News & Upcoming Events
DevSET Workshop
This workshop is part of our ongoing efforts to strengthen India’s semiconductor ecosystem. It brings together industry professionals, researchers, and key stakeholders to share insights and explore collaborative opportunities. Through this workshop, we aim to:
(a) Collate white papers from experts by invitation to survey the national technical capabilities/expertise and related future aspirations
(b) Enable interaction, mutual understanding of capabilities through seminars, posters & demonstrations during the workshop
(c) Brainstorm the next steps to develop a technical roadmap for the ecosystem
Stay tuned for more updates!
Past Workshops
MEMS & Sensors Vertical
Workshop Purpose
The workshop aims to review the status report prepared by the DevSET staff and then collaboratively create a roadmap for the MEMS/Sensor vertical, focusing on developing high-level talent and essential infrastructure.
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| S. No | Time | Topic | Speaker | Session Chair |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 09:30 AM – 10:30 AM | Breakfast / Registration | – | |
| 2 | 10:30 AM – 10:40 AM | Inaugural Session | Prof. Enakshi Bhattacharya (DevSET Program Chair) | |
| 3 | 10:40 AM – 11:00 AM | Trends and Global Participation in MEMS & Sensors Research | Haritha / Sushant | |
| 4 | 11:00 AM – 01:00 PM | Discussion on Key Skill Gaps in MEMS & Sensors Technologies across(Design, Fabrication, Integration and system-level understanding) | – | |
| 5 | 01:00 PM – 02:00 PM | Lunch | – | |
| 6 | 02:00 PM – 03:00 PM | Aligning MEMS & Sensors Research Priorities, Institutional Frameworks, and Moonshot Initiatives with current and future industry needs | – | Prof. Ashwin Seshia |
| 7 | 03:00 PM – 03:15 PM | Tea Break | – | |
| 8 | 03:15 PM – 04:15 PM | Continued Discussion: Aligning MEMS & Sensors research priorities, institutional framework, and moonshot initiatives with current and future Industry Needs | – | |
| 9 | 04:15 PM – 04:30 PM | Concluding Remarks | – |
Logic vertical
Workshop Purpose
The workshop aims to review the status report prepared by the DevSET staff and then collaboratively create a roadmap for the Logic vertical, focusing on developing high-level talent and essential infrastructure.
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Memory vertical
Workshop Purpose
The workshop aims to review the status report prepared by the DevSET staff and then collaboratively create a roadmap for the Memory vertical, focusing on developing high-level talent and essential infrastructure.
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| S. No | Time | Topic | Speaker | Moderator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2:30 – 2:45 PM | Welcome to online Participants & introduction to DevSET Program | Enakshi Bhattacharya /Prof. Udayan | |
| 2 | 2:45 – 2:55 PM | Current Status Overview | Dr. Anshu Panbude | |
| 3 | 2:55 – 5:15 PM | 1. Interactive Session 2. Technology (Emerged/Emerging) 3. Edu. & Course Development 4. Training for Talent Development & UP-Skilling 5. Academy-Industry Collaboration | Participants | Prof. Rik Dey/ Prof. S.P. Tiwari |
| 4 | 5:15 – 5:30 PM | Summary | Prof. Rik Dey/ Prof. S.P. Tiwari |
Semiconductor Packaging vertical
Workshop Purpose
The objective was to prepare a comprehensive status report and a roadmap for the Ministry of Education and other agencies in each area.
