UNIVERSITY
OF CALCUTTA
Institute of Radio Physics and Electronics
PROGRESS REPORT
(April 2005 – March 2006)
Centre of Advanced Study
in
Radio Physics and Electronics, University of Calcutta,
Presented at the CAS Advisory Committee meeting held on March 28, 2006, at
Institute of Radio Physics and Electronics, University of Calcutta
Institute of Radio Physics and Electronics, University of Calcutta
Status: Centre of Advanced Study
Address: Sisir Mitra Bhavan
University College of Technology
92 Acharya Prafulla Chandra Road3
Calcutta – 700 009.
Telephone No.: + 91-33-2350-9115 / 9116 / 9413
Fax No. : +91-33-2351-5828
e-mail: pkb.rpe@caluniv.ac.in
susanta.rpe@caluniv.ac.in
Date of first approval: August, 1963.
Programme last reviewed :March, 2005.
1. Advisory Committee
Chairman
Professor
Banerjee
Asis
K. Vice Chancellor,
Calcutta
UGC Nominee
Prof. T. C. Goel
Director,
Campus)
UGC Nominee
Prof. B. N. Basu
Institute of Technology, Banaras
Hindu University
Member
Prof. P.C. Rakshit
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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University
BITS-Pilani
of
(Goa
2. Major Recommendations:
Recommendations of the Advisory Committee for the Centre of Advanced Study in
Radiophysics and Electronics, University of Calcutta
Meeting held on March 31, 2004
1. The Committee was impressed with the very high quality of research presented for
the term ending March 2004. Some of the activities are truly of international class.
Total number of publications: 98 Journal papers and 214 Conference papers. During
this period 17 Ph.D.s have been produced.
During the last CAS Advisory Committee meeting, we had requested that the
Chancellor consider introduction of some new steps for smooth running of the
Centre.
Vice-Chancellor explained that several steps have already been taken. These
include:
1. Separate budgeting for projects.
2. Admission of B.Tech. degree holders to Ph.D. programmes.
3. Delegation of academic, administrative and financial autonomy to
project leaders.
4. Initiation of efforts for faculty recruitment ( 4 lecturers & 2 reader candidates)
4. We strongly recommend that CAS be continued beyond 2004 for a new phase in
view of outstanding performance in fields identified for the Institute. The Institute
is encouraged to send, as soon as possible, a proposal for renewal with information
on the areas of thrust and budgetary requirements. We note that the grant
approved for 2003-2004 has not yet been released. We recommend the release
of this grant at an early date and approval given to utilise the fund till 30 th
September, 2004.
5. The Institute has identified four areas of excellence for research and teaching.
These are
 Solid State and Microelectronics (VLSI and Nanotechnology)
 Microwave and Lightwave Technology (Devices and Circuits)
 Space Science and Communication (Navigational Electronics and
Radio/Atmospheric Science)
 System and Computer Science (Information Technology/ Embedded Design)
It is a pleasure to record that the Institute has a core competence and expertise of high
order in the above areas, around which most of the revolutions in Electronics and
Communication are projected to take place in near and distant future. The Institute has
built its reputation through very high quality faculty and their research activities.
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The above areas being highly knowledge-intensive and specialised, the Committee is of
the opinion that the nucleus of excellence created here must be sustained and nurtured
on a long-term programme to establish an institute of international reckoning.
6. The Committee recommends that the Institute should be recognised by the AICTE
as an institution for M.Tech. and Ph.D. programme for college teachers under the
Quality Improvement Programme (QIP). Necessary steps should be initiated in this
direction by the University.
7. The Committee was told that the GATE scholars often have to wait a long time for
getting their scholarships. The University may consider the modalities for
advancing the fellowship amounts from own resources pending release from the
UGC. The UGC should also be approached for speedy release of the fellowship
amounts. The delay in releasing the scholarship is one of the factors, which does not
allow bright students qualifying GATE to seek admission in IRPE M.Tech.
programmes.
8. In view of the competence of the institute it is recommended that in future it takes
initiative to play the role of leadership in various national programs in the area of
Electronics and Communication to network other national academic institutes in the
programs identified for the Centre.
Prof. A. Bannerji
Chairman
Dr.A. P. Mitra
Prof. A.B. Bhattacharya
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Prof. P.B. Rao
3. Details of Sanctions and Expenditure
Grant sanctioned
Non Recurring :
Recurring
:
Total
:
68.25 lakhs
31.65lakhs
99.90 lakhs
Statement of Expenditure
A. Expenditure during 1-4-2005 to 31-3-2006 (approx. figures in lakhs)
Equipment
(i)
Vector Network
Analyser
(ii) Spectrum Analyser
(iii) DSP tool Kit +10
Pentium
(iv)Zero-air and Nitrogen
generator
(v)Receiving system for
Schumann Resonance
(vi)Softwares
(Mentor
Graphics 5 user)
(vii)Inkjet Printer for B.Tech
students Project work (2)
2.(a)Lecture auditorium with
modern facilities including
LCD projector
(b) Dust-free room (for
pollution measurement)
(c) Reprographic facilities
Total:
B. Recurring
1. Contingency @ Rs.
75,000/-p.a
2. Consumables/Chemicals
etc. @Rs. 50,000/-p.a.
3. Travel @ Rs. 30,000/-p.a.
4. Visiting Fellows @ Rs.
40,000/-p.a.
5. Seminar @ Rs. 50,000/p.a. (for two events)
6.
Hiring
of
secretarial/Technical
services @ Rs. 30,000/-p.a.
7. Advisory committee
meetings @ Rs. 50,000/-p.a.
8. Books and Journals @ Rs.
50,000/-p.a.
9. Project Fellows (4Nos.)
@ Rs. 6,000/-p.a.
Amount
sanctioned
40.00
Order placed
Bill
submitted
Balance
USD-96,785.60
4.00
4.50
1,80,498.00+USD3,300.00
2. 00
1,70,000.00
1,85,104.00
14,896.00
1.00
83,980.00
20,000.00
-3,980.00
9,91,502.00
8,498.00
10.00
0.15
10,600.00
10,600.00
4,400.00
5.00
-
-
1.00
-
0.60
68.25
Estmate
Submitted to
UGC
Estmate to be
Submitted to
UGC
58,500.00
-
0.75
73,151.00
1,849.00
0.50
41,664.00
8,336.00
0.30
0.40
524.00
11500.00
29,476.00
28,500.00
-
-
1,500.00
-
0.50
-
0.30
-
To be utilized
in 2006-07
12,300.00
0.50
-
-
-
0.50
-
-
-
5
17,700.00
4. Thrust Areas
Present (New Phase)
(a) Solid State Electronics & VLSI Design
(b) Space Science and Communication
Proposed New Areas
With the rapid expansion of the field of Electronics, any existing
infrastructure and knowledge, particularly in the high technology
areas tend to become obsolete within a few yearsIt is felt that the
present thrust areas should be made more broad based to emphasise
the following areas :
a) Computers,
b) Information Technology,
c) Photonics,
d) Artificial Intelligence,
e) CAD and CAM,
f) Radio and Atmospheric Science
g) Nanoelectronics and Nanosystems
5. Major Achievements in Teaching and Research
(a)
Course Development
Semester system in M. Tech level was introduced earlier. It has been decided
to introduce Semester system in the B. Tech. level for both Radio Physics and
Electronics and Information Technology.
The proposed structure for B. Tech. in RPE is given in Annexure I(A)
The proposed structure for B. Tech. in IT is given in Annexure I(B).
The existing M. Tech structure is given in Annexure II.
Structure for 1 yr. Diploma in MM wave Technology is given in Annexure III.
(b)
Student intake
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
B. Tech in RPE : 42 (32 general + 8 SC/ST + 2 outside CU
B. Tech in IT : 20 (course fee @ Rs. 3000/= pm)
M. Tech : 40 ( 28 general + 2 outsideCU + 8 SC/ST + 8 sponsored @
Rs. 3000/ pm)
(c)
New Academic/
Research Programs
A brief note on the Training Programme in
Millimetrewave Technology and Wave Propagation [Annexure IV(A)]
A report on the S. K. Mitra Centre for
Research in Space Environment [Annexure IV(B)]
(d)
Teaching/Research
Labs
With the introduction of IT new teaching laboratories have been introduced.
The laboratories are renovated and shifted to new locations. Recently financial
support from World Ban/MHRD supported TEQIP has been received. The
teaching and research laboratories are being augmented.
(e)
Research Activities
The Centre is well known for its research activities, both theoretical
and experimental, in four thrust areas mentioned earlier.
The achievements in the thrust areas during the period under review are
highlighted in Annexure–V(A).
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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).
Reports/Technical Notes published are given in Annexure VI (C ).
6. 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 furnace
Mask Aligner
Vector Network Analyser
Spectrum Analyser
Gas Chromatograph
OTDR
EDA Suite
VLSI related Softwares
(b)
Library
(c)
Internet
(d)
Website
(i)
No of Books: 18000
(ii)
Journals: transferred to Central Library
(iii)
CD/LRs : more than 150.
(iv)
Computers: one
All teachers have access to internet. Journals availble in the e-library of
CU can be accessed.
The Centre has its own website : www.irpel.org, which is regularly
updated.
7. Faculties
(a)
List of Faculties with specialisation
Annexure VII (A) : 1
(b)
List of Guest Lecturers/retired teachers
Annexure VII(A): 2
(c)
List of Scientific Workers
Annexure VII(A): 3
(d)
List of CAS Project Fellows
Annexure VII(A): 4
(e)
List of Other Workers working for Ph.D. under Faculties
Annexure VII(A): 5
(f)
List of Ph.D. theses submitted/awareded
Annexure VII(A): 6.
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8. Achievements/activities of Faculties
(a)
Membership etc
Annexure VII(B) : 1
(b)
Visits abroad
Annexure VII(B): 2
(c)
Awards, Distinction, Editorship, Reviewer, etc
Annexure VII(B): 3
(d)
Invited talks/Chairmanship
Annexure VII(B): 4
(e)
Conferences attended
Annexure VII(B): 5
(f)
(g)
Books published/under preparation
Collaboration with International/ National Institutions
Annexure VII(B): 6
Annexure VII(B): 7
(h)
Distinguished Visitors in the Centre
Annexure VII(B): 8
(i)
Patents
Annexure VII(B): 9
(j)
Conferences/Workshops arranged
Annexure VII(B): 10
(k)
Lectures arranged
Annexure VII(B): 11
9. On-going Projects:
Details about the on-going projects are given in [Annexure–VIII]
10. Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme (TEQIP)
Activities are described in [Annexure IX]
11. Collaboration with regional institutions
The faculties serve as experts and mentors 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, comes 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) f 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.
12. Encouragement of Student Activities
1.
2.
3.
4.
The Faculties of the Centre, in collaboration with LEOS Chapter, IEEE- Kolkata, arranged a
Students lecture contest on December 24, 2005, at Haringhata Field Station.
The Faculties of the Centre, in collaboration with LEOS Chapter, IEEE- Kolkata, arranged a
Research Awareness Program on February 15, 2006.
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 (28.02.06) has been observed by arranging an exhibition of Photonics
related equipment for school and college students, followed by demonstration and question-answer
period.
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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 pulling 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.
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
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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 postgraduate 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 personal 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 was transferred and some of the facilities of the
Centre was 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.
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
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(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 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 BankMHRD, 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.
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 : Coordinator
Prof. N. G. Nath: Deputy Coordinator
1992 - 1997
5.
