems: scheduling for smooth flow, synchronizing and
metal cutting machine tools, mechanics of metal cutting,
other aspects of machining processes, grinding and finishing balancing process, planning and control in pull production,
operations, non-conventional machining processes and beyond the production systems: managing the supply chain,
activity based costing, performance measurement. Logistics
processing of plastics. It may consist of virtual practical work
using software tool CNC Simulator-Pro case studies using software tools such as FlexSim may be
conducted.
(http://cncsimulator.info/). Similarly, we need to get metal
forming process animations in 3DS-Max, Maya or similar MT* ZC421 Essentials of Project Management 3
software tools. Virtual simulation of metal forming and Programmes project management, project manager: role and
machining processes. responsibilities, project management and organization,
MT* ZC348 ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING 4 project planning and scheduling, graphical techniques and
PERT, CPM, price estimation and cost control; proposal,
Introduction to Additive Manufacturing, CAD for Additive
Manufacturing; Material Science Aspects in Additive control valuation monitoring and trade off analysis in a project
Manufacturing, Different materials used in AM, Use of environment, pitfalls and future scenario.
multiple materials, multifunctional and graded materials in MT* ZC432 Computer Aided Manufacturing 3
AM, Role of solidification rate; Various Additive
Introduction, features of NC machine tools, NC part
Manufacturing Processes Powder ‐based AM processes programming, CAM system devices, interpolators for
involving sintering and melting, Printing processes (droplet manufacturing systems, control loops of NC systems,
based 3D printing), Fused deposition modelling (FDM),
computerized numerical control, adaptive control systems,
Laminated object manufacturing, Stereolithography, Micro ‐
CAD to CAM, CAPP, industrial robots, computer aided
and nano ‐additive manufacturing processes; Modelling in production planning & control, computer aided inspection and
Additive Manufacturing Transport phenomena models:
quality control, CIM systems.
temperature and fluid flow, molten pool formation, Various
case studies ‐ modelling of fusion based AM process, MT* ZC434 Quality Control, Assurance &Reliability 4
powder bed melting based process, droplet based printing Basic concepts of probability and probability distributions,
process; Applications of Additive Manufacturing in standard probability distribution, sampling and sampling
Aerospace, Automotive, Electronics industries and distributions, confidence intervals, testing significance,
Biomedical applications statistical tolerance, various types of control charts, statistical
MT* ZC349 IoT in MANUFACTURING 4 process control techniques, value analysis, defect diagnosis
and prevention, basic concepts of reliability, reliability design
Safe work practices and workplace safety, Industrial
evaluation and control, methods of applying total quality
revolution 4.0, Forces behind Industry 4.0 (IoT, big data and management, production process. Practical assignments on
cloud computing, robotics and artificial intelligence), statistical quality control using suitable statistical software
Connected factories (what is connected factory and criteria
tools such as R-software, MS Excel, SAS, Minitab or SPSS.
for connected factory), Smart devices and smart products,
cyberphysical system, definition; cps in manufacturing, MT* ZC448 ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING 4
Connecting devices with each other and with internet, Data Introduction to Additive Manufacturing, CAD for Additive
acquiring and collection, Communication technologies (WIFI, Manufacturing; Material Science Aspects in Additive
IEEE 802.15.41), RFID, QR codes and cellular technologies, Manufacturing, Different materials used in AM, Use of
Protocols, Hardware in IoT, Software (IDE), Cloud platform, multiple materials, multifunctional and graded materials in
Smart devices and control system, Connectivity and AM, Role of solidification rate; Various Additive
networking in IoT, Smart eyes on shop floor, Integrating Manufacturing Processes Powder ‐ based AM processes
smart into existing, Programming using IoT, Case study and involving sintering and melting, Printing processes (droplet
implementation. based 3D printing), Fused deposition modelling (FDM),
Laminated object manufacturing, Stereolithography, Micro ‐
MT* ZC411 Tool and Fixture Design 3
and nano ‐additive manufacturing processes; Modelling in
Tool-design methods, tool making practices, tooling materials Additive Manufacturing Transport phenomena models:
and heat treatment, design of cutting tools, gages and gage temperature and fluid flow, molten pool formation, Various
design, locating and clamping methods, design of drill jigs, case studies ‐ modelling of fusion based AM process,
design of fixtures, design of sheet metal blanking and powder bed melting based process, droplet based printing
piercing dies, design of sheet metal bending, forming and process; Applications of Additive Manufacturing in
drawing dies, using plastics as tooling materials, tool design Aerospace, Automotive, Electronics industries and
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MT* ZC449 IoT in MANUFACTURING 4 Linkage algorithm and DBSCAN. Various ways of assessing
Safe work practices and workplace safety, Industrial the quality of clustering and detecting outliers. Typical
revolution 4.0, Forces behind Industry 4.0 (IoT, big data and industrial applications of unsupervised learning algorithms;
cloud computing, robotics and artificial intelligence), Introduction to HMM in the context of performing time series
Connected factories (what is connected factory and criteria prediction; role of EM algorithm in estimating the parameters.
for connected factory), Smart devices and smart products, Algorithms to learn association or discover dependencies
cyberphysical system, definition; cps in manufacturing, between the data items; Apriori algorithm and different
Connecting devices with each other and with internet, Data metrics to measure the interestingness of the rules.
acquiring and collection, Communication technologies (WIFI, PCAM* ZC231 Text Mining 2
IEEE 802.15.41), RFID, QR codes and cellular technologies,
Protocols, Hardware in IoT, Software (IDE), Cloud platform, Unstructured or semi structured data and their forms;
Smart devices and control system, Connectivity and Extracting the relevant text data and identifying patterns
networking in IoT, Smart eyes on shop floor, Integrating therein. Converting documents to vectors using TF-IDF, Parts
smart into existing, Programming using IoT, Case study and of Speech Tagging, Topic modelling using LDA, sentiment
implementation. analysis and recommender systems.
MT* ZC452 Composite Materials and Design 4 PCAM* ZC241 Deep Learning and Artificial Neural
Networks 2
Introduction to composites, concepts of reinforcement,
strengthening mechanisms, fibrous reinforcements, matrix Details of neural networks as well as deep learning
materials, micromechanical aspects of composites, architectures. An algorithmic perspective and implementation
manufacturing methods, composite production design details of ANN, RNN, LSTM, CNN, RCNN, Faster RCNN,
methods design of tensile members, pressure vessels, Autoencoders, Generative deep learning models like
storage tanks, and other chemical process equipment made Boltzmann Machine, Deep Belief Machines and GAN etc.
of FRP, design of joints, damage of composites by impact, PCAM* ZC321 Capstone Project 3
FRP grids, recent development in manufacturing of
composites and technologies. Simulation of mechanics of Real life problems encompassing a typical data science
composite materials using suitable software tools. pipeline obtained from organizations/third party vendors;
Jointly mentored by the industry experts and faculty;
MT* ZC471Manufacturing Excellence 4 Comparative study of the relevant techniques covered in the
Introduction, frameworks of manufacturing excellence, course; Presenting the results in the required format;
practices for manufacturing excellence: leadership and Fortnightly review of progress of the project.
change management, manufacturing strategy, innovative PCGM* ZC411 Marketing 4
product planning, total productive maintenance, total quality
management, lean manufacturing, customer relations Definition and scope, consumer behavior, competitive
management, green manufacturing, supply chain behavior, demand estimation, new product introduction,
management, knowledge management and social product/brand management, pricing policies, channels of
responsibility. FlexSim/Quest based simulations. distribution, credit management, advertising and other sales
promotion, positioning, marketing regulation, market research
PCAM* ZC211 Regression 2 basics of industrial marketing.
Regression as a type of supervised learning technique where PCGM* ZC415 Financial and Management Accounting 4
the target attribute is a continuous variable; regression
models from theoretical and implementation perspectives. Basic concepts, double entry accounting, journal, ledger, trial
Model selection and performance measures; Issues with balance, profit & loss account, balance sheet, cash flow
regression models such as overfitting and the ways of statement, financial statement analysis, ratio analysis, cost-
combatting overfitting like ridge and lasso regression; volume-profit analysis, inventory valuation, inflation
Interpretability/explicability of the models; accounting, cost accounting and budgetary control systems,
financial analysis and forecasting.
PCAM* ZC111 Feature Engineering 1
PCGM* ZC417 Quantitative Methods 4
Feature Engineering as a step to develop and improve
performance of Machine Learning models; Data wrangling Grouping data, measures of central tendency and dispersion,
techniques that help transforming the raw data to an probability distribution, sampling and estimation, testing
appropriate form for learning algorithms; Data preprocessing hypotheses, chi-square and analysis of variance, regression
techniques such as normalization, discretization, feature and correlation, non-parametric methods, time series and
subset selection etc. and dimension reduction techniques forecasting, index numbers, decision theory, linear
such as PCA. Different ways of visualizing the data such as programming, transportation and assignment problems,
Box plots, Contour plots, Heat maps etc. queuing theory, network problems, simulation; application of
statistical software (SYSTAT, SPSS, SIMULA8, etc.) and
PCAM* ZC311 Classification 3 spreadsheets.
Classification is a type of supervised learning techniques PCGM* ZC416 Managerial Economics 4
where the target attribute takes discrete values; Three types
of techniques to solve classification problems – discriminant Fundamental concepts, supply, demand, market mechanism;
function, generative, and probabilistic discriminative theory of demand (consumer behaviour); production, costs
approaches. Algorithmic perspective of popular classification (theory of the firm); market structures (perfect competition,
algorithms - k-NN, Naïve Bayes, Decision Tree, Logistic monopoly, monopolistic competition, oligopoly); circular flow
Regression and SVM. Implementation details of these of income, national income accounting, national income
models along with tuning of parameters. Ensemble methods, determination; money and banking, employment, interest,
bagging, boosting, Random Forest and eXtreme Gradient inflation, economics of information, problem of adverse
Boosting. Interpretability/explicability of the models; selection, moral hazard problem, market failure, externalities,
public goods.
PCAM* ZC221 Unsupervised Learning and Association
Rule Mining 2 PCMP* ZG511 Managing People & Organizations 4
Unsupervised learning algorithms for finding regularities in Concepts and principles of management as applied to a
the absence of explicit labels or supervised outputs; variety of organizations; study of managerial roles, styles,
Clustering as an unsupervised learning task to find natural activities and decision making; relationship with
grouping in the data. Various clustering algorithms such as K- organizational effectiveness; planning activities, leadership &
Means, EM Algorithm, Single Linkage Algorithm, Complete

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control; manpower development; organizational behavior and allocation; Project monitoring and control; Contract
theory. management.
PCMP* ZG526 Operations Management 4 PDBA* ZG536Foundations of Data Science 4
Operations strategy; process view vs. functional view in Introduction, Role of a Data Scientist, Statistics vs. Data
operations; factors in product and process design and Science, Fundamentals of Data Science, Data Science
selection; facility configuration; demand planning and process and life cycle, Exploratory Data Analysis, Data
forecasting; capacity planning; aggregate planning; planning Engineering and shaping, Overview of Data Science
service operations; productivity of operations; inventory Techniques and Models, Introduction to Regression,
planning and independent demand systems; materials Classification, Shrinkage, Dimension Reduction, Tree-based
requirements planning; quality management; uncertainty and models, Support Vector Machines, Unsupervised learning,
variability; project management; current developments in Choosing and evaluating models, Featurization, Overview of
operations management. Neural Networks, Data mining, and pattern recognition
PCMP* ZG537 Lean Manufacturing 5 techniques, Documentation, Deployment, and Presentations
of the insights
Course description is same as given under MBA ZG537
PDBA* ZG538 Advanced Statistical Methods 4
PCMP* ZG522 Total Quality Management 4
Point and interval estimation and hypothesis testing, chi-
TQM principles and practices; leadership; customer square tests, non- parametric statistics, analysis of variance,
satisfaction; employee involvement; continuous process regression; linear and multiple linear, correlation, factor
improvement; supplier partnership; performance measures; models, decision theory, Bayesian statistics and
statistical process control; ISO 9000; benchmarking; quality autocorrelation, multivariate regression, randomization and
function deployment; concurrent engineering; experimental sampling processes, Markov processes with
design; Taguchi’s quality engineering; product liability. discrete/continuous state space, statistical simulation and
PDBA* ZC413 Analytics for Competitive Advantage4 pattern recognition, Time Series Analysis.

In today's competitive business environment, high performing PDBA* ZG539 Data Visualization and Communication4
companies are doing more than just collecting data, storing it Need for visualization, Presentation and visualization of data
and generating reports. They are developing competitive for effective communication, the importance of context and
strategies using Business Analytics. In this course we will audience, choosing an effective visual, Visualizations of a
look at how to use data-driven insights to differentiate a firm's single number, Visualizations for comparisons, Displaying
business/ product strategy from other companies that are relative performances, Visualizing survey results,
making the same product or delivering the same Visualizations for Ranking and Branching, Visualizations for
service. This course is designed for analysts in any function: parts of a whole, Visualizing correlations and regression,
marketing, operations, quality, customer service, IT, Visualizing Qualitative Data, Visualizing Trends, Tree-based
finance/accounting or human resources. We will use case visualizations, Visualizing Geo Data, Techniques for
studies and other experiential components to study the visualization of high dimensional data & discovered patterns,
application of data-driven insights in the context of various Common mistakes in dashboards, Visual perception, Create
industries. interactive Dashboards and Stories.
PDBA* ZC417 Quantitative Methods 4 PDBA* ZG563Analytics for HR 4
Grouping data, measures of central tendency and dispersion, Leveraging analytic techniques in the context of the
probability distribution, sampling and estimation, testing challenges faced by the HR and Talent Acquisition and
hypotheses, chi-square and analysis of variance, regression Management functions. Applying analytical techniques to
and correlation, non-parametric methods, time series and deliver meaningful insights for effectively managing
forecasting, index numbers, decision theory, linear employees for achieving the goals of the organization.
programming, transportation and assignment problems, Attracting right talent, forecasting future staffing needs,
queuing theory, network problems, simulation; application of managing attrition and improving employee satisfaction
statistical software (SYSTAT, SPSS, SIMULA8, etc.) and levels. Case Studies, simulations, hands-on exercises using
spreadsheets. tools like R or Python.
PDBA* ZG512Predictive Analytics 4 PDBA* ZG564Models in Marketing 4
Basic concepts in predictive analytics / predictive modeling. Introduction to Marketing Models, Models of consumer
Two core paradigms for predictive modeling: classification behavior, industrial buying and firm behaviour, (aggregate)
and regression. Identification of important variables and their market models (e.g., competition, market entry), strategic
relation to each another. Basic modeling techniques such as marketing models, forecasting methods, new product models,
k-nearest neighbors, classification and regression trees marketing response models (e.g., channels, pricing,
(CART), and Bayesian classifiers. Ensemble techniques. advertising, promotion), forecasting models and decision
Model selection techniques. support systems. Case Studies, simulations, hands-on
PDBA* ZG517 Financial Analytics 4 modeling.
Different sources of Financial Data, Statistical characteristics PDBA* ZG565Supply Chain Analytics 4
of financial data, Distributions of Financial Data, Statistical Customer driven strategies in production and distribution
Applications in Finance, Exploratory Data Analysis, Modelling systems; Integrated production and distribution networks;
using Financial Statements Data, Modelling stock price SCM in the context of JIT and MRP–II; Distribution Resource
behavior, Modelling Credit Default using classification Planning; Management of dealer networks; Total Control &
algorithms, Introduction to Machine Learning algorithms for Product innovation across the supply chain; Incoming
price forecasting and Portfolio Modelling, Introduction to logistics and supplier relationships; Value addition analysis;
Monte Carlo Bootstrapping, simulation and cross validation, Metrics for management of supply chain performance;
Sentiment Analysis in Finance. Mathematical models and computer assisted decision
PDBA* ZG523 Project Management 4 support for SCM; Mathematical programming for SCM.

Concepts and techniques of project formulation, evaluation PDBA* ZG566Analytics for Marketing 4
and implementation; Project planning and scheduling; Risk Introduction to Marketing Research, Research Methodology,
management; Time-cost trade off; Resource leveling and Problem definition, research design formulation, Field work
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report preparation and presentation, Case Studies, PDFI ZG516 Introduction to FinTech 4
simulations, hands-on exercises using tools like R/ Python. Overview of FinTech, Current disruptions in Financial
PDBA* ZG567Analytics for Retail Industry 4 Services, Fintech in the Context of the Digital Economy,
Landscape of Fintech, Disruptions in Asset Servicing,
RFM (measuring customer recency, frequency and monetary)
Analysis, churn modeling, retention modeling, shopper Disruptions in the Capital Markets, Disruptions in Investment
analytics, market basket association analysis, customer Management, Alternative Data in Portfolio Management,
Lending and Crowdfunding, Robo-Advisory, Overview of
segmentation and profiling, propensity scoring models to
identify prospective customers, best customers, lifetime value Technologies - Big Data, Machine Learning, and Artificial
modeling, marketing campaign response modeling, cross sell Intelligence, Cloud Computing, Future of FinTech.
modeling, etc., Case Studies, simulations, hands-on PDFI ZG558 Financial Risk Management 4
exercises using tools like R/ Python.
Introduction to Financial Risk Management, Financial
PDBA* ZG568Operations Research Models 4 Institutions and their trading, Credit Crisis of 2008, Market
Practical application of OR tools. Application areas include: Risk (Risk Management by traders, Interest rate risk,
volatility, Correlation and Copulas, Value at Risk and
financial planning and portfolio selection, production, supply
Expected Shortfall, Historical Simulation and Extreme Value
chain, priority planning and marketing. Linear programming
and its applications; programming to achieve a set of goals or Theory, Model-Building Approach), Credit Risk (Estimating
targets with applications in finance and production; capital Default Probabilities, CVA, DVA, Credit Value at Risk),
Regulation (BASEL I, II and III), Fundamental Review of the
budgeting and project selection; transportation and network
models; and portfolio models, Case Studies, simulations, Trading Book, Scenario Analysis and Stress Testing,
hands-on exercises using tools like R/ Python. Overview of Operational Risk, Liquidity Risk, Economic
Capital and RAROC.
PDBA* ZG569 Analytics for Investment Banking4
PDFI ZG561 Behavioural Finance 4
Modern portfolio theory, Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM),
Introduction, Rational Market Hypothesis, Foundations of
Arbitrage Pricing Theory (APT), and efficient market theory;
Passive investing: indexing; behavioral finance; Active Rational Finance (Expected Utility, MPT, CAPM, EMH),
investing: security analysis – fundamental analysis (strategic, Challenges to rational behaviour, Heuristics, Cognitive
Biases, Self-Deception, Prospect Theory, Mental Accounting,
financial, marketing tools) and technical analysis; Portfolio
Emotional Factors, Challenges to Efficient Market
management including allocation, rebalancing and risk
Hypothesis, Investor Behaviour, Market Outcomes, Value
management; Transaction cost analysis; Fixed-Income and
Credit Sensitive Instruments. Case Studies, simulations, Investing, Applications of Behavioural Finance, Introduction
hands-on exercises using tools like R/ Python. to Behavioural Corporate Finance.

PDBA* ZG570 Financial Risk Models 4 PDFI ZG562 Derivatives & Financial Engineering 4

Basics of financial risk, Its applications in the form of Introduction to derivatives market, forward, futures, options,
swaps, Pricing and valuation of derivatives, options trading
derivatives- Currency and interest rate derivatives, equity
markets and products, commodity markets and products, strategies, Elementary Stochastic calculus, binomial tree
Measuring and Analysing Volatility- EWMA, ARCH, GARCH, model, Black Scholes Merton model, option Greeks, Exotic
Options, Volatility Smiles, credit risk, credit derivatives, credit
Volatility clusters and the issue of time-varying volatility,
Extreme Value Theory, Correlation and Copula, Introduction default swaps, collateralized debt obligations, valuation of
to Multivariate Forecasting), VaR Computation, Stress synthetic CDO, Interest rate derivatives.
testing, Monte Carlo simulation, address issues in generating PDFI ZC415 Financial and Management Accounting 4
price process (such as Brownian Motion, Ito Process),
Basic concepts, double entry accounting, journal, ledger, trial
Cholesky decomposition in computing multi-asset VaR; balance, profit & loss account, balance sheet, cash flow
Currency risk analysis in global investing, interest rate parity statement, financial statement analysis, ratio analysis, cost-
(covered and uncovered); Value at risk for fixed income
volume-profit analysis, inventory valuation, inflation
Credit Risk Analytics Case Studies, simulations, hands-on accounting, cost accounting and budgetary control systems,
exercises using tools like R/ Python. financial analysis and forecasting.
PDBA* ZG571 Analytical Models in Finance 4 PDFI ZG518 Multinational Finance 4
Modelling and valuation of equity securities, fixed income Effective financial decision making in a multinational
securities, and derivatives, Introduction to Financial
corporation; issues in global financial management,
Modelling, and Spreadsheet Essentials, Measuring Risk international monetary system, balance of payments, foreign
(Testing market efficiency with regression analysis & pivot exchange markets, international parity conditions, foreign
tables), Portfolio optimization (Mean-variance portfolio
currency options, transaction exposure, operating exposure,
selection, Bond portfolio selection, Term structure estimation, translation exposure, sourcing capital globally, foreign
Capital budgeting), Advanced risk analysis (Monte-Carlo
investment decisions, basics of multinational taxation,
simulation, Risk analysis of discounted cash flow models,
transfer pricing, principles of multinational capital budgeting,
Monte- Carlo simulation, Business and equity valuation and managing multinational operations . Extensive use of
modelling, LBO Analysis Model , Stock Merger Model, etc., case studies and simulations to connect theory with practice.
Case Studies, simulations, hands-on modelling exercises.
PDFI ZG520 Security Analysis and Portfolio
PDFI ZG517 Financial Analytics 4
Management 4
Different sources of Financial Data, Statistical characteristics
Introduction to investment and securities; profile of financial
of financial data, Distributions of Financial Data, Statistical assets; new issue market or primary market, initial public
Applications in Finance, Exploratory Data Analysis, Modelling offerings (IPO); secondary market; framework of risk & return;
using Financial Statements Data, Modelling stock price
fundamental analysis- economy, industry; company analysis;
behaviour, Modelling Credit Default using classification stock evaluation models; multiple holding period and multiple
algorithms, Introduction to Machine Learning for price growth rate; bond analysis and bond management strategies;
forecasting and Portfolio Modelling, Introduction to Monte
technical analysis; efficient market theory; portfolio
carlo simulation, Bootstrapping, cross validation, Sentiment
management; Markowitz model; Sharpe’s Single Index
Analysis in Finance model; capital asset pricing model; financial derivatives,
options & futures.

