PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Prof. Navakanta Bhat
Dean, Division of Interdisciplinary Sciences
Professor, Centre for Nanoscience and Engineering
SF-05,
Centre for Nanoscience and Engineering
Indian Institute of Science
Bangalore - 560 012
Tel : +91-80-2293-3312
Tel/Fax : +91-80-2360-6475
navakant(at)iisc.ac.in
Academic Qualification:
Ph.D. : Electrical Engineering , Stanford University, CA (1996)
M.Tech : Microelectronics, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (1992)
First Rank
B.E. : Electronics and Communication, SJCE University of Mysore (1989)
First rank in the University of Mysore
Research and Professional Experience:
Professor, 2011 - Present
Centre for Nano Science and Engineering,
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Centre for Nano Science and Engineering,
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Associate Professor, 2005 - 2010
Electrical Communication Engineering Department,
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Electrical Communication Engineering Department,
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Assistant Professor, 1999 - 2004
Electrical Communication Engineering Department,
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Electrical Communication Engineering Department,
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Senior Staff Engineer, 1997 - 1999
Networking and Computing Systems Group
Advanced Products Research and Development Lab
MOTOROLA, Austin, TX, USA
Networking and Computing Systems Group
Advanced Products Research and Development Lab
MOTOROLA, Austin, TX, USA
Summer Intern, 1995
Advanced Products Research and Development Lab
MOTOROLA, Austin, TX, USA
Advanced Products Research and Development Lab
MOTOROLA, Austin, TX, USA
Summer Intern, 1994
Advanced Products Research and Development Lab
MOTOROLA, Austin, TX, USA
Advanced Products Research and Development Lab
MOTOROLA, Austin, TX, USA
Research Assistant, 1992 - 1996
Integrated Circuit Laboratory,
Stanford University, CA, USA
Integrated Circuit Laboratory,
Stanford University, CA, USA
Research Engineer, January 1992 - May 1992
Indian Institute of Technology,
Bombay, India
Indian Institute of Technology,
Bombay, India
LEADERSHIP RESPONSIBILITIES AND NATIONAL OUTREACH:
| Dean, Division of Interdisciplinary Sciences, IISc | 2020 - Present |
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| Chairman, Centre for Nano Science and Engineering, IISc | 2016 - 2020 |
| Chairman, National Nanofabrication Centre (NNfC), IISc | 2010 - 2015 |
| Key contributor to NNfC promotional video (link) | |
| Chairman, Infrastructure and Human Resource Development group under the National Program on Micro and Smart Systems: Enabled the creation of 64 National MEMS Design Centres across India | 2011 - 2016 |
| Member of the committee set-up by the Principal Scientific Advisor to the Govt. of India: To recommend strategies to develop Semiconductor manufacturing ecosystem in India | |
| Principal Investigator, Indian Nanoelectronics Users Program (INUP): Enabling training of more than 2,000 researchers from across the country |
ENTREPRENEURSHIP:
Founder and Promoter of PathShodh Healthcare Pvt. Ltd., a medical device research and development company incubated at the IISc, Bangalore. Established the company on a firm footing, as the founding CEO, while on sabbatical leave in 2105. Currently serving as the non-executive chairman of the board of directors, and actively involved in strategic planning. Driven by a social mission of making healthcare affordable and available to all, the company is built on a very strong foundation of innovative research conducted at the Centre for Nano Science and Engineering, IISc. PathShodh has commercialized first of its kind point of care device (anuPathTM), capable of performing 5 blood tests (Hb, HbA1c, Serum Albumin, Glycated Albumin, Glucose) and 3 urine tests (Microalbuminuria, Creatinine, ACR) for multiple chronic diseases including diabetes, anemia and malnutrition, liver and kidney disease. This product is based on novel electrochemical biosensing technologies (nonenzymatic, non-antibody), protected through a number of international IPs.
