CU ties-up with DRDO
The University of Calcutta (CU) has tied up with the DRDO to establish a CMSDS in Kolkata.
By TNN |
KOLKATA: The University of Calcutta (CU) has tied up with the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) to establish a Centre for Millimeter Wave Semiconductor Devices and Systems (CMSDS) in Kolkata. The West Bengal government has sanctioned 3.72 acres of land to the university close to the EM Bypass, which has recently been taken over by CU for setting up the centre.
Speaking to mediapersons, Prof Asis Kumar Banerjee, vice-chancellor, CU said, “not only is this the single largest research project in CUs 150-year-old history, but it will be the first direct involvement of the university in product development based on the application of advanced research carried out by it.”
This will also be the first DRDO laboratory in West Bengal. Work on the centre is expected to start in January 2007 and be completed within the next year to year-and-a-half.
Millimeter waves are having increasing applications in defence and civil systems, including radars, missile guidance, missile seeking, satellite communication and mobile
communication. They also have tremendous future application in radar and communication for railways and civil aviation and wordwide personal communication and television systems among other things.
IMPATT (IMPact ionization Avalanche Transit-Time) diodes are among the most powerful solid state mm wave devices. In CU, Prof SK Ray and his research group in the Department of Radiophysics and Electronics have been researching on the science and design of IMPATT diodes.
The proposal for establishing CMSDS as a joint venture between CU and the DRDO was mooted based on this research. The DRDO will provide Rs 49.5 crore towards the
“The success of this new centre will ensure saving of a large amount of foreign exchange since the cost of importing mm wave devices from abroad is very high. This apart, as these devices are hardly available in requisite quantities due to restrictions imposed by advanced countries, the fabrication of these devices will lead to self-reliance for the country in this field,” said Prof Banerjee.
Speaking to mediapersons, Prof Asis Kumar Banerjee, vice-chancellor, CU said, “not only is this the single largest research project in CUs 150-year-old history, but it will be the first direct involvement of the university in product development based on the application of advanced research carried out by it.”
This will also be the first DRDO laboratory in West Bengal. Work on the centre is expected to start in January 2007 and be completed within the next year to year-and-a-half.
Millimeter waves are having increasing applications in defence and civil systems, including radars, missile guidance, missile seeking, satellite communication and mobile
communication. They also have tremendous future application in radar and communication for railways and civil aviation and wordwide personal communication and television systems among other things.
IMPATT (IMPact ionization Avalanche Transit-Time) diodes are among the most powerful solid state mm wave devices. In CU, Prof SK Ray and his research group in the Department of Radiophysics and Electronics have been researching on the science and design of IMPATT diodes.
The proposal for establishing CMSDS as a joint venture between CU and the DRDO was mooted based on this research. The DRDO will provide Rs 49.5 crore towards the
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construction of a building and purchase of equipment and also for covering recurring expenses for the first three years.“The success of this new centre will ensure saving of a large amount of foreign exchange since the cost of importing mm wave devices from abroad is very high. This apart, as these devices are hardly available in requisite quantities due to restrictions imposed by advanced countries, the fabrication of these devices will lead to self-reliance for the country in this field,” said Prof Banerjee.
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