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Institute of Radio Physics and Electronics
PROGRESS REPORT(April 2009 – March 2010)
Centre of Advanced Study in
Radio Physics and Electronics, University of Calcutta,
92 Acharya Prafulla Chandra RoadKolkata 700 009
Presented at the CAS Advisory Committee meeting held on March 23, 2010, at Institute of Radio Physics and Electronics, University of Calcutta
UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA
Institute of Radio Physics and Electronics, University of Calcutta
Status: Centre of Advanced Study
Address: Sisir Mitra BhavanUniversity College of Technology 92 Acharya Prafulla Chandra Road
Kolkata – 700 009.
Telephone No.: + 91-33-2350-9115 / 9116 / 9413Fax No.: +91-33-2351-5828
e-mail: [email protected]@caluniv.ac.in
Date of first approval: August, 1963.
Programme last reviewed: March, 2005.
1. Advisory Committee
Chairman Professor Suranjan Das Vice Chancellor, University of Calcutta
UGC Nominee Prof. N. K. Dadhich Emeritus Professor (Ex-Director), Inter University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA), Pune
UGC Nominee Prof. B. N. Basu Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University/ currently Director, College of Engg & Tech, Lodhipur, Moradabad (UP)
Member Prof. Subal Kar Head of the Department
Member Secretary Prof. P. K. Basu Programme Coordinator
Member Prof. Susanta Sen Deputy Programme Coordinator Professor from Thrust Area
Member Prof. P. K. Saha Professor from Thrust Area
Member Prof. N. Purkait Professor from non-thrust area
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Proceedings of the meeting of theCAS Advisory Committee of Radiophysics and Electronics,
University of Calcutta, held on March 02, 2009
Members present:Prof. Tapan Kr. Mukherjee Pro Vice Chancellor (BA&F), CU, Officiated in place
of the Vice Chancellor
Prof. B. N. Basu UGC nominated Expert
Prof. N. K. Dadhich UGC Nominated Expert
Prof. P. K. Basu Coordinator, CAS in Radiophysics and Electronics
Prof. S. Sen Dy. Coordinator, CAS in RPE
Prof. Goutam Ghosh Head of the Department of RPE
Prof. P. K Saha Professor in Thrust Area
Prof. N. N. Purkait Professor in Non-Thrust Area
Prof. A. K. Dasgupta Retired Faculty of the Department involved in teaching: by invitation
Faculty members of the Department By invitation
Prof. Suranjan Das, the Vice Chancellor of the University, and the Chairman of the Advisory Committee could not be present due to his urgent unavoidable occupation elsewhere.
At his instance, Prof. Tapan Kumar Mukherjee, Pro-Vice-Chancellor (BA&F)-CU, kindly consented to be in the Chair, and accordingly he started the proceedings.
Professor Mukherjee appreciated the great service of the past UGC nominee of the Advisory Committee, Late Professor TC Goel. The Committee and the faculty members, observed one minute silence to mark their respect to Professor Goel.
Professor Mukherjee welcomed the members, in particular Professor Naresh Dadhich, Director IUCAA-Pune, the new UGC Nominated Expert. He further suggested Professor Gautam Ghosh, Head of the Department, to present the activities of the Centre.
Professor Ghosh then presented a report on the achievements of the Department, during the period 2008-2009, touching upon the following:
Establishment of the new Meeting Room, an addition to the infrastructure, following the recommendation of the last Advisory Committee meeting. The room is to be named after Late Professor A. N. Daw
Opening of the new auditorium, named after late Professor B. R. Nag Multi-media projection facilities added in all the class rooms as well as in auditoriums and the new
meeting room Digitization of the Departmental Library databank The different Centres in the Department, including the UGC Networking Resource Centre Conferences/symposia organized, as given in the Report Shortage of Faculties due to retirement of Senior Teachers
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Prof. P. K. Basu, CAS Coordinator, read out the minutes of the immediately past Advisory Committee. Hence, the minutes were confirmed. Subsequently, Prof. Basu outlined the activities of the Centre in different areas: academic, research, faculty achievements, conferences/workshops, summer/winter schools under UGC Networking Resource Centre (UGC-NRC), IEEE Chapters, etc, and the total expenditure out of the funds allocated by the UGC.
The Committee commended the excellent research work done by the Centre, as evidenced by a large number of publications, presentation of papers at conferences, invited lectures, organization of conferences, and summer/winter schools, etc, and the creation of centres of excellence within the Department, including the recently established UGC Networking Resource Centre in Physical Science, to the credit of the centre. Professor NK Dadhich (UGC nominee), impressed by the talent and tremendous potential of the faculty, suggested that some of the researchers may take a leading role by carrying out original research in unsolved challenging areas. Professor BN Basu (UGC nominee) expressed his satisfaction in that the major recommendations in the immediately past meeting of the Committee, including the functioning of the industry-institution consultancy, vocational training to the underprivileged, have been implemented in the University.
Prof. Dadhich was of the opinion that more students from this department should be involved in research in Radio Astronomy, as this department had been the earliest Centre of activity in this area led by late Prof. M. K. Dasgupta of this department. At this point, Prof. A. K. Dasgupta pointed out that in recent years as many as 6 students took vacation training in GMRT.
After introduction of the teachers to the UGC-nominated Experts, Centre’s activities were presented thrust-area-wise by the following faculty members:
Space Science and Communication - Dr. Ashik PaulMicrowave and Lightwave Technology - Dr. (Mrs) Gopa SenSolid State Electronics - Dr. (Mrs) Bratati MukhopadhyaySystem Science - Mrs. Sumitra Mukhopadhyay
The Experts appreciated the way the young faculties have come up with excellent performance. They also lauded the standard and volume of work carried out within the limited infrastructure. Further, they mentioned that in all the areas, the work to be done in future should have been specifically spelt out.
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Recommendations of the Advisory Committeefor
Centre of Advanced Study in Radiophysics and ElectronicsUniversity of Calcutta
Meeting of the Advisory Committee held on March 2, 2009
1. The Committee scrutinized the progress made by the CAS-Department (Institute of Radiophysics and Electronics) during the reported period (2008-2009) based on the presentations of the Head of the Department, CAS Coordinator and the concerned teachers, as well as on the deliberation, following the presentations.
2. During the reported period, the Institute of Radiophysics and Electronics (CAS-Department) has carried out commendable academic and research work, as presented by the Department and as evidenced by the record of publication of papers in peer-reviewed national and international journals, publication of books, presentation of papers and invited lectures in national and international conferences.
3. In view of excellent work done by the Centre of Advanced Study, the Centre should be named as UGC Centre of Excellence. Furthermore, since the Centre has been given the status of UGC Networking Resource Centre, the Centre should be considered as Inter-University Centre. Hence, more financial assistance from the UGC be provided and accordingly the department should work out a proposal to be submitted to the UGC.
4. The grant under the head of “Visiting Professors/Fellows” be enhanced to attract more external experts from abroad.
5. The Committee was of the opinion that the fellowships of Project Fellows (Rs. 6000/= pm only) should be enhanced. The practice, as followed in some Central Universities, for granting enhanced fellowship to those who qualify through university entrance examination, in lieu of GATE/NET, may be explored.
6. The Department has a few ongoing sponsored projects in the area of practical relevance. Thus, the CAS-Department has complied with the suggestion of the Advisory Committee in the previous meeting (2006-2007) to enhance R&D activities through sponsored research.
7. The Department has 33 teachers (P-15, R-9, L-9) on roll as against the sanctioned strength of 46. Therefore, the Department may take all steps to expedite the filling up of the vacant posts so that the academic and R&D activities of CAS could be further accelerated.
8. The Experts expressed satisfaction that the Department has been imparting education/vocational training to the underprivileged, following the suggestion of the earlier Advisory Committee.
9. The Experts also stressed the need for conferring the title of “Adjunct Professor” to the Technologists from Industry invited as Guest Lecturers.
10. The Committee approved of the proposal to earmark Rs. 50,000/= only from the CAS fund for holding the International Conference CODEC 2009.
11. The Experts also recommend that a Monitoring Committee be formed for the UGC Networking Resource Centre including a few Experts from other Institutions in India.
12. The Advisory Committee is satisfied that Academic, Administrative, and Financial Autonomy to be awarded to CAS departments within University systems, as suggested in the letter of Dr. A. K. Parate, Joint Secretary, UGC addressed to Professor AK Banerjee, the Hon’ble Vice-Chancellor, University of Calcutta (DO 3-1/2008/SAP-I) dated 1 February 2008) are more or less extended to the Centre. The Committee also noted that the view expressed by the department in the recruitment of faculties and support staff in the last year’s meeting is being given consideration by the Syndicate of the University.
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13. The Committee also recommends that a Memorial Lecture should be introduced for late Prof. M. K. Dasgupta. The funds for UGC Networking Resource Centre may be utilized for this purpose.
14. In connection to a problem of maintenance, the Advisory Committee recommends that some fraction of the overheads earned from the projects executed by the department be utilized for the purpose. The department is asked to pursue this matter with the University Authorities.
(Professor N. K. Dadhich) (Professor B. N. Basu) (Professor Tapan Kr. Mukherjee)
UGC Nominee UGC Nominee Pro Vice Chancellor (BA&F):CU, presiding over the meeting in absence of the Vice Chancellor, CU
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3. Details of Sanctions and Expenditure Grant sanctioned
Non Recurring 68.25 lakhsRecurring 31.65 lakhsTotal 99.90 lakhs
Statement of Expenditure
A. Expenditure during 1-4-2008 to 31-3-2009
Equipment Amount sanctioned in lakhs
Order placed Bill submitted Balance
(i) Vector Network Analyser
40.00 USD-96,785.60 46,39,384.00 -2,39,384.00
(ii) Spectrum Analyser 4.00(iii) DSP tool Kit +10 Pentium
4.50 1,80,498.00+USD3,300.00
3,37,423.00 +1,12,577.00
(iv) Zero-air and Nitrogen generator
2. 00 1,70,000.00 1,85,104.00 +14,896.00
(v) Receiving system for Schumann Resonance
1.00 83,980.00 98,575.00 +1,425.00
(vi) Softwares (Mentor Graphics 5 user)
10.00 9,91,502.00 +8,498.00
(vii) Inkjet Printer for B.Tech students Project work (2)
0.15 10,600.00 10,600.00 +4,400.00
2.(a) Lecture auditorium with modern facilities including LCD projector
5.00 Fully utilized with additional fund from CU
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(b) Dust-free room (for pollution measurement)
1.00 Estimate to beSubmitted to
UGC
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(c) Reprographic facilities 0.60 58,500.00 1,500.00
Total: 68.25 67,24,727.00 213.00
B. Recurring : 01.04.08 – 31.03.09
1. Contingency @ Rs. 75,000/-p.a
0.75 75,000.00 0
2. Consumables/Chemicals etc. @Rs. 50,000/-p.a.
0.50 49,978.00 22.00
3. Travel @ Rs. 30,000/-p.a. 0.30 25,710.00 4,615.004. Visiting Fellows @ Rs. 40,000/-p.a.
0.40 12,091.00 27,909.00
5. Seminar @ Rs. 50,000/-p.a. (for two events)
0.50 - 0 50,000.00
6. Hiring of 0.30 - 30,000.00 .00
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secretarial/Technical services @ Rs. 30,000/-p.a.7. Advisory committee meetings @ Rs. 50,000/-p.a.
0.50 - 50,0.00 1.00
8. Books and Journals @ Rs. 50,000/-p.a.
0.50 - 49,995.00 5.00
9. Project Fellows (4Nos.) @ Rs. 6,000/-p.a.
14.40 (5 yrs)
74,058.00 60,038.00
TOTAL (R) 66.00 36,6832.00 1,42,590.00
GRAND TOTAL (NR +R) 1,42,803.00Interest accrued 1,93,083.00 1068 1,05,669.00
Note: The excess expenditure for NR head has been met from the interest accrued, with the verbal consent of the External Experts and the expenditure has been approved by the UGC.
3. (B) Expenditure during 1-4-09 to 23-03-10 : Tentative statement to be placed on Table.
(C) New Grants Sanctioned under SAP
(i) Creation of 5 Research Fellowships in Science under Meritorious Students (RFSMS) @ Rs. 10,000/=
At present 4 Fellows are working under this scheme.
(ii) Sanction of additional grants for infrastructures like power and water supply, security equipment, classroom furnitures, equipment facilitating PG research etc.
(a) An amount of Rs. 1,99,936/= only has been spent out of Rs. 20.00 lakhs. (b) The 2nd installment of grant of Rs. 30.00 lakhs has been fully utilized.
(c) Additional grant of Rs. 30.00 lakhs (3rd Installment ) has been received. As stipulated, the grant is being utilized for development of learning and research environment, and for encouraging research amongst students.
4. Thrust Areas
Present (New Phase) (a) Solid State Electronics & VLSI Design(b) Space Science and Communication
Proposed New Areas In view of the recommendation by the Advisory Committee made last year the work conducted in diversified areas are grouped into the following three categories:(i) Space and atmospheric science and communication, (ii) Microwave and lightwave technology and(iii) Solid-state electronics and circuits (encompassing VLSI and
nanotechnology).
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4. Major Achievements in Teaching and Research
(a) Course Development Semester system in M. Tech level was introduced earlier. Semester system in the B. Tech. level, with summative and formative methods of evaluation has been introduced for both Radio Physics and Electronics and Information Technology from the academic session starting September 2006.
In addition a new M. Tech course in VLSI Design has been introduced in September 2006.
Recently decision has been taken to introduce specialization in M. Tech (RPE). Title of the areas, structure and syllabi for each area are being finalized.
Structure for B. Tech. in RPE is given in Annexure I(A).Structure for B. Tech. in IT is given in Annexure I(B).Structure for M. Tech. in RPE is given in Annexure II(A).Structure for M. Tech. in VLSI Design is given in Annexure II (B).
Dual degree program with B. Tech (3 yrs) followed by M. Tech (1 yr) has been introduced. Details of structure for M. Tech (RPE) and M. Tech (VLSI Design) are given in Annexures III (A) and III(B), respectively.
(b) Student intake (i) B. Tech in RPE : 42 (32 general + 8 SC/ST + 2 outside CU)(ii) B. Tech in IT : 20 (course fee @ Rs. 3000/= pm)(iii) M. Tech : 40 ( 28 general + 2 outside CU + 8 SC/ST + 8 sponsored
@ Rs. 3000/ pm)(iv) M. Tech in VLSI Design : 20 (course fee @ Rs. 4000/= pm)(v) M. Tech in VLSI Design (6 semester): proposed intake 08
(c) New Academic/ Research Programs
S. K. Mitra Centre for
Research in Space Environment [Annexure IV(A)]
UGC Networking Resource Centre in Physical Sciences [Annexure IV(B)]
Centre for Research and Training in Microwaves and Millimeter waves [Annexure IV (C)]
Centre fur TeleInFrastructur (CTIF)-India along with Erasmus Mundus Program [Annexure IV(D)]
ISRO Program on Strengthening of Space Science Activities at Universities [Annexure IV(E)]
Centre for Millimeter-wave Semiconductor Devices and System (CMSDS) [Annexure IV(F)]
National MEMS Design Centre [Annexure IV9G)]
(d) Teaching/Research Labs
With the introduction of B. Tech in IT, new teaching laboratories have been introduced. The laboratories are renovated and shifted to new locations. Financial support from World Bank/MHRD supported TEQIP has been utilized to augment the teaching and research laboratories.
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(e) Research Activities The Centre is well known for its research activities, both theoretical and experimental, in the thrust areas mentioned earlier.
The achievements in the thrust areas during the period under review are highlighted in Annexure–V(A).
Proposed research activities are discussed in Annexure –V(B).
Research papers in Journals are listed in Annexure VI (A)
Research papers in Conferences are listed in Annexure VI (B).
Ph.D. theses with titles are given in Annexure VI (C).
5. (a) Facilities Available
(a) Equipment Over the years the Centre has generated important research facilities through grants received from the UGC, DOE, DST, MHRD, AICTE, DRDO and other Government and non-government agencies. A list of major equipment is given below:Diffusion furnaceMask AlignerVector Network AnalyserSpectrum AnalyserGas ChromatographOTDREDA SuiteVLSI related SoftwaresDSP tool kit
(b) Library No of Books: 19,140 as on 28/02/2010Journals: transferred to Central LibraryCD/LRs : more than 387.Computers: 16.Digitization of Departmental Library through software : SOULSubscription to IEL-online (single user) under INDEST-AICTE.
(c) Internet All teachers have access to internet. Journals available in the e-library of CU can be accessed.
(d) Website The centre has its own website : www.irpel.org, which is regularly updated
5. (b) New Facilities Available
Sl. No.
Instrument Price(Rupees in lacs)
Funded by Area of Work
1 Agilent Vector Network Analyzer (50 MHz-22 GHz)
44.00 CAS Microwaves/Antennas
2 Agilent Spectrum Analyzer (3 GHz)
4.00 CAS Communication
3 Agilent Power Meter withCW Power sensors 50 MHz - 26.5 GHz
2.35 TEQIPMicrowaves/Antennas
4 Agilent Power Meter with Microwaves/
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Waveguide Power sensors 26.5 GHz – 40 GHz
2.75 TEQIP Antennas
6 Agilent PSG Signal Generator250 KHz – 40 GHz 15.00 TEQIP
Microwaves/Antennas
7 Agilent Spectrum Analyzer (26.5 GHz)
14..00 TEQIP Communication
8 Agilent Lightwave Multimeter1.8 TEQIP Communication
9 Agilent Compact Tunable Laser S+C band 11.50 TEQIP Communication
10 Agilent Compact Tunable Laser C+ L band
8.00 TEQIP Communication
11 20 GHz Optical to Electrical Converter
5.50 TEQIP Communication
12 Microstrip fabrication Facility 10..00 TEQIP Microwaves/Antennas
13. Ionospheric Sounding System 66.00 TEQIP Ionosphere, GPS14. Mentor Graphics Software 9.92 CAS VLSI Design
6. Faculties and Other Research Staff : Annexure VII
(a) List of Faculties with specialisation Annexure VII (A)
(b) List of Guest Lecturers/Retired Teachers Annexure VII(B)
(c) List of Scientific Workers Annexure VII(C)
(d) List of CAS Project Fellows Annexure VII(D)
(e) List of Other Workers working for Ph.D. under Faculties Annexure VII(E)
7. Achievements/activities of Faculties : Annexure VIII
(a) Administrative positions held by faculties Annexure VIII (A)
(b) Visits abroad under Visiting Professorship/Fellowship, Conferences etc
Annexure VIII(B)
(c) Awards, Distinction, Editorship, Reviewerships, etc Annexure VIII (C )
(d) Invited talks/Chairmanship Annexure VIII(D)
(e) Collaboration with International/ National Institutions Annexure VIII(E)
(f) Conferences/Workshops arranged Annexure VIII(F)
(g) Visits and Lectures by Distinguished Visitors/ Other Lectures Annexure VIII(G)
(h) Patents obtained/applied Annexure VIII (H)
(i) Books Annexure VIII (I)
8. On-going Projects
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Details about the on-going projects are given in [Annexure–IX]
9. Collaboration with regional institutions
The faculties serve as experts and mentor to regional institutions, in particular, the institutions in North Eastern region of the country. Each year a few students from the Department of Electronic Science, Gauhati University, come to the Centre, to undertake their summer projects under the faculties of the Centre.
The University College of Technology- Calcutta University (UCT-CU) has been identified as one of the Lead Institutions under Technical Education Quality Improvement Program (TEQIP) of World Bank/MHRD. It is forming a network with Govt. College of Engg. & Ceramic Technology, Kolkata, and Haldia Institute of Technology, Haldia. As a department under UCT-CU, the Centre provides support to these Institutions in holding seminar/symposia. It is planned to guide faculties of these two institutions for Ph.D. work.
10. IEEE Activities
The LEOS Chapter and AP-MTT Chapters of IEEE, Calcutta Section, have their offices in the Centre. The faculty members belonging to these chapters organize regular seminars, workshops, lectures and social meets.
11. Encouragement of Student Activities
A Students Section of IEEE has been opened in the Campus, under the initiative of the faculties of the Centre, who are IEEE members.
The National Science Day (28.02.08) has been observed by arranging lectures by IEEE student members for B. Sc. (Hons) students of different colleges.
Activities are detailed in Annexure X
12. Alumni Association
The Radio Physics and Electronics Association hold lectures, reunion, and other technical and social events each year. It also maintains an Alumni Registrar.
13. Utilization of Infrastructural Grants
The equipments procured and facilities created by using UGC grant of Rs. 20 lakhs (1st instalment) and 30 lakhs 92nd instalment) are listed in Annexure XI.
13. Reports on Summer/Winter Schools etc.
A number of academic programmes were held under the auspices of the UGC Networking Resource Centre in Physical Sciences. A list of all such activities are given in Annexure XII.
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The Glorious History of the Institute of Radio Physics & Electronics and the Centre of Advanced Study
The Institute of Radio Physics and Electronics was established as an independent post-graduate teaching and research department of the University of Calcutta in the year 1949. The late Professor S.K.Mitra, D.Sc, F.R.S., was the Head of the Institute until his retirement in 1955.
In retrospect, it was in the year 1925 that the University of Calcutta introduced “wireless” as an elective subject for special study in its post-graduate course in Pure Physics and started at the same time a wireless laboratory for teaching and research in the fields of electron tubes and radio wave propagation in the upper atmosphere. Ever increasing applications of radio waves, especially on the eve of and during the Second World War, and the rapid development of electronics as an important science by itself created a new situation. Inclusion of these developments was found impossible if the teaching and research activities in these subjects were to be confined within the necessarily limited scope allowed to them as a part of another post-graduate course. A large-scale expansion and re-organization became imperative. To meet this situation the university, in 1946, formulated a plan for the creation of a separate post-graduate department for Radio Physics and Electronics by pooling the then existing resources of the Wireless section of the Pure Physics department and the Communication Engineering section of the Applied Physics department. A visiting committee of the All India Council for Technical Education (A.I.C.T.E) approved this plan in 1947. Grants sanctioned by the Government of India on the recommendation of this committee enabled the creation in 1949 of the Institute of Radio Physics and Electronics—an independent post-graduate teaching and research department of the University of Calcutta.
The foundation stone of the Institute of Radio Physics and Electronics was laid on April 21, 1949, by the then Premier of West Bengal, Dr. B.C.Roy. The concluding remark of his address on the occasion of laying the foundation stone of the Institute was the following:
“Let me hope that in laying the foundation stone of the Institute of Radio Physics and
Electronics today, I have planted a seed which will grow into a mighty tree, spreading its
branches much beyond the borders of your present expectation. The Institute will become not
only an all-India center of study and research but will also attract earnest seekers after truth
from beyond the boundaries of India”.
A look at the Institute today should convince anybody that the expectations of Dr. Roy are well on the way to fulfillment almost to the word.
In the beginning, the Institute started its first session of 2-year M.Sc. course in Radio Physics and Electronics from July 1949. As the main building of the Institute (completed and occupied by end of 1951) was under construction at that time, classes were held in different places of the Science College campus—in the seminar rooms of Pure Physics and Applied Physics departments. Practical work was conducted in the Pure Physics and Applied Physics Laboratories and drawing classes were held in the Applied Chemistry building. The infant department had thus to struggle hard during the first two years of its existence. The first examination was held in November, 1951, exactly as scheduled.
Hardly had the department come into existence when plans for the expansion of the 2-year M.Sc. course to a 3-year course leading to the M.Sc. (Tech.) degree engaged the mind of its founder members. This was necessitated by two factors. First, the latest developments in Radio Physics and Electronics could no longer be given adequate coverage within the curriculum of a two- year course. Secondly, a 3-year course would be in conformity with the general pattern of technological education recommended by AICTE. The approval for the 3-year M.Sc. (Tech.) course in Radio Physics and Electronics came from University Grants Commission ( U.G.C. ) on recommendation of AICTE, in April 1957.
