Talks

Year 2025

1.     Invited Talk (Topic: Sensors in Drones: An Indian Perspective), Seven Days Drone Training Program, Organized by TIH, IIT Guwahati, India July 21-July 28, 2025.

2.     Invited Talk (Topic: Road Ahead for Indian Gas Sensor Industry: Challenges & Opportunities), 1st International Workshop on Indigenous Sensors and Actuators Development for the IoT Ecosystem – SenseIoT-2025,  Organized by CDAC, MIETY, New Delhi, India June 17-July 5, 2025.

3.     Invited Talk (Topic: Semiconductor Packaging in India: Idea of Starting Early for the Industry), Organized by Centre for Career Development, IIT Guwahati, Assam, India June 30, 2025.

4. Invited Talk (Topic: Introduction and Scope of Electronics and Electrical Engineering), Organized by Centre for Career Development, IIT Guwahati, Assam, India June 27, 2025.

5. Invited Guest Speaker at Young Professionals Event (Topic: Design and Development of Two-Dimensional Transition Metal Dichalcogenides Nanosheets Based Two-Terminal Gas Sensing Devices), IEEE GCON-2025, Organized by IEEE Guwahati Subsection and NERIST, Arunachal Pradesh, June 18-20, 2025.

6. Invited Talk (Topic: Electron Beam Lithography), Organized by, INUP-i2i Offline Familiarization Workshop, Organized by Centre for Nanotechnology, IIT Guwahati, June, 10-12, 2025.

7.  Invited Talk (Topic: Recent Progress in Gas Sensors: Current Status and Future Trends), Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Patna, Bihar, 3rd June, 2025.

8.     Invited Talk (Topic: TMD Receptors for Chemiresistive Gas Sensors: Current Status and Future Trends), Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Hyderabad, Telangana,30th May, 2025.

9.     Invited Talk (Topic: 2D Receptors for Resistive Gas Sensors), Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, BITS Hyderabad, Telangana, 29th May, 2025.

10.  Invited Expert Talk (Topic: Semiconducting Transition Metal Dichalcogenides as Emerging Sensing Receptor for Gas Sensing Applications) one-week online Short-Term Training Programme (STTP) on "Recent Trends in Sensors and Internet of Things (IoT)” organized by Department of Electronics Engineering, Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology (SVNIT), Surat, 26-30th May, 2025.

11.  Invited Expert Talk (Topic: Two Dimensional Nanomaterials for Gas Sensing Applications) Two Week FDP on ‘Sustainable Embedded Systems using Smart Material and Structure: Need of Industrial Mechatronics Product (SESSMS-2025)’ organized by Electronics and ICT Academy, National Institute of Technology Patna, India, (supported by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, MeitY, Govt. of India) , 19-30th May, 2025.

12.  Invited Expert Talk (Topic: Packaging Technology for Sensors) One Day Workshop on ‘Semiconductor Packaging Technology – The Path Forward’ organized by IIT Guwahati for officials from Assam Industrial Development Corp. Ltd. and Assam Skill Development Mission, 16th April, 2025.

13.  Invited Expert Talk (Topic: 2D Material-Based Receptors for Two-Terminal Sensing Devices) organized by CSIR-NPL, New Delhi, 15th April, 2025.

14.  Invited Expert Talk (Topic: 2D Materials-based Chemiresistive Gas Sensors for Room Temperature Operations) organized by JSS Academy of Technical Education, Noida, 11th April, 2025.

15.  Invited Talk (Topic: Tapping the Global semiconducting Sensor Market: Opportunities and Challenges), One-day conclave on Semiconductors and Beyond: Building Powerful Computing Power, organized by JSS University, Noida, and University of Surrey, UK 9th April, 2025.

