Letter to Hon. Minister of Railways, GoI on metrics for Corona, 26th May, 2020,
pdf.
Letter to Hon. Secretary, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, GoI on metrics for Corona, 19th May, 2020,
pdf.
Competitive Exams, Science and Society , Institute
Colloquium at IISER Pune, 1st November, 2019.
poster, presentation
pdf, video of talk
link and Q/A
link.
Geography, Engineering and the City- exploring North
Goa's water supply and a way of doing engineering. ,
talk at Goa Engineering College, 15th April, 2019.
link.
Vernacular Science - The Science of Delivery , IITB
TeDX talk, 19th Jan., 2019.
link, the presentation pdf, and the script,
pdf.
Development, Science and Higher Education Talk at North Maharashtra University, 14th July 2018, Jalgaon (marathi).
pdf.
pdf.
Development, Science and Higher Education Talk at North Maharashtra University, 14th July 2018, Jalgaon (marathi).
pdf.
The Crisis in Higher Education and a way out. Talk at various Universities in Maharashtra.
pdf. Also see report:
pdf and simplified suggestions: pdf.
IIT Ropar version: pdf.
Challenges and Opportunities in Engineering: The Unnat
Maharashtra Abhiyan, Talk at various colleges of
Maharashtra.
pdf, video of a version
link.
The Development Agenda and the Progress of Science and
Technology in India, article in Confluence, a blog of
the Indian Academy of Sciences, 11th January, 2018, link
Unnat Maharashtra Abhiyan, a short introduction prepared for
various occasions. pdf.
Water Supply: Problems and Solutions, invited talk at the Unicef Workshop on Innovations and Equity in WASH,
Lonavla, June 16-17, 2017, pdf.
Towards a Material Society: Development as
Engineering, at the Workshop on Studies on Science and Technology Education:
Culture, Imaginaries and Economy, JNU, 2-3 March, 2017, pdf.
The Regional Engineering Proposal to MHRD and various IITs to
engage with regional engineering problems pdf.
Supporting UG course Development Engineering (approved by IIT
Bombay UGPC) to prepare students for undertaking
case-studies and field-work in development sectors pdf.
CTARA Convocation Day Talk 2016 pdf,
CTARA Convocation Day Talk 2015 pdf,
Khoj Foundation Talk (2nd April, 2016, New Delhi)
pdf,
video clip,
audio clip,
A NEU version (18th May, 2016):
pdf,
you-tube,
Talk in Nasik on Irrigation (February).
pdf,
Field visit to Parbhani District in April, 2015 to study Jal
yukta Shivar villages. prabhani JYS.
A more thorough analysis of Pedgaon is planned and here is the letter of
authority. pdf,
Talk at TISS-Rajasthan-Livelihoods Workshop, Feb. 26th, 2015.
link,
Indrayani's M.Tech. thesis,
link,
and presentation
link.
The University and The Development Agenda,
A note to define a new role for the university, October, 2014 (in EPW, March 2015).
(pdf) .
Knowledge, Society and Global Order, Talk at the Zakir
Hussain Center, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 26th
September, 2014.
(abstract)
(presentation)
The Elite University-Are We Too Selective? Joint CTARA-CSE
talk given at IIT Bombay on 31st January, 2014.
(abstract)
(working paper)
(presentation)
(video)
Market Games-an analysis of markets from a game theoretic
viewpoint. (abstract)
(presentation)
A philosophy of knowledge and practice for India as a
developing nation (manuscript). (pdf)
shorter version which appeared in Seminar (pdf)
Society and Engg., UMA and UBA
The Technology and Development Consultancy Cell proposal
(link) and its mini-governing-note
(pdf)
The TEQIP Water Workshop,
A meeting of 17 institutions of Maharashtra to (i) discuss the
role of the new engineer, (ii) to establish drinking water as a
research area. September, 2014.
(link)
Unnat Bharat
Abhiyan, a related program from MHRD.
link.
framework.
Unnat Maharashtra Abhiyan is launched by GoM (13th January, 2016),
GR in marathi pdf,
Unofficial english translation pdf,
model GR as proposed in August 2015 (easier to decipher)
pdf,
presentation for HoD's meeting
pdf
Article in Lokrajya describing UMA, April 2017.
link,
Recent GR on M&E of rural drinking water by colleges.
GR (in marathi),
GR (unoffical english translation),
CM meeting on 23rd March, 2015: concept note, CM meeting
presentation and resulting GR.
CMO concept note,
CM's meeting presentation,
GR,
English
version,
Meeting at COEP with other college representatives.
coep,
Formal Submissions
Presentation made at IITB Senate meeting of October 6, 2016, on JEE and
its lacunae. pdf.
Proposal to reform engineering pedagogy at IITs/IISERs/NITs pdf. Based on the AICTE presentation below
and the AICTE review committe submission
(note) .
Presentation before AICTE on reform of UG engineering education (17th September 2016):
pdf. Includes data on
development outcomes.
AICTE set up a committee in October 2014 to review its working and to
recommend reform. My submission to the AICTE Review Committee
(which has now appeared in Current Science),
(note) , a brief presentation, if
you dont want to read the note,
(pdf) ,
(The ACT itself) ,
(The Terms of Reference of the review) . You may send in your own submissions to aicte.reviewcomm@gmail.com.
Comments and inputs to the Misra committee on reform of the
JEE (30th November 2015).
pdf.
Comments and inputs to the Maharashtra State School Education
Department(23rd November 2015).
pdf.
