Information Centre and Library is the knowledge hub of the Defence Institute of Advanced Technology (DU), Pune. It reflects the institute’s commitment to providing the best possible Library and information services to its academic community of faculty members, scientists, students, and staff members. It is a significant resource for Defence, Science and Technology and allied subjects’ information in this part of the world. It has a tremendous collection of both printed and digital resources. It offers a range of services, including reference and consultation, membership, circulation, document delivery, resource sharing, information alert, bibliographic, and digital library services to the library members. The IC&L has been continuing its mission of facilitating new knowledge through the procurement, retrieval, preservation, organization, and dissemination of different resources. The collection of books, journals, e-journals, databases, theses, reports, standards, and other reading resources is the library’s best and largest asset.
Sudipta Karmakar, Nikhil A. Bhave and D.G. Thakur. “Effect of different compression ratios and fuel injection techniques on the performance parameters of hydrogen fueled IC engine using 1D simulation technique.”
https://doi.org/10.1615/IHMTC-2025.970pSandesh S. Raut, Nikhil A. Bhave and Prashant S. Kulkarni. “Synergistic effect of polymer supported NiO/Bi2O3 nanocomposite for photocatalytic degradation of industrial wastewater.”
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mseb.2025.118326Santosh Alone, Sushant Satputaley, Dilip Borkar, Nikhil Bhave and Magdalena Dudek. “Ethanol–Hydrogen reactivity management for high-efficiency, low-emission RCCI engines: A systematic review of combustion, control, and life cycle impact.”
https://doi.org/10.3390/en19040909Kapil T. Patil et al. “Azimuth orientation effects on a fixed pentagonal-pyramid solar still in tropical conditions, Nagpur, India.”
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seja.2026.100131Kapil T. Patil et al. “Investigation of geometry-induced heat and mass transfer mechanisms in square, pentagonal, and hexagonal pyramid solar stills.”
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecmx.2026.101779Kapil T. Patil et al. “CFD-based geometry–enhancement interaction framework for pyramid solar stills using PCM-based thermal regulation.”
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.desal.2026.120109Yogesh Kumar et al. “Rational design of bimetallic and trimetallic UiO-66 based metal-organic frameworks towards efficient hydrolysis of toxic chemicals.”
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micromeso.2026.114048Shreyas Jain, Harshit Kumar Sharma and Appala Venkata Ramana Murthy. “Machine learning–enhanced UWOC system for robust underwater communication with FEC integration.”
https://doi.org/10.47852/bonviewJOPR62028116Neelkamal Sharma and Upasna Singh. “Tiny poison, big effect: comprehensive multi-vector poisoning assessment of small language models.”
https://doi.org/10.1109/I5CPS67958.2026.11452345Vivek Saxena, Upasna Singh and L.K. Sinha. “Effect of various feature engineering techniques and hyper-parameters tuning of machine learning approaches for landslide susceptibility map generation.”
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12524-025-02190-3Ambuj Saxena et al. “Synergistic microstructural evolution and mechanical response in B4C-reinforced dissimilar friction stir welded AA7020-T651/AA5083-H111.”
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-026-13927-7Gaurav Sharma et al. “Structural vibration damping using epoxy–glycidyl polyurethane thermoset blend: a combined experimental and analytical approach.”
https://doi.org/10.1007/s42417-026-02593-7C. Krishnamurthy, S.C. Hosamani, Vijay D Pattar and Satishkumar Naikar. “A Scientometric analysis of research productivity of Karnatak University, Dharwad.”
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Information Center and Library is the knowledge hub of the Defence Institute of Advanced Technology (DU), Pune. It reflects the institute’s commitment to providing the best possible Library and information services to its academic community of faculty members, scientists, students, and staff members. It is a significant resource for Defence, Science and Technology and allied subjects information in this part of the world. It has a tremendous collection of both printed and digital resources. It offers a range of services, including reference and consultation, membership, circulation, document delivery, resource sharing, information alert, bibliographic, and digital library services to the library members. The IC&L has been continuing its mission of facilitating new knowledge through the procurement, retrieval, preservation, organization, and dissemination of different resources. The collection of books, journals, e-journals, databases, theses, reports, standards, and other reading resources is the Library’s best and largest asset. The Library subscribed 105 Indian print Journals, and 19,000 + online journals, databases such as Science Direct, IEL, ASME, ACM, ProQuest: TRC, ABI/Inform, SCOPUS, Springer Link, J-Gate and E-books, etc. Books’ total collection is 58,628, E-Books 7114, Back Volumes 21875, Reports 2,000, Dissertations, and Theses 1762. The compact storage system was installed in the new library building, and back volumes of before 1960s are preserved in the compact storage. For an integrated information access facility, the Library is using LibSys-10, the web-centric library management software.
