Manuscript, "From the golden pages of History" in 1994

My dear friend Prof. Mao used to ask me when did I embrace Buddhism? In this connection, there is a small connecting evidence though story to conviction in Buddhism goes beyond and before that which I will mention.  28 years back, while studying in class 12, I wrote this manuscript in Hindi on "From the golden pages of History." This manuscript was published in 1000 pamphlets ( printed at the printing machine of Late Sh. Ram Kishan ji)  and distributed among Bahujans, especially on the occasion of Dhamma Chakra Pravartan Divas which was celebrated at Asok Mission Buddha Vihar, Mehrauli, New Delhi. I bore the cost of printing through my pocket money. I thank my parents, who supported this mission. I was inspired to write this manuscript after reading a research article by Prof. Nandu Ram from JNU. Sh. Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi ji, the nephew of Prof. Nandu Ram ji, provided the journal in which the original research article was published. I acknowledge their contribution and express gratitude to them. I shall welcome comments, criticism, appreciation, and feedback.  

मेरे प्रिय मित्र प्रो. माओ मुझसे पूछा करते थे कि मैंने बौद्ध धर्म कब ग्रहण किया? इस संबंध में, एक छोटा सा जोड़ने वाला साक्ष्य है, हालांकि बौद्ध धर्म में दृढ़ विश्वास की कहानी उससे आगे और उससे पहले जाती है जिसका मैं उल्लेख करूंगा। 28 साल पहले 12वीं कक्षा में पढ़ते हुए मैंने यह पांडुलिपि हिंदी में "इतिहास के सुनहरे पन्नों से" पर लिखी थी। यह पांडुलिपि 1000 पैम्फलेट (स्वर्गीय श्री राम किशन जी की प्रिंटिंग मशीन पर छपी) में प्रकाशित हुई और बहुजनों के बीच वितरित की गई, विशेष रूप से धम्म चक्र प्रचार दिवस के अवसर पर जो अशोक मिशन बुद्ध विहार, महरौली, नई दिल्ली में मनाया गया। मैंने अपनी पॉकेट मनी से छपाई का खर्च वहन किया। मैं अपने माता-पिता को धन्यवाद देता हूं, जिन्होंने इस मिशन का समर्थन किया। जेएनयू के प्रोफेसर नंदू राम के एक शोध लेख को पढ़ने के बाद मुझे यह पांडुलिपि लिखने की प्रेरणा मिली। श्री। प्रोफेसर नंदू राम जी के भतीजे गणेश शंकर विद्यार्थी जी ने वह पत्रिका उपलब्ध कराई जिसमें मूल शोध लेख प्रकाशित हुआ था। मैं उनके योगदान को स्वीकार करता हूं और उनके प्रति आभार व्यक्त करता हूं। मैं टिप्पणियों, आलोचनाओं, प्रशंसा और फीडबैक का स्वागत करूंगा।

 

Ph.D. (ECE) produced by Prof. Subhash C. Arya, NEHU, Shillong

 This list is as on December 2022.

On the Farewell occasion of E & I Batch-2004-08 at ISM Dhanbad

 On the Farewell occasion of E & I Batch-2004-08        at ISM Dhanbad                            Date: 17.04.2008

Honorable HOD-sir, distinguished faculties, respected staff, and dear students.  I am taking this opportunity to say farewell to the final-year students with whom I have been associated over the past 4 years, initially as a teaching assistant and later as a faculty. This is the time of feeling joy and distress. Joy, because all of you are leaving for the betterment and a better career opportunity and distress because we will be missing all the golden moments spent with us in the ISMU, particularly in the E & I Dept, which has the least infrastructure during the last four years.  Off-course all of you have compromised to at great extent with the dept. We are very much thankful to you. 

I am very much pleased to see the sincerity of the final-year students toward their studies; they have excellent conduct and respect for each and every faculty and staff of our department.  I have observed they also have vivid visions of their goal.  I personally have learned many characteristics from this batch. I have seen at least 4 batches passing out, but this 2K8 batch is the best among them, not only in terms of academics, extra curriculum activities, and placement but also as a good human being.  I think being a good human being is more important than anything else, as not only in the world but in India too, there is no lack of Engineers, Doctors, Scientists, etc. But there is a lack of good people and good human beings in society.  You may observe this in every aspect of life.  Therefore, I appeal to the junior batches. Please learn how to be a good human being along with performing excellently in their academics. 

Well, there is a big world outside our campus,  so all I need to say is go and make the very best of what you have learned I am very much sure you will definitely win and, after that, come back as an alumnus and share your success with our ISMU.  Always try to look at the brighter side of life.  Have a positive attitude and see you will be a happier person, and success will come your way. Very best of luck to all of you in your carrier.  Have a blast time and enjoy your life.

