(Selected)Invited Talks/Tutorials


(SELECTED) INVITED TALKS/TUTORIALS

Prof. Rao has delivered over 100 invited/ keynote addresses at various national/international conferences, academic institutions & industries all over the world.
  • Special lecture, "S&T based Entrepreneurship Programme Addressing the Needs of the Society" organized by The National Academy of Sciences, India (NASI), Biotech Consortium India Limited, New Delhi, the Uttarakhand State Council for Science & Technology (UCOST) and the Uttarakhand Council for Biotechnology (UCB), June 20-21,Dehradun

  • IEEE EDS Distinguished Lecture, IEEE EDS Mysore Chapter, SJCE Mysore, May 27, 2022

  • Keynote talk, 3rd International Conference on Entrepreneurship, Research and Innovations for Environmental Sustainability and Planetary Health, University of Delhi, April 7-8, 2022

  • National Science Day Lecture, International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials (ARCI), Hyderabad, February 28, 2022

  • Inaugural Keynote address, 35th IEEE International Conference on VLSI Design & 21st International Conference on Embedded Systems, Feb 26- March 2, 2022

  • Speaker, Institute Lecture Series, IIT Guwahati, January 21, 2022

  • 31st Pandit Jhabarmall Sharma Memorial Lecture, January 11, 2022 (Rajasthan Patrika group)

  • 30th Dr. Amitabha Bhattacharya Memorial Lecture_36th Indian Engineering Congress, Dec 27, 2021 New Delhi

  • Speaker, World Education Summit & Awards, Higher Education on 17th-18th December 2021

  • Plenary lecture, 11th India-Japan Science and Technology Seminar, December 6, 2021

  • Prof A.K.Kamal Memorial Lecture, IIT Roorkee, November 22, 2021

  • Keynote address, The 15th Universities' Global Strategies Symposium (UGSS), Japan, November 19, 2021

  • Plenary Lecture, An Internationa Meeting on Physics and Chemistry of Advanced Materials (PCAM), October 24-27, 2021, Delhi

  • Plenary talk, International Conference on Thin Films and Nanotechnology: Knowledge, Leadership and Commercialization (ICTN-KLC) 2021, 24-26th Aug 2021.

  • American Chemical Society Webinar, September 1, 2021

  • Keynote address, IEEE Nanotechnology Council Hyderabad Section Chapter, July 23 2021.

  • Keynote Speaker, Education conclave, The Indian Express Limited June 9th & 10th, 2021

  • Invited Lecture, KIIT Technology Business Incubator Webinar, June 9, 2021

  • Invited lecture, IEEE India Council, May 28, 2021

  • Prof C S Jha Memorial Lecture, 35th Indian Engineering Congress, 18-20 December 2020

  • Inaugural Plenary speaker, 15th IEEE International Conference on Industrial and Information Systems, India, November 26-28, 2020

  • 1st Prof. B. Guha Memorial Lecture, Information & Communication Society of India, Nov 11, 2020

  • Inaugural Plenary speaker, Virtual International Transdisciplinary Conference (VITC-2020), Vellore, India, 26th-28th August 2020

  • Inaugural Keynote address, Tech week, ST Microelectronics, Delhi, February 24, 2020

  • Panelist, Technology for the Next Decade, Moderated by K Ananth Krishnan, EVP & CTO, TCS, Sangam Leadership and Academicians meeting at Hyderabad, Feb 14, 2020

  • Special evening lecture for the SERB School on "Advanced Functional Materials at Nano and Atomic Scale". IIT Goa, Feb 11, 2020.

  • Special Theme Speaker, International Conference on Frugal Approach to Innovation (December 13-14, 2019) : New Delhi, Center for Research and Innovation in Frugal Technology Management. FORE School of Management, New Delhi

  • 21st "J.C. Bose Memorial Lecture", National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Foundation Day lecture, New Delhi, Nov 30, 2019

  • ACCS-CDAC Foundation award Lecture, Bangalore, September 6, 2019.

  • Keynote speaker, 10th India-Japan Science & Technology Conclave, 2019, New Delhi, September 5, 2019

  • Keynote Speaker, Higher Education Summit organised by Financial Review magazine in association with Deloitte, Brisbane, Australia (August 27, 2019)

  • Prof. M.G.K.Menon Award lecture, National Academy of Sciences India, Allahabad, July 29, 2019

  • Trombay Colloquium lecture, Bhabha Atomic Research Center, Mumbai, July 12, 2019

  • 4th Dr. Abdul Kalam Lecture, Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology, May 1, 2019

  • Foundation Day lecture, R&D Center, Indian Oil Corporation Ltd., March 9, 2019

  • Keynote Talk, *International Conference on Advanced Materials (ICAM-2019), Jamia Milia University, March 6, 2019, Delhi*

  • 6th JK Arora Memorial Lecture, Punjab College of Engineering (Deemed to be University), Chandigarh, Punjab, March 5, 2019

