Atmospheric
and Earth Sciences: Geotectonic models
and experiments, Thermodynamics of multiphase
systems, Isotope hydrology and glaciology, Isotope
and chemical tracers for oceanography, Limnology,
Global change, Palaeoclimatology and Palaeoenvironment,
Evolution and dynamics of the Indian lithosphere,
Seismic tomography, Recent advances in Seismology
and tsunami probabilities, Wide angle MCS and
MRP of marine sequences, Monsoon dynamics, Regional
and global climate studies and predictions,
Atmospheric effects on radio communications,
Palaeobiogeochemistry and organic geochemistry,
Satellite geophysics for atmospheric solid earth
studies, Ground water source modeling, Atmospheric
chemistry and air pollution, Long range transport
of air pollution, Wet and dry deposition of
pollutants.
Chemical Sciences: Organometallic,
Heterogeneous catalysis, Novel materials, Bio-sensors,
Bioinorganic and biomimetic chemistry, Molecular
electronic structure and dynamics, Polymer and
surface chemistry, Marine chemistry, Laser spectroscopy
and chemical dynamics, Ultra-fast reactions,
Photochemistry, Synthetic methodology, Magnetic
resonance and magneto-chemistry, Supramolecular
chemistry, Asymmetric synthesis, Molecular mechanics
and energetics, Combinatorial chemistry, Chemical
aspects of hydrogen storage and fuel cells,
Chemical aspects of nano-materials and nano-technology.
Engineering Sciences: Computational
fluid dynamics, Interface science and engineering,
Development of speciality chemicals, Advanced
materials, Surface technology, Laser materials
processing, Smart sensors and materials, Transducer
and sensor technology, Very large scale integrated
(VLSI) system design, Embedded systems, Signal
processing technologies, Micro-instrumentation/Nano-instrumentation,
Micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) and
Nano-electro-mechanical systems (NEMS), Micro-fabrication/Micromachining
and Nanotechnology, Multi-criteria decision
making including genetic algorithms and neural
networks, Optical information processing and
optical computation, Quantum computing, Wireless
communication/computing, Virtual reality, Internet
techniques, E-commerce, Machine intelligence,
Robotics and automation, Intelligent manufacturing,
Recycling in manufacturing, Computer integrated
manufacturing, Manufacturing process simulation,
Advanced production technologies, Advanced mechanical
design, Mechatronics, Fuel cells, Thermal engineering,
Magnetics (magneto-striction, giant-, colossal-
and tunneling- magneto-resistance, magneto-fluidics,
magneto-refrigeration), Advanced characterization
techniques, Bio-mechanics, Smart structures/earthquake
engineering, Textile technology.
Life Sciences: Gene therapy,
Site directed mutagenesis, Magnetic encephalograph,
Brain mapping, Functional NMR/In vivo spectroscopy,
Biomedical engineering, Transplant biology,
Ecological engineering, Reproduction technology,
Biodiversity and conservation biology, Industrial
microbiology, Plant-microbe interaction, Crop
biotechnology including molecular mapping, Molecular
marker assisted plant breeding, Transgenic plants
and animals, Plant genetic resources, Molecular
biology of biotic and abiotic stresses in plants,
Evolutionary biology, Genetic engineering, Modeling
for new drug development, Molecular epidemiology,
Drug delivery systems, Biological sensors, Molecular
cytogenetics, Vaccine development, Stem cell
research, Organ transplantation, HIV/AIDS research.
Mathematical Sciences: Algebra,
Analysis, Topology, Differential and algebraic
geometry, Lie theory and representation theory,
Number theory, Differential equations, Non-commutative
geometry, C*- Algebras, Computational aspects
of geometry and algebra, Design of efficient
numerical/qualitative methods for solving differential
equations (both ODE and PDE), Stochastic process
modeling, Algebraic and geometrical methods
in control theory, Mathematical theories of
systems and Cybernetics, Exploratory data analysis,
Dynamical systems, Game theory, Combinatorial
optimization, Spectral and inverse spectral
theory, Wavelet analysis, Graph theory, Fuzzy/Hazy/Rough
set theory, Mathematical logic, Expert systems
and artificial intelligence, Computability and
Complexity theories, Parallel computing and
artificial neural net theory.
Physical Sciences: Electronic
materials and processing, Nonlinear optics and
optical materials, Nano-phase materials, Optoelectronics,
Gradient-index and Micro-optics, Semiconductor
physics, Ultra-fast phenomena, Plasma physics
and plasma diagnostic techniques, Development
of Synchrotron radiation sources, Physics of
advanced instrumentation.
Promising applications in areas other than the
above areas may also be considered.
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