IEEE Student Chapters

Project presentation competition 

·     Mention the dates of the events: 22nd May 2023 at 11:00 am IST 

·     Number of attendees: 63 participants (12 IEEE Members)

·     Very short and precise description:

IEEE ED MSIT SBC in association with the Department of ECE, MSIT is going to organize a Project presentation competition on 22nd May, 2023 from 10:30 am in seminar room (B414). Prof. Debasish De, Professor, MAKAUT and Prof. Angsuman Sarkar, Professor, Kalyani Government Engineering College are the judges for this program. Dr. Swarnil Roy, assistant professor, department of ECE, MSIT will coordinate the whole program.

Technical Talk Program by Prof. Angsuman Sarkar

·     Mention the dates of the events: 11thMay 2023 at 2:30PM IST

·     Number of attendees: 50

·     Very short and precise description:

that IEEE ED MSIT SBC in association with the Department of ECE, MSITis going to organize Technical Talk: TFET based Biosensors on11th May 2023 by Prof. Angsuman Sarkarfrom 2:30pm in virtual mode.Prof. Angsuman Sarkar, Professor, ECE Department of Kalyani Government Engineering College is the resource person for this program.

 

Prof. Swarnil Roy and Prof. Sharmi Ganguly, Faculty Members, Department of ECE, coordinated the entire session. About 50 (8 IEEE student members) participants were present during the session.

It was an extremely important talk where the students could know and understand how to prepare themselves in the research and academic field in and outside the country for their future.

Technical Talk Program by Mr. Debadi Prasanna Gangopadhyay

·     Mention the dates of the events: 24thMarch 2023 at 3:00PM IST

·     Number of attendees: 50

·     Very short and precise description:

IEEE ED MSIT SBC in association with IEEE SSCS Kolkata chapter and IEEE ED MSIT SB in association with the Department of ECE, MSITis going to organize Technical Talk: “Verification techniques in VLSI engineering” on 24th March, 2023 by Mr. DebadiPrasannaGangopadhyayfrom 3 pm in 2nd year class room.Mr. DebadiPrasannaGangopadhyay, Design and Verification Engineer, Tech Mahindra Cerium Pvt. Ltd. is the resource person for this program.

Dr. Swarnil Roy, Secretary, IEE SSCS Kolkata Chapter and Faculty Member, Department of ECE, MSIT, Kolkata and Prof. Sudipta Ghosh, Faculty Member, Department of ECE, MSIT coordinated the entire session. Students from the Departments of Electrical. Computer Science and Electronics and Communication Engineering were present to listen to this extremely beneficial talk. Dr. ManashChanda, HoD, Department of ECE, MSIT gave the introductory speech.

Technical Talk Program by Niloy Ghosh

·     Mention the dates of the events: 8thFebruary 2023 at 3:00PM IST

·     Number of attendees: 42

·     Very short and precise description:

IEEE ED MSIT SBC in association with the Department of ECE, MSITorganized aTechnical Talk on “Recent trends on optical devices” on8th February, 2023 by Mr. Niloy Ghosh, from 3 pm in virtual mode.Mr. Niloy Ghosh, PHD scholar , IIT  Kharghpur is the resource person for this program.

Dr. Swarnil Roy, Faculty Member, Department of ECE, coordinated the entire session. About 42 (10 IEEE student members) participants were present during the session.

Technical Talk ProgrambyProf. Saptarshi Das

·     Mention the dates of the events: 6thJanuary, 2023at 12:00PM IST

·     Number of attendees: 45

·     Very short and precise description:

IEEE ED MSIT SBC in association with IEEE SPSMSIT SBC, IEEE PES MSIT SBC, CARREST in association with the Dept. of ECE, EE and BSH organized a technical talk on Bio-inspired Devices for Sensing, Computing, Storage, and Hardware Security based on Two-dimensional (2D) MaterialsbyProf. SaptarshiDas on 6thJanuary, 2023 from 12 pm at seminar hall of EE department. Prof. SaptarshiDas, AssociateProfessor, PennState University, USA is the speaker for this program.

