Report of DeitY Innovation Council on Nanoelectronics

1. Report ofDeitY Innovation CouncilonNanoelectronics Dr. V.Ramgopal Rao, Professor, IIT Bombay Chairman, DeitY Sectoral Innovation Council on Nanoelectronics Dr. G. V. Ramaraju, Group Coordinator, R&D in IT, DeitY, MCIT, GOI

2. Dr. JanuszBryzek

3. Nanoelectronics Innovation Council: Scope • Entire electronics systems hardware infrastructure enabled by Nanoelectronics technology. • Future smart systems – fusion of computing, communication and sensing • healthcare, security, smart grids, automative, energy, IT, agriculture, lifestyle, communications Nanoelectronics manufacturing - Higher capital costs & complex technology know-how – but allows for batch processing reducing the cost/chip eventually

4. DeitY programme on Nanotechnology Initiatives (since 2004) Objectives: • Competence building, Research and Development in Nanoelectronics • Create infrastructure for research in nanoelectronics and nanometrology at the national level • Establish Nanoelectronics Centres • Take up small and medium research projects in specific areas of nanoelectronics such as nanomaterials, nanodevices, carbon nano tubes, nanosystems etc. • Commercialization and Industry Promotion of Nanoelectronics/nanotechnology The DeitY Nanotechnology programme is as big & prominent as the DST Nano-mission initiative. India is ranked 3 rd in the world now in Nanotechnology research, only behind China & USA.

5. DeitY programme on Nanotechnology Initiatives Major Achievements: 36 R&D Projects initiated since 2004 with total outlay of about Rs. 657 Cr • NanoelectronicsCentres at IIT Bombay & IISc Bangalore - ZnO based Piezoelectric microphone - Piezo resistive based pressure sensors - Gas sensor platform for automotive exhaust and environmental pollution monitoring applications - Healthcare and explosive detector - Attracting faculty from abroad - Attracting funding from major International/ National industries/organization such as AMT, Texas instruments, Cookson Electronics, IBM, Agilent, MNRE, ISRO, Intel, Infineon, Micron etc. - Manpower trained : 1562 - Patents : 34 - Publications : more than 600

6. DeitY programme on Nanotechnology Initiatives Major Achievements: • Centres of Excellence in Nanoelectronics- Phase II initiated after successful completion of Phase I at IISc, Bangalore and IIT Bombay. • Nano Fabrication Prototyping Facilities for SMEs and Start-ups in the area of MEMS & NEMS. • Indian Nanoelectronics Users Program (INUP) at IIT Bombay & IISc Bangalore - 231 projects from 139 organizations across the country - Manpower Trained : about 2311 from about 350 organizations across the country • Centre for nanometrology at NPL, New Delhi - Facilities for the measurement of DC Nano-volt, DC Nano-ampere, Nano- resistance, Nano-electric charge, Step height and roughness have been established • Centre for Nano fabrication and Nanoscale devices based on non-silicon technologies at IIT Delhi

7. DeitY programme on Nanotechnology Initiatives Major Achievements: • Centre for Development of MBE cluster tool based epitaxial nano-semiconductor infrastructure and process integration facility for high performance RF/Microwave compound semiconductor Heterostructurenanodevices on silicon at IIT Kharagpur • Centre for Nanoelectromechanical Systems(NEMS) and Nanophotonics at IIT Madras. • Centre for Excellence in Research and Development of NanoelectronicTheranostic Devices at IIT Guwahati. The Nanoelectronics Centre will cater the local needs by the development of low cost health and agriculture sensors. • Indian Nanoelectronics Users Program (INUP) –Phase II after successful completion of Phase I at IIT Bombay & IISc Bangalore with focus on technology development. • In addition, 26 medium & small size projects.

8. CEN – IIT Bombay

9. CEN – IIT Bombay

10. INDIAN NANOELECTRONICS USERS PROGRAMME (INUP)@IITB

11. Prototypes/Products in the CEN@IIT-B V.Ramgopal Rao& team Silicon Locket D.K.Sharma & team Portable ECG Monitor D.K.Sharma & team Explosive Detector PolySense Aqua BEAGLE Anilkumar Portable SPR System A.Q.Contractor S.Mukherji Explosive wireless sensor node

12. DeitY Innovation Council on Nanoelectronics:Vision & Mission Use nanotechnology/nanoelectronic devices/concepts to produce products and services that are affordable for people at the bottom of the pyramid by catering to India’s expanding requirements in consumer, healthcare, security, strategic, energy and agricultural areas and thereby gain technology leadership.

13. Nanoelectronics Innovation Council: Areas • Societal Electronics: improve the quality of life • Rural Electronics: focus on solving the rural problems • Medical Electronics: point of care diagnotics • Consumer Electronics: low cost devices • Strategic Electronics: Security applications • Energy Electronics: energy scavenging, PV etc.

14. Approach and Strategies • Research and manpower training Infrastructure • Industrial silicon foundry Infrastructure (particularly from the point of strategic electronics) • Innovation and Incubation Infrastructure • Policies, incentives, programmes & framework for Encouraging Entrepreneurship

16. Action Items • Creation of common infrastructure & Technology Platforms that can be jointly funded through public-private partnerships, which can be opened to users/industries through pay per use program* • Specifically seek product/system oriented proposals • Projects must have a comprehensive policy for their final deployment - inputs of concerned ministries/industry are of utmost relevance. • Create regional level innovation centres and match them with the technology platforms developed in the Centres of Excellence in Nanoelectronics (CEN). • Establish awards for innovators • Faculty training programmes in Nanoelectronics applications/innovation* • Rural exposure to Ph.D. students by linking them with rural NGOs. • Exposure to start-up culture for Ph.D. students through targeted award programmes * DeitY has already taken initiatives through CEN & INUP programmes in leading institutions in the country.