Activities

INDIA CHIP PROGRAM

1. Chip Design (Details of the chip fabricated using SMDP Fund)

Name of Chip Design	Number of students involved in project	Technical Specification including I/O PIN detail/packages/complexities/ power consumption etc.)	Technology used	Name of the Design Integrating Institution	Brief Description of functionality	Name of the foundry where chip has been fabricated
Adder circuits	Atul Nishad & M.Tech. VLSI Design students	Designed	0.18μm	IIT Delhi	Adder circuits using different design styles	UMC
Digital To Analog Converter	HarshitAgarwal, Yash Agrawal	Under Process	0.18μm	IIT Delhi	High Performance DAC Design	UMC

2.	Board Level Design (Details of the chip fabricated using SMDP Fund)

Name of Design	Number of students involved in project	Design Specifications	Brief Description of functionality	Name of the H/W Board used
Implementation and optimization of face recognition algorithm using Gabor Wavelets	3 No	Variation in orientation, specs, illumination, hair were considered. MATLAB(R2007a), Accel DSP9.2, Xilinx System Generator 8.2, Xilinx ISE 8.2i were the Tools used	Compared the results obtained by few standard wavelets used for pattern recognition in the face recognition algorithm. It was verified in MATLAB, then converted to VHDL code using Accel DSP9.2of Xilinx and then implementation of FPGA	SPARTAN-3E FPGA board

SHORT TERM COURSES / CONFERENCES ORGANIZED BY E&CED IN VLSI

S.No.	SHORT TERM COURSES / CONFERENCES	Name of Faculty Coordinators	Dates
1.	Summer School cum Training Programme on VLSI Design & Optimization Techniques (VDOT 2006) (TEQIP) E&CED, NIT Hamirpur HP	Dr. Rajeevan Chandel & Dr. Ashwani Kumar Chandel	05-09 June, 2006
2.	Winter School cum Training Programme on VLSI Design & Recent Trends in Nano-Electronics (VDNE 2006) (TEQIP)	Dr. Rajeevan Chandel & Er. Ashwani Kumar Rana	18-22 December, 2006
3.	NATIONAL CONFERENCE on Design Techniques for modern electronic devices, VLSI & Communication systems DTVC-2007 (Under TEQIP, VSI, SMDP-II) E&CED, NIT Hamirpur HP	Dr. Rajeevan Chandel General Chair	14-15 May, 2007
4.	Short Term Course cum Training Programme on HDL & VLSI EDA Tools	Dr. Rajeevan Chandel & Er. Philemon Daniel	21-25 May, 2007
5.	STTP on VLSI Design & Tools under NIT Hamirpur seminar & SMDP-II Project VLSI-07 E&CED, NIT Hamirpur HP	Dr. Rajeevan Chandel & Er. Philemon Daniel	4-8 Dec, 2007
6.	National Workshop on VLSI & Communication Systems VCS-08 E&CED, NIT Hamirpur HP	Dr. Rajeevan Chandel, Er. Gargi Khanna & Er. Krishan Kumar	5-6 June, 2008
7.	AICTE Summer School (2-weeks) on Applications of MATLAB, OrCAD/ SPICE in Engineering MOS-08 EED & E&CED, NIT Hamirpur HP	Dr. Ashwani Kumar Chandel & Dr. Rajeevan Chandel	30 June- 11 July, 2008
8.	AICTE Summer School (2-weeks) on Design Techniques for VLSI & Nanotechnology DTV-08 E&CED, NIT Hamirpur HP	Dr. Rajeevan Chandel Er.Ashwani kumar	12-21 July, 2008
9.	STTP Fundamentals of HDL Verilog & SPICE, SMDP-II & SPEC E&CED, NIT Hamirpur HP	Dr. Rajeevan Chandel, Er. Gagnesh kumar & Er. Philemon Daniel	10 Sep -4 Dec, 2008
10.	AICTE Summer School (1-week) on VLSI Design & Optimization Techniques VDOT-09 E&CED and EED, NIT Hamirpur HP	Dr. Rajeevan Chandel, Dr. Ashwani Kumar Chandel & Er. Gargi Khanna	06-10 July, 2009
11	AICTE Summer School (1-week) on Engineering Applications of EDA Tools- Verilog & SPICE (EDAT-09) E&CED, NIT Hamirpur HP	Dr. Rajeevan Chandel, Er. Gagnesh Kumar & Er. Philemon Daniel	13-17 July, 2009
12.	Summer School cum Training (1-week) on EDA Tools Verilog & SPICE- ETVS-09 under SMDP-II E&CED, NIT Hamirpur HP	Dr. Rajeevan Chandel Er. Gagnesh Kumar & Er. Philemon Daniel	20-24 July, 2009
13.	Research Issues in Modern VLSI Devices (RIMVD-09) (TEQIP)	Dr. Vinod Kapoor & Er. Ashwani K. Rana	6-7 Nov., 2009
14.	AICTE Winter School (1-week) on Applications of MATLAB in Engineering MAT-09 EED, NIT Hamirpur HP	Dr. Ashwani Kumar Chandel & Dr. Rajeevan Chandel	18-22 Dec., 2009
15.	Workshop cum Training on Cadence EDA Tools under SMDP-II E&CED, NIT Hamirpur HP	Dr. Rajeevan Chandel	20-21 Jan., 2010
16.	Workshop cum Training on Mentor Graphics EDA Tools under SMDP-II E&CED, NIT Hamirpur HP	Dr. Rajeevan Chandel	28-29 Jan., 2010
17.	Workshop on Emerging Research Areas in VLSI & Electronics Engineering ERA-2010 under SMDP-II, MDC, CCE	Dr. Rajeevan Chandel Dr. Ashwani Kumar Chandel & Er. Gargi Khanna	20-21 May, 2010
18.	AICTE Summer School (1-week) on Power Quality Problems & Mitigation Methods, PQM-2010 EEED, NIT Hamirpur HP	Dr. Ashwani Kumar Chandel & Dr. Rajeevan Chandel	5-9 June,2010
19.	A Three days Workshop on SPICE under SPEC & SMDP-II	Dr. Rajeevan Chandel & Er. Rohit Dhiman	1-3 Oct, 2010