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PDFI ZG521 Financial Management 4 methodology and framework; expected and unexpected loss
Concepts and techniques of financial management decision; framework and related metrics; extensive use of relevant
case studies, simulations, modeling.
concepts in valuation – time value of money; valuation of a
firm’s stock, capital asset pricing model; investment in assets PDFT* ZC417 Quantitative Methods 4
and required returns; risk analysis; financing and dividend Grouping data, measures of central tendency and dispersion,
policies, capital structure decision; working capital probability distribution, sampling and estimation, testing
management, management of cash, management of
hypotheses, chi-square and analysis of variance, regression
accounts receivable; inventory management, short and and correlation, non-parametric methods, time series and
intermediate term financing, long term financial tools of forecasting, index numbers, decision theory, linear
financial analysis, financial ratio analysis, funds analysis and
programming, transportation and assignment problems,
financial forecasting, operating and financial leverages. queuing theory, network problems, simulation; application of
PDFI ZG560 Global Financial Markets and Products 4 statistical software (SYSTAT, SPSS, SIMULA8, etc.) and
Capital markets; stock markets, bond markets, derivative spreadsheets.
markets; operations of these markets from a global PDFT* ZC419 Financial Risk Analytics 4
perspective; Overview and features of key financial products,
The course will first cover the basics of Financial Risk and
equities, fixed income securities and derivatives; bond then focus on applications such as: currency, interest rate
features, indenture, coupon, maturity, YTM, zero coupon, derivatives, equity markets and products, and commodity
valuation, duration, convexity; Equities, product features,
markets and products. Major topics include methodologies for
basic valuation concepts; derivatives, forwards, futures, measuring and analyzing volatility (a key metric of risk)
options, swaps, commodity derivatives, cost of carry, including EWMA, ARCH & GARCH processes, volatility
concepts, basic features, payoff, put call parity, basic option
clusters and the issue of time varying volatility; Extreme value
strategies; relevant case studies, simulations, modeling. theory; Measuring risk using Value-at-Risk, including
PDFI ZG559 Management of Banks & Financial computation of VaR by various methods, and stress testing;
Institutions 4 Monte Carlo simulation, address issues in generating price
process (such as Brownian Motion, Ito Process), Cholesky
Overview and operation of financial institutions and banks;
Commercial banking, Investment banking; Define, quantify, decomposition in computing multi-asset VaR; Currency risk
analysis in global investing, interest rate parity (covered and
and manage various types of risks faced by financial
institutions; asset liability management - overview, uncovered); Value at risk for fixed income portfolios; Credit
Risk Analytics. The topics covered in this course will have
strategies; off balance sheet activities of banks; sovereign
inbuilt case studies in financial risk management so as to
risk; deposit insurance; capital adequacy; study current best
practices using selected case studies; bank management understand the practical implications of the methodologies
failures; insights from collapse of Lehman Brothers; covered in the course.
introduction to bank regulation; international considerations; PDFT* ZG516 Introduction to FinTech 4
relevant case studies, simulations, modeling.
Overview of FinTech, Current disruptions in Financial
PDFI ZG519 Business Analysis and Valuation 4 Services, Fintech in the Context of the Digital Economy,
Theory of finance, value maximization, stakeholder theory, Landscape of Fintech, Disruptions in Asset Servicing,
and corporate objective function: value creation – ways and Disruptions in the Capital Markets, Disruptions in Investment
Management, Alternative Data in Portfolio Management,
means, business analysis: The techniques of strategy and
competitive analysis, value chain analysis for competitive Lending and Crowdfunding, Robo-Advisory, Overview of
advantages, business valuation – approaches and methods, Technologies - Big Data, Machine Learning and AI, Cloud
Computing, Future of FinTech.
the dark side of valuation: strategic investment decisions.
PDFT* ZG517 Financial Analytics 4
PDFI ZG528 Venture Capital & Private Equity 4
Different sources of Financial Data, Statistical characteristics
This course will lay a strong foundation in core concepts,
features and characteristics of the venture capital and private of financial data, Distributions of Financial Data, Statistical
equity markets; specialized services provided by VC's and Applications in Finance, Exploratory Data Analysis, Modelling
using Financial Statements Data, Modelling stock price
PE funds; stages in VC investing; deal flow; deal sourcing,
evaluation; risk return tradeoff of VC/ PE investments; behaviour, Modelling Credit Default using classification
valuation of VC/ PE transactions; structuring and execution of algorithms, Introduction to Machine Learning algorithms for
price forecasting and Portfolio Modelling, Introduction to
deals; exit options, distributions; Course will make extensive
use of case studies to understand industry best practices and Montecarlo Bootstrapping, simulation and cross validation,
current trends. Sentiment Analysis in Finance

PDFI ZG544 Mergers, Acquisitions, and Corporate PDFT* ZG521 Financial Management 4
Restructuring 4 Concepts and techniques of financial management decision;
concepts in valuation – time value of money; valuation of a
Basics of M&A (corporate finance, strategy, economics),
merger types, trends; theories underlying M&A; legal aspects; firm’s stock, capital asset pricing model; investment in assets
evaluating an acquisition target; valuation of mergers and and required returns; risk analysis; financing and dividend
policies, capital structure decision; working capital
acquisitions, MVA, relative valuation, multiples, DCF, FCFF,
FCFE; M&A deal structuring; synergy analysis; break-up management, management of cash, management of
valuation; sensitivity analysis; terms of merger; financing accounts receivable; inventory management, short and
intermediate term financing, long term financial tools of
considerations; capital structure decisions; structuring and
valuing of Leveraged Buy-out (LBO) transaction; financing financial analysis, financial ratio analysis, funds analysis and
considerations; exit strategies; extensive use of relevant case financial forecasting, operating and financial leverages.
studies, simulations, modeling. PDFT* ZG527 Entrepreneurship in FinTech 4
PDFI ZG556 Advanced Risk Models 4 FinTech Themes, Changing landscape in raising capital,
FinTech Hubs, Early stage funding, Integrated FinTech
Advanced VaR models, expected shortfall, stressed VaR,
Ecosystems, Emerging Markets and Social Impact, Valuation
historical simulation, delta/ gamma models, full revaluation,
risk factor selection, volatility clustering, structured Monte of FinTech Firms, FinTech Solutions - Case Studies, Legal,
Regulatory, Data privacy and Ethical aspects of FinTech
Carlo analysis, stress testing, scenario analysis, back testing;
country and sovereign risk models; management of country startups, Capital and Investment for new businesses,
and sovereign risks, external and internal credit ratings Enterprise Innovation

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PDFT* ZG529 Machine Learning for Finance 4 operations, Digital platforms, products and eco systems,
Univariate and Multivariate Financial Time series and their Block chain applications in asset and wealth management,
Algorithms of Automated Portfolio Rebalancing, Digital
characteristics, Applications of Support Vector Machines,
Neural Networks and Gradient-Based Optimization, Financial Advisor, Future of Digital Advice, Personalize the
Applications of Tree based ensemble methods (Random Investment Experience, Future of wealth tech.
Forests, Boosting), Dimension reductions using PCA and PDFT* ZG560 Global Financial Markets & Products 4
Auto Encoders, Feature Engineering, Cross validations,
Capital markets; stock markets, bond markets, derivative
Credit Scoring, Predicting Bankruptcy, Fraud Identification markets; operations of these markets from a global
models, Applications of Clustering Algorithms, Introduction to perspective; Overview and features of key financial products,
sequential Learning
equities, fixed income securities and derivatives; bond
PDFT* ZG530 InsurTech 4 features, indenture, coupon, maturity, YTM, zero coupon,
Digital Transformation in Insurance, Insurance of Things, valuation, duration, convexity; Equities, product features,
From Insurance Premium to Discrete Event, Telematics, basic valuation concepts; derivatives, forwards, futures,
options, swaps, commodity derivatives, cost of carry,
Collaborative Approach, Insur Tech Value Chain, Business
Models, Practical Robotics in Insurance, Claims Handing, concepts, basic features, payoff, put call parity, basic option
strategies; relevant case studies, simulations, modeling.
Applications of Technology in Underwriting, New Business
Generation and Policy Processing. PDMM* ZG511 Managing People & Organizations 4
PDFT* ZG532 Deep Learning Applications in Finance 4 Concepts and principles of management as applied to a
variety of organizations; study of managerial roles, styles,
Review of Machine Learning, Foundations of Neural networks
and deep learning, Fundamentals of deep networks, activities and decision making; relationship with
Multilayer Perceptron, Convolutional neural networks (CNN), organizational effectiveness; planning activities, leadership &
control; manpower development; organizational behavior and
Recurrent neural networks (RNN) frameworks – LSTM, GRU.
Hands on building Deep learning networks, Auto-encoders, theory.
Parameter tuning, Generative Adversarial Networks (GAN), PDMM* ZG522 Total Quality Management 4
Semantic Segmentation, Unsupervised Learning, TQM principles and practices; leadership; customer
Applications of Deep Learning in FinTech.
satisfaction; employee involvement; continuous process
PDFT* ZG533 Technology Disruptions in FinTech 4 improvement; supplier partnership; performance measures;
Big Data in the Financial Services Industry, Internet of statistical process control; ISO 9000; benchmarking;
qualityfunction deployment; concurrent engineering;
Things, Impact of IoT on Businesses, IoT in Financial
Services, Cyber Security, Cybersecurity Categories and experimental design; Taguchi’s quality engineering; product
Players, Data Privacy and Governance, Cloud Computing, liability.
Networks, Mobile Applications and Smart Phones PDMM* ZG526 Operations Management 4
PDFT* ZG553 Block Chain and Applications 4 Operations strategy; process view vs. functional view in
operations; factors in product and process design and
Introduction, Evolution of Block chain, Building blocks of
block chain, Smart contracts, Block chain Principles, Asset selection; facility configuration; demand planning and
Monetization in Block Chain, Building a block chain network, forecasting; capacity planning; aggregate planning; planning
service operations; productivity of operations; inventory
Use cases of Block chain in different sectors across the world
planning and independent demand systems; materials
(Manufacturing and Industrial, Government and Public
Sector, Consumer Goods and Retail Industry, Food Industry, requirements planning; quality management; uncertainty and
variability; project management; current developments in
Cryptocurrencies in detail), Limitations of existing block
chains, Regulatory Aspects, Strategy to implement across the operations management.
enterprise, Best Practices in implementing Block chain, PDMM* ZG537 Lean Manufacturing 5
Different types of Block chain architectures – Hyper Ledger, Course description is same as given under MBA ZG537
Ethereum, Future challenges.
PDMM* ZC411 Marketing 4
PDFT* ZG554 Digital Banking and Beyond 4
Definition and scope, consumer behavior, competitive
Traditional Banking landscape, First principles of Banking,
behavior, demand estimation, new product introduction,
Effect of Digital Technology, New Operating Models for product/brand management, pricing policies, channels of
Banking, Regulation vs. Innovation, Reframing identity distribution, credit management, advertising and other sales
through Technology, Embedded Banking, Banking Chatbots,
promotion, positioning, marketing regulation, market research
From products and channels to experiences, Designing basics of industrial marketing.
Digital banks without branches, Building Relationships
through digital banking, Technologies enabling digital PDMM* ZC415 Financial and Management
banking, Security, New economics of digital bank, Beyond Accounting 4
digital banking, Role of AI and Big Data in Banking. Basic concepts, double entry accounting, journal, ledger, trial
PDFT* ZG555 Algorithmic and High Frequency Trading 4 balance, profit & loss account, balance sheet, cash flow
statement, financial statement analysis, ratio analysis, cost-
Introduction to Algorithmic trading, Users of Algorithmic volume-profit analysis, inventory valuation, inflation
Trading, Currently Popular trading Algorithms, Algo trades for
accounting, cost accounting and budgetary control systems,
individual investors, Optimization, Stock personality clusters, financial analysis and forecasting.
Selecting a Cohort of Trading Stocks, Stock Profiling,
Volatility, Alpha Algo strategies, Benchmarks and PDMM* ZC416 Managerial Economics 4
Performance Measures, Technical Analysis (TA), Heuristics, Fundamental concepts, supply, demand, market mechanism;
AI, Artificial Neural Networks and Other Avenues, From the theory of demand (consumer behaviour); production, costs
Efficient Market Hypothesis to Prospect Theory, Mean (theory of the firm); market structures (perfect competition,
Reversion strategies, Momentum strategies, risk monopoly, monopolistic competition, oligopoly); circular flow
management. of income, national income accounting, national income
PDFT* ZG557 FinTech in Wealth Management 4 determination; money and banking, employment, interest,
inflation, economics of information, problem of adverse
Introduction, Traditional wealth management industry, selection, moral hazard problem, market failure, externalities,
Digitization in wealth management, Digitizing client advisory,
public goods.
Robo advisors, Gamification, Digitizing wealth management

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PDMM* ZC417 Quantitative Methods 4 heat, air, filtration; aseptic processing, sterility testing,
Grouping data, measures of central tendency and dispersion, indicators and sampling methods; skin disinfection.
probability distribution, sampling and estimation, testing PE* ZC231Engineering Materials 3
hypotheses, chi-square and analysis of variance, regression
Mechanical, electrical, electronic and chemical properties and
and correlation, non-parametric methods, time series and applications of common engineering materials; ferrous and
forecasting, index numbers, decision theory, linear non- ferrous metals and alloys; thermosetting and
programming, transportation and assignment problems,
thermoplastic plastics; natural and synthetic resins; rubber;
queuing theory, network problems, simulation; application of glass; abrasives and ceramics; common building materials,
statistical software (SYSTAT, SPSS, SIMULA8, etc.) and namely, timber, stone, lime and cement; corrosion of metals
spreadsheets.
and methods of preventing corrosion; protective and
PE*ZC112 Electrical and Electronics Technology 3 decorative coatings; insulating materials; testing of materials.
Electric circuit, electromagnetism, magnetic circuit, PE* ZC233 Calculus 4
electrostatics, AC voltage and current, singlephase circuits, Limits, continuity, differentiation, integration, Fourier series,
semiconductor devices, amplifiers, digital systems,
ordinary differential equations for initial and boundary value
microprocessors, DC machines, polyphase circuits,
problems, solution through Laplace transforms, numerical
transformers, synchronous machines, induction motors, solution using Picard’s iteration and higher order methods,
power electronics, measurements, illumination. partial derivatives, partial differential equations, analytical
PE* ZC113 Probability and Statistics 3 solution techniques.
Probability spaces; conditional probability and independence; PE* ZC234 Manufacturing Processes 3
random variables and probability distributions; marginal and
Fundamentals of casting process; forging; powder metallurgy;
conditional distributions; independent random variables; soldering; brazing and welding technology; metal forming
mathematical expectation; mean and variance; binomial, process, its analysis and design; Introduction to Metal cutting,
Poisson and normal distributions; sum of independent
machine tools; mechanics of metal cutting; other machining
random variables; law of large numbers; central limit theorem processes; grinding and finishing operations; non convention
(without proof); sampling distribution and test for mean using machining; chipless machining processes; NC machines
normal and student's t-distribution; test of hypothesis;
programming; control system in CNC; CNC, DNC; FMS and
correlation and linear regression.
machining center.
PE* ZC164 Computer Programming 4 PE* ZC235 Linear Algebra & Optimization 3
Basic Computing Steps and Flow Charting (Assignment, Vector and matrix algebra, systems of linear algebraic
Sequencing, Conditionals, Iteration). Programming
equations and their solutions; eigenvalues, eigenvectors and
Constructs – Expressions, Statements, Conditionals, diagonalization of matrices; Formulation of linear
Iterators/Loops, Functions/ Procedures; Data Types – programming problems, Simplex method, Big-M method, two
Primitive Types, Tuples, Choices (Unions or Enumerations),
phase method, Sensitivity analysis, Revised and Dual
Lists/Arrays, Pointers and Dynamically Allocated Data. Input Simplex Methods.
output and Files. Laboratory Component: Programming
Exercises involving development and testing of iterative and PE* ZC241 Mechanical Technology 3
procedural programs using bounded and unbounded Fundamental concepts of heat, work and energy; second law
iterations, function composition, random access lists, of thermodynamics; properties of gases and vapors; basic
sequential access lists, dynamically allocated lists, and file cycles; flow of liquids; steam boilers; steam engines and
access. pumps; steam turbines and condensers; hydraulic pumps and
PE* ZC211 Principles of Management 3 turbines; internal combustion engine.
Fundamental concepts of management - planning; PE* ZC242 Thermodynamics& Kinetics 3
organizing; staffing; directing and controlling; production, Importance and Fundamental concepts of Thermodynamics,
financial, personnel, legal and marketing functions; concept of states, systems, equilibrium, extensive and
accounting and budgeting, balance sheets. intensive properties, homogeneous and heterogeneous
PE* ZC213 Engineering Measurements 3 systems, First Law of Thermodynamics, Internal energy, heat
capacity, isothermal, and adiabatic processes, Second law of
Performance characteristics of measuring instruments, Thermodynamics, criteria of equilibrium, Maxwell's relations,
measurement methods for mechanical, electrical, radiant, Gibbs-Helmholtz equation, Entropy, Kinetic Theory, Auxiliary
chemical, magnetic and thermal energy variables. Emphasis
Functions, Heat Capacity, Enthalpy, Phase Equilibrium in one
in this course shall be on the operation and use of component system, Concept of Third law, relation between
instruments.
Cp and Cv, Fugacity, equilibrium constant, use of Y S -
PE*ZC214 Pharmaceutical Analysis 3 functions, Ellingham-Richardson diagrams, phase stability
diagrams, Behaviour of Solutions, Thermodynamics of non-
Basic techniques of pharmaceutical analysis, data handling
and analysis, sources of error in analysis. The analytical reacting mixtures, reaction rate theory, Introduction to
methods would comprise of various titrimetric methods, such metallurgical kinetics, heterogeneous reaction kinetics-gas-
solid, solid-liquid, liquid-liquid and solid-solid systems,
as acid-base, complexometric, non-aqueous, oxidation-
reduction, precipitation, conductometric; physical and concept of Johnson- Mehl equation, effect of temperature on
instrumental analysis such as gravimetric, polarography, reaction rates, energy of activation, Solutions, partial molal
quantities, ideal and non-ideal solutions, Henry's law, Gibbs -
nephelometry, amperometry, turbidometry, potentiometry;
chromatographic separations such as TLC, coloumn, ion- Duhem equation, regular solution, Change of standard state,
exchange, extraction methods such as gel-filtration, Phase relations and phase rule, Free energy composition
diagrams for binary alloy systems, determination of liquidus,
fractionation processes, analysis of metallic and non-metallic
elements; water content, as well as evaluation of drug solidus and solvus lines, Effect of pressure on phase
constituents in various pharmaceutical preparation. transformation and phase equilibria.

PE* ZC221 Disinfection & Sterilization Processes 3 PE* ZC252 Mineral Beneficiations and
Agglomeration 3
Common sources of microbes, contamination methods;
Early development in Metal Extraction, General methods of
processes involved in disinfection of materials; enclosed
space, sanitation; sterilization methods – dry heat, moist extraction, The necessity and methods of beneficiation,
mineralogical assessment, Minerals and ores, refining,

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importance of mineral dressing, principles of flotation, Continuous Casting, near net shape making, clean steel
Refractories, different comminution methods-fracture, practices, stainless steel making and emerging trends in steel
Crushing and Grinding machines, liberation, size-criteria, making and continuous casting. Introduction to casting,
energy-size relationships, crushing grinding and attrition, Molding Equipment Processes, Molding Sand, Cores, Core
screening and classification, cyclones, concentration Materials, Solidification of Metals.
processes-density, electrical, magnetic separators and other PE* ZC313 Technical Report Writing 3
physical methods, Interfacial phenomenon, surfactants,
Floatation principles and froth floatation, liquid-solid Elements of effective writing; art of condensation; business
separation-floculation, thickening, classification, free and letter writing; memos; formal reports; technical proposals;
hindered settling, Dry and wet sizing, Jigging, surface conducting, and participating, meetings; agenda and minutes;
chemistry of minerals, dewatering, Pollution in beneficiation strategies for writing technical descriptions, definitions, and
plants, Agglomeration: Basic processes-Nodulization, classifications; oral presentation; use of graphic and audio-
briquetting, Pelletization, sintering, Material Balances in visual aids; editing.
process flows: Component and total mass balances of PE* ZC314 Power Plant Engineering 3
reactive and non-reactive systems including recycling, Batch
and steady state flows, Unit Processes in pyrometallurgy: Classification of power plants. Components and layout of;
calcination, roasting, sintering, smelting , converting, thermal, nuclear, hydroelectric power plants. Site selection for
distillation, Metallothermic reduction and hydrogen reduction, various power plants. Combined cycle power plants. Magneto
refining processes with examples for metals like copper, Hydro Dynamics (MHD) systems. Economics of power
nickel, lead, zinc, etc. Unit processes in hydrometallurgy: generation, economic loading of power stations. Load curve
leaching, purification of leach liquor, solvent extraction and analysis; load factor, diversity factor. Power plant
ion exchange process, metal recovery from aqueous phase. instrumentation and controls.
Unit processes in electrometallurgy: Faraday's laws of PE* ZC316 Transport Phenomena- I 4
electrolysis, concept of overvoltage, limiting current density,
overall cell voltage, series and parallel electrical circuits in Diffusional transport of fluid heat and mass (a comparison),
refining, Electrowinning and electrorefining with reference to Fluid statics, Laminar and turbulent flows, Boundary layer
Cu, Zu, Al, Mg. concept (hydrodynamic, thermal and concentration),
Continuity equation, Bernoulli’s equation, Introduction to
PE* ZC262 Iron Making 3 equations of motion, Laminar and turbulent flow in pipes,
World production of Iron and steel, occurrence and concept of drag, packed beds and fluidization, steady state
distribution of iron ore, coal and limestone in India and world, heat conduction, concept of heat transfer coefficient,
General layout of integrated steel plant, Raw materials in convective heat transfer (forced and natural convection
ferrous production metallurgy, coke production, correlations), introduction to radiative heat transfer,
agglomeration of iron ores. Technology of blast furnace iron interphase mass transfer and mass transfer coefficients,
making - operational details, Study of blast furnace processes analogy between fluid flow, heat and mass transfer.
and blast furnace slag, Blast furnace reactions, Raceway, PE* ZC317 Transport Phenomena – II 4
Cohesive zone, Thermodynamics of slag-metal reactions,
high top pressure, oxygen enrichment, injection of auxiliary Transportation and metering of fluids (pumps, fittings, valves
fuels. Blast furnace design, Furnace productivity, the coke and compressors), flow measurement, Condensation and
rate, hot metal quality. Alternate routes of iron making, boiling, heat exchange equipment, absorption, concept of
Temperature profile, Aerodynamics, different factors, equilibrium stage operations, distillation, extraction selected
Irregularities etc., Heat exchange zones in blast furnace. operations like crushing, grinding, drying, filtration,
evaporation, etc.
PE* ZC272 Furnace Technology 3
PE* ZC318 Fundamentals of Transport Processes 4
Conventional, non-conventional and newer sources of
energy, energy management problems in metallurgical Concept of momentum transfer, Newton’s law of viscosity,
Industries, role of high temperature systems and materials, Continuity and Bernoulli’s equation, Concept of pressure drop
deposits, manufacturing, properties and testing of solid, liquid and drag, Introduction to conduction, convection (free and
and gaseous fuels; Principles of fuel combustion and burner forced) and radiation including Fourier’s law of heat
design. Classification of refractory, manufacturing and conduction, Newton’s law of cooling, Stefan Boltzmann and
properties of common refractories such as silica, fire clay, Kirchhoff’s laws, concept of resistance and lumped
high alumina, dolomite, magnesite and chrome refractories. capacitance; Boundary layer theory (momentum, thermal and
Furnaces, Types, Design of high temperature furnaces, mass), Heat transfer correlations; Phase change heat
waste heat utilization, heat recuperators and refrigerators, transfer, Diffusion fundamentals including Fick’s law,
stack design, gas cleaning, heat balance diagrams; furnace Interphase mass transfer, Concept of mass transfer
dynamics: fluid flow calculations, fuel fired furnaces, electric coefficient, Momentum, heat and mass transfer analogies,
arc furnaces, vacuum, electron beam, plasma, laser Introduction to transport equations.
furnaces. PE* ZC319Unit Operations - 1 4
PE* ZC311 Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics 4 Pumps and compressors, Flow measurement devices, piping
Concept of heat and work, Ideal and real gas systems, networks, Agitation and mixing, Packed and fluidized beds,
Thermodynamic Laws, P-V-T behaviour of real gases, Heat exchangers including boilers and condensers, LMTD,
Concept of entropy, Heat effects, First and Second law epsilon-NTU method, Co-current counter-current and cross
analysis of processes including power plants and refrigeration flows, NTU – epsilon method for exchanger evaluation,
systems, Thermodynamic Property relations, Vapour liquid Distillation, Absorption, Leaching, Humidification and drying,
equilibrium, Solutions thermodynamics: Theory and Cooling towers.
applications, Chemical Reaction equilibria, Special topics in PE* ZC320Unit Operations - II 4
Phase equilibrium, Role of thermodynamics in process
Sedimentation, Evaporation, Liquid – Liquid extraction,
simulation, Case studies.
adsorption, Mechanical separations like filtration,
PE* ZC312 Steel Making & Casting 3 centrifugation, froth floatation etc., Solid separations based
Fundamentals of Steel making, Historical development of on size reduction including sieving operations and related
steel making processes. Open hearth, basic oxygen, electric equipment like crushers, mills, pulverizers etc., special
arc and induction furnace steel making, processes, separation processes like ion-exchange, membranes,
Thermodynamics, kinetics and transport phenomena in steel chromatography etc.
making, Introduction to ladle metallurgy. Refining of Steel.

