Issue1. Vol.1 (April, 2013) - IIT Mandi

ESSENT Society for Collaborative Research and Innovation, IIT MandiEDITORIALAmidst new waves of development, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Mandi is scalingnew heights with its vision, “To be a leader in science and technology education, knowledgecreation and innovation, in an India marching towards a just, inclusive and sustainablesociety’’. . IIT Mandi is continuously nurturing new avenues for promotion of research andinnovation. It has given a launching pad to Society for Collaborative Research andInnovation (SCRISCRI), a student run society at IIT Mandi which aims at providing acollaborative platform for extensive, effective and sustainable research and innovations.SCRI fully realizes the importance of collaborations in research and facilitates the same.ESSENTis a part of this quest. It aims to provide a platform for students, researchers,academicians and others to share and exchange knowledge and ideas on research andinnovation. ESSENT also aims at highlighting the potential areas where research andinnovation in technology and social sciences can successfully intervene.We are highly pleased to bring out the first issue of ESSENT with articles and paperscontributed by students as well as by scientists and academicians. Being the first issue, wehave tried to include articles from diverse fields including sciences and humanities so as tomake it relevant to a wider section of readers rather than a smaller specialized one.ESSENT is a humble beginning and it has to go a long way.In this issue, we also present an exclusive interview with Prof. Richard Ernst, 1991 Nobellaureate in Chemistry for his work on NMR spectroscopy. Prof. Ernst has given us a deepinsight into his life and contributions as a scientist. We are sure this interview will act as akey in opening up and igniting a lot of minds.As we intend to continue this endeavor of opening up to the world via this technicalmagazine in its subsequent issues, we invite you to be a part of it as a contributor, reader ora well wisher.We would like to thank all our present contributors and advisors for their support. We arealso highly thankful to IIT Mandi administration, especially honorable Director Prof. T. A.Gonsalves for supporting and guiding us. We look forward for your kind comments andsuggestions for improving our future issues.Athar Aamir KhanEditor3 ESSENT|Issue1|Vol1