C2S

Major elements of the program were:
- Establishing of VLSI Design Laboratory.
- Training of Laboratory Technicians.
- Instruction Enhancement Program (IEP) for faculties of Pls.
- Development of Learning Materials (LMs).
- Teaching on VLSI Design & related software at B.E./B.Tech Level, ME/M.Tech in the areas of Electronics/Communications, Computer Science/Instrumentation etc, ME/M.Tech in VLSI Design and Microelectronics and Ph.D in various aspects of VLSI Design and CAD.
Project Details:
- Total Outlay: Rs. 14.99 Crores
- Duration- 7 Years (1998-2005)
- Implementing Organizations:
  1. 7 Resource Centers (Including 5 IITs, IISc Bangalore and CEERI Pilani)
  2. 12 Participating Institutes (All NITs established till 2005 and some Government academic institutions including new IITs)
Project Outcomes:
Specialized Manpower were trained at Post Graduate and Doctoral levels to generate key catalyst in area of Microelectronics in the country. A total number of 9349 students were trained at various levels under this programme:

Type	I	II	III	IV	Total
Number	170	1089	1220	6870	9349

Type-I	M.S (Research)/ Ph.D in VLSI Design
Type-II	M.Tech in VLSI Design
Type-III	M.Tech (others with atleast 2 VLSI Courses)
Type-IV	B.Tech (with atleast 2 VLSI Courses)