  • "Sir J C Bose Memorial Oration", Solid State Physics Laboratory, Delhi (February 7, 2019)

  • Institute Colloquium, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata, January 25, 2019

  • Speaker, Times Higher Education Emerging Economies Summit, Doha, Qatar, January 14-16, 2019

  • Annual Materials Lecture, International Centre for Materials Science (ICMS), Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), January 5, 2019

  • Inaugural Keynote talk, IEEE International Symposium on Smart Electronic Systems (IEEE-iSES), 17-19 December 2018, Hyderabad, India

  • Invited Plenary, 2018 IEEE Sensors conference, October 28-31, 2018,New Delhi

  • Invited Speaker, Science and Technology in Society (STS) Forum, October 7-9, 2018, Kyoto, Japan.

  • Invited Speaker, Robustness of IoT Devices Workshop, September 25-27, 2018, Reno, NV, USA, 40TH ANNUAL EOS/ESD SYMPOSIUM

  • Panelist, Global Science Outlook, World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, 23-26 January 2018

  • Invited talk, MRS Fall Meeting, Nov 26-Dec 1, 2017, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

  • GB Meemamsi Lecture, CDOT New Delhi, August 31, 2017

  • 3rd CRIKC Nanoscience Day Lecture, CSIO Chandigarh, August 29, 2017

  • 33rd Prof. Brahma Prakash Memorial Lecture, Indian Institute of Science (IISc, Bangalore), Aug 21, 2017

  • Distinguished Speaker Colloquium, North Carolina State University (NCSU), June 12, 2017 (https://www.ece.ncsu.edu/news/colloquium/)

  • Prof. CNR Rao Prize Lecture in Advanced Materials, February 13-15, 2017, Annual General Meeting of the MRSI, Mumbai, India

  • Invited Speaker, IEEE Sensors Conference, October 30 - Nov 2, 2016, Orlando,FL, USA

  • 22nd Dr S P Luthra Memorial Lecture, Institution of Engineers (India), Delhi State Centre, July 27, 2016

  • Invited Speaker, 7th IEEE International Nanoelectronics Conference (INEC 2016), May 9-11, 2016, Chengdu, China

  • Invited Speaker, 5th International Symposium on Next-Generation Electronics (ISNE 2016), May 4-6, 2016, Hsinchu, Taiwan

  • Prof. C.N.R.Rao National Nano-science Award Lecture, Bangalore India Nano Conference, Bangalore, March 4, 2016

  • Distinguished Lecture, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, March 1, 2016

  • National Science Day Lecture, ANURAG-DRDO, Hyderabad, February 29, 2016

  • 66th Foundation Day lecture, National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India, January 7, 2016

  • Keynote Talk, International Conference on Precision, Meso, Micro and Nano Engineering, Mumbai, December 10-12, 2015

  • Special Plenary Lecture, 18th International Workshop on Physics of Semiconductor Devices (IWPSD), Dec 7-10, 2015, IISc Bangalore

  • Invited Speaker, MRS Trilateral Conference on Advanced Nanomaterials-Energy, Water & Healthcare, November 23-25, 2015, IISER Mohali, India

  • Prof. Satish Dhawan Memorial lecture, organized by the Instrument Society of India (ISOI), October 30, 2015, Coimbatore

  • Invited Talk, 15th IEEE International Conference on Nanotechnology (IEEE NANO 2015), Rome (Italy), July 27-30, 2015.

  • Invited Speaker, IC-IMPACTS (the India-Canada Centre for Innovative Multidisciplinary Partnerships to Accelerate Community Transformation and Sustainability), Inaugural Summer Institute, June 14-19, 2015 in Toronto, Canada.

  • IEEE Electron Devices Society Distinguished Lecture, 48th Workshop and IEEE EDS Mini-colloquium on NAnometer CMOS Technology, Organized and sponsored by IEEE EDS and EDS Bandung Chapter, June 8, 2015, Indonesia

  • IEEE Electron Devices Society Distinguished Lecture, 47th Workshop and IEEE EDS Mini-colloquium on NAnometer CMOS Technology, Organized and sponsored by IEEE EDS and R/CPMT/ED Singapore Chapter, Co-hosted by Novitas and Virtus, School of EEE, Nanyang Technological University, June 5, 2015, Singapore

  • Invited Talk, 11th IEEE Conference on Electron Devices and Solid-State Circuits (EDSSC'2015), Singapore, June 1-4, 2015

  • Invited Speaker, CMOS Emerging Technologies Research Symposium, May 20-22, 2015, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

  • Plenary Lecture, International Conference on Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Processes for Strategic Applications, Trivandrum, May 13-15, 2015

  • Keynote address, 3rd International Symposium on Semiconductor Materials and Devices, February 2-5, 2015, Chennai, India

  • Invited Talk, Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) - National Academy of Engineering (NAE), USA Joint Symposium on Engineering Education in the 21st Century-Issues Related to Grand Challenges, December 18-19, 2014, Washington DC, USA

