ABOUT US

National Institute of Technology(NIT) Silchar (an Institute of National Importance under MHRD, Govt of India), was established in 1967 as Regional Engineering college (REC) Silchar Assam. In 2002 it is upgraded to NIT. It is situated on the banks of Barak river with an astounding green campus. The campus is fully covered by green trees making it the one of the beautiful institute in India. NIT Silchar offers six UG and Ten PG courses. The Department of ECE offers B.Tech, M.Tech and PhD degrees. The institute is well known for its notable work in technical field. The institute is having well equipped laboratories with state of art scientific Tools. It makes the Research scholar to work 24 hours to achieve new heights in technical field.

ABOUT ECE DEPARTMENT

Electronics and Communication Department in NIT Silchar is most leading department in both Academic and Research streams. The Faculty and Ph.D. Scholars are fully devoted for technical research. Department is having different labs Communication lab, Antennas lab, VLSI Research Lab, Image Processing lab, Devices Lab and MEMS Lab covering almost all research areas in the field of Electronics and fully equipped with high speed PCs and state of art Equipment. MEMS and VLSI labs devoted for the miniaturization of device dimensions. The two labs are in collaboration to get new and useful devices for better society comfort. MEMS lab is having COMSOL Multiphysics, Coventor and MEMS+ licensed software’s for simulation works.

ABOUT NMDC

National MEMS Design Center in NIT Silchar established in association with IISC Bangalore and NPMASS for the upliftment of MEMS research in Northeast region. NMDC is now supported by NIT Silchar and is fully equipped with software tools for MEMS designing and analysis. It is presently having COMSOL Multiphysics, CoventorWare, Intellisuite and MEMS+. The lab has highly contributed to the research community by producing good research papers and potential researchers. The works that are being carried out by the NMDC are important for social welfare such as Kidney-on-Chip, Micro Mixers, Bio-Sensors, RF Switches, Energy Harvesters, etc.

COORDINATOR

Dr. Koushik Guha

Asst. Prof(Grade 1), Dept. of ECE, NIT Silchar

About Convener

Dr. Koushik Guha, a highly motivated researcher, team player, well organized and carries prominent role in all departmental activities. He is known for his research and his publications in reputed journals. His work in RF MEMS field is noble one. More than 30 International journals and 50 conference papers and key note speeches in different institutions are the symbol of his eminence. He completed a government funded project and couple of projects are on-going. He always strives to give his students the best subjective experience. Presently he is working as assistant Professor in Dept. of ECE, NIT Silchar. Dr. Koushik guha is an active researcher in VLSI field.

JOINT COORDINATOR

Dr. Kandarpa Kumar Saikia

HOD, Dept. of Bio engineering and Technology GUIST, Guwahati

About Joint Convener

Dr. Kandarpa Kr. Saikia is Associate Professor & Head at Department of Bioengineering and Technology, Gauhati University. His area of interest is molecular diagnostics and drug discovery. Dr. Saikia received his Ph.D from All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi and Post Doc from University of East London, England. He has published 35 international journal articles and 2 books. He received extramural funding for 5 research projects and guided 7 Ph.Ds.