Dept. of Electronic Systems Engineering
Welcome from the Chair
ESE is at an important stage in its journey. Over the years, the department has built strong and diverse capabilities across semiconductors, nanoelectronics, quantum technologies, VLSI and AI hardware, healthcare electronics, communication systems, networks, cyber-physical systems, and translational engineering. Today, our aspiration is to shape these strengths into something larger than the sum of individual research groups. We want ESE to be recognized as a serious academic community with depth, ambition, coherence, and long-term relevance to both science and society.
Our larger vision is to build ESE into one of the most consequential and internationally visible departments in the broad field of electronics. We believe that the future of electronics will be defined not by isolated progress in one subfield, but by the integration of materials, devices, circuits, algorithms, systems, secure infrastructure, and deployment-oriented platforms. ESE is uniquely placed to contribute to this future because of the range of capabilities that already exist within the department and the culture of scholarship and experimentation that IISc enables.
In the coming years, we aim to strengthen ESE along multiple dimensions at once. We want deeper and more visible research programs in quantum, semiconductors, future computing, healthcare systems, and intelligent infrastructure. We want a stronger teaching culture, more rigorous student training, and a healthier integration between coursework, projects, and long-horizon research. We want the department to be more outward-facing, more connected with industry, alumni, ministries, strategic agencies, and global academic partners. We also want ESE to develop stronger shared facilities, mission-scale initiatives, and a public identity that reflects its present strengths and future aspirations.
At the heart of this effort is a simple idea: ESE should not remain only a place where good work happens in parallel. It should become a department that can think collectively, build platforms, attract outstanding people, and contribute meaningfully to the scientific, technological, and strategic priorities of the country.
"For students, this means an environment that values seriousness, curiosity, accountability, collaboration, and courage in thinking about important problems. For faculty and researchers, it means a department that aims to support both foundational inquiry and translation. For partners outside IISc, it means a department that can engage not only through expertise, but through durable programs, facilities, talent, and institutional commitment."