  • The National Academy of Sciences (NASI)-Reliance Platinum Jubilee Award Lecture, December 6, 2014, Jodhpur, India

  • IEEE Electron Devices Society Distinguished Lecture, Hangzhou Dianzi University, Hangzhou, China, Nov 28, 2014 (Organized by Hangzhou IEEE ED/MTT Chapter)

  • IEEE Electron Devices Society Distinguished Lecture, Fudan University, Shanghai, China, Nov 27, 2014 (Organized By Shanghai IEEE ED/CPMT Joint Chapter)

  • Invited speaker/panelist, Forum on Nanoelectronic Manufacturing: From Materials to Systems, Oct. 8-10, 2014, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, India, organized by Semiconductor Research Corporation, USA

  • Invited talk, 5 th Trilateral MRS Conference on Advances in Nanosciences, Shenyang, China, September 25-28, 2014

  • Public Lecture, organized by the Infosys Science Foundation, IIT Hyderabad, August 20, 2014

  • Public Lecture, organized by the Infosys Science Foundation,Infosys Campus, Bangalore, August 14, 2014

  • Public Lecture, organized by the Infosys Science Foundation, International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) Bangalore, August 14, 2014

  • Invited Talk, 2014 CMOS Emerging Technologies Symposium, Research & Business Opportunities Ahead, July 6-8, 2014, CEA-MINATEC, Grenoble, France

  • IEEE EDS Distinguished Lecture, Institut Supérieur d´Electronique de Paris (ISEP), Paris, France, Orgnized by the IEEE France Section, June 20, 2014

  • Invited talk, University of Monastir, Monastir, Tunisia, June 17, 2014

  • IEEE EDS Distinguished Lecture, National Engineering School of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia, Organized by the IEEE Tunisia section, June 12, 2014

  • Inaugural Keynote address, IDC Technical Symposium, Freescale Semiconductors Ltd., Delhi, India; May 7, 2014

  • Dr. R. A. Mashelkar Endowment Lecture, National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, April 8, 2014

  • Inaugural Plenary, Symposium on Sensors and Actuators in Healthcare and Automobile, IIT Hyderabad, March 13, 2014

  • Inaugural Plenary Talk, The International Conference on Advanced Plenary talk, 8th Chandigarh Science Congress (CHASCON-2014), February 26-28, 2014

  • Inaugural Plenary Talk, The International Conference on Advanced Functional Materials (ICAFM-2014), February 19-21, 2014, organized by the CSIR-National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, Trivandrum.

  • Plenary Talk, 17th International Workshop on The Physics of Semiconductor Devices (IWPSD), December 10-13, 2013, Delhi, India

  • Invited Talk, Nanoscience Joint Academies' Symposium on Nanosciences by the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina and the Indian National Science Academy (INSA) Halle (Saale), Germany, 25 - 26 November 2013

  • Invited Lectures, Nanyang Technological University (NTU) Singapore, Sep 15-21, 2013 & Oct 20-25, 2013

  • Invited Talk, The 5th IEEE Asia Symposium on Quality Electronic Design (ASQED 2013), Aug 26-28, 2013, Penang, Malaysia

  • Invited Talk, Fraunhofer Research Institution for Modular Solid State Technologies EMFT, Hansastraße 27 d, 80686 Munich, Germany, June 18, 2013

  • Invited Talk, Intel Corp. (Mobile Communications Group), Am Campeon 10-12, 85579 Neubiberg, Germany, June 17, 2013

  • Institute Colloquium Lecture, Institute of Semiconductor and Solid State Physics, Johannes Kepler University, A-4040 Linz, Austria, June 13, 2013

  • Invited Talk, 9 th IEEE International Conference on Electron Devices & Solid-state Circuits (EDSSC), June 3-5, 2013, Hong Kong (Invited)

  • Invited Talk, University of Alberta, Canada, May 9, 2013

  • Invited Talk, IEEE International Nanoelectronics Conference (IEEE INEC 2013), Singapore, 2-4 January 2013

  • Invited Talk, National Academy of Sciences, India (NASI) symposium on "Nano-science & Technology for the Mankind" November 29- Dec 1, 2012, Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi.

  • Keynote address, International VLSI Design and Test Symposium (VDAT-2012), West Bengal, July 1-4, 2012

  • Invited Lectures, Summer School "nanoMASTD-12" on Frontiers of Nano Materials, Structures and Devices, June 20-July 10, 2012, University of Calcutta

  • Invited Lectures, Summer school on 'Techniques for Design, Fabrication and Computation of Integrated Circuits-TECHNOMICS-12, Institute of Radio Physics and Electronics, University of Calcutta, UGC-NRCPS program, May-23 to June 13, 2012

  • IEEE Electron Device Society (EDS) Distinguished Lecture, Organized and Sponsored by the IEEE EDS Society and IEEE EDS Bhuwaneshwar Chapter, April 07, 2012.