EXPERT LECTURES IN VLSI DELIVERED BY DISTINGUISHED RESOURCE PERSONS

S.No	Name of the invited guest	Designation and Organisation	Expert lecture(s) /Invited talk(s) Topic	Dates
1.	Prof. S. Sarkar	Prof E&CED, IIT Roorkee	VLSI Design (Expert Lectures in VDOT 06)	5 and 6 June, 2006, 2007
2.	Prof (Mrs.) Irene Sarkar	Prof E&CED, IIT Roorkee	Classical Optimization Techniques	6 June, 2006
3.	Prof. I.K. Bhat	Director, NIT Hamirpur	Introduction to Nano-Technology	5 June, 2006
4.	Prof. RP Agarwal	Prof E&CED & Dean, IIT Roorkee	VLSI Technological Issues (Expert Lectures)	8 - 9 June, 2006
5.	Prof. R.S Tomar	LMIIT, Jaipur	Microwave Transreceivers & Power Amplifiers for Satellite Comm.	15 May, 2006
6.	Prof. AK Saxena	Prof E&CED IIT Roorkee	III-V GaAs Device Design Issues, Expert Lecture in Nat. Conf. DTVC -2007	14-15, July 2007
7.	Dr. CP Ravikumar	TI, Bangalore	Invited Talk in Nat. Conf. DTVC -2007	14 -15, July 2007
8.	Prof. GS Visveswaran	IIT Delhi	Delivered an Expert Lecture on Low Power Analog VLSI Design in DTVC - 2007.	14 July 2007
9.	Prof. Dinesh Kumar	IIT Bombay	Took a Tutorial on Analog VLSI Design in DTVC-2007	14-15 July 2007
10.	Prof. Mrityunjay	IIT Kharagpur	Delivered Expert lecture on Digital VLSI Design	26 Oct 2007
11.	Prof. DR Bhaskar	IIT Delhi	Delivered Expert lecture on OTA Design	26 Oct 2007
12.	Er. Ramesh Kumar	TI, Bangalore	BIST & Design	5-6 June, 2008
13.	Prof. AK Saxena	Prof E&CED IIT Roorkee	Semiconductor Device Physics	12-21 July, 2008
14.	Dr. S DasGupta	IIT Roorkee	FinFETS & Novel Devices	6-7 Nov, 2009
15.	Prof. B.V.R. Reddy	Professor E&CE & Dean, IPU, New Delhi	Delivered an Expert Lecture on an Overview & Recent Trends in Wireless Communication under CCE	12th Sep 2009
16.	Prof. Swapna Baneerjee	Professor E&CE, IIT Kharagpur	i) Ultrasonography-the Green Technology. ii) Low Power Embedded System Design (invited talk and Expert Lecture respectively)	20 May 2010 in ERA-2010 under CCE and SMDP-II
17.	Prof AK Chatterjee	HOD E&CED, TU	As Expert	26 June 2010
18.	Prof. S. S. Rajput	NPL India, NewDelhi	Low Power VLSI Design	12 June 2011

Invited Lectures Delivered (National /International)

