Education
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IIT Madras PhD in Ultra Thin Oxide MOS Devices, Dept. of Electrical Engineering
Chennai 2003 - 2007
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IIT Madras M.Tech. in MicroElectronics and VLSI Design, Dept. of Electrical Engineering
Chennai 1999 - 2001
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University of Calicut B.Tech. in Electronics and Communication Engineering
Kerala 1988 - 1992
Research Interests
- Spiking Neural Networks
- Non-volatile Memory-based In-Memory Computing
- Application of Neuromorphic Circuits in healthcare domain
- Mixed Signal IC Design
- Microelectronics and MEMS
Work Experience
Teaching
- Faculty Member in Electronics Engineering in College of Engineering, Chengannur, Kerala, for 8 years
- Faculty Member in Electronics Engineering in IIITDM Kancheepuram from Oct 2008
Research
- IIITDM:
- In-Memory Computing (Ongoing)
- Neuromorphic Circuit Design (Analog and Digital Circuit Design - Ongoing)
- Switch Capacitor circuit simulator Development (Completed)
- Sigma Delta ADC (Completed)
- Composite PFD-based PLL (Completed)
- Fabrication, characterization and extraction of conduction Mechanisms in SiC MIS Capacitors with High-k dielectrics of which fabrication and characterization was carried out in Centre for Nano Science and Engg, IISc Bangalore through INUP (Completed)
- IIT Madras
- Novel Oxidation Techniques for improvement in the Electrical properties of Ultra-thin SiO2 for VLSI technology, Guided by Prof. Nandita DasGupta in Microelectronics and MEMS Laboratory, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, IIT Madras (Completed)
- Study of Novel gate oxidation techniques for future MOS devices (Completed)
- Study of high-k gate dielectrics for future MOS devices (completed)
- Study of Laser Induced Oxidation as a viable technique to grow ultra-thin SiO2 (completed)
- Study of Rapid thermal Oxidation technique to grow ultra-thin SiO2 (Completed)
- Optimization of HNO3 Vapour oxidation technique to grow ultra-thin SiO2 (Completed)
- Study of the effect of phosphorus doping on passivation of grain boundaries in poly Si TFTs under the guidance of Late Professor K.N. Bhat, the Great Professor of Semiconductors and my most Respected and Beloved Professor. (Completed)