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PE* ZC321 Chemical Process Calculations 3 PE* ZC353 Industrial Engineering 3
Properties of gases, liquids and solids; material and energy Industrial systems and organization; engineering economy;
balances; elementary process analysis involving phase work measurement techniques; motivation and time studies;
equilibria and chemical reactions; recycling and unsteady factory planning and materials handling; industrial
state processes; combustion calculations and typical standardization; critical path methods; quality control;
industrial applications. reliability; maintenance and management planning;
PE* ZC322 Process Design Principles 4 scheduling; job analysis (evaluation); value engineering.
PE* ZC361 Environmental Pollution Control 3
Process invention using heuristics and analysis (The Design
process, Process creation and heuristics for process Air and water pollutants; sampling and analysis; control
synthesis), Sequencing of separation trains, concept of pinch methods for air & water pollutants; modeling of different
technology and heat exchanger network analysis, Cost control techniques; advanced wastewater treatment
estimation and profitability analysis, Role of simulators in processes; solid waste management, noise pollution; case
process engineering, Case studies. studies.
PE* ZC323 Corrosion Engineering 3 PE* ZC362 Steel Processing 3
Corrosion principles: electrochemical aspects, environmental Introduction to metal casting, Moulding, materials and
effects, metallurgical & other aspects; various forms of processes, patterns, sand and binders. directional
corrosion. Materials: metals and alloys, non-metallics solidification, rapid solidification. Solidification of short & long
(polymers and ceramics). Corrosion prevention: Materials freezing range alloy castings, Gating and Risering of
selection, alteration of environment, design, cathodic and castings, Cupola, rotary furnace, induction furnace, crucible
anodic protection, Coatings, Case Studies. furnace melting, Introduction to cast alloys, classification,
PE* ZC324Chemical Reaction Engineering 3 microstructures and properties of cast irons, plain carbon and
Hadfield Manganese steels, Heat treatment of cast alloys,
Ideal reactor concepts, design equations for batch and Casting defects and remedy, Special casting processes,
continuous reactors (constant and variable volume), Kinetics Introduction to metal joining processes, welding,
and interpretation of batch reactor data, Catalytic reactors Fundamentals of metal working, Temperature, strain rate,
including external diffusion and intra-particle diffusion effects, friction & lubrication, Rolling, Classification & processes
Non-ideal reactor concepts, Industrial reactor systems. Forging, Extrusion, Drawing, cold working and warm working,
PE* ZC331 Quality Control Assurance & Reliability 3 Bulk and sheet metal forming, Mechanical and Hydraulic
Presses, Stretching, drawing and bending of sheet metal,
Basic concepts of probability and probability distributions, Metallurgical changes during metal working; thermo-
standard probability distribution, sampling and sampling mechanical processes. Slab analysis of plane strain and
distributions, confidence intervals, testing significance, axisymmetric upsetting.
statistical tolerance, various types of control charts, statistical
process control techniques, value analysis, defect diagnosis PE* ZC382 Cement Technology 3
and prevention, basic concepts of reliability, reliability design Indian & Global Cement Industries; Geological classification
evaluation and control, methods of applying total quality of rock; Geo-chemistry of lime stone; Crushing, Grinding and
management, production process. Raw material handling process; different type of milling
PE* ZC342 Materials Management 3 systems and applications - Raw mill, Coal mill, Cement mill;
Kiln system and process, Fuel and firing system, Clinker
Integrated materials management, policy aspects, purchasing cooling, storage, grinding and packing; merging trends in
management, warehousing and storage of inventory control cement manufacture.
systems; appraisal and control; just in time (JIT); automation
in materials management. PE* ZC385 Fertilizer Technology 3
PE* ZC343 Industrial Pharmacy 3 Introduction, fertilizer industry in India during last few
decades; technology / production of fertilizer products such
Pharmaceutical processes and equipment commonly used in as intermediates, nitrogenous fertilizers, phosphatic
pharmaceutical industries; drug extraction and clarification; fertilizers, potassic fertilizers, complex fertilizers; guidelines
mixing and granulation; pharmaceutical preparations such as for mixing fertilizers.
aromatic waters, spirits, syrups, elixirs, lotions, liniments,
official solutions etc.; galenical products like infusions, PE* ZC383 Extractive Metallurgy 3
decoctions, tinctures, extracts, etc, glandular preparations Introduction, Methods of extraction and refining of metals,
and blood plasma substitutes. principles of pyrometallurgy, heat transfer and fluid flow, rates
PE* ZC344 Thermodynamics & Reaction Engineering 4 of metallurgical reactions, analysis of unit processes,
principles of electro and hydrometallurgy.
Development and applications of the combined first and
second laws; relations between state properties; chemical PE* ZC411 Production Planning & Control 3
equilibria in reacting and non-reacting systems; Kinetics of Generalized model of production systems; types of
homogeneous, heterogeneous reactions; ideal reactors; production flows; life cycle concepts; facilities location and
selectivity; analysis and design of chemical reactors. layout planning; aggregate and batch production planning;
PE* ZC345 Pharmaceutical Quality Control & Regulatory inventory systems; materials requirements planning;
Affairs 3 elements of monitoring & production control.

Course description to be developed. PE*ZC412 Process Equipment Design 4

PE* ZC352 Energy Management 4 Process design of major fluid, heat and separation equipment
including pumps and heat exchangers, Mechanical Design
World and Indian Energy scenario including production, considerations and material of construction, Pressure vessel
consumption and pricing, Energy conservation and its design, Storage vessel design, Design of flange and vessel
importance, Energy conservation act and its features, Energy heads, Mechanical design of specific equipment like heat
Management and Audit including energy audit instruments, exchangers, distillation columns etc., Case studies.
Energy action planning, Energy monitoring and targeting,
Energy economics, Energy efficiency in thermal utilities, PE* ZC423 Essentials of Project Management 3
Energy efficiency in electrical utilities, Energy performance Programmes project management, project manager: role and
assessment for equipment and utilities, Application through responsibilities, project management and organization,
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PERT, CPM, price estimation and cost control; proposal, administration, trade unions and collective bargaining,
control valuation monitoring and trade off analysis in a project industrial dispute and worker participation in management.
environment, pitfalls and future scenario. POM* ZC471 Management Information Systems 3
PE* ZC423T Project Work 10
Introduction to Information Systems; Concepts of
Consistent with the student’s professional background and management, concepts of information, systems concepts;
work-environment, the student will be required to carry out a Information Systems and Organizations; decision making
work-oriented project. At the beginning of the semester, the process; database systems; data communications; planning,
student should select an area of work that is considered vital designing, developing and implementing information systems;
to the sponsoring organization, and prepare a detailed project quality assurance and evaluation of information systems;
outline, in consultation with his/her Mentor. The student future developments and their organizational and social
carries on with the work-centered project, adhering to the implications; decision support system and expert systems.
guidelines provided in the detailed course handout, and POM* ZG511 Disinfection and Sterilisation 4
taking all the prescribed evaluation components on time. At
the end of the semester, the student should submit a Theories and kinetics of the disinfection reaction, study of the
comprehensive Project Report. The student will be evaluated principles involved in vivo and in vitro evaluation of
on the basis of the various interim evaluation components, disinfectants and antiseptics, structure activity relationships of
contents of the report and a final seminar and viva-voce. the representative groups of disinfectants, sterilization, heat,
ionizing and ultraviolet radiations, ultrasonic waves, filtration,
PE* ZC434 Quality Control, Assurance &
gaseous sterilization and cellular dessication methods,
Reliability 4
controls used and special problems involved.
Basic concepts of probability and probability distributions, POM* ZG512 Dosage Form Design 5
standard probability distribution, sampling and sampling
distributions, confidence intervals, testing significance, A study of physical and chemical, pharmacological and
statistical tolerance, various types of control charts, statistical biopharmaceutic factors involved in the design and stability of
process control techniques, value analysis, defect diagnosis dosage forms; transport of drugs across biological
and prevention, basic concepts of reliability, reliability design membranes; absorption, distribution and elimination of drugs;
evaluation and control, methods of applying total quality formulation additives, closures and containers and sustained
management, production process. Practical assignments on release dosage forms; micro-encapsulation; radio
statistical quality control using suitable statistical software pharmaceuticals.
tools such as R-software, MS Excel, SAS, Minitab or SPSS. POM* ZG513 Financial Management 4
PE* ZC442 Advances in Materials Science 3 Concepts and techniques of financial management decision;
Deformation of materials, deformation at high temperatures concepts in valuation – time value of money; valuation of a
and creep, recovery, recrystallization and grain growth, firm’s stock, capital asset pricing model; investment in assets
fracture of materials and fatigue failure, deterioration of and required returns; risk analysis; financing and dividend
materials, corrosion and oxidation, surface properties, policies, capital structure decision; working capital
surface energy and tribology, polymers and fibre reinforced management, management of cash, management of
polymeric composites, mechanical testing, nondestructive accounts receivable; inventory management, short and
testing techniques. intermediate term financing, long term financial tools of
financial analysis, financial ratio analysis, funds analysis and
PE* ZC452 Process Plant Safety and Environment4
financial forecasting, operating and financial leverages.
Role of safety in society; engineering aspects of process POM* ZG515 Pharmaceutical Administration and
plant safety; chemical hazards and worker safety; hazardous Management 5
properties of chemicals; safety aspects in site selection and
plant layout; design and inspection of pressure vessels; Technology innovation and creativity, new drugs and
storage, handling and transportation of hazardous chemicals; products planning, strategic considerations, project
risk assessment methods; toxic release, fire and explosions; implementation, product development, production
boiling liquid expanding vapor explosions; safety audit; management and scale up, preparation of product literature
emergency planning and disaster management; Introduction and marketing strategy, IPR processes, human resource
to air pollutants, water pollutants and solid wastes; sampling development, industrial relations, documentation, R & D
& analysis techniques; impact of these on environment; management, ethical aspects.
national and international regulations, case studies. POM* ZG521 Statistical Process Control 5
PE* ZC453 Process Control & Instrumentation 4 What is SPC, history & development of SPC, averages &
Importance of Process Control; Process dynamics, modeling measures of dispersion, process variation, variable & attribute
and transient response; Control actions and feedback control; data, simple statistical problem solving tools: check sheets,
Hydraulic-, pneumatic- and electronic controllers; Controller histograms, Pareto diagrams, stratification graph, scatter plots,
design, tuning and stability; Measuring instruments and their cause & effect diagram; Various types of control charts, control
working principles; Instrument characteristics and chart for attributes, cumulative sum charts, X bar R charts;
transmission; Transducers, sensor and actuators; Control construction & interpretation of control charts process
valves; Piping and Instrumentation diagrams; Signal capability; Lot try lot acceptance sampling for attributes,
conditioning and processing; Display and recording; Signal- acceptance sampling variables, other acceptance sampling
flow graph and Mason’s gain formula; Feed forward, procedures.
cascade and ratio control; Direct digital control; POM* ZG522 Quality Assurance & Regulatory Affairs 5
Programmable logic controllers; DCS and SCADA systems;
PC based instrumentation; Introduction to multivariable Quality control, quality assurance, quality management, various
control system. parameters for achieving quality pharmaceutical products,
application of statistics in quality assurance, reliability, current
POM* ZC441 Human Resource Management 4 good manufacturing practice (cGMP) for pharmaceutical
Introduction, manpower planning, career and succession manufacturing, pharmaceutical process validation, drug
planning, procurement of personnel, performance appraisal, regulatory affairs, clinical research protocols, new drug
job satisfaction and morale, job rotation, employee applications, drug product labeling.
communication, audit and control, management training and
development, wage and salary administration, welfare

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POM* ZG523 Project Management 4 Issues of Intellectual Property such as Patents, Copyright,
Concepts and techniques of project formulation, evaluation Trademarks, and Design; rules and regulations of marketing
and competition; Patent processing, infringement of patents,
and implementation; Project planning and scheduling; Risk
management; Time-cost trade off; Resource leveling and ethics and economic issues related to IPR.
allocation; Project monitoring and control; Contract POM* ZG551Advanced Physical Pharmaceutics 5
management. Preliminary evaluations and molecular optimization, Drug
POM* ZG525 Pharmaceutical Process Development & substance considerations including protein, peptide and
Scale-up 4 biological products, Bulk characterization, Solubility analysis,
Optimization techniques in pharmaceutical processing; Rheology and dispersed systems, Micromeritics and shape
development of test systems to evaluate performance of factor analysis, Compression and compaction, Principles of
dissolution, Dissolution test design and release kinetics
dosage forms and unit operations; Scale-up of unit operations
related to various pharmaceutical formulations; process evaluation, Compatibility testing, Stability analysis and test
analytical technology (PAT) and its applications in solving design according to international standard, Studies of broad
category of polymers used in drug delivery, Rationale basis of
problems of scale-up.
formulation recommendation.
POM* ZG531 Manufacturing Organization and
Management 5 POM* ZG611 Strategic Management & Business Policy5

Manufacturing environment; Engineering considerations; Strategic management elements; internal, external, external
Design and planning of manufacturing systems; environment. assessment of corporate strengths,
weaknesses and opportunities; planning and deployment of
Manufacturing cost control; Material flow control; Quality;
Human resources; Financial management; Marketing capital assets; profit planning and control functions problems,
management. pressures, responsibilities, limits of the chief executive;
evaluation of one's own business undertaking; formulating
POM* ZG532 Supply Chain Management 4 objectives, strategies, policies and programmes for improving
Customer driven strategies in production and distribution company’s present situation; personnel strength and
systems; Integrated production and distribution networks; implementation of the policies and programmes,
SCM in the context of JIT and MRP–II; Distribution Resource development, implementation, evaluation and control of
Planning; Management of dealer networks; Total Control & strategies, strategic management of MNCs, management
Product innovation across the supply chain; Incoming style and behavior, corporate style, behavior and culture.
logistics and supplier relationships; Value addition analysis; POM* ZG628T Dissertation 16
Metrics for management of supply chain performance;
Mathematical models and computer assisted decision A student registered in this course must take a topic in an
support for SCM; Mathematical programming for SCM. area of professional interest drawn from the on the job work
requirement which is simultaneously of direct relevance to the
POM* ZG534 Advanced Pharmaceutical Technology 5 degree pursued by the student as well as to the employing /
Overview of pharmaceutical processes used in collaborating organization of the student and submit a
pharmaceutical manufacturing; advanced manufacturing comprehensive report at the end of the semester working
equipments for various pharmaceutical dosage forms; current under the overall supervision and guidance of a professional
manufacturing techniques for large scale production of expert who will be deemed as the supervisor for evaluation of
tablets, hard and soft gelatin capsules, aerosols, semi-solid all components of the dissertation. Normally the Mentor of the
preparations including ophthalmic formulations, small and student would be the Dissertation supervisor and in case
large volume parenterals, and multiparticulate systems; Mentor is not approved as the supervisor, Mentor may play
approaches of in-process quality assurance and the role of additional supervisor. The final grades for
documentation in automated manufacture; advanced dissertation are Non-letter grades namely Excellent, Good,
packaging technology for various pharmaceutical dosage Fair and Poor, which do not go into CGPA computation.
forms. POM* ZG631 TQM Tools and Techniques 5
POM* ZG541 Modern Analytical Techniques 4 Benchmarking; introduction, why benchmark; Planning: what to
Fundamentals and applications of sophisticated analytical benchmark, benchmarking partners, data collection methods;
instruments like NMR, Mass spectrometer; X-ray Analysis: determining the current competitive gap, projecting
crystallography; GC, HPLC, UV, IR, Atomic absorption future performance levels; Integration: developing action plan,
spectrophotometer, High voltage electrophoresis, gel implementing specific actions & monitoring progress, re-
electrophoresis, ultracentrifuge, spectrofluorimeter, DTA, calibration; Maturity: beyond benchmarking; Quality function
DSC polarimeter in pharmaceutical industry including spectral deployment, QFD concept, overview & QFD process, the voice
data analysis and molecular characterization of customer developing a QFD matrix, reviewing the matrix for
priority items, organizing teams & planning QFD projects;
POM* ZG542 Production and Operations Process RE-engineering, BPR philosophy, possibilities &
Management 4 pitfalls, BPF framework, opportunity assessment, planning &
Production & operations management functions; capacity BPR project, risk & impact assessment, planning &
requirement planning; inventory control; layout, handling & implementing the transition; Failure mode & effect analysis;
location decisions; resource procurement & operation control; FMEA: concepts & applications in TQM; Quality cost, concepts,
project scheduling & resource allocation; the production & quality cost definitions, quality cost program implementation
operating function; methods of forecasting demand; financial use of quality cost, reducing quality cost.
analysis of operating plans; determination of economic order POW*ZC112 Electrical and Electronics Technology 3
quantity; development of efficient work methods, quality
control, management of R&D, technological forecasting, Electric circuit, electromagnetism, magnetic circuit,
equipment replacement and interfaces with other functional electrostatics, AC voltage and current, singlephase circuits,
areas. semiconductor devices, amplifiers, digital systems,
microprocessors, DC machines, polyphase circuits,
POM* ZG545Intellectual Property Rights and transformers, synchronous machines, induction motors,
Pharmaceuticals 3 power electronics, measurements, illumination.
Key aspects of intellectual property law and their impact on POW* ZC164 Computer Programming 4
Pharmaceutical industry; concept of property with respect to
intellectual creativity; emerging debates, policy issues and Basic Computing Steps and Flow Charting (Assignment,
law reforms related to IPR with respect to pharmaceuticals; Sequencing, Conditionals, Iteration). Programming

