TI sets up Center of Excellence at NSIT

Texas Instruments (TI) has established a Center of Excellence at Netaji Subash Institute of Technology (NSIT), Delhi for embedded product development. The center will promote design of embedded products based on TI's semiconductors. It will also promote design of educational solutions for teaching subjects on embedded systems. The center will conduct educational activities such as seminars and train-the-trainer workshops that will be open to teachers from other engineering colleges.

The centre was inaugurated by Professor P V Indiresan, former Director, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras. Dr. C P Ravikumar, Technical Director - University Relations, TI India and Prof. Dhananjay Gadre, Professor of Electronics & Communication Engineering.

"It is very important to experiment and validate any theory before you make your judgement," said Professor P V Indiresan at the launch. He further added, "One must question theories, only then can one become a good scientist." Professor Indiresan also released a book titled ‘Microcontroller Projects for the Evil Genius', co-authored by an NSIT alumnus.

TI will be closely associated with the working of the center. Seminars and courses will pertain to TI's embedded processors and analog solutions such as, MSP430 and Stellaris® microcontrollers, energy harvesting, and low power wireless connectivity solutions. TI will donate the equipment, semiconductor tools and solutions to get the center started. Students of NSIT who work on product design activities at the center will be offered internships.