are found to act as barriers to learning, behavior, and performance. Another aspect of engineering education which needs to be considered is the basic nature of the IT profession. The IT driven market of today features a model of innovation which is quite different from the research models that most institutes are familiar with. The new market model for innovation emphasizes on fast concept, funds projects with venture capital, fosters innovation by rewarding entrepreneurs who specialize in transforming people"s practices to become more productive with the help of new technology. In contrast, the conventional research model emphasizes on careful development of ideas and principles and achieves innovation only after ideas have gone through a long pipeline that distills out the best and brings them into practice over a period of 15-20 years. This dichotomy between the new market-driven model and the conventional idea-pipeline model poses another great challenge to educators of engineering. The current engineering education system in India, though huge and diverse, is mainly based on the conventional idea of pipeline model. To integrate the knowledge of a given discipline with IT enabled design, prototyping as well as manufacturing considerations, a need therefore exists for developing a new academic programmes. Apart from laying an emphasis on IT, the new approach should also give emphasis on aesthetic, ergonomic and functional considerations of products. The academic programme should also be able to respond to industry driven adaptive management structure. With above requirements in mind, the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India, felt the need to set up a national institute devoted exclusively for Information Technology (IT), Design & Manufacturing (D & M). It was envisaged that such an academic institute would promote excellence in the desired areas of specialization and would facilitate and promote the competitive advantage of Indian products and manufacturing in global markets. Further, the new Institute would serve as an inter-disciplinary institution for education and research by keeping the concept of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) in mind. The India Institute of Information Technology, Design & Manufacturing (IIITDM) Jabalpur was thus established in January 2005. Strong industry interface and close cooperation with other academic and research institutions are the key features of this Institute. II.Key Administration 1.Director Prof. A. Ojha director[at]iiitdmj.ac.in +91-762-2632615 2.Dean (Planning & Development) Prof. Puneet Tandon dean.pnd[at]iiitdmj.ac.in +91-761-2632924 3.Coordinator (Faculty Affairs) Dr. M. K. Roy mkroy[at]iiitdmj.ac.in +91-761-2633951 4.Coordinator (Students Affairs) Dr. P. K. Jain cosa[at]iiitdmj.ac.in +91-761-2632664 (ext:125) 5.Coordinator (Academic Affairs) Dr. P. K. Padhy coaa[at]iiitdmj.ac.in +91-761-2632664 (ext:124) 6.Registrar Col (Retd) P. S. Sandhu registrar[at]iiitdmj.ac.in +91-761-2632068 III.Facilities Central Library : Institute library has e-resources through INDEST, Science Direct, IEEE, ACM, Springger Link, Nature and ASME .The Institute also has access to various online research journals & articles like following resources SIAm, AMS, ACS, Kluwer, APS, Palgrave, INFORMS, Rev.of Scientific Instruments, Appl.Physics Letters and the search engine Scopus. Total number of books in the Institute library by the year 2009-10 are approximately 6742. High Performance Computing Labortory : Specification of Parallel Cluster (for Central Computing Facility)- JS22 Blade No.3, 16GB(2*8GB) DDR2 533 Mhz DiMMs, IBM 146GB SAS 10K SFF HDD, IBM blade center JS22 4-core 4.0 Ghz Processor and WiFi Campus etc. Lab Infrastructure : 1. Advanced Manufacturing Laboratory : This Laboratory contains Rapid Prototyping Machine, CNC Controlled Abrasive Waterjet Machine, CNC Milling Center, CNC Turning Center, Dynamometer, Electro Chemical Machining System, Injection Moulding Machine etc. 2. Biometric Laboratory : This Laboratory contains S Series, H Series, W Series cameras and p6 p520(Tower Model), p6 p520:8203 Model servers Made by IBM etc. 3. Digital Signal Processing and Image Processing Laboratory : This Laboratory contains DSP Starter SPARTAN-3 kit (DSK), TMS 320C6713 DSK with CCS (Code Composer Studio), Image Daughter Kit with CCD Cameras, Bloom with DSP, Matrox Imaging Library, Matrox Morphis, Frame Graber Card, Color CCD Camera for online Processing etc. 4. Infrared Imaging Laboratory : This Laboratory contains Radiometeric calibration, Extender rings, NDT Base Module, Central computing unit with TFT display, Software Modules for Lockin, Transient-and Pulse Measurement, Module Pulse- and Transient- Thermography, Source for Vibro- Thermography etc. 5. Materials Research Laboratory : This Laboratory contains three important instruments for material characte