Prof. N. Purkait: Coordinator
Prof. P. K. Saha : Deputy Coordinator
1997 - 2005
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ANNEXURE-I(A)
University of Calcutta
Proposed Semester Structure of B.Tech Course in
Radio Physics and Electronics
B.Tech Part- I
Semester- I
PAPER (THEORY)
NAME OF PAPER
MARKS
101
Engineering Mathematics
50
102
Engineering Electromagnetics
50
103
Network Analysis
50
104
Analog Circuit
50
105
Semiconductor Device Physics
50
106
Communication Principles
50
THEORETICAL TOTAL:
300
PRACTICAL
107
Engineering Drawing
50
108
Mechanical Workshop
50
109
Electronic Circuit Elements and Measurements
100
PRACTICAL TOTAL:
200
TOTAL (THEORETICAL + PRACTICAL )
500
Semester II
PAPER
NAME OF PAPER
MARKS
(THEORY)
201
Computational Mathematics
50
202
Electrical Machines
50
203
Network synthesis and transmission networks
50
204
Pulse and Switching Circuits
50
205
Semiconductor Devices
50
206
Communication Circuits
50
THEORETICAL TOTAL:
300
PRACTICAL
207
Electronics Workshop
50
208
Computer Practice
50
209
Communication Circuit Engineering
100
12
PRACTICAL TOTAL:
200
TOTAL (THEORETICAL + PRACTICAL )
500
B.Tech Part- II
Semester III
PAPER (THEORY)
NAME OF PAPER
MARKS
301
HF Electron Devices
50
302
Audio & Video Engineering
50
303
Digital Communication
50
304
Advanced Digital Circuits
50
305
Computer Organization & Architecture
50
306
Guided Wave Transmission
50
THEORETICAL TOTAL:
300
PRACTICAL
307
Electrical Machines
50
308
Numerical analysis using MATLAB
50
309
Solid State Devices and Technology
100
PRACTICAL TOTAL:
200
TOTAL (THEORETICAL + PRACTICAL )
500
Semester IV
PAPER
NAME OF PAPER
MARKS
(THEORY)
401
Telecommunication Engineering
50
402
Material Science & Technology
50
403
Opto-Electronics and Optical Communication
50
404
Microprocessors
50
405
Antennas & Radio wave Propagation
50
406
Microwave and Millimeterwave Engineering
50
THEORETICAL TOTAL
300
PRACTICAL
407
Digital techniques
50
408
Electronic System Measurement and TV Engineering
50
409
Communication System Engineering
100
PRACTICAL TOTAL
200
TOTAL (THEORETICAL + PRACTICAL )
500
13
B.Tech Part- III
Semester V
PAPER
NAME OF PAPER
MARKS
(THEORY)
501
Analog Instrumentation & Measurements
50
502
Digital Instrumentation & Measurements
50
503
Microelectronics & VLSI Technology
50
504
VLSI Devices
50
505
Control Theory & System
50
506
DSP
50
THEORETICAL TOTAL
300
PRACTICAL
507
Microprocessors
50
508
Microwave Engineering
50
509
Digital Communication
50
510
Preliminary Project Report
50
PRACTICAL TOTAL
200
TOTAL (THEORETICAL + PRACTICAL )
500
Semester VI
PAPER
NAME OF PAPER
MARKS
(THEORY)
601
Power Electronics
50
602
Radar & Navigational Electronics
50
603
Computer Networking
50
604
Advanced Control Engineering
50
605
Economics & Management
50
606
Artificial Intelligence & Neural Network
50
(may be replaced by)
(i) Nanoelectronics Devices or
(ii) Space Application Technology
THEORETICAL TOTAL:
PRACTICAL
300
Grand Viva
100
Final Project
100
14
PRACTICAL TOTAL:
200
TOTAL (THEORETICAL + PRACTICAL )
500
TOTAL MARKS OF 3-YEAR B.TECH. COURSE
15
3000
ANNEXURE I (B)
University of Calcutta
Proposed Semester Structure of B.Tech Course in
Information Technology
B.Tech Part I
Semester I
PAPER (THEORY)
NAME OF PAPER
MARKS
101
Discrete Mathematics
50
102
Network Analysis & Synthesis
50
103
Programming Language
50
104
Electromagnetic Transmission
50
105
VLSI Devices
50
106
Logic and Switching circuits
50
THEORETICAL TOTAL
300
PRACTICAL
107
Engineering Drawing
50
108
Software Foundation-I
50
109
Digital Techniques-I
50
110
Analog Circuits-I
50
PRACTICAL TOTAL
TOTAL( THEORETICAL & PRACTICAL )
200
500
Semester II
PAPER (THEORY)
NAME OF PAPER
MARKS
201
Data Structures- I
50
202
Analog Circuits
50
203
Unix Fundamentals
50
204
Engineering Materials
50
205
Communication Principles
50
206
Digital Techniques
50
THEORETICAL TOTAL:
300
PRACTICAL
207
Workshop Practice
50
208
Software Foundation-II
50
209
Digital Techniques-II
50
210
Analog Circuits-II
50
PRACTICAL TOTAL:
16
200
TOTAL ( THEORETICAL & PRACTICAL )
500
B.Tech Part-II
Semester III
PAPER (THEORY)
NAME OF PAPER
MARKS
301
Data Structure – II
50
302
Algorithm
50
303
Computer Organization and Architecture
50
304
Microprocessors and Microcontrollers
50
305
Computer Network
50
306
Internet Technology and Applications
50
THEORETICAL TOTAL:
300
PRACTICAL
307
System Administration
100
308
Communication Techniques and Networking
100
PRACTICAL TOTAL:
200
TOTAL ( THEORETICAL & PRACTICAL )
500
Semester IV
PAPER
NAME OF PAPER
MARKS
(THEORY)
401
Elements of Multimedia Engineering
50
402
Computer Graphics
50
403
Digital Communication
50
404
Digital Signal Processing
50
405
Programming Methodology
50
406
Software Engineering
50
THEORETICAL TOTAL:
300
PRACTICAL
407
Microprocessor and Interfacing
100
408
Internet Technology and Application
100
PRACTICAL TOTAL:
200
TOTAL ( THEORETICAL & PRACTICAL )
500
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B.Tech Part III
Semester V
PAPER (THEORY)
NAME OF PAPER
MARKS
501
VLSI Design
50
502
Optical Communication and Networking
50
503
RDBMS
50
504
Data Mining
50
505
Instrumentation and Control Engineering
50
506
Engineering Management
50
THEORETICAL TOTAL:
300
PRACTICAL
507
RDBMS
50
508
DSP
50
509
VLSI Design
50
510
Preliminary Project Work
50
PRACTICAL TOTAL:
200
TOTAL ( THEORETICAL & PRACTICAL )
500
Semester VI
PAPER
NAME OF PAPER
MARKS
(THEORY)
601
Operating System
50
602
Mobile & Satellite Communication
50
603
Parallel, Distributed and Wireless Computing
50
604
Pattern Recognition
50
605
Image Processing and Computer Vision
50
606
Engineering Economics and Cost Analysis
50
THEORETICAL TOTAL:
300
PRACTICAL
607
Project Work
100
608
General Viva Voce
100
PRACTICAL TOTAL:
200
TOTAL ( THEORETICAL & PRACTICAL )
500
TOTAL MARKS OF 3-YEAR B.TECH. COURSE
3000
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ANNEXURE-II
Structure of 2-year M.Tech. Course in
Radiophysics and Electronics
(With effect from academic session 2002-2003)
SEMESTER I
Compulsory Papers
Marks
Paper CT1
Advanced Engineering Mathematics
50
Paper CT2
Programming Techniques and Data Structures
50
Paper CT3
Advanced Communication Technology
50
Paper CT4
Lightwave Technology
50
Paper CT5
Space Application Technology
50
Paper CL1
Compulsory Laboratory Paper (Advanced Electronics: Circuits &
Techniques)
100
Elective Papers
Paper ET1
Elective course to be chosen
50
Total
400
SEMESTER II
Compulsory Papers
Marks
Paper CT6
VLSI Technology and Design
50
Paper CT7
Advanced Electronic Materials and Devices
50
Paper CT8
System Theory
50
Paper CT9
Object Oriented Programming Techniques
50
Paper CL2
Compulsory Laboratory Paper (Advanced Programming
Techniques)
100
Elective Papers
Paper ET2
Elective course to be chosen
50
Paper ET3
Elective course to be chosen
50
Total
400
SEMESTER III
Compulsory Papers
Marks
Paper CS1
Compulsory Seminar
100
Paper CL3
Compulsory Laboratory Paper (Modern Digital Design)
19
100
Paper ET4
Elective course
50
Paper ET5
Elective course
50
Compulsory Thesis
Work
100
Sessional work : 50
Report and Viva Voce : 50
Total
400
SEMESTER IV
Compulsory Thesis Work
Sessional Work
Dissertation
Viva Voce
300
150
50
100
General Viva Voce
100
Total
Total Marks of 2-Year M.Tech. :
1600
Note: (i) Elective papers will have to be chosen from a list of elective courses to be offered by the
Department which will be announced at the beginning of a semester. (ii) Topic of the Seminar
paper will be given at the beginning of the 3 rd semester. (iii) Topic of the Thesis Work will be
given at the beginning of the 3 rd semester.
LIST OF ELECTIVE COURSES
(Each course carries a full marks of 50)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
Computer Architecture and Parallel Processing
Computer Aided Analysis and Design
Bioelectronics
Microwave and Millimetre Wave Devices and Circuits
Quantum Electronics
Radar Engineering Systems
Electronic Design Automation
Radio Wave Propagation
Space Science
Microwave and Millimetre Wave Communication Systems
Remote Sensing
Photonics
Radio Astronomy Techniques.
Microwave and Millimetre Wave Antennas
Internet Technology and Applications
Artificial Intelligence and Robotics
Pattern Recognition and Image Processing
Call Centre Technology
20
400
19. Discrete Structural Systems and Information
20. Modelling of Microwave Semiconductor Devices
21. Modelling of Semiconductor Process Technology
22. Computational Electromagnetics
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ANNEXURE – III
Structure for 1-year Diploma Course
MICROWAVE AND MILLIMETREWAVE TECHNOLOGY
PAPER
I
II
SUBJECT
MARKS
THEORETICAL
Gr.A:
Microwave and Millimetrewave Propagation
Gr.B: Guided Wave Transmission and Passive Devices
50
50
Gr.A: Microwave and mm-wave Generators and Amplifiers
Gr.B: Microwave and Millimetrewave
Antennas
III
Gr.A: Microwave and Millimetrewave
Gr.B: Microwave and Millimetrewave
IV
Gr.A: Communication Techniques
Gr.B: Digital Signal Processing
50
50
Measurements
Applications
50
50
50
50
Total
400
PRACTICAL
I
Study of Modulation and Demodulation Schemes
100
II
Study of Sources and Amplifiers
100
III
Study of Microwave and Millimetrewave Systems-I
100
IV
Study of Microwave and Millimetrewave Systems-II
100
Total
400
Seminar
100
Design of MW and MMW Circuits
100
TOTAL
22
1000
ANNEXURE – IV(A)
A Brief Note on the Training Programme in
Millimetrewave Technology and Wave Propagation
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 potential 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 four and half years, Institute of Radiophysics and Electronics has organised
several Refresher Courses, mainly on Microwave, Millimetrewave and Optical Communication, under
the Training Programme and extended consultancies to different R & D sectors of our country. Now, this
continued programme is in a position to be self sufficient in respect of expenses other than salary
component of the staff, sanctioned by the Education Department, Govt. of West Bengal. Such expenses
can be met from the earnings through various courses and consultancies, offered by the “Training
Programme in Millimeterwave Technology and Wave Propagation”.
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ANNEXURE – IV(B)
A Report on the Activities of
S.K. MITRA CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN SPACE ENVIRONMENT
The S.K. Mitra Center for Research in Space Environment is a multi-department Center
established by the University of Calcutta in 2002. The Center was formally inaugurated at the Ionosphere
Field Station, Haringhata of the University on March 12, 2002 with Professor Ashish DasGupta as the
Director. It functions with the Institute of Radio Physics and Electronics as the nodal department. The
Departments of Physics and Chemistry are also involved in its activities. Recently the Indian Space
Research Organization (ISRO) has sanctioned the following four research projects under the S.K. Mitra
Center:
1.
Lower Atmospheric Chemistry: Emission of greenhouse gases from agricultural system,
aerosol and other trace gases from urban and remote areas of West Bengal
Principal Investigator – Professor N. Purkait, Institute of Radio Physics and
Electronics
Professor S. Sen, Department of Chemistry
Total Sanctioned grant (for 3 years) – Rs. 25.01 lakhs
2.
Radio Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere: Radio Remote Sensing of Tropical rain and
water vapour and related communication aspects
Principal Investigator – Dr. A. Maitra, Institute of Radio Physics and Electronics
Total sanctioned grant (for 3 years) – Rs. 19.27 lakhs
3.
Atmospheric Electricity, Electrical Conductivity of Middle Atmosphere and Schumann
Resonance
Principal Investigator – Professor S.S. De, Institute of Radio Physics and
Electronics
Total sanctioned grant (for 3 years) – Rs. 14.48 lakhs
4.
Space Weather
Principal Investigator – Professor A. DasGupta, Institute of Radio Physics and
Electronics
Total sanctioned grant (for 3 years) – Rs. 14.06 lakhs
The present research activities of the Center cover different altitude regions of the Earth’s space
environment from the lower atmosphere to the Sun.
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ANNEXURE – V(A)
RESEARCH ACTIVITIES (EXECUTED)
Solid State Electronics
HBT Amplifiers
Analytical modeling of optimal SiGe-based cascode low noise amplifier (LNA) has been developed. The
conventional high-frequency Gummel-Poon model has been modified incorporating lead inductance
associated with the emitter, base and collector terminals and then this model has been employed to
simulate optimal cascode LNA using PSpice.
Transport in C-Nanotube
The Boltzmann transport equation is applied to study the transport limited by acoustic phonon in Carbon
nanotube. Formulation for optical phonons is being conducted.
Si Photonics
The use of Ge rich SiGeC layer for photodetection at telecommunication wavelengths was investigated.
The composition of the alloy grown on silicon substrate was evaluated by considering band line up under
strain and by suitably modifying experimental absorption spectra for different alloy compositions.
The expression for the fundamental absorption coefficient in SiGe alloy mediated by alloy scattering was
derived by using second order perturbation theory.
The values of free carrier absorption calculated at 1300 and 1550 nms differ from the values obtained
from Drude model, the values almost universally quoted for silicon based modulators. The present results
agree well for low electron concentration, but deviates for larger values.
Optoelectronics
Studies have been made on SiGe-based photodetectors and Heterojunction Bipolar Transistors (HBTs)
with special focus on applications in optical communication.
Some work on Quantum Dot Infra-red Photodetectors (QDIPs) was initiated. A new approach of device
modeling using Fuzzy Logic has been proposed and applied initially in case of a Si-RFIC inductor.
MSM and IMPATTs
Metal Semiconductor Metal (MSM) devices based on silicon have been fabricated in the
microelectronics laboratory for Photodetector application and the I-V & C-V characteristics have been
studied under illumination. Also Si p+nn+ SDR Impatts have been fabricated in the above laboratory. The
dc and rf characteristics have been studied for 35 GHz operation.
Effect of junction temperature on the dc and high frequency properties of symmetrically doped DDR Si
Impatts has been studied for different bias current density incorporating the effect of space charge and
diffusion at mm-wave window frequencies.
Design and simulation of Si/SixGe1-x heterojunction DDR impatts have been carried out. The high
frequency characteristics of those devices have been compared with Si heterojunction DDR impatts.