Last but not least, I want to express my feelings as

Tumney Diya  E & I ko Gati,

E & I tumhey kya dega

Apni AAG Tej rakhney ko

Naam tumara Lega

 

With lots of love, and best wishes for your bright future.

On the Fresher’s Welcome Day of E & I Batch-2009-10 at ISM Dhanbad

 On the Fresher’s Welcome Day of E & I (ISM Dhanbad) Batch-2009-10                          Date: 08.09.2009

 

Honorable HOD sir, Distinguished faculties, respected staff, and dear students, it gives me immense pleasure to bid WELCOME to all the fresher of E & I Deptt!

 

While sitting in this evening’s ceremonies, I suggest you savor the moment; from today, you start the best and most determining period of your life. Today you sit here as teenagers, free as the wind. In a few years, you will leave the department as competent professionals, trained experts in Electronics and Communication Engg.

 

E & I Dept. is not a collection of buildings or even of people. It is a cauldron where one throws in the ingredients of some hard work, a tad of skill, and a great deal of time – a magic mixture that can transform you and your life into anything you want it to be.  Our faculties are leaving no stone unturned to shape your life.  Our technical staff is putting full effort into making you technically sound.  Our other staff members get pleased after helping you. And the outcomes are in front of you.  On records, except one student of B. Tech, all have been placed by 10 eminent organizations such as AMDOCS, SAMSUNG, TCS, IBM, and DRDO with handsome salaries in less than one month of August 2007 placement period.

 

Whatever your interest, be it music, social welfare, robotics, research, religion, sports, yoga, or anything else, you can find an association or club attuned to your interest. My appeal to you is not to spend your time here only on academic interests.

Whether organizing events, creating policies, or even just going to parties and reading magazines, BE ACTIVE. It is this which turns your time at university into one of life’s defining moments rather than just a dull, mundane, full-time job that you don’t get paid for. 

 

We all need what we call success structures scheduled into our weeks to ensure we stay at our highest.  We all need systems installed into our days to ensure consistency of results, order, and super outcomes.  Success does not just occur.  It is a project that is worked on each day.  You need to swim out to it.  You need to make it happen, along with letting it happen- once you have given your best. 

 

You know, Vision is not enough; it must be combined with venture.  It is not enough to stare up to the step; we must step up the stairs.  Don’t postpone your greatness.  Your time is now………

 

We all get the same allotment of time.  Each of us gets 24 Hours each day.  The sad fact is that too many among us spend too much time doing unimportant things.  Drifting like a piece of wood in a river. All because we don’t make the time to think.  About our priorities.  About our dreams and goals. 

 

Pay Attention to life:  Make the time to reflect on what you want your life to stand for, what you have learned from your years, and what your legacy will be.  Time slips through our fingers-like grains of sand- never to return again.  Use your days to realize your talents.  Make you think of that “When I stand before God at the end of my life, I will hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left and could say, ‘ I used everything you gave me.’  Think about what goals you need to accomplish for you to feel the day has been a success-and write them down.  Think about your most closely held values.  Think about what lessons you’ve learned from the previous day. 

 

In the end, I would like to congrats all of the senior students for organizing Fresher’s welcome ceremony, and before leaving the dais, I am expressing fresher’s heart will as Gahan Saghan Manmohak Van Taru, Mujhko Aaj Bulatey Hai, Kintu kiye jo Vaade Mainey yaad mujhey aa jaatey hai, Abhi kaha Aaram bada ye, Mook Nimntran Chhalna hai , arey abhi to meelo mujhko meelo mujhko chalna hai!.. Jai Hind. 

What is open access provision in SiPh technology?

 

What is open access?

As far as Open-Access Silicon Photonics (OA-SiPh) technology ecosystem is concerned, the first question which comes into our mind is what is  Open-Access?  In the context of SiPh chip fabrication, Open-Access does not mean that the end-user need not pay for costs occurring from chip fabrication.  Open-Access (OA) means the chip fabrication company imposes little or no restrictions on fabricating Photonic Integrated Circuits (PICs) for third parties.  In this way, OA is a facility provided by chip fabrication foundries to the end users via their designated brokers.