Awards & Honors:
| Distinguished Alumnus, IIT Bombay | 2022 |
|---|---|
| Fellow, Indian National Science Academy (INSA), Delhi | 2021 |
| Fellow, National Academy of Sciences, India (NASI), Allahabad | 2021 |
| Chair, Vision Group on Nanotechnology, Govt. of Karnataka | 2021 - Present |
| Member, International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) Subcommittee C8 on Semiconductor Physics | 2019 |
| Vice President, IEEE Electron Devices Society | 2019 - Present |
| Infosys Prize for Engineering and Computer Science | 2018 |
| Fellow, IEEE (2018) | 2018 |
| BIRAC Innovator award | 2018 |
| NASI-Reliance Industries Platinum Jubilee award | 2018 |
| Nina Saxena Technology Excellence award | 2018 |
| Dr. Abdul Kalam Technology Innovation National Fellowship | 2018 - 2021 |
| Chair, IEEE Electron Devices Society Technical Committee on Nanotechnology | 2017 - Present |
| Prof. Rustum Choksi Award for Research Excellence in Engineering | 2017 |
| Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Industrial Innovation Award | 2017 |
| Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Grand Jury Award for Innovation | 2017 |
| Best start-up of the year award from Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), Healthcare Excellence award | 2017 |
| Member, IEEE EDS Board of Governors | 2016 - Present |
| Editor, IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, MOS Devices and Technology | Jan 2013 - Jan 2016 |
| Fellow, Indian National Academy of Engineering | 2011 |
| DAE-SRC Outstanding Research Investigator Award | 2010 |
| IBM Faculty Award | 2007 |
| Prof. Satish Dhavan award, Govt. of Karnataka | 2005 |
| Swarnajayanti Fellowship | 2005 |
| Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) Young Engineer Award | 2003 |
| Distinguished Lecturer (DL) of the IEEE Electron Devices Society | |
| Senior Member, IEEE | |
| Outstanding Chapter of the Year: IEEE ED/SSC Bangalore chapter | 2003 |
| Founding chair of IEEE Electron Devices and Solid State Circuits Society (IEEE ED/SSC), Banagalore chapter | |
| Chapter Partner and advisor for the IEEE Nanotechnology and Sensors council student chapter, Bangalore; and IEEE EDS SJCE Mysore students chapter, Mysore | |
| Technical Program Chair for the 20th International conference on VLSI design | 2006 |
| International Technical Program Committee member, ISSCC 2006 & 2005 conference. Serving on the Imager/MEMS/Medical/Display Subcommittee | 2006 - 2005 |
| Technical Program Chair for the 20th International conference on VLSI design | 2007 |
| Program Committee member for the 19th International conference on VLSI design | 2006 |
| Program Committee member and Design Track Chair for the 18th International conference on VLSI design | 2005 |
| Program Committee member and Design Contest Chair for the 17th International conference on VLSI design | 2004 |
| Working group member: Asia Solid State Circuit Conference (ASSCC) | |
| Program committee member and low power track chair ASPICES | 2005 |
| Program committee member, VLSI Design & Test workshops. | 2001 - 2005 |
| Fellowship Chair, VLSI Design & Test workshops. | 2001 - 2002 |
| Local Arrangement Chair, VLSI Design & Test workshops. | 2001 - 2002 |
| IProgram Committee member & Fellowship Chair, 7th Asia South Pacific Design Automation Conference and 14th International Conference on VLSI Design | 2002 |
| Program Committee member of National Conference on Communication | 2003 |
Industry Interaction:
| Malodour Detection Sensor | Unilever | 2015 - 2017 |
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| High-k dielectric development for DRAM | Tokyo Electron | 2011 - 2014 |
| Variability Modeling in Non-classical Transistors | IBM | 2007 - 2008 |
| Technology Advisory Board Member | Cypress Semiconductors | 2007 |
| Prototyping RF MEMS Torsional Varactor | SCL , Chandigarh | 2004 - 2006 |
| Technical Advice on VLSI | Agere Systems | 2004 - 2005 |
| CMOS Technology scaling and MEMS device prototyping | VLSI fab, ITI | 2001 - 2007 |
| Low Power High Speed SRAM design | S.T. Microelectronics | April 2000 - January 2001 & April 2001 - January 2002 |
Research Projects:
