ANNUAL REPORT 2016-17
Telecom Centres of Excellence (TCOE) India Department of Telecommunications Ministry of Communications Government of India New Delhi
Contents Pages 1. Telecom Centres of Excellence: An Overview 3 2. Organizational chart 4 3. Brief about the TCOEs 5 4. Startups 21 5. New Initiatives 22 6. Disbursement of Funds 37
1. Telecom Centers of Excellence Telecom Centers of Excellence were set up with a primary objective of building an environment for innovation in public private partnership (PPP) by creating synergies among premier academic institutes, telecom operators and Department of Telecom. In the 11th Plan, 7 TCOE have been established, 5 at IITs, 1 at IIM and 1 at IISc, with each TCOE having one telecom operator as the sponsor, 8th TCOE was set up at IIT, Roorkee in the 12th Plan. There is also TCOE India in New Delhi responsible for liasioning with Government, operators and academic institute as well as for promotion of incubation.
Objectives of TCOE
a) As the telecom sector started witnessing a spectacular growth, a need was clearly felt to perform indigenous research and innovations relevant to the industry. TCOEs were envisaged to address this gap. TCOE's vision is to perform application oriented research relevant to the needs of telecom sectors.
b) Growth in telecom sector requires highly skilled talent pool with a strong innovation focus. TCOE's vision is work towards capacity building in the field. c) Indian participation in global standards is marginal. Since India does not have critical mass of indigenous manufacturing in telecommunications, a focused approach was needed with academia-industry partnership to influence international standards. TCOEs were expected to bridge this gap. d) TCOEs were also expected to play the role of a think-tank for policy advocacy towards governance and regulation of telecom sector. e) On completion of initial 5 years and with a view to bring in more accountability and thrust of these centres for entrepreneurships and innovative product development, Government have reviewed the role and functions of these TCOEs and have proposed structural changes to make them competitive and to face new developmental challenges. After review, TCOEs have opened up their research platform to all the stakeholders of ICT sector for enabling industry driven research through a competitive process. For this purpose, a TCOE may have collaboration with other academic institutions and funding for the projects would be accessed from Government, industry and VCs etc. on competitive basis. f) With a view to source problems and bringing in start ups, TCOE India with the support of DoT has already started Innovation Meets. TCOE India is now hosting Innovations meets regularly. TCOE India along with constituent TCOEs and C DoT has decided to set up Telecom Ent ep e eu s’
2. Orgazational Chart
3. Brief about the TCOEs
A. IIMA Idea Telecom Centre of Excellence (IITCOE) IITCOE came into existence by signing a tripartite Memorandum of Association between the Department of Telecommunications, Government of India, IIM Ahmedabad (Academia), Idea Cellular (Sponsor) on 16 Oct 2007.The MoU was initially signed for 5 Years, after which it got extended two times on 16 Oct 2012 for three years and on 16 Oct 2016 for another two years on the same terms of MoU.
Academic Coordinator : Prof Rekha Jain, IIM Ahmedabad Industry Coordinator : Mr Rajat Mukarji - VP Idea Cellular Ltd.
Total Project Cost : Rs. 10 crores Sponsor Share : Rs. 09 crores Paid by Sponsor : Rs. 09 crores Project-On Going : 6 Projects- Completed : 15 IPR Generated : NIL Patents : NIL
S.N. On-Going Projects Start Date 1 Cooperative Communication in Cellular Networks: Protocol Jan, 2016 Design and Performance Analysis 2 Modelling spillover effect of financial inclusion on Jun, 2015 telecommunication in India 3 Development of a Novel Authentication System using Daily Feb, 2015 Activity 4 A techno-economic study of Spectrum of the Commons and Jan, 2015 associated policy implications 5 Embedding Manufacture of Tablets and Mobile Phones in Deferred India – A ase study of the p o le s, poli ies a d p ospe ts’ 6 Leveraging Knowledge Networks for Enabling Innovations in Apr, 2012 Higher Education and Research Institutes in India and UK
S.N. List of Completed Projects Start Date End Date 1 Strategy for Growth of Smartphone Manufacturing Nov, 2012 Mar, 2016 Ecosystem in India 2 Semiconductor Industry Ecosystem and the Critique of Jul, 2012 Feb, 2016 I dia’s Ele t o i s Poli y 3 Case Study Development for Africa Airtel Jun, 2012 Jan, 2016 4 Lessons from Telecom Sector Reforms for Other Dec, 2014 Mar, 2015 Infrastructure Sectors 5 Opti al St ategies fo Relia le Se i e i MIMO‐OFDM Dec, 2012 Nov, 2013 Multiuser Cellular Broadcast Systems 6 In Sync and Sight with Technology- Arvind Eye Care System Sept, 2012 Aug, 2014 7 Relationship Alignment In Strategic Outsourcing Sept, 2010 Nov, 2013 8 A Study on the Potential Adaption of E-learning on Apr, 2011 Sept, 2013 Portable Mobile Devices and its Impact on Wireless Broadband Usage 9 Optimal Game Theoretic Policies for Spectrum Auction and Apr, 2011 May, 2012 Trading 10 A Voice for the Voiceless: Peer-to-peer Mobile Phone 2011 May, 2011 Networks for a Community Radio Service 11 Status of Common Service Center Program in India: Issues, 2011 Feb, 2011 Challenges and Emerging Practices for Rollout 12 A Study on the Provisioning of Group based Rural Mobile Oct, 2010 Nov, 2011 Services. 13 Policy Imperatives in the Light of CSC Performance in 2008 April 2010 Meghalaya and UP 14 Addressing the Challenges of Telecom Entrepreneurship in 2009 Jan 2010 India 15 A Survey of Usage of Mobile in Poor Urban Areas 2008 Jan 2009
B. Airtel IIT Delhi Centre of Excellence in Telecommunications (AICET): AICET at IIT Delhi, came into existence on 12 December 2007 with the signing of a tri-partite Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Department of Telecommunication, Government of India, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi and Bharti Airtel Ltd., during the inauguration ceremony of India Telecom 2007, p esided o e y the Ho ’ le P i e Mi ister of India. After five years the MoU was extended two times and is now valid till 11 December 2017.