Dr. Swapnadip De, Faculty Member, Department of ECE, and the Chapter Advisor of IEEE MSIT SB coordinated the entire session. About 45(28 IEEE student members) participants were present during the session. Prof. UtpalGanguly delivered the vote of thanks.

VRIKSHA PHASE-V

·         Date of the event: 13th March, 2022

·         Number of attendees:30 attendees were present in the program out of which 10 were IEEE members

·         Description of the Event:

IEEE ED MSIT SBC in association with the Rotaract Club of Meghnad Saha Institute of Technologyas a part of the World Rotaract Week Initiative organized an event, Vriksha Phase-V: A Tree Plantation Drive at MSITCollege Campus. The initiative of the event was to create an awareness in building a cleaner and a greener Earth for a healthy and balanced life in the eco-system. A total of 30 saplings were planted by all the attendees who were present in the program. An overview of a balanced life in a cleaner and greener environment was given by Prof. Sahana Sengupta, faculty member of Basic Science and Humanities of Meghnad Saha Institute of Technology.

In total 30 attendees were present in the program out of which 10 were IEEE members.

TECHNICAL SESSION BY Mr. DIPANJAN SEN

·         Date of the event: 11thMay, 2022

·         Number of attendees:65 attendees were present in the program out of which 17 were IEEE members

·         Description of the Event:

One day technical session was organised by IEEE ED MSIT SBC in association with IEEE SSCS Kolkata Chapter, and the Department of ECE, MSIT on 11th May, 2022 at Meghnad Saha Institute of Technology. The Speaker of the session was Mr.Dipanjan Sen,PhD candidate and Graduate Teaching Assistant,Penn State University,USAThe topic of her talk was "Prospects of FET Based Neuromorphic Computing".

Dr. Swarnil Roy, Faculty Member, Department of ECE, and Secretory, IEEE SSCS Kolkata Chapter gave the introductory speech. The entire session was coordinated by Prof. Dr. Sudip Dogra, Faculty Member, Department of ECE.About 65 (17 IEEE members) participants were present during the session. The sole objective of explaining Neuromorphic Computing to the students was to provide a brief idea about how semiconductor devices and hardware can mimic the functionalities of human brain and achieve energy efficiency. It was an extremely important talk where the students got the opportunity to know and understand the different research fields and ideas. The participants were extremely happy to have Mr. Sen as their Speaker on that day and would like to hear more from him in the future.

TECHNICAL SESSION BY Ms. ANKITA ROY

·         Date of the event: 21st May, 2022

·         Number of attendees:80+ attendees were present in the program out of which 25 were IEEE members

·         Description of the Event:

IEEE ED MSIT SBC in association with IEEE ED SB & Department of ECE, MSIT, Kolkata organized a Technical Session by Ms. Ankita Roy, an alumnus of the Department of ECE (2015-19), MSIT, Kolkata on 21stMay, 2022 at 3:00PM over Google-Meet. She is currently working as a Platform Architect in Intel. The topic of her talk was "Process of Gateway to Intel".

Mr. Sudipta Ghosh, Faculty Member, Department of ECE, gave the introductory speech. The entire session was coordinated by Dr. Swapnadip De, SMIEE and Faculty Member, Department of ECE.About 80 (25 IEEE members) participants were present during the session. It was an extremely beneficial talk and engaging talk where the students got the knowledge of how to cultivate themselves in the upcoming days.

TECHNICAL SESSION BY Mr. SUBHENDU MANNA

·         Date of the event: 22nd May, 2022

·         Number of attendees:72 attendees were present in the program out of which 20 were IEEE members

·         Description of the Event:

IEEE EDS MSIT Student Branch Chapter, in association with ECE Department of MSIT and SNU, Kolkata organized an IEEE EDS Technical Session on "Intel Internship Preparation and Prospects" by Mr.Subhendu Manna, RF Software Engineer at Qualcomm, India on 22ndMay, 2022 at 3:00PM over Google-Meet.

Mr. Sudipta Ghosh, Faculty Member, Department of ECE, gave the introductory speech. The entire session was coordinated by Dr. Swapnadip De, SMIEE and Faculty Member, Department of ECE and Dr. Chandi Pani, HOD, Department of ECE, SNU.About 72 (20 IEEE members) participants were present during the session. It was an extremely benefiting talk where the students got to understand of how to cultivate themselves in the research and academic field in their future.

