Biography of Dr Dhrubes Biswas

EDUCATION:
               

• Indian Institute of Technology (1987), Kharagpur, India; Bachelor of Technology from Department of Electrical Engineering, stood First Rank in the graduating class, G.P.A. 9.45/10.00 with First Place standing in final year project.
• University of Illinois(1991), Urbana – Champaign, Illinois, USA; M.S. in Engineering (Electronic Devices and Materials), G.P.A. 4.92/5.00
• University of Illinois, Urbana – Champaign, Illinois, USA; Ph.D. in Engineering (Electronic Devices and Materials) G.P.A. 5.00/5.00

RECENT BIOGRAPHY:
Dr. Dhrubes Biswas is an internationally recognized expert in radio frequency integrated circuits (RFIC) and in technology ventures in Wireless Electronics, Cellular Phone Systems, communication related RFICs. He is permanently based in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, while currently operating out of Kolkata, India. He is currently in India on invitation of the Government to assist in setting up entrepreneurial hi-tech ventures in Technology Inspired Products and Services, Information Technology and Electronics, Rural Development and provide vision towards a robust/sustainable Indian High Technology Manufacturing & Services industry.

Dr. Biswas received his B.Tech (EE dept) from IIT, Kharagpur, M.S and Ph.D. in Engineering (Electronic Devices and Materials) from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. During his Ph.D. he has made original contribution to Gas Source MBE and growth/characterization of InGaP/GaAs heterostructures for HBTs and PHEMTs. Following his Ph.D, Dr. Biswas has made fundamental contribution to PHEMT process based Ka Band Power Amplifier MMICs, Switch MMICs and InGaP HBT process based Power Amplifier MMICs for GSM cellular handsets. Apart from providing superb technical leadership for creating next generation advanced technologies, he has taken an instrumental key role in establishing and advising on strategic technology ventures in wireless communication and optical networking electronics worldwide. He is currently on the Board of several companies in USA and Asia as well as Visiting Professor at Cornell University, USA and National Wireless Center, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan. He has previously managed numerous semiconductor IC fabrication facilities and processes at Anadigics, Skyworks Solutions Inc., M/A-COM and IBM. Dr. Biswas has also served as a research professor at the National Nanofabrication Facility at Cornell University.

Currently he is the Professor of Electronics and Electrical Communication Engineering, Professor-in-Charge of Incubation and Entrepreneurship, Managing Director of Science and Technology Entrepreneurs’ Park and Adjunct Professor of Vinod Gupta School of Management of Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur and directing International University Collaborations, Technology Parks, Business Incubation, Technology Business Incubator for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (Govt of India), Entrepreneurship Programs  at IIT, Coordinator, Technopreneur Promotion Program for Innovation grants (Govt of India), Technology Entrepreneurship Development Program for grass-root entrepreneurs (Govt of India), Entrepreneurship Awareness Camps for marginal entrepreneurs (Govt of India), and business liaisons with IIT’s industrial partners and international collaborators. He is also actively conducting research in Metamorphic HEMT/ HBT, and SiGe devices at National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan and in Wide Band Gap HEMT / FETs at Cornell University, while championing the creation of India Innovation Semiconductor Fab at IIT KGP.
 He has been associated with government’s (in India) nodal agencies such as WEBEL (West Bengal Electronic Industrial Development Corporation), WBIDC (West Bengal Industrial Development Corporation) and IIT (Indian Institute of Technology) Kharagpur. He has initiated the first West Bengal Govt Venture Fund in joint venture with SIDBI (Small Industries Development Bank of India), WBIDC and WEBEL. He has championed and initiated the Green Plasto-Steel Park in Barjora, West Bengal and West Bengal’s first Biotechnology Park as well as Advanced IT Park in Kharagpur/Kolkata in association with WBIDC and IIT. Currently he is Advisor to Government of West Bengal, INDIA on policies/Information Technology.

Selected in Who's Who in Science and Engineering (1997), Who's Who in America (1999) Who's Who in the World (1999), Man of the Year 1999 (in Technology) and 2000 Outstanding Scientists of the 20th Century,  Dr. Biswas has authored numerous technical papers and holds patents. He is a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical Engineers (IEEE), Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, Electron Device Society, Communications Society, Microwave Theory and Techniques Society, Solid State Circuits Society and Materials Research Society.

ONGOING GLOBAL ENTREPRENEURIAL ACTIVITIES:
Novel Flip chip based automotive radar and Millimeter wave WLAN modules based in Taiwan, with technology collaboration from National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan and Ultra high power microwave technology in collaboration with Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.

Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India                                                                                            Dec 2005 – Present
Professor of Electronics and Electrical Communication Engineering, Professor-in-Charge of Incubation and Entrepreneurship Managing Director, Science and Technology Entrepreneurs’ Park, Government of India
 and Adjunct Professor of Vinod Gupta School of Management

• Undergraduate and graduate teaching of entrepreneurship and device electronics
• Research in “Base of Sustainable Society”, Education-Enterprise model and poverty alleviation through enterprise formation
• Managing Entrepreneurship Programs, Technology Incubation, other government entrepreneurship programs
• Advanced device research in heterogeneous integration on Si in VLSI for wireless and telecommunications
• Manage government and corporate relations, international cooperation programs for the Institute
• Setting up a variety of Tech Parks for IIT, currently leading Biotech Park and Advanced IT Park

Webel Venture Fund, Kolkata, INDIA    September 2007 – Present
Chairman and Member of the Board of Directors

• Provide leadership in disbursement of public venture funds.