 

जहां तक ​​ओपन-एक्सेस सिलिकॉन फोटोनिक्स (OA-SiPh) टेक्नोलॉजी इकोसिस्टम का सवाल है, तो सबसे पहला सवाल जो हमारे दिमाग में आता है वह है ओपन-एक्सेस क्या है? SiPh चिप निर्माण के संदर्भ में, ओपन-एक्सेस का मतलब यह नहीं है कि अंतिम उपयोगकर्ता को चिप निर्माण से होने वाली लागतों के लिए भुगतान करने की आवश्यकता नहीं है। ओपन-एक्सेस का मतलब है कि चिप निर्माण कंपनी तीसरे पक्ष के लिए फोटोनिक इंटीग्रेटेड सर्किट (पीआईसी) बनाने पर बहुत कम या कोई प्रतिबंध नहीं लगाती है।  इस तरह, OA एक ऐसी सुविधा है जो चिप फैब्रिकेशन फाउंड्री द्वारा अंतिम उपयोगकर्ताओं को उनके नामित दलालों के माध्यम से प्रदान की जाती है।

What is the need for OA?

The following query arises about what a requirement of OA is.  Can the chip fabrication be done without OA?  The answer to both these questions lies in the prohibitive cost of chip fabrication, including its design using electronic design automation (EDA) tools and process design kit (pdk), foundry investments, and execution, testing, and packaging.  The production of an Integrated Circuit (IC) chip is an extremely costly affair, and therefore, its expenses need to be shared to make it feasible, accessible, and affordable for design engineers and consumers.

अगला प्रश्न इस बारे में उठता है कि OA की आवश्यकता क्या है। क्या चिप का निर्माण OA के बिना किया जा सकता है? इन दोनों सवालों का जवाब चिप निर्माण की निषेधात्मक लागत में निहित है, जिसमें इलेक्ट्रॉनिक डिज़ाइन ऑटोमेशन (ईडीए) टूल्स और प्रोसेस डिज़ाइन किट (पीडीके), फाउंड्री निवेश, और निष्पादन, परीक्षण और पैकेजिंग का उपयोग करके इसका डिज़ाइन शामिल है। एक एकीकृत सर्किट (आईसी) चिप का उत्पादन एक बेहद महंगा मामला है, और इसलिए, डिजाइन इंजीनियरों और उपभोक्ताओं के लिए इसे व्यवहार्य, सुलभ और किफायती बनाने के लिए इसके खर्चों को साझा करने की आवश्यकता है।

What is silicon photonics?
 

Silicon Photonics (SiPh) is a technology that is based on silicon and its seven compatible materials in various combinations like Nitride, germanium, and oxides that are used for designing and fabricating photonic integrated circuits (PICs). The seven material systems that are included in SiPh technology are as follows: Silicon-on-Insulator (SOI), Silicon Nitride (SiN), Germanium-on-Silicon (GOS), Germanium-on-Insulator (GOI), Germanium-on-Silicon Nitride (GOSN), Silicon-on-Silicon (SOS), Nitride-on-Silicon (NOSi)

सिलिकॉन फोटोनिक्स (SiPh) एक ऐसी तकनीक है जो सिलिकॉन पर आधारित है और नाइट्राइड, जर्मेनियम और ऑक्साइड जैसे विभिन्न संयोजनों में इसकी सात संगत सामग्रियों का उपयोग फोटोनिक एकीकृत सर्किट (PICs) को डिजाइन और निर्माण के लिए किया जाता है। SiPh तकनीक में शामिल सात भौतिक प्रणालियाँ इस प्रकार हैं: सिलिकॉन-ऑन-इन्सुलेटर (SOI), सिलिकॉन नाइट्राइड (SiN), जर्मेनियम-ऑन-सिलिकॉन (GOS), जर्मेनियम-ऑन-इन्सुलेटर (GOI), जर्मेनियम-ऑन -सिलिकॉन नाइट्राइड (जीओएसएन), सिलिकॉन-ऑन-सिलिकॉन (एसओएस), नाइट्राइड-ऑन-सिलिकॉन (एनओएसआई)।

Brief Introduction of Prof. Subhash C Arya

 

Brief Introduction of Prof. Subhash C Arya

Dr. Subhash C. Arya is presently working as a Full Professor in the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, NEHU, Shillong. His area of research is in the domain of Optical Communication, Optical Amplifier specially Erbium-Doped Fiber Amplifier, Silicon Photonics, and Photonic Integrated Circuits. Before joining NEHU in 2010 as an Associate Professor, Dr. Arya acquired teaching experience at IIT (ISM) Dhanbad during the years 2007-2010 and completed a Ph.D. In Electronics Engineering on the topic of Erbium-Doped Fiber Amplifiers for DWDM systems from the same prestigious Institute of national importance. Prof. Subhash Arya has successfully produced three Ph. Ds in the area of Advanced Optical Modulation formats, Plasmonic material-based Optical Modulators, and Multi-Core Erbium-Doped Fiber Amplifiers. He has completed on DST-SERB-funded project under the Fast track Young Scientist Scheme on Silicon-based Optical Modulator for high-speed optical Communication Systems.   Presently he is working towards Photonic Integrated Chip designing and fabrication using SiEPIC tools and pdk on KLayout and Multi-Project Wafer (MPW) fabulous facilities and opportunities. He has served the University and the department in various capacities as EPABX-system in-charge at IIT (ISM) Dhanbad, Head of Department of ECE, NEHU, and members of various statutory bodies in NEHU. He delivered a few invited lectures in Optical Fiber Communication, Silicon Photonics devices, and Circuit and educational pedagogies as per the NEP-2020. He has a total of 83 publications in various categories such as SCI-index journals, referred national and international conference proceedings, book chapters, and edited one book also.