The ICL implemented RFID technology through LibSys-10 for its collections and services. The use of RFID reduces the amount of time required to perform circulation operations. The most significant time saving with bootable is that information can be read from RFID tags much faster than from barcodes. RFID technology automates data collection and vastly reduces human effort and error. It will supports tag reading with no line-of-sight or item-by-item scans required.
The Library has been designed and developed DIAT (DU) digital repository. This is information systems that ingest, store, manage, preserve, and provide digital content access. This Institutional digital repository serves multiple purposes; the primary goal is to support scholarly communication and provide open access to articles, dissertations, research data, etc. The DIAT institutional repository consists of formally organized and managed digital content collections generated by faculty, staff, and students at an institution. This repository is essential for the university to manage and capture intellectual assets as a part of the university information strategy. We have been identified Dspace software; it is an open-source repository software package typically used for creating open access repositories for scholarly and published digital content of the DIAT fraternity. The DSpace repository software serves DIAT specific need as a digital archives system, focused on long-term storage, access, and digital content preservation.
“To be a cutting-edge, world-class Information Resource Centre in Advanced and Futuristic Technologies, fostering innovation, indigenous research, and self-reliance to strengthen national security.”
The Information Centre and Library is dedicated to facilitating new knowledge through the following core missions:
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Designation
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Department
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Dr. Shaibal Banerjee, Professor
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Chairman
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School of Defence Technology & Management
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Dr. Chetan J. Bhongale, Asso. Professor
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Dr. Shaibal Banerjee, Professor
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Applied Chemistry, Energy and Environment
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Dr. Vijay Hiwarkar, Asso. Professor
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Member
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Metallurgical & Materials Engineering
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Dr. Deepti Vidhyarthi, Asst. Professor
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Member
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Computer Science and Engineering
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Dr. A.V.R. Murthy, Asst. Professor
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Member
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Applied Physics
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Dr. Pankaj M. Nadge, Asst. Professor
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Member
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Mechanical Engineering
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Dr. Kanaka Raju, Asst. Professor
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Member
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School of Quantum Technology
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Dr. Rajesh Kumar, Asst. Professor
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Member
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Electronics Engineering
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Dr. Hari Om Varma, Asst. Professor
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Member
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Aerospace Engineering and Autonomous system
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Dr. Vijay Pattar, University Librarian (I/C)
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Member Secretary
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Information Centre and Library
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Designation
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Department
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Working Days
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09:00 AM – 06:30 PM
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09:00 AM – 06:30 PM
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Saturdays
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10:00 AM – 05:00 PM
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10:00 AM – 05:00 PM
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Sundays & Holidays
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Closed
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All Institute students, faculty members, and staff are eligible for membership. Book limits and loan periods by category:
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No. of Books
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Loan Period (Days)
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Faculty
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15
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90
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Ph.D. Students
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15
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15
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M.Tech Students
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10
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15
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M.Tech Students
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10
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15
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JRF
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2
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15
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Other
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1
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15
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R is a free software environment for statistical computing and graphics. It compiles and runs on a wide variety of UNIX platforms, Windows and MacOS.
JASP (which stands for Jeffreys’s Amazing Statistics Program) is a free, open-source, and cross-platform statistical software designed as a user-friendly alternative to commercial software like IBM SPSS.
PSPP is a free, open-source software application for basic statistical analyses. It is designed to function like SPSS (Statistics Package for the Social Sciences), a widely used software application for scientists and researchers who conduct statistical analyses.
QualCoder is a free, open-source Qualitative Data Analysis (QDA) application written in Python (PyQt)
Taguette (pronounced tag-it) is a popular free, open-source Qualitative Data Analysis (QDA) software designed for coding and analyzing text-based research materials.
LimeSurvey is a premier open-source online survey application. It is widely used by academic institutions, research teams, government bodies, and businesses looking for a self-hosted or cloud-managed alternative to proprietary tools like Qualtrics, SurveyMonkey, or Typeform.
SurveyPlanet is an online survey tool that helps you build, share, and review forms. You can use their free plan for unlimited surveys, questions, and responses.
Please visit your new e-Library at: https://diat.knimbus.com/
You can also download the Knimbus m-Library App from the Google Play Store or Apple App Store for convenient access through your mobile devices.
We encourage all faculty members, researchers, scholars, and students to make full use of this new digital library facility.