C.P. Ravikumar from Texas Instruments visited SGGITS, Nanded on March 6, 2009 to participate in their student technical festival Pragyaa 2009. He conducted a half-day workshop on recent developments in semiconductor technology and their impact on embedded systems. There were over 80 participants. On March 7, Venugopal Mudumbu from TI gave a seminar on TI DSP architecture, programming and optimizations at Atal Bihari Vajpayee - IITM, Gwalior with over 50 participants. On March 10 and 11, Abhishek Denis Jacob from TI India spoke on OMAP platforms for embedded systems at workshops in NIT Surathkal and Manipal University with over

1. March 2009
SGGITS, Nanded
On March 6, 2009, C.P. Ravikumar (Texas Instruments)
visited SGGITS, Nanded, to take part in the student
technical festival Pragyaa 2009. He conducted a half-
day workshop for students and faculty, on the topic “50
years of IC innovation.” The focus of the talk was recent
developments in semiconductor technology, which are
fuelling amazing developments in the field of embedded
systems. There were more than 80 participants
including faculties and students. He also participated in
the inauguration of the student festival and interacted
with the faculty members of the Electronics and
Computer Science Departments. In the same event,
Vasant of Cranes Software delivered a half-day
workshop on “MSP430 Microcontroller.”
Many thanks to Dr. Y.V. Joshi and his colleagues and
students for the hospitality!
ABV-IITM
On March 7, 2009, a seminar on TI DSP, entitled
“C6000 Architecture, Programming and Optimizations”
was held at Atal Bihari Vajpayee - IITM, Gwalior.
Venugopal Mudumbu of Texas Instruments was the
speaker. More than 50 participants attended the
seminar.
Prof. Sumam David and Prof. Laxmi Nidhi along with
faculty and students of NIT Surathkal at the OMAP
NIT Surathkal
On March 10, 2009 a talk on “OMAP platform for
Embedded Systems – Architecture and Applications,”
was held as part of the “ARM Architecture and
Applications” workshop held at NIT Surathkhal.
Abhishek Denis Jacob was the speaker from the TI
India. More than 50 students and faculty participated in
this event. Many thanks to Prof. Sumam David and Prof.
Laxmi Nidhi for their invitation and hospitality.
Manipal University
Abhishek Jacob Denis demonstrating Beagle Board
at Manipal University
On March 11, 2009 a talk on “OMAP platform for
Embedded Systems – Architecture and Applications,”
was held at Manipal University. Abhishek Denis Jacob,
an alumnus of Manipal University, was the speaker from
the TI India. About 25 participants took part in this
event. Many thanks to Prof. Harishchandra Hebbar for
hosting.
SVCE, Chennai
On March 13, 2009, C.P. Ravikumar of Texas
instruments delivered two talks at a VLSI Design
workshop held at Sri Venkateshwara College of
Engineering, Chennai. The first talk was entitled
“Challenges in VLSI design and Verification,” and the
second talk was entitled “50 years of IC innovation.”
About 40 participants, including faculty and students
from several colleges, took part in the event. Thanks to
Prof. Shashikiran Venkatesha for the invitation and
hospitality.
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