Ab Bhattacharyya

Biography

Amalendu Bhushan Bhattacharyya received his BSc and MSc degrees from Banaras Hindu University (BHU). Subsequently, he pursued his research work in the area of solid-state electronics for his PhD degree (1961) from BHU. He joined the Department of Electrical Engineering, BHU as a Lecturer (1961) and then was on deputation to USSR (Moscow Power Institute) for about three years to carry out research in power electronics. He joined Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi in the Department of Physics as Assistant Professor (1967) to spearhead the microelectronics programme and subsequently became Professor (1973) at the Centre for Applied Research in Electronics, IIT, Delhi. Bhattacharyya has been a Visiting Fellow/Professor at the University of Rochester (USA), University of California at Los Angeles, University of Fierre and Marie Curie (Paris, France), University of South Hampton (UK), University of Twente (The Netherlands), and the Moscow Power Institute. He was the first Director of Institute of Technology and Management, Gurgaon (1998-2000), and Director VLSI Design Programme, Goa University (2000-03). Presently, Bhattacharyya is an Emeritus Professor at Jaypee Institute of Information Technology, India.

Research Interest

Micro-Electronics