Institute of Radio Physics and Electronics

Membership:

	Name	Organization
1.	Prof. Subal Kar	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 04- March 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	X^th Satellite Based Augmentation System (SBAS) - IONO Meeting, McLean, Virginia, USA	May 6-7, 2005
Sri Ashik Paul	Conference	11^th 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, AP-MTT 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) Chapter of the IEEE Calcutta Section for the year 2004, Secretary 2005
Dr. D. Guha	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
Dr. A. Biswas	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 mm-wave 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), IIT-Kharagpur, 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.
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 42^nd 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 course in Electronics (Physics),	UGC Academic Staff College, Sambalpur University, Orissa, 22.11 – 12.12.2005.
19.	Prof. S. Sen	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.
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	Megha Tropiques Workshop, SAC, Ahmedabad, 17-20 October 2005.
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	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 8-10, 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
4.	A. K. Dasgupta and A. Pal	XXVIII^th General Assembly of the International Union of Radio Science (URSI-GA 2005), October 23-29, 2005, New Delhi, India.
5.	A. K. Dasgupta and A. Pal	42^nd Annual Convention and Meeting on “Earth System Process Related to Earthquakes, Tsunamis and Volcanic Eruptions”	Barkatullah University, Bhopal, India.	December 7-9, 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 19-24, 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
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.	Dr. D. Guha	Royal Military 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 dual-band/ 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

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