Academic Coordinator : Prof. Shankar Prakriya, IIT Delhi Industry Coordinator : Mr Shyam Mardikar, Bharti Airtel Ltd
Total Project Cost : Rs. 12 crores Sponsor Share : Rs. 10.80 crores Paid by Sponsor : Rs.4.32 crores Project-On Going : 1 Projects- Completed : 5 IPR Generated : NIL Patents : NIL
S.N. On Going Projects Start Date 1. Social Media Analyzer Oct, 2013
S.N. List of Completed Projects Start Date End Date 1 Portable Wideband Detector for Electromagnetic Oct, 2011 Oct, 2014 Emissions 2 White Space Communication ( First Phase Complete) Apr, 2011 Jul, 2011 3 Development of Spectrum Pricing Index Oct, 2012 Oct, 2013 4 Mobile Video Calling System-phase 1 Jul, 2011 Jul, 2012 5 Development of Mobile Video full-duplexing decoder & Aug, 2011 Aug, 2012 Renderer system
C. Vodafone IIT KGP Centre of Excellence in Telecommunications (VICET): VICET at IIT Kharagpur came into existence on 16th October 2007 with the signing of a tri-partite Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Department of Telecommunication, Government of India, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur and Vodafone Ltd., on the occasion of Curtain Raiser ceremony for India Telecom 2007. After two extensions of MoU, it is valid till 15th Oct 2017.
Academic Coordinator : Prof. Saswat Chakrabarti, IIT Kharagpur Industry Coordinator : Mr. Mihir Oza, Vodafone India Ltd.
Total Project Cost : Rs. 12 crores Sponsor Share : Rs. 10.80 crores Paid by Sponsor : Rs.4.32 crores Project-On Going : NIL Projects- Completed : 9 IPR Generated : NIL Patents : 11(3 US)
S.N. List of Projects Completed Start Date End Date 1 Renewable hybrid energy power plant for Telecom Stations in May, 2009 Apr, 2013 Isolated sites (VDA I) 2 Robust Control of stand-alone wind energy conversion Jun, 2009 May, 2012 systems (VDA II) 3 Cognitive Spectrum Utilization methods for Next Generation May, 2009 May, 2013 Cellular (VDA III) 4 Automatic Speaker Recognition over VoIP (VDA IV) Aug, 2009 Jul, 2012 5 Design of minimal cost backbone network layout for given May, 2009 Apr, 2012 capacity and reliability requirements (VDA V) 6 Self-Configuring Networks: Flexible Spectrum Sharing for May, 2009 Apr, 2012 Home (VDA VI) 7 Optimal Solutions and Applications for the Next Generation Apr, 2009 Mar, 2013 Wireless Internet(VDA-VII) 8 Energy efficient radio for Next Gen Cellular networks (VDA Aug, 2009 Aug, 2012 VIII) 9 Standardization Activity in 4G and Beyond in RAN (VDA IX) Oct, 2012 Oct, 2013
TCOE India’s Brand Ambassador, Funded by Vodafone India Ltd.
TCOE India's first Brand Ambassador Ms Aditi Chaddha of M/S DAZL that builds wearable technology for women's safety won its first seed investment of Rs 7 Lakhs from Vodafone on 01 Aug 2016. She has been mentored by TCOE India for last 18 months. She has been selected and is one of the first awardees funded by Vodafone accelerator in the making with TCOE India's support.
Aditi Chaddha , Dazl, receiving Rs.7 Lakh Equity free seed fund from Vodafone.
D. Tata Teleservices IITB Centre of Excellence in Telecommunications (TICET): TICET at IIT Bombay, Mumbai, came into existence on 12th December 2007 with the signing of a tri- partite Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Department of Telecommunication, Government of India, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai and Tata Teleservices Ltd., during the inauguration ceremony of India Telecom 2007, p esided o e y the Ho ’ le P i e Mi iste of I dia. The MoU was extended two times and is valid till 11 December 2017.
Academic Coordinator : Prof. Abhay Karandikar, IIT Bombay Industry Coordinator : Mr. Neeraj Dindore, Tata Teleservices Ltd.