A Farewell Address by Dr. Subhash C. Arya on 15th June 2015 to the B.Tech and M.Tech students of NEHU

 A Farewell Address by Dr. Subhash C. Arya on 15th June 2015 to the B.Tech and M.Tech students of NEHU

                                                                                                                     Date: 15.06.2015

Respected Dean madam, Head of sister departments, colleagues, and dear engineers and technologists! First of all, I would like to thank all 3rd-year B.Tech and 1st Year M.Tech students who have organized this memorable event of farewell and decorated this Hall so beautifully. I congratulate outgoing engineers and technologists for their hard work and successful completion of engineering degrees.

Well ! 4 precious years stay of B.Tech and 2 years of M.Tech Engineering graduates are really important because, without you, we teachers, technical and official staff would not have been here.  We are because you are! Our existence matters because of your existence.  So, I must thank not only you people but also your present who had shown strong faith in our engineering branches and admitted you, people, into the School of Technology.  

We are trying hard to provide a better learning environment and opportunities to be skillful engineers and technologies, a citizen of high character for a better tomorrow for a better India.  

"Coming together is a beginning, keeping together is progress, and working together is a success" As we look back over the last 4 years; indeed, there was a beginning when faculties and technical staff from BSSS Department, IT Department, and other sister departments came together to nurture you and provided a solid foundation to be efficient engineers.  And thankfully, there was also progress when our departemntal colleagues, technical and office staff members worked together to shape your bright future, and yes..undeniably, we have been successful- Give a big hand to outgoing engineers!

You are now at a crossroad where you have to make the decision independently; you have to make yourself ready to face the challenges of the future, which often look blank. 

We want to info and assure you that we are working hard for the early submission of final year results so that the examination department shall declare results timely.

I feel happy to share with you that this year 5 ECE Engineers cleared the GATE-2015 exam.  5 ECE Engineers got placed in good companies.  AICTE approval for engineering programs is in progress, and we are also trying to bring Vishveshariay Ph.D. Scholarship in ECE and IT Department.

I would like to express my gratitude to all because I would stand here out of constant help from my colleagues, colleagues from sister departments, support from our skilled and efficient technical and official staff members, and above all to my dear students because whom my existence is relevant.

I take this opportunity to offer our best wishes to all outgoing engineers and technologies for their bright future on behalf department of Electronics and Communication Engineers.

Thank you very much!

(Dr. Subhash C. Arya)

HoD, Department of ECE.

Teacher's Day address on 05.09.2018.

 Address by Dr. Subhash C. Arya on the occasion of Teacher's day on 5th September 2018 in the department of ECE. 

Respected Head of the Department Dr. Rupaban Subadar, our esteemed colleagues Prof. L. J. Singh, friends, office staff, and dear students and learners.

I feel immense pleasure to present among you all on the occasion of celebrating and recognizing teacher's day, i.e., 5th September 2018.  

Well, thanks for giving me an opportunity to speak my mind.  Please say teachers are national builders. I say teachers are supposed to be a nation builder.  There is a difference bin assuming that teachers are inbuilt nation builders and are supposed to be national builders.  What is that difference?  Suppose you assume that teachers are nation builders or inbuilt nation builders, then whatever a teacher does, it comes under nation building process.  But is it the case, I say a big NO.  In this regard, I quote our former prime minister Dr. ManMohan Singh, who said, " Our University system is in many parts in a state of disrepair.  In almost half the districts in the country, higher educational enrolment is abysmally low; almost two third of our universities and 90% of our colleagues are rated as below average on quality parameters.  I am concerned that in many states university,  appointments, including that of vice-chancellors, have been politicized and have become subject to caste and communal consideration, there are complaints of favoritism and corruption..." Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in 2007.  

