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VSI Objectives

  • To bring VLSI professionals on one platform.

  • Establish relations with other associations.

    • Recognitions

    VLSI Education Award
    During VDAT2006, August 9-12, 2006 at Goa, VSI honored Dr.S.S. Mahant-Shetti, KarMic, Manipal with the VLSI Education Award for his significant contributions to the field of VLSI Education through the two-week Custom LSI Workshops he conducted at Manipal (2005) and Goa (2006). Photographs.
    Dr. Mahant-Shetti received the B. Tech (Hons) in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology in Bombay, India in 1972. He earned Sc.M and Ph.D. degrees from Electrical Sciences from Brown University in 1975 and 1977 respectively. He worked in Astro-Med Division of Atlan Tol Industries , Warwick, RI. for five years. He joined the research laboratories at Texas Instruments, Dallas and worked for 16 years. He started the LinAsic design centre in Texas Instruments India, Bangalore in 1988-89, the first commercial chip design activity in India.
    His Professional achievements include:
    • Senior Member of the Technical Staff in 1987
    • Distinguished Member of Technical Staff in 1998.
    • Technical program committee of the International Conference of Microelectronic Test Structures in 1988
    • Publication of over 35 papers
    • 67 issued patents
    Some of Mahant's Key Technical Contributions:
    Long Range Opportunity -Silicon Transform Cameras, SPICE Model Verification for digital circuits, Definition of 0.6µm and 0.5µm technologies, Automatic testchip design, Several significant chip designs. As part of TestChip Technologies/Covalar, he started Karnataka Microelectronic (KarMic) Training / Design Centres in Manipal, Karnataka, India in 1999. KarMic is involved in Analog, mixed signal designs and boasts a 98.2% retention.

    Recognition of Volunteer Service
    VLSI Society of India recognized the significant contributions made by Yashdeep Mahajani towards the construction and maintenance of Website for VDAT and VSI during 2001 – June 2006.

    Outstanding Achievement

    Dr. Thulasiraman receives IEEE CAS Technical Achievement Award 2006
    Dr. Krishnaiyan Thulasiraman has received the 2006 Technical Achievement Award from the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society. VLSI Society of India congratulates Prof. Thulasiraman on this significant recognition, which has been given for sustained and outstanding technical contributions for nearly four decades to graph theoretic foundations of circuits, systems and computing emphasizing theoretical and algorithmic aspects and bridging theory and practice in diverse areas of applications ranging from classical circuit theory to modern areas such as VLSI physical design, VLSI testing, fault tolerance in WDM optical networks, etc. For sustained leadership efforts in promoting graph theory based research through research publications, text books, monographs and CAS society technical committee/editorial/conference activities.
    Details VSI Vision Vol-2, Iss.-1, Aug-06 pdf.

    Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize 2005

    VSI congratulates Prof. V. Ramgopal Rao, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, IIT Bombay, who has been selected for the prestigious Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize 2005 of the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR),Government of India in Engineering Sciences. This award is given to him in recognition of his outstanding research contributions in the area of Electron Devices and Nanoelectronics. The award was presented by the Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh on September 28, 2005 in Delhi.
    Prof. Rao is a Member of the “Working Group on Nanotechnology”, Ministry of Communication & Information Technology, Government of India. He had also received the ‘Swarnajayanti Fellowship’ Award in 2003-04. He is currently serving as an Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices for the MOS Devices and Technology area, is a Distinguished Lecturer, IEEE Electron Devices Society, and is a Fellow of The Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers. Prof. Rao has guided over 75 post-graduate/dual degree/Ph.D. theses in the area of microelectronics/nanoelectronics till date at IIT Bombay.
    He has to his credit over 150 research publications in international journals and conference proceedings and holds two patents, including a US patent on SRAM cell. The S.S. Bhatnagar award given to Prof. Ramgopal Rao is in recognition of his significant contributions to the area of Silicon CMOS devices and the device optimization in the sub 100 nm regime. The technologies proposed by him are helpful in reducing the cost of the ‘System on Chip’ technologies, as it offers a way to realize the analog/RF functions using the standard silicon CMOS platform.
    His current areas of interest are Nanoelectronics, Circuit and System Design Considerations for sub 45nm node CMOS Technologies and Bio-MEMS. He works closely with various semiconductor industries in India and abroad, and has many ongoing sponsored projects from industries and government funding agencies.
    Appeared in VSI Vision Volume 1, Issue 1: August 2005 pdf.

    Life-time Achievement Award for Prof. Vishwani Agrawal

    Jan 03, 2006; Hyderabad:   At the 19th International Conference on VLSI Design, Hyderabad, the VLSI Society of India and the organizing committee of the conference presented the life-time achievement award for Prof. Vishwani Agrawal of Auburn University.  The award was presented by Dr Bobby Mitra, President, VSI at the awards ceremony held as part of the conference. 

       Vishwani Agrawal is known to the VLSI community of India as the founder of the VLSI Design Conference and as a “Guru” in the area of VLSI Test.  When receiving the award, Dr Agrawal thanked the committee and the VSI and paid tribute to his own teachers from whom he had learnt.  The life-time achievement award is given to individuals who have made exceptional contributions to the area of VLSI.
       In the past, Prof. Sudhakar Reddy of the University of Iowa and Prof. C.L. Liu of the University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign, have been conferred the award.
       VSI congratulates Prof. Vishwani Agrawal and takes pride in placing on record his many achievements.

    Achievements

     

    • James J. Danaher Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Auburn University, Alabama

    • Over 30 years of industry & university experience

    –         Bell Labs, Murray Hill, NJ;

    –         Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ;

    –         TRW, Redondo Beach, CA; IIT, Delhi, India;

    –         EG&G, Albuquerque, NM;

    –         ATI, Champaign, IL.

    • Areas of Interest -VLSI testing, low-power design, and microwave antennas

    Education

    • BE degree from the University of Roorkee, Roorkee, India, in 1964
    • ME degree from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, in 1966
    • PhD degree in electrical engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, in 1971

    Research

    • Published over 250 papers
    • Coauthored five books
    • Thirteen United States patents.
    • Founder and Editor-in-Chief (1990-) of the Journal of Electronic Testing: Theory and Applications
    • Past Editor-in-Chief (1985-87) of the IEEE Design & Test of Computers magazine
    • Founder and Consulting Editor of the Frontiers in Electronic Testing Book Series of Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston

    Professional Services

    • He is a co-founder of the International Conference on VLSI Design, and the International Symposium on VLSI Design and Test, held annually in India.
    • Served on numerous conference committees and is a frequently invited speaker (Plenary talks at ITC 1998, ATS 2000)
    • Served on the Board of Governors of the IEEE Computer Society (1989, 1990)
    • Chaired the Fellow Selection Committee (1994)

     Awards and Recognitions

    • Seven Best Paper Awards and one Honorable Mention Paper Award
    • Harry H. Goode Memorial Award of the IEEE Computer Society for "innovative contributions to the field of electronic testing"
    • Distinguished Alumnus Award of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, "in recognition of his outstanding contributions in design and test of VLSI systems"
    • Fellow of IETE-India
    • Fellow of the IEEE (elected in 1986)
    • Fellow of the ACM (elected in 2003)
    • Served on Advisory Boards of the ECE Departments of the University of Illinois, New Jersey Institute of Technology, and the City College of the City College of New York
    		 

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