Total Project Cost : Rs. 12 crores Sponsor Share : Rs. 10.80 crores Paid by Sponsor : Rs.6.57 crores Project-On Going : 6 Projects- Completed : 6 IPR Generated : 13 Patents : 7(3 US) S.N. Ongoing Projects Start Date 1 4G Standardization Sept, 2009 2 Scalable WLAN Controller Apr, 2014 3 Opex Optimization: Passive Infrastructure (Phase II) Apr, 2014 4 Opex Optimization: Active Infrastructure Apr, 2014 5 Auto Meter Reader Apr, 2014 6 Support for FRACTEL Apr, 2014
S.N. The List of Completed Projects Start Date End Date 1 SMS Analysis and Social Networking Aug,2008 2012 2 FRACTEL Campus Wireless Testbed May,2008 2014 3 Cellular Backhaul Apr,2010 2012 4 M-Learning Portal for Rural Education Aug,2008 2010 5 Network Opex Optimization Passive Infrastructure(Phase1 and May,2012 2015 Phase2) 6 User Driven Health Care (UDHC) May,2010 2014
S.N. Technologies Commercialized 1 Mobile Social Networking Platform- lau hed i TTL’s et o k 2 Network Opex Optimization - 10-15% Opex Saving demonstrated, commercialized by Panchsheel Research Pvt. Ltd.( a TICET incubated Company) 3 Unlicensed Band Radio (UBR) - Low cost Wi-Fi + multiple usage, commercialized by DSP Works Pvt. Ltd. Status update on successful TCOE India incubated technology commercialisation Network Opex Optimisation solution has been successfully tested in pilot rollouts with several leading cellular operators and infrastructure providers. Thanks to strong support from COAI, AUSPI & TAIPA (industry bodies of cellular operators & infrastructure providers) the incubated company is currently doing wide rollouts in over 10 states with leading operators. This solution is helping cellular operators realise their green ambitions & meet the DoT 2012 guidelines towards carbon footprint reduction in an optimized & cost-effective manner, thereby creating value for all stakeholders. Expected Tentative financial benefits for Telecom Industry and the country in reduced energy costs when implemented at 50% out of approximately 400,000 BTS sites across the country, would amount to annual savings of ₹ 500 -1000 crores.
Thus, with just one technology's success out of TCOEs initiative, would give multiple times returns on total spend on supporting R&D at various TCOEs.
E. BSNL IITK Telecom Centre of Excellence (BITCOE): BITCOE at IIT Kanpur, came into existence on 12th December 2007 with the signing of a tri-partite Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Department of Telecommunication, Government of India, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur and Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), during the inauguration ceremony of India Telecom 2007, p esided o e y the Ho ’ le P i e Mi iste of I dia. The MoU after two times extension is valid till 11 December 2017.
Academic Coordinator : Prof. A R Harish, IIT Kanpur Industry Coordinator : Mr. Anima Roy, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd.
Total Project Cost : Rs. 14 crores Sponsor Share : Rs. 12.60 crores Paid by Sponsor : Rs. 4 crores Project-On Going : 2 Projects- Completed : 22 IPR Generated : 1 Patents : 1
S.N. On-Going Projects 1 Commercially Viable Professional Courses (last course completed on 27thJuly, 2016) 2. Digital Mandi (Orissa ongoing, proposal for Karnataka under consideration)
S.N. List of Completed Projects Start Date End Date 1 Modeling Inter Speaker Variability Dec, 2008 Dec, 2012 2 Protection Devices for Rural & Urban exchanges Dec, 2008 Sep, 2011 3 Speech Enabled Value Added Services Dec, 2008 Dec, 2012 4 Service Based Multimedia Content Dec, 2008 Jul, 2013 5 Speech Enabled Train Name Recognition system Dec, 2008 Dec, 2012 6 Implementation of IPv6 and multicast in BSNL NIB Network Dec, 2008 Dec, 2013 7 Variable Phase Input Power Plant Design for Telecom Dec, 2008 Nov, 2012 Application 8 Some research issues in cognitive radio Dec, 2008 Jan, 2011 9 Content Management and Delivery over Cell-phone like Oct, 2009 Dec, 2012 Devices 10 Networks Lab for Research & Education Nov, 2009 Jul, 2012 11 Scalable Video Coding based Wireless Video Dec, 2009 Dec, 2012 12 IPv6 Based Intelligent Transport Management System using Jan, 2010 Jan, 2012 BSNL Network 13 Data Storage and Backup Solution May, 2010 Apr, .2011 14 IPv6 Implementation in TTSL Network Dec, 2010 Dec, 2013 15 Design and Implementation of IPv6 Traffic Generator, IPv6 Jun, 2011 Nov, 2013 Traffic Analyzer and IPv6-IPv4 Translator 16 Commercial Prototype Development and Testing of Rural Jun, 2012 Jul, 2014 Power Plant with VMC 17 Hybrid Sources for Powering base Station: A Feasibility Study Dec, 2012 Nov, 2013
18 Audit of IPv6 Readiness in CVC Sep, 2012 Mar, 1013 19 Audit of IPv6 Readiness in CWPRS Jun, 2013 Jun, 2015 20 Parallel Operation and Power Factor Improvement of a Jan, 2014 Jan, 2015 Variable Phase Rectifier 21 Signal processing Assisted Network Monitoring Jan, 2014 Jan, 2016 22 BSNL Mobile Cellular Network Optimization Oct, 2012 Jun, 2016
S.N. Technologies available for Commercialization 1 Variable Phase Power Plant for Rural BTS 2 Software for Cellular Network Optimization 3 Software for Network Monitoring 4 Intelligent Video Retrieval 5 Integrated Protection Module 6 Digital Mandi for Indian Kisan 7 Expertise for IPv6 Implementation 8 IPv6 Traffic Generator, Analyzer and Translator
Digital Mandi for Indian Kisan is a Cell phone based service for the Indian farmer which provides easy access to the prices of desired crops in the mandis in which a farmer is interested. The service can run on low-end, GPRS enabled cell phones. It can be accessed in more than one way, the simplest being a one time registration process. The one time registration can be done directly from the phone. Currently it is being deployed in Haryana and Odisha, 15000 Farmers in Haryana and 23000 Farmers in Odisha currently using the System.
