AOC Testbed project, funded by Department of Telecommunications, Government of
Inda conducted a “Workshop on Optical Communications" during December 18-22, 2023 at Raman Hall, IITM Research Park, Chennai. for a diverse audience, including students, researchers, and graduates with backgrounds in both engineering and Physics disciplines.
The main objective of this initiative was to introduce essential skill sets for working in the optical communication domain. The program had a good percentage of hands-on sessions and lab visits with faculty from academics and industry covering OEMs and service providers. It was attended by 103 students from 21 colleges across 13 cities with a winning mix of 32% female students.
The outreach program included one participant from the Union Territory of Puducherry (Pondicherry University) and one participant from a private Malaysian university (Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS). The outreach initiative drew participation from five states across the
country.
The sessions were delivered by Prof. Deepa Venkitesh, IITM, Dr. Arvind Mishra, Sterlite Technologies Limited, Dr. Abhijit Mitra - IIIT Delhi, Mr. Krishna Kumar – SASMOS, Mr. N. Saravanan - Tata Communications, Mr.T.V. Chalapathi Rao - Orange Business Services, Mr. S. Chandrasekhar - Tata Communications, Ms. G. Amutha, EE Dept - IIT Madras, Mr. Kesavan Krishnan, Ms. Sampoornam, Mr. Raviteja, Mr. Lakshman from Pravartak, Mr. Sameer Ahmad Mir and Mr.Sreeraj from AOC Testbed Project. The consolidated feedback for all the sessions was very good.
Two-Day Schedule of the Workshop:
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