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Soon after, came a major boost that further brightened the path of progress for the growing Institute. Early in 1962, UGC recommended the establishment of Centers of Advanced Study (CAS) in selected university departments known for their tradition and promise. The object the commission had in view was to encourage the pursuit of excellence and to accelerate the realization of international standards in the field of post-graduate education and research. In recognition of the tradition built here, this Institute was nominated as one of the five Centers of Advanced Study in 1962-63. This nomination, with promise of financial assistance to intensify teaching and research activities so as to achieve a high standard of excellence on the international level, fired the staff of the Institute from top to bottom. United as a team, the members set to work, each in his own sphere, with redoubled vigor.
In 1969, grants for the third stage of development of the Institute were received from the UGC which recommended drastic changes in the courses to be offered. In short, the approved scheme of development was: i) conversion of the 2-year B.Tech. Course to a 3-year graduate course leading to B.Tech. degree with an annual intake of 30 students, ii) conversion of the 1-year M.Tech. course to a 2-year post-graduate course leading to the M.Tech. degree with an annual intake of 25 students.
With the financial assistance allotted for the CAS, combined with the grants received for the third development stage, the facilities of the Institute began to develop as desired. A new multi storied building (known as the CAS – building) was constructed at a site adjacent to the Science College campus. Additions to staff, equipment and books paved the way for intensification of activities. The provisions for Visiting Professors, seminars and symposia, travel and personnel exchange facilities substantially accelerated the progress of the Institute.
Meanwhile, on the report of the Assessment committee appointed by the UGC ( in 1973-74 ) to evaluate the performance of the Center during the first decade of its existence, the UGC classified it as “excellent” and offered to continue grants to the center under Special Assistance Program (S.A.P) of CAS in selected thrust areas of research. On the basis of its continuing tradition of high quality research the Institute is still getting grants from UGC under the SAP.
The Institute celebrated its Silver Jubilee in 1973. In late 1970’s an academic link program ALIS was established between the Institute and a few UK Universities. The program encouraged bilateral exchange of scientists. A Liquid Phase Epitaxy (LPE) Reactor was received by the Centre as a gift with which work on growth of semiconductor heterojunction started. A Centre for Research and Training in Radar and Microwaves also started functioning in 1970’s.
The University created a separate department named as the Department of Computer Science and Engineering in 1980. A number of teachers of the Centre were transferred and some of the facilities of the Centre were also made available to this new department. The activities related to computers in the Centre were somewhat reduced, but the work on semiconductor and space science scaled new heights. The Centre received in this decade substantial grant from the UGC under the Committee for Strengthening Infrastructure in Science and Technology (COSIST). Equipment related to Microelectronics, mm wave technology and characterization of semiconductors were procured out of the fund received. The Centre celebrated the birth centenary of its founder Prof. S. K. Mitra in 1989. Almost concurrently a new Department of Electronic Science was created by the University. The teachers of the Centre provided initial support to this new department in all sorts of activities.
In the decade of 1990s, UGC established the Eastern Centre for Radio Astronomy (ECRA) making INRAPHEL as its nodal point and identifying Haringhata Field station as the site for observation. Society for Applied Microwave Electronics Engineering Research (SAMEER), an organization funded by the then Department of Electronics, Government of India, opened a branch in Calcutta in this period. Two floors of the CAS building were rented to it to start with. New projects for fabrication of IMPATT diodes and characterization of mm wave devices were awarded to the Centre by different National Organizations.
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The Institute started its golden jubilee celebration in 1998 by holding an International Conference Computers and Devices for Communication (CODEC). A two day Workshop Nanostructures, Applications and Goals (NAG) was held prior to CODEC to felicitate its illustrious teacher Prof. B. R. Nag. Next year an Indo-French Workshop Quantum Semiconductor Structures: Modern Developments (QUASEMOD) was also organized by the Institute. With continuation of CAS status, new areas of research, e.g., Atmospheric pollution and greenhouse gases, mm wave propagation, GPS, satellite communication, photonics, etc. were undertaken. With funding from the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) a Centre named as S. K. Mitra Centre for Space Weather was established in the Institute in 2002.
The Technical Education Quality Improvement Program (TEQIP): a joint venture of World Bank-MHRD, Govt. of India, was introduced in West Bengal in 2002. The University College of Technology (UCT-CU) was identified as one of the lead Institution. As a department of UCT-CU INRAPHEL received some equipment and other support under the program.
The CAS status has been extended to cover the years 2005-2010 on recommendation of a Review committee that visited the Centre in March 2005.
UGC was entrusted to identify 10 Networking Resource Centres, two each in Physical, Chemical, Biological, Mathematical and Materials Sciences in the country. In the first phase CAS in RPE has been given this status.
The Government of West Bengal decided to create a Centre for Research and Training in Microaves and Millimeter waves pooling the resources of the Training program in MM wave technology. The Centre starts its activities in 2008.
A new centre: Centre fur TeleInFrastructur : India (CTIF-India) has been established in the Institute on December 07, 2007.
ISRO has selected University of Calcutta for financial support under the programme of "Strengthening of Space Science Activities at Universities".
In addition, a few other Cntres have been established or are to be established in the Institute. The complete list of such Centres with the respective year of establishment is given below
Centres & Programs
Centre of Advanced Study in Radio Physics and Electronics (1963)S.K. Mitra Centre for Research in Space Environment (2003)
The Centre of Millimeter-wave Semiconductor Devices and Systems (CMSDS) (2006) : A joint venture of DRDO and CU
Centre für TeleInFrastruktur (CTIF) – India (2007)UGC Networking Resource Centre in Physical Sciences (2008)
Centre for Research & Training in Microwave and Millimeterwave Technology (2008)ISRO Program on Strengthening of Space Science Activities in University of Calcutta (2008)
DST Centre for ST RADAR (2009)MEMS Design Centre supported by NPMASS-ADA (2009)
CollaboratorsEEE Department, University of Sheffield, UK
Ecolé Polytechnique, Paris, FranceAalborg University, Denmark: ERASMUS MUNDUS (2009)
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List of Former CAS Directors/ Coordinators
No Name Period
1. Prof. J. N. Bhar 1963-1976
2. Prof. M. K. Das Gupta 1976 – 1980
3. Prof. B. R. Nag 1980 – 1992
4. Prof. S. K. Roy : CoordinatorProf. N. G. Nath: Deputy Coordinator
1992 – 1997
5. Prof. N. Purkait: CoordinatorProf. P. K. Saha : Deputy Coordinator
1997 – 2005
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ANNEXURE-I(A)
University of Calcutta
Structure of 3-year (6 semester) B.Tech. Course inRADIO PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS
L : Lecture; T : Tutorial; P : Practical; C : Total Credits Earned;
Numbers under L, T,and P indicate contact hours/week
Title of Paper L T P C
Semester 1
RP1.1.1 Analytical and Numerical Methods 3 2 0 5
RP1.1.3 Network Analysis 3 1 0 4
RP1.1.4 Electromagnetic Fields and Waves 3 0 0 3
RP1.1.6 Physics of Semiconductor Devices 3 1 0 4
RP1.1.7 Analog Circuits 3 0 0 3
RP1.1.8 Circuit Elements and Measurements 0 0 3 2
RP1.1.10 Programming Language 0 2 3 4
RP1.1.11 Engineering Drawing 0 0 3 2
RP1.1.12 Workshop Practice 0 0 3 2
Semester II
RP1.2.1 Network Synthesis and Transmission Networks
3 1 0 4
RP1.2.3 Logic and Switching Circuits 3 1 3 6
RP1.2.4 Signals and Systems 3 0 3 5
RP1.2.5 Microlectronics Materials and Technology
3 0 0 3
RP1.2.6 Guided Wave Transmission 3 1 0 4
RP1.2.8 Analog Electronics and Simulation 0 1 3 3
RP1.2.9 Transmission Line and Antenna Experiments
0 0 3 2
Semester III
RP2.1.1 Digital Techniques 3 1 0 4
RP2.1.2 Computer Organization and Architecture
3 0 0 3
RP2.1.3 Analog Instrumentation and Measurements
3 0 0 3
RP2.1.5 Communication Systems 3 0 0 3
RP2.1.6 Electrical Machines and Power 3 0 0 3
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Electronics
Elective 1 (from) 3 0 0 3
RP2.1.9 Computer Networking
RP2.1.10 Space Climatology and
Weather
RP2.1.11 Control Systems
RP2.1.12 Digital Technique Experiments 0 0 3 2
RP2.1.13 Communication Techniques 0 0 3 2
RP2.1.14 Solid State Device Meaurements 0 0 3 2
RP2.1.17 Experiments with Electrical Machines 0 0 3 2
Semester IV
RP2.2.1 Microwave and Millimeter-wave
Engineering
3 1 0 4
RP2.2.3 Digital Communication 3 0 0 3
RP2.2.4 Microprocessor and Interfacing 3 1 3 6
RP2.2.5 Digital Signal Processing 3 0 3 5
RP2.2.6 Digital Instrumentation and Measurements
3 0 0 3
Elective 2 (from) 3 0 0 3
RP2.2.2 Telecommunications
RP2.2.7 Video and Multimedia Techniques
RP2.2.8 Mobile and Satellite Communications
RP2.2.12 Digital Communication Experiments 0 0 3 2
RP2.2.14 Microwave Circuits Experiments 0 0 3 2
RP2.2.15 Instrumentation and Measurements 0 0 3 2
Semester V
RP3.1.1 Heterostructure Devices 3 1 0 4
RP3.1.3 VLSI Design 3 0 0 3
RP3.1.4 Optical Communication and Networking
3 0 0 3
RP3.1.5 Economics and Management 3 0 0 3
Elective 3 3 0 0 3
Elective 4 3 0 0 3
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Elective 3 & 4 from
RP3.1.6 Microwave and Wireless Components
RP3.1.7 Microwave Antenna
RP3.1.8 Radar and Navigational Electronics
RP3.1.9 High Frequency Devices and Circuits
RP4.1.4 Advanced Communication Systems
RP3.1.10 Quantum Effect Devices
RP3.1.16 VLSI Design Methodology 0 0 3 2
RP3.1.17 Optical Communication Experiments 0 0 3 2
RP3.1.18 Electronic Design and Simulation 0 0 3 2
RP3.1.19 Foundation of Project Work 0 0 3 2
Semester VI
RP3.2.1 General Viva Voce 0 0 0 4
RP3.2.2 Project Work: Final 0 0 9 6
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ANNEXURE-I(B)
University of Calcutta
Structure of 3-year (6 semester) B.Tech. Course inINFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
L : Lecture; T : Tutorial; P : Practical; C : Total Credits Earned;
Numbers under L, T, and P indicate contact hours/week
Title of Paper L T P C
Semester 1
RP1.1.2 Discrete Mathematics 3 2 0 5
RP1.1.3 Network Analysis 3 1 0 4
RP1.1.5 Transmission Engineering 3 0 0 3
RP1.1.6 Physics of Semiconductor Devices 3 1 0 4
RP1.1.7 Analog Circuits 3 0 0 3
RP1.1.9 Web Design 0 0 3 2
RP1.1.10 Programming Language 0 2 3 4
RP1.1.11 Engineering Drawing 0 0 3 2
RP1.1.12 Workshop Practice 0 0 3 2
Semester II
RP1.2.2 Data Structures I 3 1 0 4
RP1.2.3 Logic and Switching Circuits 3 1 3 6
RP1.2.4 Signals and Systems 3 0 3 5
RP1.2.5 Microlectronics Materials and Technology
3 0 0 3
RP1.2.7 Operating Systems 3 0 0 3
RP1.2.8 Analog Electronics and Simulation 0 1 3 3
RP1.2.10 System Administration 0 0 3 2
Semester III
RP2.1.1 Digital Techniques 3 1 0 4
RP2.1.2 Computer Organization and Architecture
3 0 0 3
RP2.1.4 RDBMS 3 0 0 3
RP2.1.7 Data Structures II 3 1 0 4
RP2.1.8 Algorithms 3 1 0 4
RP2.1.9 Computer Networking 3 0 0 3
RP2.1.12 Digital Techniques Experiments 0 0 3 2
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RP2.1.13 Communication Techniques 0 0 3 2
RP2.1.15 Computer Networking Experiments 0 0 3 2
RP2.1.16 RDBMS Design 0 0 3 2
Semester IV
RP2.2.2 Telecommunications 3 0 0 3
RP2.2.3 Digital Communication 3 0 0 3
RP2.2.4 Microprocessor and Interfacing 3 1 3 6
RP2.2.5 Digital Signal Processing 3 0 3 5
Electives 1 3 0 0 3
Elective 2 3 0 0 3
Electives 1 and 2 from
RP2.2.7 Video and Multimedia Techniques
RP2.2.8 Mobile and Satellite Communications
RP2.2.9 Computer Graphics
RP2.2.10 Instrumentation and Control
RP2.2.11 Image Processing and Computer Vision
RP2.2.12 Digital Communication Experiments 0 0 3 2
RP2.2.13 Object Oriented Programming 0 0 3 4
Semester V
RP3.1.2 Software Engineering 3 1 0 4
RP3.1.3 VLSI Design 3 0 0 3
RP3.1.4 Optical Communication and Networking
3 0 0 3
RP3.1.5 Economics and Management 3 0 0 3
Elective 3 3 0 0 3
Elective 4 3 0 0 3
Elective 3 & 4 from
RP3.1.11 Parallel and Distributed Computing
RP3.1.12 Data Mning
RP3.1.13 Mobile Computing
RP3.1.14 Pattern Recognition
RP4.1.4 Advanced Communication Systems
Rp3.1.15 Artificial Intelligence and
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Robotics
RP3.1.16 VLSI Design Methodology 0 0 3 2
RP3.1.17 Optical Communication Experiments 0 0 3 2
RP3.1.18 Electronic Design and Simulation 0 0 3 2
RP3.1.19 Foundation of Project Work 0 0 3 2
Semester VI
RP3.2.1 General Viva Voce 0 0 0 4
RP3.2.2 Project Work: Final 0 0 9 6
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ANNEXURE-II (A)
Structure of 2-year M.Tech. Course in
Radiophysics and Electronics
(With effect from academic session 2007-2008) (Semester-wise distribution of papers and Credits)
2 YEAR / 4 SEMESTER ‘FULL TIME’ COURSE
L : No. of Lecture Hours per week CL: Credits assigned to Lecture CourseT: No. of Tutorial hours per week CT : Credits assigned to TutorialP : No.of hrs/week for a Practical paper; CP: Credits assigned to Practical paperC = CL+CT+CP = Total CREDITs assigned to the paper CT : Compulsory Theoretical Paper CL : Compulsory Laboratory PaperET : Elective Theoretical Paper EL: Elective Laboratory paperTW : Compulsory Thesis Work GVV:General Viva Voce
PAPER TITLE L T P CL CT CP C
Semester I
CT1 Mathematical Methods in Engineering
OR
Discrete Mathematics
3 2 0 3 2 0 5
CT2 Engineering Electromagnetics 3 2 0 3 2 0 5
CT3 Advanced Communication Principles 3 2 0 3 2 0 5
CT4 Physics of Semiconductor Devices 3 2 0 3 2 0 5
CL1 Lab Work: CAD Lab 0 0 3 0 0 2 2
CL2 Computational Techniques 0 0 3 0 0 2 2
ET1 Elective Theoretical paper-1 3 0 0 3 0 0 3
ET2 Elective Theoretical paper-2 3 0 0 3 0 0 3
Total Credits of Semester I 30
Semester II
CT5 Electronic & Optoelectronic Technologies 3 0 0 3 0 0 3
CT6 Advanced Electronic Materials and Devices 3 2 0 3 2 0 5
CT7 Space Science and Technology 3 2 0 3 2 0 5
CT8 Java Programming 3 0 3 3 0 2 5
EL1 Advanced Measurement Lab 0 0 3 0 0 2 2
EL2 Design Paper 0 0 6 0 0 4 4
ET3 Elective Theoretical paper-3 3 0 0 3 0 0 3
ET4 Elective Theoretical paper-4 3 0 0 3 0 0 3
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TOTAL CREDITs of Semester II 30
Semester III
TW1 Compulsory THESIS Work (Foundation)
Sessional Work 0 0 21 0 0 14 14
VivaVoce 6
GVV General Viva Voce 10
TOTAL CREDITs of Semester III 30
Semester IV
TW2 Compulsory THESIS Work (Final)
Sessional Work 0 0 21 0 0 14 14
Dissertation 6
Viva voce 10
TOTAL CREDITs of Semester IV 30
TOTAL CREDITS OF FULL TIME M.TECH COURSE 120
List of Elective Papers
1. Advanced Semiconductor Theory 2. Quantum Electronics3. Nanoelectronics 4. Nanophotonics5. Modeling of Semiconductor Process
Technology6. Modeling of Microwave Semiconductor
Devices7. Microelectronics Technology 8. VLSI Circuits and Systems9. Design Verification and Testing 10. Low Power CMOS Design11. RF, Analog and Mixed Signal Design 12. Processor Organization and Architecture13. Embedded Systems 14. Design of VLSI CAD Tools15. ASIC/Memory Design
1. Microwave & mm Wave Devices and Circuits
2. RADAR Engineering Systems
3. Fibre Optic Links and Networks 4. Photonics5. Microwave & mm Wave Antenna 6. Modeling of Microwave Semiconductor
Devices*7. Computational Electromagnetics 8. Digital Signal Processing *
1. Radio Wave Propagation 2. Space Science3. Microwave & mm Wave Communication
Systems4. Remote Sensing
5. Radio Astronomy Techniques 6. Internet Technology and Applications7. Navigational Electronics 8. Information Theory and Coding9. Channel and Speech Coding 10. EMI and EMC11. Advanced Communication Techniques 12. Computer Communication13. Wireless Sensor Networks
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ANNEXURE-II (B)
COURSE STRUCTURE OF M. TECH. IN “VLSI DESIGN”(Semester-wise distribution of papers and Credits)
2 YEAR / 4 SEMESTER ‘FULL TIME’ COURSE
L : No. of Lecture Hours per week CL: Credits assigned to Lecture CourseT: No. of Tutorial hours per week CT : Credits assigned to TutorialP : No.of hrs/week for a Practical paper; CP: Credits assigned to Practical paperC = CL+CT+CP = Total CREDITs assigned to the paper CT : Compulsory Theoretical Paper CL : Compulsory Laboratory PaperET : Elective Theoretical Paper EL: Elective Laboratory paperTW : Compulsory Thesis Work GVV:General Viva Voce
PAPER TITLE L T P CL CT CP C
Semester I
CT1 Discrete Mathematics: Graph Theory and Combinatories
3 2 0 3 2 0 5
CT2 Data Structures and Algorithms 3 2 0 3 2 0 5
CT3 Physics of VLSI Devices 3 0 0 3 0 0 3
CT4 Microelectronics Technology 3 0 0 3 0 0 3
CT5 VLSI Circuits and Systems 3 0 0 3 0 2 3
CL1 CAD Techniques 0 0 9 0 0 6 6
ET1 Elective Theoretical paper-1 3 2 0 3 2 0 5
TOTAL CREDITS of Semester I 30
Semester II
CT6 Design Verification & Testing 3 2 0 3 2 0 5
CT7 Low Power Design 3 2 0 3 2 0 5
CT8 RF, Analog and Mixed Signal Design 3 2 0 3 2 0 5
CT8 Java Programming 3 0 3 3 0 2 5
CL2 CAD Techniques II 1 0 6 1 0 4 5
ET2 Elective Theoretical paper-2 3 2 0 3 2 0 5
ET3 Elective Theoretical paper-3 3 2 0 3 2 0 5
TOTAL CREDITs of Semester II 30
Semester III A (3 months)
CL3 FPGA Laboratory 0 0 6 0 0 4 4
CS1 Seminar 0 0 6 0 0 4 4
GVV General Viva Voce 10
TOTAL CREDITs of Semester IIIA 18
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Semester III B (3 months)
TW1 Compulsory THESIS Work (Foundation)
Sessional Work 0 0 12 0 0 8 8
VivaVoce 4
TOTAL CREDITs of Semester IIIB 12
TOTAL CREDITs of Semester III 30
Semester IV
TW2 Compulsory THESIS Work (Final)
Sessional Work 0 0 21 0 0 14 14
Dissertation 6
Viva Voce 10
TOTAL CREDITs of Semester IV 30
TOTAL CREDITS OF FULL TIME M.TECH COURSE 120
NOTE: Choice of Elective Papers
ET1: Elective Theoretical paper – I is to be chosen from:(i) OOProgramming & Language Translation (ii) Physics of Semiconductor
ET2 & ET3: Elective Theoretical papers II & III are to be chosen from:(iii) Processor Organization and Architecture(iv) Digital Signal Processing(v) Embedded Systems(vi) Design of VLSI CAD Tools(vii) ASIC/Memory Design(viii) Nano-electronics(ix) Nano-photonics
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ANNEXURE III (A)Course Structure of M. Tech in Radio Physics and Electronics
under Dual Degree Program
Semester I to IV will be the same as in B. Tech CurriculumSemester – V will be the same as in B. Tech Curriculum except RP3.1.19 – Foundation of Project Work being replaced by RP 4.2.9 – Seminar
L T P CRP 4.2.9 Seminar 0 0 3 2
Total Credit of Semester I to V (B. Tech) 140Semester VI
In addition to the Project and General Viva voce, the student is required to take the following courses1 RP4.2.1 Advanced Electronic Materials and Devices 3 0 0 32. RP 4.2.2 Space Science & Technology 3 0 0 33. RP4.2.6 Java Programming 3 1 3 64. Elective 3 3 2 0 5
5. Elective 4 3 2 0 5
Semester Credit (B. Tech) 10Semester Credit (M. Tech) 22Semester VII A
1. RP5.1.2 Advanced Electronic Measurements 0 0 6 42. RP5.1.3 Comprehensive Viva Voce 0 0 0 12
Semester VII B1. RP 5.1.4 Compulsory THESIS Work: (Foundation)
Sessional Work 0 0 12 8Viva Voce 0 0 0 4Semester Credit (M. Tech) 28
Semester VIII1. RP5.2.1 Compulsory THESIS Work (Final)
Sessional Work 0 0 21 14Dissertation 0 0 9 6Viva Voce 0 0 0 10Semester Credit (M. Tech) 30Total Course Credit (M. Tech) 150Total Course Credit (B. Tech) 80
230
* Electives should be selected from RP 4.1.3, RP 4.1.6, RP 4.2.3, RP 4.2.4, RP 4.2.5, RP6.0.1 through RP 6.0.31
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ANNEXURE III(B)Course Structure of M. Tech in VLSI Design
under Dual Degree Program
Semester I to IV will be the same as in B. Tech CurriculumSemester – V will be the same as in B. Tech Curriculum except RP3.1.19 – Foundation of Project Work being replaced by RP 4.2.9 – Seminar
L T P C1. RP 4.2.9 Seminar 0 0 3 2
Total Credit of Semester I to V (B. Tech) 140Semester VI
In addition to the Project and General Viva voce,the student is required to take the following courses1 RP4.2.3 Design Verification and Testing 3 2 0 52. RP4.2.4 Low Power Design 3 2 0 53. RP4.2.5 RF, Analog and Mixed Signal Design 3 2 0 54. Elective 1 3 2 0 5
Semester Credit (B. Tech) 10Semester Credit (M. Tech) 20Semester VII A
1. RP5.1.1 CAD Techniques – II 0 2 6 62. RP5.1.2 Comprehensive Viva Voce 0 0 0 12
Semester VII B1. RP5.1.3 Compulsory THESIS Work: (Foundation)
Sessional Work 0 0 12 8Viva Voce 0 0 0 4Semester Credit (M. Tech) 30
Semester VIII1. RP5.2.1 Compulsory THESIS Work (Final)
Sessional Work 0 0 21 14Dissertation 0 0 9 6Viva Voce 0 0 0 10Semester Credit (M. Tech) 30Total Course Credit (B. Tech) 150
Total Course Credit (M. Tech) 80Grand Total 230
* Electives should be selected from RP2.2.6, RP6.0.1 through RP6.0.7 and RP6.0.26 through RP6.0.31
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ANNEXURE – IV(A)A Report on the Activities of
S.K. MITRA CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN SPACE ENVIRONMENT
Late Professor Sisir Kumar Mitra, FRS, is the pioneer of radio and space researches in this part of the globe. He established the Institute of Radio Physics and Electronics of this University in 1949 with his school of space physicists as its core group. The activities of this Institute were subsequently expanded to cover areas like Solid State Electronics, Computer and System Science, in addition to the Ionosphere and Wave Propagation. In recent years, however, the research interest of the Ionosphere and Wave Propagation Group was limited to some selected areas due to lack of funds and manpower. However, the scientific contributions in those limited areas have been significant and internationally recognized. The University, with the support of Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), proposed to establish a Centre in memory of Late Professor Sisir Kumar Mitra to undertake research in the existing as well as new fields, extending from troposphere to upper atmosphere. Professor R.N.Basu, former Vice Chancellor and Professor A.K.Banerjee, the Honorable Vice Chancellor, formally approached the Chairman, ISRO for providing financial support to the Centre. After prolonged interactions with Advisory Committee on Space Research (ADCOS) of ISRO four research proposals on the following topics with a total budget of Rs. 75.2 lakhs were sanctioned by ISRO Headquarters under the umbrella of the proposed Centre:
(1) Atmospheric Electricity(2) Space Weather (3) Lower Atmospheric Chemistry(4) Radio Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere
Late Dr. A.P. Mitra, FRS, played the key role in formulating the scientific programme of the Centre and extended his support as the then Chairman of ADCOS, ISRO. The Centre was formally inaugurated on 12 March 2002. The Institute of Radio Physics and Electronics was chosen as the nodal department to organize the Centre which will be inter-departmental in nature, involving the University departments like Radio Physics and Electronics, Physics, Chemistry, Atmospheric Sciences and Marine Science.