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Constructs – Expressions, Statements, Conditionals, of DC motors, speed control of AC motors; other industrial
Iterators/Loops, Functions/ Procedures; Data Types – applications of thyristors and power transistors; voltage
Primitive Types, Tuples, Choices (Unions or Enumerations), regulation and starting of electrical drives; logic modules for
Lists/Arrays, Pointers and Dynamically Allocated Data. Input static converters; introduction to application of
output and Files. Laboratory Component: Programming microprocessors for electrical drives.
Exercises involving development and testing of iterative and POW* ZC321 Technical Report Writing 3
procedural programs using bounded and unbounded
iterations, function composition, random access lists, Elements of effective writing; art of condensation; business
sequential access lists, dynamically allocated lists, and file letter writing; memos; formal reports; technical proposals;
access. conducting, and participating, meetings; agenda and minutes;
strategies for writing technical descriptions, definitions, and
POW* ZC231 Thermodynamics 3
classifications; oral presentation; use of graphic and audio-
Concepts and laws of thermodynamics; macroscopic visual aids; editing.
thermodynamic properties; application to closed and open POW* ZC332 Energy Management 3
system; microscopic approach to entropy; equations of state;
thermodynamics of non-reacting mixtures. System's view of energy in society involving societal goals,
energy resources, the sub-systems for the generation. T&D,
POW* ZC232 Principles of Management 3
and utilization of energy carriers, energy economics and
Fundamental concepts of management - planning; organizing; analysis, energy strategies, policies, policy instruments,
staffing; directing and controlling; production, financial, policy agents and policy implementation. The "development-
personnel, legal and marketing functions; accounting and oriented end-use approach" to energy analysis, strategy
budgeting, balance sheets. design and policy formulation involving the disaggregation
POW* ZC233 Calculus 4 and scrutiny of demand beyond sectors into end-uses and
basic needs. Energy management at the national, state, firm,
Limits, continuity, differentiation, integration, Fourier series, city and village levels.
ordinary differential equations for initial and boundary value
POW* ZC342 Power Systems Engineering I 3
problems, solution through Laplace transforms, numerical
solution using Picard’s iteration and higher order methods, Parameters of transmission lines, electrical and mechanical
partial derivatives, partial differential equations, analytical characteristics of transmission line, synchronous phase
solution techniques. modifiers - overhead insulators - underground cables -
POW* ZC234 Linear Algebra & Optimization 3 distribution lines - substation practice -relevant portions of
Indian Electricity Act.
Vector and matrix algebra, systems of linear algebraic
POW* ZC343 Microprocessors & Microcontollers 3
equations and their solutions; eigenvalues, eigenvectors and
diagonalization of matrices; Formulation of linear Introduction to microprocessors and microcontrollers.
programming problems, Simplex method, Big-M method, two Architecture of 8086 microprocessors; Assembly directives,
phase method, Sensitivity analysis, Revised and Dual Assembly language programs with algorithms, Memory
Simplex Methods. interfacing and timing diagrams; Architecture of 8-bit
POW* ZC242 Engineering Measurements 3 microcontrollers; Assembly language programming for
microcontrollers; Interfacing I/O devices; System design
Performance characteristics of measuring instruments, examples.
measurement methods for mechanical, electrical, radiant,
POW* ZC344Instrumentation & Control 4
chemical, magnetic and thermal energy variables. Emphasis
in this course shall be on the operation and use of Generalized measurement system and performance
instruments. characteristics, Transducers - principles and applications,
POW* ZC313 Power Generation 4 Signal conditioning circuits – bridges, amplifiers, data
converters, filters; Process control – control schemes,
Indian power scenario, sources of energy, working of thermal, controllers, multi-loop control configuration, Control valves;
nuclear, IC engine, gas turbine, hydro and renewable energy Programmable Logic Controllers, DCS and
based power plants, power plant building and layout, SCADA, Simulation, Case Studies.
economics of power generation, environmental impact
POW* ZC411Environmental Pollution Control 3
assessment of power generation.
Environmental pollution: Solid, liquid and gaseous pollutants;
POW* ZC314 Prime Movers & Fluid Machines 4
removal of soluble and particulate pollutants from
Theoretical analysis of energy and momentum transfer atmosphere, natural water systems and process systems;
between fluid and rotor; principles of axial, mixed and radial use of current literature for pollution control problems.
flow compressors, turbines and pumps; design
POW* ZC413 Process Control 3
considerations; cascade aerodynamics and performance
limitations; applications to power plant systems, laboratory Dynamic modeling and simulation of momentum, energy and
exercises in testing reciprocating machines. mass transfer and reacting systems; analysis of the dynamic
POW* ZC315 Transport Phenomena 4 behaviour of lumped and distributed parameter systems;
analysis and design of simple feedback and advanced control
Fundamental concepts of fluid flow, concept of momentum systems; design of control systems with multiple input and
transfer, Newton’s law of viscosity, Continuity and Bernoulli’s multiple output; introduction to computer control.
equation, concept of pressure drop and drag; Heat transfer:
POW* ZC421 Essentials of Project Management 3
steady state and unsteady state heat conduction; analytical
and empirical relations for forced and free convection heat Programmes project management, project manager: role and
transfer; heat exchanger analysis and design, heat transfer responsibilities, project management and organization,
by radiation; Elements of mass transfer; one dimensional project planning and scheduling, graphical techniques and
compressible flow; associated laboratory on condenser, PERT, CPM, price estimation and cost control; proposal,
boiler, economizer, super heater etc. control valuation monitoring and trade off analysis in a project
POW* ZC316 Power Electronics 4 environment, pitfalls and future scenario.
POW* ZC431 Maintenance & Safety 3
PNPN devices, power transistor characteristics, rating and
specifications; triggering mechanism and commutation Basic maintenance systems and practice; maintenance
circuits; controlled power rectifiers, Inverters (DC to AC planning; estimating and budgeting; scheduling maintenance
converters), choppers (DC to DC Converters); speed control jobs; importance of safety; factors affecting safety; safety

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aspects of site and plant; hazards of commercial chemical continuity, Differentiation, Integration. Applications of
reaction and operation; instrumentation for safe operation; derivatives and definite integration.
safety education and training; personnel safety; disaster PS* ZC114 General Mathematics – II 3
planning and measuring safety effectiveness; future trends in
industrial safety; maintenance of components and Polar coordinates, Function of several variables, Multiple
equipment’s; new dimensions in maintenance covering plant integrals, Vector valued functions. Complex functions and
engineering, tribology, materials technology, terotechnology their analyticity. First order and second order ordinary
(life cycle costing) etc.; extensive case studies. differential equations, Laplace transformations and its
applications to ordinary differential equations.
POW* ZC434 Quality Control, Assurance &
PS* ZC212 Basic Statistical Process Control 3
Reliability 4
Course description to be developed.
Basic concepts of probability and probability distributions,
standard probability distribution, sampling and sampling PS* ZC213 Scale –Up of Pharmaceutical Operations 3
distributions, confidence intervals, testing significance, Pilot plant design including process and product layout;
statistical tolerance, various types of control charts, statistical Scale-up consideration in solid dosage forms including
process control techniques, value analysis, defect diagnosis powder mixing, granulation, compaction, and coating; Scale-
and prevention, basic concepts of reliability, reliability design up considerations in non-sterile liquids and semi-solids
evaluation and control, methods of applying total quality including principles of similarity, dimensionless numbers
management, production process. Practical assignments on method, inter-relationship between surface area and volume
statistical quality control using suitable statistical software upon scale-up; Sterile drug product scale-up; Synthetic scale-
tools such as R-software, MS Excel, SAS, Minitab or SPSS. up; Chromatographic scale-up; Scale-up of biotechnology
POW* ZC441 Power Systems Engineering II 3 derived products.
Elementary principles of power system economics - Powers PS* ZC214 Utilities in Pharmaceutical Operations 3
systems stability, equal area criterion and step by step Course description to be developed.
method - protection, relays and relaying, protection of
transmission lines, transformer and generators - High Voltage PS* ZC221 Business Communication 3
Protection - Symmetrical components, symmetrical and Managerial communication – national and international
unsymmetrical faults. contexts, Interpersonal Communication, persuasive
POW* ZC412 Power System Operation & Control 3 communication, communication technology, effective
listening group communication, professional presentation.
POW* ZC422 Power System Drawing and Design 3
PS* ZC222 Pharmaceutical Quality & GMP 4
Course description for the above courses to be developed.
Regulatory perspective for drug product filing and approval,
POW* ZC452 Renewable Energy 3 NDA, ANDA, sNDA and drug user fee act; Quality systems
Introduction of renewable energy, advantages, potential, including concepts of TQM, ICH guidelines like Q1, Q3, Q6,
status of development, broad details of different renewable Q7 and Q9; Quality control and validation including process
energy systems such as solar, wind, biomass, microhydel, validation, prospective and retrospective validation, analytical
geothermal etc.; Renewable energy development policy, method validation; Good manufacturing practices in
Renewable energy industries, international co-operation, pharmaceutical industry; SUPAC guidelines; Quality audits.
HRD and career growth opportunities, consultancy areas and PS* ZC223 Fundamentals of Biochemistry and
future thrust areas in renewable energy development. Microbiology 4
POW* ZC471 Power Electronics & Drives 3 Prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells; Chemistry of biomolecules
Course description for the above course to be developed. like carbohydrates, proteins & peptides, lipids, vitamins and
nucleic acids; Enzymes – classification, mechanism of action,
POW* ZC481 Plant Layout & Design 4
kinetics and regulation of activities; Growth of
Factors affecting plant layout, Types of layout, procedure for microorganisms including media requirements, growth curve,
plant layout, techniques and tools for planning layout, preserving and obtaining bacterial culture; Viruses;
quantitative layout analysis, material handling equipment, Sterilization techniques including principles, instruments and
improving and revising existing layout, evaluation of layout, methods; Antiseptics, disinfectants and preservatives;
plant location, evaluation of location, design of layout, Sterility testing, pyrogen testing, evaluation of antimicrobial
computer applications in layout design. drugs, Biosafety.
PS* ZC111 Probability and Statistics 3 PS* ZC224 Novel Drug Delivery Systems 3
Probability spaces; conditional probability and independence; Course description to be developed.
random variables and probability distributions; marginal and PS* ZC225 Environmental Studies 3
conditional distributions; independent random variables;
mathematical expectation; mean and variance; binomial, Environment, human population, and industrialization; natural
Poisson and normal distributions; sum of independent resources and the impact of man-made activities on them;
random variables; law of large numbers; central limit theorem structure and function of ecosystem, population ecology,
(without proof); sampling distribution and test for mean using biodiversity and its conservation, overview of natural
normal ES* ZGand student's t-distribution; test of hypothesis; resources, environmental pollution, social issues and the
correlation and linear regression. environment, and environmental impact assessment.
PS* ZC112 Human Anatomy and Physiology 3 PS* ZC231 Physical & Inorganic Chemistry 3
Structure and functions of the various systems of the human Atomic structure and chemical bonding including the
body; Homeostatic mechanisms; Progression of disease; concepts of hydrogenic atoms and VB theory;
Principles of drug action. Thermodynamics and chemical kinetics; Electrochemistry
including Nernst equation and its application, electrochemical
PS* ZC113 General Mathematics - I 3
series; Concepts in inorganic chemistry including
Review of coordinate geometry, Theory of equations, electronegativity, measure of acid-base strength, Systematics
Progression and series, permutations and combinations, of acid base interactions, Hard soft acid base(HSAB)
Binomial theorem, Functions: Trigonometric (with identities), concept- relevance to diverse metal-ligand interactions,
Transcendental. One Dimensional Calculus: Limit and symbiosis; Main group elements (Periodicity); Introduction to
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isomers, VB and CF theories, organometallic chemistry, bio- Organization (CDSCO): about the CDSCO, importance,
inorganic chemistry. functioning, and regulation; Drugs and Cosmetics Act;
PS* ZC232 Chemistry of Synthetic Drugs 3 Various provisions of Schedule M; Branded and Generic
medicines; Ministry of chemical and fertilizers: importance,
Synthesis of Five-membered heterocyclic drugs; Six- functioning, and regulations; Indian Pharmacopoeia
membered heterocyclic drugs; Five-membered heterocyclic Commission: importance, functioning, and regulations;
fused with benzene ring; Six-membered heterocyclic fused Provisions of Drug Price Control Order and National
with benzene ring; Seven-membered heterocyclic fused with Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority; Narcotic and Psychotropic
benzene ring; Heterocycles fused to two benzene rings; Substances Act; Medicinal and Toilet Preparations Act;
Heterocycles fused to other heterocyclic rings. Bonded and non-bonded laboratories; Drugs and Magic
PS* ZC233 Pharmaceutical Packaging 3 Remedies Act (Objectionable advertisements); The
prevention of cruelty to animals act; Provision of Insecticide
Course description to be developed. Act; Consumer protection Act.
PS* ZC234 Techniques in Pharmaceutical Analysis4 PS* ZC318 Fundamentals of Transport Processes4
Principles of titrimetric analysis including acid-base, redox Concept of momentum transfer, Newton’s law of viscosity,
and complexometric titrations; Modern analytical techniques Continuity and Bernoulli’s equation, Concept of pressure drop
used in drug product analysis – concepts, instrumentation, and drag, Introduction to conduction, convection (free and
method of analysis and interpretation; UV-Visible forced) and radiation including Fourier’s law of heat
spectroscopy, Spectro-fluorimetry, Infrared spectroscopy, conduction, Newton’s law of cooling, Stefan Boltzmann and
NMR spectrometry, Mass spectroscopy, Chromatography Kirchhoff’s laws, concept of resistance and lumped
including Paper, TLC, GC, HPLC and electrophoresis. capacitance; Boundary layer theory (momentum, thermal and
PS* ZC235 Linear Algebra & Optimization 3 mass), Heat transfer correlations; Phase change heat
transfer, Diffusion fundamentals including Fick’s law,
Vector and matrix algebra, systems of linear algebraic Interphase mass transfer, Concept of mass transfer
equations and their solutions; eigenvalues, eigenvectors and coefficient, Momentum, heat and mass transfer analogies,
diagonalization of matrices; Formulation of linear Introduction to transport equations.
programming problems, Simplex method, Big-M method, two
phase method, Sensitivity analysis, Revised and Dual PS* ZC321 Chemical Process Calculations 3
Simplex Methods. Properties of gases, liquids and solids; material and energy
PS* ZC241 Pharmaceutical Chemistry 3 balances; elementary process analysis involving phase
equilibria and chemical reactions; recycling and unsteady
This course deals with study of important classes of organic state processes; combustion calculations and typical
compounds such as alcohols, ethers, esters, aldehydes etc industrial applications.
and their reactions. The mechanisms for various reactions
will also be dealt with to comprehensively cover the basics of PS* ZC322 Pharmaceutical Quality by Design 3
chemical reactions. Some important five and six member Course description to be developed.
heterocycles with their reactions will also be part of the
course. This course also emphasizes the use of inorganic PS* ZC323 Sterile Pharmaceutical Products 3
compounds in pharmacy. Sterile products characteristics; Sterile dispersed systems;
PS* ZC244 Physical Pharmacy 3 Sterile manufacturing process; Freeze drying of sterile
products; QA & QC of sterile drug products; Process
This course is designed to make the students conversant with validation & equipment qualification in sterile product
the applications of physico-chemical principles to the study of manufacturing; Packaging of sterile drug products.
the drug stability behaviour of drug powers and of other
pharmaceutical systems; it includes the discussion of drug PS* ZC324 Name Reactions in Chemical Synthesis 3
degradation, micromeritics, rheology and interactions of Stereochemistry in drug action; Rearrangement reactions and
drugs. their applications to drug synthesis; Name reactions and
PS* ZC311 Pharmaceutical Unit Operations – I 3 examples in drug synthesis.
Various pharmaceutical unit operations like Extraction, PS* ZC331 Pharmaceutical Formulations- I 3
Distillation, Evaporation, Re-crystallization, Filtration and Various liquid dosage forms and semi-solid dosage of drugs
Drying; Equipment used; Factors affecting the process and manufactured in pharmaceutical industries; Excipients used
the properties of the product obtained; Identification of the and their role in liquid dosage forms and semi-solid dosage
critical factors; Relevance to manufacturing of various forms; Manufacturing methods and equipment used in
pharmaceutical products. manufacturing liquid and semi-sloid dosage forms; Various
PS* ZC312 Pharmaceutical Unit Operations – II 3 quality control tests performed; Selection of suitable liquid
and semi-sloid dosage form for a given drug.
Various pharmaceutical unit operations like Size reduction &
Size Separation, Mixing, Granulation, Compression & PS* ZC332 Pharmaceutical Formulations – II 4
Consolidation, Humidification & De-humidification and Various solid dosage forms and aerosols manufactured in
Materials of Construction; Equipment used; Factors affecting pharmaceutical industries; Excipients used and their role in
the process and the properties of the product obtained; solid dosage forms and aerosols; Manufacturing methods
Identification of the critical factors; Relevance to and equipment used in manufacturing solid dosage forms
manufacturing of various pharmaceutical products. and aerosols; Various quality control tests performed;
PS* ZC313 Technical Report Writing 3 Selection of suitable solid dosage form for a given drug.
Elements of effective writing; art of condensation; business PS* ZC341 Drug Discovery and Action 4
letter writing; memos; formal reports; technical proposals; Drugs discovery process; Different regulatory requirements in
conducting, and participating, meetings; agenda and minutes; the process of drug discovery; Effect of drugs on living
strategies for writing technical descriptions, definitions, and organisms and application to therapeutics; Mechanism of
classifications; oral presentation; use of graphic and audio- action; physiological and biochemical effects
visual aids; editing. (pharmacodynamics); Absorption, distribution, metabolism
PS* ZC314 Pharmaceutical Jurisprudence in India 3 and excretion (pharmacokinetics); Adverse effects and
interactions.
Growth of modern pharmacy & pharmaceutical industry, brief
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PS* ZC342 Medicinal Chemistry 3 its influences on accuracy, clamping and setting errors,
This course deals with the study of important classes of location principles and errors due to location, surface
roughness and microfinishing processes, dimensioning and
drugs. Various aspects like structure, properties, therapeutic
and pharmaceutical importance and the uses of drug dimensional chains, methods of improving accuracy and
molecules both of natural and synthetic origin will be covered. surface finish, thread and gear measuring instruments,
coordinate measuring machines, introduction to computer
Study of physico-chemical properties, mechanism of action,
S.A.R. and metabolism of drugs dealt will also be aided tolerancing.
emphasized. Special emphasis will be given on Important QM ZG514Leadership & Managing Change 4
topics such as Anti hypertensive drugs, Drugs affecting sugar Individuals as leaders, team leadership and organizational
metabolism, Antimalarial drugs, Anticancer agents, Antiviral
leadership. Introduction to managing change, management of
agents etc. change: organizational structure, culture, recruitment,
PS* ZC343 Professional Ethics 3 performance management, human resource development,
Ethics, nature and purpose; ethical theories; ethics in reward management, employee relations and involvement,
downsizing, and evaluating and promoting.
business and management; ethics in engineering, global
ethical issues. QM ZG515 Quantitative Methods 4
PS* ZC344 Natural Drugs 3 Basic concepts in Operations Research; Analytical &
The course imparts a knowledge of the crude drugs of natural Mathematical Modeling Techniques; Model Building;
origin used in pharmaceutical and medical practice. Study will Inventory Control, queuing theory; Linear Programming;
Transportation and assignment problems, simulation, index
include the different systems of classifications of crude drugs;
cell contents; general principles of cultivation, collection, numbers, decision theory, etc.
drying, storage and commerce of natural products of current QM ZG524Quality Management Systems 5
medical and pharmaceutical importance; their morphologial Quality system & quality management, evolution of quality
and microscopical study: use and knowledge of common
post world war II era i.e. Quality control, quality assurance,
substitutes and adulterants. total quality control & total quality management; ISO 9000
PS* ZC361 Environmental Pollution Control 3 series of standards, formation of ISO (1947), background &
Air and water pollutants; sampling and analysis; control development of ISO 9000. ISO 9000 family of standards,
methods for air & water pollutants; modeling of different selection & use of appropriate model of ISO 9000.
control techniques; advanced wastewater treatment Requirements of ISO 9001; System demonstration &
documentation, how to organize formal quality assurance
processes; solid waste management, noise pollution; case
studies. system, pyramid of quality system documentation structure,
two tier, three tier & four tier documentation, preparation of
PS* ZC414 Biopharmaceutics 3 quality manual & quality procedures, quality records;
Biopharmaceutics and Biopoharmaceutical aspects of drug Implementing documented quality system, how to proceed,
delivery covering absorptions, distribution, metabolism and how to implement change, obtaining top management
elimination (ADME) characters of drugs. Compartment commitment, assessing current company position, developing
model, pharmacokinetics of drugs and their applications, the implementation plan, initiating people (employees) to own
bioavailability, bioequivalence and their studies, drug-drug the system, system development; System audit & review,
interactions and other related matters. objective of system audit, types of quality audit, product Vs
system audit, internal quality audit, management review;
PS* ZC229T Project 5 System certification, benefits of third party certification,
Apply the knowledge of chemical technology operations in choice of certification body, route to certification, surveillance
the manufacture of API or formulation technology operations & renewal; Other quality system standards, relating ISO 9000
in the manufacture of pharmaceutical drug product and with QS 9000 and ISO 14000.
assess the quality of the same; the student’s actual day-to- QM ZG523 Project Management 4
day task involvement would constitute the central thread of
the learning process. The evaluation will recognize this Concepts and techniques of project formulation, evaluation
aspect by demanding day-to-day engagement and and implementation; Project planning and scheduling; Risk
productivity of the student. management; Time-cost trade off; Resource leveling and
allocation; Project monitoring and control; Contract
PS* ZC499T Capstone Project 15 management.
Real-life problems related to the manufacture and quality QM ZG526Operations Management 5
control of active pharmaceutical ingredients and
pharmaceutical drug products, as per applicable regulatory Operations strategy; process view vs. functional view in
guidelines; Jointly mentored by the industry experts and operations; factors in product and process design and
faculty; Presentation of the progress and results in selection; facility configuration; demand planning and
appropriate forms; Periodic review of the progress of the forecasting; capacity planning; aggregate planning; planning
project. service operations; productivity of operations; inventory
planning and independent demand systems; materials
QM ZC441Human Resource Management 4 requirements planning; quality management; uncertainty and
Introduction, manpower planning, career and succession variability; project management; current developments in
planning, procurement of personnel, performance appraisal, operations management.
job satisfaction and morale, job rotation, employee QM ZG528Reliability Engineering 5
communication, audit and control, management training and
development, wage and salary administration, welfare Basic Reliability Models, Reliability of Systems, Design for
administration, trade unions and collective bargaining, Reliability and Maintainability, Maintainability, availability and
industrial dispute and worker participation in management. reliability; Data Collection and Empirical Methods, Reliability
Testing, Identifying Failure and Repair Distributions,
QM ZC472 Precision Engineering 3 Reliability Estimation and Application.
Concept of accuracy, accuracy of numerical control systems, QM ZG531Statistical Quality Control 5
tolerances and fits, acceptance tests for machine tools, static
stiffness and its influence on machining accuracy, Sources of Variation: Common and Assignable Causes,
inaccuracies due to thermal effects, influence of forced Descriptive Statistics, Statistical Process Control Methods,
vibrations on accuracy, dimensional wear of cutting tools and Control Charts for Variables, Control Charts for Attributes, C-