In this light, I say teachers suppose to be nation builders.  Since teachers are a fundament building block of the education system, including learners, infrastructure, and supporting technical and administrative staff, they have a far more significant role to play as a nation builder.  I call upon all my fellow teachers to introspect, analyze the current state of educational affairs and contribute in such a way that nation should feel proud of its teachers and its community.  

I have apprehension that there is a big gap between the structure of our education system and the structure of our Indian society. Our school, colleagues, universities, IITs, NITs and IISERS, IIMs, etc must represent the correct picture of Indian society. Mainly the teachers belong to one class o society, and students belong to another class of Indian society therefore, it creates lots of affective domain imbalances in the teaching-learning process.  Why had we not accepted Britishers in Inda because they were or are more meritorious than us, but because they do not represent Indian Society?..... (incomplete text....)

Dr. Subhash C. Arya  

Engineering Education in India: Part -I

 Engineering Education in India: An introspection and recommendations

1. AICTE has constituted a committee for preparing short and medium-term perspective plans for engineering education in India.

2. This committee has collected data on engineering capacity and enrolment trends across India and deliberated on available reports on technologies, jobs, skills, and engineering education trends of the future.

3.  Committee could identify gaps-areas and issues to improve     

        (a): Enrolment

        (b): Employability of engineering graduates

        (c): Capabilities of faculties

        (d): Quality of pedagogies.

4. The strength of the knowledge drive-economy of a country depends on the level and utilization of advanced technology and networking through globalization

5.  Engineering education plays a key building role while ensuring success in the knowledge and innovation-driven economy and problems of a country.

6. While appreciating phenomenal work done so far in disseminating engineering education, there has to go a long way to meet the explosive demand and aspiration of the people of this country to make it self reliance and prosperous

7.  Based on studies and analysis done by experts int he engineering education following recommendations have been made to address various issues in engineering education in India:

    (i): Capacity utilization, i.e., capacity vs. enrolment, is presently only about 50%  ( as per 2017-2018 data).   To improve the quality of existing engineering education, the proper measures should be taken instead of opening a new programme. The new programmes which are already in the pipeline and infrastructure available can be started; however, no new programme should be started unless a review is done after every two years. 

    (ii): Capacity utilization should be a key criterion for ranking accreditation and affiliation

    (iii): Traditional Engineering branches such as ME, EE, ECE, and Civil have only 40% capacity utilization, whereas computer engineering, aerospace, and mechatronics have 60% capacity utilization, so existing traditional engineering branches should be modernized in emerging technologies for example for ECE, it should move towards Robotics, Electric Vehicle, Drone Technology, AI and ML, etc.  Committee recommended that no additional seats should be approved in the traditional engineering branches unless they convert into emerging branches with the potential of improving their capacity utilization.

    (iv): Immediate interventions are recommended to improve the quality of teachers in emerging technologies through programs like QIP, academic-industry linage, hands-on training in industry visits, etc. 

    (v): There should a mandatory certificate/diploma/degree in education for every teacher in the engineering department to improve the pedagogies

    (vi): There should be an efficient utilization of MOOC courses both in core and elective domains

8. Efforts should be made for employment generations

9. Institutions should build proper project management capabilities around research like I-STEM is doing

10. Academic institutions have to continuously monitor the future skills requirement and make suitable changes to contents and pedagogies so that the graduating students have the right capabilities for the job in demand.

11. Period Industry feedback for technology degradation should be done

12.  Impact of teaching methods and identify the best methods of executing course work and apprenticeship. There should be a good linkage between apprenticeship with pedagogies.

13. There should be compulsory apprenticeship activities in the engineering education

14. At least two industry representatives should be part of the academic advisory board in the institute.

15. It is recommended that there should be a national knowledge functional hub in the engineering education institution.  It should look into the local industry ecosystem requirement so that accordingly workforce should be prepared.

16. Tinking lab, Innovation lab, incubation centers, etc. should be established, and students should be encouraged to design thinking and practical approach to learning

17. Engineering education should meet the demand of the emerging software industry, health care and medical services, semiconductor industry, AI, IoT, mobility, analytic and cloud, blockchain, robotic, quantum computing, data science, cyber security, 3D printing, and design, AR/VR, etc.

18. Emphasis should be on multi-disciplinary courses such as computational biology, biotechnology, biomedical, mechatronic, space and aerospace, agriculture and environmental studies, etc.

19. Students should be interfaced with real-life socio-economic problems, and they should be made aware of how to solve these problems using technology.

20. Open-book examinations should be introduced to improve the cognitive level of students wherever possible. 

Ref: Engineering Education in India 

 

 

 

Research Paper Presentation, Invited Talk, Session Chair - related Certificates

 Research Paper Presentation, Invited Talk, Session Chair-related Certificates