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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

Design and Performance Analysis

Jan, 2016

2 Modelling spillover effect of financial inclusion on

telecommunication in India

Jun, 2015

3 Development of a Novel Authentication System using Daily

Activity

Feb, 2015

4 A techno-economic study of Spectrum of the Commons and

associated policy implications

Jan, 2015

5 Embedding Manufacture of Tablets and Mobile Phones in

India – A ase study of the p o le s, poli ies a d p ospe ts’ Deferred

6 Leveraging Knowledge Networks for Enabling Innovations in

Higher Education and Research Institutes in India and UK

Apr, 2012

S.N. List of Completed Projects Start Date End Date

1 Strategy for Growth of Smartphone Manufacturing

Ecosystem in India

Nov, 2012 Mar, 2016

2 Semiconductor Industry Ecosystem and the Critique of

I dia’s Ele t o i s Poli y

Jul, 2012 Feb, 2016

3 Case Study Development for Africa Airtel Jun, 2012 Jan, 2016

4 Lessons from Telecom Sector Reforms for Other

Infrastructure Sectors

Dec, 2014 Mar, 2015

5 Opti al St ategies fo Relia le Se i e i MIMO‐OFDM Multiuser Cellular Broadcast Systems

Dec, 2012 Nov, 2013

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

Portable Mobile Devices and its Impact on Wireless

Broadband Usage

Apr, 2011 Sept, 2013

9 Optimal Game Theoretic Policies for Spectrum Auction and

Trading

Apr, 2011 May, 2012

10 A Voice for the Voiceless: Peer-to-peer Mobile Phone

Networks for a Community Radio Service

2011 May, 2011

11 Status of Common Service Center Program in India: Issues,

Challenges and Emerging Practices for Rollout

2011 Feb, 2011

12 A Study on the Provisioning of Group based Rural Mobile

Services.

Oct, 2010 Nov, 2011

13 Policy Imperatives in the Light of CSC Performance in

Meghalaya and UP

2008 April 2010

14 Addressing the Challenges of Telecom Entrepreneurship in

India

2009 Jan 2010

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


Sponsor Share : Rs. 10.80 crores

Paid by Sponsor : Rs.4.32 crores



IPR Generated : NIL

Patents : NIL

S.N. On Going Projects Start Date

1. Social Media Analyzer Oct, 2013


1 Portable Wideband Detector for Electromagnetic

Emissions

Oct, 2011 Oct, 2014

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 &

Renderer system

Aug, 2011 Aug, 2012

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.




Project-On Going : NIL


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

Isolated sites (VDA I)

May, 2009 Apr, 2013

2 Robust Control of stand-alone wind energy conversion

systems (VDA II)

Jun, 2009 May, 2012

3 Cognitive Spectrum Utilization methods for Next Generation

Cellular (VDA III)

May, 2009 May, 2013

4 Automatic Speaker Recognition over VoIP (VDA IV) Aug, 2009 Jul, 2012

5 Design of minimal cost backbone network layout for given

capacity and reliability requirements (VDA V)

May, 2009 Apr, 2012

6 Self-Configuring Networks: Flexible Spectrum Sharing for

Home (VDA VI)

May, 2009 Apr, 2012

7 Optimal Solutions and Applications for the Next Generation

Wireless Internet(VDA-VII)

Apr, 2009 Mar, 2013

8 Energy efficient radio for Next Gen Cellular networks (VDA

VIII)

Aug, 2009 Aug, 2012

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.






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

Phase2)

May,2012 2015

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.






IPR Generated : 1

Patents : 1

S.N. On-Going Projects

1 Commercially Viable Professional Courses (last course completed on 27th

July, 2016)

2. Digital Mandi (Orissa ongoing, proposal for Karnataka under consideration)


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

Application

Dec, 2008 Nov, 2012

8 Some research issues in cognitive radio Dec, 2008 Jan, 2011

9 Content Management and Delivery over Cell-phone like

Devices

Oct, 2009 Dec, 2012

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

BSNL Network

Jan, 2010 Jan, 2012

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

Traffic Analyzer and IPv6-IPv4 Translator

Jun, 2011 Nov, 2013

16 Commercial Prototype Development and Testing of Rural

Power Plant with VMC

Jun, 2012 Jul, 2014

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

Variable Phase Rectifier

Jan, 2014 Jan, 2015

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


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.



