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 Entepeeus’ 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 poles, poliies ad pospets’ 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 Idia’s Eletois Poliy 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 Optial Stategies fo Reliale Seie 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, pesided oe y the Ho’le Pie Miister 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, pesided oe y the Ho’le Pie Miiste of Idia. 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.