| Name | Affiliation | Abstract title |
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| Plenary Speakers |
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| Prof. Paul R. Berger | Ohio State University Columbus, USA | Quantum Tunneling Electronics for Ultra-Low Power Scaled CMOS |
| Prof. Chennupati Jagadish | Australian National University, Canberra, AUSTRALIA | III-V Semiconductor Nanowires for Optoelectronic Device Applications |
| Prof. Hiromichi Ohashi | National Institute of AIST, Umezono, JAPAN | Advanced Power Devices for Next Generation Power Electronics |
| Prof. Ananth Dodabalapur | University of Texas, Austin, USA | Charge Transport in Polymer and Amorphous Oxide Transistors |
| Prof. David Cahen | Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, ISRAEL | Assessing possibilities for Solar Cells by identifying basic limitations to PV Performance |
| Prof. Colin Wolden | Colorado School of Mines Golden, USA | Photovoltaic Manufacturing: Present Status, Future Prospects and Research Needs |
| Dr. Subramanian S. Iyer | IBM Systems & Technology Group, New York, USA | Scaling in the Third Dimension – Prospects for Silicon-based Interposer and 3D Integration |
| Dr. G. Rajeswaran | Moser Baer India Ltd., Greater Noida, INDIA | Advances in Solid State Lighting |
| Nanotechnology |
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| Prof. Ranjit Pati | Michigan Technological University, Michigan , USA | Molecular Switch exhibiting negative differential resistance behavior: Understanding the underlying physics |
| Prof. Priya Vashishta | University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA | Multimillion Atom Simulations of Reactive Nanosystems |
| Prof. Prabhakar Misra | Howard University, Washington, USA | Numerical Modeling and Simulation of Nanobubble Formation on Nanomaterial Substrates and Adsorption of Rare Gas Atoms in Carbon Nanotubes |
| Prof. Manfred Reiche | Max Planck Institute , Weinberg, GERMANY | Characterization of Dislocation-Based Nanotransistors |
| Prof. S. Maikap | Chang Gung University, Kwei-Shan,TAIWAN | Germanium Based Materials for Low Power Nanoscale Resistive Switching Memory Applications |
| Prof. Navkanta Bhat | Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, INDIA | Graphene Transistors for CMOS Applications : Opportunities and Challenges |
| Prof. Jacob Chacko | Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, INDIA | Growth of multiwall carbon nanotubes – role of the catalyst |
| Prof. Dhananjay Kumar | North Carolina A&T State University Greensboro, USA | Pulsed laser deposition assisted fabrication of nano-dimensional metallic particles and wires for magnetic and biological applications |
| Prof. Vinod Tewary | National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, USA | Multiscale Modeling of Thermoelastic Characteristics of Graphene |
| Dr. G. Mathad | Semiconductor Tech Consulting, USA | ADVANCES IN PATTERNING TECHNOLOGIES FOR NANO-IC’s |
| Device Modeling |
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| Prof. Ken Uchida | Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, JAPAN | Thermal-Aware Device Design of Nanoscale MOS Transistors |
| Prof. Sayeef Salahuddin | University of California, Berkely, USA | Negative Capacitance in a Ferroelectric-Dielectric Heterostructure for Ultra Low Power Computing |
| Prof. W. H. A. Schilders | Eindhoven University of Technology, NETHERLANDS | Numerical simulation of organic and inorganic semiconductor devices |
| Prof. Kaustav Banerjee | University of California, Santa Barabara, USA | Graphene based Green Electronics |
| Dr. M. Govindrajan | IBM SRDC, Bengaluru, INDIA | Compact Modeling of SOI technologies for RF Front-End Module Applications |
| Prof. M. B. Patil | Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, INDIA | Modeling and Parameter Extraction of MOSFETs at 77K |