16.  Invited Panel Member  (Topic: What’s Beyond Semiconductor, Discussion with Industry & Academia, Panel’s other Expert Members: Prof Satheesh Krishnamurthy, FRSC, Director, Ion beam centre, University of Surrey, Mr Sagar Sharma, Head Business Intelligence and Strategic Affairs, and Dr Sumanta Parimal, Director, Innogress) Fireside Chat Session in One day conclave on Semiconductors and Beyond: Building Powerful Computing Power, organized by JSS University, Noida, and University of Surrey, UK 9th April, 2025.

17.  Invited Talk (Topic: Introduction to Electronic Sensors), refresher course entitled "Atom to Device Understanding of Emerging Semiconductor Technology" under Malviya Mission Teachers Training Program during 24th February – 7th March 2025, IIT (ISM) Dhanbad.

18.  Invited Talk (Topic: Fabrication Strategies of Modern Microsensors), refresher course entitled "Atom to Device Understanding of Emerging Semiconductor Technology" under Malviya Mission Teachers Training Program during 24th February – 7th March 2025, IIT (ISM) Dhanbad.

Year- 2024

• Keynote Lecture (Topic: Energy Efficient Gas Sensors: Design strategies and Fabrication Approaches), International Conference on Advanced Nanomaterials for Energy Storage Applications (ICANEA-2024), KL University, Andhra Pradesh, India, 19th -21st December, 2024.

• Invited Guest Lecture (Topic: Rise of Micro/Nano Sensors: Opportunity & Challenges), Think India, School of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology IIT Kharagpur, India, 19th December, 2024.

• Invited Tutorial Talk (Topic: Introduction to Microsensors & Nanosensors: Fundamentals to Data Analysis), 21st India Council Conference (INDICON-2024), IIT Kharagpur, India, 18th-21st December, 2024.

• Invited Talk (Topic: Development of Sustainable Environmental Gas Sensors: A Case Study of NOx), First International Conference on Sustainable Technologies (ICST-2024), National Institute of Technology, Durgapur, West Bengal, India, 12-15th December, 2024. 

• Invited Talk (Topic: Introduction to Heterogeneous Integration of Flexible Sensors), Two Day joint workshop, IIT Guwahati, and Semiconductor Technology & Applied Research Centre, DRDO, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, 18th-19th August 2024.

• Invited Talk (Topic: Advanced Sensing Devices for Detection of Toxic Gases at Room Temperature), Research & Industry Conclave, IIT Guwahati, Assam, India, 9-11th August 2024. 

• Invited Talk (Topic: Challenges and Opportunities of Chemiresistive Gas Sensors Based on Microelectromechanical Systems for Early Disease Diagnosis in the post-Metal Oxide Era), SERB sponsored Workshop on “MEMS-based Scalable Healthcare Technologies” Birla Institute of Technology (BIT), Mesra, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India, 1st-2nd August 2024.

• Invited Talk (Topic: Nanosensors and their role in building efficient Nanonetworks), Organized by IEEE Communication Society, St. Joseph’s College of Engineering & Technology, Palai, Kerala, India, 24th July 2024.

• Invited Talk (Topic: Electronic Materials for Room Temperature Energy Efficient Chemiresistive Gas Sensors, International Conference On Materials And Membranes For Water And Energy organized by CSIR- Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute (CSMCRI), Bhavnagar, Gujarat, India, 10th July -12th July 2024. 

• Invited Talk (Topic: Exciting Path of Research in the Semiconductor Domain), Fourteen Day Campus Immersion Program, jointly organized by IEEE India Council, and Department of Computer Science and Engineering, IIT Guwahati, 21st June 2024-3rd July 2024.

• Invited Talk (Topic: Non-Dispersive Infrared Gas Sensors: Opportunities & Challenges ), One-Day Workshop, IEEE International Day of Light, Jointly organized by IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, IEEE Guwahati Sub-section, and IEEE Students Branch, IIT Guwahati, 16th May 2024.

•  Invited Talk (Topic: Risk Assessment & Analysis – Safety Management), 10-Days Drone and Anti-Drone Certificate Program Organized by, TIH IIT Guwahati and C-DAC Kolkata, IIT Guwahati, 15th-26th April 2024.