F. Aircel IISc Centre of Excellence in Telecommunications (AIIScCET): AIIScCET at IISc Bangalore, came into existence on 12th December 2007 with the signing of a tri-partite Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Department of Telecommunication, Government of India, Indian Institute of Science Bangalore and AIRCEL Ltd., during the inauguration ceremony of India Telecom 2007, p esided o e y the Ho ’ le P i e Mi iste of I dia. The MoU is alid till 11 December 2017 and has got two extensions earlier in 2012 & 2015.
Academic Coordinator : Prof. N. Balakrishnan, IISc Bangalore Industry Coordinator : Mr. Anil Verma, Aircel Ltd.
Total Project Cost : Rs. 12 crores Sponsor Share : Rs. 10.80 crores Paid by Sponsor : Rs. 4.32 crores Project-On Going : 1 Projects- Completed : 10 IPR Generated : NIL Patents : NIL
S.N. On-Going Projects Start Date 1 Telecom CDR Analytics Jan, 2014
S.N. List of Completed Projects 1 Geospot(Location Based Services) 2 EasyBuy (Near field Communication) 3 EasyBuy (PIN Auth) 4 EasyBuy (Voice Auth) 5 Evaluating Security, vulnerability and Disaster Recovery in Aircel Networks 6 System for Tracking Cooperative Cell Phones 7 Live Streaming of Media on Android Mobile phone 8 Secure System - Secure Phone Conversations 9 Field Trial of Secure Electronic Micro Payment Systems 10 SMS Crypt
G. Reliance IITM Telecom Centre of Excellence (RITCOE): RITCOE at IIT Madras, Chennai came into existence on 15th February 2008 with the signing of a tri- partite Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Department of Telecommunication, Government of India, Indian Institute of Technology Madras and Reliance Communications Ltd at IIT Madras. The MoU is valid till 14th February 2018 and got two extensions earlier in 2013 & 2016.
Academic Coordinator : Prof. Ashok Jhunjhunwala, IIT Madras Industry Coordinator : Mr. Vivek Khare, Reliance Communication Ltd.
Total Project Cost : Rs. 10 crores Sponsor Share : Rs. 09 crores Paid by Sponsor : Rs. 4.10 crores Project-On Going : 2 Projects on Hold : 5 Projects- Completed : 8 IPR Generated : NIL Patents : 2
List of patents filed
• Voice Authenticated Locking Mechanism (2813/CHE/2009) • Method of Interference Management for Cell-Edge Users in CDMA systems (2922/CHE/2010)
S.N. On-Going Projects Start Date 1 Building Automation System Oct, 2014 2 Charging infrastructure Management System Aug, 2015
S.N. Projects on hold (Not completed) Start Date End Date 1 EVDO Enhancements Sep, 2009 Feb, 2011 (on hold) 2 Mobile Based Video Surveillance Apr, 2009 Sep, 2010 (on hold) 3 Physical Layer Security Primitives for Wireless Apr, 2009 Apr, 2011 Communication Systems (on hold) 4 Mobile Based Transaction System (MATS) Sep, 2009 Dec, 2010 (on hold) 5 Solar powered base station Jul,2010 Dec, 2013 (on hold)
S.N. List of Completed Projects Start Date End Date 1 Mobile Interface to Enterprise Database (AutoCAF) Apr, 2009 Nov, 2010 2 Door Lock using voice authentication (VADOL) Apr, 2009 Nov, 2010 Mobile banking with natural language voice interface 3 Apr, 2009 Sep, 2010 (VoBANK) - Funded by DIT 4 Disaster Warning Announcement System Jul, 2010 Dec, 2012 5 Communication System during emergency - funded by JICA Apr, 2012 Mar, 2015 6 Aakash - Enhancements & Roadmap - Funded by MHRD Apr, 2012 Jul, 2015 7 Village Communication Network - Funded by MHRD Apr, 2012 Dec, 2015 Novel Educational / Pedagogical application on Aakash - 8 Apr, 2012 Dec, 2015 Funded by MHRD
S.N. List of technologies Commercialized 1 Auto Customer Acquisition Form 2 Powering Cellular Base Station For Power Management 3 Voice Banking Technology focusing on voice based authenticated system
H. RailTel IITR Centre of Excellence in Telecom (RICET): RICET at IIT Roorkee, came into existence on 5th June 2013 with the signing of a tri-partite Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Department of Telecommunication, Government of India, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee and RailTel Corporation of India Ltd. in the gracious p ese e of Sh i Kapil Si al Ho ’ le Mi iste fo Co u i atio s & I fo atio Te h ology a d La & Justice. RailTel IITR Centre of Excellence in Telecom (RICET), focuses on the "RailTel IITR Centre of Excellence in Telecom (RICET), " to build excellence which is at par with the world standards. This is the youngest of all 8 Centres.