Thermal Processes in Semiconductors
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A general formulation of heat generation and distribution processes has been developed. It is made useful
to study the contribution towards different processes in some semi-conducting materials used in
optoelectronics devices.
Heterojunction IMPATT
The generation of leakage current mechanisms in HJ-IMPATT devices under reversed biased condition
has been investigated theoretically. The work in regard to energy distribution of carriers in IMPATT
diodes is in progress.
Microwaves and Electromagnetics
Electromagnetics
A theoretical investigation into a new type of improved corrugated horns, which was being carried out at
INRAPHEL, was completed at Royal Military College, Canada. At present, a prototype is under
fabrication at RMC’s sophisticated workshop.
Microwave/Millimeter-wave and Opto-Microwave Research
A novel coaxial-waveguide oscillator at 34 GHz has been designed and characterized with software
characteriztion and hardware fabrication and experimented with yielding a power output of nearly 1.0
watt and having an electronic tuning bandwidth of 20%. It is expected to be useful for microwave
communication system.
Novel schemes have been investigated for microwave/ millimeter-wave signal generation using optical
heterodyning technique which is very useful for wideband communication systems these days. One
scheme , FM side band injection locking of slave laser by master laser provides a very good injection
locked output which shows very narrow line width of the output power density spectrum. The low
frequency scale model of the scheme establishes salient features of the scheme.
Microwave Tomography
Electromagnetic inverse problems are characterized by their nonlinearity and ill-posedness. The
nonlinear nature of electromagnetic inverse problems makes the ill-posedness more severe. By illposedness it is meant that one of the following conditions is not satisfied: 1 ) the existence of the
solution; 2) the uniqueness of the solution; or 3) the continuity of the inverse mapping. The continuous
dependence of the solution on the data is a necessary, but not a sufficient condition for the stability of the
solution. While constant progress in computing facilities alleviates the computational burden, the illposedness requires good regularization procedures.
Dielectric Resonator Antennas
Some new investigations on Circularly Polarized Dielectric Resonator Antenna for 3G Communication
systems have been carried out. A new concept of developing monopole-type low profile wideband DRA
for mobile/WLAN applications has been experimented with different DRA structures.
Microstrip Antennas
A novel idea of suppressing cross-polarized radiation from any microstrip radiation introducing a simple
defected ground structure (DGS) has been proposed.
A new defected ground structure is designed and experimentally studied for microstrip circuits and
antenna applications.
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Efficient Computer Aided Designs (CAD) of multilayered microstrip antennas of rectangular and
triangular shapes are carried. The design tools can accurately estimate the operating frequency,
impedance profile and matching bandwidth.
Mobile Base Station Antennas
High gain low profile base station antennas for three mobile frequencies like UMTS, PCS and Cel have
been designed (in collaboration with RMC, Canada) for Spotwave Wireless Inc. (www.spotwave.com), a
leading North American Wireless Communication Industry. The new design provides a unique solution
for a High Gain (10 dBi) Very Low Profile Printed Antennas for those bands. The related Intellectual
Property Right (US Patent) has been purchased by Spotwave.
Space Science and Technology
Lower Atmosphere and Pollution
Some work on total columnar ozone (good ozone) and surface ozone (bad ozone) have been and are
being done for Kolkata Megacity and also for some surrounding industrial towns. The total columnar
ozone was monitored deploying MICROTOPS II Ozonometer and Sun Photometer from the roof of the
CAS Building of the Department. The data thus procured, have been compared with those of TOMS
obtained through downloading. The data from these two sources have been compared for the period July
2003 to December 2005. The result of the intercomparison showed excellent agreement among
themselves with coefficient of determination of 80% and 84% respectively for the year 2003 and 2005
but that for the year 2004 has been found to be only 47%. The low coefficient of determination is
attributed to significantly larger number of forest fires and poor precipition in 2004 compared to 2003
and 2005. It is further noted that even within this period of observation, unlike high- and mid-latitude
stations, the total ozone exhibited an increasing trend. In addition, the intensity of UV-B radiation at
305.5 nm, AOT at 1020 nm and water column density at 940 nm have been procured simultaneously
with total columnar ozone.
Analysis of the data on surface ozone and its precursors like CO, NO x and NMHC pertaining to Kolkata
and Haldia shows that diurnal trends are prominent only during Autumn to Spring months. The diurnal
maximum over Haldia exceeds that for Kolkata where concentration levels of the precursors are higher.
The concentration of the NO component of NOx is found to play a dominant role in controlling the
diurnal levels of the surface ozone at any site. In addition the N-E and N-W winds also have significant
contribution in exhibiting distinct diurnal pattern on surface ozone during Autumn to Spring months.
Satellite, GPS, Ionosphere
Estimation has been made of Grid Size for Satellite-Based Augmentation System (SBAS) at low
latitudes in the Indian zone using Total Electron Content (TEC) data recorded at Calcutta during 19771990 and models such as Parameterized Ionospheric Model (PIM 1.6) and International Reference
Ionosphere (IRI-95).
The northern limit of the equatorial irregularity belt from GPS observations at Calcutta, a station located
near the northern crest of the equatorial anomaly in the Indian longitude sector, during equinoctial
months of high sunspot number years 2000-2001has been estimated.
Study has been undertaken of ionospheric perturbations observed in the Total Electron Content (TEC)
following the December 26, 2004 Sumatra-Andaman earthquake measured using the GPS and Geo
Augmented Navigation (GAGAN) system of ISRO
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Ku-Band Rain Attenuation Observations on an Earth-Space Path
Measurements of rain attenuation over an earth-space path are being carried out at Kolkata (22°34'
N, 88°29' E), India, since June 2004, by receiving a Ku-band signal at 11.172 GHz from the satellite
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NSS-6 (geostationary at longitude 95 E). Also, at the receiver site an optical raingauge (ORG) has been
operated to measure rain rate with an integration of 10 sec.
The rain attenuation characteristics are studied on two aspects: (i) instantaneous relationship between
rain attenuation and point rain rate obtained at the satellite receiving site, and (ii) the statistical scenario
based on total observations gathered so far. The knowledge of the dynamic behaviour of rain attenuation
with high time resolution is essential for the design of adaptive power control networks to compensate
propagation impairments.
Rain Drop Size Distribution Measurements with a Disdrometer
Measurements of drop size distribution (DSD) in rain are being carried out at Kolkata (22°34' N, 88°29'
E), India, since June 2004 using an impact type of sensor, developed by Joss and Waldvogel (1967) and
manufactured by Distromet Ltd, Switzerland.
The evolution of DSD during rain events has been studied with the disdrometer data. The size
distribution is found biased for larger drops during the growing phase whereas smaller drops dominate at
the decaying phase of the rain event for the identical rain rates. The DSD data are used to find the
integral rainfall parameters (IRPs), such as, liquid water content (W), radar reflectivity factor (Z) and
specific attenuation (γ) for the rain events.
Cloud Liquid Water Content and Attenuation at MM Wave Frequencies
The liquid water content in cloud has been obtained from radiosonde data using Salonen’s model which
involves cloud detection with the critical humidity function. The seasonal variation of integrated liquid
water content (ILWC) has been obtained for the year of 2004 which shows significantly high values of
ILWC during June – September, the monsoon period, at Kolkata.
The specific attenuation at mm wave frequencies due to cloud is estimated using the Rayleigh Scattering
theory and finding the complex refractivity of water using the double Debye model. The attenuation over
the earth-space paths can be considerable at frequencies above 30 GHz whereas the attenuation around
20 GHz is not very significant (~ 0.5 dB).
Atmospheric Studies using GPS Occultation Measurements with CHAMP Data in the Indian
Region
The refractivity profiles obtained from the radio occultation measurements of the CHAMP (CHAllenging
Minisatellite Payload) satellite using Global Positioning System (GPS) signals are compared with that
obtained with the radiosonde data from thirty-three stations in the Indian region. A comparison of
temperature profiles obtained from CHAMP data and radiosonde observations indicates generally a good
agreement above 10 km, and below 5 km the temperatures given by the CHAMP data are significantly
lower than the temperatures measured by radiosonde.
The CHAMP data providing temperature profiles are used to investigate the behaviour of the tropopause
in the Indian region. The tropopause height, on the whole, shows very little variation with latitude,
whereas the tropopause temperature shows a noticeable increase with latitude.
Potential Gradient of the Atmosphere
The recording of atmospheric potential gradient over Kolkata is being continued by operating a field-mill
using the principle of bound charge. The rotor plate of the field mill is connected to earth when exposed
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to vertical electric field of the atmosphere and alternately connected to the signal processor when
shielded by the metal cover stator using a mechanical commutator system.
The amplified signal from the signal processor is recorded digitally in a computer using Sound Forge
4.5 software at a bit rate of 16 bits and a sampling rate of 44100 Hz. The data is taken for one minute at
an interval of 15 minutes. The rms value of the data has been taken which is analyzed using Origin 5.0
software.
The data show considerable variations during the total observational period. The average value of the
measured potential gradient is about 250 Vm-1.
VLF Sferics
From Kolkata, recording of VLF Sferics is being continued. The signal coming from antenna is passed
through signal processors. The amplified DC signal is recorded in the computer through a data
acquisition system having 5 Hz sampling rate. The data are taken round the clock and for each 30
seconds, a data file has been generated.
Recording of transmitted VLF signal VTX1 at 16.3 KHz from one of the Indian Navy Stations at
Vijayanarayanam (8025’59.88’’N, 77048’E) is being continued. For this signal, a high Q band-pass filter is
used having a centre frequency at 16.3 KHz. The processed AC signal is being recorded round the clock
using the sound card by the help of Radio Skypipe software chart recorder.
We observed diurnal variations of VLF Sferics over Kolkata. Meteor and Solar flare effects have also
been detected. The analyses of the collected data are communicated for publication.
Recording of VLF Sferics at the same observational frequencies is being carried out at the Tripura
University site by a similar setup.
During the period of earthquake on 8th October, 2005, at the India-Pakistan border, some remarkable
spiky variations in the record are observed over Agartala at 6 kHz and 9 kHz frequencies. From October
3, 2005 to October 13, 2005, these spikes with different duration and magnitudes have been recorded at
these frequencies. The observed spikes are definitely due to precursors to the India-Pakistan border
earthquakes. The analysis is under progress.
From the analysis of the recorded data for vertical potential gradient and VLF Sferics, some correlation
study of VLF Sferics with Atmospheric vertical electric field at Kolkata along with its deviation from
Global character have been made. Further study in this context is in progress.
Also from the recording of the transmitted VLF signal, we observed Meteor showers through its effects
on VLF transmission.
Some collaborative works by conducting campaign with Equatorial Geophysical Research Laboratory at
Tirunelveli, Tamilnadu, under Indian Institute of Geomagnetism, are started jointly to measure the
vertical potential gradient of the atmosphere, Air-earth current and conductivity of the atmosphere by
Gardien condenser. Measurements are taken from Tripura University site from time to time.
Schumann Resonance Spectra Recording
The fabrications of necessary instrumental setups, i.e., antenna, signal processor, software, data logging
system, to detect Schumann resonance over Kolkata is being carried out. The analyses of the recorded
data for Schumann resonance spectra by using Mu metal core induction coil at the Equatorial
Geophysical Research Laboratory (EGRL) at Tirunelveli, Tamilnadu, under the Indian Institute of
Geomagnetism, have been made.
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Further analyses of the recorded data for vertical potential gradient, VLF Sferics and Schumann
resonance are carried out to study the effects of recent Venus transit on 8 th June, 2004, on atmospheric
parameters.
Space-time Variation of Raindrop Size Distribution
Some calculations about the variations in raindrop size distribution with space and time are made
considering the influence of coalescence and evaporation processes. The influences of some physical
parameters on the distribution have been also considered in the analyses.
Characteristics of Lightning and Its Distribution
The lightning discharge spectra of the first mode of the Earth-ionosphere waveguide has been modeled
through functions of ionospheric height and the distance from the source in the frequency range between
the first and second cut-off frequencies. The mode decomposition process is made useful to obtain the
spectrum of the first mode.
Seismo-Electromagnetic Effects during Earthquake
The enhancement of DC electric field during seismic related phenomena initiates the formation of quasiperiodic horizontal inhomogeneities in the ionospheric conductivity. As a result, there will be changes in
the lower atmospheric parameters. To estimate the changes in the ionospheric parameters, such as,
electron concentration, electron-neutral collision frequency and electron temperature, a model calculation
has been made for the lower ionospheric regions. The change of electron temperature has been estimated
during enhanced electric field produced in the earthquake region.
Electric Field Due to Cloud Charge Distribution
Some model calculations about the thundercloud electric field into the region between the ionosphere and
the earth are conducted. The results may be used to study the nature of variation of electric field in the
atmosphere during lightning.
Plasma
Theoretical investigations on non-linear interaction within the ionospheric plasma during HP/HF
propagation are being continued. Field solutions of electromagnetic wave equations within the
ionospheric anisotropic plasma have been deduced in presence of lightning discharges. Further studies
are made on non-linear heating of the lower ionosphere due to lightning discharges.
Communication and Control
Optical Communication
The link length in Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) using Er Doped Fibre Amplifier
(EDFA) and other optical elements considering four wave mixing (FWM) and other impairments for
BER = 10(-9) and 10(-12) has been evaluated. In wavelength routed optical network, a transmitted
signal remains in optical domain over the entire route (lightpaths) assigned to it between the source and
the destination. Different impairments like amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) at EDFA, FWM due
to fiber nonlinearties, cross connect switches (XCS’s), wavelength routers (Arrayed waveguide gratings)
degrade the signal quality as signal progresses toward its destinations and received BER may be
unacceptably high. Mathematical modeling for estimating link length has been carried out.