STUDENT PROJECTCONTESTON VLSI CIRCUITS

·         Date of the event: 13th June, 2022

·         Number of attendees:81 attendees were present in the program out of which 15 were IEEE members

·         Description of the Event:

IEEE ED MSIT Student Branch Chapter, in association with the Department of ECE, Meghnad Saha Institute of Technology organized a Student Project contest titled “Project Contest on VLSI Circuits” on June 13, 2022. The event was participated by 15 project groups, each consisting of two members. The groups consisted of undergraduate students of the pre-final and the final year of ECE, MSIT. The event was judged by five most senior members of MSIT.  The program was attended by 70 students and 11 faculty members. Innovative projects in the field of VLSI circuits were presented in the contest. The best three projects were awarded with certificates from IEEE ED MSIT Student Branch Chapter.

STUDENT PROJECT CONTEST ON DEVICE MODELING AND SIMULATION

·         Date of the event: 14th June, 2022

·         Number of attendees:80 attendees were present in the program out of which 18 were IEEE members

·         Description of the Event:

IEEE ED MSIT Student Branch Chapter, in association with the Department of ECE, Meghnad Saha Institute of Technology organized a Student Project contest titled “Project Contest on Device Modelling and Simulation” on June 14, 2022.

The event was participated by 17 project groups, each consisting of two or three members from the final year undergraduate students of ECE, MSIT. The event was judged by four most senior members of MSIT, who have excelled in this field.  The program was attended by 80 students and 11 faculty members. Innovative projects in the field of non-conventional MOSFET parameter modeling and simulation were presented in the contest. An open session of question and answer was conducted, which proved to be extremely beneficial to all the participants. Discussion on research and academic fields were made on semiconductor device modeling. The best three projects were awarded with certificates from IEEE EDS MSIT Student Branch Chapter.

STUDENT PAPER CONTEST ON ELECTRON DEVICES

·         Date of the event: 18th July, 2022

·         Number of attendees:50 attendees were present in the program out of which 18 were IEEE members

·         Description of the Event:

IEEE ED MSIT Student Branch Chapter, in association with the Department of ECE, Meghnad Saha Institute of Technology organized a Student Project contest titled “Project Contest on Device Modelling and Simulation” on July 18, 2022.

The event was participated by 18 project groups, each consisting of two or three members from the final year undergraduate students of ECE, MSIT. The event was judged by the four most senior members of MSIT, who have excelled in this field.  The program was attended by 50 students and 10 faculty members. Research papers in the field of non-conventional device parameter modeling were presented in the contest. An open session of questions and answers was conducted, which proved to be extremely beneficial to all the participants. Discussion on research and academic fields were made on semiconductor device modeling. The best three paperss were awarded certificates from IEEE EDS MSIT Student Branch Chapter.

IEEE EDS TECHNICAL TALK PROGRAM BY Mr. ABHISHEK SHAW

·         Date of the event: 06th September, 2022

·         Number of attendees:60 attendees were present in the program out of which 15 were IEEE members

·         Description of the Event:

IEEE ED MSIT SBC in association with the Department of ECE, MSIT organized an IEEE ED Technical Session by Mr. Abhishek Shaw, Team Leader at Macafee on September 6, 2022, at MSIT Seminar Hall. The session was attended by over 60 students of the ECE Department, MSIT.

Mr. Sudipta Ghosh, Faculty Member, Department of ECE, gave the introductory speech. The session was coordinated by Dr. Swapnadip De, SMIEE and Faculty Member, Department of ECE, and Dr. Manash Chanda, HOD, Department of ECE, MSIT, and Chapter Advisor, IEEE ED MSIT SBC. It was an extremely beneficial talk where the students understood how to cultivate themselves in the research and academic field in their future.

IEEE EDS TECHNICAL TALK PROGRAM BY Mr. ABHISHEK BHATTACHARYYA

·         Date of the event: 04thNovember, 2022

·         Number of attendees:78 attendees were present in the program out of which 22 were IEEE members

·         Description of the Event:

One day Technical Talk Session was organized by IEEE ED MSIT SBC in association with IEEE Computer Society SBC, the Department of ECE and CSE, MSIT on 4th November, 2022 at Meghnad Saha Institute of Technology, Kolkata. The Speaker of the session was Mr. Abhishek Bhattacharya, Co-founder and Head (Blockchain Tech), Bru Finance. The topic of his talk was "Blockchain Essentials and Career Opportunities”.

