Indian Nanoelectronics Users Program (INUP)

Indian Nanoelectronics Users Program (INUP) is an initiative to create and spread the expertise of nanoelectronics in India, jointly run by the Centres of Excellence in Nanoelectronics at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IITB) and Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (IISc), with financial support from the Department of Information Technology (DIT), the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology (MCIT), Government of India.

Vision

To facilitate and support the generation of expertise and knowledge in nanoelectronics through participation and utilization of the facilities established at the Centres of Excellence in Nanoelectronics at IISc and IITB by external users.

Objectives

 To open up the R&D infrastructure setup at the Centres of Excellence in Nanoelectronics to Indian researchers from outside of IISc and IITB. 

 To impart hands-on training in Nanoelectronics to researchers from other institutions in the country and assist in the initiation of research in Nanoelectronics by enabling the execution of the work of the external users at these centers.
 

 To collaborate with research teams at other Indian centers and develop joint academic and research programs in Nanoelectronics. 

 To provide a platform for researchers in Nanoelectronics to come together and benefit from complementary expertise. 

 To conduct regular workshops for the wider dissemination of the knowledge in the area of Nanoelectronics. 

Types of Programs offered under INUP

There would be three kinds of interaction with external users for the Nanoelectronics facilities at IISc and IITB:

 Medium-term projects:

(3-24 months) would be conducted by the outside agency at the facilities at IISc or IITB 

conducted by the outside agency at the facilities at IISc or IITB The medium-term projects envisaged under the INUP scheme would be of shorter duration. The project would be identified by the outside agency, and responsibility of ensuring its success would lie with them, though IISc/IITB would advise on the practicability of the project. In the case of universities/academic institutions, the funding would be made available through INUP. For government, research laboratories, industry and other institutions, the funding has to be provided by the respective organizations. In all cases, the outside agency would be responsible for deputing one or more persons who would spend significant amounts of time at the nano-facility. Although the IISc/IITB nano-facility would provide equipment, operators and engineers for discussion, the responsibility for carrying the wafers through the various steps would be that of the persons from the outside agency.

 

 Short-term measurements / fabrication:

(1 week – 3 months) conducted for (and sometimes by) the outside agency at IISc/IITB. 

The short-term measurements are really requests from the outside agencies to carry out specific measurements, perform simple and standard experiments, do straightforward nanolithography, do standard nano-imaging, etc. This would be entertained by the IISc/IITB facilities on a payment basis. In the case of Universities such charges would be waived. Although the outside agency need not send anyone for these interactions, it may be desirable to do so on a case-to-case basis, and would be encouraged.

 

 Services:

Other projects which may involve a one time measurement/unit process will be treated as “services”.The execution and payment terms for these services are as same as short term measurements.

Salient Features

INUP would organize various training programs at IISc/IITB for all potential users of the nanofacilities, whether medium-term, short-term or services. In addition, special training modules required by specific users would be given as and when necessary.

Users (post-graduate students and professional scientists and engineers) from academic, research and industrial R&D institutions will be trained through this project at three levels.

• Short term workshops to disseminate the outcome of the research activities. These are also expected to provide exposure and awareness and also a platform for peer review of the research output of the program (Level 1).
• Hands-on training for selected researchers from outside agencies (Level 2).
• Execution of research projects (medium-term) by external users by providing support for fabrication and expert guidance (Level 3).

Workshop

A series of workshops and hands-on training sessions are planned as part of the INUP program. The workshops are targeted to achieve the following:

1. Familiarization of Indian researchers with the broad area of nanoelectronics.

2. Familiarization of potential users of the INUP program with the nanoelectronics infrastructure and researchers at IIT Bombay and IISc Bangalore.

3. A platform to present the outcome of the program to nanoelectronics researchers from India.

4. To help the nanoelectronics researchers in India identify complementary expertise within the broad area of nanoelectronics.

First in the series of workshops on “Nano-Fabrication Technologies” would be held at IISc Bangalore during 23-24 of March 2009. More details about the first workshop can be obtained from Prof. K. J. Vinoy, IISc Bangalore (inup@ece.iisc.ernet.in).

The second workshop would be held at IIT Bombay during 30-31 May 2009. The details of the same are given below.

Workshop Agenda: 

 Presentation on the INUP and R & D infrastructure available under INUP

 Lectures in the broad areas of Nanoelectronics

 Poster presentations demonstrating R&D work undertaken at the Centre

 Visit to the various laboratories

 Panel discussion on challenges and opportunities in Nanoelectronics

Who can attend: 

Any Indian researcher interested to start research and development work in the area of nanoelectronics is welcome to attend. You could be affiliated to academia, research labs or industry, and these institutions could be in the Government, public or private sector. Registration is mandatory and is free of cost.

Accommodation: 

Limited on-campus accommodation will be provided on request from participants, subject to availability.

Financial support: 

A limited financial support package is available to select candidates from academia. The selection would be based on your preparedness to be a potential user of the nanoelectronics facility under the INUP program. It is important for you to fill in a summary of your proposed work (maximum 200 words) during the on-line registration. The package would include travel support and accommodation. The terms of support are as follows:

1. Students would be supported for travel (by train, 3-tier A/C) and stay (hostel room plus food).

2. Faculty members would be supported for travel (by train, II A/C) and stay (at IITB guest house or equivalent).

Registration:

For online registration to attend the workshop, please follow the link

Online Registration

Important dates:

Registration deadline: 15th April, 2009

Confirmation of Financial Support, if awarded: 20th April, 2009

Workshop dates: 30-31 May 2009

Workshop Flyer:

2nd INUP Workshop on Nanofabrication Technologies

Associated Events:

2nd International Workshop on Electron Devices and Semiconductor Technology (IEDST 2009) would be held at IIT Bombay during 1-2 June 2009. We encourage you to attend both the INUP workshop and the IEDST conference. More details about IEDST 2009 can be found at

IEDST

How to get to IIT Bombay:

Travel guidelines to reach IIT Bombay can be found on

TRAVEL INFORMATION

If you have further queries, you may contact us at inup@iitb.ac.in

WEBSITE:

http://www.inup-iitb.org/index.html