  • Invited Speaker, Lecture series on Nanocomputing and Biochips, ISI Kolkata, March 26-28, 2012.

  • Distinguished Invited Speaker, International Workshop on Device Modeling of Microsystems, Organized by MOS-AK/GSA and Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE), March, 16-18, 2012, Delhi.

  • Inaugural Plenary Lecture, Indo-French Symposium on Sensors Technologies and Systems, March 1-4, 2012 organized by IIT Delhi.

  • Plenary Lecture, National symposium on Advances in Materials Science and Technology (AMST-2012) Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, February 03-04, 2012.

  • Keynote Lecture, International Conference on Nanoscience and Technology (ICONSAT-2012), January 20-23, 2012 Hyderabad, India.

  • Plenary Speaker, ISSS International Conference on Smart Materials, Structures and Systems, IISc Bangalore, Jan 4-7, 2012.

  • Invited Speaker, Opening Scientific Doors: Exploration of Potential Areas for Collaboration in Chemistry and Physics (Discussion Meeting with Georgetown University, USA, January 5-7, 2012) organized by JNCASR & IISc Bangalore, 2012.

  • Tutorial Speaker, Nano-Sensors, 4th Bangalore Nano, December 7-9, 2011, Royal Orchid Resort & Convention Centre, Yelahanka, Bangalore.

  • Key Note Speaker, National Workshop on Nanotechnology for Defence Applications, SSPL, Delhi, 16-17 November, 2011

  • Plenary Lecture, 49th National Metallurgists Day and the 65th Annual Technical Meeting of the Institute of Metals, Hyderabad, 13-16th November, 2011.

  • Invited Talk, MRS-Trilateral Conference on "Advances in Nano Science - Energy, water and Healthcare", College of Material Sci. & Eng. (CMSE), Donghua University, Shanghai, China, Nov. 9-11, 2011.

  • Invited talk, 5th China Medical Biotech Forum, November 7-9, 2011 in Beijing, China.

  • Guest Lectures, NTU Singapore, August 17-19 & November 1-2, 2011

  • Keynote address, 18th Annual Conference of Andhra Pradesh Neuroscientists Association, July 23-24, 2011, Hyderabad

  • Key note address at the 15th VLSI Design And Test Symposium, July 7-9,2011, at Pune, India.

  • 8th International Workshop on Nanomechanical Sensing, May 11-13, 2011, Dublin, Ireland (Invited Talk)

  • Invited talk as a Visiting Professor, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, May 1-9, 2011

  • Maxim Integrated Products Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, USA, May 6, 2011 (Invited Talk)

  • Tutorial speaker, 219th Electrochemical Society (ECS) meeting, May 1-6, 2011, Montreal, Canada

  • IEEE Electron Device Society Distinguished Lecture, Workshop & IEEE EDS Mini -- Colloquium on "Nanometer Scale CMOS Technology" (IEEE EDS-WIMNACT), Organized and Sponsored by the IEEE EDS Society and IEEE AP/ED Mumbai Chapter & COE, Pune, April 19, 2011

  • Invited Talk under the Distinguished Lecture Series, Indian Institute of Technology, Indore, April 15, 2011

  • Invited Talk, Electronics & Information Technology Exposition: E-Governance - Public Services Closer Home (ELITEX 2011), organized by the Department of Information Technology. Ministry of Communications & Information Technology (MCIT), Govt. of India, April 4-5, 2011

  • Invited Talk, Plenary Session on "Nano Materials and Nano Technology" at the 98th Indian Science Congress, Jan 3-7, 2011, Chennai.

  • Tutorial speaker, 24th International Conference on VLSI Design, January 2-7, 2011

  • Annual IEEE India Conference (INDICON), Jadavpur University, Kolkata December 17 - 19, 2010 (Plenary Talk)

  • 3rd Bangalore Nano (Organised by Department of IT, Biotechnology and Science & Technology, Government of Karnataka & Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR)), Dec 8-9, 2010 (Distinguished Speaker, Bangalore Nano National Lecture Series)

  • MRS Fall meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, Nov 29-Dec 3, 2010 (Invited Talk)

  • Invited Lectures on VLSI Technology, Applied Materials India, Bangalore November 24, 2010

  • 6 th International Symposium on High-Tech Polymer Materials (HTPM-VI), Xiamen City, Fujian Province, China (organized by the Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences), November 7-10, 2010 (Invited Talk)

  • School of Materials Science & Engineering, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore, October 25-27, 2010 (Invited lectures)

  • Fourth ISSS National Conference on Microsystems, Smart Materials, Structures [ISSS-2010], September 30 - Oct 01, 2010 Nagpur, India(Plenary talk)

  • Institute of Microelectronics (IME),Singapore, Sept 15, 2010 (Invited talk)

  • School of Materials Science & Engineering, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore, Sept 13-14, 2010 (Invited lectures)(Invited Talk)