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Quantum Cryptography and Quantum Feedback Control of QED System
The basic perspectives of quantum information and the cryptographic protocol for quantum
communication systems have been developed by exploiting the concepts of quantum bits (qubits). The
physical feature of quantum dense coding devised by Benett and Wiesener carrying doubling
information capacity of a single qubit through entanglement with a second qubit at a distance has been
adapted in developing quantum cryptography by observing polarized photons through calcite crystal
device.
A new technological aspect of designing quantum feedback control of QED system has also been
developed in collaboration with workers at ISI, Kolkata.
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ANNEXURE – V(B)
RESEARCH ACTIVITIES (PROPOSED)
Future plan in carrying out fruitful research in the Centre is highlighted in the following
paragraphs.
Solid State Electronics & VLSI
IMPATTs
Design and development of 4H-SiC p+nn+ and p+pnn+ SDR and DDR diodes will be undertaken. Attempt
will be made to fabricate 4H-SiC SDR diodes in microelectronics laboratory. Modeling and simulation of
millimeter wave pulsed impatt diode using complex double drift double low high low structures will be
undertaken. Large signal computer analysis will be done to predict more accurately the high frequency
performance of the device. Computer simulation will be done to study the microwave characteristics of
GaN/AlGaxAs1-x based SDR and DDR impatts at frequencies above 100GHz.
Transport in C-Nanotube
High field transport in C-nanotube will be studied by using Monte Carlo particle simulation.
Si Photonics
The free carrier absorption at 1300 and 1550 nm in n-Si will be calculated taking into account
degeneracy. The electroabsorption spectra in Ge/Si MQWs will be modeled using the earlier theory
related to III-V compounds.
Optoelectronics: Photodetectors and Receivers
More studies on Si-based photodetectors are to be carried out alongwith optimization studies for HBTbased Integrated photoreceivers. The work started on quantum dot infra-red photodetectors will be
completed. Fuzzy Logic-based modeling approach on photonic devices is being (and will be) carried
out. Some studies on semiconductor Quantum Dots will be done.
MOS Devices
Analytical modeling of strained Si channel, grown on relaxed SiGe material, Dual Gate Metal Oxide
Semiconductor Devices (DGMOS) will be performed. Calculation of threshold voltage will be carried
out for different gate lengths from 100 nm down to 10 nm based on different approaches such as surface
potential approach. The terminal currents and voltages will also be calculated. Calculated results will
then be compared with the simulation results using SILVACO.
Optoelectronics: Quantum Cascade Lasers
SPICE modeling of the Quantum Cascade Lasers (QCLs) will be developed. This model will be utilized
to determine optical modulation depth (OMD), modulation response and bandwidth.
Microwaves and Electromagnetics
Microwave/Millimeter-wave and Opto-Micrwave Research
The coaxial-waveguide oscillator developed at 34 GHz will be extended for analysis at 94 GHz and the
analysis will be carried out for circuit parasitics effect to investigate the oscillator performance
perturbation.
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The FM injection locking scheme will be further investigated for phase locking of multiple laser sources
by the ultra-stable microwave/millimeter-wave signal generated by the injection locked master-slave
laser couplet. A variation of the phase locking scheme also to be investigated is the synchronous
oscillator which in many respect outperforms the phase locking. Software simulation and hardware
characterization of the scheme will be taken up for investigation
Microwave Tomography
The proposed work is to develop the reconstruction of the complex permittivity of the body by
minimizing the output least square error by an iterative method. We have chosen Gauss –Newton method
for the minimization of the output least square error. Several regularization procedures e.g. Levenberg –
Marquardt , Tikhonov etc will be applied to combat the ill-posedness of the problem.
3G Printed Antennas
3G Antenna is a new area of research and has become very active in recent years with the growth of the
3rd generation communication systems. Out of various aspects of 3G antennas, our aim is to develop low
profile active and passive antennas with high gain and efficiency. Both DRA and Microstrip elements
will be investigated theoretically and experimentally. Various configurations suitable for Laptop
computer or other conformal surfaces will also be explored.
GPS Antennas
Several antennas for GPS receiver are commercially available and most of them are basically narrow
band with high axial ratio value. We have planned to develop a GPS antenna with very low axial ratio
maintaining over the entire GPS band. Over and above, a scheme to develop a multiband planar antenna
has been taken up which will include GPS, DCS, PCS and UMTS bands. Both theoretical and
experimental studies will be carried out.
Metamaterials
This is a highly focused area of research for workers in both electromagnetics and photonics. The
researchers are trying to implement the design for practical applications. Our aim is to develop a feasible
design for microwave frequencies and to characterize. RMC, Canada will also take part in this
collaborative program. The application of the new structure will be explored as Substrate, Superstrate
and FSS for printed antennas.
Space Science, Environment, Space Weather
Lower Atmosphere Physics and Air Pollution
Attempts will be made for collection of more data on Total Columnar Ozone employing both
MICROTOPS II and TOMS for long-term study.
Analysis of data on surface ozone and its precursors for Kolkata, Durgapur, Haldia and Howrah for
assessing the harmful effects of surface ozone on plant and common public, over urban and industrial
sites will be performed.
Procurement of data on methane emission from rice fields of West Bengal during Aman and Boro rice
cultivation including the fallow period is planned to obtain yearly integrated flux to re-estimate the
methane budget for West Bengal.
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Ionospheric Scintillation
Scintillation response in the equatorial region to major geomagnetic storms will be studied as well as
ionospheric precursors to generation of equatorial irregularity
Propagation Studies over Earth-Space and Terrestrial Paths
The propagation over the earth-space path at Ku, K and Ka bands can be studied by receiving the satellite
downlinks/beacons and the microwave radiometers. The satellite links are suitable for studying the more
dominant effects such as, rain attenuation, whereas the weaker effects due to water vapour and cloud are
detectable by the radiometric observations. A combination of satellite links and multifrequency
radiometric measurements will describe the propagation phenomena caused by different atmospheric
parameters.
The propagation study over an earth-space path is particularly important in view of proposed launch of
the Indian satellite GSAT-4 which will transmit Ka band beacon signals for propagation experiments in
the Indian region. A national programme has been mooted by Satellite Application Centre, Ahmedabad
in which the present group will participate with the experimental observations made at Kolkata.
Dual Frequency Radiometric Measurements of Atmospheric Water Vapour and
Content
Liquid Water
The usefulness of ground-based radiometry for continuous monitoring of atmospheric parameters has
been demonstrated for quite some time. A dual frequency microwave radiometer operating at 23.8 and
31.4 GHz can give the estimates of atmospheric water vapour and liquid water contents separately. The
frequency 23.8 GHz being near to the water vapour absorption line is more sensitive to water vapour
content than the liquid water of the atmosphere, whereas 31.4 GHz is significantly less sensitive to water
vapour but is substantially more sensitive to liquid water. Hence, combining the observations at these
two frequencies, liquid water and water vapour could be monitored separately and simultaneously.
Estimate of Climatic Parameters for Indian Region
The study of climatic parameters will be continued using the data from a number of sources namely, (i)
Radiosonde, (ii) Satellite data (CHAMP, TRMM etc.), (iii) NMRF, (iv) Radiometers (operating at
Darjeeling and Kolkata), (v) Propagation experiments at Kolkata and Darjeeling.
Communication
Optical Communication
It is planned to extend the study of dense wavelength division multiplexed systems and some software
are being procured to study these transmission impairments in the physical layer of DWDM network.
The design parameters will also be re-estimated by replacing the standard Gaussian Probability
Distribution Function (PDF) by more accurate analytical PDF.
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ANNEXURE – VI(A)
Research Publications in Journals
No
Name of Teacher
Title, journal, vol, page, year
1.
A Kundu, B.
Bandyopadhyay
A N Dutta
Iterative algorithm for microwave tomography using Lavenberg-Marquardt
regularization technique
Indian Journal of Pure and Applied Physics, Vol. 43, pp 649-653, September
2005.
2.
Bratati
Mukhopadhyay
and P.K. Basu
3.
Bratati
Mukhopadhyay,
Sumitra Ghosh
and P.K. Basu
4.
Subal Kar
Expression for fundamental absorption coefficient due to alloy-disorder
scattering in indirect gap semiconductors (communicated).
Estimation of the composition of Ge rich Si1-x-yGexCy layers on Si for
photodetection at 1.3 and 1.55 ms
(revised ms. communicated to Opt. Engg.).
Computer-aided numerical characterization and experimental studies for
high power operation of IMPATT oscillator
Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, vol.45, no. 3, pp 262 – 265, May
2005
5.
Mukul. K. Das,
N. R. Das and
P. K. Basu
Effect of Ge-Composition on the Performance of a SiGe/Si Heterojunction
Bipolar Transistor
Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, Vol. 47, pp.247-254, 2005.
6.
N. R. Das
and M. Jamal
Deen
A Model for the Performance Analysis and Design of Waveguide PIN
Photodetectors
IEEE Transaction on Electron Devices, Vol. 52, pp.465-472, 2005
7.
N. R. Das and
Alakananda Mitra
A new approach to the modeling of Si – RFIC inductor,
Microwave and Optical Technology Letters (to be published)
8.
A.Dasgupta,
A.Das, D. Hui,
K. K.
Bandyopadhyay,
M. R. Sivaraman
Ionosphrtic perturbations observed by the GPS following the December 26th,
2004 Sumatra-Andaman earthquake
9.
10.
A.K. Dasgupta
A. Paul, S. Ray,
A. Das and S.
Ananthakrishnan
B. K. De, M. Pal,
S. S. De, R. Bera,
S. K. Adhikari, A.
Guha and
S. K. Sarkar
Earth Planets Space, 58, pp. 167-172, 2006
Equatorial Bubbles as observed with GPS measurements over Pune, India
Radio Sci., 2006 (in press)
Studies on Integrated Field Intensity of ELF-VLF Sferics at Tripura
Indian J. Radio & Space Phys., 34, 408, 2005.
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11.
S. S. De, S. K.
Adhikari, A.
Debnath and P.
Das
Studies on Non-Linear Heating of the Lower Ionosphere during Interaction
between HF and ELF Signals
Indian J. Radio & Space Phys., 34, 413, 2005.
12.
S. S. De, B. K.
De,
S.
K.
Adhikari, S. K.
Sarkar, R. Bera,
A. Guha and P K
Mandal
A Report on Some Specific Features of the Atmospheric Electric Potential
Gradient in Kolkata
Indian J. Phys., 80,167, 2006.
13.
S. S. De, B. K.
De, S. K.
Adhikari, B. K.
Sarkar and A.
Guha
Study of Amplitude Spectrum of VLF Sferics and Vertical Electric Field at
Kolkata.
Indian J. Radio & Space Phys., in press, scheduled to be published in April
2006
14.
D. Guha,
M. Biswas and Y.
M. M. Antar
Microstrip patch antenna with defected ground structure for cross
polarization suppression
IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, Vol. 4, pp. 455-458, 2005
15.
D. Guha,
Y. M. M. Antar,
J. Y. Siddiqui
and M. Biswas
Resonant resistance of probe and microstrip line-fed circular microstrip
patches
IEE Proc. Microwaves Antennas Propagat., Vol. 152, No.6, pp. 481-484,
Dec. 2005.
16.
D.Guha,
L.C.Y.Chu,
Y.M.M.Antar
Shaped ultra wideband cylindrical dielectric resonator antenna for wireless
communications, under review at Microwave and Optical Technology
Letters, 2006.
17.
S. S. Iqbal,
J. Y. Siddiqui and
D. Guha
Performance of compact integratable broadband antenna
Electromagnetics, (USA) No. 4, vol. 25, pp.317-327, May-June 2005.
18.
S. S. Iqbal, M.
Biswas, J. Y.
Siddiqui and D.
Guha
Performance of cavity backed inverted microstrip broadband antenna
19.
D. Guha and Y.
M. M. Antar
Circular microstrip patch loaded with balanced shorting pins for improved
input impedance
IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, 2006 (to appear).
20.
D. Guha and Y.
M. M. Antar
Four-element cylindrical dielectric resonator antenna for wideband
monopole-like radiation
IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 2006 (to appear).
Indian J. Radio and Space Phys., vol. 35, pp.54-58, Feb. 2006.
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21.
D. Guha, S.
Biswas, M.
Biswas,
J. Y. Siddiqui and
Y. M. M. Antar
Concentric Ring Shaped Defected Ground Structures for Microstrip Circuits
and Antennas
under review at IEEE Microwave and Wireless Component Letters, 2006.
22.
D. Guha and Y.
M. M. Antar
New half-hemispherical dielectric resonator antenna array for broadband
monopole-type radiation
under review at IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 2006
23.
L. C. Y. Chu,
D. Guha and
Y. M. M. Antar
D. Guha,
Y. M. M. Antar,
A. Ittiboon,
A.Petosa, and
A.D. Lee
Comb-shaped wide band dielectric resonator antenna
D. Guha,
S. Biswas,
M. Biswas,
J. Y. Siddiqui and
Y. M. M. Antar
Concentric Ring Shaped Defected Ground Structures for Microstrip Circuits
and Antennas
26.
D. Guha,
J. Y. Siddiqui
and M. Biswas
Accurate formulation for feed Reactance of Probe-fed rectangular and
circular microstrip patches
under review at IEE Proc. Microwaves, Antennas and Propagation, 2005
27.
A. Maitra
and T. Rakshit
Ghosh
Modelling of weighted mean temperature for retrieval of
atmospheric water vapour using GPS in the Indian region,
Indian Journal of Radio & Space Physics, 2006, communicated.