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Charts, Process Capability, Acceptance Sampling, Operating logistics and supplier relationships; Value addition analysis;
characteristic curve, Statistical Quality Control in Services. Metrics for management of supply chain performance;
QM ZG532Total Quality Management 4 Mathematical models and computer assisted decision
support for SCM; Mathematical programming for SCM.
TQM principles and practices; leadership; customer
QM ZG661Software Quality Management 4
satisfaction; employee involvement; continuous process
improvement; supplier partnership; performance measures; Software quality challenges and expectations; quality
statistical process control; ISO 9000; benchmarking; quality dilemma; software life cycle and link to quality; quality gates,
function deployment; concurrent engineering; experimental formal reviews, system requirement reviews, preliminary
design; Taguchi’s quality engineering; product liability design reviews, critical design reviews, test reviews;
QM ZG533 Manufacturing Planning & Control 5 engineering reviews, walkthroughs, inspections, internal
reviews; quality gate categories; technical environment and
Planning and control of manufacturing operations; material quality; planning for software quality, quality requirements for
flow planning; product and process planning; demand planning, quality needs, elements of quality planning, quality
forecasting and forecasting models; facility location; plant assessments during planning, software quality organization
layout planning and design; machine cells; capacity planning; requirements; quality evaluation of software development
designing work methods; material handling; line balancing; process, process quality attributes, measuring software
aggregate planning; inventory models and systems for process quality; software process metrics; quality gate integrity;
independent demand; materials requirements planning; software product quality, standards and conventions, metrics;
elements of monitoring and production control; current quality hierarchy, factors; quality assessment; quality
developments in operations management. evaluation techniques, reviews, walkthroughs, audit,
QM ZG535Decision Analysis 4 inspections, analytical evaluation techniques; quality systems.
Introduction to quantitative techniques and statistics, Decision QM ZG663 Concurrent Engineering 5
making, intelligence design and choice phases, basic theory Introduction of concurrent engineering and need, concurrent
of decision making under uncertainty; decision trees, engineering tools, advances in design and manufacturing
qualification of judgments and preferences, Bayes theorem, engineering, design for manufacture, design for assembly,
the structuring of complex decisions, and multi-attribute utility rapid prototyping, simulation, concurrent approaches to design,
theory. Statistical estimation and forecasting. manufacturing and other aspects of engineering.
QM ZG536Design of Experiments 4 QM ZG628T Dissertation 16
Course description to be developed. A student registered in this course must take a topic in an
QM ZG539 Six Sigma 4 area of professional interest drawn from the on the job work
requirement which is simultaneously of direct relevance to the
History of Six Sigma, Implementing Six Sigma, Becoming a degree pursued by the student as well as to the employing /
Customer and Market-Driven Enterprise, Customer collaborating organization of the student and submit a
Expectations and Needs, Linking Six Sigma Projects to comprehensive report at the end of the semester working
Strategies, Attributes of Good Metrics, Using resources under the overall supervision and guidance of a professional
wisely, Project Management Using the DMAIC and DMADV expert who will be deemed as the supervisor for evaluation of
Models, The Define Phase, The Measure Phase, all components of the dissertation. Normally the Mentor of the
Measurement System Analysis, Analyzing Data: Value student would be the Dissertation supervisor and in case
Streams and Dealing with Variations, Designing Experiments, Mentor is not approved as the supervisor, Mentor may play
The Improve Phase, The Control Phase. the role of additional supervisor. The final grades for
QM ZG541 Product Design 5 dissertation are Non-letter grades namely Excellent, Good,
Fair and Poor, which do not go into CGPA computation.
Introduction to creative design; user research and
requirements analysis, product specifications, Computer SE* ZC111 Probability and Statistics 3
Aided Design; standardization, variety reduction, preferred Probability spaces; conditional probability and independence;
numbers and other techniques; modular design; design random variables and probability distributions; marginal and
economics, cost analysis, cost reduction and value analysis conditional distributions; independent random variables;
techniques, design for production; human factors in design: mathematical expectation; mean and variance; binomial,
anthropometric, ergonomic, psychological, physiological Poisson and normal distributions; sum of independent
considerations in design decision making; legal factors, random variables; law of large numbers; central limit theorem
engineering ethics and society. (without proof); sampling distribution and test for mean using
QM ZG611Strategic Management & Business normal ES* ZGand student's t-distribution; test of hypothesis;
correlation and linear regression.
Policy 4
SE* ZC163 Computer Programming 4
Strategic management elements; internal, external, external
environment. assessment of corporate strengths, Basic Computing Steps and Flow Charting (Assignment,
weaknesses and opportunities; planning and deployment of Sequencing, Conditionals, Iteration). Programming
capital assets; profit planning and control functions problems, Constructs – Expressions, Statements, Conditionals,
pressures, responsibilities, limits of the chief executive; Iterators/Loops, Functions/ Procedures; Data Types –
evaluation of one's own business undertaking; formulating Primitive Types, Tuples, Choices (Unions or Enumerations),
objectives, strategies, policies and programmes for improving Lists/Arrays, Pointers and Dynamically Allocated Data. Input
company’s present situation; personnel strength and output and Files. Laboratory Component: Programming
implementation of the policies and programmes, Exercises involving development and testing of iterative and
development, implementation, evaluation and control of procedural programs using bounded and unbounded
strategies, strategic management of MNCs, management iterations, function composition, random access lists,
style and behavior, corporate style, behavior and culture. sequential access lists, dynamically allocated lists, and file
access.
QM ZG621 Supply Chain Management 4
SE* ZC222 Discrete Structures for Computer Science3
Customer driven strategies in production and distribution
systems; Integrated production and distribution networks; Sets and relations; graphs and digraphs; trees, lists and their
SCM in the context of JIT and MRP–II; Distribution Resource uses; partially ordered sets and lattices; Boolean algebras
Planning; Management of dealer networks; Total Control & and Boolean expressions; semigroups and machines; codes
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SE* ZC234 Linear Algebra & Optimization 3 fundamentals of computer organization and architecture from
Vector and matrix algebra, systems of linear algebraic a programmer's perspective.
equations and their solutions; eigenvalues, eigenvectors and SE* ZC363 Data Structures & Algorithms 4
diagonalization of matrices; Formulation of linear
Introduction to software design principles, modularity,
programming problems, Simplex method, Big-M method, two abstract data types, data structures and algorithms; Analysis
phase method, Sensitivity analysis, Revised and Dual of algorithms; Linear data structures – stacks, arrays, lists,
Simplex Methods.
queues and linked representations; Pre-fix, in-fix and post-fix
SE* ZC241Principles of Management 3 expressions; Recursion; Set operations; Hashing and hash
Fundamental concepts of management - planning; functions; Binary and other trees, traversal algorithms,
organizing; staffing; directing and controlling; production, Huffman codes; Search trees, priority queues, heaps and
balanced trees; Sorting techniques; Graphs and digraphs;
financial, personnel, legal and marketing functions;
accounting and budgeting, balance sheets. Algorithmic design techniques; Data structures for external
storage, multi-way search and B-trees; Implementation
SE* ZC263 Digital Electronics and Microprocessors 4 techniques for different data structures including trees,
Binary logic gates; logic circuits; Boolean algebra and K-map graphs and search structures; Performance evaluation of
simplification; number systems and codes; arithmetic logic data structures and algorithms; Implementation issues in
units; flipflops; registers and counters; introduction to large data structures.
microprocessors; architecture; instruction set and SE* ZC364 Operating Systems 4
programming; memory and I/O interfacing examples of
Introduction to operating systems; Various approaches to
system design.
design of operating systems; Overview of hardware support
SE* ZC312 Technical Report Writing 3 for operating systems; Process management: process
Elements of effective writing; art of condensation; business synchronization and mutual exclusion, inter process
letter writing; memos; formal reports; technical proposals; communication, process scheduling; CPU scheduling
conducting, and participating, meetings; agenda and minutes; approaches; Memory management: paging, segmentation,
strategies for writing technical descriptions, definitions, and virtual memory, page replacement algorithms; File systems:
classifications; oral presentation; use of graphic and audio- design and implementation of file systems; input/output
visual aids; editing. systems; device controllers and device drivers; Security and
protection; Case studies on design and implementation of
SE* ZC313 Object Oriented Programming & Design4 operating system modules, select laboratory experiments
Object oriented concepts and design, abstraction, related to creating different elements of operating system
architecture and design patterns, GUI programming and and/or implementation of select scheduling, memory
frameworks, design of object oriented solutions using UML, management and I/O related algorithms/schemes, using
design for concurrency, implementation of solutions using system calls for creating file system specific command,
object oriented languages like C++ or Java; Language level creating simple file system etc. via online laboratory facility.
mapping and realization of object oriented constructs, SE* ZC373 Compiler Design 4
realization and performance issues versus abstraction and
usability. Introduction to Programming Languages and Compilers,
Programming Language Features, Front End of a Compiler,
SE* ZC333 Systems Programming 4 Back End of a Compiler, Special aspects of compilers and
Batch processing; Systems programs; operating runtime.
characteristics and limitations; parallel processing of I/O and SE* ZC420 Data Visualization 3
interrupt handling, multiprogramming; multiprocessing
systems; design of system modules and interfaces with focus Information overload and issues in decision making. Design
on contemporary open source operating system-specific of visual encoding schemes to improve comprehension of
programming; laboratory experiments or programming data and their use in decision making; presentation and
assignments involving Unix/Linux System-specific visualization of data for effective communication. elementary
Programming including shell-scripting via online laboratory graphics programming, charts, graphs, animations, user
facility. interactivity, hierarchical layouts, and techniques for
visualization of high dimensional data & discovered patterns.
SE* ZC337 Database Systems & Applications 4
SE* ZC425 Data Mining 3
Introduction to Database Management Systems; File
organization; Data Independence in databases; Data Models; Data Mining – introduction, fundamental concepts; motivation
Query processing systems; Database Design techniques; and applications; role of data warehousing in data mining;
Concepts of security and integrity in databases; Distributed challenges and issues in data mining; Knowledge Discovery
Databases; Applications using DBMS, database in Databases (KDD); role of data mining in KDD; algorithms
programming experiments involving use of SQL, database for data mining; tasks like decision-tree construction, finding
creation etc. via online laboratory facility. association rules, sequencing, classification, and clustering;
applications of neural networks and machine learning for
SE* ZC344 Software Engineering 4 tasks of classification and clustering.
Software engineering concepts and methodology; formal SE* ZC444 Artificial Intelligence 3
requirements specification; estimation; software project
planning; detailed design; techniques of design; productivity; The object of this course is to give an introduction to the
documentation; programming languages styles, code review; problems and techniques of A.I. along with the applications of
tool, integration and validation; software quality assurance; A.I. techniques to the fields like natural language
software maintenance; metrics, automated tools in software understanding, image processing, game theory and problem
engineering. solving. The course also aims at understanding its
implementation using LISP and PROLOG languages.
SE* ZC353 Computer Organization & Architecture 4
SE* ZC465 Machine Learning 4
Overview of logic design; Instruction set architecture;
Assembly language programming; Pipelining; Computer Introduction to Machine Learning, Various kinds of learning,
Arithmetic; Control unit; Memory hierarchy; Virtual memory; Supervised Learning, Unsupervised Learning, Model
Input and output systems; Interrupts and exception handling; Selection; Bayesian Learning, MAP Hypothesis, MDL
Implementation issues; Case studies; This course covers the Principle, Bias Variance Decomposition, Bayes Optimal
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Regression, Linear Models for Classification; Non-Linear SE* ZG518 Database Design & Applications 5
models, Decision trees; Instance Based Learning, KNN DBMS architecture; Data models: Network model,
Algorithm, CBR Learning; Support Vector Machines, VC
Hierarchical model and Relational model; Database design &
Dimension; Neural Networks, Perceptron Learning, Back optimization; Query processing & Query optimization;
Propagation Algorithm; Introduction to Genetic Algorithms. Transaction Processing; Concurrency control; Recovery;
SE* ZC467 Computer Networks 4 Security & protection; Introduction to Object Oriented data
model & Multimedia Databases.
Introduction: components of a modern computer network,
packet switched network and its metrics, layered architecture SE* ZG519Data Structures & Algorithms Design 5
of protocols and historical perspective; Application Layer: Introduction to Abstract Data Types, Data structures and
principles, examples: Web and HTTP, Email, DNS, Peer-to- Algorithms; Analysis of Algorithms – Time and Space
Peer applications, socket programming; Transport Layer:
Complexity, Complexity Notation, Solving Recurrence
Services, the concept of connection less, connection oriented Relations.; Divide-and-Conquer as a Design Technique;
and reliable transport, TCP congestion control; Network Recursion – Design of Recursive Functions / Procedures, Tail
Layer: addressing mechanism in networks, router
Recursion, Conversion of Recursive Functions to Iterative
architecture, intra and inter-AS routing protocols, multicast Form. Linear data structures – Lists, Access Restricted Lists
and broadcast; Link Layer: error detection and correction,
(Stacks and Queues) – Implementation using Arrays and
medium access, MAC addressing, Ethernet, switches, Point
Linked Lists; Searching and Order Queries. Sorting – Sorting
to point protocol and link virtualization; Physical Layer: Algorithms (Online vs. Offline, In-memory vs. External, In-
signals, medium, and transmission methods, QoS: forward space vs. Out-of-space, QuickSort and Randomization).
error correction, scheduling and policing mechanism in the
Unordered Collections: Hashtables (Separate Chaining vs.
networks. Open Addressing, Probing, Rehashing). Binary Trees – Tree
SE* ZC472 Computer Graphics 3 Traversals. Partially Ordered Collections: Search Trees and
Generation of dots, lines, arcs and polygons; color graphics, Height Balanced Search Trees, Heaps and Priority Queues.
Algorithm Design: Greedy Algorithms and Dynamic
shades and levels; image transformation, windowing and
clipping; 2-D and 3-D graphics; data structures, algorithms Programming. Graphs and Graph Algorithms: Representation
and optimization methods; case studies using GKS, CORE, schemes, Problems on Directed Graphs (Reachability and
etc; graphic languages and compilers. Strong Connectivity, Traversals, Transitive Closure. Directed
Acyclic Graphs - Topological Sorting), Problems on Weighted
SE* ZG512 Object Oriented Analysis & Design 4 Graphs (Shortest Paths. Spanning Trees). Introduction to
Object orientation concepts, theories and principles; Complexity Classes (P and NP) and NP-completeness. NP-
fundamental concepts of the object model: classes, objects, Hard problems. Designing Algorithms for Hard Problems –
methods and messages, encapsulation and inheritance, Back tracking, Branch-and-Bound, and Approximation
interface and implementation, reuse and extension of Algorithms.
classes, inheritance and polymorphism; process of object- SE* ZG522 Big Data Systems 5
oriented requirements specification, analysis and design;
notations for object-oriented analysis and design; case What is big data - are existing systems sufficient?; Data
studies and applications using some object oriented Warehouse v/s Data Lakes; Hadoop – Components; Storage
- Relational DBs/ NoSQL dbs / HDFS / HBase / Object Data
programming languages.
stores - S3; Serialization; Interfaces - Hive/ Pig; Stream
SE* ZG514 Introduction to DevOps 4 Processing; Spark; Mahout.
Continual Service - continuous integration and continuous SE* ZG527Cloud Computing 5
delivery; Scaling: automating infrastructure and infrastructure-
as-code; DevOps and Cloud: platform-as-a service and Concurrency and distributed computing, message passing
over the network, connectivity and failure models, local vs
DevOps, use of virtual machines and containers for
deployment, Micro-services; application lifecycle remote connectivity, distributed resource modeling,
management: deployment pipeline and application distributed data models; replication & consistency;
virtualization; CPU virtualization, memory and storage
deployment, continuous deployment pipeline; stack
management - life cycle of stack and events, resource and virtualization, virtualized networks, computing over WAN and
event monitoring, auto healing; Security: security of Internet; computing on the cloud, computing models, service
models and service contracts, programming on the cloud;
deployment pipeline, policy-as-code.
Cloud infrastructure, LAN vs Wan issue, resource scaling and
SE* ZG515 Data Warehousing 5 resource provisions, performance models, scalability,
Introduction, evolution of data warehousing; decision support performance measurement and enhancement techniques;
systems; goals, benefit, and challenges of data warehousing; cloud applications and infrastructure services.
architecture; data warehouse information flows; software and SE* ZG528 Cyber Physical Systems 4
hardware requirements; approaches to data warehouse
design; creating and maintaining a data warehouse; Online This course provides an overview of Cyber-Physical
Systems, with respect to its components and characteristics.
Analytical Processing (OLAP) and multi-dimensional data,
As an example of a Cyber-Physical System, this course
multi-dimensional modeling; view materialization; data marts;
data warehouse metadata; data mining. explains the various aspects of IoT systems, and helps
students understand the IoT system components, its protocol
SE* ZG516 Embedded Systems Design 4 stack and design methodologies. The course also enables
Design issues involved in embedded systems and system- students to get familiar with the Raspberry Pi platform, via
on-chip technologies, Programming languages and processor simple examples/applications. At the end of this course,
architectures used for embedded systems, Standard students will be able to explain the various facets of Cyber-
Embedded System Development tools and hands-on Physical Systems, with focus on IoT and demonstrate simple
experience involving these tools, understanding design IoT applications.
constraints such as – power, memory, size constraints in SE* ZG533 Service Oriented Computing 4
system design and tradeoffs. Introduction to other specialized
embedded design techniques – such as hardware, software Introduction to Web Services: Distributed computing using
software component technologies like DCOM and EJBs-
co-design, design of accelerated and distributed embedded
overview about Service Oriented Architecture- RPC and
systems, fault tolerant design etc.
Document centric SOAP enabled web Services-Describing
information using XML -SAX and DOM based XML parsers-
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Web Services using WSDL-Publishing and Finding web methods. Use cases in application domains. Interpretation of
services using UDDI Registry-UDDI SOAP APIs-Inquiry APIs- results. Limitations of various techniques. End to end
Publisher APIs. Web Services security –Need for secured Machine learning - data collection, data preparation, model
web service-confidentiality of web service invocation using selection.
XML encryption and its advantages over SSL security - SE* ZG569 Blockchain Technologies & Systems 4
Integrity of soap message using xml digital signing-
Maintaining confidentiality and integration together for soap Highly successful decentralized blockchain-based systems,
messages -Authentication mechanisms for Web service client such as Bitcoin, have immense potential to revolutionize
– Security Assertion Markup Language- Incorporating saml financial, information, and other infrastructures. This course
assertions for web service client authentication- IP layer aims to provide a broad overview of the essential concepts
security for web service- Need for work flow of web services- involved in blockchain technology in order to lay down the
Usage of Business Process Execution Language for foundation necessary for developing applications. This
describing workflow of web services-Rest web service, its course also covers the technical aspects of consistency and
protocol and usage-Usage of Ajax in invoking Rest web consensus in distributed algorithms, public distributed
service-Role played by web services in cloud computing. ledgers, public-key cryptography and cryptographic
properties, cryptocurrencies, and smart contracts. The course
SE* ZG544 Agile Software Processes 4
aims to develop expertise among students to build these
Course description to be developed. systems, interact with them, and to design and build secure
SE* ZG547 Usability Engineering 5 distributed applications.
SE* ZG583 Scalable Services 5
Usability-driven approach to Information Design; software
usability bridge& its critical components; Iterative & Software principles related to scalability. Architectures for
evaluation of a two-level approach of UCID (User-Centered Scaling. Microservices - design, service discovery, load
Information Design); five key principles of UCID; getting UCID balancing, API management. Deployment - container
into organization ; Benefits of implementing UCID; key configurations and orchestrations, automated deployments of
features of UCID;UCID process & analysis; traditional microservices, integration with CI/CD pipelines. Performance:
processes for information development & their limitations; Scaling and load balancing with containers and
Managing UCID; role of usability engineers; preparing the microservices, Ensuring QoS and SLAs.
usability plan; implementing a metrics program in typical
SE* ZG585Cross Platform Application Development4
UCID projects; key contributors; goal setting for software
usability & information quality; critical design goals; designing Cross-platform applications development involves creation of
the information architecture ;designing the specifications & software applications that are compatible with multiple
prototypes; evaluating prototypes; two-level design activities; platforms or software environments. This can be achieved
designing software labels; designing effective messages; through various development frameworks like Ionic, React
designing online support elements & printed support Native, Adobe PhoneGap, Xamarin etc. This course aims to
elements; achieving information design goals; online search equip students with the expertise to design and develop web
& navigation; evaluating information; two-level evaluation; and mobile based applications that can operate in varied
approach achieving information design goals for improved environments and platforms. Additionally, it also aims to
software usability; testing information & validating; quality develop the understanding of the role and importance of API
indicators; retrievability; implementation techniques & issues; management in such applications. The course involves
Application of Usability Engineering in typical live projects to hands-on exposure to full stack development of cross-
validate improved software usability . platform applications using some of the existing development
frameworks.
SE* ZG548 Advanced Data Mining 4
SE* ZG586Edge Computing 5
Topics beyond conventional record data mining. Mining
complex data structures. Tree/graph mining, sequence This course will explore frameworks and applications in Edge
mining, web/text data mining, stream data mining, Computing. The topics covered will include edge architecture,
spatiotemporal data mining, mining multi-variate time series edge to edge and edge to cloud communication, Sensor
data, high-dimensional data clustering, and mining social networks and related protocols, Distributed caching,
networking sites. Mining data from multiple relations (Multi- Reliability, availability and energy efficiency in edge
relational Data Mining). Privacy preserving Data Mining. computing, Pipeline, Performance issues like latency and
Distributed computing solutions for data intensive data Data flow for Big data analytics, Semantic Web of Things and
mining. Application level security.
SE* ZG552 Software Testing Methodologies 4 SE* ZG587Open Source Software Engineering 4
Concepts and principles of software testing and quality This course aims to develop an understanding about open
assurance; software testing tools; functional, structural, source software, its life cycle, its history and the benefits that
integration and system testing techniques; software testing it has provided to the world’s technology infrastructure over
process and its management; evaluation of test the past few decades. It also aims to teach the students
effectiveness; testing specialized systems and applications; about ways to contribute to open source projects
automated software testing; case studies. productively, learn and engage themselves in effective
collaboration and gain benefits from it. The course will also
SE* ZG566 Secure Software Engineering 5
discuss about different licensing models that are available,
Best practices for designing secure systems, software with a view to develop expertise to choose the best one for
engineering principles for designing secure systems, criteria your project/organization. Hands-on on hosting and
for designing secure systems; analysis of system properties development of open source software on distributed code
and verification of program correctness; use of formal hosting platforms like GitHub etc., will also be carried out.
methods and verification for security; tools for verification of SE* ZG589 Middleware Technologies 4
security properties; techniques for software protection (such
as code obfuscation, tamper-proofing and watermarking) and Evolution of Middleware Technologies: Transaction
their limitations; analysis of software based attacks (and Processing, Remote Procedure Calls, Message-Oriented-
defenses), timing attacks and leakage of information, and Middleware, Object Request Brokers, Web services and
type safety. REST; Forms of Middleware: Enterprise Middleware, Web
Middleware, and Cloud / Services Middleware; Middleware
SE* ZG568 Applied Machine Learning 4
Elements: communication protocols, middleware protocols,
Need for machine learning. Prediction and classification data representation, server process control, naming and