Paid by Sponsor : Rs. 4.32 crores



IPR Generated : NIL

Patents : NIL


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.



Paid by Sponsor : Rs. 4.10 crores


Projects on Hold : 5


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)


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

Communication Systems

Apr, 2009 Apr, 2011

(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)


1 Mobile Interface to Enterprise Database (AutoCAF) Apr, 2009 Nov, 2010

2 Door Lock using voice authentication (VADOL) Apr, 2009 Nov, 2010

3 Mobile banking with natural language voice interface

(VoBANK) - Funded by DIT Apr, 2009 Sep, 2010

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

8 Novel Educational / Pedagogical application on Aakash -

Funded by MHRD Apr, 2012 Dec, 2015

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


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.





Projects- Completed : NIL

IPR Generated : NIL

Patents : NIL


1 Agricultural Information System for ICT 2014

2 Developing Sensor-Mobile-Cloud based e-application to

Safeguard Pilgrims

2014

3 Delivering Secured and Energy Efficient Multimedia streaming

services anywhere and anytime for Mobile Broadband Users

2014

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.

I dia’s fi st la ge s ale TV White Spa e test-bed has been implemented in 7 villages in Palghar

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


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


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


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


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


49 Shri BanarsidasChandiwalaSewaSmarak Trust Society

50 Swami Shraddhanand College


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


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


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


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


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

1 Mr. Pradeep Kumar Secretary (T) & Chairman TCOE

Department of

Telecommunications

Academic Directors

2 Prof. Indranil Manna Director, IIT Kanpur Indian Institute of Technology,

Kanpur

3 Prof. P.P.Chakraborty Director, IIT Kharagpur Indian Institute of Technology,

Kharagpur

4 Prof. Bhaskar Ramamurthi Director, IIT Madras Indian Institute of Technology,

Madras

5 Prof. K. Gupta Director, IIT Delhi Indian Institute of Technology,

Delhi

6 Dr. Devang Khakhar Director, IIT Bombay Indian Institute of Technology,

Bombay

7 Prof.Ashish Nanda Director, IIM Ahmedabad Indian Institute of

Management, Ahmedabad

8 Prof. N. Balakrishnan Associate Director, IISc Bangalore Indian Institute of Science,

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

18 Sh. G.K.Upadhyay Member (Technology), DOT

Department of

Telecommunications

19 Mr. N Sivasailam Additional Secretary (T), DOT

Department of

Telecommunications

20 Mr. Sanjay Singh USO Fund Administrator, DOT

Department of

Telecommunications

21 Mr. Shashi Ranjan Kumar Joint Secretary (T)

Department of

Telecommunications

DeitY/C-DOT/ AUSPI/ COAI/ICA/IAMAI/TCOE

22 Dr. B K Murthy MeitY

Ministry of Electronics &

Information Technology

23 Mr. D.P.De Sr. DDG, TEC

Telecommunication

Engineering Centre

24 Mr. Saurabh Tiwari DDG ( FEB)

Department of

Telecommunications

25 Mr. Rajesh Kumar Pathak DDG (IC)

Department of

Telecommunications

26 Mr. Rajan Mathews Director General, COAI

Cellular Operators Association

of India

27 Mr. Ashok Sud Secretary General, AUSPI

Association of Unified

Telecom Service Providers of

India

28 Mr. Vipin Tyagi Executive Director, C-DOT

Centre for Development of

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

No. Name Designation Organisation's

Name

1 Mr. N. Sivasailam, AS(T) Chairman DoT

2 Mr. RS Mathews, DG

Vice-

Chairman(Proposed) COAI

3 Mr. Shashi Ranjan, JS(T) Member DoT

4

Mr.Rajesh Pathak, DDG(IC) &

Director TCOE India Member DoT

5 Mr.Saurabh Tiwari, DDG,FEB Member DoT

6

Mr. Pankaj Mohindroo,

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.

10

Prof Dharmendra Singh, Prof. In-

charge,

RICET

Member(Academia) IIT Roorkee

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

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