The first phase of the ISRO funded projects ended in March 2007. A set of proposals was submitted to ISRO HQ for the second phase and four projects were approved with the funds totaling Rs. 95.48 lakhs for the period 2007-2010. Apart form the projects approved directly by ISRO HQ, four other projects sanctioned by SAC, ISRO and CAWSES India, ISRO, have been carried out at the Centre. Through the implementation of these projects, the Centre participated in a number of ISRO supported national programmes such as, GAGAN, CAWSES, Megha Tropiques Mission, Ka-band Satellite Propagation, and the international programmes namely, SCINDA and COSMIC Satellite.
The projects presently being carried out at the Centre are listed in Annexure IX.
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ANNEXURE – IV(B)
UGC NETWORKING RESOURCE CENTRE IN PHYSICAL SCIENCES
The recommendation of the MHRD task force for Basic Scientific research in Universities as approved by the Government of India stated that “ There is a need to create 10 networking centres in basic sciences (two centres each in Physical Science, Chemical Science, Life Science, Materials Science and Mathematical Science) in leading departments of Universities in different parts of the country to promote collaborative research, access to advanced facilities and imparting training in frontier areas. These centres should be supported on a long term basis in a substantial manner to enable them to realize internationally competitive status. The system of both Winter and Summer Schools must be supported. Each subject area of basic sciences may offer up to ten programs a year. There should be provision for Visiting Fellowships for faculties within the country.”
The University Grants Commission accepted the guidelines proposed by the Empowered Committee for establishing the UGC Networking Centres. It was decided to identify three UGC networking Centres during the year 2007-2008, one each in Life Sciences, Physical Sciences and Chemical Sciences.
Accordingly, proposals were invited from SAP departments indicating the areas of Summer/Winter schools, types of training, available infrastructure, laboratories, equipment etc as well as expertise of faculties, and awards and honours received by them. The proposals were considered by the Empowered Committee and after their scrutiny Centre of Advanced Study in Radio Physics and Electronics (CASRPE), University of Calcutta, was invited to make a presentation at the UGC office, New Delhi, on November 20, 2007. The Empowered Committee advised the CASRPE to submit a revised proposal specifying the number of intakes in each type of training, proposed plan of work, etc.
The revised proposal submitted by CASRPE was given careful examination by the Empowered Committee, who decided to invite the representatives once again to meet them for further discussions. The date of the meeting was February 5, 2008. In the meeting the Empowered Committee informed that the Department of RPE has been selected as the Networking Centre. It is to be noted that this department is the sole Centre in Physical Science in the country.
The Centre will receive a fund of Rs. 5.00 crores for a period of 5 years.
Apart from holding summer/winter schools (~ 10 in 5 years) on well defined topics for faculties and researchers, the Centre will impart short term training to Ph.D and postdoctoral workers from other institutions of the country and allow them to share the expertise, equipment, internet, library and other facilities available in the department. The Faculties in the department will also advise fresh Ph.D. holders to initiate research programmes in emerging areas and help them train new Ph.D. workers. Students pursuing M.Sc., B. Tech and M. Tech courses will be given summer and vacational training. The Centre also plans to hold workshops in north eastern regions.
A website and a photobrochure are to be developed giving details of faculties, equipment and other facilities available, areas of training, topics of summer/winter schools, application formats for interested persons, etc.
The complete list of academic programmes under the UGC-NRCPS is given in Annexure XII.
A few Ph.D. workers and faculties also visited the Centre and discussed their problems with the mentors.
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ANNEXURE – IV(C)
Centre for Research and Training in Microwaves & Millimetrewaves
Microwaves and Millimeter waves are radio waves of wavelength in the range of 100 mm to 1mm. These waves were first put into practical use during World War II. Rapid development in various fields of Electronic Engineering thereafter has led to many new applications, in recent years, in the field of Communication, Information-highways, Instrumentation, Remote Sensing and Weather forecasting etc.
Keeping these application potentials in view, Department of Electronics, Govt. of India, under the Technology Development Programme of National Radar Council had initiated projects of R & D nature at the Institute of Radiophysics and Electronics, University of Calcutta, in the area of Microwaves and Millimeterwaves during 1980s. These covered studies related to wave propagation and remote sensing as part of the technology development programme of DOE. Subsequently with further financial support from other funding agencies, which include AICTE, MHRD, DST, DRDO, ADA, UGC and TISCO, different activities were undertaken in the form of delivering electronic hardware, system fabrication and installation at the user’s premises and feasibility studies of various propagation impairments related to communication, radar, radiometry and remote sensing.
To sustain and propagate all these R&D activities in millimeterwave/microwave technology in the country, the need for creating scientific and technical manpower in the field was felt. In view of this, DOE, Govt. of India, offered Institute of Radiophysics and Electronics, University of Calcutta, to undertake a Training Programme in Millimeterwave Technology, for a five year period commencing from 1988. Undertaking the programme was possible because an infrastructure worth about Rs. 3 crores had already been developed with funds from various agencies. It is important to note that the programme of this type was the first of its kind in Eastern India.
Under this Programme, expert manpower and a resource group in this area have been developed and a number of consultancy jobs have been extended to the Defence Sectors, Department of Telecommunication, Department of Space, Department of Science and Technology. Further, a number of products developed through this Programme are used in Atmospheric Science.
During the last five years, Institute of Radiophysics and Electronics has organized several Refresher Courses and a Workshop, mainly on Microwave, Millimetrewave and Optical Communication, under the Training Programme. A one-year PG Diploma course on Microwave and Millimeterwave Technology has been launched but had to be held in abeyance after one batch of students passed out due to some administrative problems. The University of Calcutta with the concurrence from the Govt. of West Bengal, has decided to convert the Training Programme to a permanent centre. The Govt. of W.B. has decided to continue funding the Programme so that the Diploma Course is set to be revived. It is also being planned to upgrade the Diploma Course to full-fledged 4-semester M. Tech. in Microwave and Millimeterwave Engineering.
In consideration of the importance of microwaves and milimetrewaves and the expertise and infrastructure available in the department, the Government of west Bengal made a decision to create a permanent centre entitled Centre for Research and Training in Microwaves and Millimetre waves in the Institute. At present two existing Scientists working in the Training Programme are absorbed as faculties in the department. The Centre has One Research Fellow, one technical assistant and one Office Assistant.
The Centre started its activity in July 2008. A one day workshop entitled Horizons of Microwave & Millimetrewave Engineering & Research (HOMMER) was held on August 22, 2008 [see list of speakers and topics in Annexure VIII]. The Centre is planning to introduce an M. Tech programme in Radio Physics and Electronics with specialization in Microwaves and Lightwaves.
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ANNEXURE IV (D)
Activities of CTIF-India
On December 7, 2007, a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) was signed between the Institute of Radiophysics and Electronics, University of Calcutta, India and Center for TeleInFrastuktur, CTIF, University of Aalborg, Denmark, in the area of Wireless Communication Technology. The occasion saw the launching of Center for TeleInFrastuktur (India), or CTIF-India. Besides the parent body, this is the second CTIF established after the CTIF (Italy) in the University of Rome.
Erasmus Mundus Program with Aalborg and Other Universities
Erasmus Mundus, (External Cooperation Window, Lot 11, Asia Regional) is a program to promote the exchange of students, scholars and faculty between partner universities of Europe and Asia. Funded and supported by the European Commission,, the program is designed to fund exchanges between 8 European Partner Universities and 11 Asian universities. The list of universities is as follows:
European Universities: Denmark: Aalborg University (AAU), Germany: Flensburg University (FU), Netherlands: Delft University of Technology (DUT), Italy: University of Rome "Tor Vergata" (URTV) , Greece: National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Croatia: University of Zagreb (UZ), Portugal: University of Aveiro (UA), Spain: University of Malaga (UMA)
Asian Universities: Bangladesh: Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology (BUET), Bangladesh: Asian University for Women, Chittagong (AuW), Bangladesh: Chittagong University, Chittagong (CU), Bhutan: Royal University of Bhutan (RUB), Nepal: Inst. of Eng., Tribhuvan University (TU), Pakistan: Mehran University of Technology (MUET), Afghanistan: Kabul University (KU), India: University of Calcutta (UC), India: Sinhgad Institute of Technology (SIT), Indonesia: Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB), Thailand: Mae Fah Luang University (MAFU).
The main goal of the mobility for life is the cross-fertilization and the exchange of teaching and research experience that can become an extended platform for cooperation between Asia and Europe in the future.There were several thematic groups within this Erasmus Mundus program, and the particular group related to the Institute of Radiophysics and Electronics is “Telecommunications and wireless technologies”
Applications were invited from students and faculties in December 2009-January 2010 window, and several students and faculty members submitted their applications. The final results are awaited.
ANNEXURE – IV(E)
ISRO Programme on “Strengthening of Space Science Activities at Universities”
ISRO has selected University of Calcutta for financial support under the Space Science Promotion Scheme. The selection was based on the past and present activities in the area of space science mainly pursued at the Institute of Radio Physics and Electronics. The funding comprises of (i) one-time grant for equipment, (ii) support for two faculty positions for five years, and (iii) three M. Tech. Fellowships for five years. Presently, two Assistant Professors are working in the department and three M. Tech Fellows are receiving their fellowships under this programme.
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ANNEXURE IV(F)
The Centre of Millimeter-wave Semiconductor Devices and Systems (CMSDS)
• The Centre of Millimeter-wave Semiconductor Devices and Systems (CMSDS) has been set up as a joint venture of DRDO and Calcutta University with a sanctioned fund of Rs. 49.5 crores.
• The relentless effort of Prof. S. K. Roy made the establishment of the centre possible in 2006.
• The major objective of the centre is to design & develop Millimeter-wave sources and systems for important applications in advanced sensors for Missile Guidance and Seekers to be used for defence and civilian purpose.
• The centre is being managed by a two-tier system viz. Governing Council and Executive Council comprising members from University of Calcutta and DRDO.
• Govt. of West Bengal awarded a plot of land measuring 3.73 acres at Nayabad (Purba Jadavpur), to University of Calcutta free of cost for the establishment of CMSDS. Another 10 acres of land has been allotted by Govt. of West Bengal to DRDO in the R&D Hub at Baruipur, South 24 parganas where clean room and fabrication facilities of CMSDS will be created.
• The construction of the building and clean room facility in the above mentioned two sites will be done by DRDO on a turn-key basis.
• The initial phase of the centre as per MOU between DRDO and CU will expire on 8th March 2010. In the last Governing Council meeting held on 14th July 2009, chaired by Hon’ble Vice Chancellor, University of Calcutta, the extension of MOU for a further period of three years was approved.
Break up of sanctioned fund of Rs. 4850 Lakhs
Sl. No. Particulars Amount (Rs. In Lakhs)1 Equipment and Machinery 3450.002 Building 383.003 Air-conditioning & clean-room facility 520.004 Pay & allowance (for 3 years) 369.005 Movement of personnel
a Domestic 50.00
b International 20.00
6 Movement of stores 28.007 Training / Research / R&D consultancy 50.008 Contingencies 50.00
Total : 4950.00
Present staff of CMSDS, University of Calcutta :
1. Director : Prof. J. P. Banerjee, IRPE, CU
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2. Research Staff : Three Scientists and three research fellow.
3. Administrative staff : One Administrative Officer and one Accounts Officer.
4. Ancillary staff : Seven
List of research publications from the centre
1. Mobile space charge effect in 4H Silicon Carbide IMPATT diodesS. Mukherjee, S. Banerjee, J. Mukherjee and J. P. BanerjeeProc. of IWPSD, 2007, IIT (Mumbai) & TIFR, India, pp. 268-272, 2007
2. Large signal model to simulate the high frequency properties of optically controlled IMPATT devices J. P. Banerjee, S. Banerjee, I. Ali and S. K. Ray Proc. of IVth International Conference on Radio Science (ICRS), Jodhpur, India, 2008
3. Si / Si1-xGex DDR IMPATTs as a potential source for Millimeterwave applications,S. Banerjee, D. Chakraborty and J. P. Banerjee proc. of national conference on device, intelligent systems and communication & networking (aec-disc), asansol, India, pp. 187-192, 2008.
4. Effect of punch through on the breakdown characteristics of 4H-SiC IMPATT DiodeS. Banerjee and J. P. Banerjee, Proc. of International Conference on Microwave 2008, University of Rajasthan, India, pp. 59-62, 2008
5. Direct optical injection locking of a Ka-band Si SDR IMPATT diode for low phase noiseA. Das, M. Mukherjee, P. Bhattacharyya, N. C. Mondal, M. K. Pandit, J. P. Banerjee and S. K. Roy. Proc. of International symposium ISM 2008, held in Bangalore, India
6. Effect of LASER radiation on Si (100) p-n junction : Simulation studies and experimental realization. M. Mukherjee, N. C. Mondal, P. Bhattacharyya, J. P. Banerjee and S. K. RoyProc. of International Symposium on Microwave (ISM) 2008, Bangalore, India
7. “MM-wave properties of photo-illuminated double drift Indium Phosphide IMPATTs at elevated temperature”, Moumita Mukherjee, J. Mukherjee, J. P. Banerjee and S.K. Roy, Proceedings of Int. Conf. IEEE-ICMMT, China, p. 334. 2008
8. A proposed theoretical model of impact ionization rate under carrier degeneracy considering different scattering phenomena. – Soumen Banerjee & J. P. Banerjee, Proc. of International Conference on Microwave -08, University of Rajasthan, India. pp. 708-711, 2008.
9. “Mobile space-charge effect on Terahertz properties of Wz-GaN based DDR IMPATT oscillators”, Moumita Mukherjee, S. Banerjee and J. P. Banerjee, CODEC 2009, Kolkata, India, December 2009.
10. “MM-wave performance of DDR IMPATTs based on cubic SiC”, Moumita Mukherjee, S. Banerjee and J. P. Banerjee , XVth IWPSD-2009, SSPL & Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India, December, 2009.
11. “DDR Pulsed IMPATT sources at MM-wave window frequency: high power operation mode”, Moumita Mukherjee and J. P. Banerjee, IEEE EDS Int. Conf. on IEEE Micro/Nano Devices, Structures and Systems (MiNDSS 2010), Tamilnadu, India.
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12. Studies on the performance of Wz-GaN DDR IMPATT diode at optimum bias current for THz frequencies”, S. Banerjee, Moumita Mukherjee and J. P. Banerjee, IEEE EDS Int. Conf. on IEEE Micro/Nano Devices, Structures and Systems (MiNDSS 2010), Tamilnadu, India.
13. “Temperature Distribution in a Mesa Structure of Si-IMPATT diode on a Semi-infinite copper heat sink”, B. Pal, A Acharya, Arijit Das and J. P. Banerjee, National Conference MDCCT, 2010.
14. “Simulation of the circuit characteristics of a millimeter-wave pulsed IMPATT oscillator embedded in a reduced – height cavity”, Arijit Das, Diptadip Chakraborty, J. Sanyal and J. P. Banerjee, National Conference MDCCT, 2010.
15. “Effects of impurity bumps on static and dynamic characteristics of group IV-IV SiC-based IMPATT at Ka-band, Moumita Mukherjee and J. P. Banerjee, National Conference MDCCT, 2010.
16. “Terahertz Performance of Wz-GaN based DDR IMPATT Devices”, Soumen Banerjee, Moumita Mukherjee, Soma Rani Karan, Priyanka Roy Chowdhury, Payel Roy, Ankita Choudhury, J. P. Banerjee, National Conference MDCCT, 2010.
17. “DDR Pulsed IMPATT sources at MM-wave window frequency: high power operation mode”, Moumita Mukherjee and J. P. Banerjee, “International Journal of Advanced Science and Technology” Korea, Vol 16, March 2010.
18. Studies on the performance of Wz-GaN DDR IMPATT diode at optimum bias current for THz frequencies”, S. Banerjee, Moumita Mukherjee and J. P. Banerjee, “International Journal of Advanced Science and Technology” Korea, Vol 16, March 2010.
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ANNEXURE IV(G)
National MEMS Design CentreIntroduction
The National Program of Smart Microstructures and Micro Systems (NPMASS) coordinated by the Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA), Govt. of India, have taken an initiative to augment MEMS Design activities in the country. In this endeavour IITs and IISc have been identified as the resource centres for mentoring a few reputed institutions to cultivate and expand the MEMS design activities. The Coordinator for East and North Eastern Regions, Prof. Tarun Bhattacharyya of IIT-Kharagpur, proposed to include this Institute as one of the Design Centres, and requested us to submit our plan of activities.
The faculties of the department welcomed the proposal and a plan was sent accordingly. Subsequently about sixty locations have been identified to establish MEMS Design Centre of which our Institute has been included in the list as Tier II Centre. The news of the inclusion of our Institute in the programme was conveyed in the DC meeting held on April 08, 2009, in which the members welcomed the decision. It was also resolved that our M. Tech in Radio Physics and Electronics as well as in VLSI Design would be revised to include both theoretical and design work related to MEMS Design.
Certificate
The following certificate was furnished by the Department/ University for establishment of the Centre.
CERTIFICATE
(i) I/We agree that •
(a) A National MEMS Design Centre (NMDC), will be established as a common facility at this Institute to install the software tools provided by National Program on Micro And Smart Systems (NPMASS) for the benefit of users from the region. The name of the funding agency would be appropriately displayed in front of this facility.
(b) NMDC will initiate steps for utilizing the software tools in related course work at the Institute/ University/ college subject to the academic process of approval.
(c) The Coordinator certified below will be responsible to provide the Annual Report at the end of every financial year, containing information on the utilization of all software tools supplied by NPMASS to the Project Director, NPMASS with a copy to Dr. K.J. Vinoy ([email protected] / [email protected]), the project coordinator from IISc.
(d) Coordinators from this Institute will make a presentation at the annual meeting as required by NPMASS.
(ii) This Institute/university agrees to allow the Coordinator listed below to attend all annual review and technical events organized by NPMASS. In case of unavoidable circumstances an alternate will be sent to attend these events. The travel expenses will be met by NPMASS.
(iii) I/We certify that the coordinator and other faculty mentioned below has research interest in the area of relevance to NPMASS, and will ensure proper utilization of all facilities and software provided under this activity.
(iv) I/We agree to abide by the terms and conditions of the NPMASS and certify that basic necessary facilities including Lab space and the necessary hardware accessories for installing software tools for the proposed work are available and the same will be extended to the Coordinators.
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(v) I/We agree to ensure that at least one BE/B.Tech./MSc project will be carried out each year with emphasis on design and analysis. Summary and other details of these will be included in the Annual reports of this NMDC.
(vi) I/We agree that this institute would facilitate external researchers from other interested institutes (academic or National Labs subject to individual software licensing conditions) to use the design tools.
(vii) I/We certify that in case the present Coordinators are not available for any reason to continue the work on the facilities, alternative arrangements will be made to employ suitable person/persons.
Activities till February 28, 2010
Location
The infrastructure and equipment for this program was provided by the RPE through the UGC-NRC Program. The software components were provided through the NPMASS program.Currently the MEMS design center is housed at the Sisir Mitra Bhavan, Rajabazar Technology campus. There are three high-end desktop computers that hosts the MEMS design software. Several faculty members, B.Tech students as well as M. Tech students are directly involved in this program.
Hardware infrastructure
Three Desktop computers have been procured and installed. One of them will act as a server. The machines have the following configurations: Quad Core 2.66 GHz Intel processor, Graphics Card with 1GB memory, 2x2GB RAM, 250GB Hard Drive, DVD Writer, 22-inch high resolution TFT monitor (Samsung). The operating system for all machines is WinXP.
MEMS Design software
The University of Calcutta has been provided with the software Intellisuite and Comsol. Coventorware has not been provided at this stage. Comsol was successfully installed at RPE MEMs design center in December, 2009, and currently both B. Tech and M. Tech students are using this software. Intellisuite was installed in February 2010, and currently the students are working with the vendor to work out a few technical issues.
Names and research topics of students/staff using these facilities
Staff members involved in the MEMs Design Center, at the present moment, are :Prof. P. K. BasuProf. Susanta SenDr. Anirban BhattacharyyaDr. Soumya Pandit
Current students utilizing MEMS facilities:M. Tech Student: Subhadip Bhaumik
B. Tech Students: Dip Prakash Samajdar, Dhiman Mallick Pranay Kanti Poddar
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Nilanjan Kundu
The M. Tech. and B. Tech projects of the above mentioned students are based on the design and implementation of MEMs devices, and will cover both the design of MEMs devices using COMSOL and INTELLISUITE as well as fabrication of simple MEMs structures. They are currently in their third (for M. Tech) and fifth (for B. Tech) semesters respectively and will complete their projects by the middle of 2010. Since they are early in their respective research programs, they are currently involved in understanding the fundamentals of MEMs devices and in getting acquainted with the design tools.
Workshops
A two-day workshop was organized by IIT Kharagpur in the month of January 2010 on the design of MEMs devices. From the department of Radiophysics and Electronics, faculty member Dr Soumya Pandit, and M. Tech student Subhadip Bhaumik attended the workshop.
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ANNEXURE – V(A)
RESEARCH ACTIVITIES (EXECUTED)
Solid State Electronics & Circuits (including VLSI & Nanoelectronics)
Transport and Magnetotransport of Low Dimensional SystemsThe author has studied magnetoelectronic transport of the two -dimensional electron gas in CdSe single quantum wells. The diffusion thermopower of the two- dimensional electron gas in GaN single quantum wells has been investigated. The Monte- Carlo study of NDR effect in GaN at Terahertz frequencies has been done. Drain current vs. drain voltage characteristics of nanoscale 2D GaAs MOSFETs has been investigated. Calculation of gain in GaAlAs/GaAs superlattice laser has been made..
Nanoscale MOSFETs
Analytical modeling for nanoscale MOSFETs has been developed and the devices have been simulated using the numerical device simulator ATLAS/ MEDICI. MOS devices utilizing high mobility channel materials like Ge, GaAs, strained-Si, along with a variety of high-k dielectrics and having different innovative architectures such as dual gate MOSFETs have been employed in our studies. Different performance metrics pertaining to MOS devices have been evaluated using analytical and numerical approaches and the results have been compared with reported experimental results.
