INUP- i2i Familiarization Workshop on Nanofabrication Technologies, IIT Bombay January 19 – 21, 2022
January 19 – 21, 2022
Indian Nanoelectronics Users' Programme - Idea to Innovation (INUP-i2i), IIT Bombay organized its first Familiarization Workshop on Nanofabrication Technologies during January 19 - 21, 2022 using a virtual online platform through Microsoft Teams Meetings. The highlight of the workshop was the Inauguration of the “INUP-i2i common web portal” for all the host institutes. This three-day online workshop began with an inaugural ceremony on January 19, 2022. The program started at 09:30 AM with the welcome address by Prof. Subhasis Chaudhuri, Director, IIT Bombay where he warmly welcomed the third phase of this very successful INUP program. The guest of honour, Dr. R. Chidambaram, Former Principal Scientific Advisor, Govt. of India highlighted the importance of INUP Program and its success during the first two phases. The INUP-i2i common website portal was inaugurated by Shri Arvind Kumar, DG (STQC) & Group Coordinator, R&D in Electronics, R&D in Cyber Security, MeitY, Govt. of India. Prof. Dipankar Bandyopadhyay, PI, INUP-i2i, IIT Guwahati gave an overview of this common INUP-i2i web portal. Following the inauguration, the audience was addressed by Smt. Sunita Verma, Scientist 'G'/Sr. Director, Microelectronics, Nanotechnology and Medical Electronics & Health Informatics Divisions, MeitY, Govt. of India who has been a pioneer support and pillar for the INUP from MeitY. The special guests from MeitY, Dr. Sangeeta Semwal, Scientist ‘D’, Nanotechnology Initiatives Division, R&D in Electronics Group, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology and Dr. S. P. Uttam were present at the inaugural function.
Later, Prof. J. Vasi, who is the founder PI, INUP IITB shared his experience from the initial small discussion of the INUP program to its journey till the very successful programme as it is today. An introductory overview on INUP-i2i at IIT Bombay was summarised by Prof. Ashwin Tulapurkar, PI, INUP-i2i IITB. The inaugural session was concluded with the vote of thanks by Prof. Udayan Ganguly, PI, INUP-i2i, IIT Bombay. In addition to 217 participants from 122 Institutes across India, the Principal Investigators from the six host Institutes (IISc, IITB, IITKgp, IITD, IITM, IITG) had attended the workshop and inauguration ceremony.
INUP-i2i common web portal Inauguration by Shri Arvind Kumar
Overview of INUP-i2i common web portal by Prof. Dipankar Bandyopadhyay, PI- INUP-i2i IITG
Dignitaries present at the IUP-i2i Inaugural ceremony
The inaugural session was followed by technical sessions which covered the following nine themes. The lectures were delivered by IITB faculty members from various departments.
- Logic & Memory Devices
- MEMS & Microfluidics
- Compound Semiconductor Devices
- Sensors
- Organic Electronics
- 2D Materials & Devices
- Photovoltaics
- Spintronicsv
- Quantum Computation and Electronics
To assess the enthusiasm among the audience, a multiple choice question (MCQ) test was conducted on the last day of the workshop (January 21, 2022) based on the lectures given by IITB faculty members.