28.
A.Paul,
S.K. Chakraborty,
A. Das and
A. DasGupta
Estimation of Satellite-Based Augmentation System Grid Size at Low
Latitudes in the Indian Zone
NAVIGATION, 52, 1, 15-22, 2005.
29.
N.N.Purkait
M.K.Sengupta,
Sanghamitra De
and
D.K.Chakraborty
Methane emission from the rice fields of West Bengal over a decade
S. Ray, A. Paul
and A. DasGupta
Equatorial Scintillations in Relation to the Development of Ionization
Anomaly
Ann. Geo. Phys., 2006 (in press)
24.
25.
30.
under review at Electronic Letters, 2006
Improved design guidelines for the ultra wideband monopole-dielectric
resonator antenna
under review at IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, 2006.
under review at IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, 2006
Indian Journal of Radio & Space Physics, Vol. 34, pp 255-263, August
2005.
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31.
32.
Amlan
Mazumdar,
A. Shah, M.
Gokhale, Susanta
Sen, S. Ghosh, B.
m. Arora, D. Tsui
B. C. Roy
and P. K. Das
High-responsivity high-gain In0.5Ga0.47As/InP quantum-well infrared
photodetectors grown using metal-organic vapor phase epitaxy,
IEEE J. Quantum Electron., vol. 41, pp. 872-879, 2005.
State Space Modeling of Quantum Feedback Control System in Interacting
Fock Space
To appear in Intl. J. Control
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ANNEXURE – VI(B)
Research Publications in Seminars/ Symposia/ Conferences
1.
P. K. Basu
Quantum well Photonic Devices Using Si and Its Alloys: Some Theoretical
Investigations, Invited paper (Abstract only) in Intl. Conf. MEMS and
Semiconductor Nanotechnology (MEMSNANO), organized by IITKharagpur, Dec. 20-22, p. 75.
2.
P. K. Basu
Electrons, Phonons, Photons and Their Interactions in Si Based Devices ,
Proc. Intl. Conf. Electronic and Photoic Materials, Devices and Systems
(EPMDS 06) eds. Sudakshina Kundu and Anupam Karmakar, U Calcutta
Press, 2006, pp. A 84 – A 88.
3.
Abhijit Biswas and
P. K. Basu
Design Issues of an Optimum Low Noise Amplifier Based on SiGe HBTs :
Its Modelling, and Simulation Using PSpice,
Proc. EPMDS 2006, pp. I 18 – I 19.
4.
S. Chattopadhyay,
J. Y. Siddiqui and
D. Guha
Accurate CAD Formulation for Rectangular Microstrip Patch Antennas,
5.
D Guha
and Y. M. M.
Antar,
Half Hemispherical DRA Array for Very Large Bandwidth High Gain and
Monopole-Like Radiation Pattern
IEEE Antennas and Propagations Symp, Washington DC, July 2005.
6.
D. Guha
and Y. M. M. Antar
Novel Wide-Band Half Hemispherical Dielectric Resonator Antenna
11th International Symposium on Antenna Technology and Apply
Electromagnetics (ANTEM 2005), Saint-Malo France, June, 2005.
7.
M. Biswas
and D. Guha
Broadband Inverted Microstrip Patches for Mobile Communication
Systems
Proc. XXVIIIth URSI General Assembly, New Delhi, Oct. 2005.
8.
M. Biswas,
J. Y. Siddiqui
and D. Guha
Computer-aided design of triangular microstrip patch antenna in multilayered media
Proc. XXVIIIth URSI General Assembly, Delhi, Oct. 2005.
9.
S. Biswas, M.
Biswas, D. Guha,
Y. M. M. Antar
New Defected Ground Structure For Microstrip Circuit And Antenna
Applications
Proc. XXVIIIth URSI General Assembly, Delhi, Oct. 2005.
10.
D. Guha,
and Y. M. M.
Antar
Four-Element Cylindrical Dielectric Resonator Array: Broadband Low
Profile Antenna For Mobile Communications
Proc. XXVIIIth URSI General Assembly, Delhi, Oct. 2005.
11.
D. Guha,
Y.M.M.Antar
Physical Insight Into the Ultra Wideband Performance of the MonopoleDielectric Resonator Antenna in European Conference on Antennas and
Propagations, Nice, Nov. 2006.
12.
D. Guha,
Y.M.M.Antar
Composite and Hybrid Dielectric Resonator Antennas: Recent Advances
and Challenges (Invited Paper)
Nat. Radio Science Meeting, Cairo, March, 2006.
IEEE Antennas and Propagations Symp,Washington DC, July 2005.
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13.
N.N.Purkait,
Sanghamitra De,
U.Sarkar and A.Dey
Measurement of total ozone and related parameters by MICROTOPS II
Sun-photometer
Post Land Campaign II and Working-Group II Conference, Physical
Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, 1-3 March, 2005.
14.
N.N.Purkait,
Sanghamitra De and
A.Hazra,
Sanghamitra De,
Susanta Sen,
D.K.Chakraborty
N.N.Purkait
Effective UV Irradiance and Total Columnar Ozone: A Case Study using
data from TOMS and MICROTOPS II Sun Photometer
Second Asia Oceania Geoscience Conference, Singapur, June 20-24, 2005.
Measurement of Total Columnar Ozone at Kolkata using Ground and
Satellite Based Instrument
16.
Sanghamitra De,
Susanta Sen,
D.K.Chakraborty
N.N.Purkait,
Surface Ozone Scenario at and around Kolkata
National Space Science Symposium – 2006, Department of Physics,
Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, 9-12 February 2006.
17.
Mukul K Das and
N. R. Das
Performance Analysis of a Vertical SiGe p-i-n Photodetector for Different
Ge-composition, Proceedings of the International conference on Electronic
and Photonic Materials, Devices and Systems (EPMDS), Jan.4-7, 2006,
Kolkata, India.
18.
Himadri Dutta and
N. R. Das
On the Responsivity of a Si-based Resonannt Cavity Enhanced Schottky
Photodetector,
Proceedings of the International conference on Electronic and Photonic
Materials, Devices and Systems (EPMDS), Jan.4-7, 2006, Kolkata, India.
19.
Mukul K Das,
N. R. Das and P. K.
Basu
Performance Analysis of a SiGe/Si Heterojunction Bipolar Transistor for
Different Ge-composition,
Proceedings of the General Assembly of the International Union of Radio
Science (URSI), Oct. 23-28, 2005, New Delhi, India.
20.
N. R. Das,
Alokananda Mitra
and Amit Maji
15.
21.
N. R. Das
and M. J. Deen
22.
N. R. Das
and M. J. Deen
National Space Science Symposium – 2006, Department of Physics,
Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, 9-12 February 2006.
A New Approach to the Modeling of an IC Inductor,
Proceedings of the General Assembly of the International Union of Radio
Science (URSI), Oct. 23-28, 2005, New Delhi, India.
Modeling of High Bit-rate Photodetectors and Photoreceivers for Optical
Communications, Invited Poster Presentation First Workshop on Ontario
Photonics Consortium (OPC), CANADA, June 2005, McMaster
University, Canada.
Invited Paper, , Quantum Dot Infrared Photodetector and its Applications,
(ABSTRACT ONLY)
International Workshop on The Physics of Semiconductor Devices,
IWPSD-2005, December 13-17, 2005, New Delhi, India.
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23.
J. B. Roy
and P. K. Basu
Refractive Index of Zn Cd Se Te Near the Fundamental Absorption Edge,
Proc. EPMDS, 2006, pp. B 16 – B 17.
24.
N. R. Das
and Susmita Sen
Electron-states in a Quantum Ring of a wide-gap semiconductor
in the presence of an
25.
S. S. De,
B. K. De, S. K.
Adhikari, B. K.
Sarkar, A. Guha, P.
Das and P. K.
Mandal
On the generation of perturbation in the lower ionosphere due to seismoelectromagnetic effect during earthquake
S. S. De,
S. K. Adhikari, B.
K. Sarkar, P. K.
Mandal, A. Guha
and P. Das
Electric field modeling for the lower atmosphere due to cloud charge
distribution
S. S. De,
P. K. Mandal,
S. K. Adhikari,
B. K. Sarkar, P. Das
and A. Guha
Space-time variation of raindrop size distribution
28.
S. S. De,
A K Ghosh and T K
Ghosh
Studies on heat generation processes in heavily doped semiconductor
devices
URSI GA 2005
29.
S.S. De
B. K. De, S. K.
Adhikari, B. K.
Sarkar, S. K. Sarkar,
A. Guha, P. K.
Mandal,
S.
K.
Mandal,
H.
P.
Sardar, M. Ray
The effect of recent Venus transit on atmospheric vertical potential
gradient and ELF-VLF propagation
30.
S. S. De,
B. K. De, A. Guha
and P. K. Mandal
Detection of 2004 Leonid meteor shower from Kolkata through its effects
on VLF transmission
URSI GA 2005
31.
A. Guha, S. S. De,
A. Guha, B. K. De
and P. K. Mandal
A correlation study of VLF Sferics with atmospheric vertical electric field
at Kolkata along with its deviation from global character
URSI GA 2005
32.
B. K. De, S. S. De
and M. Pal
Exploration of Atmospheric Radio Noise Field Strength (ARNFS) at
Tripura at various Frequencies : URSI GA 2005
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27.
URSI GA 2005
URSI GA 2005
URSI GA 2005
URSI GA 2005
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33.
S. S. De , B. K. De ,
A. Guha, P. Das and
A. Ghosal
A detailed Study on Some Specific Features of the Atmospheric Vertical
Electric Potential Gradient and VLF Sferics in Kolkata (22.34 N, 88.24 E)
and Agartala (23.5 N, 91.25 E)
XIV National Space Science Symposium-NSSS 2006”, sponsored by
ISRO, during 9-12th February 2006, held at Department of Physics, Andhra
University, Visakhapatnam:
34.
B. K. De, A.
Bhowmik, S. S. De,
A. Guha and S. K.
Adhikari
The Effect of
Tripura
NSSS 2006
35.
S. N. Paul, C. Das,
I. Paul, B. K.
Sarkar, B. Paul, S.
S. De and G. Pakira
Double Layers in a Dusty Plasma Consisting of Non-Thermal Electrons
NSSS 2006
36.
S. N. Paul, G.
Pakira, B. Paul, S.
K. Adhikari, I. Paul,
S. S. De and C. Das
Ion-Acoustic Solitons in Multi-Component Plasma of the Ionosphere
NSSS 2006
37.
D. Guha
S. Biswas,
M. Biswas ,
Y. M. M. Antar
New defected ground plane structure for microstrip circuit and antenna
applications
URSI GA 2005
38.
D. Guha,
M. Biswas
Broadband inverted microstrip patches for mobile communication systems
URSI GA 2005
39.
D. Guha,
M. Biswas,
J. Siddiqui
Computer aided design of triangular microstrip patch antenna in
multilayered media
URSI GA 2005
40.
D. Guha,
Y. M. M. Antar
Four-element cylindrical dielectric resonator array : Broadband low
profile antenna for mobile communications : URSI GA 2005
41.
P. K. Saha
and Priyanka
Mondal
Mode spectra of coaxial waveguides with multiple polar ridges
URSI GA 2005
42.
J.P.Banerjee,
K.P.Ghata, S.Ghosh
and D.De
Influence of Quantum Confinement on the Einstein Relation in heavily
doped non linear Optical & Optoelectronic material-,
IWPS, 2005, Vol I, Page-535.
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J.P.Banerjee,
K.P.Ghatak,S.Ghosh
and D.De
On the thermoelectric Power in Quantum Dot Superlattice of
Nonparabolic Semiconductor with graded interfaces
IWPSD, 2005, Vol I, Page-435.
Earthquakes on Atmospherics at 6 and 9 kHz Observed at
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A.Das Gupta, A.
Paul, S. Ray, A. Das
and
S. Ananthakrishnan
Equatorial Bubbles as observed with GPS measurements,
Ionospheric Effects Symposium – 2005 (IES2005), May 3-5, 2005,
Alexandria, Virginia, USA
45.
S. Ray, A. Paul and
A. DasGupta,
Equatorial Scintillations in Relation to the development of Ionization
Anomaly
11th International Symposium on Equatorial Aeronomy and CAWSES
Mini-Workshop (ISEA-11), May 9-14, 2005, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
46.
A.Paul, S. Ray,
K. Basu and
A. DasGupta
Estimation of L-band Scintillation Intensity from VHF Scintillation
Characteristics
11th International Symposium on Equatorial Aeronomy and CAWSES
Mini-Workshop (ISEA-11), May 9-14, 2005, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
A.DasGupta,
A. Paul, S. Ray, A.
Das
and
S.
Ananthakrishnan
Observations of Equatorial Spread-F (ESF) using the Giant Meterwave
Radio Telescope (GMRT), Global Positioning System (GPS) and
Geostationary satellites
XXVIIIth General Assembly of the International Union of Radio Science
(URSI-GA 2005), October 23-29, 2005, New Delhi, India.
S.
Ray,
A.
DasGupta and P.
Banerjee
Northern Limit of the Equatorial Irregularity Belt observed with GPS
signal scintillations
XXVIIIth General Assembly of the International Union of Radio Science
(URSI-GA 2005), October 23-29, 2005, New Delhi, India
A. DasGupta,
A. Das, D. Hui, K.
K. Bandyppadhyay
and M. R.
Sivaraman
Ionospheric Perturbations Observed By The GPS Following The
December 26th, 2004 Sumatra-Andaman Earthquake
42nd Annual Convention and Meeting on “Earth System Process Related to
Earthquakes, Tsunamis and Volcanic Eruptions”, December 7-9, 2005,
Barkatullah University, Bhopal, India.
