Highlights from the panel discussion on Workforce Development in the Semiconductor Industry at #iitgn #SEMICONIndia2025.

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The research was funded by the Anusandhan National Research Foundation’s National Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Department of Science and Technology’s Core Research Grant, the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, and the National Natural Science Foundation of China.

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Dr Shailesh Kumar and Prof Arpan Bhattacharyya from IITGN’s Department of Physics and Dr Tieguang Zi from Nanchang University, China, contributed to this study.

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Upcoming space-based detectors, such as the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA), would be able to “listen” to the low-frequency waves produced by EMRIs, creating avenues to test the presence and role of extra dimensions in shaping our universe.

Dr Shailesh Kumar is part of a research team that explores this by focusing on extreme mass-ratio inspirals (EMRIs), systems where a lightweight object slowly spirals into a supermassive black hole.

But gravitational waves may do more than test Einstein’s theory; they could reveal extra dimensions.

When the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) first detected ripples in spacetime in 2015, it confirmed Einstein’s predictions and opened a new field of astronomy.

IIT Gandhinagar, L&T Semiconductor, and C-DAC kick off the Make-in-India Secure Chip project. Embedded with a Smart OS, it will power next-gen digital identity solutions like E-Passport on a scalable security architecture. #IITGN #DigitalIndia #MakeInIndia #electronicpassport

The visit also highlighted collaboration opportunities between academia, industry, and the formation of research clusters to tackle pressing national challenges. #IITGN #iitgandhinagar #ANRF #ResearchInnovation #FutureResearchers #InterdisciplinaryResearch.

He encouraged researchers to “drive excellence and merit-based capacity development” and focus their time on projects that create real impact.

Dr Kalyanaraman emphasized the need for world-class research labs, outcome-driven projects, and interdisciplinary research to address national priorities.

IIT Gandhinagar was delighted to host Dr Shivkumar Kalyanaraman, CEO of the Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF), who shared the foundation’s vision and key initiatives to strengthen India’s research and innovation ecosystem.

Foundation models are stuck in the past, but they intentionally produce natural-sounding and varied responses. These can lead to hallucinations. We explore the limitations of foundation models and how RAG can address these so chat, search, and agentic workflows can all benefit.

KPCSD at IITGN hosted expert Jaypalsinh Chauhan for a seminar on 'Building a Career for the Planet: Navigating the Sustainability Landscape.' The session highlighted skills, certifications & mindsets shaping careers in sustainability. #iitgn #kpcsd #sustainabilityseminarseries

The team includes Shekhar Kumar, Dr Lalita Devi, and Prof Iti Gupta. Paper's link: #IITGN #ResearchCapsule #IITGNResearchers #photocatalysis #greenchemistry #EnergyEfficient #sulfoxides #imines #phenols #ArylBoronicAcids #OxidationReactions.

The advancement offers an energy-saving and cost-effective approach that can be applied across different types of chemical reactions.

The researchers further demonstrated that these oxidations work efficiently not only in controlled laboratory light but also under natural sunlight, offering a sustainable route to chemical synthesis.

Notably, all these reactions required only a minimal catalyst loading of 0.05 mol%, compared to the 1-5 mol% typically reported in similar studies.

The method also allowed another useful transformation under white light, where simple organic compounds known as aryl boronic acids were converted into phenols, a group of chemicals widely used in various household products and industrial chemical applications.