• Invited Talk (Topic: Electron Beam Lithography), Organized by, Centre for Nanotechnology, INUP-i2i Offline Workshop, IIT Guwahati, 8th-14th April 2024.

• Invited Talk (Topic: Design & Development of Transient Sensors), Organized by, INUP-i2i Online Workshop, Organized by Centre for Nanotechnology, IIT Guwahati, Feb, 14-16, 2024.

• Invited Talk (Topic: Introduction to Transient Sensors), Organized by MANIT Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, 6th February 2024.

Year- 2023

• Guest Lecture (Topic: Design & Fabrication of Transient Sensors), Organized by Functional Materials-Semiconducting Devices and Modeling Group, Department of ECE, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Chennai Campus 16th December 2023.

• Keynote Talk (Topic: Transient Sensors: An Introduction), Organized by, IEEE, in association with National Yang-Ming Chiao Tung University, Taiwan, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Central Queensland University, Australia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, and School of Electronics Engineering (SENSE), Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore 14th December-16th December 2023.

• Invited Talk (Topic: Next Generation Resistive Gas Sensors: Status & Scope), Organized by IEEE Patna Students Chapter & EE Department, Indian Institute of Technology Patna, 24th November 2023.

• Invited Talk (Topic: Sustainable Approach toward Developing Next-Generation Gas Sensors), 8th International Conference on Advanced Nanomaterials & Nanotechnology, Centre for Nanotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati-781039, 29th November-1st December 2023.

• Invited Talk (Topic: Next Generation Resistive Sensors), Five Days Online/Offline Short Term Training Program (STTP) on Next Generation Semiconductor Devices, Memories, and Sensors (SDMS 23), Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, National Institute of Technology Calicut, India, 24th July-28th July 2023.

• Invited Talk (Topic: Advanced Materials for Selective Gas Sensors) International Conference on Low-Energy Digital Devices and Computing, National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore, 29th June-1st July 2023.

• Invited Talk (Topic: Electron Beam Lithography), INUP-i2i Offline Familiarization Workshop, Organized by Centre for Nanotechnology, IIT Guwahati, April, 25-27, 2023.

• Invited Talk (Topic: Beyond CMOS Fabrication Techniques for Realizing Nano Sensors Devices), Five Days Faculty Development Program on Modelling, Simulation & Fabrication of Advanced Electronic Devices, Organized by School of Electronics Engineering (SENSE),VIT-Chennai,  April  15-19, 2023

• Invited Talk (Topic: Ammonia Sensing Performance of RGO-Based Chemiresistive Gas Sensor Decorated With Exfoliated MoSe2 Nanosheets ), IEEE Applied Sensors Conference (APSCON-2023), Organized by IEEE Sensors Council, Hotel Conrad, Bengaluru, January 22-25, 2023

Year- 2022

• Keynote Talk (Topic: Current Challenges in Solid State Sensors), International Conference on Electronic and Photonic Integrated Circuits (EPIC-2022), Organized by ECE department, SRM Andhra Pradesh, in association with the Institute of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (IETE), 15-17 December 2022.  

• Invited Talk (Topic: 2D Materials Beyond Graphene for Gas Sensing Applications) Online Familiarization workshop on 2D semiconductor Nanodevices and Simulations, Centre for Nanotechnology, IIT Guwahati, Sponsored by Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), 8-10 December 2022.

• Distinguished Lecture (Topic: Current Challenges in the Development of Next Generation Gas Sensors), IEEE Sensors Student Chapter, IIT Indore, India, 28th November 2022.

• Invited Talk (Topic: Non-Dispersive infrared gas sensing technology), IEEE Sensors Conference, Dallas, Texas, USA, 30 October – 2 November 2022.  