Prof. Subhrapratim Nath, HOD, Department of CSE, and Chapter Advisor, IEEE Computer Society SBC gave the introductory speech. The entire session was coordinated by Prof. Papiya Das, Faculty Member, Department of CSE. About 78 (22 IEEE members) participants were present during the session. The sole objective of explaining Blockchain Essentials to the students was to provide a brief idea about how blockchain has been incorporated in our day to day lives. It was an extremely important talk where the students got the opportunity to know and understand the different career opportunities and ideas. The participants were extremely happy to have Mr. Bhattacharyya as their Speaker on that day and would like to hear more from him in the future.

ALUMNI TALK PROGRAM BY Ms. ANWESHA LAHIRI

·     Mention the dates of the events: 22nd May, 2021 at 11:00AM IST

·     Number of attendees: 76 (18 IEEE student members) participants

·     Very short and precise description:

IEEE ED MSIT SBC in association with IEEE ED SB & Department of ECE, MSIT, Kolkata organized an Alumni Talk Program by Ms. Anwesha Lahiri, an alumnus of the Department of ECE (2015-19), MSIT, Kolkata on 22nd May, 2021 at 11:00AM over Google-Meet. She is currently working in Open Silicon as an ASIC Design engineer. The topic of her talk was "JOURNEY FROM MSIT TO OPEN SILICON".

Mr. Sudipta Ghosh, Faculty Member, Department of ECE, gave the introductory speech, which was followed by a speech of Dr. Manash Chanda, HoD, Dept. of ECE, MSIT and Chapter Advisor, IEEE ED MSIT SBC. About 76 (18 IEEE student members) participants were present during the session. It was an extremely beneficial talk and engaging talk where the students got the knowledge of how to cultivate themselves in the upcoming days.


ALUMNI TALK PROGRAM BY Mr. BITAN MALLIK

·     Mention the dates of the events: 29th May, 2021 at 3:30PM IST

·     Number of attendees: 92 (28 IEEE student members)

·     Very short and precise description:

IEEE ED MSIT SBC in association with IEEE ED SB & Department of ECE, MSIT, Kolkata organized an Alumni Talk Program by Mr. Bitan Mallik, an alumnus of the Department of ECE (2009-13), MSIT, Kolkata on 29th May, 2021 at 3:30PM IST over ZOOM. The topic of his talk was "JOURNEY FROM MSIT TO FRAUNHOFER IIS".

Dr. Swapnadip De, Faculty Member, Department of ECE, and the Chapter Advisor of IEEE MSIT SB coordinated the entire session. About 92 (28 IEEE student members) participants were present during the session.

Mr. Bitan Mallik is currently working as a Research Associate in Fraunhofer, Germany. It was an extremely benefiting talk where the students got to understand of how to cultivate themselves in the research and academic field in their future. We were extremely delighted to have Mr. Mallik with us and would like to hear more from him in the upcoming days.

ALUMNI TALK PROGRAM BY Mr. SAMRAT MANNA

·     Mention the dates of the events:5th June 2021 at 3:30PM IST

·     Number of attendees: 106 (32 IEEE student members) participants

·     Very short and precise description:

IEEE ED MSIT SBC in association with IEEE ED SB & Department of ECE, MSIT, Kolkata organized an Alumni Talk Program by Mr. Samrat Manna, an alumnus of the Department of ECE, MSIT, Kolkata on 5th June 2021 at 3:30PM IST over ZOOM. The topic of his talk was "JOURNEY FROM MSIT TO TCS Southampton-UK".

Dr. Swapnadip De, Faculty Member, Department of ECE, and the Chapter Advisor of IEEE MSIT SB coordinated the entire session. About 106 (32 IEEE student members) participants were present during the session.