Quantum Ring,
Intersubband transitions in semiconductor Quantum Rings have been studied in detail.
Photodetectors
Noise performance in Ge Schottky photodetector, performance of CMOS PDs, (Translasers, QDIPs, Type-II Superlattice photodetectors, etc.) and other properties have been investigated.
Silicon PhotonicsThe possibility of having direct band gap in tensile strained Ge layers grown on suitable pseudo substrates was examined. It has been found that when Ge layers are grown on a ternary alloy GeSiSn, the direct conduction band in Ge occurs at a lower energy than the usual conduction band minima at L point. The band line-up is also typeI. However, the band gap is around 0.5-0.6 eV. To have a structure emitting at communication wavelength of 1550 nm, addition of slight amount of C in Ge layer becomes necessary. It was shown that SiGe alloy grown on GeSiSn can also lead to direct gap type I structure.
Direct Gap Type I GeC/GeSiSn Heterojunctions
Application of tensile strain in Ge lowers the Γ valley below the L valleys but the direct gap is reduced from the value in unstrained Ge. We considered Ge1-qCq (C <4%) active layers with Ge1-x-ySixSny as the barrier and estimated the range of compositions in the active and barrier layers to yield direct gap (~0.8 eV) type I alignment by using model solid theory.
Ge/SiGe RCE Photodetectors (QCSE and FKE)
Si-based photodetectors are currently studied for providing cheap solution to long haul and short distance communication and optical interconnects. Tensile strained Ge layers grown with suitable barriers show direct gap type I band alignment. We have worked on resonant cavity enhanced (RCE) photodetectors using
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Ge/SiGe type I structure. Performance of photodetectors using strong Quntum Confined Stark Effect, and Franz-Keldysh Effect in these structures and properties related to photodetection are studied in this paper.
Prediction of band offsets of the ternary alloy Si1-x-ySnxCy on Si
The band offsets and band gap for strained Si1-x-ySnxCy layers grown on Si substrate are estimated. The hydrostatic strain, the uniaxial strain and the intrinsic alloy effect are considered separately. The model is verified with the available bandgap energy of binary material.
Feasibilty of Laser Action in Strained Ge and Group IV Alloys on Si Platform
Group IV elements and their alloys show poor light emission due to their indirect gap. Application of tensile strain in Ge lowers the Γ valley below the L valleys but the direct gap is reduced from the value in unstrained Ge. This paper discusses various possibilities of obtaining direct gap in Ge including Ge nanowires. We present also our results on direct gap type I alignment showing direct gap at ~ 0.8 eV in Si 1-p-
qGep Cq (C <4%) active layers with Ge1-x-ySixSny as the barrier. We have chosen a composition to give the critical thickness as high as possible and estimated its absorption coefficients: both fundamental and free carrier, by using theoretical expressions, available data for Ge and suitable interpolation. The linear gain spectra, and transparency carrier density for the chosen heterostructure are then estimated. The threshold current density for an optimized structure may be approximately 800 A/cm2.
A compact drift-diffusion current model of strained-Si-Si1-xGex MOSFETs
In this work, we calculated the drift –diffusion drain current of a strained Si n-channel MOSFET grown on a relaxed Si1-xGex layer using a compact model. The results are compared with the experimental data already reported. The current is also compared with that of unstrained Si n-MOSFET. The effect of strain and oxide thickness are also determined and reported here.
Ge/Si Photodetectors and Group IV Alloy Based Photodetector Materials
Photodetectors using Si, Ge and their alloys with other group IV elements are of current interest for application in telecommunication as well as in optical interconnects. We have presented in this paper our work on resonant cavity enhanced (RCE) Si/SiGe multiple Quantum Well (MQW) and Ge Schottky photodetectors. Calculated values of external quantum efficiency for GeSiC based photodetectors are also reported. Tensile strained Ge layers grown with suitable barriers show direct gap type I band alignment. Predicted performance of photodetectors using strong Quantum Confined Stark Effect and Franz-Keldysh Effect in these structures and properties related to photodetection using these new materials are also described.
Transistor Laser
Under high level of injection into the base of a Heterobipolar transistor, population inversion may be possible in the base.Application of positive feedback by enclosing the layer between two mirrors may lead to laser action. In the work, a InGaP-GaAs-GaAs heterobipolar transistor with an InGaAs Quantum Well in the intrinsic GaAs base is considered. The gain of the device is calculated by taking dipole matrix element, 2D density-of-states, Lorentzian broadening, etc. The threshold curent density is related to base current by using solution of continuity equation. The calculated value of threshold base current agrees well with the experimental value. The amplification of the structure as an amplifier, transient response etc are determined. The present work provides an unified model of TL connecting optical and electrical characteristics.
VLSI Devices and Circuits
1) Statistical study has been made of the effect of process parameter variations on the performances of CMOS digital and analog circuits using HSPICE.
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2) Development of artificial neural network and least squares support vector machine based regression model have been undertaken. 3) Design of CMOS opamp, VCO and PLL circuits was made.
Microwave and Lightwave Technology
IMPATTs based on Wide Bandgap Semiconductors (SiC and GaN):
The millimeter wave performance of DDR IMPATTs based on hexagonal (4H and 6H) and cubic (3C) silicon carbide at the window frequency of 94 GHz has been studied through modeling and simulation technique for high power operation mode. Also studies have been carried out on the performance of WZ-GaN IMPATT diode at THz frequencies by taking into account the effect of space charge.
Experimental work on IMPATT
Development of 94 GHz silicon SDR IMPATT diode through diffusion route has been successfully carried out in the Microelectronics Laboratory, of the department by using the optimum design parameters. The DC I-V characteristics of the device show reverse breakdown voltage of 10-11V, which is suitable for 94 GHz operation.
Left Handed Materials (Metamaterial)
*During 2009-20010, we have been working on the physics and technology of metamaterials (LHM). In a nutshell our study involves analytical studies on different plasmonic LHM structures like wire-array (both full-wire following Drude model and cut-wire following Lorentz model) and split-ring resonator. Also the negative refractive index and transmission characteristics of the propagating electromagnetic wave through any LHM medium have been studied to understand the negative refraction property. We have made further analytical studies on the variants of SRR namely Multiple Split Ring Resonators (MSRR), Spiral Resonators (SR), and Labyrinth Resonators (LR) and investigated the suitability of the structures for microwave and millimeter-wave applications. The substrate dependence at higher frequencies has also been taken care of (with RT-duroid being better than FR4 Epoxy at millimeter-wave frequency). Some studies on the dispersion characteristics of composite right/left handed (CRLH) transmission Line and a special type of stop-band filter arrangement with CPW-SRR combination have also been done.
*To design metamaterial based IMPATT oscillators and power combiner which is expected to give much better phase-noise ( - 140 dBc/Hz for 100kHz offset from carrier) than even dielectric resonator we have carried out large-signal analysis of IMPATT diode in terms of impedance characterization which need to be optimally matched with the G-B plot of metamaterial circuit, the CRLH structure, to realize the desired phase-noise characteristics. This work is related to a collaborative research with Yamaguchi University, Japan.
SOA Based Optical Signal Processing
We have carried out some work on SOA based all optical signal processing. A good circuit model of SOA in integrated circuit implementation has been developed and its application in photonic switching is currently being investigated. Also we developed a model of Semiconductor Optical Amplifier using a Simple Asymmetrical Multiple Quantum-Well Structure. Interchannel crosstalk mitigation in presence of Assist light in a TOAD de-multiplexture has been investigated experimentally and theoretically. Finally a study on performance degradation introduced by ADD/DROP Multiplexing Operation in a SOA-Based WDM Ring Network has been carried out and under investigation.
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Conducting Polymer
Measurement of the complex microwave conductivity of different types of conducting polymers is continuing. The method has been extended to measure the same for liquids. Further a simulation technique is being tested to determine the values of the permittivity of unknown samples from the perturbation produced. Growth of III-Nitrides and Related Devices
Growth and Characterization of III-Nitride based bulk films and nanostructures; Development of UV detectors based on III-Nitride material systems; Development of optical devices based on the intersubband transitions of III-Nitride quantum wells
Optical Communication
Study of Component Cross-talk and Obtaining Optimum Detection Threshold for Minimum Bit-Error-Rate in a WDM Receiver,
Microwave Antenna
Significant amount of research has been undertaken in the area of printed antenna for wireless applications as well as of dielectric resonator antenna.
Space and Atmospheric Science and Communication
Classification of rain types based on DSD measurements The variations of parameters of rain drop size distribution are indicative of the evolution of different types of rain during a rain event. The rain DSD can be expressed in terms of a three parameter gamma function, namely, N(D) = No Dμ e –ΛD . The three parameters are obtained from the second and sixth moments of DSD. The larger rain drops as indicated by higher values of N0
are associated with convective rain, whereas small drops dominate in the stratiform rain. Also, there is a transition case between convective and stratiform rain. The rain classification is also evident from the clustering of rain rate decay parameter as obtained from Ku-band attenuation measurements over an earth-space path.
The seasonal variations of DSD at different rain rates are obtained to indicate that larger drops are more abundant in the pre-monsoon months than in the monsoon. This reveals that the monsoon months (July-September) are dominated by stratiform rain whereas the pre-monsoon months (March-April) have more convective rain than the monsoon period.
Modelling of rain rate and rain attenuation
The rain rate and rain attenuation measurements have been carried out at Kolkata(22.651N, 88.451E), India, a tropical location, since 2004.The measured rain attenuation is compared with the simple attenuation model (SAM) and ITU-R model generated values. The relation between the rain rate and rain attenuation is analyzed for three years data (2005–2007) and a year-to-year variation is noticed. Rain attenuation has been found higher in the pre-monsoon period than in the monsoon months for identical rain rate. Cumulative distributions of rain rate and rain attenuation data along with the respective ITU-R models for three years are also obtained.
Modeling of cloud liquid water and cloud attenuation
Cloud liquid water contents have been obtained from the radiosonde measurements using the Salonen model at a tropical location, which show a strong seasonal control with a significant enhancement in the
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monsoon months. The ITU-R model underestimates LWC values at the present location. The relationship of the cloud attenuation, derived by from the profiles of liquid water density and temperature within the cloud, with the cloud LWC shows a considerable departure from that obtained from the ITU-R model. In the frequency range 10 to 100 GHz, the cloud attenuation at Kolkata is somewhat overestimated by the ITU-R model below 50 GHz, but significantly underestimated by the ITU-R model above 70 GHz. The data are important in view of the upcoming satellite communications in Ka band in the tropical region.
Interrelation between water vapor, cloud liquid water and rain Liquid and ice water content of the atmosphere, as obtained from radiosonde data over Kolkata, show significantly high values during monsoon period (July-September) compared to non-monsoon months. An interrelation between integrated water vapour content and liquid water content is obtained which indicates that once liquid water is formed in the atmosphere, it increases with the water vapour content.
Micro Rain Radar to study the vertical profile of rain rate, radar reflectivity during a storm
A micro rain radar (MRR) has been in operation since February 2009.MRR was run before, during and after a cyclonic storm, called Aila, accompanied by light to heavy rain on 25 May 2009. The radar reflectivity profile obtained from MRR indicated large vertical extent of convective rain beyond 6 km (limit of MRR observations). Also evident was the formation of melting layer at a height of 5 km, after subsiding of the storm indicating the settling of rain into the stratiform type.
At Ahmedabad, the vertical rain structure and different rain parameters like drop size distribution, liquid water content, fall velocity of hydrometeors etc. have been obtained using a Micro Rain Radar. The study shows the existence of melting layer in stratiform rain type. The vertical structure of stratiform rain is found to be highly non-uniform. It is also observed that the small size drop concentrations are more in convective rain than stratiform rain type.
Utilization of TRMM data to study the rain and comparison with ground based measurements
TRMM PR data measurements of radar reflectivity were compared to ground-based measurements of disdrometer. The regions of rain events where large drops dominate were also the regions of convective rain indicated by the TRMM flag for the reflectivity data. The model of effective rain height for different types of rain are also obtained from TRMM rain rate profiles which improve the prediction of rain attenuation from ground based measurements.
Rain event duration study
Rain attenuation mitigation requires the knowledge of distribution of rain events, which is not much analysed over Indian region. In this study, the rain measurements of Ahmedabad for 3 years are used to estimate and model the distribution of rain events with rain rate. It is found that the average duration of the events follows an exponential distribution with rain rate. The occurrence probability of the events are also analysed.
Micro Rain Cell study
The high rain rate limits the service availability severely for satellite communication operating above 10 GHz frequencies. Convective rain, which normally encountered in tropical regions, occurs with high rain fall rate and is much localized phenomena. Site diversity is one of the possible techniques which are normally used to improve the link availability of such systems. An experiment has been performed by installing 10 raingauges in Space Applications Centre, ISRO, Ahmedabad to capture very small scale rain cell for identification of optimum site separation between two VSAT terminals. Using two years continuous
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measurement, rain cell size distribution has been obtained. The optimum site separation is also calculated using simulated rain attenuation along with GSAT-4 satellite link over Ahmedabad.
Ionospheric Delay Modeling for Navigational Applications
Ionophereic delay encountered by GPS signals introduces severe error in position estimation. The proper modeling of ionospheric delay over Indian region is very challenging for implementation of GPS Aided Geo Augmented Navigation (GAGAN) system as a part of Global Navigational Satellite System (GNSS) due to the complexity of ionosphere in tropical region. Using Total Electron Content (TEC) data from 18 station spread over India, a two shell model of ionosphere has been developed. The model has been found to be performed better than the existing models.
GPS TEC and Phase Fluctuations
Intense Space Weather events were recorded on some nights of 2008-2009 when GPS links located almost due south of Kolkata exhibited fluctuations in CNO and associated bite-outs in TEC. Patches of scintillations were also noted on the phase of the GPS L1 signal around the same time. Intensity of the phase scintillation patches have been quantified in terms of and their power spectral characteristics were studied. These are perhaps the first GPS phase scintillation studies from India.
Development of Ionospheric Scintillation Models
The amplitudes of two geostationary satellite signals FLEETSATCOM (250MHz, 730 E) (350 km subionospheric point: 21.100 N, 87.250 E geographic; 28.650 N magnetic dip, 15.280 N dip latitude) and INMARSAT (1.6GHz, 650E) (350 km subionospheric point: 21.090 N, 86.590 E geographic; 28.740 N magnetic dip, 15.330 N dip latitude) are recorded at Kolkata over one solar cycle. The data were analyzed to find out the Scintillation Index (SI) during 1996 to 2006. The long term analysis helps to know about the dependency of scintillation activity on local time, season and solar cycle. Using the data of percentage occurrence of scintillation for magnetically quiet day (Dst ≥-50 nT) a scintillation occurrence model is developed for the rising and declining phases of the solar cycle using Neural Network.
Detection of Travelling Ionospheric Disturabnces (TIDs) associated with the solar eclipses of July 22, 2009 and January 15, 2010 by GPS TEC monitoring
GPS TEC (Total Electron Content) data were analyzed from the three stations at Institute of Radio Physics and Electronics, Kolkata, ISRO Regional Remote Sensing Service Center at IIT Kharagpur and K. N. College, Baharampore during the total solar eclipse of July 22, 2009 and January 15, 2010. The early morning growth of ionization was found to be delayed on July 22, 2009 in comparison to the day before and the day after. A series of depletions in TEC indicative of TIDs were noted on some of the GPS links east of the stations after the period of totality. Data from the annular solar eclipse of January 15, 2010 are now being analyzed.
Systems Science
Computer Aided Diagnostics
AI based Computer Aided Diagnosis systems (CADs) are developed to assist the clinicians for therapeutic procedures. But, in decision making problems, particularly in a case of medical diagnosis, there is a fair chance of the existence of a non-null hesitation part at each moment of evaluation of any unknown object. For this purpose, a more generalized fuzzy set approach is implemented for capturing vagueness of data. Gradation and prognosis of tumors are also evaluated incorporating this generalized fuzzy approach.
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Medical Image Acquisition
Medical image acquisition using different modalities like X-ray, CT, MR, PET, SPECT, US are increasingly being used by the clinicians for therapy planning. Therefore a need exists to bring different modalities images in a common platform for the purpose of information processing. Keeping this in view, different multimodal image alignment techniques are developed and their performances are evaluated. For finding of optimal solution, different evolutionary algorithms are implemented and evaluated.
In present technologies, multimodal radiological images are used as an important tool in diagnosis and evaluation. This motivates us to derive different fusion methodologies to combine the useful complementary information into a single composite image that is more informative and suitable for visual perception.
Computational Geometry, Graph Theory
Proximity problems, Covering Problems, Visibility Problems have been studied..
Genomic Signal Processing
Research work done in the area of genomic signal processing which is digital signal processing applying in DNA sequence analysis. A DNA sequence is consists of gene and intergenic spaces. Genes are sub divided into exon and intron regions. Only exons are involved in protein synthesis process. It’s a challenging open problem to the researchers is to predict the location of protein coding regions of a DNA sequence. Developed two algorithms for exon prediction, one is based on positional frequency distribution of neuclotides and another is based on neuclotides bonding. The algorithms successfully identify protein coding regions of DNA sequences for several organisms.
Encryption
Watermarking, as a step to ensure security of classified data, is being studied. Encryption of the data using watermarking techniques subject to attacks from noise of varying amplitudes is being investigated. The results are encouraging
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ANNEXURE – V(B)
RESEARCH ACTIVITIES (PROPOSED)
Solid State Electronics and Circuits
Transport and Magnetotransport
Transport characteristics of 1D quantum wires and quantum dots will be investigated
Nano CMOS
Performance optimization of nano MOS devices with respect to higher speed coupled with lower power will be investigated. Devices constructed using Ge and III-V semiconductors together with high-k dielectrics and employing different structures will be included in our analysis. Further C-V characterization will be performed for these novel devices. Moreover, technology characterization will be carried out with a view to making the devices suitable for circuit applications.
VLSI Circuits
1.Use of TCAD software to study the statistical variation of process parameters and the corresponding effects on the performances of CMOS digital and analog circuits. 2.Use of novel training algorithm, design of experiments for regression analysis,3. Design of low power analog blocks.
PhotodetectorsNoise performance in SiGe photodetector, Studies on MQW structures, Studies on CMOS PDs, Translasers, QDIPs, Type-II Superlattice photodetectors (e.g. APDs), Carbon nanotube FETs.Transistor LaserThe characteristics of TL will be determined by considering multiple QWs embedded in the base of the structure.Nitrides
Development of III-Nitride and Si-Ge materials; Development of optoelectronic devices based on III-Nitride bulk films and nanostructures; Development of MEMS based devices.
Microwave and Lightwave Technology
IMPATT Devices
Large signal computer simulation will be carried out to evaluate the high frequency performance of the device. Device analysis of Nano Scale IMPATTs based on wide band gap semiconductor will be undertaken at THz frequency region.
Development of 94 GHz pulsed DDR IMPATT diode starting with imported multilayered DDR structure will be carried out in collaboration with different laboratories in India for improved power output.CW and pulsed mm-wave oscillators at 94 GHz will be developed by using both imported and indigenous IMPATT diode. Both Resonant-cap and Reduced height cavity will be fabricated for pulsed IMPATT oscillator at the window frequency. Studies on Device-Circuit interaction and impedance matching problem will be undertaken.
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Left Handed Materials (Metamaterial)
*Present research involves detailed study on transmission characteristics of plasmonic LHM to identify the zones of RHM, electric plasma, LHM, magnetic plasma. The whole phenomena need to be understood from the view-point of negative refraction and wave impedance, which is not yet available in published literature. *The computer-aided characterization of metamaterial loaded waveguide has also been started and its application possibilities for design of miniaturized and highly efficient microwave/millimeter-wave components will be taken up for detailed investigation during the next year. *We are also planning to investigate the phenomena of evanescent wave growth in LHM from the point of view of surface plasmon polariton cavity possibly formed within the plasmonic LHM slab. Evanescent wave amplification is expected to perform perfect focusing of point source at the image plane getting over the problem of “diffraction limit” using LHM plane slab as the media. This will make possible sub-wavelength imaging using plane metamaterial slab. This work is in collaboration with SAMEER, Kolkata and the Reactor Control Division of BARC, Mumbai.
*The work on metamaterial based IMPATT oscillator and power combiner is in progress as a Japanese collaboration. In this year we shall take up the metamaterial circuit characterization and then the Device (IMPATT) circuit (CRLH metamaterial) interaction problem will be taken up and the phase-noise characteristics of the oscillator will be evaluated. The circuit-level power combining will be taken up in the next phase.
Opical Signal Processing
Some of the above works are still under investigation and likely to be continued in the next year. We are also studying Reflective SOA to be utilized in Optical access network. In addition some wireless modulation techniques to be used in the optical network problem is under study.
Conducting Polymer
The proposed simulation technique will be tested for different sizes and shapes of the sample at X band.
Space and Environment Science and Communication
i) Collaboration with SAC, ISRO, Ahmedabad
The collaboration between this Institute and Satellite Application Group. SAC, Ahmedabad will be continued for Ka and Ku-band propagation studies The Ka-band beacon signals from the Indian geostationary satellite GSAT-4 will be available soon which will be used for experimental measurements. The multi-station data from the Indian region on rain DSD, MRR, rainguages, radiometers, and propagation measurements will be utilized for obtaining the propagation models for the Indian region. The development of channel model for implementing the fade mitigation techniques will a major focus for the propagation study. Already, this effort has resulted in joint publications and some more are in the offing.
ii) Megha Tropiques Mission of ISRO
The Megha Tropiques Mission is a joint venture of ISRO and CNES (France) to study the convective systems and their role on tropical weather and climate. The satellite will be launched in the second half of 2010. This Institute has already been identified as a major site in the convective rainfall regime for validation of Megha Tropiques observations in view of an extensive experimental facilities available at this Institute comprising of MRR, Disdrometer, HATPRO, Optical Raingauge, Tipping Bucket Raingauge, Ku-
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band Satellite Receiving System. It is proposed that this validation site will operate in collaboration with IMD, Kolkata, DWR Centre, Kolkata, ISRO, Bangalore, and IIT, Delhi (Storm Project).
iii) Observations with Humidity and Temperature Profiler (HATPRO)
A radiometric system to obtain the profiles of humidity and temperature has been installed at the Institute. The other atmospheric parameters such as, liquid water content, both profile and integrated values, cloud base height, earth-space propagation parameters, with all-sky scanning facility, can also be obtained with the radiometer. HATPRO along with other experimental systems will provide a major facility for radio remote sensing of the tropical atmosphere.
GPS & TEC
The phenomena of equatorial electrojet (EEJ), counter electrojet (CEJ) and equatorial ionization anomaly (EIA) and their interplay governs the electrodynamics of the low latitude ionosphere. The development of the EIA in the afternoon hours has a close relation with the occurrence of ESF on a particular night , although the exact mechanism connecting the two phenomena is still unknown. A developed EIA not only results in a sharp latitudinal gradient equatorward of the northern/southern crest but on the poleward side as well, the latter being more intense than the former. Although a large number of investigations have been conducted to find and explain the characteristics of the CEJ event, its effects on the equatorial and off-equatorial ionospheric electrodynamics is yet to be fully explored. Current understanding of the equatorial ionospheric irregularities indicates that the seeding mechanism may be the driving mechanism behind the day-to-day variability of ESF. Future efforts will aim to address the issues related to the interrelationship between the EEJ/CEJ events and role of the gradient of EIA beyond the northern crest on the subsequent occurrence of ESF, identification of a seeding mechanism/ precursor to ESF and tracking of ionospheric irregularities generated over the magnetic equator using radar back-scattered signals, a chain of GPS TEC and scintillation monitoring stations, and VHF satellite beacon measurements located more or less along the same meridian around and beyond the northern crest of the EIA.
