CREST March'26 Highlights
Unique Achievement - CREST featured in the India’s Semiconductor Uprising 2026 report
CREST is featured among 11 prime government (4) and academic (7) institutions - Supporting India’s growing semiconductor ecosystem
Recently released India’s Semiconductor Uprising 2026 report by Inc42 Data labs.
XXVI Monthly Colloquia
CREST hosted the 26th edition of the Monthly Colloquium Series (March'26)
🎙️ Keynote Speaker: Prof. Kenneth E Gonsalves, Distinguished Professor in the Department of Chemistry at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Prof. Kenneth E Gonsalves’s primary research interests focus on:
Polymer chemistry and advanced materials
Nanofabrication and nanolithography
Photoresist materials for micro/nanoelectronics
Nanostructured materials and nanoscale patterning
Biomaterials and polymer-based technologies
🧠 Talk Title: Multi-Wavelength Patterning: Templates for Front-end Semiconductor IC Fab
ICAN 11.0 - Hosted students from Vardhaman College of Engineering (VCEH)
Event schedule featured a lab exposure sessions enabling students to interact with researchers and understand the practical aspects of semiconductor device fabrication.
Such exposure visits are an important step toward nurturing the next generation of engineers and researchers in the semiconductor ecosystem.
ICAN 12.0 - Hosted students from Anurag University
The visit featured an engaging hands-on workshop designed to provide participants with practical exposure to advanced semiconductor technologies.
Students had the opportunity to explore state-of-the-art facilities, interact with experts, and gain valuable insights into real-world applications in the semiconductor domain
AMD Visit by Semicon Feb Students
Aimed at strengthening the semiconductor talent growth ecosystem and deepening industry–academia engagement
Session “Inside the Semiconductor Ecosystem” followed by a Q&A session.
A guided visit to the AMD facilities provided exposure to practical infrastructure and opportunities aligned with semiconductor workforce development and research collaboration.
Distinguished Talk
Speaker: Prof. Rajnish Kaur Calay Professor, Department of Building, Energy and Material Technology, UiT The Arctic University of Norway
Title: Multidisciplinary research in engineering - critical for sustainability
Distinguished Talk
Speaker: Dr.Suman kundu University of Freiburg, Germany, as a Group Leader in the Department of Microsystems Engineering (IMTEK), Faculty of Engineering
Title: Inkjet-Activated Capacitive-CMOS Arrays for Multiparameter Sensing
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