Mr. Manna is currently working as an Associate Consultant in TCS, Southampton-UK. It was an extremely important talk where the students got the opportunity to know and understand of how to prepare themselves in the research, software and academic field for their future. We were extremely happy to have Mr. Manna as our Speaker on that day and would like to hear more from him in the future.

IEEE EDS TECHNICAL TALK PROGRAM BY Mr. SUMILAK CHAUDHURY

·     Mention the dates of the events: 19th June, 2021 at 11:00AM IST

·     Number of attendees: 83 participants (18 IEEE Student Members)

·         Very short and precise description:

IEEE ED MSIT SBC in association with IEEE SSCS Kolkata Chapter, IEEE MSIT SB and Department of ECE, MSIT, Kolkata organized an IEEE EDS Technical Talk Program by Mr. Sumilak Chaudhury, Design Engineer II, Cadence Design Systems India Pvt Ltd on 19th June, 2021 at 11:00AM over Google-Meet.

Prof. Swarnil Roy, Secretary, IEE SSCS Kolkata Chapter and Faculty Member, Department of ECE, MSIT, Kolkata and Prof. Sudipta Ghosh, Faculty Member, Department of ECE, MSIT coordinated the entire session. Students from the Departments of Electrical. Computer Science and Electronics and Communication Engineering were present to listen to this extremely beneficial talk. Dr. Manash Chanda, Chapter Advisor, IEEE ED MSIT SBC and HoD, Department of ECE, MSIT gave the introductory speech. The topic was “Visualizing Transient Response in Passive Circuit Components” which is one of the most fundamental topics for all the students.

About 83 participants (18 IEEE Student Members) were present during the session. The session was indeed very engaging and definitely extremely helpful for all the participants. The organisers were very lucky to have Mr. Chaudhury as their Speaker and would like to hear more from him.

ALUMNI TALK PROGRAM BY Mr. DIPANJAN SEN

·     Mention the dates of the events: 3rd July 2021 at 11:00 AM IST

·     Number of attendees: 94 (24 IEEE student members) participants

·     Very short and precise description:

IEEE ED MSIT SBC in association with IEEE ED SB & Department of ECE, MSIT, Kolkata organized an Alumni Talk Program by Mr. Dipanjan Sen, an alumnus of the Department of ECE, MSIT and a Postgraduate Student of VLSI Design and Microelectronics Technology, Jadavpur University on 3rd July 2021 at 11:00 AM IST over GOOGLE MEET. The topic of his talk was "JOURNEY FROM MSIT TO PENN STATE UNIVERSITY". Mr. Sen has currently joined as a Graduate Teaching Assistant and a PhD candidate in Materials Research Institute of Pennsylvania State University.

Prof. Swarnil Roy and Prof. Sharmi Ganguly, Faculty Members, Department of ECE, coordinated the entire session. About 94 (24 IEEE student members) participants were present during the session.

It was an extremely important talk where the students could know and understand how to prepare themselves in the research and academic field in and outside the country for their future.

IEEE EDS TECHNICAL TALK PROGRAMBY Dr. RAGHUNATHBHATTACHARYA

·     Mention the dates of the events:12th July 2021 at 6:00 pm IST

·     Number of attendees: 60 participants (12 IEEE Members)

·     Very short and precise description:

IEEE ED MSIT SBC in association with CARREST and Research & Development Cell, Meghnad Saha Institute of Technology, Research & Development Cell, Netaji Subhash Engineering College and IEEE CS MSIT organized an IEEE EDS Technical Talk Program on "MY SCIENTIFIC JOURNEY FOR LAST HALF A CENTURY" by Prof. (Dr.) Raghunath Battacharya on 12th July 2021 at 6:00 pm.

Dr. Bhattacharya is currently the Advisor at DST-IIEST Solar PV Hub at IIEST, Shibpur. He was formerly a Scientist at National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi.

In his talk, Dr. Bhattacharya described his journey through the research world for the past half-century. It was indeed a very overwhelming talk for all the attendees. More than 60 participants (12 IEEE Members) were present during the session. Prof. Rana Majumdar, Faculty Member, Dept. of CSE, MSIT coordinated the entire session. Prof. (Dr.) Ankur Ganguly, Principal, MSIT and Branch Counselor, IEEE MSIT SB gave the introductory speech which was followed by a speech by Prof. (Dr.) Utpal Ganguly. It was followed by a speech by Prof. Amal Kumar Ghosh who vividly described the various topics related to R&D Cell. The talk ended with a "Vote of Thanks" by Dr. Manash Chanda, HoD, Dept. of ECE, MSIT and Chapter Advisor of IEEE ED MSIT SBC.