| Prof. R. S. Gupta | University of Delhi, Delhi, INDIA | TCAD Based Performance Assessment of Dual Material Gate AlGaN/GaN HEMT |
| Dr. Mohit Bajaj | IBM SRDC, Bengaluru, INDIA | Challenges in Modeling 22nm and Beyond Devices |
| Dr. Ramakrishna Rao | GE Global research, Bengaluru, INDIA | Design and Modeling of high voltage (>1kV) SiC MOSFETs |
| Prof. M. P. Ananthram | University of Washington, Washington, USA | Electrical Transport in Biomolecules |
| Prof. S. Karmalkar | Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, INDIA | Current-Voltage Characteristics of Nanowire Junctions |
| Dr. Roberto Suaya | Mentor Graphics Corporation, Wilsonville, FRANCE | Some Results Pertaining Electromagnetic Characterization and Model Building for Passive Systems Including TSVs, for 3-D IC’s Applications |
| Prof. Ashwin Seshia | University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK | The design of high-Q silicon MEMS oscillators |
| Optoelectronics |
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| Prof. Sanjay Krishna | University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, USA | The Infrared Retina: Bioinspired Sensing Using Nanoscale Superlattices and Quantum Dots |
| Prof. Siddhartha Ghosh | University of Illinois, Chicago, USA | Impact Ionization Engineered Type-II Strain Layer Supelattice Avalanche Photodiodes for Linear Mode Photon Counting Applications |
| Prof. Sunanda Dhar | University of Calcutta, Kolkata, INDIA | Melt growth of GaAs1-xNx (x=0.01) epitaxial layers for photoconductive devices |
| Prof. S. Chakrabarti | Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, INDIA | Molecular Beam Epitaxy of Quaternary (InAlGaAs) capped In(Ga)As/GaAs Quantum Dot heterostructure and devices |
| Prof. P. Chakrabarti | Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, Allahabad, INDIA | Ultraviolet Photodetectors based on Metal/ZnO thin-film Contacts |
| Prof. R. Singh | Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, INDIA | Multiphonon Resonant Raman Scattering in Nonpolar GaN Epitaxial Layers |
| Prof. Samit K. Ray | Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, INDIA | Light Emission Characteristics of Undoped and Rare Earth Doped Germanium Nanocrystals |
| Prof. Devki N. Talwar | Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, USA | Physics and Applications of Novel Dilute III-V Nitrides |
| Prof. S. B. Krupanidhi | Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, INDIA | Carrier transport in InN based heterojunctions grown by plasma assisted molecular beam epitaxy |
| Dr. Philip Klipstein | Semiconductor Devices Haifa, ISRAEL | MWIR Photodetectors at SCD with High Operating Temperatures |
| Prof. Anirban Bhattacharya | University of Calcutta, Kolkata, INDIA | AlGaN based Quantum Wells and Quantum Dots for Ultraviolet Emission |
| Prof. Shivaprasad | JNCASR, Bangalore, INDIA | Epitaxial growth and nanostructure formation on c-Sapphire and silicon surfaces |
| High Frequency Device |
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| Prof. Shinichi Nishizawa | National Institute of AIST Umezono, JAPAN | Wafer Requirement for Future Power Electronics |
| Prof. Ichiro Omura | Kyushu Institute of Technology, Fukuoka Prefecture, JAPAN | IGBT: History, Principle and the Future |
| Prof. Philip Mawby | University of Warwick, Coventry, UK | 3C-Silicon Carbide Epitaxy a novel approach to epitaxial growth for power devices |
| Dr. Sukhendu Deb Roy | Fairchild Semiconductor, Pune, INDIA | New Generation MOSFET Design for Battery Powered Portable Applications |
| Dr. Gourab Majumdar | Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Fukuoka City, Japan | Power Device Technologies Catering for Efficient Energy Conversion |
| Prof. Merlyne De Souza | University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK | RF Power Amplifier: Pushing the Boundaries of performance Versus Cost |
| Dr. Tirthajyoti Sarkar | Fairchild Semiconductor, Pune, INDIA | Optimized shielded-gate trench MOSFET technology for high-frequency, high-efficiency power supplies |
