2. Brief outline of Major Activities during 1980-1990 :
 

         During this period, the following 3 major activities were pursued;
 

(1) LSI Design course at IIT Madras (1981-82, 1982-83, and 1983-84):
Along with Prof. K.V. Ramanathan, Mr. Dinesh Sharma and Dr. A.S. Vengurlekar a course on "Introduction to LSI Design" was offered to B.Tech and M.Tech students during Jul-Dec semesters of 1981-1982.

While others came only for 1 year, I was involved with the course for all the 3 years (1981-82, 1982-83 and 1983-84). Selected students came to TIFR during the summer vacation for 3 months to do projects on LSI design (8 M.Tech. and 2 B.Tech projects). Most of the projects were LSI designs based on TIFR's own CMOS Gate-Array. One of the chips designed by a B.Tech. student was realized on silicon through a foundry.
 

 (2) UNIDO (Vienna) Project on "TTL IC Fabrication Facility" (1984-1987): A project on "TTL IC Fabrication Facility" was awarded by UNIDO, Vienna to ET&T (a Government of India undertaking) in 1984.

SSE group was involved in the project right from the proposal stage (1984) to the fabrication of the TTL IC (7400 and 7476) chips in Mar. to Dec. 1986. The chips had a high yield of 90% on wafer and 65% after bonding and packaging.

The project was being discussed at very high levels and contribution by TIFR group, led by me, was recognized as very crucial to the project by the Chairman, Electronics Commission, (Govt. of India) and the Chairman & Managing Director of ET&T.
 

 (3) Bipolar IC Technology Transfer to IIT Kharagpur (1988): The Bipolar IC Technology Know-How Transfer to the Microelectronics Center, IIT Kharagpur was completed in a phased manner in 1 year's time,
  (i) Setting up the laboratory through unit process steps.   (ii) Training of the center's staff in design, fabrication and testing of bipolar ICs.   (iii) Fabrication of the Transfer Vehicle "TELECHIP"

(iv) Voltage Controlled Oscillator (VCO) chip was designed, fabricated and tested
       by a group of 3 students in 6 months time.
 
 

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