It was indeed our pleasure to have Dr. Bhattacharya with us on that day.

"A 2-DAY WORKSHOPON SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MODELING& SIMULATION" by Mr. DIPANJAN SEN

·     Mention the dates of the events:14th and 15th July, 2021 from 6:30 PM IST

·     Number of attendees: 54 (16 IEEE student members) participants

·     Very short and precise description:

IEEE ED MSIT SBC in association with IEEE MSIT SB and Department of ECE, MSIT, Kolkata organised "A 2-Day Workshop on Semiconductor Device Modeling & Simulation" by Mr. Dipanjan Sen, an Alumnus of the Department and a PhD Student at Penn State University on 14th and 15th July, 2021 from 6:30 PM.

Prof. Swarnil Roy and Prof. Sudipta Ghosh, Faculty Members, Department of ECE, coordinated the entire session. About 54 (16 IEEE student members) participants were present during the workshop. It was an extremely important session where the students were taught about the importance of using TCAD tools. Hands on training on device modeling and simulations was provided to all the students. It was an engaging session where all the participants were extremely benefited.

MEMBERSHIP AWARENESS PROGRAM

·     Mention the dates of the events:19th August, 2021 at 3:30 PM IST

·     Number of attendees: 42 participants

·     Very short and precise description:

IEEE ED MSIT SBC in association with IEEE COMSOC MSIT SBC and Department of ECE, MSIT, Kolkata organised a “Membership Awareness Program” on 19th August, 2021 at 3:30 PM. The program was conducted in order to get a precise overview of the benefits of joining IEEE as well as to increase the membership count of the ED Student Branch Chapter. Dr. Manash Chanda, chapter advisor of IEEE ED MSIT SBC and HoD, Dept. of ECE, MSIT and Dr. Chandi Pani, chapter advisor of IEEE COMSOC MSIT SBC conducted the session. About 42 participants were present who were highly benefited by the session. The session was held over GOOGLE MEET. Total 12 students from the first year have taken the membership of IEEE EDS after the event. Other students were also immensely benefitted and motivated by the talk of both the Advisors.

IEEE EDS TECHNICAL TALK PROGRAM BY Dr. AVIRUP DASGUPTA

·     Mention the dates of the events:5th October 2021 at 3:00 PM IST

·     Number of attendees: 84 participants (23 IEEE Members)

·     Very short and precise description:

On the auspicious occasion of IEEE Day 2021, IEEE ED MSIT SBC in association with IEEE MSIT SB and the Department of ECE, MSIT, Kolkata organized an IEEE EDS Technical Talk Program by Dr. Avirup Dasgupta, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee on 5th October 2021 over Google Meet at 3:00 PM IST.

The topic of the talk was "Semiconductor Devices: Recent Advances and Open Problems". Prof. (Dr.) Ankur Ganguly, Principal, MSIT gave the introductory speech and told us about the importance of IEEE Day. It was followed by a speech by Prof. Dr. Susanta K. Bhattacharya, Director, AQA, TIG.

Dr. Dasgupta delivered an insightful and knowledgeable talk and spoke about the modern-day problems the semiconductor devices are facing. About 84 participants (23 IEEE Members) were present in the program. Dr. Manash Chanda, HoD, Department of ECE, MSIT and Chapter Advisor, IEEE ED MSIT SBC shared the "Thank you" note at the end of the program.

It was indeed a great way to celebrate and mark the importance of IEEE day. The talk was very fascinating and all the participants feel privileged to listen to Dr. Dasgupta. We hope to have more such sessions with him soon.

 Student Paper Contest

 Date of the event: 26 th June, 2020

 65 students participated out of which total 24 were the IEEE members. A student paper contest was organized by the IEEE EDS MSIT SBC in association with the Dept. of ECE, MSIT on 26 th June, 2020. Almost 31 papers have been presented in this event. Total 65 students participated out of which total 24 were the IEEE members. Total 26 IEEE EDS student members attended the paper contest. The contest has been organized to motivate the students towards the research of the VLSI device and circuits.