50.
A. Das, A. Paul and
A. DasGupta
Slant and Vertical Total Electron Content as Observed from GAGAN
Stations
XIVth National Space Science Symposium (NSSS-2006), February 9-12,
2006, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, India.
51.
S. K. Chakraborty,
A.Paul,
A. Das and D. Hui
Ionosphere near the anomaly crest in the Indian Zone during the magnetic
storm on March 13, 1989
XIVth National Space Science Symposium (NSSS-2006), February 9-12,
2006, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, India.
A. DasGupta,
Long-term Control of Solar Activity on Equatorial Scintillations,
International Living With a Star (ILWS) Workshop on “ The Solar
Influence on the Heliosphere and Earth’s Environment: Recent Progress
and Prospects”, February 19-24, 2006, Goa, India.
44.
47.
48.
49.
52.
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53.
A. Maitra and K.
Chakravarty
Ku-Band Rain Attenuation Observations on an Earth-Space Path
in the Indian Region
URSI General Assembly, New Delhi, 23-29 October 2005, orally
presented, published in the proceedings (4 pages) [Paper No
F01.4(0650)].
A. Maitra and
K.Chakravarty
Raindrop Size Distribution Measurements and Associated Rain
Parameters at a Tropical Location in the Indian Region”,
URSI, GA 2005, orally presented, published in the proceedings (4 pages)
[Paper No F01.6(01059)].
A. Maitra,
K.Chakravarty, C.
Shome and G.
Bandyopadhyay
Refractivity Profiles and Associated Atmospheric Monitoring from GPS
Occultations and Radiosonde Observations in the Indian Region”,
URSI GA 2005, orally presented, published in the proceedings (4 pages)
[Paper No FG.3(0431)].
A. Maitra
Studies of climatic parameters with propagation measurements and
radiosonde data in the Indian region
Abstracts 3rd Indo-French Workshop on Megha Tropiques”, Satellite
Application Centre, Ahmedabad, October 17-20, 2005, p.57.
A.Maitra,
A. Bhattacharjee, K.
Chakravarty and T.
Rakshit Ghosh
Studies on cloud liquid water content at a tropical location
Abstracts XIV National Space Science Symposium, Visakhapatnam,
Februsry 9-12, 2006, p. 32.
58.
A.Maitra
and T.
Ghosh
Modelling of weighted mean temperature for retrieval of atmospheric
water vapour using GPS in the Indian region
Abstracts XIV National Space Science Symposium, Visakhapatnam,
Februsry 9-12, 2006, p. 32.
59.
A. Maitra
and
K. Chakravarty
Propagation studies over an earth-space path at Ku-band in the Indian
region
Abstracts XIV National Space Science Symposium, Visakhapatnam,
Februsry 9-12, 2006, p. 33
60.
B.C. Roy and P. K.
Das
Optical Cavity QED Feedback Control System and Nyquist Stability
Analysis,
Proc. EPMDS, pp. H 28 –29 , 2006.
B.C. Roy
Stability Analysis of Quantum Mechanical Feedback Control System,
Accepted in Worls Sc. Conf. Proc. 2006.
54.
55.
56.
57.
61.
Rakshit
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ANNEXURE – VI(C)
Reports / Technical Notes
Name
Title
Jourrnal
Subal Kar
Journey in to space (The life
and work of Prof. M.K.
Dasgupta)
The Statesman,
Kolkata,
Sankar Pal and
P.K. Basu
Biswa Ranjan Nag
Biog. Mem. Fell. INSA, New
3.
P K. Basu
Nanoelectronics and
nanophotonics
Souvenir of the National
Seminar on Nanotechnology:
Present status and future
prospects” Organized by the
Dept. Chemical Technology,
CU, pp. 60-67 (2005).
4.
N. R. Das,
Editorial: Selected papers
from Computers and
Devices for Communication
(CODEC 04
Special issue of Proc. IEE:
Circuits, Devices and Systems,
October (2005).
1.
2.
P. K. Basu and
M. J. Deen
26th December, 2005
Delhi, 28 151-174 (2005)
5.
P. K. Basu
Silicon Photonics
(Abstract)
Proc. of CALCON 05,
Dec. 2-3, 2005, IEEE Kolkata Section
6.
P. K. Basu
Silicon Photonics : Silicon
Raman Lasers
submitted for publication in
Resonance
7.
P. K. Basu
Recent Trends in
Semiconductor
Nanoelectronics and
Nanophotonics
Proc. Nanotechnology to be
held at Haldia Inst. Technology,
April 2006
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ANNEXURE – VII(A)
1. Names and Specialisation of the Faculty in the Centre
Professors
1.
Prof. P. C. Rakshit,
M.Tech, Ph.D
Head of the department
Circuit Theory, Microwave Solid State Devices and
Circuits
2.
Prof. J.P.Bandyopadhyay,
M.Sc., Ph.D. SMIEEE
Semiconductor Devices, Microelectronics.
3.
Prof. P.K.Basu,
M.Tech., Ph.D., FIETE, SMIEEE, MIEE
CAS Program Coordinator
Semiconductor Physics, Material Science, Solid
State and Optoelectronic Devices, Optical
Communication,
Nanoelectronics
4.
Prof. D. Biswas
M.Tech, Ph.D.
Solid State Electronics and Devices,
Electronic Circuit Design and Instrumentation
5.
Prof. D. Chattopadhyay,
M.Tech., Ph.D., D.Sc.
Semiconductor Physics
Theory, Material Science
6.
Prof. A. K. Dasgupta
M.Tech., Ph.D.
Space Science, Radio Wave Propagation
Analog Circuits, Antennas
7.
Prof. A. K. Datta,
M.Tech, Ph.D.
Signal Progressing, Communication Circuits and
System.
8.
Prof. S. S. De
M.Sc., Ph.D.
9.
Prof. G. Ghosh M.Tech., Ph.D.
Solid State and Microwave Electronics, Digital
Electronics
10.
Prof. P. K. Goswamy
M.Tech, Ph.D
Microwave Semiconductor Devices and
Circuits, Digital Techniques, Control Systems,
Numerical Analysis, Electronic Engineering Design
11.
Prof. S. Kar,
M.Tech, Ph.D., FIETE, SMIEEE,
Fulbright Fellow
Microwave and mm-wave Electronics, Computer
Aided Design and Optimization, High Energy
Physics and Technology and Femto second
Technology
12.
Prof. A. Maitra
M.Sc., Ph.D. MIEEE
Communication,
Sensing
13.
Prof. N. Purkait
M.Tech M.Sc.(Wales), Ph.D., FIETE
Line Communication, Audio Engineering,
Ionosphere, Geomagnetism, Sun Weather
Relationship,.
Atmospheric Physics.
Semiconductor Electronics
and
Devices,
Circuit
Ionospheric Plasma, Ionosphere, Middle
Atmosphere, Advanced Mathematics, Solid
State Electronics
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Wave
Propagation,
Remote
14.
Prof. J. B. Roy,
M.Tech., Ph.D., MIEEE
Solid State and Quantum Electronics,
Optoelectronics, Microprocessor
15.
Prof. P. K. Saha
M.Tech Ph.D.(Leeds), FIETE, SMIEEE
Electromagnetic Boundary Value Problems,
Microwave Engineering, Optoelectronics, Fibre
Optic Communication.
16.
Prof. S. Sen ,
M. Tech, Ph.D.., FIE
Deputy Program Coordinator
Quantum and Optoelectronic Devices, OEIC,
Instrumentation
Readers
1.
Dr. B. Bandyopadhyay
M.Tech., Ph.D.
Microwave Electronics, Computer Software
2.
Dr. N. R. Das,
M. Tech., Ph.D., SMIEEE
Optoelectronic and Photonic Devices,
Semiconductor Nanostructures
3.
Dr. S. K. De
M.Tech, Ph.D
Solid State and Microwave Electronics
Pulse and Digital Technique.
4.
Dr. A. Ghosal
M.Tech., Ph.D.
Solid State Electronics, Communication Circuits
and Systems
5.
Dr. R. Ghosh
M.Tech, Ph.D.
Solid State Electronics, Microelectronics,
Microwave, Educational Technology.
6.
Dr. (Mrs) G. Sen (Guha Maszumdar)
M.Tech., Ph.D.
Microwave Engineering, TV Engineering.
7.
Dr. D. Guha
M.Tech., Ph.D., SMIEEE
Antenna Engineering, Microwaves,
Broadcast Engineering
8.
Dr. B. Saha
M.Tech., Ph.D.
Active Circuits, Radio wave propagation
Senior Lecturers and Lecturers
1.
Dr. A. Biswas
M.Tech, Ph.D., MIEEE
Semiconductor Device Modeling, Circuit and
Device Simuation with SPICE, VLSI,
optoelectronics, Control Theory
2.
D. (Mrs) Soma Barman Mandal,
M. Tech., Ph.D.
Mechatronics
3.
Sri A. Das Barman,
M. Tech.
Optical communication, DSP
4.
Sri A. Kundu,
M. Tech.
Microwave Engineering
5.
Smt.Sumitra Mukhopadhyay,
M.E.Tel.E.
Control Systems Engineering.
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6.
Sri Ashik Paul
M. Tech.
Space Science, Communication Engg.
7.
Dr. J. Siddiqui,
M. Tech., Ph.D.
Microwave
Electromagnetics
antenna,
Computational
2. Guest Lecturers/retired Professors working as Teachers
Name
Affiliation
1.
Prof. S. K. Roy
Ex-IRPE: involved in DRDO projects
2.
Prof. A. N. Chakravarti, M. Tech, Ph.D.
Ex-IRPE
3.
Prof. A. N . Dutta, M. Tech, Ph.D.
Do
4.
Dr. B. C. Roy
Do
5.
Smt. Mahuya Chakrabarti
Netaji Subhash Engg. College, Kolkata
6.
Dr. Mahuya Bhattacharya
WB University of Technology (WBUT)
7.
Sri Amlan Chakrabarty
WBUT
8.
Prof. Amitabha Chanda
ISI (retd)
9.
Prof. Ranjan Dasgupta
National Inst. For Technical Teachers’ Training &
Research, Kolkata
10.
Dr. Partha Pratim Das
Interra Systems, Salt Lake, Kolkata
11.
Sri Jadu Nath Roy
Interra Systems, Salt Lake, Kolkata
12.
Smt. Himadri Bhattacharyya
Surendra Nath College
13.
Prof. M. M. Rahman
St. Xaviers College
14.
Smt. Nayana Guha Mazumdar
BKC College, Kolkata
15.
Sri Mukul K. Das
AK Chowdhury School of IT, CU
16.
Sri Pramathes Das
B. P. Poddar Inst. of Engg. Management, Kolkata
3. 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.
Dr. Birendra Singh
Research
Assistant/permanent
HoD
Do
3.
Dr. Amitabha Mitra
Scientist C
Prof. P. K. Saha
WB Govt funded
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"Training Program
on mm wave
Technology
4.
Dr. Pranab
Karmakar
Scientist C
Prof. P. K. Saha
5.
Dr. Subrata
Chattopadhyay
Do
do
As above
6.
Sri Manabendra
Maity
Scientist B
Do
do
7.
Smt. Bratati
Mukhopadhyay
Research Fellow
Prof. P. K. Basu
World Bank/MHRD
supported TEQIP
8.
Sri Manatosh
Biswas
Do
Prof. P. K. Saha/ Dr. D.
Guha
Do
9.
Smt. Aditi Das
Research Fellow
Prof. A. K. Dasgupta
ISRO supported
S. K. Mitra Centre
10.
Smt. Sarbani Ray
Do
do
Do
11.
Sri Debrup Hui
Do
do
Do
12.
Smt. Tuktuki
Ghosh Rakshit
Do
Prof. A. Maitra
Do
13.
Sri Kaustav
Chakrabarty
Do
do
Do
14.
Smt. Sanghamitra
De
Do
Prof. N. Purkait
Do
15.
Sri Anirban Guha
Do
Prof. S. S. De
Do
16.
Smt. Swagata
Bhattacharyya
Project Fellow
Dr. A. Biswas
CAS
17.
Sri Suman Sarkar
Dr. J. Siddiqui
CAS
18.
Smt. Shyamali
Dasgupta
Dr. N. R. Das
CAS
4. CAS Research Scholars joining the Institute in 2005:
No
Name
Supervisor
1.
Smt. Swagata Bhattacharyya
Dr. Abhijit Biswas
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2.
Sri Suman Sarkar
Dr. J. Siddiqui
3.
Smt. Shyamali Dasgupta
Dr. N. R. Das
5. List of Faculties in INRAPHEL/Other Institutions working for Ph.D. in the Centre
Name
Designation
Institution
Supervisor
1.
Sri Ashik Paul
Lecturer
INRAPHEL, CU
Prof. A. K. Dasgupta
2.
Sri A. Das Barman
Lecturer
INRAPHEL, CU
Prof. P. K. Basu
3.
Sri A. Kundu
Lecturer
INRAPHEL, CU
Dr. B. Bandyopadhyay
4.
Sri Subindu Kumar
Lecturer
Siliguri Inst. Technology
Prof. D. Biswas
5.
Sri Mukul Das
Lecturer
A K Chowdhury School of
Information Tech., CU
Dr. N. R. Das
6.
Sri Himadri Dutta
Lecturer
Do
Dr. N. R. Das
7.
Smt. Susmita Sen
Lecturer
Birla Institute of
Technology
Dr. N. R. Das
8.