Systems Science
Computer Aided Diagnostics
The work will be continued to develop more intelligent and robust methodologies for AI based Computer Aided Diagnosis systems (CADs). In the next phase of studies, few image processing algorithms are analyzed on the basis of time and space complexity and then will be implemented into FPGAs. It implies a special purpose dedicated system rather than a general purpose computer and is ideally suited for less hardware complexity as well as low cost of production.
Graph Theory and Algorithms
Covering Problems, In Place Algorithms for Sensor Networks, etc. will be studied
Genomic Signal Processing
Planning to design different types of multirate filters and apply on DNA sequence for better prediction of protein coding regions.
Encryption
Investigation for improvement of the decryption technique for increasing the S/N ratio will be made.
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ANNEXURE – VI(A)
Research Publications in Journals
No Name of Teacher Title, journal, vol, page, year
1. Tapas Das, Sanjib Kabi, and Dipankar Biswas
Calculations for the band lineup of strained InxGa1−xN/GaN quantum wells: Effects of strain on the band offsets, Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 105, p. 046101 (2009).
2. Subindu Kumar and Sanjib Kabi
Dependence of the Absorption Spectra of III-V Semiconductor Quantum Dots on the Fundamental Parameters, Int. J. Nanoscience (accepted).
3. P.K.Ghosh, A.Ghosal, D.Chattopadhyay
Magneto-electronic transport of the two-dimensional electron gas in CdSe single quantum wells , Pramana Journal of Physics, vol. 72, p. 399 (2009).
4. A.Ghosal, D.Chattopadhyay
Diffusion thermopower of the two-dimensional electron gas inGaN single quantum wells, Solid State Communications, vol. 149, p. 1264 (2009).
5. P. S. Das, G. K. Dalapati, D. Z. Chi, A. Biswas and C. K. Maiti
Characterization of Y2O3 gate dielectric on n-GaAs substrates” Applied Surface Science, vol. 256, pp. 2245-2251 (2010).
6. P. S. Das, A. Biswas and C. K. Maiti,
Effects of an ultrathin Si passivation layer on the interfacial properties of RF-sputtered HfYOx on n-GaAs substrates, Semiconductor Science and Technology (UK), vol. 24, p. 085026 (6 pp.) (2009).
7. P. Chakraborty, S. S. Mahato, T. K. Maiti, M. K. Bera, C. Mahata, S. K. Samanta, A. Biswas and C. K. Maiti,
Performance improvement of flash memory using AIN as charge-trapping layer, Microelectronics Engineering, vol. 86, pp 299-302 (2009).
8. P. K. Basu, N. R. Das, Gopa Sen, Bratati Mukhopadhyay and Mukul K Das
Ge/Si Photodetectors and Group IV Alloy Based Photodetector MaterialsOptical and Quantum Electronics, DOI : 10.1007/s11082-010-9362-6.
9. Sumitra Ghosh and P. K. Basu
Calculated composition of GeC/GeSiSn heterostructures grown on Si for direct gap emission from GeC at 1.55 μm
Solid St. Commun (10.1016/j.ssc.2010.02.017
10. Mukul K Das and N. R. Das
On optimum designs of a RCE Si/SiGe/Si MQW photodetector for long wavelength applications, Optical and Quantum Electronics, DOI 10.1007/s11082-009-9356-4 (2010).
11. Santu Sarkar and N. R. Das
Study of Component Cross-talk and Obtaining Optimum Detection Threshold for Minimum Bit-Error-Rate in a WDM Receiver,
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IEEE Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 19, pp. 159-171 (2009) .
12. Mukul K Das and N. R. Das
Calculating the Responsivity of a Resonant-Cavity-Enhanced Si1-xGex/Si Multiple Quantum Well Photodetector,
Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 105, p. 093118 (8pp), (2009).
13. Debashree Banerjee, Tapashree Roy, and Subal Kar
A Computer-Aided Analytical Study on the Characteristics of Left Handed Material Structures at Microwave Frequencies, IETE Journal of Research, vol. 55, issue 3, pp. 112-117, (May - June 2009).
14. Tapashree Roy, Debashree Banerjee, and Subal Kar
Studies on Multiple Inclusion Magnetic Structures Useful for Millimeter-wave Left Handed Metamaterial Applications, IETE Journal of Research, vol. 55, issue 2, pp. 83-89, March - April 2009.
15. S. Chattopadhyay, M. Biswas, J. Y. Siddiqui and D. Guha
Rectangular Microstrip Patch on a Composite Dielectric Substrate for High-Gain Wide-Beam Radiation Patterns, IEEE Trans. Antennas Propagat., vol. 57, N0. 10, pp. 3325-3328, (Oct. 2009).
16. L. C. Chu,
D. Guha, and Y. Antar
Conformal Strip-Fed Shaped Cylindrical Dielectric Resonator: Improved Design of a Wideband Wireless Antenna, IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, vol. 8, pp. 482-485, (Dec. 2009).
17. S. Chattopadhyay, M. Biswas, J. Y. Siddiqui and D. Guha
Input impedance of rectangular microstrip with variable air gap and varying aspect ratio, IET Microwaves, Antennas and Propagations, Vol. 3, No. 8, pp. 1151-1156, (Dec. 2009).
18. D. Guha, B. Gupta, and Y. Antar
New Pawn-Shaped Dielectric Ring Resonator Loaded Hybrid Monopole Antenna for Improved Ultra-Wide Bandwidth, IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, vol. 8, pp. 1178-1181, (Dec. 2009).
19. D. Guha, C. Kumar, and S. Pal
Improved Cross-Polarization Characteristics of Circular Microstrip Antenna Employing Arc-Shaped Defected Ground Structure (DGS)
IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, vol. 8, pp. 1367-1369, (Dec. 2009).
20. D. Guha, Y. Antar, P. Beland, and M. Roper
A Small Size, High Gain Printed Antenna for Wireless Base Station Applications, Microwave Journal , vol. 53, No. 1, p. 92-98, (Jan. 2010).
21. Abhirup Das Barman, Mirco Scaffardi, Soumitra Debnath, Luca Potì, Antonella Bogoni
Design tool and its experimental validation for SOA-based photonic signal processing,Journal Optical Fiber Technology, Elsevier, vol. 15, pp. 39-49, (2009).
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22. N. Andriolli, M. Scaffardi, A. Das Barman, P. Castoldi, L. Potì, A. Bogoni
All- Optical Packet Switched Interconnection Network based on Modular Photonic Digital Processing, Journal IET Communications, UK, vol. 3, Issue 3, pp. 477-486, (March 2009).
23. A. Maitra and K. Chakravarty
Rain Depolarization Measurements on Low Margin Ku-band Satellite Signal at a Tropical Location,
IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, vol. 8, pp. 445-448, (2009).
24. A. Maitra and S. Chakrabarty
Cloud Liquid Water Content and Cloud Attenuation Studies with Radiosonde Data at a Tropical Location, Journal of Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves, DOI: 10.1007/s10762-008-9452-8, published online on 10 December 2008, Vol. 30, No. 3, pp. 367-373, (2009).
25. A. Maitra, S. Das and A.K. Shukla
Joint statistics of rain rate and event duration for a tropical location in India, Indian J Radio Space Phys, vol.38, pp. 353-360, (2009).
26. K. Chakravarty and A. Maitra
Rain attenuation studies over an earth–space path at a tropical location, Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, vol. 72, pp. 135-138, (2010).
27. S. Das, A.K. Shukla and A. Maitra
Investigation of vertical profile of rain microstructure at Ahmedabad in Indian tropical region, Advances Space Research, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2010.01.001, 2010 (available online on 11 January 2010)
28. A. K. Shukla, B. Roy, S. Das, A. R. Charania, K. S. Kavaiya, K. Bandyopadhyay, and K. S. Dasgupta
Micro rain cell measurements in tropical India for site diversity fade mitigation estimation, Radio Sci., vol. 45, RS1002, doi:10.1029/2008RS004093, (2010).
29.. A. K. Shukla., S. Das, N. Nagori, M. R. Sivaraman, and K. Bandyopadhyay
Two-Shell Ionospheric Model for Indian Region: A Novel Approach, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, vol.. 47, no. 8, p. 2407,(2009).
30. R. Hajra, S.K. Chakraborty and A. Paul
Electrodynamical control of the ambient ionization near the equatorial anomaly crest in the Indian zone during counter-electrojet days,Radio Sci., vol. 44, RS3009, doi:10.1029/2008RS003904, (2009).
31. Arpita Das and M. Bhattacharya
Identification of Microcalcifications and Grading of Masses using Digital Mammogram, Int. Journal of Medical Engineering and Informatics, ISSN: 1755-0653, E-ISSN: 1755-0661, Inderscience Publication, (Jan 2010) (in press). (indexed by Google Scholar, Scirus)
32. A. Das and M. Bhattacharya
Identification of Tiny and Large Calcification in Breast: A Study on Mammographic Image Analysis,
Int. Journal of Bioinformatics Research and Applications, ISSN: 1744-5485, E-ISSSN: 1744-5493, Inderscience Publication, (Accepted for
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publication, Nov. 2009). (indexed by Google Scholar, Inspec, Scopus, Scirus)
33. M. Bhattacharya and A. Das
Genetic Algorithm Based Feature Selection in a Recognition Scheme Using Adaptive Neuro Fuzzy Techniques,
Int. Journal of Computers, Communications & Control, ISSN: 1841 - 9836; E-ISSN: 1841 – 9844, (Accepted for publication, Nov. 2009). (indexed by ISI Web of Science, SCI)
34. M. Bhattacharya and A. Das
Registration of Multimodality Medical Imaging of Brain using Particle Swarm Optimization,
Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Part-3, Springer Link, ISBN: 978-81-8489-404-2, E-ISBN: 978-81-8489-203-1, DOI: 10.1007/978-81-8489-203-1_11, pp. 131-139, (2009).
35. A. Das and M. Bhattacharya
A Novel Vague Set Approach for Selective Contrast Enhancement of Mammograms using Multiresolution,
Int. Journal of Biomedical Science and Engineering, ISSN: 1937-6871, E-ISSN: 1937-688X, Vol. 2, pp. 575-581, December 2009. (indexed by Inspec, Library of Congress, Scientific Research)
36. M. Bhattacharya and A. Das,
Soft Computing Based Decision Making Approach for TumorMass Identification in Mammogram, Int. Journal of Bioinformatics Research, ISSN: 0975–3087, Vol. 1, Issue 2, pp. 37-46, (2009). (indexed by Google Scholar, Bioinfopress)
37. M. Bhattacharya and A. Das
Identification and classification of tumor / cancer lesion appearing in brain using CT and MR images: study on adaptive neuro fuzzy systems,
Int. Journal of Advanced Research in Computer Engineering, , ISSN: 0974-4320, Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 51-61, (June 2009). (indexed by EI and SCI)
38. Sandip Das, Partha P. Goswamiand Subhas C. Nandy
Smallest color-spanning object revisited, International Journal of Computational Geometry & Applications (IJCGA), vol. 19, pp. 457-478, (2009).
39. M Maity, Ajay K. Dutta, and P.K.Karmakar
Effect of climatological parameters on propagation delay through the atmosphere, Pacific Journal of Science and Technology (U.S.A) , vol 10 , No. 2 pp 14- 20 , (Nov (Fall ) ,2009).
40. P. K. Karmakar, Maiti, Manabendra; Calheiros, AlanJames; Angelis, Carlos; Machado, Luiz; DA Costa, Simone
Ground Based Single Frequency Radiometric studies of water vapour at 22.234 GHz,
International J . Remote Sensing (U.K), Accepted, 2010
41. A. Bhattacharyya, T. D. Moustakas, Lin Zhou, David J. Smith and W. Hug
Deep ultraviolet emitting AlGaN quantum wells with high internal quantum efficiency,Appl. Phys. Lett., vol. 94, p. 181907 (2009)
42. J. Henson, J. C. Light Emission from InGaN Quantum Wells via Coupling to Chemically
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Heckel, E. Dimakis, J. Abell, A. Bhattacharyya, G. Chumanov, T. D. Moustakas, and R. Paiella
Synthesized Silver Nanoparticles,
Appl. Phys. Lett., vol. 95, art. no. 151109, (2009).
43. K. Driscoll, Y. Liao, A. Bhattacharyya, L. Zhou, D. J. Smith, T. D. Moustakas, and R. Paiella,
Optically Pumped Intersubband Emission of Short-Wave Infrared Radiation with GaN/AlN Quantum Wells
Appl. Phys. Lett., vol. 94, art. no. 081120, (2009).
44. S. Pandit, C. R. Mandal and A. Patra
An Automated High-Level Topology Generation Procedure for Continuous-Time ΣΔ Modulator, Integration-the VLSI Journal (Elsevier) : accepted
45. Moumita Mukherjee and J. P. Banerjee
DDR Pulsed IMPATT sources at MM-wave window frequency: high power operation modeInternational Journal of Advanced Science and Technology, (Korea), vol. 16, Issue 3, (March 2010)
46. Soumen Banerjee, Moumita Mukherjee and J. P. Banerjee
Studies on the performance of Wz-GaN DDR IMPATT diode at optimum bias current for THz frequenciesInternational Journal of Advanced Science and Technology, (Korea), vol. 16, Issue 3, (March 2010).
Papers Communicated
1. P. K Karmakar, Subhasree Sett, Calheiros, AlanJames, Angelis, Carlos, Machado, Luiz, DA Costa, Simone
Dual frequency Microwave Radiometric Estimation of Water Vapour,
International J . Remote Sensing (U.K), communicated , 2010
2. P.K.Karmakar ; M.Maity and Angelis, Carlos
Determination of window frequency in the millimeter wave band in the range of 58 degree North through 45 degree South , Int. J Microwave & Infrared Technol (USA):2009
3. Sanjib Kabi, Tapas Das and
Dipankar Biswas
Reconfirmation of the band offsets of InGaP/GaAs quantum wells, (Communicated).
4. Sanjib Kabi, Siddhartha Panda, Tapas Das and Dipankar Biswas
Problems in the interpretation of the optical measurements on InxGa1-xN/GaN quantum wells, (Communicated).
5. Siddhartha Panda and Dipankar Biswas
On the proper design of quantum structures for static and time varying Capacitance-Voltage measurements, (Communicated).
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6. Siddhartha Panda, Sanjib Kabi and Dipankar Biswas
Effects of the built in piezoelectric field on the photoluminescence of InxGa1-
xN/GaN quantum wells (To be communicated).
7. A. Paul and A. DasGupta
Characteristics of the Equatorial Ionization Anomaly in Relation to the Day-to-Day Variability of Ionospheric Irregularities around the Post-Sunset Period, Radio Sci., 2009 (under review).
8. A. Das, A. DasGupta and S. Ray
Characteristics of L-band (1.5GHz) and VHF (244 MHz) amplitude scintillations recorded at Kolkata during 1996-2006 and development of models for the occurrence probability of scintillations using Neural network, , J. Atmos. Sol. Terr. Phys., 2009 (under review).
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ANNEXURE – VI(B)
Research Publications in Seminars/ Symposia/ Conferences
Authors Title, Symposium, Conference , Organizer, venue, dates
ICMAT 2009 International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies, 28 june-3 july 2009 Singapore
1. Sanjib Kabi, Siddhartha Panda, Subindu Kumar and Dipankar Biswas
Striking Information from the Photoluminescence of Annealed and Non-Annealed III-V Nanostructures (Session O1-S4.7 (O): June 30, 2009.
2. Sanjib Kabi, Tapas Das and
Dipankar Biswas
Complexities in the Interpretation of the Optical Measurements on InGaN/GaN Quantum Wells of High Indium Content
(Session O1-S3.5 (O): June 29, 2009
3. Tapas Das and Dipankar Biswas
Effects of Interdiffusion on the Band Profiles of InGaAs/InP Quantum Wells (Session O1-S 4.9 (O); June 30, 2009)
9th Intl. Conf. Numerical Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices (NUSOD 09) held at Gwangzu Institute of Science & Technology, Korea, Sept. 14-18, 2009
4. P. K. Basu, N. R. Das, Gopa Sen, Bratati Mukhopadhyay and Mukul K Das
Ge/Si Photodetectors and Group IV Alloy Based Photodetector Materials,
5. Mukul K Das and
N. R. Das
On Some Optimum Designs of a Resonant-Cavity-Enhanced SiGe/Si MQW Photodetector for long wavelength applications
6. Rikmantra Basu, Abhirup Das Barman and P. K. Basu
Modeling of Transistor Laser Optical Amplifiers under Steady-State and Transient Conditions
7. Ipsita Sengupta, Abhirup Das Barman and P. K. Basu
Circuit Model for Analysis of SOA Based Photonic Switch
CODEC 09,” Proc. of International Conference on Computers and Devices for Communication (CODEC-09), ISBN: 978-81-8465-152-2, 14-16 Dec. 2009 in Kolkata, India, (indexed by IEEE Digital Library).
8. Siddhartha Panda and Dipankar Biswas
A closer look into the III-V semiconductor quantum well under an electric field as used in capacitance- voltage measurement ( NEP -8111)
9. A Ghosal and K Sarkar
Monte – Carlo study of NDR effect in GaN at Terahertz frequencies,
( EDM-2855).
10. A.Ghosal
and K.Sarkar
Drain Current vs. Drain Voltage characteristics of nanoscale 2D GaAs MOSFETs (NEP-8541).
11. A.Banerjee, S.Mukhopadhyay and
Calculation of gain in GaAlAs/GaAs superlattice laser due to
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A.Ghosal intersubband longitudinal optic (lo) phonon transitions (OLT-1359).
12. S. Bhattacherjee, A. Biswas and P. K. Basu
Influence of gate architectures on the performance of SOI MOSFETs including the strained channel (EDM-8763)
13. Bratati Mukhopadhyay. Gopa Sen and P.K.Basu
Feasibility of Laser Action at 1550 nm by Direct Gap Type I GeC/GeSiSn Heterojunctions (EDM-6788)
14. Gopa Sen, Bratati Mukhopadhyay and P.K.Basu
Ge/SiGe RCE Photodetectors : A comparative study based on Franz-Keldysh Effect and Quantum Confined Stark Effect (EDM -8272).
15. Rikmantra Basu, Bratati Mkhopadhyay and P. K. Basu
Gain Spectra and Characteristics of a Transistor Laser with InGaAs Quantum Well in the Base (OLT-6708).
16. Vedatrayee Chakraborty, Bratati Mukhopadhyay and P.K.Basu
A compact drift-diffusion current model of strained-Si-Si1-xGex MOSFETs (EDM-5197).
17. Santu Sarkar and N. R. Das
Error probability Density and Bit-Error-Rate due to SRS Cross-talk in a WDM Receiver )(OLT-7794).
18. Mukul K. Das and N. R. Das,
On the Ge-content Dependent noise Current in Si/SiGe MQW Photodetector )(OLT-LS01).
19. Kasturi Mukherjee and N. R. Das
Calculation of Current in Multiple Quantum Well (MQW) Structures with Variable Barrier Heights (NEP-8001),
20. Himadri Sekhar Dutta and N. R. Das
Calculating the Signal to Noise Ratio of a RCE Ge-based Schottky photodetector (OLT-RN02).
21. S. Das, A. K. Shukla and A. Maitra
Classification of Convective and Stratiform Types of Rain and Their Characteristic Features at a Tropical Location (RSS-5174).
22. A. Maitra, Rajasri Sen Jaiswal, Sonia R Fredrick, Neela V S, K. Chakravarty, Arpita Adhikari, A. Bhattacharya, Rasheed M and Leena Zaveri
Comparison of TRMM estimated rainfall with ground truth over Calcutta (RSS-7524).
23. A K Shukla, S. Das and B. Roy
Rain Attenuation Measurements using Synthetic Storm Technique over Ahmedabad (RSS-4233).
24. A. Das and M. Bhattacharya
Selective Contrast Enhancement of Space occupying Lesions in Brain using Vague Set Approach (ACN-9453)
25. A. Das Barman, F. Fresi, I. Sengupta, L. Potì, A. Bogoni
Theoretical and Experimental Investigation of Inter-Channel Crosstalk Mitigation by Assist Light in a TOAD De-Multiplexer (OLT-LS03).
26. Ipsita Sengupta, and Study of Performance Degradation Introduced by ADD/DROP
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Abhirup Das Barman Multiplexing Operation in a SOA-Based WDM Ring NetworkTheoretical and Experimental (OLT-5136).
27. M. Roy, S. Biswas and Soma Barman Mandal
Indentification and analysis of coding & non-coding regions of a DNA sequence by PFDN algorithm (CIS-0870)
28. Moumita Mukherjee, S. Banerjee and J. P. Banerjee
Mobile space-charge effect on Terahertz properties of Wz-GaN based DDR IMPATT oscillators (EDM-9213).
29. J. P. Banerjee and K. K. Ghosh
Submillimeter Wave Generation and Low Frequency Noise in GaN (EDM-1662).
30. Moumita Mukherjee Effects of Punch-through on Terahertz Frequency Characteristics of 4H-SiC Based p++pnn++ IMPATT Devices ( EDM-4882).
31. S.S. De, B. Bandyopadhyay, Suman Paul, D. K. Halder, S. Nandi, Minu Safui, and S. Barui
AILA-2009,: Its Influence and Analysis (RSS-0019).
32. S.S. De, B. Bandyopadhyay, Suman Paul, D. K. Halder, and M. Bose
Studied on Nonlinear Travelling Ionospheric Disturbances within the Aural Regio Initiated by Atmospheric Gravity Waves (RSS-6776).
33. S.S. De, B. K De, B. Bandyopadhyay, Suman Paul, D. K. Halder, S. Barui , Minu Safui, A. Bhowmik, Pinaki Paul, S. Nandi and T. K. Das
Studies on the Effect of Minahasa, Indonesia Earthquake on Sferics Signals Recorded in Kolkata (RSS-4929).
34. S.S. De, B. K De, B. Bandyopadhyay, T. K. Das, Suman Paul, D. K. Halder, S. Nandi and S. Barui
Effects of Solar Eclipse of July 22, 2009 on VLF Signals and Atmospherec Electricity Parameters over Kolkata (RSS-9754)
35. Rajat Acharya, Bijoy Roy, M. R. Sivaraman and Asish Dasgupta
Kalman Filter pproach for Prediction of Inospheric Total Electron Content (RSS-4835).
36. D. K. Chakrabarty, S. K. Chopkar and N. N. Purkait
Femtosecond Terawatt Laser System to Produce Artificial Rain (RSS-8883).
37. Sumitra Mukhopadhyay and Ajit K. Mondal
Hierarchical Modified RPSO Based Technique for Optimal Rule Extraction (ACN-3066)
AEMC IEEE Applied Electromagnetics Conference (AEMC-2009), Kolkata, India, 14-16 December 2009.
38. K. Chakravarty and A. Maitra
Observations of Rain Drop Size Distribution and Rain Attenuation of a Satellite Signal at a Tropical Location
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39. D. Das and A. Maitra Development of Channel Model to Predict Rain Rate and Attenuation for FMT Applications
40. G. Ghosh, P. Banerjee and S. K. Biswas
A System to Measure Dielectric Constant and Loss of Liquids at Microwave Frequencies
41. Chandrakanta Kumar and D. Guha
New Defected Ground Structures (DGSs) to Reduce Cross-Polarized Radiation of Circular Microstrip Antennas
42. S. Chattopadhyay, J. Y Siddiqui and D. Guha
Rectangular Patch on Air and Air-Dielectric Composite Substrates to Achieve Improved Radiation Characteristics
43. D. Guha, S. Biswas, and Chandrakanta Kumar
Annular Ring Shaped DGS to Reduce Mutual Coupling Between Two Microstrip Patches
XVth IWPSD-2009, SSPL & Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India, December, 2009.