  • "MRS-S Conference on Advances in Nanomaterials - Energy, Water and Health Care", 11-13 August 2010, Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE), Singapore(Invited Talk)

  • IEEE EDS Mini-colloquium on Nanometer CMOS Technology, Melbourne, Australia, August 2, 2010 (IEEE Electron Devices Society Distinguished Lecture)

  • IEEE EDS Mini-colloquium on Nanometer CMOS Technology, Canberra, Australia, July 30, 2010 (IEEE Electron Devices Society Distinguished Lecture)(Invited Talk)

  • IEEE EDS Mini-colloquium on Nanometer CMOS Technology, Perth, Australia, July 28, 2010 (IEEE Electron Devices Society Distinguished Lecture)(Invited Talk)

  • IEEE EDS Mini-colloquium on Nanometer CMOS Technology, Singapore, July 26, 2010 (IEEE Electron Devices Society Distinguished Lecture)

  • Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Waterloo, Canada, June 23, 2010 (Invited Talk)

  • ECE Department, University of Alberta, Canada, May 31, 2010 (Distinguished Visiting Professor)

  • 7 th International Workshop on Nanomechanical Cantilever Sensors, May 26-28, 2010 Banff, Canada (Invited Talk)

  • Cambridge Nanoscience Center, Cambridge University, UK, May 21, 2010 (Invited Talk)

  • International Conference on Nanoscience and Technology (ICONSAT-2010), Mumbai, INDIA February 17-20, 2010 (Invited Talk)

  • Global Congress on NanoEngineering for Medicine and Biology, Texas, USA February 7-10, 2010 (Invited Talk)

  • International conference on Instrumentation and National Symposium on Instrumentation, Pune January 21-23, 2010 (Keynote address)

  • Indian Science Congress, January 3-7, 2010, Trivandrum (Invited Talk)

  • Quantum and Nano Computing Advanced School (QANSAS 2009), Agra, December 15-18, 2009 (Vision Speaker)

  • 15 th International Workshop on the Physics of Semiconductor Devices (IWPSD), December 15-19 , 2009, New Delhi (Invited Talk)

  • Platinum Jubilee meeting of the Indian Academy of Sciences, November 12-14, 2009, Bangalore (Invited Talk)

  • Computers and Devices for Communication (CODEC-09), Hyatt Regency Kolkata, India, December 14-16, 2009 (Keynote address)

  • IEEE Electron Devices Society (EDS) Mini-Colloquium on Nano-Scale Electron Devices, Port Blair, November 7-8, 2009 Port Blair (IEEE EDS Distinguished Lecture)

  • Indo-Taiwanese Workshop on "Intelligent chip design for improvement of human life quality", Taiwan, November 2-4, 2009 (Invited)

  • International Workshop on Advances in Nanoscience and Technology, organized by Anna University, Chennai, India & ICTP, Trieste, Italy, October 28-30, 2009 (Invited)

  • IUPAC 5th International Symposium on Novel Materials and their Synthesis (NMS-V) & 19th International Symposium on Fine Chemistry and Functional Polymers (FCFP-XIX), Shanghai, China, October 18-22, 2009 (Keynote address)

  • VIT Silver Jubilee Conference on "Communication Technologies and VLSI Design", October 8-10, 2009, Vellore (keynote address)

  • Applied Materials Corporation India, Bangalore, October 6, 2009 (Invited Lectures)

  • First Indo-German Frontiers of Engineering (INDOGFOE) Symposium - October 1-4, 2009, Chennai (Keynote address)

  • Guest lectures at the School of Materials Science & Engineerng, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore August 9-12 & Sept 28- Oct 1, 2009 (Invited Lectures)

  • IEEE EDS Distinguished Lecture, NTU Singapore (Aug 11, 2009) (organized by the IEEE Reliability/CPMT/EDS Singapore Chapter)

  • Symposium on Emerging Trends in Materials, Metrology and Environmental Sciences (SET MMES)-2009,July 28-29, 2009, National Physical Laboratory(NPL), Delhi (Invited Talk),

  • National Conference of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize Winners, organized by the Devi Ahilya University, Indore, July 17-19, 2009 (Invited Talk)

  • ECE Distinguished Seminar, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA (June 10, 2009)

  • IEEE EDS Distinguished Lecture, New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA (June 8, 2009)(Hosted by the IEEE NJ Section Electron Devices, Circuits and Systems Chapters together with the New Jersey Institute of Technology)

  • IEEE Electron Device Society "Minicolloquim on Nano-scale Devices", organized by the IEEE EDS Nepal Chapter & IEEE EDS Calcutta Chapter, June 2-3, 2009, Nepal (IEEE EDS Distinguished Lecture)

  • Advanced International workshop on Nanoscience and Technology, Feb 23-27, 2009, Chennai (Invited Talk)

