Online Lab at IIT

Updated on: Tuesday, September 28, 2010

IIT has a unique online laboratory facility, the first and the only one available in India that will be of immense help to science and research students.

The Laboratory-on-Demand is an initiative of Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India, under the National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology (NME-ICT).

The laboratory courses on hands-on experiments are an integral part of engineering education. The IIT Kharagpur Microelectronics and VLSI Engineering Laboratory-on-Demand (LOD) is a remote microelectronics device characterisation and parameter extraction laboratory.

The Laboratory-on-Demand enables students to measure the different characteristics and extract device parameters of various microelectronics devices at any time and from anywhere using a Java-enabled web browser.

The equipment required to conduct microelectronic device experiments are often very expensive, require trained manpower and adequate space, which makes the provision of hands-on experimental facility to individual student difficult in a traditional laboratory setup. Also, opportunities for experimental research by engineering students in India have been limited by the high cost of equipment.

The Internet-based Laboratory has been developed at IIT Kharagpur as a response to this problem. Laboratory-on-Demand (Lab-on-Demand) is currently being used by the IIT students from their hostel rooms. The Microelectronics and VLSI Engineering Lab-on-Demand has also been tested by the faculty members from various Universities and engineering colleges. Currently, IIT’s partner Institutions are VIT University, Vellore and NIST, Berhampur and IIT-Kharagpur "Microelectronics and VLSI Engineering" Lab-on-Demand is open to the students of engineering colleges in India.

The Lab-on-Demand is an initiative to develop novel integrated Microelectronics and VLSI Engineering Laboratory with Technology CAD (TCAD) following the AICTE Model curricula on VLSI design for approved Engineering colleges in India – offering UG and PG courses in electrical, electronics, electronics and communication, computer, instrumentation and IT.

Online Lab at IIT

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