| Prof. Praveen Shenoy | Rajagiri School of Engineering & Technology, Cochin, INDIA | High Voltage Superjunction Technology Development Trends |
| Prof. Dipankar Saha | Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, INDIA | GaN/AlGaN Based High Electron Mobility Transistors |
| Prof. Dhrubesh Biswas | Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, INDIA | Fabrication and Integration of III-V Hetero-Devices on Silicon Substrate |
| Prof. Ranbir Singh | GeneSiC Semiconductor Inc., Dulles, USA | Ultra-Fast/High Voltage SiC Thyristor-based Devices |
| Organic Electronics |
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| Prof. Lay-Lay Chua | National University of Singapore Lower Kent Ridge, SINGAPORE | Structure and Transport Properties of p-Stackable Semi-crystalline Polythiophene Semiconductor |
| Prof. Christian Kloc | Nanyang Technological University, Nanyang Avenue, SINGAPORE | Control of Defects and Dopants in Single Crystals of Organic Semiconductors |
| Prof. Amlan J. Pal | Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata, INDIA | Materials to Devices: From Organic Semiconductors to Organic Electronics |
| Dr. Dinesh Kabra | University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK | Recent Advancement in Hybrid Optoelectronics |
| Prof. K. L. Narasimhan | Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, INDIA | Can we get information regarding disorder broadening in organic semiconductors from capacitance spectroscopy ? |
| Dr. S. P. Singh | Shiv Nadar University, Greater Noida, INDIA | Device physics of highly performing field effect transistor and organic photovoltaic devices based on PDPP-TNT polymer |
| Prof. C. Daniel Frisbie | University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA | New Materials for Printed Polymer Electronics |
| Dr. Moazzam Ali | Chemnitz University of Technology, Chemnitz, Germany | Printed Paper Photovoltaics |
| Prof. David Cahen | Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, ISRAEL | Proteins as solid state electronic materials |
| Prof. Subhasis Ghosh | Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, INDIA | Unification of Charge Carrier Transport in Small Organic Molecule Based Diode and Field Effect Transistors |
| Dr. Th. Birendra Singh | CSIRO Materials Science and Engineering, Clayton, AUSTRALIA | Charge transport and recombination in small molecule solar cells |
| Prof. John Kymissis | Columbia University, New York, USA | Photocurrent And Noise Analysis as Alternative Approaches to Understanding OFET Behavior |
| Displays and Lighting |
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| Dr. Pani Kumar | Marvell India Pvt. Ltd., Bengaluru, INDIA | Backlight Dimming Techniques for Large Area Liquid Crystal Display TVs |
| Prof. T. N. Ruckmongathan | Raman Research Institute, Bengaluru, INDIA | Bit Slice Addressing of Fast Switching Bi-Stable Displays and Multi-Bit Slice Addressing of State of the Art Active Matrix Liquid Crystal Displays |
| Prof. J. Kumar | Anna University, Chennai, INDIA | On light emission based on Nitrides |
| Dr. S. Krishnamurthy | Scientific Adviser and Business Consultant, UK | Advances in OLED materials |
| Dr. Tukaram Hatwar | Guardian Industries Inc., Science & Technology Center, Carleton, USA | Advances in White OLED Technology for Full-Color AMOLED Displays and Solid-State Lighting Applications |
| Prof. P. Kathirgamanathan | Brunel University, London, UK | OLEDs for Displays and Lighting: Materials, Processing and Production |
| Dr. Madhusudan Singh | University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, USA | Organic Light Emitting Diodes – promise, past results and future trends |
| Dr. Deepak Loomba | De Core, INDIA | Manufacturing Fab for Solid State Lighting in India |
| MEMS and Sensors |