Sr. No.	Title of the lecture	Name of Faculty	Place	Dates
1.	An expert lecture delivered & demo sessions on Workshop on SPICE	Dr. Rajeevan Chandel	NIT Hamirpur	1-3 Oct 2010
2.	A talk delivered on VLSI Design Issues-A Review on VDAT-2010 in E&CED	Dr. Rajeevan Chandel	NIT Hamirpur	27 Aug 2010
3.	Expert lectures delivered on Smart Materials in AICTE Summer School on Intelligent Environment IE-10	Dr. Rajeevan Chandel	NIT Hamirpur	15 July 2010
4.	Expert lectures delivered on Signal Integrity and Power Quality Issues in VLSI Interconnects, PQM-2010	Dr. Rajeevan Chandel	NIT Hamirpur	8 June 2010
5.	Expert lectures delivered on Some Issues in MEMS and VLSI Design, ERA-2010	Dr. Rajeevan Chandel	NIT Hamirpur	21 May 2010
6.	Expert lectures delivered on SPICE as a tool for Engineering applications, in annual Technical Festival NIMBUS-2010	Dr. Rajeevan Chandel	NIT Hamirpur	24 Feb 2010
7.	Expert lectures delivered on Signal Processing using MATLAB, in AICTE Winter School on Applications of MATLAB in Engineering MAT-2009, EE Deptt.	Dr. Rajeevan Chandel	NIT Hamirpur	18-22 Dec 2009
8.	Expert lectures delivered on Engineering Applications of LINUX, in AICTE Winter School on Linux System Administration and Programming LSAP-09, CSE	Dr. Rajeevan Chandel	NIT Hamirpur	14-18 Dec 2009
9.	Expert lectures delivered on Signal Processing, in AICTE Winter School on Advances in Optical and Wireless Communication AOWC-09	Dr. Rajeevan Chandel	NIT Hamirpur	14-18 Dec, 2009
10.	Expert lectures delivered on Introduction to SPICE in VLSI, PSPICE programming using OrCAD, TSPICE using Tanner, Circuit Simulation using SPICE, VLSI Design and demonstrated EDA Tools in AICTE Summer School EDAT-09 and SMDP-II Summer School cum training ETVS-09, E&CE Dept	Dr. Rajeevan Chandel	NIT Hamirpur	July 2009
11.	Expert lectures delivered on MOS Fundamentals, MOS Modelling & Parasitics, Delay and Power in CMOS VLSI, Digital VLSI Design Techniques, VLSI Physical Design and demonstrated EDA Tools in AICTE Summer School VDOT-09, E&CE Dept	Dr. Rajeevan Chandel	NIT Hamirpur	July 2009
12.	Three Expert Lectures delivered on Introduction to VLSI & Nanoelectronics; Trends in VLSI Design & Technology; Design techniques for VLSI for high performance computing, in AICTE Winter School on Recent Advances in Mobile Computing and Communication	Dr. Rajeevan Chandel	NIT Jalandhar	29 Dec 2008
13.	Invited Special Lecture presented on Electronics & Communication in Modern Era, Regional Science Congress-2008	Dr. Rajeevan Chandel	Jawahar Navodaya vidyalaya Paprola, HP	25 Nov 2008
14.	Delivered 5 Expert Lectures on Introduction to SPICE, SPICE programming, OrCAD, Tanner; Circuit Simulation in STTP on HDL-Verilog & SPICE and demonstrated EDA Tools in Lab sessions	Dr. Rajeevan Chandel	NIT Hamirpur	23 Sep-29 Nov 2008
15.	Participated, contributed Research Paper and Chaired Technical session in IEEE symposium on VLSI Design & Test VDAT-2008	Dr. Rajeevan Chandel	Wipro Learning Centre, Bangalore	23 -26 July, 2008
16.	Delivered Expert Lectures on SPICE, MOS Fundamentals, Delay Issues in CMOS Design, Power Dissipation in CMOS, Design Techniques for CMOS VLSI in AICTE Summer School on Design Techniques for VLSI & Nanotechnology, DTV-2008 and demonstrated Lab VLSI EDA Tools	Dr. Rajeevan Chandel	NIT Hamirpur	12-21 July, 2008
17.	Delivered Expert Lectures on SPICE, OrCAD, MOS Modeling and Physical Design of Circuits in AICTE Summer School on Applications of MATLAB, OrCAD/ SPICE in Engineering, MOS-2008 and demonstrated Lab EDA Tools.	Dr. Rajeevan Chandel	NIT Hamirpur	30 June -11 July 2008
18.	Delivered an expert lecture on VLSI Design Issues & Progress of SMDP-II, E&CED	Dr. Rajeevan Chandel	NIT Hamirpur	20 Feb 2008