Jyvaskyla University, Jyvaskyla, Finland    November 2007 – Present
Visiting Professor in School of Business and Economics

• Initiating Global Venture Lab
• Initiated and taught a diversified course in “Business in Asia”

University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, USA   November 2007 – Present
Visiting Professor at Center of Entrepreneurship

• Initiating Global Venture Lab

National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, TAIWAN     2002 – Present
Visiting Professor in Microelectronics and Information Center, National Wireless Center

• Lead research group in design and fabrication of device electronics components in microwave systems
• Develop GaN based HEMT wireless devices with advanced growth techniques
• Provide technical advice on Flip Chip techniques for High Frequency microwave electronics

Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA  June 2006 – Aug 2006
Visiting Scientist in School of Electrical and Computer Engineering

• Provide technical advice on advanced SiC heterostructures, design and fabrication of SiC device electronics
• Develop advanced SiC growth techniques with chlorine containing precursors

WIDETRONIX Inc, Ithaca, NY, USA   2003 – Present
Founder and Technology Advisor

• Provide direction technology development in high power, and linear wireless communication technologies
• Create low cost Ultra High Brightness LEDs with novel system integration
• Coordinate next generation technology in metro area fixed wireless systems

OTHER PAST WORK EXPERIENCES:

Bengal SREI Infrastructure Development Ltd, WBIDC (Govt. of WB JV of WBIDC /SREI), Kolkata, India
Chief Executive Officer  Jan 2005 – Dec 2005

• Strategic initiatives in Public-Private partnership of High Tech Infrastructure
• Entrepreneur Development Center for Ministry of IT (Govt. of India)
• Concept, planning and development of Plasto-Steel park in Bankura

WEBEL WB Asset Management Company, (subsidiary of  WBIDC, WBEIDC, SIDBI), Kolkata, India 
Chief Executive Officer    Sep 2003 – Jan 2005 to Feb 2005 – Present

• Provide direction in electronic, IT, ITES and wireless technology deployment and industrial growth in WB
• Provide direction in Public-Private Investment Banking, “Government to Government” management consulting, redeployment of  government assets, Public-Private partnership models, resource mobilization towards Pont-of-use models, small sector industrial reconstruction, valuation of underused assets, Mergers and spin-offs towards a viable business reorganization, public finance solutions with global leverages.    
• Coordinate enterprise formation in next generation technology systems
• Coordinated national infrastructure development and entrepreneurial growth in coordination with STPI, ESC, NASSCOM and CII
• Initiated and developing India’s First Tech Valley in Durgapur, a mega government project

Anadigics Incorporated, Warren, NJ, USA 1999 – 2001
Senior Manager of Advanced Materials, Technology Development.

• Manage the business and technology partnership relationships of wireless, telecom and broadband electronic materials/devices OEM manufacturers for the corporation
• Initiate and promote new technology directions for the corporation through a combination of synergistic alliances with existing and start-up OEMs in wireless, telecom and broadband technologies.
• Develop World’s First 6” InGaP/GaAs HBT Process for power amplifier applications (GSM and CDMA for ERICSSON and Korean cellular phone manufacturers)
• Responsible for the Materials technology and business development for PHEMT, HBT and optical devices for wireless, telecom, and broadband chipsets.
• Coordination of GaAs materials manufacturing operations (materials process and characterization facilities) and technology business developments.
• Manage research/development and manufacturing engineering efforts towards existing and advanced GaAs and InP electronic materials processes.
• Coordinate Quality Assurance Materials programs for the corporation such as online Statistical Process Control, Machine Process capability studies and Critical Node Analysis.
• Direct documentation control efforts and periodic internal audits for recertification of ISO 9000 for the department and conduct/ participate in quality/technical audits of OEM suppliers on a routine basis.
• Coordinate funded proposals and joint development programs in the electronic devices and materials area with Universities and external technology ventures

Skyworks Solutions Inc, Woburn, Massachusetts, USA   1997 – 1999
Senior Manager of GaAs Materials Operations.

• Responsible for the Production and Engineering groups of GaAs Materials Manufacturing Operations (high productivity of over $1 million/ employee) for Wireless electronics.
• Develop World’s First commercial 4” PHEMT Switch Process for handset applications (MOTOROLA)
• Initiate and establish high volume wireless GaAs materials manufacturing operations (materials process and characterization facilities).
• Manage the manufacturing operations for epitaxial (largest production MBE facility in USA at that time) wireless device materials process for wireless telecommunication applications, as well as manage manufacturing engineering as well as research/development engineering efforts towards existing and advanced GaAs and InP electronic materials processes.
• Direct QA programs for the department using "Out of Control Action Plans", "Operational Definitions" and online Statistical Process Control, Documentation Control efforts and periodic internal audits for recertification of ISO 9000 for the department.
• Coordinate funded proposals & initiate/manage development projects with local universities in electronics.
• Maintain supplier and customer relationships, conduct and participate in quality surveys on a routine basis, coordinate joint development programs with equipment and process companies for newer applications.
• Demand/supply forecasting for production scheduling, inventory control of raw materials and finished goods
• Direct efforts in financial cost control for profitability; improve productivity, headcount planning and capital equipment budgeting for the department, and negotiate/acquisition of capital equipment for expansion of production.