44. P. K. Basu, Bratati Mukhopadhyay and Rikmantra Basu
Transistor Lasers : Physics, Applications and Modeling Issues
45. A. Biswas and S. Bhattacherjee
Effects of back gate bias and surface roughness on the threshold voltage of nanoscale DG MOSFETs
46. S. Goswami and A. Biswas
Impact of structural dimensions, channel doping concentration and bias voltages on SCEs of nanoscale FD SOI-MOSFETs, pp. 659-662, 2009
47. S Bhattacharyyaa and N. R. Das
Effect of Electric Field on Intersubband Oscillator Strength in a Semiconductor Quantum Ring
48. Moumita Mukherjee, S. Banerjee and J. P. Banerjee
MM-wave performance of DDR IMPATTs based on cubic SiC
49. Siddhartha Panda, Sanjib Kabi, Tapas Das and Dipankar Biswas
Ambiguities in the optical measurements of InGaN/GaN quantum wells of high In content
50. Sanjib Kabi, Siddhartha Panda, Tapas Das and Dipankar Biswas
Effects of Strain on The Band offsets of Annealed and Non-Annealed III-V Nanostructures
Int. Conf. ELECTRO-2009, BHU, Varanasi, INDIA, December 22-24
51. A. Biswas Determination of uniaxial stress of embedded Si1-yCy source/drain nMOSFETs using numerical simulation techniques , pp. 47-49, 2009
52. S. Bhattacherjee and A. Biswas
Impact of high-k dielectrics and spacer layers on the elctrical performance of symmetrical double gate MOSFETs, pp. 39-42, 2009
53. A. Biswas and M. Basak Nath
Influence of temperature on the threshold voltage and subthreshold slope of strained-Si/SiGe MOSFETs with polysilicon gates, pp. 43-46, 2009
54. S. Goswami and A. Biswas
Modeling and numerical simulation of gate leakage current in strained-Si channel nMOSFETs with high-k gate dielectrics, pp. 35-38, 2009
55. N.R.Das Si-based Photodetector in Optical Communication, , pp.446-451, 2009.
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56. Kasturi Mukherjee and N. R. Das
Effect of Barrier Asymmetry on Tunneling Current in Double Barrier Quantum Well Structure, pp.468-471, 2009.
57. Himadri Sekhar Dutta and N. R. Das
Calculating the NoiseEquvalent Bandwidth of a Ge-based Schottky photodetector at1.55 μm wavelength, pp.490-493, 2009
58. Gopa Sen, Bratati Mukhopadhyay and P.K.Basu
Prediction of band offsets of the ternary alloy Si1-x-ySnxCy on Si, pp. 482-485, 2009.
59. P.K. Basu, Gopa Sen and Bratati Mukhopadhyay
Feasibilty of Laser Action in Strained Ge and Group IV Alloys on Si Platform, pp.456-459, 2009.
16th National Space Science Symposium, Suarashtra University, Rajkot, 24-27 February 2010.
60. A. Bhattacharya, A. Adhikari and A. Maitra,
Multitechnique observations of convective rain structure at a tropical location
61. K. Chakravarty and A. Maitra
Studies on some earth-space propagation phenomena characteristic to the tropical location
62. S. Das and A. Maitra Rain characteristics with MRR observation at a tropical location
63. T. Das, D. Bhaumick, A. Das, S. Ray, A. DasGupta and A. Paul
Some Observations on the Effects of Solar Eclipse on 22nd July,2009,
64. A.Paul and A.DasGupta
Characteristics of GPS Phase Scintillations as Observed from a Low Latitude Station
65. A. Das, S. Ray and A. DasGupta,
Modelling the occurrence of scintillations at L-band using Neural Network
Other Conferences
66. N. R. Das and Kasturi Mukherjee
Electric-field Assisted Tunneling in Asymmetric Barrier Quantum well for Switch Applications, International Conference on Computers, Communication, Control and Information Technology, Feb.6-7, 2009 at AOT, Hooghly, West Bengal, India.
67. A. Maitra, A. Bhattacharya, A. Adhikari and K. Chakravarty
Studies on Rain Structure Based on Ground Based Dropsize Distribution and Earth Space Propagation Measurements, International Conference on Megha tropiques Science and Applications, ISRO Headqurters, Bangalore, 23-25 March 2009, Abstract pp. 32-33.
68. K. Chakravarty and A.Maitra
Propagation effects related to satellite communications at frequencies above 10GHz at Kolkata, Proc. of Radio and Environmental Sciences: National Seminar , National Physical Laboratory (NPL), New Delhi, April 22-23, 2009
69. A. Das and M. Bhattacharya
Detection of Benignancy /Malignancy of Tumor Mass Appearing in Mammogram Using Vague Set Approach, accepted in Proc. of IEEE Int. Conf. on Intelligent Human Computer Interaction (IHCI-2010), 16-18 Jan. 2010 in Allahabad, India (indexed by Springer Link).
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70. A. Das and M. Bhattacharya,
Genetic Algorithm Based Automated Medical Image Fusion Technique: A Comparative Study with Fuzzy Fusion Approach, Proc. of IEEE World Congress on Nature and Biologically Inspired Computing (NaBIC-09), ISBN: 978-1-4244-5612-3, pp. 269-274, December 9-11, Coimbatore, India (indexed by IEEE Computer Society).
71. M. Bhattacharya and A. Das
Atanassov Fuzzy Model for Analyzing Selective Contrast Enhancement of Medical Images using Multiresolution, accepted in Proc. of IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (IEEE NSS/MIC-09), 25th 31st Oct, 2009 in Florida, USA (indexed by IEEE Nuclear Science Society).
72. A. Das and M. Bhattacharya
A Study on Prognosis of Brain Tumors using Fuzzy Logic and Genetic Algorithm Based Techniques, Proc. of IEEE Int. Joint Conferences on Bioinformatics, Systems Biology and Intelligent Computing, ISIBM-2009, ISBN: 978-0-7695-3739-9, pp. 348-351, (3-5) August, 2009 in Shanghai, China (indexed by IEEE Computer Society).
73. S. Pandit Methodology for Sizing of Analog High-Level Topologies using Computational Intelligence Techniques. Accepted. ICETES 2010
74. Ajit Arvind Diwan, Subir Kumar Ghosh, Partha Pratim Goswami, Andrzej Lingas
On Joint Triangulations of Two Sets of Points in the Plane, Proc. of the First India-Taiwan Conference on Discrete Mathematics, 2009, pp. 34-43, 2009.
75. Subir Kumar Ghosh, Partha Pratim
Goswami
Unsolved Problems in Visibility Graph Theory,
Proc. of the First India-Taiwan Conference on Discrete Mathematics, 2009, pp. 44-54, 2009.
76. Subir Ghosh, Partha Goswami, Anil Maheshwari, Subhas Nandy, Sudebkumar Pal and Swami Sarvattomananda
Algorithms for computing diffuse reflection paths in polygons,
Accepted for publication in the Proc. of the Third Annual Workshop on Algorithms and Computation to be held during February 18-20, 2009.
77. Tapashree Roy and Subal Kar
Negative Refractive Index and Transmission Properties through Frequency Dispersive Left-Handed Materials
Accepted for presentation in PIERS 2010, Xi’an, China, 22-26 March 2010.
78. Tapashree Roy, Debashree Banerjee, and Subal Kar
Studies on Multiple Inclusion Magnetic Structures Useful for Millimeter-wave LHM Applications, Contributed in the Third International Congress on Advanced Electromagnetic Materials in Microwaves and Optics, London, UK, 30 August – 04 September 2009.
79. Subal Kar Design and Characterization of a 34GHz IMPATT Oscillator Using Novel Coaxial-waveguide Cavity, Contributed in PIERS 2009, Moscow, Russia, 18-21 August 2009.
80. Rikmantra Basu, Abhirup Das Barman, P.K.Basu
Modeling of Semiconductor Optical Amplifier using a Simple Asymmetrical Multiple Quantum-Well Structure
International Conference on Applied Optics & Photonics, ICONTOP-2009, Kolkata, India, March 2009
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81. Soma Barman Mandal
Identification of coding and non-coding regions of a DNA sequence based on (DNBHB)ws algorithm, paper accepted in the International conference ICETES, to be held on March 25-26 ,2010 at NIU, Tamilnadu.
82. R. Paiella, K. Driscoll, Y. Li, Y. Liao, A. Bhattacharyya, C. Thomidis, and T. D. Moustakas
Intersubband Device Applications of Nitride Quantum Structures Photonics West, San Francisco (CA), Jan 2010 .
83. R. Paiella, K. Driscoll, Y. Liao, A. Bhattacharyya, L. Zhou, D. J. Smith, and T. D. Moustakas
Short-Wavelength Intersubband Light Emission from Optically Pumped GaN/AlN Quantum Wells,
MRS Fall Meeting, paper I10.8, Boston (MA), Dec 2009.
84. F. Sudradjat, K. Driscoll, Y. Liao, A. Bhattacharyya, C. Thomidis, L. Zhou, D. J. Smith, T. D. Moustakas, and R. Paiella
Experimental Observation of Sequential Tunneling Transport in GaN/AlGaN Coupled Quantum Wells Grown on a Free-Standing GaN Substrate MRS Fall Meeting, poster I9.20, Boston (MA), Dec 2009.
85. T. D. Moustakas, Anirban Bhattacharyya, Lin Zhou, David J. Smith and William Hug
AlGaN Quantum Wells Emitting below 250 nm with Internal Quantum Efficiency as high as 50%
2009 MRS Fall Meeting , Boston, Nov. 29, Dec.3, 2009.
86. K. Driscoll, Y. Liao, A. Bhattacharyya, T. D. Moustakas, R. Paiella, L. Zhou, and D. J. Smith
Optically Pumped Intersubband Light Emission near 2 mm from GaN/AlN Quantum Wells IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, paper ThH1, Belek-Antalya, Turkey, Oct 2009.
87. R. Paiella, K. Driscoll, Y. Liao, A. Bhattacharyya, T. D. Moustakas, L. Zhou, and D. J. Smith
Optical and structural characterization of GaN/AlGaN quantum wells for intersubband device applications,
International Symposium on Compound Semiconductors, paper 14.4, Santa Barbara (CA), Sept 2009
88. D. Guha and Y. M. M. Antar
Ultrawideband Monopole-Dielectric Resonator Antennas: Designs and Advances, Invited paper in URSI Comm. B Electromagnetic Theory Symposium EMTS 2010, Berlin, Germany, Aug. 2010.
89. D. Guha, Archita Banerjee, and Y. M. M. Antar
New Radiating Mode Successfully Excited in a Cylindrical DRA to Produce Broadside High Gain Radiation, to be presented in IEEE Antennas and Propagations Symp., Toronto, July 2010
90. D.Guha, Bidisha Gupta, and Y. M. M. Antar
Hybrid Monopole-DRA: New Geometries for Improved Ultra-Wide Impedance Bandwidth,” to be presented in IEEE Antennas and Propagations Symp., Toronto, July 2010.
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91. Chandrakanta Kumar and D.Guha
A New Look into the Cross-Polarized Radiation form a Circular Microstrip Antenna and Suppression Using Dot-Shaped DGS, to be presented in IEEE Antennas and Propagations Symp., Toronto, July 2010
92. C. Mondal and A. Biswas
An analytical model for the high performance Ge channel p-MOSFETs with high-k/metal gate stacks based on surface potential approach accepted for presentation in Int. Conf. ICETES 2010, Tamil Nadu, March 25-26, 2010
93. P. S. Das and A. Biswas
Current conduction in HfYOx gated MOS capacitors on n-GaAs substrates with the silicon interfacial layer, accepted for presentation in Int. Conf. ICETES 2010, Tamil Nadu, March 25-26, 2010.
94. S. Banerjee, Moumita Mukherjee and J. P. Banerjee
Studies on the performance of Wz-GaN DDR IMPATT diode at optimum bias current for THz frequencies,
IEEE EDS Int. Conf. on IEEE Micro/Nano Devices, Structures and Systems (MiNDSS 2010), Tamilnadu, India.
95. Moumita Mukherjee and J. P. Banerjee
DDR Pulsed IMPATT sources at MM-wave window frequency: high power operation mode,
IEEE EDS Int. Conf. on IEEE Micro/Nano Devices, Structures and Systems (MiNDSS 2010), Tamilnadu, India.
National Conference MDCCT-2010, Burdwan University, 2010.
96. B. Pal, A Acharya, A. Das and J. P. Banerjee
Temperature Distribution in a Mesa Structure of Si-IMPATT diode on a Semi-infinite copper heat sink
97. A. Das, Diptadip Chakraborty, J. Sanyal and J. P. Banerjee
Simulation of the circuit characteristics of a millimeter-wave pulsed IMPATT oscillator embedded in a reduced – height cavity
98. Moumita Mukherjee and J. P. Banrjee
Effects of impurity bumps on static and dynamic characteristics of group IV-IV SiC-based IMPATT at Ka-band
99. Moumita Mukherjee and J. P. Banrjee
Effects of parasitic resistances on MM-Wave Si DDR IMPATT at window frequency.
100. Soumen Banerjee, Moumita Mukherjee, Soma Rani Karan, Priyanka Roy Chowdhury, Payel Roy, Ankita Choudhury and J. P. Banerjee.
Terahertz Performance of Wz-GaN based DDR IMPATT Devices
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ANNEXURE – VI(C)
List of Ph.D. Theses Submitted/Awarded / Pre Doctoral Seminar ReadNo. Name of the
CandidateName of the Supervisor
Title
New Registration
1. Manabendra Maiti Dr. Pranab K. Karmakar
Studies of water vapour distribution and the propagation characteristics ay microwaves and millimeter waves
2. Sri Partha Sarathi Das
Dr.Abhijit Biswas/ Prof. C. K. Maiti (ECE, IT-Kharagpur)
Studies on High-k Gate Dielectrics on GaAs Substrates
3. Sri Amit Banerjee Dr.Abhijit Biswas Analytical and Numerical Simulation Studies of Nanoscale Electronic Devices Based on Group IV Elements and Alloys
4. Smt Arpita Adhikari
Prof. Animesh Maitra
Studies on Microwave Propagation Characteristics over The Earth-Space Paths and Related Tropospheric Phenomena in the Tropical Region
5. Sri Tapas Kumar Pal
Prof. J.P.Bandyopadhyay
Some experimental and theoretical studies on Millimeterwave IMPATT Oscillators
6. Smt Dalia Das Prof. Animesh Maitra
Development of Channel Model from Propagation Measurement Over the Earth-Space Path at Frequencies above 10 GHz for Fade Mitigation Applications
7. Sri Aniruddha Bhattacharya
Prof. Animesh Maitra
Studies On Tropical Rain and Related Climatic Parameters Based On Ground Based Observations and Earth–Space Propagation Measurements
8. Sri Sankar Karan Prof. Dwijesh Dutta Majumder, Emeritus Prof. ISI-Kolkata
Studies on Nano Scale Image Analysis With Some Application
Ph.D. Seminar given/Thesis Submitted
1. Sri Sudipta Chattopadhyay
Professor D.Guha Theoretical and Experimental Studies on Some Aspects of The Rectangular Microstrip Patch Antenna
2. Ms. Moumita Mukherjee
Professor D.N.Bose USIC, University of Calcutta.
Computer Studies Of Silicon Carbide, Gallium Nitride and Indium Phosphide Based IMPATT Devices Operating in MM-Wave and Terahertz Region and Corresponding Studies on Photo-Sensitivity of the Devices (Thesis submitted)
3. Sri Kaustav Chakravarty,
Prof. Animesh Maitra
Studies on Effects of Rain On Earth Space Propagation in The Tropical Region”.
4. Sri Tapas Das Professor Dipankar Biswas
Some Studies on Semiconductor Nanostructures for optoelectronic Devices
5. Ms. Susmita Sen Professor Nikhil Ranjan Das
On Certain Aspects of Optical Interaction in a semiconductor Quantum Ring.
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6. Sri Jayanta Mukhopadhyay
Professor J. P. Bandyopadhyay
Studies on the effects of some physical phenomena on the High Frequency properties of IMPATTs based on different materials (Thesis submitted).
Ph.D. awarded
1. Sri Subindu Kumar
Professor D.Biswas Studies on Some Important Properties of III-V Nanostructures
2. Sri Amlan Chakrabarti
Dr.Susmita Sur-Kolay, Professor ACMU Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata.
On Architectural Synthesis of Quantum Computers
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ANNEXURE – VII
List of Faculties and Other Teaching/ Research Staff
(A). Names and Specialisation of the Faculty in the Centre
Professors
1. Prof. S. Kar, Fulbright FellowM.Tech, Ph.D., FIETE, SMIEEE, Head of the Department
Microwave and Millimeter-wave Engineering, Optical Heterodyning and THz Technology, High Energy Physics and Technology, Left-Handed Materials (Metamaterials).
2. Prof. B. Bandyopadhyay M.Tech., Ph.D.
Microwave Electronics, Computer Software
3. Prof. J.P.Bandyopadhyay, M.Sc., Ph.D. SMIEEE
Millimeterwave Semiconductor Devices, Microelectronics.
4. Prof. P.K.Basu, M.Tech., Ph.D., FAST (WB) , FIETE, SMIEEECAS Program Coordinator
Semiconductor Physics, Material Science, Solid State and Optoelectronic Devices, VLSI Design, Optical Communication, Nanoelectronics
5. Prof. D. Biswas M.Tech, Ph.D.
Solid State Electronics and Devices,Electronic Circuit Design and Instrumentation
6. Prof. D. Chattopadhyay, M.Tech., Ph.D., D.Sc.
Semiconductor Physics and Devices, Circuit Theory, Material Science
7. Prof. N. R. Das M. Tech., Ph.D., SMIEEE
Optoelectronic and Photonic Devices, Semiconductor Nanostructures
8. Prof. G. Ghosh M.Tech., Ph.D.
Solid State and Microwave Electronics, Digital Electronics
9. Prof. P. K. Goswamy M.Tech, Ph.D
Microwave Semiconductor Devices andCircuits, Digital Techniques, Control Systems, Numerical Analysis, Electronic Engineering Design
10. Prof. D. GuhaM.Tech., Ph.D., SMIEEE
Antenna Engineering, Microwaves, Broadcast Engineering
11. Prof. A. Maitra M.Sc., Ph.D. FIETE, SMIEEE
Communication, Wave Propagation, Remote Sensing
12. Prof. P. C. Rakshit, M.Tech, Ph.D.
Circuit Theory, Microwave Solid State Devices and Circuits
13. Prof. J. B. Roy, M.Tech., Ph.D., MIEEE
Solid State and Quantum Electronics,Optoelectronics, Microprocessor
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14. Prof. P. K. Saha M.Tech, Ph.D.(Leeds), FIETE, SMIEEE(retired on July 31, 2008)
Electromagnetic Boundary Value Problems, Microwave Engineering, Optoelectronics, Fibre Optic Communication.
15. Prof. S. Sen , M. Tech, Ph.D., FIEDeputy Program Coordinator
Quantum and Optoelectronic Devices, OEIC, Instrumentation, VLSI Design
Readers
1. Dr. Abhijit Biswas M.Tech, Ph.D.,
Semiconductor Device Modeling, Circuit and Device Simulation with SPICE, VLSI, optoelectronics, Control Theory, Semiconductor Physics and Devices, TCAD, Analog circuits.
2. Dr. A. Das Barman, M. Tech., Ph.D.
Optical communication, Audio & Speech Signal Processing
3. Dr. S. K. De M.Tech, Ph.D.
Solid State and Microwave ElectronicsPulse and Digital Technique.
4. Dr. A. Ghosal M.Tech., Ph.D.
Solid State Electronics, Communication Circuits and Systems, Electron transport in Nanostructures and Superlattices
5. Dr. R. Ghosh M.Tech, Ph.D.
Solid State Electronics, Microelectronics,Microwave, Educational Technology.
6. Dr. Partha GoswamyM. Tech, Ph.D.
Computational Geometry, Graph Algorithm, Data Structure & Design and Analysis of Algorithm
7. Dr. Ashik Paul M. Tech., Ph.D.
Space Science, Communication Engg.
8. Dr. (Mrs) G. Sen (Guha Mazumdar)M.Tech., Ph.D., MIEEE
Microwave Engineering, TV Engineering, Optoelectronics.
9. Dr. B. SahaM.Tech., Ph.D.
Active Circuits, Radio wave propagation
Senior Lecturers and Lecturers
1. Dr. (Mrs) Soma Barman Mandal, M. Tech., Ph.D., MIEEE
Mechatronics, Digital Signal Processing
2. Dr. Anirban Bhattacharya, M. Sc., M. Tech., Ph.D.
Crystal Growth and Epitaxy, Semiconductor Device Fabrication, Materials and Device Characterization
3. Dr. Subrata Chattopadhyay, M. Tech, Ph.D.
Millimeter wave propagation, Electric Machines
4. Ms. Arpita Das, M. Tech Medical Image Processing, Artificial Intelligence,
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Pattern Recognition and VLSI Design.
5. Dr. Pranab Karmakar, M. Sc, Ph.D. Microwave & Millimeter wave Propagation, Remote Sensing
6. Sri Anjan Kundu, M. Tech Microwave Engineering
7. Dr. Bratati Mukhopadhyay, M. Tech, Ph.D., MIEEE
Physics of Semiconductor Nanostructures, Semiconductor Devices and Modeling, VLSI circuits, Photonics
8. Dr. Sumitra Mukhopadhyay, M.E.Tel.E., Ph.D., MIEEE
Control Systems Engineering.
9. Dr. Soumya Pandit, M.Sc., M. Tech., Ph.D. MIEEE
VLSI Circuits and Systems, Analog Design Automation
10. Dr. J. Y. Siddiqui,
M. Tech., Ph.D.
Microwave antenna, Computational Electromagnetics
11. Dr. Sarbani Ray, M.Sc., Ph.D. Space Science and Satellite Communication
12. Mr. Sourabh Das, M.Sc. Remote sensing and satellite communication
(B) Guest Lecturers/Retired Professors working as Teachers
Name Affiliation
1. Prof. N. N. Purkait, M. Tech, M. Sc (Wales), Ph.D.
Ex-IRPE
2. Prof. A. K. Dasgupta, M. Tech, Ph.D. Space Science, Radio Wave PropagationAnalog Circuits, Antennas
3. Prof. P. K. Saha, M. Tech, Ph.D. (Leeds) Electromagnetic Boundary Value Problems, Microwave Engineering, Optoelectronics, Fibre Optic Communication.