• Invited Talk (Topic: Ammonia Sensing Performance of RGO-Based Chemiresistive Gas Sensor Decorated With Exfoliated MoSe2 Nanosheets), IEEE Sensors Conference, Dallas, Texas, USA, 30 October – 2 November 2022.

• Invited Talk (Topic: Room Temperature Operated Resistive Gas Sensors), Workshop on Research Opportunities in "Semiconductor Materials and Devices (ROSMD-2022)", 

Organized jointly by IIITDM Kancheepuram, and SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai. 

• Invited Talk (Topic: Electronic Materials for Sensing Applications), Recent development in New Engineering Materials and Applications (RDEMA), Faculty Development Programme by Academic Staff College in association with

School of Electronics Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology,  Bengaluru India, 19-23 September, 2022

• Invited Lecture (Topic: Introduction to CMOS compatible Resistive Sensors), Training program on MEMS and Related Subjects, Semiconductor Technology and Applied Research Centre (STARC), Bengaluru India, 15-17 September, 2022. 

• Invited Talk (Topic: Electron Microscopy) INUP-i2i 2022 1st Offline Familiarization Workshop, Centre for Nanotechnology (CNT), Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati (Supported by: Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY)), 4-6 April, 2022.

• Invited Talk (Topic: Introduction to CMOS compatible Next Generation Nano-Sensors) FDP on Recent trends in VLSI and Nano-Electronics: The materials-based device Technology, Electronics and Communication Engineering Department, National Institute of Technology, Andhra Pradesh, under DST-GATI (Gender advancement for transforming institutions), 15-19 March, 2022.

• Invited Talk (Topic: Electronic Materials for Room Temperature Chemiresistive Gas Sensors) INUP-i2i 2022 Familiarization Workshop, Centre for Nanotechnology (CNT), Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati (Supported by: Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY)), 1-3 March, 2022.

• Invited Talk (Topic: Introduction to Micro-Sensors for Monitoring Environmental NO2 Level) Recent Advances in Environmental Engineering and Management (RAEEM-2022), National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, under DST-GATI (Gender advancement for transforming institutions), 12-16 February, 2022.

Year 2021 & Before

• Invited Talk (Topic: Chemiresistive Gas Detectors: Progress and Challenges at IIT Patna, Organized by IEEE Patna Students Chapter, 26th December 2021. 

• Invited Expert talk (Topic: Chemiresistive Gas Detectors: Progress and Challenges (In the context of Polymers)) at International Conference on Macromolecules, Organized by School of Energy Materials (SEM), Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India, and Gdansk University of Technology, Gdansk, Poland (13th -15th November 2020). 

• Basics of Nanosensors, AICTE sponsored Short Term Training Program on “Futuristic applications and Research opportunities of nano electronics in bio science”, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, School of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology, Jeppiaar Nagar, Chennai 600119, Tamilnadu, India (Three Sessions)

• Chemiresistive Gas Detectors: Progress and Challenges (In the context of Polymers), International Conference on Macromolecules, Organized by School of Energy Materials (SEM), Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India, and Gdansk University of Technology, Gdansk, Poland 

• Chemiresistive Gas Detectors: Progress and Challenges, Six Days Faculty Development Program on “Recent Advancements in Semiconductor Technologies (RASET), Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Faculty of Engineering & Technology, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur-603203, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India 

• Introduction to Gas Sensors, Three Days Webinar on “Electronic Devices and VLSI design” Sponsored by TEQIP-3 and Organised by Department of Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering, Parala Maharaja Engineering College (Govt. of Odisha and affiliated to BPUT Odisha), Berhampur, Odisha, India -761003.

• Gas Sensors: Opportunities and Challenges, Organised by Department of Electrical Engineering in Collaboration with Department of Physics, Dayalbagh Educational Institute (Deemed University) Agra, Uttar Pradesh-282005.

• Basics of Chemiresistive Gas Sensors,  “Five Days Faculty Development Program Flexible and RF Printed Electronics”, Organised by Department of Electronics and Communications Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur, Tamil Nadu-603203.