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directory services, security, system management; Select agile and scrum. Metrics, measurement and improvements.
case studies such as MS .NET, J2EE. Service Oriented Software product lifecycle management.
Architecture: Loosely Coupled Systems, Business processes,
analytical evaluation techniques; quality systems.
Tiers, Architectural Choices; Resiliency in Middleware:
resiliency techniques, hardware failures, communication SS* ZC111Probability and Statistics 3
failures, software failures; Performance and scalability in Probability spaces; conditional probability and independence;
Middleware; Security in Middleware; Implementation Aspects: random variables and probability distributions; marginal and
business process implementation, enterprise integration, web conditional distributions; independent random variables;
and database middleware (e.g. NoSQL middleware) change mathematical expectation; mean and variance; binomial,
management. Case studies of Enterprise application Poisson and normal distributions; sum of independent
architecture (EAI) - Eg. Tibco, Websphere. random variables; law of large numbers; central limit theorem
SE* ZG622 Software Project Management 4 (without proof); sampling distribution and test for mean using
normal ES* ZGand student's t-distribution; test of hypothesis;
Managing a software development project, concepts, objects correlation and linear regression.
of a project, environment of a software project, system
development life cycle, tools, review process; documentation SS* ZC163Computer Programming 4
in software program management, procedures, diagramming Basic Computing Steps and Flow Charting (Assignment,
techniques, management; Planning and monitoring a Sequencing, Conditionals, Iteration). Programming
software project, project planning, management tools, Constructs – Expressions, Statements, Conditionals,
software project definitions, project management packages, Iterators/Loops, Functions/ Procedures; Data Types –
project control; software project definition, classification, Primitive Types, Tuples, Choices (Unions or Enumerations),
project sizes and methodologies, feasibility, requirements and Lists/Arrays, Pointers and Dynamically Allocated Data. Input
start-up; programmer productivity; software planning, control output and Files. Laboratory Component: Programming
tools, accelerated design; prototyping and role in software Exercises involving development and testing of iterative and
project management; software production and software procedural programs using bounded and unbounded
project management; software system installation, managing iterations, function composition, random access lists,
testing requirements, test plans, alpha and beta systems; sequential access lists, dynamically allocated lists, and file
emerging directions in project management. access.
SE* ZG626 Hardware Software Co-Design 5 SS* ZC222Discrete Structures for Computer Science 3
FPGA and ASIC based design, Low-Power Techniques in RT Sets and relations; graphs and digraphs; trees, lists and their
Embedded Systems On-chip networking. Hardware Software uses; partially ordered sets and lattices; Boolean algebras
partitioning and scheduling, Co-simulation, synthesis and and Boolean expressions; semigroups and machines; codes
verifications, Architecture mapping, HW-SW Interfaces and and applications.
Re-configurable computing.
SS* ZC234Linear Algebra & Optimization 3
SE* ZG651Software Architectures 5
Vector and matrix algebra, systems of linear algebraic
Systems engineering and software architectures; Hatley- equations and their solutions; eigenvalues, eigenvectors and
Pirbhai architectural template; architecture flow diagrams; diagonalization of matrices; Formulation of linear
requirements engineering and software architecture; programming problems, Simplex method, Big-M method, two
architectural design processes; design post-processing; real- phase method, Sensitivity analysis, Revised and Dual
time architectures; architectural design patterns; software Simplex Methods.
architecture and maintenance management; object oriented
architectures; client-server architectures; forward engineering SS* ZC241Principles of Management 3
for object oriented and client-server architectures; emerging Fundamental concepts of management - planning;
software architectures. organizing; staffing; directing and controlling; production,
SE* ZG661 Software Quality Management 4 financial, personnel, legal and marketing functions;
accounting and budgeting, balance sheets.
Software quality challenges and expectations; quality
dilemma; software life cycle and link to quality; quality gates, SS* ZC263Digital Electronics and
formal reviews, system requirement reviews, preliminary Microprocessors 4
design reviews, critical design reviews, test reviews; Binary logic gates; logic circuits; Boolean algebra and K-map
engineering reviews, walkthroughs, inspections, internal simplification; number systems and codes; arithmetic logic
reviews; quality gate categories; technical environment and units; flipflops; registers and counters; introduction to
quality; planning for software quality, quality requirements for microprocessors; architecture; instruction set and
planning, quality needs, elements of quality planning, quality programming; memory and I/O interfacing examples of
assessments during planning, software quality organization system design.
requirements; quality evaluation of software development
process, process quality attributes, measuring software SS* ZC312Technical Report Writing 3
process quality; software process metrics; quality gate Elements of effective writing; art of condensation; business
integrity; software product quality, standards and letter writing; memos; formal reports; technical proposals;
conventions, metrics; quality hierarchy, factors; quality conducting, and participating, meetings; agenda and minutes;
assessment; quality evaluation techniques, reviews, strategies for writing technical descriptions, definitions, and
walkthroughs, audit, inspections, analytical evaluation classifications; oral presentation; use of graphic and audio-
techniques; quality systems. visual aids; editing.
SE* ZG681 Cyber Security 4 SS* ZC313 Object Oriented Programming & Design4
Cyber Security principles; Security architectures; Security Object oriented concepts and design, abstraction,
threats, attacks and vulnerabilities; CIA Triad, Cyber Security architecture and design patterns, GUI programming and
Policies, Models and Mechanisms; Types of Cyber Attacks; frameworks, design of object oriented solutions using UML,
Security Risk Management; Malware; Ransomware; design for concurrency, implementation of solutions using
Implementing Cyber Security Solutions object oriented languages like C++ or Java; Language level
SE* ZG685 Software Product Management 5 mapping and realization of object oriented constructs,
realization and performance issues versus abstraction and
Identifying customer needs. Defining value proposition. usability.
Specifying and validating MVP. Building products through

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SS* ZC327 Systems Programming 4 systems; device controllers and device drivers; Security and
Batch processing; Systems programs; operating protection; Case studies on design and implementation of
operating system modules, select laboratory experiments
characteristics and limitations; parallel processing of I/O and
interrupt handling, multiprogramming; multiprocessing related to creating different elements of operating system
systems; design of system modules and interfaces with focus and/or implementation of select scheduling, memory
management and I/O related algorithms/schemes, using
on contemporary open source operating system-specific
programming; laboratory experiments or programming system calls for creating file system specific command,
assignments involving Unix/Linux System-specific creating simple file system etc. via online laboratory facility.
Programming including shell-scripting via online laboratory SS* ZC373 Compiler Design 4
facility.
Introduction to Programming Languages and Compilers,
SS* ZC328 Software Testing 3 Programming Language Features, Front End of a Compiler,
Brief description of importance of software, Life cycle model Back End of a Compiler, Special aspects of compilers and
and process, Basic software testing, all definitions, Types of runtime.
testing and techniques (CFG, CDG etc.), Black Box & white SS* ZC416 Mathematical Foundations for Data Science 4
box Testing Methodologies, Finite State Machine Model,
Vector and matrix algebra, systems of linear algebraic
State based Testing, Static Testing and analysis, Test cases, equations and their solutions; Eigenvalues, eigenvectors and
Test Data Generation ,Test selection ,Minimizations and diagonalization of matrices, Sets and relations; Graphs and
Prioritization, Test adequacy criteria, Software Testing on
digraphs; Trees, lists and their uses; Partially ordered sets
Web Engineering, Object based Software Testing, and lattices.
Architecture of Testing tool, Software Test Effort Estimation,
Testing behavior and process model, Qualitative analysis, SS* ZC425 Data Mining 3
Quality factors in software testing, Selection of testing tools. Data Mining – introduction, fundamental concepts; motivation
SS* ZC337 Database Systems & Applications 4 and applications; role of data warehousing in data mining;
challenges and issues in data mining; Knowledge Discovery
Introduction to Database Management Systems; File in Databases (KDD); role of data mining in KDD; algorithms
organization; Data Independence in databases; Data Models; for data mining; tasks like decision-tree construction, finding
Query processing systems; Database Design techniques;
association rules, sequencing, classification, and clustering;
Concepts of security and integrity in databases; Distributed
applications of neural networks and machine learning for
Databases; Applications using DBMS, database
tasks of classification and clustering.
programming experiments involving use of SQL, database
creation etc. via online laboratory facility. SS* ZC427 Software for Embedded Systems 4
SS* ZC343 Software Engineering 4 Design methodologies for embedded software, Real time
operating systems fundamentals, Embedded Linux and other
Software engineering concepts and methodology; formal commercially available real time systems, fundamental of
requirements specification; estimation; software project
device drivers development, Introduction to Android
planning; detailed design; techniques of design; productivity;
documentation; programming languages styles, code review; SS* ZC444 Artificial Intelligence 3
tool, integration and validation; software quality assurance; The object of this course is to give an introduction to the
software maintenance; metrics, automated tools in software problems and techniques of A.I. along with the applications of
engineering. A.I. techniques to the fields like natural language
SS* ZC353 Computer Organization & Architecture4 understanding, image processing, game theory and problem
solving. The course also aims at understanding its
Overview of logic design; Instruction set architecture; implementation using LISP and PROLOG languages.
Assembly language programming; Pipelining; Computer
Arithmetic; Control unit; Memory hierarchy; Virtual memory; SS* ZC446 Data Storage Technologies and Networks 3
Input and output systems; Interrupts and exception handling; Storage Media and Technologies – Magnetic, Optical and
Implementation issues; Case studies; This course covers the Semiconductor media, techniques for read/write operations,
fundamentals of computer organization and architecture from issues and limitations. Usage and Access – Positioning in the
a programmer's perspective. memory hierarchy, Hardware and Software Design for
SS* ZC363 Data Structures & Algorithms 4 access, Performance issues. Large Storages – Hard Disks,
Networked Attached Storage, Scalability issues, Networking
Introduction to software design principles, modularity, issues. Storage Architecture. - Storage Partitioning, Storage
abstract data types, data structures and algorithms; Analysis
System Design, Caching, Legacy Systems. Storage Area
of algorithms; Linear data structures – stacks, arrays, lists, Networks – Hardware and Software Components, Storage
queues and linked representations; Pre-fix, in-fix and post-fix
Clusters/Grids. Storage QoS – Performance, Reliability, and
expressions; Recursion; Set operations; Hashing and hash
Security issues.
functions; Binary and other trees, traversal algorithms,
Huffman codes; Search trees, priority queues, heaps and SS* ZC462 Network Programming 3
balanced trees; Sorting techniques; Graphs and digraphs; Overview of computer networks; inter-process
Algorithmic design techniques; Data structures for external communication; network programming; socket interface;
storage, multi-way search and B-trees; Implementation client-server computing model: design issues, concurrency in
techniques for different data structures including trees, server and clients; external data representation; remote
graphs and search structures; Performance evaluation of procedure calls; network file systems; distributed systems
data structures and algorithms; Implementation issues in design.
large data structures.
SS* ZC463 Cryptography 3
SS* ZC364 Operating Systems 4
Objectives of cryptography; ciphers – block and stream;
Introduction to operating systems; Various approaches to mathematical foundations – modular arithmetic, finite fields,
design of operating systems; Overview of hardware support discrete logarithm, primality algorithms; RSA; digital
for operating systems; Process management: process signatures; interactive proofs; zero–knowledge proofs;
synchronization and mutual exclusion, inter process probabilistic algorithms; pseudo-randomness.
communication, process scheduling; CPU scheduling
approaches; Memory management: paging, segmentation,
virtual memory, page replacement algorithms; File systems:
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SS* ZC467Computer Networks 4
Introduction: components of a modern computer network,
packet switched network and its metrics, layered architecture
of protocols and historical perspective; Application Layer:
principles, examples: Web and HTTP, Email, DNS, Peer-to-
Peer applications, socket programming; Transport Layer:
Services, the concept of connection less, connection oriented
and reliable transport, TCP congestion control; Network
Layer: addressing mechanism in networks, router
architecture, intra and inter-AS routing protocols, multicast
and broadcast; Link Layer: error detection and correction,
medium access, MAC addressing, Ethernet, switches, Point
to point protocol and link virtualization; Physical Layer:
signals, medium, and transmission methods, QoS: forward
error correction, scheduling and policing mechanism in the
networks.
SS* ZG512 Embedded Systems Design 4
Design issues involved in embedded systems and system-
on-chip technologies, Programming languages and processor
architectures used for embedded systems, Standard
Embedded System Development tools and hands-on
experience involving these tools, understanding design
constraints such as – power, memory, size constraints in
system design and tradeoffs. Introduction to other specialized
embedded design techniques – such as hardware, software
co-design, design of accelerated and distributed embedded
systems, fault tolerant design etc.
SS* ZG513 Network Security 4
This course examines issues related to network and
information security. Topics include security concepts,
security attacks and risks, security architectures, security
policy management, security mechanisms, cryptography
algorithms, security standards, security system interoperation
and case studies of the current major security systems.
SS* ZG514 Object Oriented Analysis & Design 4
Object orientation concepts, theories and principles;
fundamental concepts of the object model: classes, objects,
methods and messages, encapsulation and inheritance,
interface and implementation, reuse and extension of
classes, inheritance and polymorphism; process of object-
oriented requirements specification, analysis and design;
notations for object-oriented analysis and design; case
studies and applications using some object oriented
programming languages.
SS* ZG515 Data Warehousing 5
Introduction, evolution of data warehousing; decision support
systems; goals, benefit, and challenges of data warehousing;
architecture; data warehouse information flows; software and
hardware requirements; approaches to data warehouse
design; creating and maintaining a data warehouse; Online
Analytical Processing (OLAP) and multi-dimensional data,
multi-dimensional modeling; view materialization; data marts;
data warehouse metadata; data mining.
SS* ZG516 Computer Organization and Software
Systems 5
Programmer model of CPU; Basic concept of buses and
interrupts; Memory subsystem organization; I/O organization;
Concept of assembler, linker & loader; Types of operating
systems; Concept of process; OS functions: Process
scheduling, Memory management, I/O management and
related issues.
SS* ZG518Database Design & Applications 5
DBMS architecture; Data models: Network model,
Hierarchical model and Relational model; Database design &
optimization; Query processing & Query optimization;
Transaction Processing; Concurrency control; Recovery;
Security & protection; Introduction to Object Oriented data
model & Multimedia Databases.

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SS* ZG519Data Structures & Algorithms Design 5 SS* ZG527 Cloud Computing 5
Introduction to Abstract Data Types, Data structures and Concurrency and distributed computing, message passing
Algorithms; Analysis of Algorithms – Time and Space over the network, connectivity and failure models, local vs
Complexity, Complexity Notation, Solving Recurrence remote connectivity, distributed resource modeling,
Relations.; Divide-and-Conquer as a Design Technique; distributed data models; replication & consistency;
Recursion – Design of Recursive Functions / Procedures, Tail virtualization; CPU virtualization, memory and storage
Recursion, Conversion of Recursive Functions to Iterative virtualization, virtualized networks, computing over WAN and
Form. Linear data structures – Lists, Access Restricted Lists Internet; computing on the cloud, computing models, service
(Stacks and Queues) – Implementation using Arrays and models and service contracts, programming on the cloud;
Linked Lists; Searching and Order Queries. Sorting – Sorting Cloud infrastructure, LAN vs Wan issue, resource scaling and
Algorithms (Online vs. Offline, In-memory vs. External, In- resource provisions, performance models, scalability,
space vs. Out-of-space, QuickSort and Randomization). performance measurement and enhancement techniques;
Unordered Collections: Hashtables (Separate Chaining vs. cloud applications and infrastructure services.
Open Addressing, Probing, Rehashing). Binary Trees – Tree SS* ZG528 Cyber Physical Systems 4
Traversals. Partially Ordered Collections: Search Trees and
Height Balanced Search Trees, Heaps and Priority Queues. This course provides an overview of Cyber-Physical
Algorithm Design: Greedy Algorithms and Dynamic Systems, with respect to its components and characteristics.
Programming. Graphs and Graph Algorithms: Representation As an example of a Cyber-Physical System, this course
schemes, Problems on Directed Graphs (Reachability and explains the various aspects of IoT systems, and helps
Strong Connectivity, Traversals, Transitive Closure. Directed students understand the IoT system components, its protocol
Acyclic Graphs - Topological Sorting), Problems on Weighted stack and design methodologies. The course also enables
Graphs (Shortest Paths. Spanning Trees). Introduction to students to get familiar with the Raspberry Pi platform, via
Complexity Classes (P and NP) and NP-completeness. NP- simple examples/applications. At the end of this course,
Hard problems. Designing Algorithms for Hard Problems – students will be able to explain the various facets of Cyber-
Back tracking, Branch-and-Bound, and Approximation Physical Systems, with focus on IoT and demonstrate simple
Algorithms. IoT applications.
SS* ZG520 Wireless and Mobile Communication 5 SS* ZG529 Deep Learning 4
Signal propagation in a mobile environment, modulation, Common Architectural Principles of Deep Networks; Building
coding, equalization; first generation generation systems; Blocks of Deep Networks; Convolutional Neural Networks
multiple access techniques like FDMA, TDMA, CDMA, (CNNs); Recurrent Neural Networks; Recursive Neural
spread spectrum systems; second & third generation Networks; Building Deep Networks with ND4J; Applications to
systems, UMTS, IMT-2000; Wireless LAN, Wireless ATM and Sequence Data, Anomaly Detection; Tuning Deep Networks;
Mobile IP; emerging trends in Wireless & Mobile Vectorization.
Communication. SS* ZG530 Natural Language Processing 3
SS* ZG522 Design and Operation of Data Centres5 Language modelling with N-gram, spelling correction, Neural
Data Center Design: Principles (Scalability, Reliability, and networks and neural language models, Parts-of-Speech
Elasticity), Components - Computing Infrastructure tagging, Syntactic parsing, Language semantics,
(Processing, Storage, and Networking) and Physical Computational symantics.
Infrastructure (Power, Cooling, and Physical Security); SS* ZG536 Advanced Statistical Techniques for Analytics
Servers – Server Hardening, Server Optimization, Server 4
Deployment and Consolidation, Converged and Hyper-
Converged Infrastructure. Application monitoring and This course will cover the statistical techniques which are
maintenance. Networking for data centers – device very important in Data analytics. It covers the models related
hardening, bandwidth aggregation, traffic management, to descriptive statistics, inferential statistics, predictive
redundancy, network isolation, deployment of internal analytics and applied multivariate analytics. And also this
security and peripheral security; Contingency Planning & course introduces the important tools used in Data Analytics
Disaster Recovery: Backup, recovery, and in Particular R language.
redundancy/replication technologies and approaches. Data SS* ZG537 Information Retrieval 4
Center Architecture: Private, Public, and Hybrid models;
Distributed Data Centers; Introduction to Software Defined Organization, representation, and access to information;
Data Centers. Costing and Pricing– Costing and Cost categorization, indexing, and content analysis; data
Optimization, Pricing and Economics of Data Center structures for unstructured data; design and maintenance of
Operation. such data structures, indexing and indexes, retrieval and
classification schemes; use of codes, formats, and standards;
SS* ZG525Advanced Computer Networks 5 analysis, construction and evaluation of search and
Topics in advanced networking – Quality of Service in IP navigation techniques; search engines and how they relate to
networks, IPv6, Wireless and Mobile Networks, Carrier the above. Multimedia data and their representation and
Technologies (Frame Relay, FDDI, ISDN, ATM), Peer-to- search.
Peer Networks and Overlays, Routing and QoS Issues in SS* ZG547Usability Engineering 5
Optical Networks.
Usability-driven approach to Information Design; software
SS* ZG526Distributed Computing 5 usability bridge& its critical components; Iterative &
The course focuses on the fundamental principles and evaluation of a two-level approach of UCID (User-Centered
models underlying all aspects of distributed computing. It Information Design); five key principles of UCID; getting UCID
addresses the principles underlying the theory, algorithms into organization ; Benefits of implementing UCID; key
and system aspects of distributed computing. The course features of UCID;UCID process & analysis; traditional
covers topics such as Logical and Vector clocks, Global state processes for information development & their limitations;
and Snapshot recording algorithms, Basic distributed Managing UCID; role of usability engineers; preparing the
algorithms, Message Ordering and termination detection, usability plan; implementing a metrics program in typical
Distributed Mutual Exclusion & Deadlock detection, UCID projects; key contributors; goal setting for software
Consensus and Agreement Algorithms, Peer-to-Peer usability & information quality; critical design goals; designing
computing and Overlay graphs, Cluster Computing & Grid the information architecture ;designing the specifications &
Computing, and Internet of Things. prototypes; evaluating prototypes; two-level design activities;
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designing online support elements & printed support SS* ZG562 Software Engineering and Management5
elements; achieving information design goals; online search Current concepts, methods, techniques, and tools of the
& navigation; evaluating information; two-level evaluation;
software engineering process; software process models;
approach achieving information design goals for improved process definition and assessment; software measurement
software usability; testing information & validating; quality and metrics; project planning, estimation and control;
indicators; retrievability; implementation techniques & issues;
requirements analysis and specification, design methods;
Application of Usability Engineering in typical live projects to quality assurance and testing; configuration management;
validate improved software usability . process improvement; case studies and project work.
SS* ZG548 Advanced Data Mining 4 SS* ZG566 Secure Software Engineering 5
Topics beyond conventional record data mining. Mining Best practices for designing secure systems, software
complex data structures. Tree/graph mining, sequence
engineering principles for designing secure systems, criteria
mining, web/text data mining, stream data mining, for designing secure systems; analysis of system properties
spatiotemporal data mining, mining multi-variate time series and verification of program correctness; use of formal
data, high-dimensional data clustering, and mining social
methods and verification for security; tools for verification of
networking sites. Mining data from multiple relations (Multi- security properties; techniques for software protection (such
relational Data Mining). Privacy preserving Data Mining.
as code obfuscation, tamper-proofing and watermarking) and
Distributed computing solutions for data intensive data
their limitations; analysis of software based attacks (and
mining. defenses), timing attacks and leakage of information, and
SS* ZG553Real Time Systems 5 type safety.
Real time software, Real time operating systems-scheduling, SS* ZG567 AI and ML Techniques in Cyber Security 5
virtual memory issues and file systems, real time data bases,
Course description to be developed.
fault tolerance and exception handling techniques, reliability
evaluation, data structures and algorithms for real SS* ZG568 Applied Machine Learning 4
time/embedded systems, programming languages, compilers Need for machine learning. Prediction and classification
and run time environment for real time/embedded systems, methods. Use cases in application domains. Interpretation of
real time system design, real time communication and results. Limitations of various techniques. End to end
security, real time constraints and multi-processing and Machine learning - data collection, data preparation, model
distributed systems. selection.
SS* ZG554 Distributed Data Systems 5 SS* ZG569 Blockchain Technologies & Systems 4
Distributed File Systems - File System Models; Replication Highly successful decentralized blockchain-based systems,
and Synchronization - Caching; Failure & Recovery; File such as Bitcoin, have immense potential to revolutionize
System Security. Distributed Databases - Distributed Data financial, information, and other infrastructures. This course
Sources and Updates; Database Connectivity; Concurrency aims to provide a broad overview of the essential concepts
Control and Distribution mechanism; Distributed indexing involved in blockchain technology in order to lay down the
schemes. Database security. Data on the Web - Web as a foundation necessary for developing applications. This
distributed data repository. Data Collection and Use course also covers the technical aspects of consistency and
Crawlers, Search Engines, and Indexing Schemes. consensus in distributed algorithms, public distributed
Information Retrieval Techniques. Data Exchange - ledgers, public-key cryptography and cryptographic
Hierarchical Data Models, XML, and query languages. Semi- properties, cryptocurrencies, and smart contracts. The course
structured / Unstructured data -querying and synchronization. aims to develop expertise among students to build these
Pervasive Data - Data distribution and access for non- systems, interact with them, and to design and build secure
computing devices, small computing devices, embedded distributed applications.
computing devices and sensory devices.
SS* ZG570 Cloud, IoT and Enterprise Security 5
SS* ZG556 Stream Processing and Analytics 5
Course description to be developed.
Real Time , Streaming Data & Sources, Real time streaming
system architecture , Characteristics of a Real Time SS* ZG574 Embedded Network Security 4
Architecture and Processing ; Configuration and Coordination Course description to be developed.
Systems: Distributed State and Issues, Coordination and
Configuration using Apache ZooKeeper; Data Flow SS* ZG575 Ethical Hacking 3
Management : Distributed Data Flows , Various Data Delivery Techniques and tools for ethical hacking and
and Processing Requirements, N+1 Problem, Apache Kafka countermeasures; exploit approaches – social engineering,
(High-Throughput Distributed Messaging); Processing scanning, footprinting, enumeration, sniffers, buffer overflows,
Stream Data with Storm; Overview of Data Storage – web-hacking including cross scripting, SQL injection, privilege
Requirements: Need for long-term storage for a real time escalation, root kits, search engine highjack, covert channel,
processing framework, In-memory Storage, No-Sql Storage binary auditing, services specific hacking like DNS, Email,
Systems, Choosing a right storage solution; Visualizing Data Web servers, Proxy; techniques of bypassing security
:Requirements, Principles and tools; Bounds of Random mechanisms and hardening systems and networks for
variables, Poisson Processors, Maintaining Simple Statistics countermeasures of security analysis, monitoring and
from Data Streams, Sliding Windows and computing statistics analysis tools including network traffic and system logs.
over sliding windows, Data Synopsis (Sampling, Histograms,
SS* ZG576 Identity and Access Management
Wavelets, DFT), Exact Aggregation, Timed Counting and
Technologies 4
Summation, Multi Resolution Time Series Aggregation,
Stochastic Optimization; Statistical Approximation to Course description to be developed.
Streaming Data: Probabilities and Distributions, Sampling SS* ZG577 Metaheuristics for Optimization 4
Procedures for Streaming Data, Approximating Streaming
Data with Sketching, Registers and Hash Functions, Working Metaheuristics refers to class of approximation algorithms
with Sets, The Bloom Filter, Distinct Value Sketches, The which can solve hard optimization problems within an
Count-Min Sketch; Clustering techniques for Streaming Data; acceptable time limit. This course covers principles behind
Classification methods : Decision Tree (VFDT); Evaluating such algorithms and application to real world problems. The
stream processing algorithms; Case Studies in Designing algorithms covered in the courses include simulated
solutions to streaming data annealing, evolutionary algorithms, ant colony method, and
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SS* ZG578 Mobile Networks 4 SS* ZG589 Middleware Technologies 4
This course covers networking topics, including in-depth Evolution of Middleware Technologies: Transaction
study of networking protocols and system designs, with Processing, Remote Procedure Calls, Message-Oriented-
specific focus on mobile and wireless scenarios and Middleware, Object Request Brokers, Web services and
applications. The main objective of this course is to introduce REST; Forms of Middleware: Enterprise Middleware, Web
a wide range of current and next-generation wireless Middleware, and Cloud / Services Middleware; Middleware
networking protocols and technologies. The course focuses Elements: communication protocols, middleware protocols,
on the most widely used mobile and wireless network data representation, server process control, naming and
standards including cellular (LTE), Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, etc. directory services, security, system management; Select
During the course, students will learn the specific case studies such as MS .NET, J2EE. Service Oriented
mechanisms of different network architectures and tools used Architecture: Loosely Coupled Systems, Business processes,
to analyze network performance. Given wireless and mobile Tiers, Architectural Choices; Resiliency in Middleware:
networking is a very dynamic and constantly changing area, resiliency techniques, hardware failures, communication
the course will cover emerging research advances in the failures, software failures; Performance and scalability in
areas of 5G, Internet-of-Things, LTE-direct, and other work Middleware; Security in Middleware; Implementation Aspects:
from recent conferences in the field. business process implementation, enterprise integration, web
SS* ZG579 Real Time Scheduling 4 and database middleware (e.g. NoSQL middleware) change
management. Case studies of Enterprise application
Real time scheduling algorithms, Resource constraints and architecture (EAI) - Eg. Tibco, Websphere.
allocation, Real time scheduling for multi-processing and
SS* ZG626 Hardware Software Co-Design 5
distributed systems, Real time operating systems
SS* ZG580 Software Defined Networks 5 FPGA and ASIC based design, Low-Power Techniques in RT
Embedded Systems On-chip networking. Hardware Software
The course covers genesis of Software Defined Networks partitioning and scheduling, Co-simulation, synthesis and
(SDN), characteristics and operation of SDN, SDN Devices verifications, Architecture mapping, HW-SW Interfaces and
and controller, Protocols such as overflow, Controller and Re-configurable computing.
application models, Middleboxes and network function
SS* ZG653Software Architectures 5
virtualization in SDNs, SDN in the data center, Applications of
SDN. Systems engineering and software architectures; Hatley-
SS* ZG584 Data Management for IoT 5 Pirbhai architectural template; architecture flow diagrams;
requirements engineering and software architecture;
Course description to be developed. architectural design processes; design post-processing; real-
SS* ZG585Cross Platform Application Development 4 time architectures; architectural design patterns; software
architecture and maintenance management; object oriented
Cross-platform applications development involves creation of architectures; client-server architectures; forward engineering
software applications that are compatible with multiple for object oriented and client-server architectures; emerging
platforms or software environments. This can be achieved software architectures.
through various development frameworks like Ionic, React
Native, Adobe PhoneGap, Xamarin etc. This course aims to SS* ZG656 Networked Embedded Applications 4
equip students with the expertise to design and develop web Networked embedded systems, Clock synchronization,
and mobile based applications that can operate in varied Protocol mechanisms protocol performance, CAN Bus
environments and platforms. Additionally, it also aims to architecture, USB Architecture, Embedded Internet,
develop the understanding of the role and importance of API distributed computing, Use of Java in building networked
management in such applications. The course involves systems, Reliability & Fault Tolerance etc. Mission-critical
hands-on exposure to full stack development of cross- distributed real-time applications, e.g., military, air traffic
platform applications using some of the existing development control; Prototyping benchmark applications, e.g. simulated
frameworks. air traffic visualization, radar display; Networking: TCP/IP,
SS* ZG586 Edge Computing 5 distributed objects; Embedded system programming and
middleware: I/O, analog / digital conversion, DSP, runtime
This course will explore frameworks and applications in Edge monitoring of CPU, processes, network equipment; Modeling
Computing. The topics covered will include edge architecture, distributed real-time systems; Quality of service maintenance.
edge to edge and edge to cloud communication, Sensor
networks and related protocols, Distributed caching, SS* ZG681 Cyber Security 4
Reliability, availability and energy efficiency in edge Cyber Security principles; Security architectures; Security
computing, Pipeline, Performance issues like latency and threats, attacks and vulnerabilities; CIA Triad, Cyber Security
Data flow for Big data analytics, Semantic Web of Things and Policies, Models and Mechanisms; Types of Cyber Attacks;
Application level security. Security Risk Management; Malware; Ransomware;
SS* ZG588 Cyber Crimes, Forensics and Incident Implementing Cyber Security Solutions
Handling 4 SS* ZG682 Embedded Middleware Design 5
Introduction to Computer Forensics: collection, preservation, System Middleware, hardware abstraction Middleware,
analysis, preparation and presentation of computer based distributed computing middleware, with a focus on
evidence for the purposes of criminal law enforcement or civil architectural principles, overview of required functions of
litigation. Structure of Storage Media: Study of different file emerging middleware and how middleware is designed to
systems (FAT12, FAT16, FAT32, NTFS, EXT2/EXT3, etc.). support these function, middleware for mobile computing,
Study of digital forensic techniques: Disk forensics, Network middleware for embedded systems, and middleware for
forensics and Device forensics. Understanding Computer sensor networks.
Crime, Data Acquisition, Forensic Analysis (Internet History
SS* ZG683 Fault Tolerant Embedded System 4
files, Email files and major operating system files for different
OS’s). Study of Steganography: information hiding and Design techniques for reliable, fault-tolerant, fail-safe and fail-
retrieval. Live versus Dead forensics. Use of Forensic Tools soft systems, Fault diagnosis and fault avoidance methods,
for file system analysis, registry analysis, network analysis, Fault Tolerant Networks, Experimental and Commercial fault-
etc., Introduction to computer crimes in India and abroad, tolerant embedded systems
Overview of cloud forensics. SS* ZG684 Parallel Embedded Architectures 4
Instruction level parallelism, Typical RISC Pipeline Design,