Millimeter IC Products of  M/ACOM, TYCO International, Clarksburg, Maryland 1994 – 1997
Principal Engineer

• Responsible for the day-to-day device materials manufacturing processes for wireless communication applications.
• Program management and control of electronic device materials program.
• Lead developer of the Power PHEMT Process for the Motorola Iridium Project (high power millimeter wave)
• Qualification and acquisition of externally grown alternate supply of epitaxial wafers from several vendors at competitive price.
• Direct research/development efforts towards advanced electronic devices and materials using novel materials processes.
• Coordinate development on low damage reactive ion etch process of GaAs power FETs, and recess etch profile of single and double recess FETs.
• Acquisition of equipment for improvements/expansion of production.
• Coordinate funded proposals and technical proposal preparation in the electronic devices/materials area.
• Extensive device characterization using Xray quadropole diffraction with kinematic simulation, photoluminescence, electron transport measurements, capacitance-voltage measurements of heterostructures, interface state density extraction using I-V transient characterization, scanning electron microscopy and Auger spectroscopy characterization.
• Preparation of product data sheets, technical releases & ISO documentations.
• Provide instruction in laser safety and radiation safety to employees in the capacity of corporate Laser Safety Officer and Radiation Safety Officer.
• Maintain vendor-customer relationships on a routine basis.

Cornell University, National Nanofabrication Facility (NSF), Ithaca, New York 1993 – 1994
Research Scientist

• Train and educate graduate and undergraduate engineering students as well as corporate research users in thin film processes.
• Teach and supervise research/ development activities of thin film device processing, etching and deposition processes.
• Develop low damage electron cyclotron resonance (ECR) based dry etch for high speed InGaAs high frequency lasers and field effect transistors.
• Develop selective dry etch process for high-speed detectors.
• Develop very high aspect ratio profiles on Si devices with Electron Cyclotron Resonance dry etch.
• Wafer bonding for InP optoelectronics on Si wafers.
• Coordinate and facilitate external funded projects.
• Manage external research feedback for National Science Foundation customers.

IBM East Fishkill / EG&G Facility at New York  1992 – 1993
Manager of Processing and Development,
The GaAs High Power 808, 980 nm Laser Diode Process developed here later got transferred to IBM Zurich.

• Manage high power laser bar and single diode wafer processing operations for 808 nm, 880nm, 980nm, 850nm, 860nm, 1040nm and 740 nm.
• Develop and manufacture single mode ridge waveguide structure InGaAs 980 nm lasers for telecommunication and CATV operations.
• Process development: electron beam and resistively heated metallization, photolithography, wet and plasma etching, rapid thermal annealing.
• Growth and complete characterization of commercial microwave epi-wafers (MESFET, MODFET, PHEMT, HBT) and laser wafers by production MBE.
• Overseeing development in product innovation, materials processing, test and characterization aspects of lasers for high volume production.
• Design of new high volume manufacturing facility including the 4000 sq. ft. class 100 clean room including purchasing, maintaining liaison (with vendors) and procurement of semiconductor processing equipment.
• Preparation of product data sheets, technical brochures and press releases.
• Lead technical proposal preparation for funding of development projects.

University of Illinois, Coordinated Science Laboratory, Urbana, Illinois 1988 – 1992

Graduate Research Assistant         

• Processing, Growth and characterization of InGaAs / InAlAs / InP, InGaAs/GaAs, AlGaAs/GaAs and InGaP with device applications for lasers, field effect transistors (PHEMT, p & n channel HEMTs) and bipolar devices.
• Investigation of Metal-Insulator-Semiconductor (MIS) devices on compound semiconductors grown by conventional / gas source M BE involving the use of electron cyclotron resonance assisted ultra high vacuum CVD deposition of insulators (SiO 2, Si3N4).
• Design and installation of Gas Source MBE, associated high vacuum systems.
• Growth and characterization of GaAs / Si, GaAs / sapphire, GaAs / Me, InSb/ GaAs detector and laser devices.
• Material and device characterization utilizing semiconductor parameter analyzer for I-V measurements, C-V measurements, hall measurements, X-ray, photoluminescence, ellipsometry and scanning electron microscopy.

SUMMARY OF PUBLICATIONS:

Journal Papers-30                        Conference Papers-12                       Patents-2

ACTIVITIES:

• Honor Societies: Tan Beta Pi, Phi Kappa Phi, National Talent Award (India)
• Technical Societies: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE Senior Member), Lasers and Electro-optics Society, Electron Device Society, Communications Society, Microwave Theory and Techniques Society and Solid State Circuits Society