One Week Online ISTE Approved, Faculty Development Programme on “Recent Trends in RF and Microelectronics”

A One Week online ISTE approved Faculty Development Programme (FDP) on “Recent Trends in RF and Microelectronics”, was organised by Department of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering, Don Bosco College of Engineering and Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Goa from August 31- September 4, 2020.

Around 100 participants attended the FDP from all over the globe. The FDP commenced with the inaugural ceremony in the presence of the Director Rev. Fr. Kinley D’Cruz, Principal Dr. Neena Panandikar, Dr. Varsha Turkar, Head of ETC Dept. DBCE and Convener, Dr. Vasantha M.H., Registrar, NIT, Goa and Co-Convener for the FDP and faculty members of DBCE and NIT, Goa. The host for the inaugural ceremony was Asst. Prof. Samantha Cardoso.

The coordinators of the FDP were Asst. Prof Trima P. Fernandes e Fizardo, Asst. Prof Samantha Cardoso from DBCE, Dr. Pragati Patel, Dr. Lalat Indu Giri from NIT, Goa. The members of the broadcasting team were Prof. Yeshudas Muttu, and Dr. Shreyas Simu. The system support staff were Mr. Romeo D’Cruz, Mr. Amit Sapkal and Mr. Ignatius Dias.

Eminent speakers from Indian Space Research Organisation, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research and National Institute of Technology, Goa with expertise in the field of RF and Microelectronics delivered sessions during the course of the entire week.

 Mr. Puneet Kumar Mishra, Scientist, Indian Space Research Organisation, Chair IEEE Bangalore section enlightened the audience on Satellite Configuration, Design, Assembly, Integration and Testing. He also showed  videos of satellite launch at Indian Space Research Organisation. Dr. Satyanarayana Bheesette, Scientific Officer(H) at Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, gave insights on Microelectronics for RF Signal Processing.

Dr. Nithin Kumar, Assistant Professor and Head of Electronics and Communication Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Goa, covered the basic design issues of conventional comparator and methods to improve the speed with minimum power consumption.

Dr.Milind Mahajan, Director, Antenna Systems Group; ISRO-Ahmedabad, explained the spacecraft Antenna Design and Development Challenges.

Dr.Vasantha M.H, Associate Professor, Department of ECE, NIT Goa, explained how Gm-C filters can be designed to offer higher bandwidth if the dynamic range requirement is relaxed for the same power.

Dr. H.G. Virani, Professor and Head of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering, Goa College of Engineering, Farmagudi, elaborated on trends in Integrated Circuits.

E. Mallikarjun, Assistant Professor, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering,National Institute of Technology,Goa, delivered a session on Non-destructive evaluation of concealed objects via microwave imaging applications, image configurations, electromagnetic scattering equations, inverse formulations, regularization methods numerical results and future direction.

Prof. Mohini Naik, Assistant Professor, Don Bosco College of Engineering, Fatorda spoke on her research area of Millimeter Wave Antennas.

 Dr. Pragati Patel, Assistant Professor, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Goa, enlightened the audience on Recent Trends in Dielectric Resonator Antennas for Various Applications.

Dr. Anirban Chaterjee, Assistant Professor, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Goa, discussed basic L-section networks, as well as T and pi type of networks to perform matching, ensuring minimum reflection between the source and load.

Dr. Lalat Indu Giri, Assistant Professor, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Goa , enlightened on Thermal Imaging for Biomedical Instrumentation and Agriculture Electronics.

The FDP ended with a valedictory function wherein the participants gave their valuable feedback. The reviews of the workshop were excellent. Rev. Fr. Kinley D’Cruz, Director and Dr. Neena Panandikar, Principal were also present for the function. Asst. Professor Trima P. Fernandes e Fizardo, Department of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering, delivered the report of five days FDP and Dr. Varsha Turkar, HOD Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering proposed the vote of thanks.