Centre for Interdisciplinary Sciences

WHY CENTRE FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES (CIS)

CIS has been established to offer an unique opening to advanced educational curriculum and research where the basic sciences meet with the technology to address the real challenges and pertinent issues for present society. Realizing the urgent need to fulfil the gap between academic curriculum and industry’s demands, CIS is offering a number of quality programs at post-graduate and research levels which will ultimately provide a talented pool of skilled manpower to ensure the working solution in the respective domains. Under the extraordinary leadership of Padma Shri (Prof.) Ajoy Kumar Ray, some of the best academicians and bright scholars have joined CIS as faculty members from India and across the globe.

PROGRAM OFFERED

M.Sc in Polymer Science and Technology

Duration: 2 Years

ELIGIBILITY CRITERA

M.Sc in Paint and Coating

Duration: 2 Years

ELIGIBILITY CRITERA

M.Tech in Paint and Coating Technology (Hybrid mode)

Duration: 3 Years

ELIGIBILITY CRITERA

PhD

Areas

COURSE HIGHLIGHTS

Scholarships for bright and meritorious students.
Research/industrial training in leading National and International institutes.
Need based curriculum designed for academic and industrial demand (Unique in Eastern India).
Cutting edge research with in-house laboratory facilities.
Excellent placement support as well as scope of higher studies and research at leading National / International industries and institutes.
Guidance for entrepreneurship with in-house start-up incubation facilities.
Research collaborations with several leading national and international institutes and industries.

RESEARCH

CIS is committed to emerge as a research group of global reach in the design and development of novel bio-materials including polymeric and nanomaterials along with sensor technology and IoT adhering to the norms of industries with green and sustainable alternatives to existing materials for cutting edge applications. The centre is also focusing in innovation and design science with the concept of integration of interdisciplinary technologies resulting in hi-tech complex industrial products.

Materials & 3D Printing:

Sensor Technology

Industrial Product Designing

Nanomedicines and herbal medicines for leishmaniasis and other microbial infectious diseases and cancer.
Nano-particles based prophylactic and therapeutic vaccines against leishmaniasis and other microbial infectious diseases and cancer.
Drug repurposing for in silico approach-based anti-leishmanial therapy.
Epigenetic landscapes in disease pathogenesis and treatment.

Advanced Materials Research

Structure-property-co-relationship of Graphene-based composite materials for energy research
Development of a facile strategy of producing metal organic/organo-metallic precursor based printable paste for electronics assembly
Fabrication of Graphene & allied 2-D advanced materials based polymer matrix composites for mechanical reinforcement, thermal management applications focused for electronics assembly

Nanomaterials & Protein Aggregation

CIS is connected with some leading institutes and industries across the world, like IIT Kharagpur, CSIR-IICB, MG University-Kerala, NIPER Kolkata, SNBNCBS Kolkata, PDPU Gujarat, IIEST-Shibpur, IPF-Dresden Germany, POSTECH South Korea, Hongik University South Korea, GUT Poland, Materials Science and Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology USA, Indian Paint Association (IPA), Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) etc.