The programme schedule of the workshop is as follows:
INUP-i2i FAMILIARIZATION WORKSHOP ON NANOFABRICATION TECHNOLOGIES, IIT Bombay
January 19-21, 2022
Programme Schedule
| Wednesday (January 19, 2022) | |
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| Prof. Saurabh Lodha, PI, INUP-i2i, IITB (Compere) | |
| 0930 - 0940 | Welcome address by Prof. Subhasis Chaudhuri - Director, IIT Bombay |
| 0940 - 1000 | Address by Guest of Honor Dr. R. Chidambaram - Former Principal Scientific Advisor, Govt. of India |
| 1000 - 1020 | Inaugural Address by Chief Guest Shri Arvind Kumar, DG (STQC) & Group Coordinator, R&D in Electronics, R&D in Cyber Security, MeitY, Govt. of India |
| 1020 - 1025 | Inauguration of INUP-i2i common web portal by Chief Guest Shri Arvind Kumar, DG (STQC) & Group Coordinator, R&D in Electronics, R&D in Cyber Security, MeitY, Govt. of India |
| 1025 - 1035 | Introduction to INUP-i2i portal by Prof. Dipankar Bandyopadhyay, PI, INUP-i2i, IIT Guwahati |
| 1035 - 1050 | Address by Smt. Sunita Verma, Scientist 'G' / Sr. Director, Microelectronics, Nanotechnology and Medical Electronics & Health Informatics Divisions, MeitY, Govt. of India |
| 1050 - 1105 | Address by Prof. J. Vasi, IIT Bombay, founding PI, INUP IITB |
| 1105 - 1120 | Introduction to INUP-i2i at IITB by Prof. Ashwin Tulapurkar, PI, INUP-i2i, IITB |
| 1120 - 1125 | Vote of Thanks by Prof. Swaroop Ganguly, PI, INUP-i2i, IITB |
| Theme 1: Logic & Memory Devices | |
| 1130 – 1215 | Of Neurons and Synapses: RRAM based Neuromorphic Engineering - Prof. Udayan Ganguly |
| 1215 – 1300 | Memory Technology to Mimic Biological Neuron - Prof. Sandip Mondal |
| 1300 – 1400 | Lunch Break |
| Theme 2: MEMS & Microfluidics | |
| 1400 – 1445 | Microfluidic devices for healthcare applications - Prof. Debjani Paul |
| 1445 – 1530 | Role of MEMS in Fuel Cell Technology - Prof. Richard Pinto |
| Theme 3: Compound Semiconductor Devices | |
| 1530 – 1615 | Fabrication of GaN transistors - Prof. Dipankar Saha |
| 1615 – 1700 | III-Nitride semiconductors: Growth to Devices - Prof. Apurba Laha |
| 1700 – 1745 | ISTEM - Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Shrivastava |
| 1745 – 1630 | Poster presentation (participants) |
| Thursday (January 20, 2022) | |
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| Theme 4: Sensors | |
| 0930 – 1015 | CMOS compatible NEMS/MEMS for power gating and power management applications - Prof. Maryam Shojaei |
| 1015 – 1100 | Functionalization of microfabricated surfaces - Prof. Soumyo Mukherji |
| 1100 – 1145 | Porosity tailored hard nanocarbons: from science to applications - Prof. C. Subramaniam |
| 1145 – 1230 | Introduction to Microsystems Packaging - Prof. Pradeep Dixit |
| 1230 - 1330 | Lunch Break |
| Theme 5: Organic Electronics | |
| 1400 – 1445 | Organic and Perovskite Optoelectronic Device Research @ IITBNF - Prof. Dinesh Kabra |
| 1445 – 1530 | Flexible and Printed electronics - Prof. Dipti Gupta |
| Theme 6: 2D Materials & Devices | |
| 1530 – 1615 | Few-layer TMDs for high performance photodetection - Prof. Saurabh Lodha |
| 1615 – 1700 | Controlling epitaxial growth of layered transition metal dichalcogenides - Prof. Tanushree H. Choudhury |
| 1700 – 1830 | Poster presentation (participants) |
| Friday (January 21, 2022) | |
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| Theme 7: Photovoltaics | |
| 0930 – 1015 | Crystalline silicon solar cell research at NCPRE - Prof. Anil Kottantharayil |
| 1015 – 1100 | Recombination Processes in Semiconductors - Prof. B.M. Arora |
| 1100 – 1130 | What can we learn from optical absorption experiments? - Prof. K.L. Narasimhan |
| Theme 8: Spintronics | |
| 1130 – 1215 | Spin-based devices and phenomena - Prof. Ashwin Tulapurkar |
| 1215 – 1300 | The NEGF technique for nanoscale device simulation - Prof. Bhaskaran M |
| Lunch Break | |
| Theme 9: Quantum Computation and Electronics | |
| 1400 – 1445 | Materials and Nanoelectronic Devices for Semiconductor Spin Quantum Computing - Prof. Suddhasatta Mahapatra |
| 1445 - 1530 | Diamond based quantum technologies - Prof. Kasturi Saha |
| 1530 – 1615 | An Overview of IITBNF Research Infrastructure - Dr. Deepti Rukade |
| 1615 – 1700 | How to avail IIITBNF Facilities through INUP-i2i? - Dr. K. Nageswari |
| 1700 – 1730 | MCQ Test |
| 1730 – 1830 | Poster presentation (participants) |
Map depicting the participation distribution across India