4. Dr. B. C. Roy, M. Sc., Ph.D. Ex-BKC College; part time in IRPE
5. Sri Himadri Sekhar Dutta A K Choudhury School of IT, CU
6. Prof. Amitabha Chanda ISI (retd)
7. Prof. Ranjan Dasgupta National Inst. For Technical Teachers’ Training & Research, Kolkata
8. Dr. Partha Pratim Das Interra Systems, Salt Lake, Kolkata
9. Sri J. N. Roy Interra Systems, Salt Lake, Kolkata
10. Smt. Himadri Bhattacharyya Surendra Nath College, Kolkata
11. Sri Anirban Sarkar Serampore College, Hoogly, WB
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12. Smt. Nayana Guha Mazumdar BKC College, Kolkata
13. Sri Himadri Sekhar Dutta AK Chowdhury School of IT, CU
14. Dr. Sumitra Ghosh RPE, Research Assistant
15. Prof. Partha Sarathy Dasgupta IIM-Kolkata
16. Prof. Sudakshina Kundu Mookerjee WBUT, Kolkata
17. Dr. Abhijit Mallik Dept. Electronic Sc., CU
18. Sri Surajendra Krishna Deb BSNL, Calcutta Telephones
(C ) List of Full time Scientific/Research Workers
Name Designation / status Supervisor/group leader Sponsoring authority
1. Dr. Sumitra Ghosh Research Assistant /permanent
Prof. P. K. Basu University of Calcutta
2 Sri Himangshu Sarkar
JRF Prof. P. K. Basu As above
3. Smt. Swagata Bhattacharyya
Research Fellow in Science under Meritorious Student
Dr. A. Biswas/
Prof. P. K. Basu
CAS
4. Smt. Aditi Das Senior Research Fellow Prof. A. K. Dasgupta Under CSIR support in S. K. Mitra Centre
5. Sri Tanmay Das JRF Do SKM Centre
6. Sri Sanjib Kabi CAS: RFSMS Prof. D. Biswas CAS
7. Sri Kaustav Chakrabarty
JRF Prof. A. Maitra ISRO
8. Smt. Arpita Adhikary
JRF Prof. A. Maitra ISRO
9. Sri Aniruddha Bhattacharyya
JRF Prof. A. Maitra SAC/ISRO
10. Sri Rakesh Roy JRF Prof. S. S. De/ B. Bandyopadhyay
ISRO
11. Sri Dilip Kumar Halder
JRF Do ISRO
12. Sri Gopal Bhabak JRF do ISRO
13. Smt. Poulami Rakshit
JRF:RFSMS Prof. N. R. Das UGC
14. Smt Kasturi JRF:RFSMS Prof. N. R. Das UGC
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Mukherjee
15. Md. J K M Sadique-Uz-Zaman
JRF: RFSMS Dr. Ranjan Ghosh UGC
(D) CAS RFSMS/Project Fellows joining the Institute in 2005
No Name Supervisor
1. Smt. Swagata Bhattacherjee Dr. Abhijit Biswas/Prof. P. K. Basu
2. Sri Sanjib Kabi Prof. D. Biswas
3. Smt. Poulami Rakshit Prof. N. R. Das
4. Smt Kasturi Mukherjee Prof. N. R. Das
5. Md. J K M Sadique-Uz-Zaman Dr. Ranjan Ghosh
6. Ms. Arpita Banerjee Prof. D. Guha
7. Sri Siddhartha Panda Prof. D. Biswas
(E) List of Faculties in INRAPHEL/Other Institutions working for Ph.D. in the Centre
Name Designation Institution Supervisor
1. Sri A. Kundu Lecturer INRAPHEL, CU Dr. B. Bandyopadhyay
2. Sri Subindu Kumar Lecturer Siliguri Inst. Technology Prof. D. Biswas
3. Sri Tapas Das INRAPHEL, CU Prof. D. Biswas
4. Sri Himadri Dutta Lecturer AKCSIT, CU Dr. N. R. Das
5. Smt. Susmita Sen Lecturer Birla Institute of Technology
Dr. N. R. Das
6. Sri Santu Sarkar Sr. Lecturer Academy of Technology, Adisaptagram, WB
Dr. N. R. Das
7. Sri Swapan Bhattacharya
Asst. Professor Assansol Engg. College Dr. N. R. Das
8. Smt. Madhumita Pal Asst. Professor NIT, Silchar Dr. N. R. Das
9. Smt. Sriparna Bhattacharyya
Sr. Lecturer Heritage Inst. Technology, Kolkata
Dr. N. R. Das
10. Sri Sudipta Chattopadhyay
Sr. Lecturer. Siliguri Institute of Technology
Dr. D. Guha
11. Sri Sujoy Biswas Sr. Lecturer. VXL Technologies Dr. D. Guha
12. Sri Chandra Kanta Scientist ‘D’ Satellite Centre, ISRO, Dr. D. Guha
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Kumar Bangalore
13. Sri Kaushik Datta Sr. Lecturer. Academy of Technology, Adisaptagram, WB
Dr. D. Guha
14. Smt. Bidisha Gupta Lecturer Techno India, Kolkata Dr. D. Guha
15. Sri Chinmoy Saha Lecturer Heritage Inst. Of Tech. Dr. J. Y. Siddiqui
16. Sri. Anirban Mandal Lecturer Netaji Subhas Engg. College
Dr. J. Y. Siddiqui
17. Smt. Sayantani Mitra Lecturer Dr. J. Y. Siddiqui
18. Sri Sujit Chattopadhyay
DGM BSNL, Calcutta Telephones Prof. P. K. Saha
19. Smt. Swastika Chakraborty
Asstt Professor JIS College of Engineering, Kalyani
Prof. A. Maitra
20. Sri S. Bhattacharya Lecturer ITME, Kolkata Prof. A. Maitra
21. Smt Dalia Das Lecturer Meghnad Saha Institute of Technology
Prof. A. Maitra
22. Sri Saurabh Das Research Fellow
Space Application Technology, ISRO, Ahmedabad
Prof. A. Maitra
23. Smt. Moumita Basak Lecturer Techno India, Kolkata Dr. Abhijit Biswas
24. Smt. Ipsita Sengupta Lecturer MCKV College of Engg, Liluah, Howrah
Sri Abhirup Das Barman
25. Sri Koulik Sarkar Teacher Dr. A. Ghoshal
26. Sri Soumen Banerjee Professor Hoogly College of Engineering and Technology
Prof. J. P. Bandyopadhyay
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ANNEXURE-VIII
Other Details about the Faculty
(A) Administrative Positions Held by Faculties
Name Position Centre1. Prof. J. P.
BandyopadhyayDirector Centre of Millimeter wave
Semiconductor Devices and Systems (CMSDS), a joint venture of DRDO and University of Calcutta.
2. Prof. P. K. Basu Director CRTMMW, UGC-NRCPS
3. Prof. Animesh Maitra Director S K Mitra Centre4. Prof. P. K. Saha Director CTIF-India5. Prof. N. Purkait Principal Consultant TEQIP of UCTCU6. Prof. Susanta Sen Dean, Faculty of
Technology (till Dec 2009)CU
(B) Visits Abroad Name Function Institution Period
Prof. P. K. Basu Invited Speaker, Sessin Chairman at Conference NUSOD 09
GIST, Korea Sept. 14-18, 2009
Prof. Bijay Bandyopadhyay
Visiting Scientist University of Arakansas Sept. 2009
Dr. A. Das Barman Visiting Researcher
Photonic National Research Lab (CNIT), Pisa, Italy
Feb. – March 2009
Dr. J. Y. Siddiqui Visiting Scientist Royal Military College, Kingston, Canada November 2008
Prof. Susanta Sen Discussion Meeting for Long Term Collaboration
Ecole Polytechnique, Paris, France May 12-15, 2009
Prof. Susanta Sen (a) Chair a session in Intl Conf. Wireles VITAE (b) Participation of Academic Council meeting of CTIF
Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark May 16-20, 2009
Dr. Pranab K. Karmakar
Visiting Scientist Instituto Nacional De Pesquisas Espaciais, Divisao de Sistemas Ambientais (Satellite and Environmental Systems Division) , Brazil.
February-March 2009
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(C ) Awards, Distinctions, Editorship, Review work, Fellowship/Membership of Societies etc.
Name Distinction
Prof. Susanta Sen Dean, Faculty of Technology & Chairman – LIPMU of TEQIP – UCT-CU; FIE; Fellow CSI, Organizing Chair: VDAT 07; Member of the Governing Council: Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata.
Prof. B. Bandyopadhyay Website Manager: EPMDS 6; Editor of Centres website : www.irpel.orgWebmaster: CODEC 06: Guest Editor, IEE –CDS (special Issue)
Prof. A. K. Dasgupta Member of Editorial Board, IJRSP, Member – URSI GA 06
Prof. P. K. Saha Fellow IETE (FIETE), Senior Member IEEE (SMIEEE), (past) Chairman, AP-MTT Chapter, IEEE – Kolkata; Member of Editorial Board of IEEE Trans. MTTChairman – CODEC 06. Guest Editor – IET-CDS (special Issue)
Prof. P. K. Basu Fellow WAST; FIETE; SMIEEE; (past) Chairman, LEOS Chapter, IEEE Kolkata; Member - EPSRC College, UK (reviewer of projects under EPSRC) (2006-10) (2010-14) ; Reviewer : APS, AIP Journals, IEEE –EDS, IEE-CDS, OQEL, J Phys Chem Solids; IEEE (India) National Distinguished Lecturer.
Prof. G. Ghosh Reviewer in AEMC, 2007and National Conference on Recent Trends in Information Systems (ReTIS-08),February 2008 Life Member, Society of EMC Engineers ( India ).Resource person - Workshop on “Frontiers of Electronics and Communication”, Aug. 7-9, 2009, North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST), Nirjuli, Arunachal Pradesh.Reviewer in CODEC-09 and AEMC-2009.
Prof. J. P. Bandyopadhyay
FIETE, SMIEEE, Member, IEEE(LEOS)Member, Calcutta Chapter of IEEE (LEOS)Listed in Marquis Who’s Who in Science and Engineering, Marquis Publication , U.S.A,External Expert Member of Board of Research studies of (i) BESU, Shibpur and (ii) Burdwan UniversityReviewer of IEEE ED, JIETE, Indian Journal of Pure & Applied Physics, Indian Journal of Physics, Journal of Institution of Engineers.
Prof. S. Kar *Fulbright Fellow, FIETE, SMIEEE, Listed in Marquis Who’s Who in Science and Engineering, Marquis Publication, U.S.A.
*In Muon Collaboration of Berkeley Lab, U.S, Subal Kar, Fulbright Visiting Scientist (1999 – 2000) is one of the seven scientists of Berkeley Lab named to be involved in the design and development of R.F. cavity of Muon Collider.
*Collaborative research on “Laser-based Ultra-fast X-ray source (LUX) with Berkeley Lab U.S. since 2004 has appeared as news page (December 9, 2005) in State Alumni News (Fulbright) of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, U S. Department of State.
*News regarding the development of Plasmonic Metamaterial for First Time in
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India (with Prof. Kar as the team leader) has been reported as on-line publication in the esteemed Science Journal Nature (India) dated 20th August 2009. The metamaterial was displayed in a National Theme Meeting on LHM held at BARC, Mumbai on 17th August 2009. The effort is a collaborative one involving Institute of Radio Physics and Electronics, Calcutta University, SAMEER Kolkata Center and Reactor Control Division, BARC, Mumbai. The team consisted of Prof. Subal Kar (team leader), Tapashree Roy (C.U), Shantanu Das (BARC), and Arijit Majumder (SAMEER, Kolkata).
*Reviewer of JIETE, Journal of Pure and Applied Physics, International Journal of Electronics; Session Organizer and Session Chair of PIERS in Cambridge, U.S, 2008; Selection Committee Expert of Gauhati University, External Expert of the P.G Council of North Eastern Hill University etc.
Prof. A. Maitra FIETE, SMIEEE, General Chair, IEEE AEMC, Kolkata, 19-20 December 2008;Member of Editorial Board, Indian Journal of Radio & Space Physics, NISCAIR, CSIR, New DelhiReferee of the Journals- Indian Journal of Radio and Space Physics, CSIR Indian Journal of Physics, IACS, Calcutta, Journal of Institution of Engineers, Calcutta, Radio Science, USA, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, USA. IEEE National Distinguished Lecturer Member, Scientific Advisory Committee, Space Physics Laboratory, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, ISRO, ThiruvananthapuramOfficial Indian Member in URSI Commission F, 2008-11
Prof. J. B. Roy MIEEE, Program Chair: EPMDS 06; Secretary: IEEE-LEOS, Calcutta Chapter.
Prof. N. R. Das FIETE, SMIEEE, Vice Chairman: LEOS, IEEE Kolkata, Reviewer of IEEE PTL, IEEE-JQEOrganizing Chair of the IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optic Society (LEOS) Chapter of the IEEE Calcutta Section for the year 2004, Secretary 2005Program Chair : CODEC 06; Guest Editor : IJCITE (Special Issue)Editor of an International journal IJCITAE, Reviewer of IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, IEEE J. of Quantum Electronics, IET Circuits, Devices and Systems.
Prof. D. Guha SMIEEE, Reviewer of IEEE Trans MTT, IEEE Trans. Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, IET Microwave, Antennas and Propagation, IET Electronics Letters, International Journal of RF and Microwave Computer-Aided Engineering, International Journal of Antennas and Propagation, Journal of Microwaves and Optoelectronics, IETE Technical Review , Indian Journal of Physics
Dr. Gopa Sen Member IEEE; Secretary, IEEE Photonic Society: Kolkata Chapter; Secretary, CODEC-09.
Dr. A. Biswas Reviewer :IEEE Trans. on Electron Devices, Optical and Quantum ElectronicsBiographical Profile selected for inclusion in MARQUIS Who’S Who in the World 2010 Edition, NJ, USA
Dr. J. Siddiqui MIEEE, Reviewer of IEEE Antenna & Wireless Propagation Letters, Reviewer of IET Microwaves, Antennas & Propagation.
Dr. Abhirup Das Barman Reviewer, IEEE/OSA J Lightwave Technol.
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Dr. A. Ghoshal Reviewer, Ind J Physics, Member of IEEE photonics society
Dr. P. P. Goswami Reviewer of papers for the Third Annual Workshop on Algorithms and Computation(WALCOM 2010) to be held during February 10-12, 2010
Dr. Bratati Mukhopadhyay
Member, IEEE.
Dr. Soumya Pandit MIEEE, Reviewer, IEEE Indicon 2009.
Dr. Anirban Bhattacharya Reviewer, CODEC 09
Dr. Ashik Paul Coordinator, M. K. Dasgupta Memorial Symposium
(D) Invited Talks / Session Chairs in Conferences and Symposia
Name Function Title of Talk/Event Organizers/dates
1. P.K. Basu Invited talk Recent Trends in Nanioelectronics,
IEEE-CASCOM Seminar
IEEE-CASCOM, TCS Kolkata, 21.03.09
2. P.K. Basu Resource Person
Optical Communication: IEEE-NDLP one day seminar
IEEE-NDLP & Assansol Engg College, 17.04.09
3. P.K. Basu Invited talk From Valve to Quantum Dots: An Overview; Introductory talk in NanoDev 09
UGC-NRCPS, June 01, 09
4. P.K. Basu Resource Person
Lectures on Physics of Semiconductor Devices; Nano Dev 09
UGC-NRCPS; June 2-3, 09
5. P.K. Basu Invited talk Two day Workshop “Photonics to Nanophotonics” IEEE-PS
IEEE-PS, 12.06.09
6. P.K. Basu Invited talk Broadband Communication: Wired and Wireless: Some Devices and Systems UGC-SDP on Broadband Communication at ETCE, JU
ETCE-JU, 25.06.09
7. P.K. Basu Resource Person
Frontiers in Electronics and Communication: 3 day Workshop in NERIST
UGC-NRCPS , IEEE-NDLP, NERIST, August 6-9, 09
8. P.K. Basu Session Chair
Session MC in 9th Intl Conf. Numerical Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices (NUSOD 09)
NUSOD Institute & GIST-Korea, 14.09.09
9. P.K. Basu Invited talk Ge/Si photodetectors and Group IV alloy based photodetector materials: NUSOD 09
As above: 16.09.09
10. P.K. Basu Resource Person
Teaching of Electronics in Colleges: UGC-NRCPS & Scottish Church College Workshop
UGC-NRCPS & SCC-Kolkata ; 6-8 November 2009
11. P.K. Basu Resource Indo-UK Workshop Indo-UK
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Person Leadership Program, CU, UGC-NRCPS, IEEE-PS; Dec. 13, 09
12. P.K. Basu Invited Talk Transistor Lasers: Physics, Applications and Design Issues: 15 th IWPSD 09; Dec 15-19, 09
Sem. Soc. India & Jamia Milia Islamia, New Delhi, 18 Dec. 09
13. P.K. Basu Plenary Talk
Feasibilty of Laser Action in Strained Ge and Group IV Alloys on Si Platform, International Conference on Emerging Trends in Electronic and Photonic Devices and Systems (Electro-2009), Banaras, 2009.
IT-BHU, Banaras, Dec. 22-24, 09
14. P. K. Basu Session Chair
Electro 2009 IT-BHU, Dec. 23, 09
15. P.K. Basu Program Chair
CODEC 2009 IRPE, Hyatt, Dec. 14-16, 09
16. P.K. Basu Invited Talk Nanoelectronics: Technology & Applications, One day Seminar on Nanotechnology, Production Engg Dept, Jadavpur University
PE-JU, March 12, 10
17. P. K. Basu Member of Program Committee
10th Intl. Conf. Numerical Siulaton of Optoelectronic Devices (NUSOD -10), Georgia Inst. Tech., USA
GIT, USA, Sept. 2010
18. N. R. Das Invited talk Optical Transmitter and Optical Receiver, Short Term Training Program, on “Fibre Optic Communication” NITTTR, Kolkata, India.
NITTTR, Kolkata Feb. 15-19, 2010
19. N. R. Das Invited talk Si-based Photodetector in Optical Communication, Intl. Conf. on Emerging trends in Electronic and Photonic Devices and Systems (ELECTRO-2009), 2009.
IT-BHU, Varanasi, India, pp.446-451,Dec. 22-24,
20. N. R. Das Invited talk Some Aspects of Modeling Semiconductor Photonic Devices, Workshop under UK-India Collaborative Program, organized jointly by the University of Calcutta, India and the University of Sheffield, UK,
Dec. 13, 2009.”
21. N. R. Das Invited talk Semiconductor Photonics –A Brief Review, Invited Lecture, West Bengal State University, Barasat, West Bengal,
WBSU, Nov. 14, 2009.
22. N. R. Das Program chair
Advances in Semiconductor Photonic Devices – Part I & Part II, IEEE ‘National Distinguished Lecture Program’ (NDLP) Lecture, North-Eastern Regional Institute of Science and
(NERSIT), Arunachal Pradesh, India, Aug. 7-9, 2009
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Technology.
23. N. R. Das Invited Talk Semiconductor Nanophotonic Devices, Two-day Workshop on “Photonics to Nanophotonics’ , during
RPE, June 12-13, 2009.
24. N. R. Das Invited Talk High Electron Mobility Transistor, Summer School on Nanoelectronic Devices (NanoDev)
RPE, June 1-19,
2009.
25. N. R. Das Invited talk Advances in Devices for Optical Communication, IEEE ‘National Distinguished Lecture Program’ (NDLP) Lecture, Assansol Engineering College,
AEC, April 17, 2009.
26. N. R. Das Invited Talk Semiconductor Nanophotonic Detectors for Special Area Applications, IEEE EDS Lecture, Jadavpur University,
JU, March 19, 2009
27. N. R. Das Invited talks
MWIR and LWIR Detectors, International Conference on Computers, Communication, Control and Information Technology, at AOT, Hooghly, West Bengal, India.
AOT, Feb.6-7,
28. A. Biswas Course Director
Summer School NanoDev 09, June 1-19, 2009
UGC-NRCPS, June 1-19, 09
29. A. Biswas Resource Person
As above As above
30. B. Mukhopadhyay
Resource Person
NanoDev 09 UGC-NRCPS, June 1-19, 09
31. B. Mukhopadhyay
Resource Person
DSP A++ UGC-NRCPS, Jan 04-22, 10
32. G. Ghosh Resource person
Workshop on “Frontiers of Electronics and Communication”, Aug. 7-9, 2009, North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology(NERIST), Nirjuli, Arunachal Pradesh.
UGC-NRCPS & NERIST
August 7-9, 2009
33. S. Kar Invited talk “Electrodynamics of Left Handed Systems and its Application” National Theme Meeting on Electrodynamics Experiment on Left Handed Maxwell (LHM) Systems organized by BARC, Mumbai. The event was reported in the on-line science journal Nature (India), on August 20, 2009. [http://www.nature.com/nindia/2009/090820/full/nindia.2009.273.html ]
Bhaba Atomic Research Center (BARC) on August 17, 2009, at BARC, Mumbai.
34. S. Kar Invited talk Half-day Tutorial on “Recent Trends of Research in Microwave, Millimetre-wave and THz Technology” in National workshop on Microwave and Millimetre-wave Techniques for Engg. Applications,
NSEC-Kolkata, Feb. 9-19, 2010.
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Netaji Subhash Engineering College, Kolkata,
35. D. Guha Invited Talk Half-day Tutorial on Wireless Antenna Technology in National workshop on Microwave and Millimeterwave Techniques for Engg. Applications, Netaji Subhash Engineering College, Kolkata,
NSEC-Kolkata, Feb. 9-19, 2010.
36. D. Guha Invited Talk Antenna Technology: Defence Institute of Advanced Technology (DIAT), Pune, Dec 31, 2009.
Pune, Dec 31, 2009.
37. D. Guha Invited Talk Developments of Antenna Technology : National Workshop on Microwave Communication Systems, Purushottam Institute of Engineering and Technology, Rourkela, Orisaa,.
PIET, Rourkela, March 7-8, 2009
38. D. Guha Organizer of a Special Session R18
“UWB Antennas” in International Symposium of Eelectromagnetic Theory EMTS 2010,
Berlin, Germany, August 16-19, 2010.
39. D. Guha General Co-Chair
IEEE Applied Electromahnecs Conference (AEMC 2009), Hyatt Regency Kolkata, Dec. 14-16, 2009, jointly organized by IEEE AP-MTT Chapter and IRPE, CU.
Hyatt Regency Kolkata, Dec. 14-16, 2009,
40. D. Guha General Chair
Indian Antenna Week (A Workshop on Advanced Antenna Technology), Mayfair Puri, May 31- June 4, 2010. to be jointly organized by IEEE AP-MTT Chapter and UGC-NRC, CU.
Mayfair Puri, May 31- June 4, 2010.
41. A. Das Barman Course Director
Winter School DSP Algorithms, Applications (DSPA++)
Feb. 04-24, 2010
UGC-NRCPS, Jan 04-22, 2010
42. A. Das Barman Resource Person
As above UGC-NRCPS
43. A. Das Barman Invited Talk Digital Video and MPEG Picture Compresion – Unleashing Broadcasting Revolution” talk at UGC Refresher Course BroadWireless Communication, Jadavpur University
UGC, June 16, 2009 at JU
44. A. DasGupta Invited talk “Ionospheric Scintillations and GPS
SERC school
June 17- July 7, 2009, Osmania University, Hyderabad.
45. A. Maitra Invited talk J. C. Bose and Microwaves", National Symposium on Celebration of Acharya J. C. Bose's 150th Birth Anniversary, A tribute from his department, organised by
Presidency College, Kolkata, 27 February 2009
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Presidency College, Kolkata
46. A. Maitra Invited talk (with A. Bhattacharya, A. Adhikari and K. Chakravarty), "Studies on Rain Structure Based on Ground Based Dropsize Distribution and Earth Space Propagation Measurements", International Conference on Megha tropiques Science and Applications,
23-25 March 2009
ISRO Headqurters, Bangalore
47. A. Maitra Resource Person
Mobile and Wireless Communications: Present and Future Trends
IEEE National Distinguished Lecture Programme
17 April 2009 Asansol Engineering Collge, Asansol, West Bengal
48. A. Maitra Invited talk Broadband Wireless: Emerging Systems and Technologies" UGC Sponsored Refresher Course on Broadband Wirelesss Communication, Jadavpur University, 16 June 2009
JU 16 June 2009
49. A. Maitra Invited talk Studies on Tropical Rain and
Atmospheric Water Content using Ground Based Measurements and Satellite Data related to Megha Tropiques Mission", Megha Tropiques Review Meeting.
11-12 February 2010, Space application Centre, ISRO, Ahmedabad,
50. A. Maitra Session Chair
CODEC 09 Dec. 14-16, 2009
51. A. Maitra Session Chair
AEMC 09 Dec. 14-16, 2009
52. A. Paul Invited talk Satellite Based Communication and Navigation UGC Sponsored Refresher Course on Broadband Wireless Communication
Jadavpur University, June 19, 2009.
53. A. Paul Invited talk Studies of Space Weather Events with GPS and Backscatter Radar at NARL, ISRO sponsored CAWSES India Phase II Science Program Workshop
National Atmospheric Research Laboratory (NARL), Tirupati, July 9-11, 2009.
54. A. Paul Coordinator M. K. Dasgupta Memorial Seminar, UGC-NRCPS
Sept. 01, 2009.