1.                  International Conference- IEEE VLSI DCS 2020

·         Date of the event: 18th-19th July, 2020

·         250 attendees were present in the program out of which 105 were the IEEE members

 

2020 IEEE VLSI Device, Circuit and System Conference (VLSI-DCS) has been organized by the IEEE ED MSIT SBC on 18th-19th July, 2020. The conference was dedicated to provide an international forum for researchers and participants to report up-to-the minute innovation and development and exchange ideas and advances in all aspects of VLSI device, circuits and systems. The response to the conference’s call for papers has been outstanding. Total 236 papers were submitted to our conference out of which 104 papers have been registered for presentation, after being peer-reviewed. Total 104 reviewers have been selected to provide a broad range of expertise, to balance junior and senior members, and to represent a variety of geographical locations. The reviewers have worked diligently to select papers and speakers that met the criteria of high quality and relevance to our various fields of interest. It takes time and a great amount of effort to review a paper carefully, and every member of the Technical Program Committee is to be commended for his or her contribution to the success of this conference. Total 20 Plenary and Keynote speakers deliver their talks and 32 distinguished Professors chaired 16 parallel technical sessions. Total more than 250 attendees were present in the program out of which 105 were the IEEE members.All the papers have been included in IEEE Explorer. Dr. Manash Chanda, Vice Chairman, IEEE EDS Kolkata Chapter acted as General Chair under the patronage of Techno India Group.The conference came out to be a hugely successful event.


 Webinar on "Overview on Robotics and Its Applications"

 Date of the event: 27 th & 30 th July, 2020

 Number of participants in the webinar were more than 200 (about 30 IEEE student members). A webinar on "Overview on Robotics and Its Applications" was organised by IEEE ED MSIT SBC in association with IEEE COMSOC MSIT SBC and Dept. of ECE, MSIT Kolkata on 27th & 30th July, 2020 at 11:00AM. Mr. Susanta Kumar Bhattacharya (Director of Quality Assurance Techno India),Dr. Samar Kumar Roy Chowdhury (Advisor of this webinar) Dr. Ankur Ganguly(Principal, MSIT, Kolkata) gave their respective speeches and Dr. Swapnadip De (HOD ECE ,MSIT and branch counselor of IEEE ED MSIT SB) coordinated the session. Dr. Chandi Pani, Chapter Advisor of IEEE COMSOC MSIT SBC and Dr. Manika Saha were the speakers for the 2-day Webinar. Number of participants in the webinar were more than 200 (about 30 IEEE student members) which is very appreciable. It is really glad to see the huge participation and keen interest among the participants to learn new things.

Membership Awareness Workshop

·         Date of the event:27thAugust, 2020

·         About 65 students participated in the workshop.

IEEE ED MSIT SBC in association with IEEE COMSOC MSIT SBC and Department of ECE, MSIT, Kolkata organised a membership awareness program on 27th August, 2020 at 4:00PM. The program was conducted in order to get a precise view of the benefits of joining IEEE as well as to increase the membership count of the ED Student Branch Chapter. Dr. Manash Chanda, chapter advisor of IEEE ED MSIT SBC, Dr. Chandi Pani, chapter advisor of IEEE COMSOC MSIT SBC and Dr. Swapnadip De, HoD, Dept. of ECE, MSIT and branch counselor of IEEE ED MSIT SB conducted the session. About 65 participants were present who were highly benefited by the session. Total 42 students from the first year have taken the membership of IEEE EDS after the event. Other students were also immensely benefitted and motivated by the talk of the Advisor and counsellor.

IEEE EDS Technical Talk Program by Prof. Sudeb Dasgupta

·         Date of the event:22nd August, 2020

·         About 96 participants attended the session.

