Institute of Radio Physics and Electronics
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- Danielle Vanhoenacker-Janvier
- Basabi Chakrabarty Iwate Prefectural University, Japan 6. Upamanyu Madhow
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- Asoke Nandi Univ. of Liverpool, UK 10. Juan Andres de Agapito
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- Y.M. M. Antar Royal Military College, Canada 24. G.Gielen
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- B. M. Azizur Rahaman School of Engg. Math. Sc, City Univ.,UK 30. K. Yasumoto
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ANNEXURE – X 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. 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.
A number of books: text-books and research monographs, have been purchased by the department and are kept in the Central Library.
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.
Proposal has been submitted for installing a new lift in the Sisir Mitra Bhavan.
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. ANNEXURE XI Highlights of International Conference Computers and Devices for Communication (CODEC 06) held at Hyatt Regency Kolkata during December 18-20, 2006 International Conference on Computers and Devices for Communication, 2006, was organized by Institute of Radio Physics and Electronics during 18-20 December 2006. The venue was Hyatt Regency Kolkata. It was the third CODEC conference which already earned an international reputation being attended by an increasing number of international participants. This time CODEC was a part of the Post-Centenary Golden Jubilee celebration of our University. Professor Asis Kumar Banerjee, Vice-Chancellor, University of Calcutta, was the Chief Patron and Dr. A.P. Mitra, FRS, was the National Advisory Chair and Professor Y.M.M. Antar, Royal Military College, Canada, and Professor Sanjit K Mitra of Univ. California – Santa Barbara, acted as the International Advisory Chairs. The conference was attended by nearly 50 foreign delegates from Bangladesh, Belgium, Canada, Finland, Germany, Italy, Japan, Korea, Spain, UK, USA in a total of 290 registered participants. Professor Sudarshan Roy Chowdhury, Minister-in-Charge of Higher Education, Government of West Bengal, inaugurated the conference. Also, Professor Debesh Das, Minister-in-Charge of Information Technology, Government of West Bengal, made a presentation on the initiatives of Government of West Bengal for the development of Electronics Industry. A large number of national participants outside West Bengal, around 70, attended CODEC-06. An overwhelming response was received from the participants for presenting the papers. The total number of papers presented was 306 out of which 39 papers were plenary/invited, 146 contributory papers for oral presentation and 121 papers for poster presentations. The conference covered 9 topics which involved almost all the Commissions of URSI and major areas of interest of IEEE communities. The distribution of papers in different areas were: Electron Device and Materials (EDM) – 19%; Radiocommunications and Space Science (RSS) – 18%; Optoelectronics and Lightwave Technology (OLT) – 14%; Antennas and Propagation (ANP) – 11%; Circuits and Systems (CIS) – 8%; Computer Networking and Applications (CNA) – 7%; Microwave and Millimeter Wave Techniques (MMT) – 7%; Advances in Computers (ADC) – 3%; Topics in Emerging Areas (TEA) – 13%. There was a good representation from the Industry as evident from the presentations made by eminent researchers from IBM, Motorola, Honeywell and Synopsis in an Industrial Session. Dr. Henrique Malvar, Director, Microsift Rseacrh, USA, delivered the key-note address at the inaugural function. The conference had the Technical Co-Sponsorship from IEEE Societies namely, APS, MTT, EDS, LEOS, besides SPIE, USA, being the Co-operating Organisation. It received financial supports from a number of Government agencies - AICTE, CSIR, DIT, BRSN, ISRO, apart from receiving the financial grant from University of Calcutta. Also, it had the support from Industry that included Microsoft Research, USA, Agilent Technologies India, Rohde Schwarz India, and the Government undertaking BSNL. There was a poster paper competition which was won by young researchers from Hyderabad, Japan and Sikim. Some major recommendations were made at the valedictory function which are as follows: (i) avenues for more international participations should be explored, (ii) international collaboration with organizations such as, URSI, should be sought in future, (iii) efforts should be made to generate good teaching materials from the conference, (iii) topics relevant to developing countries such as, rural communication, disaster management should be considered for future conferences, (iv) the conference should be used more effectively for Industry-Academia collaborations (v) there should be a Young Scientist Session in future (v) more participation from NE region should be encouraged, (vi) arrangement should be made to publish papers presented at CODEC in Journals. In this connection, the arrangements are already under way to publish the selected papers in 3 Journals: (1) International Journal of Computers, Information Technology and Engineering, IJCITE, Canada, (2) IET Proceedings on Circuits, Devices and Systems, UK, (3) Indian Journal of Radio and Space Physics, New Delhi, India. List of Foreign participants in CODEC 06
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