55. Susanta Sen Session Chair
International Conference Wireless VITAE, Aalborg University, Denmark
AAU-Denmark, May 16-20, 2009,
56. Susanta Sen Resource Person
Frontiers in Electronics and Communication
Aug. 7-9, 09 NERIST
57. Susanta Sen Resource Person
Teaching of Electronics in Colleges Nov. 6-8, 09
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58. Susanta Sen Resource Person
Summer School NanoDev and Winter School DSPA++
59. Susanta Sen General Chair
4th Intl. Conf. CODEC Dec. 14-16, 2009
60. Susanta Sen Keynote address
All India Seminar on Wireless Networks and Social Development”, organized by Inst. Of Engineers (India)
Jan. 08, 2010
Kolkata
61. J. B. Roy Resource Person
Teaching of Electronics in Colleges, Scottish Church College, Kolkata
UGC- NRCPS program
Nov. 6-8, 2009
62. Dr. Gopa Sen Secretary 4th Intl. Conf. Computers & Devices for Communication (CODEC)
Dec. 14-16, 2009
Hyatt Regency Kolkata
63. P. K. Karmakar Invited series of lectures
Instotuto Nacinal de Pesquisas Espaciais, Brazil.
Feb. – March 2009
64. Soumya Pandit Resource Person
CMOS Device Modeling for Analog & Digital Circuits, UGC-NRC Sponsored summer school Nano Dev, , Institute of Radio Physics and Electronics
June 2009, RPE
65. Soumya Pandit Resource Person
CAD for Nano CMOS Analog Design, UGC-NRC sponsored workshop on “Frontiers of Electronics and Communication” at North Eastern Regional Institute of Science andTechnology (NERIST), Nirjuli, Arunachal Pradesh,
August 2009
NERIST, Nirjuli
66. P. P. Goswamy Invited talk Research Promotion Workshop on (Introduction to Graph and Geometric Algorithms)
March 25-27, 2010, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela
67. P. P. Goswamy Invited talk Research Promotion Workshop on {\sf Introduction to Graph and Geometric Algorithms
January 27-29, 2010, Beneras HinduUniversity, Varanasi
68. P. P. Goswamy Invited talk Research Promotion Workshop on Introduction to Graph and Geometric Algorithms
January 7-9, 2010. National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirapalli
69. P. P. Goswamy Invited talk Research Promotion Workshop on ( Discrete Mathematics)
November 9-12, 2009, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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70. P. P. Goswamy Invited talk Dr. Homi J. Bhabha Birth Centenary Workshop on (Introduction to Graphs and Geometric Algorithms)
July 15-18, 2009 Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore,
71. Soma Barman Mandal
Resource Person
DSP A++ UGC-NRCPS, Jan. 4-22, 2010
72. Sumitra Mukhopadhyay
Resource Person
NanoDev 09 UGC-NRCPS, June 1-19, 2009
73. Sumitra Mukhopadhyay
Do Teaching Electronics in Colleges UGC-NRCPS, Nov. 6-8, 2009
74. Anirban Bhattacharya
Invited Talk Nanotechnology and Solid-state Lighting, Symposium on Transport Phenomena and its Impact on Advanced Material Processing Technologies, December 8th and 9th, 2009, Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute, Durgapur
CMERI, Durgapur, Dec. 8-9, 2009
75. Anirban Bhattacharya
Resource Person
Frontiers in Electronics and Communication at NERIST
UGC-NRCPS Aug. 7-9, 2009
76. Prof. J. P. Bandyopadhyay
Invited Talk IMPATT diode as a potential source for millimeterwave communication
UGC-ASC January 2010
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Invited Talk Future prospect of millimeterwave techniques using IMPATT diode
Netaji Subhas Engg. College, Kolkata February 2010
(E) Collaboration with National/International Institutes
Name Name of the Collaborating Scientist/Institution
Nature of collaboration
1. Prof. A. K. Dasgupta NPL. GMRT,NMRF-Tirupati, Andhra U, SAC, Boston U, Boston College, USA, ICTP-Trieste
Joint research
2. Prof. N. Purkait NPL, PRL Joint research
3. Prof. P. K. Saha RMC, Kingston, Canada, SAMEER-Kolkata
Joint research and book writing
4. Prof. P. K. Basu McMaster Univ, Canada As above
5. Prof. S. Sen TIFR Joint research
6. Prof. D. Biswas U Valencia, Spain Joint research
7. Prof. Subal Kar Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California at Berkeley, U.S.A
Laser based Ultrafast X-ray source LUX) for ultrafast studies in human cells. Nano structures etc.
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8. Prof. Subal Kar Yamaguchi University, Japan Design and Development of low phase-noise metamaterial based IMPATT Oscillator and Power Combiner
9. Prof. A. Maitra I)B i) Bose Institute, Kolkata ii) Satellite Application Cnetre, ISRO, Ahmedabdiii) Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UKiv) Strathclyde Univesrity, UK
v) Microwave Laboratory, Universite vi) Catholique de Louvain, Belgium
Joint research, collaboration in sponsored projects
10. Dr. D. GuhaRoyal Military College: Ro Royal MilitaryCollege of Canada, Kingston, Ontario.
Joint works on developing new Planar Antennas
11. Dr. D. Guha CSIR Regional Research Laboratory (RRL), Trivandrum
Dielectric Resonators for wideband Wireless Antennas
12. Dr. D. Guha Spotwave Wireless Inc., a NorhAmerican Wireless Industry
Design of dual band high gain wireless antenna.
13. Dr. N. R. Das McMaster University Joint research14. Dr. Abhijit Biswas IMEC-Belgium, IIT-Kharagpur Joint research
15. Dr. Pranab K Karmakar
GSFC-NASA(USA) , CICS-NOAA (USA), CPTEC-INPE (Brazil); CNRS-(France); IRD (France).
International Collaborative research
16. Sri Sourabh Das ISRO Joint Research
17. Dr. Pranab K. Karmakar
Instotuto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, Brazil.
Joint collaboration with Centre for Research and Training in Microwaves and Millimetre waves, Institute of Radiophysics and Electronics
(F) Conferences/Workshops arranged/supported by Faculties of INRAPHEL
Title Date/venue Collaboration/support
1. IEEE-NDL Programme on
Advances in Communication
April 17, 09/Asansol Engg College
IEEE-NDLP, IEEE-PS, AEC
2. Two day Workshop From Photonics to Nanophotonics
June 12-13 IEEE-PS,
3. One day Workshop Lasers in Opthalmology June 19, IEEE-PS, Shankar Netralaya
4. Summer School NanoDev 09 June 1-19 UGC-NRCPS
5. Outreach Program Frontiers of Electronics Aug. 7-9, 2009/ UGC-NRCPS, IEEE-
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and Communication NERIST, Nirjuli, Arunachal Pradesh
NDLP, NERIST
6. One day Workshop on Prof. M. K. Dasgupta : commemoration of International Year of astronomy
Sept. 01, 09/IRPE UGC-NRCPS
7. 3 day Workshop Teaching of Electronics in Colleges
Nov. 6-8, 09/Scottish Church College
UGC-NRCPS, Scottish Church College
8. Indo-UK Workshop on Photonic Devices and Systems for LW & MWIR Applications
Dec. 13, 09/IRPE Indo-UK Leadership Program, UGC-NRCPS, UPE-CU, IEEE-PS, EEE-Sheffield Univ
9. Workshop on Wireless & Mobile Technology Dec. 13, 09/IRPE CTIF-India, CAS
11. 4th Intl. Conf. Computers & Devices for Communication (CODEC 09)
Dec. 14-16, 09/Hyatt Regency Kolkata
CAS, UGC-NRCPS, IRPE, IEEE-EDS & PS, IET, SPIE, INSA, DRDO, CSIR, BRNS, DOS, WB Govt.
12. 2nd Intl. Conf. Applied Electromagnetic Conference (AEMC 09)
As above CAS, UGC-NRCPS, IRPE, IEEE-AP & MTT, URSI
13. Winter School DSP Algorithm, Architectures and Applications (DSPA++)
Jan 04-24, 2010 UGC-NRCPS
(G) Visits, Lectures by Distinguished Scientists and Other Lectures arranged
No Name & Affiliation Title Date/ Organizer
1. Professor Supriya Chakrabarti, Director, Center for Space Physics, Boston University, Boston, USA
Hands-On Space Experiments from Cradle to Grave: The Sounding Rocket Program at Boston University
May 27, 2009
SK Mitra Centre
2. Dr. Sanjay Krishna, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, USA
Infra Red NanoDevices June 02, 2009
UGC-NRCPS, IEEE-PS, IEEE-CUSB
3. Prof. Upamanya MadhowUniversity of California, Santa Barbara, USA
M.M.Wave Communication and Sensor Networks
July 08
IEEE-PS, RPEA
4. Dr. Partha Pratim Pandey, Washington State University, Pullman, USA
On-chip Wireless Communication Network for Multi-Core Systems
Aug. 17, 09
RPEA, IEEE-CUSB,
5. Mr. Satadru Sarkar CMOS Compact Modeling in Semiconductor Industry
Aug. 20 2009
RPEA, IEEE-CUSB
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1. Technical Lectures (organized by IEEE-PS: Calcutta):
No Speaker/Affiliation Title of Talk Date/Organizer
1. N. R. Das, CU, India Advances in Avalanche Photodiode for Optical Detection
07/01/09(Joint with CUSB)
2. Sankhadeep Das, U. Sheffield, UK
Development of Type II InAs/GaSb LWIR Photodetector
13/01/09(Joint with CUSB)
3. P. K. Basu, CU, India A Journey from Valves to Nanodevices 01/06/09(Joint with CUSB)
4. B. M. Arora, TIFR, India Nanomaterials and Nanodevices 01/06/09(Joint with CUSB)
5. Prof. Upamanya MadhowUniversity of California, Santa Barbara, USA
M.M.Wave Communication and Sensor Networks
08/07/2009
6. Mr. Kanishka Majumdar, Student, CU, India
Blue Eye Technology 03/09/2009(Joint with CUSB)
7. Mr. Subham Pramanik, Student, IRPE, India
Bio Technology and Bird Tracking 03/09/2009(Joint with CUSB)
8. Mr. Venkat Roy, Student, IRPE, India
WIMAX 03/09/2009(Joint with CUSB)
2. Outreach Programs:
No Speaker Title of Talk Co-organizer(s)
One Day Workshop Advances in Communication, held at sansol Engg. College, Asansol on April 17, 2009 as IEEE-NDL Programme
1. A. Maitra Mobile and Wireless System: Present and Future Scenarios AEC, IEEE DL Program
2. S. N. Sarkar Single Mode Conventional and Photonic Crystal Fibers
3. N. R. Das Advances in Devices for Optical Communication
4. P. K. Basu Fiber Optic Communication and Networking: Present and Future Trends
One day Seminar on Wonders of Electronics and Photonics, held at Chandannagar Banga Vidyalaya, February 14, 2009, organized by IEEE-Photonics Society
1 P. K. Basu The journey of Electronics and Microelectronics leading to Photonics
Chandannagar Banga Vidyalaya, Hoogly
2. S. N. Sarkar From Electronics and Optics to Photonics – Basic Concepts and Development
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3. J. B. Roy How Simple Microprocessor Works
4. H. S. Dutta, P. Banerjee
How Fiber Optic Communication Voice Link Works
3 day Workshop (Aug. 7-9, 2009) at NERIST, Nirjuli, Arunachal Pradesh by IEEE-NDLP and UGC-NRCPS
A report and list of sperakers are given elsewhere
3. Tutorial / Workshop
A one-day Tutorial on “Photonics to Nanophotonics” was organized during June 12-13, 2009. Participants came from various organizations. A nominal registration fee was there for the participants. The lectures were as follows:
Overview of Nanophotonics P. K. Basu, CU
Semiconductor Nanophotonics Devices N R Das, CU
Infrared Focal Plane Arrays S.Krishna, UNM (USA)
Opical Similaritons in the context of Non-linear Pulse propagation through Optical Fibers
Mousumi Basu, BESU
Plasmon Resonator nanoparticles for nanophotonics P. K. Saha, CU
Photonics and Nanophotonics in Fiber Optics S. N. Sarkar, CU
Fiber Optic Sensor: Technology and Applications S. Khijwania, IIT-Guwahati
Fiber Bragg Grating for Structural Health Monitoring K. Dasgupta, CGCRI
Photoemission from Nanostructured Materials K. P. Ghatak, CU
4. Seminar A Seminar on “Lasers in Opthalmology” was organized on June 19, 2009. Lectures were delivered by
Doctors from Shankar Netralaya Kolkata, India.
Introduction (on the Topic) Rupak Kanti Biswas
Opthalmic lasers: Basic Concepts Maneesh Singh
H. PatentsInternational Patent Application:
Theodore D. Moustakas, Adam Moldawer, Anirban Bhattacharyya, Joshua Abell, “Optical Devices Featuring Non-polar Textured Semiconductor Layers” PCT International Application No. PCT/US2009/036554, (International publication number: WO 2009/111790 A1, Publication Date: Sept. 11, 2009).
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I. Books
Prof. J. P. Bandyopadhyay Basic Electronics Engineering; Vikas Publishing, Delhi, 2009
Dr. Pranab K. Karmakar Outlines of Physics – Vol 1 & Vol 2 : Platinum Publisher, Kolkata, 2009
Dr. Pranab K. Karmakar Microwave Propagation and its application : Taylor & Francis, (under Review ), 2010
Prof. P. K. Basu Theory of Optical Processes in Semiconductors: Bulk and Microstructures, Oxford Scholars Online, Oxford Univ. Press, Oxford, UK (2009).
Prof. D. Guha and Prof. Y. Antar (Editors)
Microstrip and Printed Antennas: New Trends, Techniques and ApplicationsPub. Wiley Inter Science, UK, 2010
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ANNEXURE-IX
New Projects Sanctioned
Name Project Title Funding agency /amount in lakhs/period
1. Prof. P. K. Basu (PI) & Prof. N. R. Das (Co-PI)
Physics and modeling of Si nanophotonic devices
DST, ~ 12 lakhs
2007-2010
2 Prof. S. S.De/
Dr. Bijay Bandyopadhyay
Monitoring Global Electricity Parameters
Indian Space Research Organization
Rs. 35, 06,558
01.04.2007 (3 yrs)
3. Prof. S.S. De (PI) and Dr. B. Bandyopadhyay
(Co-PI)
Monitoring Global Electricity Parameters
ISRO Rs: 27.48 lakhs
Duration : 3 years
4 Prof. A. Maitra Radio Remote Sensing of the Tropical Atmosphere (Phase II)
ISRO, Department of Space, Government of India, Bangalore
Rs. 14.83 lakhs2007 -2010
5. Prof. A. Maitra Studies on tropical rain and atmospheric water content using ground based measurements and satellite data related to Megha Tropiques Mission
SAC, ISRO Rs. 29.34 lakhs2007-2010
6 Prof. A. Maitra Studies on Water Vapour and Cloud Liquid Water using Radiometers and Related Rain/Fog Environment at High Altitude Station at Darjeeling
DST, Government of India, under IRHPA Scheme through Bose Institute, Kolkata, 2005-2010.
7 Dr. Ashik Paul A study on the variability of total electron content near the crest of the equatorial anomaly in the Indian zone
ISRO, 7 lakhs
Feb. 2006 – 3 years
8 Prof. A. Dasgupta
Operation of SCINDA Receiver at the University of Calcutta
Department of the Air Force, Asian Office of Aerospace Research and Development (AOARD), Japan
US$6900.00 (~Rs. 2.95 lacs)(2008-2009)
9 Prof. A. Dasgupta
Ionospheric Space Weather in relation to Satellite Based Systems
ISRO Rs. 33.05 lacs2007-2010
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10 Prof. A. Dasgupta & Dr. Ashik Paul
Detection of Travelling Ionospheric Disturbances (TIDs) associated with the solar eclipses of July 22, 2009 and January 15, 2010 by GPS TEC monitoring
Indian Space Research Organization
2 years (2009-2011)Total Fund: Rs. 2.70 lacs
11 Do Ionospheric Space Weather in relation to satellite-based systems
Indian Space Research Organization
3 years (2007-2010)Total Fund: Rs. 33.05 lacs
12 do A Study on variability of post-sunset Total Electron Content and scintillation near the crest of the Equatorial Anomaly in the Indian Zone
Indian Space Research Organization
3 years (2009-2012)Total Fund: Rs. 9.43 lacs
13 Dr. Soumya Pandit
Statistical Modeling, Design and Optimization of Nano CMOS Analog/RF Circuits,
Centre for Research in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, University of Calcutta,
Initially for 1 years, likely to continue for 3 years. Amount = Rs 2.00 lakh + salary of 1 SRF.
14 Dr. Soumya Pandit
Development of a design automation tool for nano CMOS analog circuits
Department of Science and Technology under Fast Track Scheme for Young Scientists
3 years, 12.12 lakhs.
15 Dr. Abhijit Biswas
Modeling and studies of nano CMOS devices based on strauined Si, Ge and their alloys including novel device architectures
Centre for Research in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, University of Calcutta
Initially for 1 years, likely to continue for 3 years. Amount = Rs 2.00 lakh + salary of 1 SRF.
16 Dr.Bratati Mukhopdhyay
Physics and Modeling of Some Emerging Nanophotonic Devices for Application in Infrared Wavelength Regime
Centre for Research in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, University of Calcutta
Initially for 1 years, likely to continue for 3 years. Amount = Rs 2.00 lakh + salary of 1 SRF.
17 Prof. Susanta SenCo-investigators:1. Prof. D. J. Chattopadhyay, Dept. of Biotechnology2. Dr. Sanatan Chattopadhyay, Dept. of Electronic Sc.
“Design and Implementation of Digital Microfluidic Based Chips for Biomedical Applications”
Department of Information Technology, Govt. of West Bengal through WBEIDC
3 years from July 2009Rs. 1.00 crore
18. Dr. Anirban Bhattacharya
Development of solar blind photodetectors based on AlGaN nanostructures for flame sensing
Center for Research in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, University of Calcutta,
Duration: 1 year, 2009-2010, amount 2 Lakhs
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19. Dr. Pranab K. Karmakar
Evaluation of Rainfall Estimation over South America
Govt .of Brazil
ANNEXURE X
Activities of Student Organizations in 2009-10
University of Calcutta Student Branch, IEEE; Student Branch Code: 28561School Code: 2528593; Email Address: [email protected]
Celebration of Science Day:Science Day was celebrated on February 28, 2009. Participants were from various schools, e.g. Chandannagar Banga Vidyalay, Haryana Vidyamandir, etc. It was jointly organized by IEEE C.U. Student Branch. There were lectures and demonstrations.
Type Topic Speaker/Demonstrator
Lecture Overall Concepts of Communication Somak Bhattacharyya, AOT, Hooghly, India
Demo. Electro-magnet Sanghomitra Das, Student, IRPE
Demo. Chemical Volcano Shaswati Banerjee, Baisakhi Ghosh, Student, IRPE
Demo. Circuits and Systems Avishikta Pal, Student, IRPE
Demo. Air Pressure Debalina Pal, Sangita Dutta, Student, IRPE
Demo. Microprocessor – Basic Prnciples Tamal Sarkar, Student, IRPE
Demo. Quiz Circuits Sayantani Sen, Student, IRPE
Demo. Water Level Tank Biplab Chakraborty, Student, IRPEDemo. Seven segment display Sankhabrata Bandyopadhyay, Student, IRPE
Demo. Laser Source and Optical Fiber Soumyadeep Misra, Student, IRPE
Demo. Optical Fiber Voice Link Sandeep Karar, Student, IRPE
Other Lectures
IEEE-CUSB organized lectures in association with other IEEE Chaters of IEEE-Calcutta Section. The list of such lectures have been included earlier.
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ANNEXURE XIUtilization of Additional Grants under SAP (Infrastructure Development)
I. Grant of Rs. 20.00 lakhs (1st Instalment)
Sl No Item Expenditure in Rs.1. 2 pcs. Laptop 1,59,800/=2. 4 pcs. P. Ceramic Steel Green Surface Chalk Boards 66,600/=3. 1 pc. Digital Interactive Board Model SB 680 + 2 pcs.
Digital Multimedia Projector Model EP 716 P2,10,000/=
4. 4 sets Microlab –II, Universal Electronic Trainer having Function Generator, etc
59,400/=
5. 4 nos. 4 GB Pn Drive, 1 pc. Handycam, & 30 nos. Computer Table
1,24,010/=
6. 30 pcs. Executive chair, 5 pcs. File cabinet, 5 pcs. Almirah type book shelves, 1 pc. Steel almirah
2,29,592/=
7. 12 pcs. AC machines with installation charges 3,21,228/=8. 19 nos. computer system, 10 nos. 15” TFT monitors, 5 nos.
laser printer, 10 nos. UPS, 2 nos. printer servers, & 5 nos. 24 port managed switch
7,55,633/=
9. Electrical renovation work 24,875/=10. Electrical renovation work 44,973/=11. 1 pc. TV trolley Model Ikon 1127 3,825/=
Total 19,99,936/=
II. Grant of Rs. 30.00 lakhs (2nd Instalment )
B1 Hi-power Online UPS 2,01,760/=B2 High power Servo Controlled Voltage Stabiliser 1,49,625/=B3 VSX 7400e Presenter, including VSX 7000e Powercam
Camera, 1 micrpophone etc. for meeting room8,11,807/=
B4 Fire Extinguisher for Sisir Mitra Bhavan & CAS building 2,40,638/=B5 Supply of Computer tables, making tables, chairs etc for the
library84,920/=
B6 6 nos 2 ton Split AC machine for library 2,14,780/=B7 Computer tables & chairs 7,543/=B8 Renovation of Meeting Room, etc 4,13,288/=B9 Renovation of Advanced Communication and Remote
Sensing Lab1,75,212/=
B10 Wall granite, reception counter, overhead tank repairing 90,058/=B11 Repairing of windows in CAS building 2,26,206/=B12 Water treatment plant Ion Exchange 3,84,163/
Total 30,00,000/=
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ANNEXURE XII
Reports on Academic Programmes by UGC-NRCPSThe following Table summarises the academic activities including schools, seminars/workshops, international conerences and outreach programmes. The number of speakers and participants are shown specifying the numbers coming from institutions other than the department.
No Title Date/Venue Category Speakers Participants
In Out Total In Out Total
1. Summer School Physics of Semiconductor Nanostructures (SemiNano08)
June 2-20, 2008
HoT 9 8 17 1 18 19
2. 2-day Workshop Nanotechnology: Fabrication & Characterization Techniques (NanoFact)
June 13,14, 08
Talk X 11 11 70 50 120
2. Winter School Broadband Microwave Systems & Communication (MiSCom 09)
Feb. 4-24, 09
HoT 7 14 21 1 15 16
3. Summer School Physics and Simulation Techniques for Nanoscale Electronic Devices (NanoDev 09)
June 1-19, 2009
HoT 9 15 24 5 11 16
4. 3-day Workshop Frontiers of Electronics & Communication
Aug 7-9, 09
NERIST, Arunachal
OP at NE State,
06 Nil 06 06 43
(NE states)
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5. M.K. DasGupta memorial seminar (International Year of Astronomy)
Sept 01, 09 Workshop Nil 04 04 46 30 76
6. Teaching of Electronics in Colleges
Nov. 6-8, 09
Scottish Church College
Joint activity with adopted
College
06 +10
01 17 17 53 70
7. One day Workshop Photonic Devices and Systems for Long and Mid Infrared
Dec. 13, 09 Indo- UK
International Workshop
02 03 05 18 16 34
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Applications
8. Workshop on Future Generation ICT and its Standards
Dec. 13, 09 CTIF-India International Workshop
X 09 09 16 20 36
9. International Conference Computers & Devices for Communication (CODEC 09)
Dec. 14-16, 09
International Conference
170
10. International Conference Applied ElectroMagnetic Conference (AEMC 09)
Dec. 14-16, 09
International Conference
X 15 15 150
11. Winter School DSP Algorithm, Architecture and Applications
(DSPA++-2010)
Jan 04-22, 2010
HoT 12 4 16 2 12 14
Abbreviation : OP (Outreach Programm); HoT (Hands-on-Training).
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