We are delighted to announce the inauguration of our Silicon Photonics Centre of Excellence, graced by the esteemed Shri S Krishnan, Secretary of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY). This event was further graced by the august presence of Prof. Kamakoti Veezhinathan, Director of IIT Madras and other distinguished individuals, including Smt. Sunita Verma, Scientist G and R&D Group Coordinator (MeitY), Dr. Sankha dip Das, Scientist D (MeitY), Prof. Nagendra Krishnapura (Head of the Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Madras), Dr. Kishore Kamath, (Vice President of R&D silicon photonics product division, Intel, USA), Dr. Ravi Bhatkal (Managing Director of India Element Solutions Inc, India), Mr. Dinanath Soni (Executive Director of izmo Microsystems, India).
Prof. Bijoy Krishna Das, Chief Investigator, Silicon Photonics CoE-CPPICS, IIT Madras, mentioned, "The Silicon Photonics CoE-CPPICS is forging critical partnerships including a strong collaboration with M/s izmo Microsystems in Bengaluru, to deliver state-of-the-art System-in-Package solutions for silicon photonic processor cores. This transformative technology is primed to cater to a wide array of sectors, including quantum computing, quantum communication, 5G/6G communications, IoT, radar, avionics, and more. The nation is looking forward to witnessing the success of CPPICS as it takes this technology to full commercialization and spearheads PIC manufacturing in India. Team CoE-CPPICS has tied-up with SilTerra Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. Silicon Photonics Foundry, Malaysia for wafer scale yield testing of some novel silicon photonic devices already demonstrated using in-house technology at IIT Madras. The team has also signed a MoU with Keysight Technologies USA for joint R&D activities in the area of Silicon Photonics technology".
CoE-CPPICS Inauguration Ceremony