Prof. Sudeb Dasgupta, HOD, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee has delivered an illuminating talk on low power design in a technical talk program organized by IEEE ED MSIT SBC in association with Department of ECE, MSIT at 6:00 pm on 22nd August, 2020. The duration of the talk was about 90mins. Prof. (Dr.) Ankur Ganguly, the Principal of MSIT gave the introductory speech which was followed by a speech given by Dr. Swapnadip De, branch counselor of IEEE ED MSIT SB. Dr. Manash Chanda, the chapter advisor of IEEE ED MSIT SBC coordinated the session. About 96 participants attended the session. Dr. Chandi Pani gave the vote of thanks at the end. We are extremely thankful to Prof. Dasgupta for this immensely benefiting talk. We look forward to have more such sessions with him. Almost 54 IEEE members and 65 non-IEEE members attended the talk and immensely benefitted from the talk.

 

 IEEE EDS Technical Talk Program by Mr. Sankalp Jain

·         Date of the event: 15th September, 2020

·         About 105 participants were present, out of which 35 were IEEE members.

On the occasion of Engineer's Day, IEEE ED MSIT SBC in association with Department of ECE, MSIT, Kolkata has organised IEEE EDS Technical Talk Program by Mr. Sankalp Jain, SoC Implementation Engineer, Apple, Austin, USA on 15th September, 2020. Prof (Dr.) Ankur Ganguly gave the introductory speech, which was followed by a speech of Dr. Swapnadip De, HOD, Dept. of ECE, MSIT and Branch Counselor, IEEE MSIT SB. Dr. Manash Chanda, Chapter Advisor, IEEE ED MSIT SBC coordinated the session. About 105 participants were present, out of which 35 were IEEE members. It was an engaging talk and the students were highly benefited.

IEEE EDS Technical Talk Program by Dr. Shubham Sahay

·         Date of the event: 16th October, 2020

·         Almost eighty students attended the event.

  

IEEE ED MSIT SBC in association with Department of ECE, MSIT, and MESON, Kolkata organized IEEE EDS Technical Talk Program by Dr. Shubham Sahay, Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur on 16th October, 2020 over GOOGLE MEET. The topic of his talk was "TIME-DOMAIN NEUROMORPHIC COMPUTING PLATFORMS". Dr. Manash Chanda, Chapter Advisor, IEEE ED MSIT SBC gave the introductory speech, which was followed by a speech of Dr. Swapnadip De, HoD, Dept. of ECE, MSIT and Branch Counselor, IEEE MSIT SB. About 80 (25 IEEE student members) participants were present during the session.

IEEE EDS Technical Talk Program by Prof. (Dr) Angsuman Sarkar

·         Date of the event: 5thMay, 2020

·         Almost seventy students attended the event.

IEEE ED MSIT SBC in association with Department of ECE, MSIT, Kolkata organized IEEE EDS Technical Talk Program by Prof. (Dr) Angsuman Sarkar, Professor, Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering, Kalyani Government Engineering College on 5th May, 2020 from 4:00PM over Google meet. The topic of his talk was "ADIABATIC LOGIC CIRCUITS". Dr. Manash Chanda, Chapter Advisor, IEEE ED MSIT SBC gave the introductory speech, which was followed by a speech of Dr. Swapnadip De, HoD, Dept. of ECE, MSIT and Branch Counselor, IEEE MSIT SB. About 70 (18 IEEE student members) participants were present during the session. The students were extremely benefitted from the talk.

 

                 IEEE EDS Technical Talk Program by Prof. (Dr) Debashis De

·         Date of the event: 11thJune, 2020

·         Almost 85 students attended the event.

IEEE ED MSIT SBC in association with IEEE COMSOC MSIT SBC & Department of ECE, MSIT, Kolkata organized IEEE EDS Technical Talk Program by Prof. (Dr) Debashis De, Professor, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, West Bengal University of Technology. The topic of his talk was "QUANTUM DOT CELLULAR AUTOMATA" on 11th June, 2020 over Google Meet. Dr. Manash Chanda, Chapter Advisor, IEEE ED MSIT SBC gave the introductory speech, which was followed by a speech of Dr. Swapnadip De, HoD, Dept. of ECE, MSIT and Branch Counselor, IEEE MSIT SB. About 85 (24 IEEE student members) participants were present during the session. Dr. Chandi Pani, Chapter Advisor, IEEE COMSOC MSIT SBC, gave the thank you note. The students were extremely benefitted from the talk.