19.	Three expert Lectures delivered on SPICE for Circuit Simulation, MOSFETS; & CMOS VLSI Design in Short Term Training Programme under NIT Hamirpur Seminars & SMDP-II on VLSI Design & Tools, E&CED	Dr. Rajeevan Chandel	NIT Hamirpur	4-8 Dec, 2007
20.	An INVITED LECTURE was delivered on Recent Trends in Communication & VLSI Technology in Seminar on Information & Communication Technology ICT-2007	Dr. Rajeevan Chandel	IETE Centre, Shimla HP	26th August 2007
21.	Role of SPICE in Circuit Simulation in Short Term Course cum Training Programme under TEQIP & SMDP-II on HDL & VLSI EDA Tools, E&CED	Dr. Rajeevan Chandel	NIT Hamirpur	21-25 May, 2007
22.	Chaired Session on VLSI Design Techniques and was the General Chair cum Coordinator of National Conference on Design Techniques for modern electronic devices, VLSI & Communication system (DTVC-2007), E&CED	Dr. Rajeevan Chandel	NIT Hamirpur	14-15 May 2007
23.	VLSI Design & EDA Tools, INVITED TALK by Dr. Rajeevan Chandel, NIMBUS-2007	Dr. Rajeevan Chandel	NIT Hamirpur	31 March, 2007
24.	TWO Expert Lectures Delivered on CMOS Delay & Power Dissipation and Digital VLSI Design in Short Term Course cum Training Programme VLSI Design & Nano-Electronics VDNE-2006, held in E&CED	Dr. Rajeevan Chandel	NIT Hamirpur	18-22 Dec, 2006
25.	Six expert lectures on MOS Models, CMOS Inverter Delay, CMOS Power Dissipation, Digital VLSI Design and CMOS Physical Design were delivered in STC on FPGA Design	Dr. Rajeevan Chandel	Bundelkhand University, Jhansi UP	09-12 Dec, 2006
26.	Chaired Session on VLSI Design & NanoTechnology & Delivered an INVITED TALK on VLSI Design Issues in Nano-Regime Technologies National Conference on Recent Advances in Electronics and Communication Technology (RAECT-06), , E&CED	Dr. Rajeevan Chandel	GNDEC Ludhiana (Pb).	9-10 November 2006
27.	FIVE Expert Lectures Delivered on CMOS Delay, Power Dissipation, Digital VLSI Design, CMOS Physical Design and SPICE in Short Term Course cum Training Programme VLSI Design & Optimization Techniques VDOT - 2006, held in E&CED	Dr. Rajeevan Chandel	NIT Hamirpur	05-09 June, 2006
28.	TANNER Tools & SOFTMEMS Tools demonstrated to the 34-participants of STC on VDOT-2006 as above and lab sessions	Dr. Rajeevan Chandel	NIT Hamirpur	07-08 June, 2006
29.	Low power VLSI Techniques in workshop on Emerging research areas in VLSI & Electronics Engg.	Er. Gargi Khanna	NIT Hamirpur	21 May, 2010
30.	Interconnects in VLSI in summer school on Design technique for VLSI & Nanotechnology	Er. Gargi Khanna	NIT Hamirpur	14 July, 2008
31.	Low power design techniques in summer school on Design technique for VLSI & Nanotechnology	Er. Gargi Khanna	NIT Hamirpur	16July, 2008
32.	Clock Distribution in summer school on Design technique for VLSI & Nanotechnology	Er. Gargi Khanna	NIT Hamirpur	21 July, 2008.
33.	Satellite Communication in National Workshop on VLSI & Communication Systems	Er. Gargi Khanna	NIT Hamirpur	5 June, 2008
34.	VLSI Interconnects in STC on VLSI Design & Tools	Er. Gargi Khanna	NIT Hamirpur	5 Dec,2007
35.	On Interconnects in VLSI Circuits in STC cum training Programme on VLSI Design & Recent Trends in Nano- Electronics VDNE-06	Er. Gargi Khanna	NIT Hamirpur	18 -22 Dec., 2006
36.	Marching towards Nanoelectronics	Er. Ashwani K. Rana	NIT Hamirpur, STC (VDNE- 2006)	18 Dec.2006
37.	Nanoscale Devices	Er. Ashwani K. Rana	NIT Hamirpur, STC (VDNE- 2006)	19 Dec.2006
38.	Micro fabrication Techniques adopted in VLSI	Er. Ashwani K. Rana	Rayat Institute of Engg. and Info. Tech., Railmajra, (Pb) in Nat. Con. (LTTC-06)	26 Aug 2006,
39.	Nano Device Fundamentals	Er. Ashwani K. Rana	MED, NIT Hamirpur	22 dec 2007
40.	Nanotechnology-safety Aspect	Er. Ashwani K. Rana	MED, NIT Hamirpur	12 Mar 2008
41.	Applications of Timer/Op-Amps	Er. Manoranjan Rai	NIT,Hamirpur (HP)	7-11 April, 08
42.	Applications of Operational Amplifier	Er. Manoranjan Rai	NIT,Hamirpur (HP)	4 -8 Nov, 2008