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| Prof. Ashwin Seshia | University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK | Microfabricated Electro-Acoustic Biosensors |
| Prof. Ajay Agarwal | Central Electronics Engineering Research Institute, Pilani, INDIA | Highly Reproducible Nanowires & Nano-Gap based Sensors |
| Prof. Rudra Pratap | Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, INDIA | Design of High-Q Dynamic MEMS Sensors |
| Prof. Sudhir Chandra | Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, INDIA | Integration of MEMS with Nanostructured Metal-oxide Materials for Improved Sensors for Volatile Organic Compounds |
| Dr. Amita Gupta | Solid State Physics Laboratory, New Delhi, INDIA | Recent Developments in Deformable Mirrors based on MEMS Technology |
| Prof. M. Manivannan | Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, INDIA | MEMS Challenges in Haptics |
| Prof. Amit Agarwal | Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, INDIA | Flow Boiling in Microchannel with Application to Electronic Cooling |
| Dr. Vasuda Bhatia | Amity University, New Delhi, INDIA | Decorating Multi Walled Carbon NanoTubes with Palladium and Nickel Nanoparticles and Their Applications in Chemical, Gas and Bio-Sensing |
| Prof. V. K. Jain | Amity University, New Delhi, INDIA | Detection of Explosives using MEMS and Nanotechnology |
| Photovoltaics |
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| Prof. Rolf Brendel | Institut GmbH Hameln, Emmerthal, GERMANY | Surface Passivation with Aluminum Oxide for Efficient Crystalline Thin-film Solar Cells |
| Dr. S. Bhattacharya | BHEL ASSCP, Gurgaon, INDIA | Temperature Effects on Electrical Parameters of Large Area, Silicon Hetero Junction Solar Cells |
| Prof. Hari Upadhyaya | Loughborough University, Leicestershire, UK | Dye-Sensitised Solar Cells: An Approach towards Low Cost, Energy Generation |
| Dr. Rajeev Jindal | Moser Baer India Ltd., Greater Noida, INDIA | CIGS Solar Cells – An Industrial Perspective |
| Prof. Achintya Dhar | Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, INDIA | Organic Photovoltaics : Paths to achieve higher efficiency |
| Dr. Lars Müller-Meskamp | Universität Dresden George-Bähr, Dresden, GERMANY | Alternative transparent electrodes for organic photovoltaics: PEDOT:PSS, Ag Nanowires, and Carbon Nanotubes |
| Prof. Christine Luscombe | University of Washington, Washington USA | Creating polymer nanostructures in organic photovoltaic devices |
| Dr. Prakash Suratkar | TATA BP Solar, INDIA | On industrial silicon solar cell performance improvements through process optimizations |
| Prof. Satyendra Kumar | Lanco Solar, INDIA | Technological challenges in PV: From materials to systems |
| Dr. Suresh Chand | National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi, INDIA | Polymer Photovoltaics- for Bright Future |
| Prof. B. M. Arora | Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, INDIA | III-V Multi-junction Solar Cells: Materials, Devices and Characterization |
| Dr. Ashish Garg | Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, INDIA | Lifetime and Reliability Issues in Organic Solar Cells |
| Dr. Gangadhar Rao | Lanco Solar, INDIA | Manufacturing Ecosystem for Photovotaics and Microelectronics in India |
| VLSI & ULSI |
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| Prof. Ashok Srivastava | Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, USA | Carbon-based Electronics - Transistors and Interconnects for Nano Scale Integration |
| Dr. Abhishek Dixit | IBM India Pvt Ltd., Bengaluru, INDIA | Measurement and Analysis of Source/Drain Contact Resistance in FinFETs |
| Prof. Anil Kottantharayil | Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, INDIA | Junctionless Field Effect Transistor: Challenges and Prospects in the Deca Nanometer Regime |
| Dr. S. Barai | IBM India Pvt Ltd., Bengaluru, INDIA | Optical lithography process development and process variability effects on printability |