Academic Coordinator : Prof. Dharmendra Singh, IIT Roorkee Industry Coordinator : Mr. Alok Agnihotri, Railtel India Corporation Ltd.
Total Project Cost : Rs. 12 crores Sponsor Share : Rs. 12 crores Paid by Sponsor : Rs. 2 crores Project-On Going : 3 Projects- Completed : NIL IPR Generated : NIL Patents : NIL
S.N. On-Going Projects Start Date 1 Agricultural Information System for ICT 2014 2 Developing Sensor-Mobile-Cloud based e-application to 2014 Safeguard Pilgrims 3 Delivering Secured and Energy Efficient Multimedia streaming 2014 services anywhere and anytime for Mobile Broadband Users
One of the project, Agricultural Information System is a Satellite data based solution having following features that will help in macro level planning, monitoring, statistical analysis and intervention support for following:
Agriculture Area Monitoring: To get weekly information of crop health up to Tehsil level and comparison with last five-six years of the data Land Cover Monitoring: To know the use of land Change Detection Crop Health/Agriculture Monitoring
The benefits of this technology ifdovetailed with the current initiatives of Government is that, AIS has several advantages which may add some values in the existing GOI system. Some of them are as follows
Very cost effective system to observe the crop health at district/tehsil label and comparison with last five years which will be helpful to assess the damage, yield and may be quite helpful for FASAL BEEMA YOJANA Real time monitoring for large area. Capability to provide customized solution for drought monitoring, Flood monitoring This project is presently at pilot stage and guidance and support of Agriculture Ministry is sought for ongoing program in 3 states of UP, UttaraKhand and Punjab for next 3 years by RICET at IIT Roorkee and thereafter handover to any public or private entity to run it commercially if required.
Review of TCOEs by Additional Secretary (Telecom)
Additional Secretary (Telecom), Mr. N Sivasailam had reviewed the progress of the Centre in the meeting held on 6th June 2016. The Actions points are as follows:
1. Review exiting 9 projects and the new 11 projects for commercialization opportunity a) Chetan (copied on this email) works as GM – Technology Strategy in my team. Chetan will e ie all the p oje ts a d p epa e a Vodafo e’s e ie epo t. Cheta ’s o ile u e : 9619218828. b) Can you share with Chetan all the technical documentation related to the existing 9 and new 11 projects? 2. New MOU Draft a) Sarin will send the revised MOU Draft for IIT-KGP and AST team review. b) MOU will clearly mention that all funding will be based on specific project and it will be per Vodafo e’s p o le state e t, a d ualifi atio ite ia. The fu di g s ope ill e ope a d not mention any value as for the right idea, right solution it should not be limited on funding from sponsor 3. Virtual representation a) Chetan will be the technical point contact and will virtual represent IIT-KGP projects for Vodafone. Chetan will be based in Mumbai but available for any technical discussion. Chetan is a PHD holder from USA and has 18+ years of technical, consulting knowledge.
Review by Additional Secretary (Telecom) Additional Secretary, (Telecom) Mr. N. Sivasailam, reviewed the Centre by visiting IIT Bombay on 8th and 9th June 2016, the minutes of the review are as below:
Day 1: 08 June 2016- Project Review & Visit to Labs
i. Welcome and Introduction At the outset, Prof. Abhay Karandikar, Academic Coordinator of TICET, welcomed Shri N Sivasailam, Additional Secretary (T), Shri RK Pathak, DDG (IC), DoT and Director TCOE-CC, Mr MK Jain, CGM, BSNL and other participants to the meeting. ii. Overview of the TICET projects: Prof. Karandikar briefed everyone about TICET goals and gave an overview of completed and ongoing projects of TICET. He highlighted the following major key achievements of the center: TICET has been granted with 3 US Patents and 4 patents have been filed and are under ̵ consideration. TICET has also made significant contributions to 4G standards- IEEE 802.16m, 3GPP and ITU WP- ̵ 5D. Field trials of the following prototypes have been successfully performed in live network of TTL- ̵ 1. Mobile Social Networking Platform 2. Unlicensed Band Radio Point to Point Backhaul Link 3. Opex Optimization Engine TICET is the only TCOE to have incubated a company, Panchsheel Research Private Limited. ̵ -bed has been implemented in 7 villages in Palghar ̵ I dia’s fi st la ge s ale TV White Spa e test district. This network is fully operational and several experiments have been performed. Led ̵ the effo t of setti g up of I dia’s SDO, Tele o u i atio Sta da ds De elop e t So iety, India (TSDSI). Prof. Karandikar gave an overview of following completed projects from 2008-2012: Mobile Social Networking Platform (MSNP): ̵ o Developed an innovative platform for facilitating and analyzing social contexts for providing targeted recommendations based on US patented technology. This platform was successfully tested in TTL network. M-Learning ̵ o Developed educational content, information tools and educational quiz tools on mobile and released content in open source to have a wider reach. o Developed a model adult computer literacy curriculum and implemented the computer literacy curriculum to benefit semi-literate novice users User Driven Health Care (UDHC): ̵ o Novel model which answers health information need through community based collaborative network. Unlicensed Band Radio (based on 2.4 GHz WiFi): ̵ o Low cost solution for cellular backhaul based on a modified optimized version of long distance unlicensed band radio. o About 300 such links have been deployed in Tata Teleservices Network.