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| S. No | Time | Topic | Speaker | Moderator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10:00 – 10:15 AM | Welcome to the Participants and Overview of DevSET Program | Enakshi Bhattacharya | |
| 2 | 10:15 – 10:30 AM | Semiconductor Packaging Academic Perspective | Pradeep Dixit | |
| 3 | 10:30 – 11:30 AM | Academician Opinion on Existing Curriculum, Skill sets required, Existing Gaps, and What to be done? | Nilesh Badwe, Anandroop Bhattacharya, Rohit Sharma, Murali K.P., Shiv Govind Singh, John Bosco, Vigneshwara Raja P, Veeresh Deshpande | Pradeep Dixit |
| 4 | 11:30 – 12:15 PM | Industry Feedback | Palkesh Jain (Qualcomm), Shantanu Sinha (SAC), Vijay Bolloju (IVP), Ritu Sodhi, Vipin Madangarli (GF) | Pradeep Dixit |
| 5 | 12:15 – 12:30 PM | Summary |
AINAC — AI, Neuromorphic, Advanced Computing Hardware
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AI / Neuromorphic / Advanced Computing Hardware Workshop Schedule: 30th August
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 09:30 – 10:00 | Inaugural Session: Udayan Ganguly (IIT Bombay) |
| 10:00 – 10:25 | Invited Talk 1: Chetan Singh Thakur (IISc Bangalore) |
| 10:25 – 10:50 | Invited Talk 2: Sumedh Risbud (Intel Labs) |
| 10:50 – 11:15 | Invited Talk 3: Alex James (Digital University Kerala) |
| 11:15 – 11:35 | ☕ Tea Break |
| 11:35 – 12:00 | Invited Talk 4: Shubham Sahay (IIT Kanpur) |
| 12:00 – 12:25 | Invited Talk 5: Sounak Dey (TCS Research) |
| 12:25 – 12:50 | Invited Talk 6: Udayan Ganguly (IIT Bombay) |
| 12:50 – 13:15 | Invited Talk 7: TBD |
| 13:15 – 14:30 | 🍽️ Lunch |
| 14:30 – 16:30 | Deliberating a Roadmap |
| 16:30 – 17:00 | ☕ Tea Break |
| 17:00 – 18:30 | Outline the Suggested Implementation Pathways |
| 19:00 onwards | 🍽️ Dinner |
Power Devices workshop schedule
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Power ESD Workshop Schedule: 30th August
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 09:30 – 10:00 | Inaugural Session: Udayan Ganguly (IIT Bombay) |
| 10:00 – 10:30 | Keynote: Gourab Majumdar (Mitsubishi Electric) |
| 10:30 – 10:50 | Invited Talk 1: Sayak Datta Gupta (IIT Madras) |
| 10:50 – 11:10 | Invited Talk 2: Ritu Sodhi (SemiX) |
| 11:10 – 11:30 | Invited Talk 3: Akshay K. (IIT Bhubaneswar) |
| 11:30–11:50 | ☕ Tea Break |
| 11:50 – 12:20 | Keynote: B. G. Fernandes (IIT Bombay) |
| 12:20 – 12:40 | Invited Talk 4: Dilip Risbud (LTSCT) |
| 12:40 – 13:00 | Invited Talk 5: Biplab Sarkar (IIT Roorkee) |
| 13:00 – 14:30 | 🍽️ Lunch |
| 14:30 – 16:30 | Deliberating a Roadmap |
| 16:30 – 17:00 | ☕ Tea Break |
| 17:00 – 18:15 | Outline the Suggested Implementation Pathways |
| 18:15 – 18:30 | Closing: Nandita Dasgupta (IIT Madras) |
| 19:00 onwards | 🍽️ Dinner |
AMS / RF — Analog Mixed Signal
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AMS / RF Workshop Schedule: 31st August
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 09:30 – 09:55 | Inaugural Session: Udayan Ganguly (IIT Bombay) |
| 10:00 – 10:20 | Invited Talk 1: Maryam Shojaei Baghini (IIT Bombay) |
| 10:25 – 10:45 | Invited Talk 2: Ashis Maity (IIT Kharagpur) |
| 10:50 – 11:10 | Invited Talk 3: Devarshi Mrinal Das (IIT Ropar) |
| 11:15 – 11:35 |  Tea Break |
| 11:40 – 12:00 | Invited Talk 4: Abhishek Srivastava (IIIT Hyderabad) |
| 12:05 – 12:25 | Invited Talk 5: Prateek Kumar Sharma(IIT Tirupati) |
| 12:30 – 12:50 | Invited Talk 5: Tarikul Islam (Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi) |
| 12:55 – 13:15 | Invited Talk 6: Nagendra Krishnapura (IIT Madras) |
| 13:20 – 14:30 |  Lunch |
| 14:35 – 16:55 | Deliberating a Roadmap |
| 17:00 – 17:30 | Tea Break |
| 17:35 – 18:30 | Outline the Suggested Implementation Pathways |
| 19:00 onwards | Dinner |
The workshop sessions were structured to
- Discuss the submitted white paper and related research.
- Identify key challenges and lessons learned, and discuss potential next steps for the community.
- Review past successes and the current state of the field, highlighting the impact of work in both industry and academia.
- Explore new research and educational paradigms.
- Deliberating a roadmap for the future
- Identify necessary resources—especially shared ones—to enable robust collaboration.
- Summarize the recommendations and outline the suggested implementation pathways.