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Superscalar Architectures, Data Parallel Architecture, Thread for air and water pollution, Biological methods of analysis,
& Process Level Parallel Architectures, Multi-Threaded Interpretation of data in environmental monitoring
Architectures. SSTM* ZG521 Environmental Chemistry 5
SSTM* ZG511 Sanitation Technology 5
Fundamentals of Physical Chemistry, Water Chemistry,
This course aims to give the participants a review of the Water pollution, Green Chemistry, Fundamentals of
fundamentals as well as the latest technological Analytical Chemistry, Atmospheric Chemistry and air
developments applied in the field of sanitation. Urban pollution, Energy and climate change, Toxic compounds,
Drainage and Sewerage, Carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus Metals, soils, sediments and waste disposal, Case studies
removal & recovery; sludge treatment, Site evaluation; toilets; SSTM* ZG522 Environmental Biotechnology 5
onsite sanitation systems; emptying and transport;
established and transferring technologies for dewatering, Principles, concepts and applications of Biotechnology to the
stabilization, pathogen inactivation and nutrient management, management of environmental problems, Microbial
urban low cost drainage, Innovation processes, Intro & technologies for waste management, Bioremediation of
Exercise technology selection tool / decision support system; toxicants, Microbial systems for detoxification, Microbial
discuss outcomes technologies for waste management, Biochemical kinetics
and engineering, Concept of rDNA technology, Regulation
SSTM* ZG512 Sanitation and Public Health 5
and ethics
This course will have four modules – Introduction to SSTM* ZG523 Biological Treatment Principles and
Sanitation, Sanitation system and services, Public Health and Design of Waste Water Systems 4
Analysis of sanitation flow. Background on urban sanitation,
Material flow analysis, Monitoring frameworks, Shit Flow Fundamentals of biological treatment, Biochemistry and
Diagrams, Human Health Hazards and Waste, Review and kinetics of biochemical processes like oxidation, nitrification &
Assessment of Transmission Routes, Review and denitirification, Dephosphatization, Acedogensis and
Assessment of Transmission Routes, Disease Cycles – methogenasis, Aerobic and anaerobic treatment processes,
Lifecycles & Vectors, Control Measures, Risk Evaluation Basic description of equipment and design methodologies,
Tools, Urban development trends, demography, Urban Design of reactors and configurations; Case studies for
sanitation planning & programming industrial and wastewater treatment.
SSTM* ZG513 Sanitation Governance, Behavioral Change SSTM* ZG524 Environmental Statistics 4
and Advocacy 5 Introduction to probability and Statistics, Probability concepts
This particular course will have two modules – Sanitation and probability distributions, Fundamentals of data analysis,
Governance and Behaviour change & Advocacy. Water & Uncertainty in Measurement, Precision and accuracy,
sanitation governance: definitions, debates, controversies, Reproducibility/repeatability, Types of errors, Error
Power relations among actors in the local and global levels: propagation, Confidence intervals, Hypothesis testing for
Gender, class & race relations and power asymmetries, equality of mean and standard deviation: t-test, chi-square
Practices of coordination & decision, making around test and F-test, Errors in hypothesis testing, Experiment
contested water distribution, Case studies on regulatory design and analysis of variances, Autocorrelation, cross-
frameworks around the world – how is sanitation managed: correlation and sensitivity analysis in data sets, Linear least-
where, how and why, Everyday sanitation from different squares regression. Precision of parameter estimates,
perspectives. Behaviour with reference to Societal and Coefficient of determination; Interpreting statistical results,
cultural aspects, Types: Knowledge, motivations and documentation and recommendations, Theory of attributes,
reactions, Reinforcements: Norms and behaviour Settings Time series analysis, Case studies
SSTM* ZG514 Sanitation Financing & Project SSTM* ZG525 Environmental Systems Modelling 4
Management 5 Introduction to air quality models, Atmospheric stability and
This course will have two modules – Sanitation Financing and turbulence, Gaussian dispersion models, single source and
Project Management. Introduction to financial viability, multisource models, Transport and fate of pollutant in aquatic
CAPEX, OPEX, business models and PPP of sanitation systems, Introduction to modeling of river, lake and estuarine
project, Calculating CAPEX and OPEX of a sanitation project hydrodynamics, Stratification and eutrophication of water
and developing a business model, Local authority/municipal bodies, Dissolved oxygen model for water streams,
budgeting and public/government financing, Key aspects of Computational methods in environmental modeling and
project management including stakeholders’ relationship, simulation, Transport and fate of pollutants in soils and
people management, risk management, budget ground water, Applications of public domain models and
management, reporting, Objective Oriented Project Planning. software; Case studies.
SSTM* ZG515 Emergency Sanitation & Leadership 5 SSTM* ZG526 Solid Waste Management 4
This course will have two modules – Emergency Sanitation Introduction to solid waste management: Sources and
and Leadership. The evolution of humanitarian aid: historical classification, Composition and Properties of Solid Waste and
events and the humanitarian system as it stands today. emerging e-waste, Onsite handling, storage and processing
Overview of the international legal framework (Refugee law, including segregation, Collection of solid waste, Transfer and
International Humanitarian Law-IHL, International Disaster transport, Recycling, Incineration pyrolysis and composting,
Relief Law-IDRL), code of conduct and guiding principles of Processing technique and equipment, Recovery of resources,
humanitarian action. Standards applied by relief agencies conversion products, and energy, Biomedical and hazardous
and global cluster, Sphere, WASH cluster. Disaster cycle, risk waste, Electronic waste, Regulatory framework,
reduction/ response/ recovery/ development, emergency categorization, generation, collection, transport, treatment
response phases. Overview of relief organizations, their and disposal, Leacheate collection and treatment,
mandates, their commitments and priorities in emergencies. Bioleaching and bioremediation; Case studies.
SSTM* ZG516 Environmental Sampling and Analytical SSTM* ZG527 Environmental Management Systems 5
Methods 5 Introduction to air & water pollutants & solid wastes; sampling
Principles of sample collection and data analysis / & analysis techniques; impact of these on environment;
interpretation, Gravimetric methods, titrimetric methods, national & international regulations; ISO series; conventional
electrochemical methods, Spectrometric methods of analysis, & non-conventional energy resources; life cycle analysis;
Chromatographic methods of analysis, Sampling techniques environmental audit; sustainable developments; case studies.