He also gave the current status update on following on going TICET projects: Opex Optimization and Green Energy (based on patent pending concept) ̵ o Developed an innovative tool using advanced machine learning analytics and optimization techniques in providing focused decisions that can bring benefit at every site, while operators retain the flexibility in introducing new initiatives. o An innovative hardware solution for energy optimization has been developed. This solution is also based on a patent pending concept. o The technology has been field tested in several sites o The technology is now being commercialized by Panchsheel Research Pvt Ltd. Middle Mile Technology in TV UHF Band: ̵ o A modified version of 2.4 GHz WiFi for TV UHF band (500 MHz) has been developed as Base Station and Client equipments. o This base station and client devices have been successfully deployed in Palghar district. WiFi Controller: ̵ o A unified WLAN controller has been proposed and a designed to support multi-vendor Access Point (AP) control function. o The design builds on top of CAPWAP protocols and Software Defined Networking (SDN) principles to support control, manage and configure wireless APs. o The prototype WLAN controller supports multiple IEEE 802.11 chipsets and can be enhanced with new features because of its modular architecture. The controller can be installed on any commercial server grade hardware.
M2M Gateway: ̵ o The M2M gateway which focuses on development of a fully controllable M2M platform for the India specific band of 865-867 MHz is being developed by TICET team. iii. Visit to SINE (Society for Innovation and Entrepreneurship) office and IITB Research Park Shri N Sivasailam visited Society for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (SINE) at IIT Bombay and interacted with few incubate companies. He also visited IIT Bombay Research Park office where he was briefed about IIT's plan of improving industry-academia interactions to a new level. Shri N Sivasailam appreciated the tremendous work done in TICET and congratulated the team. He also appreciated the cooperation extended by TTL team. Specifically, AS (T) noted the commercialization of Opex Optimization technology. He emphasized that several such efforts are required in future and urged TTL team to help incubate more companies in this direction.
Review Meeting at IIT Bombay, Day: 1
Day 2 (09th June 2016): Field Visit to Palghar Shri N Sivasailam along with TTL, IITB TCOE team, and Mr. Sanjay Sethi (GM-Project Maharashtra, BBNL) visited Dhuktan, Khamloli, and Bahadoli TV white space test-bed. Additional Secretary (T) was briefed about the deployment. He also accessed Internet from the Gram Panchayat kiosk at Bahadoli. AS (T) appreciated the enormous efforts put in by TICET in setting up a live test-bed. He also interacted with villagers who have tested the network. The team efforts put by TTL and IITB team was very wholeheartedly congratulated by him.
Field Visit to Palghar with TICET Team: Day 2
4. Startups
. Panchsheel Panchsheel Research is a fast growing venture, solving some of the most challenging problems faced by the telecom industry. Developed through close industry collaboration, our game-changing innovations are redefining energy management in telecom networks. Our comprehensive solutions enable Cellular Operators and Infrastructure Providers evolve their business processes and address there long-standing problems effectively. Vast domain expertise coupled with unorthodox problem-solving capabilities allows us to create enormous business value for our clients. At Panchsheel Research we are revolutionizing energy management for telecom networks. One telecom tower at a time!
. DSP Works We are a technology company in the areas of Digital signal processing, Wireless networks, Electronic systems and Strategic electronics. We design and develop software and hardware solutions in the field of voice, video and wireless networks. We are an R&D company that thrives on engineering innovation and cherish the designed and developed in India. DSPWorks has rich experience of product development from concept to realization on diverse platforms including ARM, DSP and x86 architectures. We are based in Mumbai, India with representations in Bangalore and Delhi.
. Digital Mandi Digital Ma di Appli atio fo I dia Kisa is a u i ue e a d ell pho e ased multimodal agriculture commodity price retrieval system. It has been developed by BITCOE (BSNL IIT-Kanpur Centre of Excellence) at IIT-Kanpur. BITCOE came into existence on 12th December 2007 with the signing of a tri-partite Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Department of Telecommunication, Government of India, BSNL & IIT Kanpur. Digital Ma di Appli atio fo I dia Kisa se i e as fo ally i augu ated y Ho ’ le MOC & IT on 29th August 2011 and is operational since then.