Sri Santu Mukherjee
Lecturer
Assansol Engg. College
Dr. N. R. Das
9.
Swapan Bhattacharya
Lecturer
Do
Dr. N. R. Das
10.
Madhumita Pal
Lecturer
NIT, Sichar
Dr. N. R. Das
11.
Sri Saibal Pradhan
Asst.Professor
Kolaghat Engg. College
Prof. S. Sen
12.
Sudipta
Chattopadhyay
Sr. Lecturer.
Siliguri Institute of
Technology
Dr. D. Guha
13.
Sujoy Biswas
VXL Technologies
Dr. D. Guha
14.
Sri Chandra Kanta
Kumar
Scientist
Satellite Centre, ISRO,
Bangalore
Dr. D. Guha
15.
Kaushik Datta
Lecturer
Academy of Technology,
Adisaptagram
Dr. D. Guha
6. Ph. D. Awarded/ Submitted/ Presented Pre-Doctoral Seminars: Ph.D. thesis awarded/submitted
Name
Supervisor
Title
Status
1.
Sri Abhijit Biswas
Prof. P. K. Basu
On some studies of the physics of
electronic devices based on group IV
SiGe and SiGeC alloys
Awarded in
2005
2.
Smt. Madhumita
Das
Prof. P. K. Basu
Studies on Electron Mobility in GaInP
and GanP/GaAs Quantum Wells
As above
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3.
Jawad Y. Siddiqui
Dr. D. Guha
Theoretical and Experimental Studies
on Some Microstrip Antennas of
Different Configurations.
As above
4.
Smt. Kabita De
Prof. A. N. Dutta
Development of Suitable Microwave
Imaging System for Biomedical
Applications and Formulation of
Relevant Reconstruction Algorithms
for Microwave Tomography
Viva Voce
to be
conducted
5.
Smt. Bratati
Mukhopadhyay
Prof. P. K. Basu
Submitted
in 2005
6.
Smt. Sarbani Ray
Prof. A. K.
Dasgupta
Some Investigations on Optoelectronic
Device Applications of Si-based
Quantum Nanostructures
Ionospheric Scintillation and its Effects
on the Global Positioning System
(GPS)
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To be
submitted
in March
06
ANNEXURE-VII(B)
Other Details about the Faculty
1.
Membership:
1.
Name
Prof. Subal Kar
Organization
Elevated to Senior Member IEEE, 2006
News Clip Highlighting the Research Work of Faculty Members
“ City Physicists join a project to catch atoms in action”, The Telegraph “KnowHow”, August 8, 2005,
reported by Biplab Das; “Indian Fulbright Aumnus Collaborates on Important Physics Project at
Lawrence Labs, Berkeley, California”, State Aumni News Website of Bureau of Educational and
Cultural Affairs, U.S. Department of State, Highliting the collaborative research of Prof. Subal Kar
with Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California at Berkeley, U.S.A.
2. Visits Abroad:
Name
Position
Institution
Period
Prof. P. K. Basu
Visiting Professor
Dept. ECE, Mcmaster University,
Hamilton, Canada
April –June
2005
Prof. P. K. Basu
Visiting Scientist
UK Universities under INSA-Royal
Society Intl. Exchange Program
March
(deferred til
May 06)
Dr. N. R. Das
Do
Dept. ECE, McMaster University,
Hamilton, Canada
April – June
2005
Prof. P. K. Saha
Do
Royal Military College of Canada
(Canadian Defense University at
Kingston, Ontario), Kingston, Canada
June- August
2005
Dr. D. Guha
Visiting Research
Professor
Do
June 04March 06
Dr. D. Guha
Visiting Scientist
Communication Research Centre (CRC),
Ottawa, Canada
2005
Dr. D. Guha
Conference
IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society
International Symposium at Washington
DC, USA
2005
Prof. A. K. Dasgupta
Conference
Ionospheric Effects Symposium – 2005
(IES2005),Alexandria, Virginia, USA.
May 3-5,
2005
Prof. A. K. Dasgupta
Conference
Xth Satellite Based Augmentation System
(SBAS) - IONO Meeting, McLean,
Virginia, USA
May 6-7,
2005
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Sri Ashik Paul
Conference
11th
International
Symposium
on
Equatorial Aeronomy and CAWSES
Mini-Workshop
(ISEA-11),
Taipei,
Taiwan, R.O.C.
May 9-14,
2005,
3. 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, Program Chair : Intl. Conf. EPMDS 06.
Dr. B. Bandyopadhyay
Website Manager: EPMDS 6; Editor of Centres website : www.irpel.org
Prof. A. K. Dasgupta
Member of Editorial Board, IJRSP, Member - URSI GA 06
Prof. P. K. Saha
Fellow IETE (FIETE), Senior Member IEEE (SMIEEE), Chairman, APMTT Chapter, IEEE - Kolkata; Member of Editorial Board of IEEE Trans.
MTT
Chairman - CODEC 06.
Prof. P. K. Basu,
FIETE, SMIEEE, Chairman, LEOS Chapter, IEEE Kolkata
Member, EPSRC College, UK; MIEE (UK); Reviewer : APS, AIP
Journals, IEEE -EDS, IEE-CDS
Prof. J. P.
Bandyopadhyay
FIETE, SMIEEE, Member, IEEE(LEOS)
Member, Calcutta Chapter of IEEE (LEOS)
Member, local organizing committee of EPMDS-2006, Dept. of Electronic
Science, C.U.
Member, local organizing committee for international Conference on Laser
and Nanomaterials (ICLAN) October 2006 Dept. of Physics.
Member of Board of Research studies of Physics of Burdwan University
Reviewer 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, Collaborative
research with Berkely Lab U.S.A has appeard as news page in State Alumni
News (Fulbright) of the U S. State Dept., Reviewer of JIETE and Journal of
Physics, Selection Committee Expert of Gauhati University, External
Expert of the P.G Council of North Eastern Hill University
Prof. A. Maitra
FIETE, MIEEE,
Referee of the Journals- Indian Journal of Radio and Space Physics, CSIR
Indian Journal of
Physics, IACS, Calcutta, Journal of Institution of
Engineers, Calcutta
Prof. J. B. Roy
MIEEE, Program Chair : EPMDS 06
Dr. N. R. Das
FIETE, SMIEEE, Secretary, LEOS, IEEE Kolkata,
Reviewer of IEEE PTL, IEEE-JQE
Organizing Chair of the IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optic Society (LEOS)
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Chapter of the IEEE Calcutta Section for the year 2004, Secretary 2005
Dr. D. Guha
Dr. A. Biswas
SMIEEE, Reviewer of IEEE Trans MTT IEEE Transactions on Antennas
and Propagation, IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, IEE
Proceedings on Microwave, Antennas and Propagation,IEE Electronics
Letters, International Journal of RF and Microwave Computer-Aided
Engineering, USA ,Journal of Microwaves and Optoelectronics, Brazil
,Iranian Journal of Science and Technology, Trans. B, Iran, IETE Technical
Review , Indian Journal of Physics
MIEEE
Dr. J. Siddiqui
MIEEE, Reviewer of IEEE Antenna & Wireless Propagation Letters
4. Invited Talks / Session Chairs in Conferences and symposia:
Name
Function
Event
Organizers, dates
1.
Prof. J. P.
Bandyopadhyay
Keynote
address
Design and Development of mmwave Impatts for Radar application
National Conference at
Chennai, 2005
2.
Prof. J. P.
Bandyopadhyay
Invited talk
Emerging Nanodevices
Jadavpur University
(2005).
3.
Prof. P.K. Basu
Inv. Talk
Tutorials on Optical Communication
and Networking Systems
IEEE-LEOS, Calcutta
Section, Kolkata,
September 30, 2005.
4.
Prof. P.K. Basu
Invited
Resource
Person
Refresher course in Electronics
(Physics),
UGC Academic Staff
College, Sambalpur
University, Orissa, 22.11 –
12.12.2005.
5.
Prof. P.K. Basu
Invited talk
Silicon Photonics
CALCON 05, IEEE –
Calcutta Section,
December 2-3, 2005.
6.
Prof. P.K. Basu
Invited
Resource
Person
A concise course on the design and
analysis of VLSI circuits
Dept. E & TC Engg,
Jadavpur University under
TEQIP, December 13-17,
2005.
7.
Prof. P.K. Basu
Inv. Talk
Quantum Well Photonic Devices
using Si and Its Alloys: Some
Theoretical Investigations
International Conf.
Semiconductor MEMS and
Nanotechnology
(MemsNano), IITKharagpur, Dec. 20-22,
2005.
8.
Prof. P.K. Basu
Inv. Talk
Electrons, Phonons, Photons and
Their Interactions in Si Based
Devices
International Conf.
EPMDS 2006, Dept.
Electronic Sc., CU, SINP,
4 - 6 Jan. 2006.
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9.
Dr. N. R. Das
Inv. Talk
Tutorials on “ Optical
Communication and Networking
Systems”
IEEE-LEOS, Calcutta
Section, Kolkata,
September 30, 2005.
10.
Prof. A. K.
Dasgupta
Inv. Chair
Session Atmospheric and Space
Sciences at the 42nd Annual
Convention and Meeting on “Earth
System
Process
Related
to
Earthquakes, Tsunamis and Volcanic
Eruptions”.
Barkatullah University,
Bhopal, India during
December 7-9, 2005
11.
Prof. A. K.
Dasgupta
do
Session Ionosphere, Thermosphere
and Mesosphere (ITM-II) at the
International Living With a Star
(ILWS) Workshop on “ The Solar
Influence on the Heliosphere and
Earth’s Environment: Recent
Progress and Prospects”
Goa, India,
February 19-24, 2006
12.
Prof. J. B. Roy
Inv. Talk
Workshop on “Microprocessors for
college teachers”
Academic Staff College –
CU, and Dept. Physics,
December 26-31, 2005.
13.
Prof. P.K. Saha
Inv. Talk
Tutorials on “ Optical
Communication and Networjking
Systems” ,
IEEE-LEOS, Calcutta
Section,Kolkata,
September 30, 2005.
14.
Prof. P. K. Saha
Inv. Talk
Improved circular Waveguide and
Conical Horn Radiators with New
Types of Transverse Corrugations at
Workshop-Seminar on Microwaves
and Applications
BITS-Pilani, March 7-12,
2006
15.
Dr. D. Guha
Invited
Chair
Technical Sessions in the IEEE AP-S
International
Symposium,
Washington DC, USA, July 2005.
IEEE – APS, Washington,
DC.
July 2005
16.
Prof. S. Kar
Invited
Talk
National Seminar on Emerging
Trends in Wireless Communication
Institution of Engineers,
Kolkata Chapter March
11-12, 2006.
17.
Prof. S. Sen
Inv. Talk
Tutorials on “ Optical
Communication and Networking
Systems” ,
IEEE-LEOS, Calcutta
Section,Kolkata,
September 30, 2005.
18.
Prof. S. Sen
Invited
Resource
Person
Refresher
(Physics),
UGC Academic Staff
College, Sambalpur
University, Orissa, 22.11 –
12.12.2005.
19.
Prof. S. Sen
Invited
A concise course on the design and
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course
in
Electronics
Dept. E & TC Engg,
Resource
Person
analysis of VLSI circuits
Jadavpur University under
TEQIP, December 13-17,
2005.
20.
A. Maitra
Invited talk
Validity of CHAMP observations in
the Indian region”,.
GPS Occultation
Workshop, NMRF,
Gadanki, 19-21 April
2005.
21.
Do
do
Satellite and Mobile Communications
Academic Staff College,
Gauhati University, 27-28
September 2005.
Do
do
Climatic parameter studies with
propagation measurements and
radiosonde data in the Indian region
23.
Do
do
Climatic parameters for radio
environment Darjeeling First
workshop on astroparticle physics
and space sciences: Scope of the
National Facility in Eastern
Himalayas
Megha Tropiques
Workshop, SAC,
Ahmedabad, 17-20
October 2005.
Bose Institute, Darjeeling,
3-5 November 2005
24.
Dr. B. C. Roy
Inv. Talk
Quantum Information and
Cryptographic Security in Social and
Financial Services
Intl. Conf. Quantum wavelets and
Quantum Finance
Millenium University,
Dhaka, 5-11 Dec. 2005.
5. Conferences Attended by Teachers
Name
Conference/Workshop
Organizer
Dates
1.
A. Das Barman
IWOP international conference on
emerging areas of optical fiber and future
application
CGCRI
Kolkata
DEC
2005
2.
Do
International conference on Electronic
and Photonic Materials, Devices and
Systems (EPMDS).
Dept. Electronic
Sc., CU
Jan 4 –6, 06
3.
Dr. Soma
Barman Mandal
A. K. Dasgupta
and A. Pal
4.
XXVIIIth General Assembly of the
International Union of Radio Science
(URSI-GA 2005), October 23-29, 2005,
New Delhi, India.
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8-10,
5.
A. K. Dasgupta
and A. Pal
42nd Annual Convention and Meeting on
“Earth System Process Related to
Earthquakes, Tsunamis and Volcanic
Eruptions”
Barkatullah
University,
Bhopal, India.
December 79, 2005,
6.
A. K. Dasgupta
and A. Pal
International Living With a Star (ILWS)
Workshop on “ The Solar Influence on
the
Heliosphere
and
Earth’s
Environment: Recent Progress and
Prospects”
Goa, India.
