Testimonials

I started my journey with FOSSEE as a Summer Fellow in 2020, and since then, I have been associated with the organization for over five years. Being part of FOSSEE has been one of the most enriching phases of both my academic and professional journey. During my time here, I had the privilege of contributing to several impactful initiatives, especially the development and promotion of eSim, an open-source EDA tool. This experience not only strengthened my technical skills in circuit simulation, PCB design, and optimization but also deepened my appreciation for the role of open-source tools in democratizing education.

What truly stood out to me was the collaborative and inclusive work environment at FOSSEE. I had the opportunity to work alongside a dedicated team of developers, researchers, and interns from diverse backgrounds. This broadened my perspective and helped me grow significantly in terms of leadership and project management. Organizing large-scale training sessions, mentoring contributors, and interacting with students and faculty across the country instilled in me a strong sense of responsibility, rational thinking, and—most importantly—the drive to give back and serve the community. Thinking outside the box and stepping beyond my comfort zone became second nature through this journey.

The guidance and mentorship I received from senior team members were instrumental in nurturing a research-oriented mindset and helping me apply my knowledge to real-world problems. FOSSEE gave me the freedom to explore, experiment, and contribute meaningfully to the open-source ecosystem. The experience played a pivotal role in shaping my technical competencies, problem-solving abilities, and overall professional outlook. It also helped me pursue my MTech. at IIT Bombay and secure job offers from multiple companies like Lyric and National Fertilizers Ltd.

I remain deeply grateful to FOSSEE for providing such a dynamic and empowering platform, and I would wholeheartedly recommend it to anyone passionate about open-source development, education, and collaborative innovation.

Sumanto Kar

FOSSEE Team

Many may wonder what a Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) faculty could evident the goodness of eSim, an open source EDA (Electronic Design Automation).  

My first journey with eSim started with a workshop at IIT Bombay in 2019. Being a CSE faculty I thought as like many other workshops I will participate and learn some circuit design, so I enrolled for this eSim workshop to experience IIT Bombay campus as well. But there was a great twist, I needed to design and submit the circuit using eSim to confirm my participation. So it’s my turn to evident the capability of CSE faculty in circuit design. The spoken tutorial videos on eSim really helped me a lot to accomplish this circuit design task to a greater level.  From then, eSim has become the most inspiring open source tool and I have designed & published eSim circuits and mentored many of my students as well as a part of digital assignments. Now we completed and published approximately 120 circuits in the eSim circuit simulation project. With the help of Dr. Kannan sir and the FOSSEE team, I tried to fit our students in all possible ventures like Summer internship, Circuit development, Hackathon etc.   

Last but not least, when a CSE faculty could make a remarkable footprint in eSim there is a huge scope for everyone (Electronics, Electrical, Instrumentation, Mechanical) who deals with circuits. Let us use and spread the benefit of this open source tool and there are many ventures available to contribute our ideas for the development of eSim platforms as well. Hands are open to hold, let us join to march towards the motto of “We are Ready to Help, and to be Helped”.  

Dr.Maheswari, Professor and Head of the Department CSE- Cyber Physical Systems, 

Vellore Institute of Technology, Chennai.  

FOSSEE gave me a platform to explore my passion in Circuit Simulation. I could understand the Analog and Mixed signal flow better as I did it practically in span of 2-week marathon right from literature survey, understanding the design, Implementation, and simulation of Design in eSim and that too with real fabricable open source pdk Sky130. This gave me a confidence that I have done something project based in VLSI and could clear the 4 rounds of Technical Interview to get the desired Job Profile i.e Senior Application Engineer in Analog and Mixed Signal domain in Synopsys India Pvt. Ltd.

Madhuri Kadam,

Synopsys India Pvt. Ltd.

It has given me exposure to circuit designing and gave me introduction to the field of VLSI. It played a very crucial role of me going for MTech. in Microelectronics and VLSI and VLSI jobs.

- Soham Sen

eSim Marathon Participant

 

Being a part of Northeast India, here we get lesser exposure in semiconductor industry than another region of India. This marathon provided us some exposure. Additionally, its support to think and do by ourselves.

-Supriya Khatoniar
eSim Marathon Participant