. Kirat Kirat Communications (OPC) Private Limited is an initiative to bring the fast and real time connectivity to the unserved regions of India. It is an IIT Bombay offshoot which has strength in providing the affordable internet solutions for rural areas and help them in educating the use cases of Internet. Our vision is to bring Connectivity to each and every part of India. We are aligning our vision along with the Prime Minister's initiative of Digital India. Our main aim is to bring the Digital Gap between the Rural and Urban areas. Providing Internet is a prior requirement, educating them with the use of services like e-health, e-governance & e- education etc. is our post initiative. 5. New Initiative
I-MADE Innovation in Mobile Application Development Ecosystem (I-MADE) After a series of Innovation Meets held in Aug, Sept, Oct 2015 & Feb 2016, Innovation in Mobile Application Development Ecosystem (I-MADE) was launched by Shri JS Deepak, Secretary, Department of Telecommunications, as an outcome of the Innovation Meets. The goal of the I-MADE program is to help Indian entrepreneurs build 1 million mobile app start-ups some of which can eventually become Indian unicorns. Around 200 institutes have been registered under the I-MADE program this year. The main component of the program is encouragement of Entrepreneurship through Hackathons and Industry & Investor connect solving societal and Industry challenges. List of Institutes:
S.NO. Institute Name
1 Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology(MMMUT)
2 Indira Gandhi Delhi Technical University for Women(IGDTUW)
3 IIT Roorkee
4 NIT Delhi
5 IIT BHU
6 NIT Silchar S.NO. Institute Name
7 IIITD
8 IIT Kanpur
9 IIT Delhi
10 IIIT Bhubaneswar
11 MNNIT Allahabad
12 Institute of Engineering & Technology (IET) Lucknow
13 Pyramid Spiritual Science Academy
14 University of Hyderabad
15 Vedaantha Foundation
16 IILM Academy of Higher Learning, Lucknow S.NO. Institute Name
17 Galgotias University
18 Shyama Prasad Mukherji College
19 BHARATI COLLEGE
20 ITS Engineering College,Greater Noida
21 Solapur University, Solapur
22 SGGSCC
23 Sri Venkateswara College
24 Department of Computer Science, Central University of Kerala
25 CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF TAMIL NADU
26 BANARSIDAS CHANDIWALA INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOTHERAPY
27 Tripura University S.NO. Institute Name
28 Indraprastha College for Women
29 Theresajuniorcollege
30 Delhi Institute of Advanced Studies
31 School of Computational Science, Swami RamanandTeerthMarathwada University,
32 Ramanujan College, University of Delhi
33 Shaheed Rajguru College of Applied Sciences for Women
34 Kanpur Institute of Technology
35 ABSS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MEERUT
36 JSS Academy of Techinal Education NOIDA
37 Institute of Technology & Science, Ghaziabad S.NO. Institute Name
38 Excel Business School
39 HMR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & MANAGEMENT
40 RK University
41 Central University of Haryana
42 Great lakes Institute of Management
43 Dr. BabasahebAmbedkarMarathwada University
44 T.R. Abhilashi Institute of Engg. & Tech.
45 Ajay Kumar Garg Engineering College, Ghaziabad
46 Dronacharya College of Engineering, Gurgaon
47 Rajiv Gandhi Government Engineering College Kangra
48 ParulInstitue of Technology S.NO. Institute Name
49 Shri BanarsidasChandiwalaSewaSmarak Trust Society
50 Swami Shraddhanand College
S.NO. Institute Name
51 IILM Academy of Higher Learning,College of Engineering and Technology
52 School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi
53 CHARAK GROUP OF PROFESSIONAL STUDIES
54 Indira Gandhi Technological And Medical Sciences University
55 Guru Nanak Institute of Management
56 ALAGAPPA UNIVERSITY
57 Vidya College of Engineering S.NO. Institute Name
58 Vaishno College of Engineering
59 Sasmira's Institute of Management Studies and Research,Worli,Mumbai
60 IAAN School of Mass Communication
61 Defence Institute of Advanced Technology
62 CT Institute of Technology & Research
63 CT Institute of Engineering, Management & Technology
64 Centre of Computer Education, University of Allahabad
65 YashwantraoChavan Maharashtra Open University
66 K. R. Mangalam University
67 Sagar Institute of Research Technology and Science, Bhopal
68 IPS COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY & MANAGEMENT S.NO. Institute Name
69 SHINEX
70 IAMR GROUP OF INSTITUTIONS
71 University of Kalyani
72 Berhampur University
73 St. Aloysius' College (Autonomous)
74 GGS College of Modern Technology
75 SCRIET, CCS University Meerut
76 GianJyoti Institute of Engineering & Technology
77 GianJyoti Institute of Management and Technology
78 Sharda University
79 Sri Venkateswara College S.NO. Institute Name
80 RD Engineering College Technical Campus
81 Dr. Ambedkar Institute of Management Studies & Research, DeekshaBhoomi, Nagpur
82 Katnatak Law Society's Gogte Institute of Technology
83 U. P. RajarshiTandon Open University
84 Presence Institute of Image Consulting Pvt Ltd
85 Manipal University Jaipur
86 GLA University, Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
87 ITM Vocational University
88 King George Medical University Lucknow
89 The bse group of instituions S.NO. Institute Name
90 IIMT GROUP OF INSTITUTIONS
91 LINGAYA'S UNIVERSITY FARIDABAD
92 IEC Group of Institutions, Greater Noida
93 Advanced Institute of Technology & Management
94 The Northcap University, Gurgaon
95 Lakshmibai College
96 JamiaHamdard (Hamdard University)
97 Punjab Agricultural University
98 Glocal School of Technology, Glocal University, Saharanpur (U.P.)
99 Sri ChandrasekharendraSaraswathiViswaMahavidyalaya (SCSVMV University)
100 Syadwad Institute of Higher Education & Research TEN Square To achieve the objectives of Startup India Initiative announced by the Honorable Prime Minister, the Telecom Centres of Excellence, India (TCOE India) along with C-DoT under the guidance of Department of Telecommunications (DoT), Ministry of Communications, Government of India, has set up an Telecom Entrepreneurship (TEN) Square at the Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DoT) Campus to virtualize all available talents in the country. The selected Startups will be allotted seats (max 3 per startups) at the TEN Square.