February 1924, 2006
6. Books Published/ Editorship etc.:
Name of Authors
Title
Status
Prof. P. K. Basu
and M. J. Deen
Silicon Photonic Devices
Total chapter: 15 (completed 13)
Prof. N. B. Chakrabarti
and Prof. A. K. Datta
An Introduction to the
Principle of Digital
Communication
For BE/B Tech
New Age Intl (formerely Wiley Eastern) in press
Prof. P. K. Saha
and Y. M.M. Antar
Electromagnetic Resonators:
Theory, Applications and
Measurement
In progress
Dr. N. R. Das, Prof. P. K.
Basu
and Prof. M. J. Deen
Guest Editors for the Special
Issue of the International
Journal The IEE Proceedings
(2005) on “Circuits, Devices
and Systems”.
Published
7.
Collaboration with 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
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
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7.
Prof. Subal Kar
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory,
University of California at Berkely, U.S.A
Laser based Ultrafast X-ray source
LUX) for ultrafast studies in human
cells. Nano structures etc.
8.
Prof. A. Maitra
i) Bose Institute, Kolkata
ii) Satellite Application Cnetre, ISRO,
Ahmedabd
iii) Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UK
iv) Strathclyde Univesrity, UK
Joint research, collaboration in
sponsored projects
10.
RoyalDr.
Military
D. Guha
College: Ro Royal Military College,
Kingston, Canada
New design and concepts of
developing Circularly Polarized
Broadband Dielectric Resonator
Antennas
11.
Dr. D. Guha
King Fahd University, Daham, Saudi
Arabia
Development of integratable dualband/ wideband printed antennas for
mobile wireless communications
12.
Dr. D. Guha
Spotwave Wireless Inc., a
leadingNorhAmerican Wireless
Communication Industry, Ottawa,
Canada (www.spotwave.com)
Design of a dual band low profile
UMTS antenna with very high gain.
13.
Dr. N. R. Das
McMaster University
Joint research
8.
Other Activities:
(a) Distinguished Visitors in the Institute:
1.
Name
Organization
2.
Dr. Subir Das
Telcordia
3.
Dr. Anil Gupta
Cadence
4.
Prof. Y. M. M. Antar
Royal Military College, Canada
5.
Dr. Ian Glover
Univ. Bath, UK
6.
Prof. Sanjit K. Mitra
Univ. California, Santa Barbara
December 22, 05
7.
Prof. B. B. Pal
IIT, Delhi
Jan. 3, 06
8.
Prof. H. Iwai
Tokyo Inst Technology, Jaopan
Jan. 3., 06
9.
Prof. Yasavant Gupta
NCRA, TIFR-Pune
10.
Prof. S. Ananthakrishnan
Do
11.
Professor Supriya Chakrabarti,
Chair, Center for Space Science, Boston
University, USA
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Dates
October 31, 05
March 10, 2006
(b) Faculty Members Serving as Visiting Professor/Fellow:
Name
Designation
Place
Period
P. K. Basu
Visiting Professor
McMaster Univ., Canasda
April-June 05
N. R. Das
Do
Do
Do
D. Guha
Do
RMC, Canada
Till March 06
P. K. Saha
Do
RMC, Canada
June-August 05
9. Patents
Subal Kar : MICROWAVE TWIN CAP ANTENNA
The following inventions have been applied for US papent.
HIGH GAIN WIDEBAND MICROSTRIP PATCH ANTENNA
Inventors:
Debatosh Guha, Kingston (CA);
Yahia Antar, Kingston, (CA)
IMPROVED GROUND PLANE PCS/CELL ANTENNA
Inventors:
Debatosh Guha, Kingston (CA);
Yahia Antar, Kingston (CA);
Spotwave Wireless Inc, Ottawa (CA)
LOW PROFILE COMPOSITE DIELECTRIC RESONATOR ANTENNA WITH WIDE BANDWIDTH
AND MONOPOLE TYPE RADIATION
Inventors:
Debatosh Guha, Kingston (CA)
Yahia Antar, Kingston, (CA)
10. Conferences/Workshops arranged/supported by Faculties of INRAPHEL
Title
Date/venue
Collaboration/support
1.
Teachers Training Workshop by Xilinx Inc.
June 20-23, 2005
Xilinx Inc., USA
2.
One day Tutorial on " Optical Communication
& Networking Systems"
September 30, 2005/
M. N. Saha
Auditorium
LEOS - IEEE Kolkata
3.
Tutorial on " Digital Filter Design using
MATLAB" by Prof. S. K. Mitra, UCSB, Calif.
USA
International Conference " Electronic and
Photonic Materials, Devices & Systems"
(EPMDS 06)
December 22, 2005
CAS activity
SINP, January 4-6,
2006
Organized by Dept.
Electronic Science, CU;
Faculties of
INRAPHEL supported
in various capacities
4.
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5.
Seminar " Nanotechnology: An Awareness
Program" (nanoAware)
March 24 - 25, 2006
Sponsored under
TEQIP; Chair : Prof. S.
Sen; Program Chair:
Prof. P. K. Basu
6.
3rd International Conference " Computers,
Devices & Communication" (CODEC 06)
December 18-21, 06
Hyatt Regency
Organized by
INRAPHEL;
First announcement &
Call for papers
circulated and posted in
websites.
11.
Lectures arranged
Speaker
Date
In
collaboration
with
RF and Microwave
Research Related to
Muon Collider and
X-Ray Laser
04.05.05
AP/MTTIEEE
2.09.2005
LEOS – IEEE
1.
Prof. Subal Kar
2.
Prof. D. Datta,
ECE Dept., IIT Kharagpur
On
Optical
Networks
3.
Prof. B. K. Sarkar
ISRO Chaior Professor, IITKharagpur
Linear Accelerators for
Medical Applications
16.09.05
AP-MTT,
IEEE Kolkata
4.
P. K. Basu, P. K. Saha,
Susanta Sen, N,. R. Das
Optical Communication
Systems and Networking
30.09., 2005
LEOS - IEEE
5.
Sri Tirtha Pratim Das,
ISRO
5.10.2005
RPE Assocn.
6.
Sri Saptarshi Chowdhury,
WIPRO Technologies,
Bangalore
A Physicist Perception
for Advanced Quantum
Technologies for Space
Travel
Wireless Technology –
The Way of Life
21.10. 2005
RPE Assocn.
7.
Prof. Dr. Y. M. M. Antar
Canada Research Chair in
Applied Electromagnetics and
Engineering, Dept. of
Electrical and Computer Engg.
Royal Military College of
Canada
Dr. T. Chattopadhyay, Dept. of
Physics, Visva Bharati
University
An Overview of Recent
Research
and
New
Challenges in Antennas,
Radar
Studies
and
Microwave Engineering at
R.M.C.
31.10.05
AP-MTT,
IEEE
THz signal generation
through optical parametric
oscillation
24.11. 2005
LEOS - IEEE
8.
(IRPE)
title
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Access
9.
Sri Anil Gupta
Cadence, USA
On VLSI design
28. 11.2005
RPE Assocn.
10.
Dr. Ian Glover
Dept. of Electronic and
Electrical
Engineering, University of
Bath, UK
Measurements and
Modelling of Propagation
across the Indoor
Outdoor Interface for
WLAN Applications
14.12.05
AP-MTT,
IEEE
11.
Dr. Subir Das
Security
in
Wi-Fi
Networks
and
its
Management
16.12.05
RPE
Association
12.
Prof. Sanjit K. Mitra, ECE,
Univ. California-Santa Barbara
Digital Filter Design
using MATLAB
22.12. 2005
CAS
13.
Prof. Hiroshi Iwai, Tokyo Inst.
Technol., Japan
Nano CMOS
3.01.2006
IEEEEDS/LEOS
14.
Prof. B. P. Pal, Dept. Physics,
IIT-Delhi
Photonic Band Gap
3.01.2006
Do
15.
Prof. Yashawant Gupta
NCRA, TIFR-Pune
Exploring the Radio
Frequency Universe with
the GMRT
25.01.2006
RPE Assocn.
16.
Prof. S. Ananthakrishnan
NCRA, TIFR-Pune
Millimeterwave Research
of J.C. Bose and postindependence Research in
Radio Astronomy in
India
27.01.2006, 2006
RPR Assocn.
17.
Dr. Dipak Chakrabarti
PRL, Ahmedabad
Environmental Chemistry
and Pollution
March 2, 3,6,8,10
2006
CAS
18.
Professor Supriya Chakrabarti,
Chair, Center for Space
Science, Boston University,
USA
An Imaging Spectrograph
for Solar-Terrestrial
Interactions Studies
March 10, 2006
S. K. Mitra
Centre
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ANNEXURE-VIII
Sponsored Projects in Progress
Name
Project Title
Funding
agency/period/amount in
lakhs
1.
N. Purkait
Lower Atmospheric Chemistry
ISRO/ 3 years
Rs. 25.01 lakhs
2.
N. Purkait
Methane Emission from Rice Fields of West
Bengal, has been (completed)
MoE&F, Govt. of India,
2 years,
Rs.3.5 lakhs
3.
A. K. Dasgupta
Space Weather
Indian Space Research
Organization (ISRO)
3 years
Rs. 14.06 lacs
4.
Do
Development of Ionospheric Total Electron
Content (TEC) Models and its validation with
actual data for Satellite-Based Augmentation
System (SBAS) in the Indian Zone
Space Application Center
(SAC)
3 years
Rs. 7.26 lacs
5.
Do
A Study of the interrelationship of Equatorial
Scintillation, Ambient Ionization and Electrojet
ISRO
2 years
Rs. 4.66 lakhs
6.
Prof. S. S. De
Atmospheric electricity, electrical conductivity
of middle atmosphere and Schumann resonance
ISRO,
14.48 lakhs,
3 years
7.
Prof. A. Maitra
Radio Remote
Atmosphere
ISRO,
Department
Space, Government
India, Bangalore,–
Rs. 19.27 lakhs
8.
Do
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,
New Delhi,
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
9.
Sri Ashik Paul
Sensing
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of
the
Tropical
IRHPA Scheme through
Bose Institute, Kolkata,
2005-2010.
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of
ANNEXURE – IX
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME UNDER
TECHNICAL EDUCATION QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM (TEQIP)
of the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India
The Technical Education Quality Improvement Program (TEQIP) launched by MHRD has entered into
its second phase which intends to bring into its fold technical institutions in a number of states including
West Bengal. In this program, technical institutions are classified into a) Lead Institutions, b) Network
Institutions and c) Emergent Institutions. The gradation is based on the total marks scored by an
institution by maintaining or superceding the specified standards in number of courses and intakes, level
of teaching and research, publications and Ph.D., number of books and journals, other facilities etc.
In view of very high marks obtained, the Government of West Bengal (WBG) has conferred on the
University College of Technology of the University of Calcutta (UCT-CU) the status of Lead Institution,
qualifying it to receive financial assistance over the next four years. UCT-CU submitted well planned
proposals with justified budgetary need for development of teaching and research activities, procurement
of books, journals, equipment, vehicle and furniture, recruitment of staff, teachers' training in India and
abroad, expansion of building etc. In addition, each Lead Institution is required to establish a link with
one or two Network Institution in the state to advise and help them in their academic and other programs.
Furthermore, the Lead Institution must formulate a Tribal Development Program and also take active
role in the economic and academic development of the society. The WBG selected Haldia Institute of
Technology (HIT), Haldia, and Government College of Engineering & Ceramic Technology, Kolkata, as
the Network Institutions to tie up with UCT-CU. On the basis of discussions about the help needed by
the Network Institutions, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed.
The consolidated proposal of all the nine constituent departments of UCT-CU has been submitted to
WBG. All such proposals from the three Lead Institutions in WB have been forwarded by WBG to
MHRD, GoI, for necessary review and evaluation.
The MHRD has finally earmarked Rs. 30 crores to UCT-CU over the present phase ending in March
2008.
INRAPHEL, as a constituent department of UCT-CU, is entitled to a share of the fund allocated. It is
now augmenting its teaching and research laboratories utilizing the grant available.
A. Academic activity:
Participation in TEQIP requires reforms in academic program. Accordingly, semester system is being
introduced in the B. Tech level. In addition, evaluation by the students of the courses taught is another
reform to be introduced. Steps in this direction have already been undertaken.
Plans are submitted to augment the M. Tech program by introducing new specialized areas such as I)
Microwave and Lightwave Technology, ii) VLSI and Nanotechnology, iii) Communication and Space
Science and iv) Specials courses on Navigational Electronics like GPS, GIS etc. It is also proposed to
increase the intake capacity through such expansion.
In the research area, activities in the thrust areas of CAS are proposed to be augmented. In addition, work
in new areas related to proposed new specialized courses would be initiated. The manpower needed for
this is expected to come from teachers in Engineering Colleges and Network Institutions, as well as
regular Ph.D. scholars. The recent decision by CU to allow B. Tech degree holders to pursue Ph.D. is
expected to boost up research activities.
In the proposal, there are provisions for the younger faculties to receive training in emerging areas in
National Institutions and also foreign Universities. A number of teachers have already established links
with different institutions for this purpose.
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The proposal includes a provision for 6 JRFs, Teaching staff on contract basis and a few supporting staff
like Technical Assistant. Two JRFs have been recruited in the department.
B. Library development, Networking and Office Automation
A number of books: text-books and research monographs, have been purchased by the department and
are kept in the Central Library.
C. Equipment
As stated above, a list of equipment, carefully prepared for augmentation of teaching and research
activities has been submitted. Some iof the equipment and softwares are already available.
D. Building
Proposal has been submitted for installing a new lift in the Sisir Mitra Bhavan.
E. Link with Network Institutions
Training of teachers in the M. Tech and Ph.D. level has been undertaken. Faculties will deliver special
lectures in these institutions. Joint Workshops/Conferences have been held. Students will be allowed to
do their project work in the departments of the lead institution.
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