Events

  • MIT World Peace University DevConf 2026 in Pune
    At MIT World Peace University DevConf 2026 in Pune, Mr. Sumanto Kar from the FOSSEE project at IIT Bombay delivered a session titled “eSim: Building an Open-Source EDA Ecosystem for Edu, R&D, and Community Innovation.” The talk introduced eSim as a fully open-source Electronic Design Automation (EDA) toolchain for analog, digital, and mixed-signal circuit simulation, built on established FOSS tools such as ngspice, KiCad, GHDL, and Verilator. He presented a technical overview of eSim’s architecture, simulation workflows, portability across environments, and its evolving AI-assisted capabilities aimed at improving usability and debugging. The session also highlighted how open-source EDA tools can support education, research, and community driven innovation, while aligning with national initiatives such as the Indian Semiconductor Mission and broader open digital infrastructure efforts.

  • eSim Camp at JSPM's Jayawantrao Sawant College of Engineering
    The eSim Camp was successfully conducted at JSPM's Jayawantrao Sawant College of Engineering, located at Survey No. 58, Indrayani Nagar, Handewadi Road, Hadapsar, Pune – 411028, Maharashtra.

    We sincerely appreciate the presence and support of the Principal, Dr. Patil Pradeep, and the Head of the Department (Electronics and Telecommunication), Dr. Chandraprabha Manjare, for their continuous coordination and encouragement throughout the event. Their guidance and cooperation were instrumental in ensuring the smooth execution of the camp.

    The session was delivered by Mr. Sumanto Kar, Assistant Project Manager, FOSSEE, IIT Bombay, who provided detailed insights into eSim and its open-source workflow. The camp included a hands-on session where students gained practical exposure to circuit design and simulation using eSim. Various academic, research, and project opportunities that can be explored through eSim were also discussed.

  • eSim team participated in IITB FinEdge 2025

    The flagship fintech event hosted by IIT Bombay on 28TH November 2025 that brings together industry leaders, researchers, startups, and policy stakeholders to advance innovation in finance and technology. The event focuses on emerging areas such as digital payments, financial markets, insurance, and AI-driven financial solutions, fostering collaboration between academia and the fintech ecosystem.

    Mr. Varad Patil, Mr. Sumanto Kar, and Ms. Shanthi Priya presented a poster at the event and received certification for their contribution. Their work was acknowledged by dignitaries from IIT Bombay and experts from the fintech community, reflecting the event’s emphasis on research, innovation, and industry academia engagement.

  • UbuCon India 2025, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru
    In November 2025, the FOSSEE team presented two significant talks at UbuCon India 2025, held at the prestigious Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, hosted in the Department of Computer Science and Automation (CSA). On 15 November, the session titled “eSim on Ubuntu: Open Source EDA and PDKs for Circuit Design with Snap, Docker and AI” highlighted the evolution of eSim as a comprehensive open-source EDA toolchain. Delivered by Sumanto Kar, Varad Patil, Shanthi Priya and Aditya Minocha, along with insights from Prof. Prabhu Ramachandran (Aerospace Engineering, IIT Bombay), the talk demonstrated eSim’s integrated schematic capture, Ngspice/Verilator simulation, mixed-signal workflows, support for open-source PDKs, and the use of Snap & Docker for scalable, reproducible deployments across academic and research environments.

    On 16 November, FOSSEE contributed to the Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning track with the talk “Streamlining Pedagogical Content Creation – A Hierarchical Agent-Based Architecture for the Procedural Generation of Multimodal FOSS Tutorials.” Presented by Aditya Bhattacharya (RGIPT), Sumanto Kar (FOSSEE, IIT Bombay), and Prof. Kannan Moudgalya (Director, EduPyramids and Former IIT Bombay Professor), this session was also conducted at the CSA Department, IISc. The presentation showcased an AI-driven framework designed to autonomously generate structured, multimodal educational content for FOSS tools, demonstrating how hierarchical agents can accelerate tutorial creation, enhance consistency, and support large-scale dissemination of open-source learning resources.
     

  • Hands-on Workshop on eSim at Fr. Conceicao Rodrigues College of Engineering (Fr. CRCE)
    A two-day Workshop on eSim and Research Migration Project Task using eSim was conducted on Friday, 31st October, and Saturday, 1st November 2025, at Fr. Conceicao Rodrigues College of Engineering (Fr. CRCE), Bandra, organized by the Department of Electronics and Computer Science in association with FOSSEE, IIT Bombay. The sessions were led by Mr. Sumanto Kar, Mr. Varad Patil, and Ms. Shanthi Priya from the eSim Team, FOSSEE, IIT Bombay. The workshop introduced participants to the FOSSEE ecosystem, eSim tool, and its applications in circuit design, simulation, and research migration. It provided students with a rich hands-on learning experience, promoting the adoption of open-source tools to drive innovation and self-reliance in electronics
    design.

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