An Industrial Visit at e-Infochips - An Arrow Company, Ahmedabad

22 March, 2022

Electronics and Communication Engineering Department organized a one day Industrial Visit at e-Infochips Ltd for 6th Semester (BE) students on 22nd March, 2022. The trip was organized to motivate students for opting career in core technical domain for EC, to help students to gain information regarding complete VLSI Design flow and recent industry trends in VLSI and Embedded systems, to provide exposure to students for different tools and design methodologies adopted by industry and to make them aware of the different career opportunities in the field of VLSI and embedded systems. 

Event Details:

  • Experts: Mr. Nilesh Ranpura – Delivery Manager, Mr. Nirav Nanavati - Associate Director of Engineering, Mr. Pranav Vyas - Technical Manager, Mr. Kaushal Modi - Technical Manager, Mr. Braving Patel - Delivery Manager(e-Infochips Ltd.)
  • Event coordinators: Prof. Jayesh N. Diwan and Prof. Shreeji S. Sheth
  • No. of participants: 50
  • Venue: e-Infochips Ltd, Ratna Office, Ognaj, Ahmedabad

Key Features of the Industrial Visit:

  • Briefing about company profile, achievements, awards and their novel initiatives to spread awareness among students about the VLSI field.
  • Explanation about different design methodologies, IP reusability and recent market trends in 5 nm technologies and about the future of VLSI in deep submicron technology.
  • Explanation of complete VLSI design flow and different tools used by e-Infochips for design, verification and testing of VLSI chips.
  • Verification methodologies OVM and UVM and the need for the verification.
  • Different designs of application level embedded systems and skill set required.
  • Students visited experience zone, an exhibition of different products designed by e-Infochips Ltd. They demonstrated working products developed by e-Infochip in various domains such as VLSI chips, IoT, Cloud and connected devices, Aerospace, security, surveillance and access control.
  • Explanation of different job profiles and career opportunities in the VLSI domain.

A Statements/Quotes by Experts

  • "We search for students having strong basic fundamentals as skills can be taught." – Mr. Nirav Nanavati

Glimpses