Institutional Contribution & Industry Engagement

Institutional contribution:

2019-2021: Member of Doctoral Counselling Committee (DCC) of the institute
Sept 2020: Prepared standard operating procedures for research activities for EEE department
2016 - Feb. 2021: DRC Convener, EEE Department, BITS, Pilani (5 Years).
2012 to August 2022: Member DRC, EEE Department, BITS, Pilani (10 Years).
2018 to present: Presently member of senate since July 2018.
2018 to present: Departmental Level Shortlisting Committee (DLSC) for faculty recruitment since July 2018.
2019: Expert for EEE ASTP L-11 selection committee meeting held on 30th September, and 1st October, 2019 at BITS, Pilani.
2012-2017: Academic Program Committee for MS Microelectronics and embedded system programmes.
2002-2014: Nucleus member DLPD/WILP. Involved in DLPD/WILP regular comprehensive exams/ Mid-semester test invigilation duties every semester, conduction WILP viva-voce examination every semester. WILP dissertation ME thesis-evaluation every semester, Evaluation of PS-II Reports, Conducting examinations outstations.
2021: Involved in KHDA moderation process of Dubai campus for CAD for IC Design MEL G641
2020: Involved in KHDA moderation process of Dubai campus for CAD for IC Design MEL G641
2018: Involved in KHDA moderation process of Dubai campus for electrical Science EEE F111.
2021: Panel chair for Ph.D. admission first semester 2021-22
2018: Involved in interviews of International students admission
2016: Team member for question paper preparation for BITS HD Admission Test
2016: Team member for Modifying the Syllabus for BITS HD Admission Test
2013: Member of team for the Convocation-2013 held at BITS, Pilani.
2012: Visit to UGC Delhi for official work related to project as assigned by Institute.
2010-2012: Member of Senate of the institute " Birla Institute of Technology and Science" .
2008: Library Committee member for BITS Library from December 2008- December 2009.
2007: Team member for question paper preparation for BITS HD Admission Test
2006: Executive committee member for Recreational Activity Forum (RAF) from January 2006-December 2007.
Involved every semester in faculty research proposal evaluation, selection committee member in JRF of sponsored projects, qualifying examination question paper preparation, NAAC report preparation, IoE review data etc.
ARCD’s registration duties (beginning each semester), campus mid semester & comprehensive exam invigilation, ME Higher degree interview committee member (every semester), involvement in APOGEE paper presentation evaluation

Other Departmental contribution:

2012-2015: Professor in-charge EEE association.
2014:2020: Placement Faculty Coordinator (PFAC) , EEE Department, BITS, Pilani. (Conducted a placement lecture session for final year students e.g. 11/1/2014, Meeting with industry recruitment personnel)
2012:2017: In-charge of OLAB ( Update of CAD tools)

Participated in conducting BITSAT FDT/HDT:

[1] May 2010 to June 2010: Nagpur

[2] May 2009 to June 2009: Nagpur

2016: Team member for Modifying the Syllabus for BITS HD Admission Test
2007: Team member for question paper preparation for BITS HD Admission Test
2016: Team member for question paper preparation for BITS HD Admission Test

WILP:

2021-2022: Mentor for ESZG628 T Dissertation (15 students)
2020-2021: Mentor for ESZG628 T Dissertation (16 students), Reviewed old WILP Question paper for MEL ZG641 CAD for IC Design
2019-2020: Mentor for ESZG628 T Dissertation (5 students)
2018-2019: Mentor for ESZG628 T Dissertation (4 students)
2017: Visited Delhi as Subject expert for WILP guest faculty interview in Microelectronics and Embedded system area on 4, Nov. 2017.
2016: 6 August & 7 August Visited Delhi for WILP Guest Faculty Recruitment
2016: Visited Bangalore as Subject expert for WILP guest faculty interview in Microelectronics and Embedded system area on 16-18 August 2016.
2013: Conducted WILP B.S. (Power Engineering) and B.S. (Process Engineering) comprehensive examinations held at Gujrat Cement Works, Amreli (Bhawnagar), Gujarat from 18/12/2013 to 23/12/2013.
2013: Conducted WILP regular comprehensive exams held at Mahindra & Mahindra Nagpur from 29/6/2013 to 30/6/2013.
2012: Online conduction of WILP mid semester examination. (Involved in collecting course section and sub sections to convert WILP mid semester test into online examination, prepared department wise list of all courses and collected information for each course. Also got reviewed handouts of MS microelectronics program from expert faculty member sand suggestion for modification needed in course content. Involved in survey of unstructured microelectronics programmes)
2012: Got reviewed WILP M.S. Microelectronics program handout from faculty members having area of expertise to suggest if any kind of modification needed in course content as per Bulletin 2010-11.
2012: Conducted WILP regular comprehensive exams held at L&T from 18/7/2012 to 23/7/2012 at Mysore.
March 2012: Visited Rajasthan Atomic Power Station (RASP) Rawatbhata to identify the activities of the department, the learning opportunities that can be explored during orientation program of PS-I course, 2012.
Conducted WILP NTPC comprehensive examination (6 Times) at Koraba, also involved in NTPC thesis evaluation at Korba

Industry Engagement:

2002 to present: Involved as PS-1 instructor (9 times) (For details refer Link: https://www.bits-pilani.ac.in/Pilani/abhijitasati/Courses)
May 2014 to July 2014 at "Cypress Semiconductor Limited, Bangalore".
Discussed the VLSI design and verification process at industry during my visit.

PS-1 Course Instructor (BITS C221):

[10] 30 May 2023 to 21 July 2023:

CEERI Pilani (Onsite)

[9] 18 May 2020 to 27 June 2020:

CEERI Pilani (Online)

Electrono Solutions (Online)

Pyrotech Electronics Udaipur (Online)

[8] 19 May 2019 to 15 July 2019:

Nagpur (Geomitra Solutions)

Tirora, (Adani Power Ltd.)-

[7] 21 May 2016 to 18 July 2016:

Nagpur (GlobalLogic)

Tirora, (Adani Power Ltd.)-

[6] 10 May 2015 to 18 July 2015:

Nagpur (GlobalLogic)

Tirora, (Adani Power Ltd.)-

[5] 20 May 2013 to 15 July 2013:

Nagpur (GlobalLogic, Windals Precision, NEERI, Metalfab Hightech Pvt Ltd.)

Awarpur (Awarpur Cement Works)

[4] 19 May 2012 to 15 July 2012: Nagpur (GlobalLogic, Windals Precision)

[3] 21 May 2011 to 17 July 2011: RAPS, Rawatbhata

[2] 22 May 2007 to 18 July 2007: SPM Ltd. Sirpur, Kagaznagar.

[1] 20 May 2002 to 17 July 2002: SPB Ltd. Erode.

Industry Visits & Collaboration:

Sr. No.	Place	Duration
1	Cypress Semiconductor Limited, Bangalore (May 2014 to July 2014) (Under industry Immersion)	2 Months

* Guided a part time Ph.D. candidate from Semiconductor Industry

PS-II:

2018: Opened a PS station at SeeTech, Nagpur for 10 students as a urgent need.
2018: Visited PS-II station at Udaipur as required by PS division 30/9/2018 to 2/10/ 2018.
Nov. 2015: Involved as resource person in orientation of PS-II students for VLSI and Electronics companies
2012: Visited Bangalore from 24/03/2012 to 28/03/2012 for PS-II students progress evaluation.
2012: Initiated the talk to open PS-II station at Global Logic, Nagpur, NEERI, Metalfab Hightech Pvt. Ltd., Nagpur.
March 2012: Visited Rajasthan Atomic Power Station (RASP) Rawatbhata to identify the activities of the department, the learning opportunities that can be explored during orientation program of PS-I course, 2012.
2010: Visited at Delhi to evaluate the progress of students at PS-II station at ST Microelectronics (Greater Noida), ST Ericsson (Greater Noida) and Sukam Power systems, Delhi

Summary of PS and BITSAT:

Sr.	Summer Term	No. of Times
1	Practice school-1 (BITS C221)	10
2	BITSAT	02

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Institutional Contribution & Industry Engagement