  • Fourth DST-NIAS Workshop DIMENSIONS OF NANOTECHNOLOGY: SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, BUSINESS AND SOCIETY, Organised by National Institute of Advanced Studies, J.R.D. Tata Auditorium, 9-13 February 2009, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, Feb 9-13, 2009 (Invited Talk)

  • Applied Materials India, Jan 27, 2009 (Short course on VLSI Technology)

  • Workshop on Nanotechnology, Nirma University, Jan 19, 2009 (Keynote address)

  • International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, NanoAfrica2009, Pretoria, South Africa, February 1-4, 2009. (organized by the South African National Nanotechnology Initiative (SANi) and National Centre for Nano-Structured Materials (NCNSM), February 1-4, 2009 (Keynote address)

  • 4th DST Advanced School on Nanosciences and Technology, Organized by the S.N.Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences in association with the Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics and Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata, January 12-January 21, 2009 (Invited Lectures)

  • International Conference on MEMS (ICMEMS 2009), Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras, Chennai, INDIA, January 3-5, 2009 (Invited talk)

  • International Conference on Computational Methods in Engineering and Sciences, Hyderabad, January 8-10, 2009 (Keynote address)

  • Maxim Corporation, Sunnyvale, USA, Dec 18, 2008 (Invited tak)

  • International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM), The Annual Technical Meeting of the IEEE Electron Devices Society, San Francisco, CA, USA, December 15-17, 2008 (Session Chair)

  • International Conference on 'Functional Materials: Controlled Synthesis, Discrete Molecular Processes and Engineering', IIT Madras, Chennai, India, November 27-29 , 2008 (Invited Talk)

  • IEEE Electron Device Society Distinguished Lecture, Calcutta, Nov 18, 2008

  • Texas Instruments, Bangalore, Nov 14, 2008

  • Guest lectures at the School of Materials Science & Engineerng, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore (Aug 5-9 & Nov 2-7, 2008) (Invited Lectures)

  • BIOZEAL `08, National College Auditorium, Mumbai, Oct 10, 2008 (Keynote address)

  • Society of Defence Technologists (SODET), Hotel Windsor Sheraton & Towers, Bangalore, Aug 25, 2008 (Keynote address)

  • "Workshop on Explosive Detectors", Juy 28-29, 2008, IIT Bombay

  • Applied Materials Corporation (AMAT), Bangalore, July 15, 2008 (Invited Lectues)

  • 5 th International Conference on Smart Materials, Structures and Systems,July 24-26, 2008, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (Invited talk)

  • Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR) (Italian National Research Council), June 23, 2008, Naples, Italy (Invited Talk)

  • Universita della Calabria, Arcavacata di Rende (CS), Italy, May 7-June 30,2008 (Invited Lectures)

  • Italy-India Forum for the opportunities of cooperation in Biotechnology & Nanotechnology, 21-22 April 2008, Taj Westend, Bangalore (Special Plenary lecture)

  • Workshop on Science-Society Interface in Emerging Technologies, Jointly organized by the Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) & NISTADS,March 27-28, 2008, New Delhi (Invited plenary talk)

  • 3rd Nanotechnology Conclave, Organized by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) jointly with the Nomura Research Institute (NRI) Japan and the Tamil Nadu Technology Deveopment & Promotion Centre, March 19-20, 2008, Hotel Le royal Meridian, Chennai (Invited Plenary talk)

  • Short course, BRNS Basic Sciences School on 'Condensed Matter Interface with Chemistry and Biology' March 3-14, 2008, organized by BARC & the Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education, Mumbai (Invited Lectures)

  • Symposium on BioNanotechnology & Phamaceuticals, March 13-14, 2008, Organized by the Centre for Cellular & Molecular Biology (CCMB), Hyderabad in association with the Discovery Park, Purdue University (Invited talk)

  • National Science Day-2008 Celebrations, Shivaji University (Popular Lecture)

  • "Second Roundtable on Indo-US Perspectives in Science and Technology", organized at NIAS, IISc Bangalore, Februray 16-17, 2008 (Invited talk)

  • 'MRSI-ICSC Superconductivity & Materials Science Prize' Lecture , Annual General Meeting of MRSI, Thiruvananthapuram, February 14-16, 2008 (Award lecture)

  • TECHFEST, 25-27 January 2008, IIT Bombay (Invited Lecture)

  • US-India Nanoscience and Engineering Institute (USINSEI), January 9-18, 2008, Chennai

  • Symposium on "Compact Modeling of Advanced MOSFET structures and Mixed Mode Applications", New Delhi, India, January 5-6, 2008 (IEEE Electron Devices Society Distinguished Lecture)

  • 21st International Conference on VLSI Design, Jan 4-8, 2008 Hyderabad (Invited))

  • National Conference on Applications of Nanotechnology, December 27-29, 2007, Jodhpur (keynote adress)

  • Indo-Australia Symposium on Multifunctional Nanomaterials, Nanostructures and Applications", University of Delhi, 19 - 21 December 2007 (Invited Talk)