Presentation at CAPART review and reform meeting.
(5th November 2015).
pdf.
Meeting of UBA cell coordinators in IIT Delhi (September
17th).
presentation.
Related article on the role of higher education and the development agenda (appeared in the Economic and Political Weekly,
(pdf) . Also see submission to AICTE
review committee on problems in engineering education (which has
appeared in Current Science)
(note) .
Newspaper articles and supporting notes- 2017 and before
Open letter to Director, IITB and Director IISc on the nature
of Science and Technology for Developing Country.
pdf. A version appeared as an op-ed
in Indian Express on 5th August, 2017. clip. link.
Response to a typical one-sided editorial lamenting funding
cuts to Big Science in Loksatta and explaining that Big
Science and Science are two different things.
image.
Opinion piece at the 50th Sammelan of the Marathi Vidnyan Parishad
Mumbai (16th January, 2016)
Presentationpdf
Loksatta version link,
Longer essay (many typos, marathi)pdf
India's Development needs and role of higher education institutions. Marathi article in
Anubhav magazine, April 2017. pdf. (download and open
in a pdf-viewer if it looks funny in your browser).
Are only private institutions to blame? , Article in
Loksatta, 30th April, 2017, pdf.
clip.
The NEET business and the political economy of "national"
knowledge systems,
pdf.
Appeared in Financial Chronicle link.
In marathi,
pdf.
Loksatta (slightly abridged and garbled) version link
CTARA and development stuff
Presentation on Engineering, Society and Research, 3rd July
and then on 14th July, 2012.
pdf. and on You-tube here.
Knowledge society version
(12th August 2012) pdf.
Review of the July 2012 World Bank Urban Water Report
(EPW December 2012)
(pdf)
The "Research in Rural Development Fellowship" Concept Note
(Feb. 2013)
pdf and presentation
pdf .
pdf The MoU between CTARA and MoRD,
GoI.
The "Development Professionals" Concept Note.
pdf and presentation
pdf
My water research page has been re-organized.
link,
Temporary Home for Thane Drinking Water project
link , a
sampler pdf and a presentation intended for
GoM pdf
CTARA Vision/Values,
August 2011, IIT Bombay.
and ITRA/Media-Labs Asia, New Delhi, 29th
Sept. 2011
The M.Tech/Ph.D Admissions 2012
admissions day presentation.
and welcome presentation (2011).
CTARA now offers projects for UGs.
Details.
A manual on Why and How to do TDSL is
here.
Engineering Education
Submission to TEQIP Gujarat on extension, curricula and R&D
suited for national and regional needs (August 2013).
pdf
Presentation on Engineering, Society and Research, 3rd July
and then on 14th July, 2012.
pdf
Opinion: Engineering R&D at the IITs and its impact on
India, appeared in Current Science, June 2012,
pdf
Head's Meeting presentation (5th Feb. 2011)
Institute Faculty Meeting Presentation (14th Nov.
2007)
Letter to graduating students (2000
batch) in department magazine.
Mathematical Modelling (New Course)
2016 version
2013 description
official proposal to Senate
link
Data Analysis and Interpretation (part I of TD604)
link
Water Resources R&D
Part II of TD 603: Water Science
Various presentations on current research link, and
old link:
link
Game Theory R&D
(with B. Adsul, J. Garg and Ruta Mehta and others)
Exchange Markets-Strategy meets Supply-Awareness, with Ruta Mehta,
In WINE 2013 pdf.
Rank-1 Bi-matrix Games: A Homeomorphism and a Polynomial Time
Algorithm
In the proceedings of STOC
2011.
Nash Equilibria in Fisher Market,
In the proceedings of SAGT
2010.
A Simplex-like Algorithm for Fisher Markets.
In the proceedings of SAGT
2010.
IC 102: Data Interpretation and Analysis
Web Resources
Course TD 608 : Development Project Formulation and Analysis
Lecture 1
Lecture 2
Lecture 2.5
Lecture 3
Discussion
A Water Story
Jal-Swarajya review
Lecture 4
Lecture 5
Lecture 6
Lecture 7
Lecture 8
Discussion
The MWRRA 2009 tariff document
summary.
CS407 Digital Signal Processing
Check dams in Karjat Taluka
Presentation to CSE MTech Admissions
2010
Some Research Papers
- Geometric Complexity Theory I
with Ketan Mulmuley. Appears in SIAM Jnl. of Comp., Sept., 2001.
- Geometric Complexity Theory II
with Ketan Mulmuley. Appears in Advances in Algebra and Geometry, Edited by C.
Musili, the proceedings of the international conference on algebra and geometry,
Hyderabad, 2001.
- Presentations on GCT IMA talk (2007),
Kyoto talk 1,
Kyoto talk 2, (2009)
Princeton talk on the role of stability(2010)
- GCT-III, cs.ArXiv
preprint cs.CC/0501076
- Course-Notes for GCT (taught in Chicago, 03)
- Traffic and Cost Modelling
- Traffic and Cost Modelling(A Presentation)
- Suburban Time-Tabling
- Suburban Railway Presentation (pdf)
- Gossiping with bounded time-stamps
- Message Passing Systems
- Infrastrcture Report for Faculty meeting
- KV's OR talk
Computer Aided Geometric Design and Graphics Lab
BTP allotments (latest)
BTech Students needing help with fixing PT
DD Students doing mini-P in summer
as well
CS207 Discrete Structures
CS101