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SSTM* ZG528 Environmental Risk and Impact ST* ZG522 Structural Health Assessment and
Assessment 4 Rehabilitation 4
Introduction to Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), Introduction, Overview of present repair, retrofitting, and
Environmental assessment framework, Impact assessment strengthening practices, Distress identification, Repair
methodologies; Air and water quality Impact analysis (AQIA / management, Causes of deterioration and durability aspects,
WQIA), Energy and noise impact analysis (EnIA / NIA), Holistic models of Deterioration of RCC, Durability Aspects,
Vegetation, wild life and socio-impact analysis, Environment Intrinsic and Extrinsic causes an stages of Distress, Condition
risk assessment, Environmental Impact statement. Survey and Non-destructive Evaluation, Classes of
SSTM* ZG628T Dissertation 16 Damages and Repair Classification, Structural Analysis and
Design, Reserve Strength, Evaluation of Building
A student registered in this course must take a topic in an Configuration, Repair materials and their selection,
area of professional interest drawn from the on the job work Rehabilitation and Retrofitting Methods, Analysis and Design
requirement which is simultaneously of direct relevance to the of Externally FRP and ECC Strengthened Structures,
degree pursued by the student as well as to the employing / Retrofitting using External Unbonded Post-tensioning and
collaborating organization of the student and submit a Near Surface Mounted FRP Rebars, Durability Based Design
comprehensive report at the end of the semester working of FRP Reinforced/Strengthened Bridge Girders, Case Study
under the overall supervision and guidance of a professional Problems.
expert who will be deemed as the supervisor for evaluation of
ST* ZG523 Advanced Concrete Technology 4
all components of the dissertation. Normally the Mentor of the
student would be the Dissertation supervisor and in case Components of Concrete, chemical properties of cement &
Mentor is not approved as the supervisor, Mentor may play cementitious paste, properties of aggregates; chemistry of
the role of additional supervisor. The final grades for admixtures: mineral, chemical; effect of concrete composition
dissertation are Non-letter grades namely Excellent, Good, on properties of fresh concrete and hardened concrete;
Fair and Poor, which do not go into CGPA computation. Durability of concrete and its relation with concrete
ST* ZG511 Matrix Methods in CivilEngineering 5 composition; Techniques for non-destructive evaluations
(NDE) of concrete; Concrete mix design; Special concrete,
Matrix techniques; basic equations of solid mechanics; Concrete with alkali activated binder.
variational methods; finite difference and finite element
ST* ZG524 Advanced Concrete Structural Design 5
methods; applications to structural mechanics, soil and rock
mechanics, fluid mechanics, and hydraulic structures. Design of indeterminate beams and frames; Design of beam-
ST* ZG513 Advanced Computational Techniques 4 column joints, Design of flat slabs, Analysis of slab using
yield-line theory; Design of circular slabs; Design of beams
Interpolation, Polynomial Interpolation, Lagrange, Newton’s curved in plan, Design of Folded plates and cylindrical shells,
Interpolation, Numerical integration, Wilson  Method, Design of Water Tanks.
Newmark’s Method, Gauss and Hermitian Quadrature,
ST* ZG532 Advanced Soil Mechanics 4
Quadrature rules for multiple integrals, Large system of linear
simultaneous equations, Direct and iterative algorithms based Modern concept of soil structure and its application in
on Gauss elimination, Gauss Seidel method and symmetric explaining its behaviour; effects of seepage on equilibrium of
banded equations, storage schemes – skyline, band solver, ideal soil; mechanics of drainage; theories of elastic subgrade
frontal solver, Cholesky decomposition, Non-linear system of reaction; theories of semi-infinite elastic soils; vibration
equations, Eigen value problems, Forward iteration, Inverse problems.
iteration, Jacobi, Given’s method, Transformation of ST* ZG533 Advanced Composite Materials for Structures
generalized Eigen value problem to standard form, Vector 4
iteration method, Initial and boundary value problems,
Solution of first and second order differential equations using Introduction and History of FRP, Overview of Composite
Euler, modified Euler, and Runge-Kutta methods, Finite materials, Physical and Mechanical Properties and Test
difference operators. methods, Design of RC Structures reinforced with FRP Bars,
Flexural Strengthening of RC Beams, Shear Strengthening of
ST* ZG514 Structural Optimization 4 Beams, Flexural Strengthening of Slabs, Strengthening of
Introduction, Engineering Optimization Problems, Optimal Axially and Eccentrically Loaded Columns, Seismic Retrofit of
problem formulation, Single-variable optimization algorithms, Columns.
Bracketing methods, Region Elimination methods, Gradient- ST* ZG551 Dynamics of structures 4
based methods, Multivariable optimization algorithms,
Evolutionary optimization methods, Simplex Search method, Free and forced Vibration Analysis of SDOF system,
Hooke-Jeeves pattern search method, Powell’s conjugate Response to general dynamic loadings, Numerical evaluation
direction method, Cauchy’s method, Newton’s method, of dynamic response, Effect of damping; Free and forced
Conjugate Gradient method, Constrained Optimization vibration of undamped and damped multi degree of freedom
algorithms, Kuhun-Tucker conditions, Transformation systems; Modeling for multi degree of freedom systems;
methods, Direct search for constrained minimization, Equation of motions, Evaluation of natural frequencies and
Feasible Direction Method, Specialized algorithms, Integer mode shapes, orthogonality conditions, Modal analysis and
Programming, Geometric Programming, Nontraditional modal combination rules, Numerical evaluation of dynamic
optimization Algorithms, Genetic algorithms, Simulated response for multi degree of freedom, time history analysis;
Annealing, Structural Optimization, Methods of optimal support excited vibration, analysis of non-linear systems,
design of structural elements, minimum weight design of Free and forced vibration analysis of continuous systems,
truss members, optimum reinforced design of R.C. C. Slabs Random vibrations, Stochastic response; Vibration isolation,
and beams, Optimization to the design of structures such as vibration absorber and tuned mass damper; Evaluation of
multi-storey buildings, water tank, shell roofs, folded plates. wind, blast, wave loading and other dynamic forces on
structure; Modeling and dynamic analysis of buildings,
ST* ZG521 Topics in Structural Engineering 5 bridges, water tank, liquid storage tanks, stack like structure,
Introduction to structural optimization, application to simple machine foundations etc.
structures such as trusses, and simple frames; Theory of ST* ZG552 Advanced Structural Mechanics
plates and its applications in Civil Engineering; folded plate and Stability 4
design; theory and design of shell structures specifically with
application in structures covering large area. Analysis of stress and strain in three-dimension domain,
deviatoric stress and strain; stress and strain invariants,
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relations for anisotropic, orthotropic and isotropic elastic ST* ZG616 Bridge Engineering 4
materials; yield criterion; plastic potential and flow rules. Purpose of bridge; classification of bridges; characteristics of
Problems on plane stress and plain strain conditions, Airy
each bridge; loads stresses and combinations; design of RC
stress function; Axi-symmetric problems; torsion of prismatic bridges; design of non-composite and composite bridges;
bars, circular and non-circular sections; thin-walled sections, prestressed bridge; continuous spans, box girders, long span
membrane and sand-heap analogies, concept of stability of
bridges; substructure design for bridges.
structures and examples of instability. Stability of structures
with one and two degree of freedom, buckling of columns; ST* ZG617 Advanced Structural Analysis 4
beam-columns and simple frames, lateral torsion buckling of Flexibility Method; stiffness method; beam curved in plan; two
beams; and introduction to postbuckling of plates. dimensional and three dimensional analysis of structures;
ST* ZG553 Theory of Plates and Shells 4 shear deformations, shear wall analysis; interactive software
development for analysis of structures.
Analysis procedure and the basic theory of plates and shells;
Different kinds of plates such as rectangular, circular, and ST* ZG618 Design of Multi-Storey Structures 4
elliptical; Different kinds of shell structures such as shell of Loads and stresses; building frames; framing systems,
revolution: spherical shells, cylindrical shells and special shell bracing of multistorey building frames; diaphragms; shear
structures; Principles and applications of bending of plates, walls and cover; tube structure, approximate analysis and
membrane theory, bending of shells, and stability of plates preliminary design; frame analysis; design loading, wind
and shells; Kirchoff theory, Reissner-Mindlin-Naghadi type effects and response, earthquake response of structures.
theories, rectangular plates-solution by double Fourier
series,membrane theory of shells, and case study on plates ST* ZG619 Finite element analysis 5
and shells using numerical tools. Fundamentals of Finite Element Method (FEM); basic
ST* ZG554 Advanced Structural Design 4 formulations of FEM; assembly of elements, solution
techniques; 2D and 3D problems; review of the isoparametric
Practical design problems on analysis and design of elements; thin and thick plate elements; introduction to shell
multistoried and industrial buildings, chimney, retaining wall, formulations; use of newly developed elements; mixed finite
water tank, towers, etc using both the steel and concrete element method; material and geometric nonlinear problems;
materials. Modeling of structures subjected to various load application of FEM to civil engineering problems,
(DL, LL, WL, EQ etc.) combinations, structural analysis, programming FEM.
design, and detailing of specific advanced concrete and steel
structures. ST* ZG620 Advanced Foundation Engineering 4
ST* ZG610 Computer Aided Analysis and Design in Civil Types of foundations, capacity and settlement of foundations,
Engineering 5 soil properties, design considerations, discrete method for
analysis, design of shallow and deep foundations, failure in
Computer languages; CAD, graphics; database management foundations, remedial measures, case studies of foundations.
system; knowledge base expert system; development of
preprocessor and post processor with graphic interface; ST* ZG621 Fluid Dynamics 5
analysis and design, optimization techniques, genetic Mechanics of turbulent flow; semi-empirical expressions;
algorithms, software development for analysis and design, statistical concepts; stability theory;flow of non-Newtonian
interfacing. fluids; stationary and moving shock waves; Prandtl-Mayer
ST* ZG612 Advanced Steel Structures 4 expressions; two and three dimensional subsonic and
supersonic flow; methods of characteristics; small
Steel properties; high strength steels, structural behaviour, perturbation theory and similarity rules.
analysis and design; loads and environmental effects; load
and resistant factor design (LRFD); column and beams; ST* ZG622 Soil-Structure-Interaction 4
connections; member under combined loads; bracing Importance of soil-structure interaction, basic theories, types
requirements; composite members; plastic analysis and of interaction problems, numerical modelling, experimental
design; tall steel buildings, detailing in steel structures. and field investigations, prediction of failure mechanism,
ST* ZG613 Advanced Concrete Structures 4 economic considerations.
Materials; high strength concrete, flexure analysis and ST* ZG623 Ground Improvement Techniques 4
design; shear and diagonal tension; bond and anchorage; Requirements for ground improvement, various techniques of
serviceability; torsion; columns; joints; indeterminate beams improvement, water table lowering, ground freezing, electro-
and frames; yield line analysis; strip method for slabs; osmosis, compaction, tamping, use of explosives, vibratory
composite construction; footing and foundations; concrete probes, thermal treatment, addition of lime, cement and
building system; concrete tall buildings, detailing in concrete bitumen, gravel and sand columns, preloading techniques,
structures. reinforced earth, soil replacement techniques.
ST* ZG614 Prestressed Concrete Structures 4 ST* ZG631 Selected Topics in Soil Mechanics and
Effect of prestressing; source of prestress, prestressing steel; Geotechnical Engineering 4
concrete for construction; elastic flexure analysis, flexural Formation of soil & soil deposits, subsurface exploration,
strength; partial prestressing; flexural design based on collapsible soils identification treatment & design
concrete stress limits; tension profile; flexural design based consideration, review of casting expansion models in soil,
on load balancing; losses due to prestress; shear diagonal treatment of weak soil, numerical modelling, fracture
tension and web reinforcement; bond stress, transfer and propagation & fracture energy, fluid infiltered materials,
development length, anchorage zone design, deflections. modern trends.
ST* ZG615 Earthquake Engineering 4 ST* ZG641 Theory of Elasticity and Plasticity 5
Single and multi-degree freedom system; seismic risk, Basic equations of theory of elasticity; elementary elasticity
causes and effects of earthquakes; seismicity, determination problems in two and three dimensions; theories of plastic
of site characteristics; design earthquakes; earthquake flow; problems in plastic flow of ideally plastic and strain
resistant design philosophy; seismic response; earthquake hardening materials; theory of metal forming processes.
resistant design of structures; detailing for earthquake
resistance in concrete and steel structures. TA ZC163 Computer Programming 4
Basic Computing Steps and Flow Charting (Assignment,
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Constructs – Expressions, Statements, Conditionals, TE* ZG512 Soil Exploration and Field Techniques 4
Iterators/Loops, Functions/ Procedures; Data Types – Necessity and Importance of soil exploration, Method of sub
Primitive Types, Tuples, Choices (Unions or Enumerations),
surface exploration Test pits, Trenches, Wash boring,
Lists/Arrays, Pointers and Dynamically Allocated Data. Input Percussion drilling, Rotary drilling, Factors affecting the
output and Files. Laboratory Component: Programming selection of a suitable method of boring. Extent of boring,
Exercises involving development and testing of iterative and
Factors controlling spacing and depth of bore holes, Spacing
procedural programs using bounded and unbounded and depth of various Civil engineering structures. Indirect
iterations, function composition, random access lists, method of exploration, Seismic method, Electrical resistivity,
sequential access lists, dynamically allocated lists, and file
Resistivity sounding and profiling, Different method of
access. stabilization of the bore holes, their relative merits and
TA ZC164 Computer Programming 4 demerits. Different method of ground water observation: Time
Basic Computing Steps and Flow Charting(Assignment, lag in observation, sampling of ground water. Source of
disturbance and their influence. Type of sampler, Principle of
Sequencing, Conditionals, Iteration). Programming
Constructs – Expressions, Statements, Conditionals, design of sampler, Representative and undisturbed sampling
Iterators/Loops, Functions/Procedures; Data Types – in various types of soils. Surface sampling, Amount of
sampling, Boring and sampling record, Preservation and
Primitive Types, Tuples, Choices (Unions or
Enumerations),Lists/Arrays, Pointers and Dynamically shipment of sample, preparation of bore log. Penetration
tests, Standard penetration tests, Dynamic cone penetration
Allocated Data. Input output and Files. Laboratory
tests with and without bentonite slurry, Static cone
Component: Programming Exercises involving development
and testing of iterative and procedural programs using penetration tests, Pressure meter, Dilatometer, factors
bounded and unbounded iterations, function composition, affecting the penetration tests. Various corrections in the test
results. Interpretation of test result for design and
random access lists, sequential access lists, dynamically
allocated lists, and file access. determination of modulus of deformation. Small size
penetrometers, Plate load test, Field CBR, Dynamic cone
TA ZC142Computer Programming 3 penetrometer for CBR evaluation. Various corrections,
Elementary computer organization; introduction to Number empirical correlations and interpretation of test result for
Systems; Representation of integers, real numbers and design in transportation engineering.
characters on computers; concept of range and accuracy; TE* ZG513 Reinforced Soil Structures for Transportation
Arithmetic Overflow; Algorithms and algorithm development; Engineering 4
structured program development through step wise
refinement. Introduction to C language; Functions; Recursion; Introduction and need for geosynthetics, Types, functions,
properties and testing of geosynthetics, Strength analysis of
Data structure & algorithms; File management & file handling;
reinforced soil, different types of soil retaining structure,
Problem solving using C.
Design codes for reinforced soil retaining walls, External and
TA ZC233Engineering Measurements 4 internal stability of reinforced soil retaining walls, Bearing
Performance characteristics of measuring instruments, capacity of footings resting on reinforced soil, Geo-synthetics
measurement methods for mechanical, electrical, radiant, in flexible pavements, geosynthetics application and design
chemical, magnetic and thermal energy variables. Emphasis for Separation, Filtration, drainage, erosion control, barrier in
in this course shall be on the operation and use of highway engineering, Reinforced slope, Design and
instruments. Construction of Geosynthetic Reinforced Embankments on
Soft Subsoils, Other methods of reinforcement like soil
TA ZC312Technical Report Writing 3 nailing, rock bolting, stone columns etc., Practical case
Elements of effective writing; art of condensation; business studies of reinforced soil structures, Applications of Geocell,
letter writing; memos; formal reports; technical proposals; PVD, Jute Geotextile and Coir Geotextile in transportation
conducting, and participating, meetings; agenda and minutes; engineering, case studies.
strategies for writing technical descriptions, definitions, and TE* ZG514 Advanced Concrete Technology in
classifications; oral presentation; use of graphic and audio- Transportation Engineering 4
visual aids; editing.
Cements including blended cements, chemical and physical
TE* ZG511 Soil Mechanics for Highway Engineering4 processes of hydration; concrete admixtures: pulverized
Origin and classification of soils; physicochemical properties, fuel ash, ground granulated blast furnace slag, silica fume;
index properties of soil, IS classification of soils and their effects on properties of concretes, mortars and grouts;
applications in roads, airfields and embankments, Stresses methods of test; applications; mixer blends and blended
within a soil, effective stress principle, Soil - water systems - cement; admixtures: Review of types and classification;
capillarity, flow, Darcy’s law, permeability, and tests for its chemical composition; origin and manufacture; actions and
determination, Stresses due to applied load, Stress analysis interactions; usage; effects on properties of concretes,
for embankments and pavements, Compressibility and mortars and grouts; methods of test; applications;
consolidation characteristics, over consolidation ratio, Aggregates: Review of types; elementary mineralogy and
determination of coefficients of consolidation and secondary petrology; aggregate prospecting; quarrying and gravel-
compression (creep), consolidation under construction winning practice; production of artificial aggregates;
loading, Shear Strength and Mohr Coulomb strength criterion, sampling and testing; effects on properties of concretes,
direct and triaxial shear tests, drained, consolidated mortars and grouts; Fresh concrete: Rheology of
undrained and undrained tests, strength of loose and dense concentrated suspensions, pastes, mortars and concretes;
sands, NC and OC soils, dilation, pore pressures, workability, segregation and bleeding. Theory and principles
Skempton’s coefficients. Compaction characteristics, water governing the correct placing and compaction of concrete;
content – dry unit weight relationships, OMC, maximum dry Setting and hardening concrete: Plastic settlement and
unit weight, field compaction, quality control, etc. Analysis plastic shrinkage; exothermic characteristics; early age
and design of highway embankment, Characterization of thermal movements; strength development; maturity,
ground, site investigations, methods of drilling, sampling, in accelerated curing; assessment of safe stripping times; hot
situ test - SPT, CPT, plate load and dynamic tests, in-situ and cold weather concreting; Properties of hardened
permeability and groundwater level, etc., Earth Pressure concrete: Strength; deformation under load; elasticity; creep;
Theories, Selection and design of earth retaining structures. drying shrinkage and other volume changes. Thermal
properties; Durability of concrete and concrete construction:
Durability concept; pore structure and transport processes;
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sulphate attack; alkali silica reaction; delayed ettringite solutions; stresses and deflections in rigid pavements;
formation; methods of providing durable concrete; short- computer programmes for analysis of stresses and
term tests to assess long-term behaviour; Mix design: deflections in rigid pavements; traffic loadings, load
Review of methods and philosophies; mix design for special equivalency factors, traffic projections and analysis; material
purposes; Special concretes: Lightweight concrete: characterization as input to pavement design; flexible
autoclaved aerated concrete, no-fines concrete, lightweight pavement design using IRC, AASHTO, MEPDG methods;
aggregate concrete and foamed concrete. High strength Rigid pavement design using IRC, AASHTO, MEPDG, ACI
concrete; refractory concrete; high density and radiation- and PCA methods; design of overlays; Considerations in
shielding concrete; polymer concrete; fibre-reinforced pavement drainage design.
concrete; mortars; renders; recycled concrete; Special TE* ZG519 Pavement Evaluation Field Project 4
processes and technology for particular types of structure:
Sprayed concrete; underwater concrete; grouts, grouting Structural condition, Functional Condition and Safety
and grouted concrete; mass concrete; slipform construction; evaluation of pavements, Flexible and Rigid Pavement Rating
pumped concrete; concrete for liquid retaining structures; and establishment of Pavement Condition Index, Case study,
vacuum process; concrete coatings and surface treatments; involving a failed pavement structure, to investigate the
Ready-mixed concrete; Precast concrete; Concrete for condition and suggest remedial measures, Use of HDM 4
roads and industrial floors software for establishing the best alternative remedy for the
chosen case study.
TE* ZG515 GIS Applications in Transportation
Engineering 4 TE* ZG520 Infrastructure Planning and Management 4
Remote sensing: Physics of remote sensing, Ideal remote The goals and perspectives of planning; forecasting and
sensing system, Remote sensing satellites and their data design of alternatives; plan testing: economic, financial and
products, Sensors and orbital characteristics, Spectral environmental evaluation; the challenges of managing
reflectance curves, resolution and multi concept, FCC, infrastructure; Information management and decision support
Interpretation of remote sensing images. Digital image system; Concepts of total quality management; Economics:
processing: Satellite image – characteristics and formats, life-cycle analysis and maintenance, Rehabilitation and
Image histogram, Introduction to image rectification, Image Reconstruction (M.R & R) programming; Infrastructure
enhancement, Land use and land cover classification system. management system (IMS) development and implementation;
Geographic information system (GIS): Basic concept of Rural Infrastructure Planning.
geographic data, GIS and its components, Data acquisition, TE* ZG521 Environmental Impact Assessment 4
Raster and vector formats, Topography and data models,
Spatial modelling, Data output, GIS applications. Global Environment and global problems; Framing Environmental
positioning system (GPS): Introduction, Satellite navigation issues; effects of infrastructure development on environment;
system, GPS- space segment, Control segment, User prediction and assessment of environmental impacts of
segment, GPS satellite signals, Receivers; Static, Kinematic infrastructure projects: technical and procedural aspects,
and Differential GPS. Applications in Transportation guidelines and legal aspects of environmental protection,
Engineering: Intelligent Transport System, Urban Transport impacts on air, water, soil and noise environment, valuation,
Planning, Accident Studies, Transport System Management, strategic assessment, mathematical modeling for
Road Network Planning, Collecting Road Inventory environmental processes; social impact assessment (SIA),
dislocation/disruption impact of Infrastructure projects; Life
TE* ZG516 CAD Laboratory in Transportation Cycle Assessments (LCA) and risk analysis methodologies;
Engineering 4 mitigation of environmental impacts; case studies;
Basic AUTOCAD commands, exercises on earth work environmental management plan (EMP), national and
computations, cross sections of highways, exercises on international certification and guidelines including ISO.
packages like MX Roads to compute earth work, geometric TE* ZG523 Transportation Systems Planning and
design of highways, Exercises on HDM 4 package Management 4
TE* ZG517 Road Safety and Audit 4 System and environment; sequential transportation systems
Characteristics of accidents, accidents vs. crash, land use planning: trip generation, trip distribution, modal split and
and road environment for safety, Multidisciplinary approach to traffic assignment. Transportation Systems Management
planning for traffic safety and injury control; pre-crash and (TSM) actions: traffic management techniques for improving
post-crash models; role of vehicle, roadway traffic, driver, and vehicular flow, preferential treatment for high occupancy
environment on road safety, crash and injuries.; accident modes, demand management technique for reduced traffic
analysis, conflict points at intersections, pedestrian safety, demand, staggered hours, vehicle restrictions; planning for
road safety improvement strategies; Road safety audit and pedestrians, parking planning; Methods of accident data
analysis: Stages, aim and objectives, principles, process, collection and analysis.
roles and responsibility, Specific parameters, design TE* ZG524 Urban Mass Transit Planning, Operations and
standards, various stages of road safety audit, Road safety Management 4
audit for rural roads, Checklists, Structuring of report. Steps
in treatment of crash locations, diagnosing crash problem and Modes of public transportation and application pf each to
solutions, accident report form, storing of data, using and urban travel needs; Comparison of transit modes and
interpreting crash data, identifying and prioritizing hazardous selection of technology and transit service; Estimating
locations, condition and collision diagrams; Vulnerable road demand in transit planning studies and functional design of
users: crashes related to pedestrian and bicyclists, their transit routes; Terminal design; Management and operation
safety, provision for disabled; Crash reconstruction: of transit systems, Model for operational management; Fleet
understanding basic physics, calculation of speed for various and crew management; Terminal management; Fiscal
skid, friction, drag, and acceleration scenarios; Engineering management.
Measures: Speed humps and bumps, speed tables and TE* ZG528 Selection of Construction Equipment and
cushions; Community awareness and education; Modeling 4
Enforcement- Non-physical measures- physical measures;
Road Safety Audit Case study. Selection and application of construction and earth moving
equipment; Productivity analysis of equipment operations;
TE* ZG518 Pavement Analysis and Design 4 mathematical models for construction operations; Quality
Types of pavements, flexible, rigid and semi-rigid; issues in construction process modeling.
components of pavement structure; stresses and strains in
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TE* ZG534 Pavement Material Characterization5 fundamentals & development of queuing processes; traffic
Soil properties for highway engineers: Origin, properties of simulation; intelligent transportation systems (ITS).
soils, tests on soils, Aggregates: origin, classification, TE* ZG545 Airport Planning and Design 4
requirements, properties, importance of aggregate gradation;
Air Transport-structure and organization; forecasting air travel
bituminous materials: origin, preparation, properties and demand: trend forecasts and analytical methods; air freight
tests, criterion for selection of different viscosity grades of demand; airport system; characteristics of the aircraft; airport
bitumen, modified binders and bituminous emulsions,
planning: site selection, layout plan, orientation and length of
Bituminous mixture design: Marshall method of mixture runway; airport capacity and configuration; geometric design
design, SUPERPAVE procedure of mixture design; of runway, taxiway and aprons; passenger terminal function,
mechanical properties of bituminous mixtures: resilient
passenger and baggage flow, design concepts, analysis of
modulus, dynamic modulus, visco-elastic and fatigue flow through terminals, parking configurations and apron
characteristics. Warm mix asphalt, micro-surfacing, slurry facilities; air cargo facilities-flow through cargo terminals,
seal, dense bituminous Macadam and bituminous concrete
airport lighting; airport drainage; pavement design; airport
Cement concrete pavement materials: requirements and access problem; environmental impact of airports.
design of concrete mixture for rigid pavement, IRC and IS
specifications and tests, joints, filler and sealant materials. TE* ZG546 Highway Construction Practices 4
TE* ZG535 Highway Geometric Design 4 Road planning and reconnaissance; right of way selection;
fixing of alignment; road construction techniques:
Highway functional classification; route layout and selection,
construction staking, clearing and grubbing of the road
design controls and criteria: turning paths, driver construction area; subgrade construction: excavation and
performance, traffic characteristics; highway capacity; access filling, compaction, preparation of sub grade, quality control
control; safety; environment; Elements of design: sight
tests as per MORTH specifications; granular subbase and
distance, horizontal alignment, transition curves, super base course construction: gravel courses, WBM, WMM,
elevation and side friction; vertical alignment: - grades, crest stabilized soil subbases, use of geo-textiles and geo-grids;
and sag curves; highway cross-sectional elements and their
construction of bituminous layers; concrete pavement
design; at-grade Inter-sections – sight distance consideration construction; field quality control ; road making machinery.
and principles of design, channelization, mini roundabouts,
layout of roundabouts, inter-changes: major and minor TE* ZG547 Pavement Failures, Evaluation and Rehabilitation 4
interchanges, entrance and exit ramps, acceleration and Pavement deterioration, distress and different types of
deceleration lanes, bicycle and pedestrian facility design; failures, pavement surface condition deterioration such as
parking layout and design; terminal layout and design, slipperiness, unevenness, rutting, cracking; pot holes, etc.,
geometric design for express ways. causes, effects, methods of measurement and treatment, use
TE* ZG536 Traffic Engineering and Safety 4 of modern equipment for pavement surface condition
measurements, Analysis of data, interpretation. Structural
Road users and their characteristics; traffic studies- volume, deterioration of pavements: causes, effects, methods of
speed, origin-destination (O-D) and delay studies; analysis treatment. Structural evaluation of flexible pavements by
and interpretations of traffic studies; traffic forecasting; rebound deflection method, analysis of data, design of
capacity and level of service analysis; traffic characteristics at overlay, use of FWD and other methods for evaluation of
un-signalized and signalized intersections; design of flexible and rigid pavements and their application. Evaluation
signalized intersections, capacity and LOS of signalized of new pavement materials, model studies, pavement testing
intersections, actuated signal control, signal coordination; under controlled conditions, accelerated testing and
traffic controls: signs, markings, street furniture; traffic evaluation methods, Test track studies. Instrumentation for
regulations; parking studies; nature of traffic problems and pavement testing.
their solutions; traffic safety: accidents- data collection and
analysis; causes and prevention. TE* ZG548 Pavement Management Systems 4
TE* ZG537 Transportation Economics and Finance4 Components of pavement management systems, pavement
maintenance measures; pavement performance evaluation:
Need for economic evaluation; concept of total transport cost; general concepts, serviceability, pavement distress survey
fixed and variable costs, elasticity of demand, marginal costs; systems, performance evaluation and data collection using
value of travel time, accident costs; methods of economic different equipment; evaluation of pavement distress
evaluation; taxation in road transport, user charges: fees and modeling and safety; pavement performance prediction:
tolls; highway legislation; investment policies and pricing, concepts, modeling techniques, structural condition
issues in financing and subsidy policy, public private deterioration models, mechanistic and empirical models,
partnership (PPP) options in transport sector: BOT, BOOT, HDM-IV models, comparison of different deterioration
BOLT; feasibility studies, identification and sharing of risks in models, functional and structural condition deterioration
PPP projects, operation and management agreements. models; ranking and optimization methodologies: Recent
TE* ZG539 Introduction to Discrete Choice Theory4 developments, economic optimization of pavement
maintenance and rehabilitation.
Introduction, element of choice process, individual preferences,
behavioral choice rule, utility based choice theory; data collection TE* ZG549 Rural Road Technology 4
techniques, stated preference (SP) survey, revealed preference
Network planning, accessibility and mobility; road alignment
(RP) survey, paradigms of choice data; discrete choice models,
and survey; geometric design: cross-sectional elements, sight
property of discrete choice models, Multinomial logit model;
overview and structure, Nested logit model formulation;
distance, horizontal and vertical alignments; road materials
discriminant analysis, Naive Bayes classification, classification and use of marginal materials; pavement design, drainage,
trees, classification using nearest neighbors; application of fuzzy culverts and small bridges; construction and specifications;
logic and artificial neural network in discrete choice modeling. quality control in construction; pavement failures;
maintenance; preparation of detailed project report (DPR);
TE* ZG543 Traffic Flow Theory 4 community participation in planning, design, construction and
Traffic flow elements: speed, volume and density and their management.
relationships; time-space diagrams, controlled access TE* ZG616 Bridge Engineering 4
concept, freeway concept, system performances, measures
of effectiveness; mathematical modeling; probabilistic & Purpose of bridge; classification of bridges; characteristics of
stochastic models of traffic flow process, discrete and each bridge; loads stresses and combinations; design of RC
continuous modeling: headways, gaps and gap acceptance; bridges; design of non-composite and composite bridges;
macroscopic models; car-following model; queuing models;

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prestressed bridge; continuous spans, box girders, long span
bridges; substructure design for bridges.
TE* ZG619 Finite element analysis 5
Fundamentals of Finite Element Method (FEM); basic
formulations of FEM; assembly of elements, solution
techniques; 2D and 3D problems; review of the isoparametric
elements; thin and thick plate elements; introduction to shell
formulations; use of newly developed elements; mixed finite
element method; material and geometric nonlinear problems;
application of FEM to civil engineering problems,
programming FEM.
TE* ZG623 Ground Improvement Techniques 4
Requirements for ground improvement, various techniques of
improvement, lowering the water table, ground freezing,
electro-osmosis, compaction, tamping, use of explosives,
vibratory probes, thermal treatment, addition of lime, cement
and bitumen, gravel and sand columns, preloading
techniques, reinforced earth, soil replacement techniques,
Modern methods of ground improvement with rubber tires,
construction wastes, bio-cementation.

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