| Title | Funding Agency | Duration | Principal Investigator (PI)/ Co-Investigator (CI) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design, Development, fabrication and testing of solid state N2H4,O2 & H2 sensors along with electronic transmitters | ISRO | 2017 - 2020 | PI |
| MEMS Gas Sensor Array for Space Module Air Quality Assessment | ISRO | 2018 - 2020 | PI |
| Development of process & Equipment for adding ferritecore to GHz inductors & integrating them with the 200-mm, 180-nm CMOS line at SCL | ISRO | 2018 - 2021 | PI |
| Indian Science, Technology and Engineering facility Map (I-STEM) | Office of PSA | 2018 - 2021 | PI |
| National Initiative for Education and Innovation in Nanotechnology (NIEIN) | MHRD | 2018 - 2023 | PI |
| Nanoelectronics Network for Research and Applications (NNetRA) | MeitY and DST | 2018 - 2022 | PI |
| Efficient Glycemic Control for the Management of Diabetes Complications Intervention with Novel Point of Care Device for Community Healthcare | IMPRINT | 2017 - 2019 | PI |
| Integration and functionality of InP-based subwavelength photonic structures on Silicon | DST Indo-Swedish Joint project | 2015 - 2018 | PI |
| Indian Nanoelectronics Users Program (INUP), Phase II | MeitY | 2014 - 2019 | PI |
| Neutron Sensor Development | IGCAR | 2014 - 2017 | PI |
| NO2 Sensor development for monitoring leakage at launch site | ISRO | 2014 - 2017 | PI |
| Low Cost Disposable Smart Chip Technology for Biosensors in Diabetes Management | DST | 2015 - 2017 | PI |
| Development of Low Temperature Processing of Ferrite Films for On-chip Integrated Device Applications in Beyond 4G (X-band) Cellular Phone Systems | DST Indo-Japan Joint project | 2015 - 2017 | PI |
| Centre of Excellence in Nanoelectronics – Phase II | Ministry of Communication and Information Technology | 2012 - 2017 | PI |
| TranSensTor: Transistor embedded Sensor Technology Platform | DAE, Govt. of India | 2011 - 2016 | PI |
| Development of Electronics Platform for Gas Sensor | National Program on Micro and Smart Systems | 2011 - 2013 | PI |
| 77o K MOSFET modeling for 0.35 micron CMOS technology | SPL | 2010 - 2012 | PI |
| Intracranial Pressure Sensor | Society for Biomedical Technology | 2009 - 2012 | CI |
| Development of Glycated Hemoglobin Sensor | Society for Biomedical Technology | 2011 - 2013 | CI |
| Germanium Nano MOSFET with Rare Earth Metal Oxide Gate Dielectrics | Dept. of Science & Technology (STIO program) | 2007 - 2009 | PI (jointly with IIT Bombay team, Prof. Krishna Saraswat from Stanford and Prof. Vivek Subramanian from UC Berkeley) |
| Centre for Advanced Study (CAS) | University Grants Commission | 2006 - 2010 | PI |
| Interface Circuit for MEMS Gyroscope | RCI | 2007 | PI |
| Wireless Sensor Networks | DRDO | 2006 - 2009 | CI |
| Device Variability and its Impact on Circuit Design Methodology in the Nanoelectronics Era | Dept. of Science & Technology (Swarnajayanti fellowship project) | 2006 - 2011 | PI |
| Centre of Excellence in Nanoelectronics, Phase-I | Ministry of Communication and Information Technology | 2006 - 2010 | CI |
| Micro-g Accelerometer | ISRO | 2004 - 2006 | CI |
| Transistor Mismatch in the Deep Submicron Technology | Dept. of Science & Technology | 2002 - 2005 | PI |
| Capacitance Sensing Integrated Circuit Chip | ISRO-IISc Space Technology Cell | 2003 - 2005 | PI |
| Ultrathin gate dielectric Characterization | University Grants Commission | 2000 - 2005 | PI |
| Setting up Sub-micron Device simulation lab | Institute seed grant | 1999 - 2000 | PI |
| Setting up clean room for device fabrication | Institute seed grant | 2002 - 2003 | PI |
| Design, development, and characterization of Torsional MEMS Varactor for RF Applications | National Program on Smart Materials | 2004 - 2006 | PI |
| National MEMS Design Centre | National Program on Smart Materials | 2001 - 2005 | CI |
| Upgradation of National MEMS Design Centres | National Program on Smart Materials | 2003 - 2005 | CI |
| Advanced Satellite Communications and Sensor Technologies | ISRO-IISc Space Technology Cell | 2002 - 2003 | CI |
Short Courses for Industry:
| Course | Sponsoring Agency | Target group |
|---|---|---|
| VLSI-An Overview | ITI | ITI Engineers |
| VLSI Device and Process Technology | Proficiency (IISc) | Working professionals |
| Analog CMOS Circuit Design | Philips | Designers at Philips |
| Analog CMOS Circuit Design | Wipro | Designers at Wipro |