Workshop Report on “Digital VLSI Design” attended by students of T.E. ETC at NIT- Goa

A two day hands-on workshop on “Digital VLSI Design” was organised by National Institute of Technology, Goa for the students of the Department of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering of Don Bosco College of Engineering. The workshop was held at NIT, Goa on  March 13-14 , 2020 and was attended by 25 students from the ETC Department along with two faculty members Prof. Anisha Cotta and Prof. Samantha Cardoso.

On the first day the session began with an introduction by the Professors from NIT, Goa, Dr. Nithin Kumar and Dr. Vasantha M.H. The students were also welcomed with warm and inspiring words from the Director of NIT, Goa, Dr. Gopal Mugeraya. The morning sessions were conducted by the  Dr. Vasantha M.H. and Dr. Nithin Kumar wherein they explained the various basic concepts underlying VLSI designs, followed by a hands- on session in Cadence.

 On the second day, a session was conducted by Dr.Nithin Kumar in which he covered the details of CMOS inverter and its applications , and encouraged questions from the students and cleared their doubts with great enthusiasm. The afternoon sessions included a hands-on session of the Cadence software in the NIT, Goa Design Lab. The students could work on the software themselves with guidance from the research scholars of NIT, Goa and practically verify the concepts taught during the theory sessions.

It was a very good experience for the students to learn and explore Digital VLSI Design. NIT, Goa also encouraged the students to come back and experiment with the software in the future with their own ideas.