  • Bangalore Nano 2007, Organized by the Department of IT and Biotechnology, Government of Karnataka, JNCASR and MM Activ, December 6-7, 2007, Bangalore (Invited Talk)

  • Tutorial as part of the National Conference on Devices, Intelligent Systems and Communication (MITDISC07), December 6, 2007, Manipal (organized as part of the Manipal Institute of Technology (MIT) Golden Jubilee Celebrations) (Invited Talk)

  • Second National Seminar on IEDs - Targeting the Improvized Explosive Devices (IED), organized by the College of Military Engineering (under the aegis of HQ Army Training Command (ARTRAC), 27-28, November, 2007 (Invited Talk)

  • Applied Materials, Bangalore, Nov 13, 2007 (Invited Lectures)

  • IBM Asia-Pacific University Relations conference, Bangalore, India, Nov 13-14, 2007 (Invited)

  • Indo-Brazil-South Africa (IBSA) Nanotechnology Workshop, Capetown, South Africa (sponsored by the Department of Science & Technology (DST)- South Africa, DST-Govt of India, Ministry of Science & Technology-Federal Republic of Brazil, Nov 18-24, 207 (Invited Talks)

  • Guest lectures at the School of Materials Science & Engineerng, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore (Aug 13-17 & Oct 2-Nov 7, 2007) (Invited Lectures)

  • 2007 Intel Asia Academic Forum, October 24-26,2007, New Delhi (Invited)

  • Technology Conference, Analog Devices Bangalore, October 26, 2007 (Keynote address)

  • 3 rd International Conference on Nanomedicine & its Applications, October 18-19, 2007, Thanjavur, India (Invited Talk)

  • International Workshop on Nanometrology, October 17-19, 2007, Delhi (Invited Talk)

  • 4th International Conference on Nanotechnology & Healthcare Applications, Mumbai, October 11-13, 2007 (Keynote address)

  • The 10 th International Conference on Advanced Materials (ICAM), organized by the International Union of Materials Research Societies (IUMRS), Bangalore, India, October 8-13, 2007 (Invited Talk)

  • Short-couse for Indian Police Service (IPS) Officers on the latest trends in technology for crime prevention & detection, November 9, 2007, IIT Bombay (Invited Talk) (organized by the CEP Cell, IIT Bombay)

  • 5th Knowledge Millennium Summit on B2B in Biotechnology and Nanotechnology, September 18-21, 2007, New Delhi (organized by the The Associated Chambers of Commerce & Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) in associaton with the Ministry of Science & Technology, Department of Biotechnology, The Council for Scientific & Industrial Research , Government of India, and the Foundation for Innovation and Technology Transfer, IIT Delhi) (Invited Talk)

  • Intel Regional Academic Forum 2007, Bangalore, August 21-22, 2007 (Invited Talk)

  • Applied Materials, Bangalore, July 31, 2007 (Invited Talk)

  • Workshop and IEEE EDS Mini-colloquium on NAnometer CMOS Technology (WIMNACT), IEEE EDS Hongkong Chapter, Hongkong, July 23, 2007 (IEEE EDS Distinguished Lecture)

  • Workshop and IEEE EDS Mini-colloquium on NAnometer CMOS Technology (WIMNACT), IEEE EDS Singapore Chapter, Singapore, July 25, 2007 (IEEE EDS Distinguished Lecture)

  • University of Melbourne, Australia, July 10, 2007 (Invited Talk)

  • Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, June 20, 2007 (Invited Talk)

  • Workshop on Nanotechnology Current Status and Challenges, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi March 17-18, 2007 (Special Invited Lecture)

  • Conference of "Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Awardees" (Bhatnagar Laureates Symposium), Organized by the Devi Ahalya University, Indore, March 8-10, 2007 (Invited Talk)

  • Banquet speech, "Management Day" celebrations (All India Managament Association, New Delhi), organized by the Rohilkhand Management Association, Bareilly, February 21, 2007 (Keynote address)

  • National Review and Coordination Meeting on Nanoscience & Nanotechnology, Nanoscience and Technology Initiative (NSTI), DST, Govt. of India, Hyderabad, Feb 21-23, 2007 (Plenary talk)

  • International Workshop on Complex Dynamics of Physiological Systems: From Heart to Brain, Organized by Department of Physics, Presidency College, Kolkata, February 12-14, 2007 (Invited Talk)

  • International Conference on MEMS AND NANOTECHNOLOGY, (TIMA 2007), Trichy, India, January 4-6, 2007 (Keynote address)

  • IEEE Electron Devices Society Mini-colloquium, Organized by the IEEE EDS Calcutta Chapter & the North Jersey Chapter (USA), Bhubaneswar, January 3, 2007 (IEEE EDS Distinguished Lecture)

    • Selected past presentations: (2006)
  • National Conference on Sensors and Actuators: Emerging Technological Challenges (NCSA-06), December 21-22, 2006, Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute, Kolkata (Invited Talk)