Objectives . Establishment of a start-up incubation facility at TCOE India . Co-working space for Entrepreneurs / Start-ups . Utilize around 4000 out of 5500 square feet space available in TCOE India . Grant Funding only for idea/early stage/B-testing stage for Proof of Concept (PoC) solutions development through teams/companies . Shared Lab and infrastructure support from TCOEs, C-DoT & Electropreneur Park . Innovation financing through VC/Angel/ Government schemes/CSR funds of Corporates . Mentorship & Networking opportunity . Enable graduation to existing Incubation centres inside IITs/Accelerators for mentorship support by Faculty/ Experts.
Innovation Meets TCOE India successfully conducted 4 innovation meets
General Body Members
No. Name Designation Organisation's Name Chairman Department of 1 Mr. Pradeep Kumar Secretary (T) & Chairman TCOE Telecommunications Academic Directors Indian Institute of Technology, 2 Prof. Indranil Manna Director, IIT Kanpur Kanpur Indian Institute of Technology, 3 Prof. P.P.Chakraborty Director, IIT Kharagpur Kharagpur Indian Institute of Technology, 4 Prof. Bhaskar Ramamurthi Director, IIT Madras Madras Indian Institute of Technology, 5 Prof. K. Gupta Director, IIT Delhi Delhi 6 Dr. Devang Khakhar Director, IIT Bombay Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay Indian Institute of 7 Prof.Ashish Nanda Director, IIM Ahmedabad Management, Ahmedabad Indian Institute of Science, 8 Prof. N. Balakrishnan Associate Director, IISc Bangalore Bangalore 9 Prof. Ajit Chaturvedi Director, IIT Roorkee IIT Roorkee Industry CEOs & MDs 10 Mr. Anupam Shrivastava CMD Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. 11 Mr. Sunil Sood Managing Director and CEO Vodafone Essar Ltd 12 Mr. Punit Garg President & CEO Reliance Communications Ltd. 13 Mr. Gopal Vittal CEO Bharti Airtel Ltd.
14 Mr. N. Srinath Managing Director & CEO Tata Teleservices Ltd. 15 Mr. Himanshu Kapania Managing Director IDEA Cellular Ltd. 16 Mr. R.K.Bahuguna CMD Railtel
17 Mr. Kaizad Heerjee CEO Aircel Ltd. DOT, Sanchar Bhawan Department of 18 Sh. G.K.Upadhyay Member (Technology), DOT Telecommunications Department of 19 Mr. N Sivasailam Additional Secretary (T), DOT Telecommunications Department of 20 Mr. Sanjay Singh USO Fund Administrator, DOT Telecommunications Department of 21 Mr. Shashi Ranjan Kumar Joint Secretary (T) Telecommunications DeitY/C-DOT/ AUSPI/ COAI/ICA/IAMAI/TCOE Ministry of Electronics & 22 Dr. B K Murthy MeitY Information Technology Telecommunication 23 Mr. D.P.De Sr. DDG, TEC Engineering Centre Department of 24 Mr. Saurabh Tiwari DDG ( FEB) Telecommunications Department of 25 Mr. Rajesh Kumar Pathak DDG (IC) Telecommunications Cellular Operators Association 26 Mr. Rajan Mathews Director General, COAI of India Association of Unified Telecom Service Providers of 27 Mr. Ashok Sud Secretary General, AUSPI India Centre for Development of 28 Mr. Vipin Tyagi Executive Director, C-DOT Telematics
29 Mr. Rajesh Kumar Pathak Director, Coordination Centre, TCOE Telecom Centres of Excellence 30 Mr. Pankaj Mohindroo National President ICA 31 Dr. Subho Ray President IAMAI
32 Ms Pamela Kumar Director General TSDSI
Executive Council Members
Organisation's No. Name Designation Name 1 Mr. N. Sivasailam, AS(T) Chairman DoT Vice- 2 Mr. RS Mathews, DG Chairman(Proposed) COAI 3 Mr. Shashi Ranjan, JS(T) Member DoT Mr.Rajesh Pathak, DDG(IC) & 4 Director TCOE India Member DoT 5 Mr.Saurabh Tiwari, DDG,FEB Member DoT Mr. Pankaj Mohindroo, 6 National President Member (Mobile Mfg) ICA 7 Dr.Subho Ray, President Member(VAS) IAMAI 8 Mr. Punit Garg, President & CEO Member(Industry) Reliance Comm. Ltd. 9 Mr. Mihir Oza Member(Industry) Vodafone India Ltd. Prof Dharmendra Singh, Prof. In- Member(Academia) IIT Roorkee charge, 10 RICET 11 Prof. Rekha Jain, Prof.In-charge,IITCOE Member(Academia) IIM Ahmedabad 12 Ms. Pamela Kumar Member(TSDSI) TSDSI 14 Mr.K.K.Das Member Treasurer C-DoT 15 Prof. Ajit Chaturvedi, Dir., IIT Roorkee Special Invitee IIT Kanpur
6. Disbursement of Funds Table