  • National Conference on Current Trends in Technology, November 30-Dec 2, 2006, Nirma University, Ahmedabad (Invited Talk)

  • IITB Continuing Education Program for Indian Police Service (IPS) Officers, November 23, 2006, IIT Bombay (Invited Talk)

  • CBIT, Hyderabad, November 25-26, 2006 (Invited Tutorial)

  • Indo-UK conference in Nanoscience and Technology, Organized by the S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences and the British council,November 20-21,2006, Calcutta (Invited)

  • Guest lectures at the Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore (Aug 12-19 & Oct 25-28, 2006) (Invited Lectures)

  • International Conclave on Emerging Technologies (Emerge Tech), 28th September 2006, Hotel Le Meridien, New Delhi (Organized by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)) (Invited)

  • Address to the Young Scientists at the 'Group Monitoring Workshop for Fast Track Scheme for Young Scientists', Organized by the Department of Science & Technology (DST), September 25, 2006, Nagpur (Keynote address)

  • IEEE Student Branch, VNIT Nagpur, September 25, 2006 (Invited)

  • Colloquium @ Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR), Kalpakkam, September 19, 2006 (Invited)

  • Colloquium @ Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR), Kalpakkam, September 19, 2006 (Invited)

  • Ideaz Workshop, organised by The Entrepreneurship Cell, IIT Bombay, August 30, 2006 (Invited Talk)

  • Cadence Design Systems India, New Delhi, July 7, 2006 (Invited Talk)

  • DIMENSIONS OF NANOTECHNOLOGY:Science, Technology and Society, sponsored by Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore, June 26-30, 2006 (Invited Talk)

  • Intel Capital CEO Summit, May 26, 2006, Mumbai, India (Invited Talk)

  • Workshop on MEMS and Nanotechnology, May 15-18 2006, NTU Singapore (Invited Talk)

  • Short term course on Nanoelectronics, NIT Calicut, May 8, 2006 (Invited Lectures)

  • Indo-Chinese Workshop on 'MEMS Devices and Related Technologies',April 5-7, 2006, NPL, New Delhi (Invited Talk)

  • "World Nano-Economic Congress (WNEC), Hyatt Regency in Mumbai, India, March 27-29, 2006 (Invited Talk)

  • "Multi-disciplinary Approaches to Nanotechnology R&D", National Science Day oration, Metcalfe House, Dr. Bhagvantam Auditorium (Organized by Defence Science Forum), February 28, 2006 New Delhi (Plenary talk)

  • Workshop on Fabrication and Packaging of Sensors, Pune University, February 26, 2006 (Invited Talk)

  • International Workshop on Nanoscience and Technology (held jointly with ICTP, Trieste, Italy), Anna University, Madras, February 13-17, 2006 (Invited Talk)

  • 8th CRSI National Symposium in Chemistry, IIT-Bombay, February 3-5 , 2006 (Invited Talk)

  • International Workshop on Nano CMOS, sponsored by IEEE EDS Japan Chapter Jan 30- Feb 1, 2006, Mishima, Shizuoka prefecture, Japan (Invited Talk)

  • BARC, Mumbai, Jan 19, 2006 (Invited Talk)

    • Selected Talks 2004-2005:
  • 13 th International Workshop on The Physics of Semiconductor Devices (IWPSD), December 13-17, 2005, New Delhi (Invited Talk)

  • School of Materials Science & Engineering, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore, August 14-20 & October 9-15, 2005 (Invited Lectures)

  • IEEE EDS Distinguished Lecture, September 17-18, 2005, Kalyani University, Sponsored by the IEEE EDS Calcutta Chapter

  • Workshop on Nanotechnology, Satellite Symposium under the aegis of Platinum Jubilee Celebrations of the National Academy of Sciences, India, September 8-9,2005, IIT Bombay (Invited Talk)

  • Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan, sponsored by the IEEE EDS Japan Chapter, July 19, 2005 (IEEE EDS Distinguished Lecture)

  • Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan, July 6, 2005 (Invited Talk)

  • IEEE Workshop on Low Power Design Techniques, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, Feb 25-26, 2005 (IEEE Distinguished Lecture)

  • Tutorial conducted (along with Prof. Mukhopadhyay and Prof. Basu, Jadavpur University) at the 18 th International Conference on VLSI Design, January 3-7, 2005, Calcutta, India

  • Indo-US Worskhop on "Nanotechnology: Issues in Interdisciplinary Research and Education" August 11-13, 2004, IISc Bangalore (Invited Talk)

  • AMD India Centre, January 24-27, 2004 (Invited Lectures)

  • Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, July 9, 2001 (Invited Talk)

  • Infineon, Munich, Germany, July 7, 2003 (Invited Talk)

  • Universitaet der Bundeswehr, Munich, Germany, July 1, 2003 (Invited Talk)

  • Circuit Research Lab, Intel, Portland, USA, June 30, 2001 (Invited Talk)