MNDCS-2027 Keynote Speakers
Dr. Shubham Sahay Title: Hybrid CMOS-RRAM Bayesian Inference Engine
Prof. Shubham Sahay is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IIT Kanpur). He received his B.Tech. in Electronics Engineering from IIT (BHU), Varanasi, in 2014 and his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from IIT Delhi in 2018. Prior to joining IIT Kanpur, he served as a Postdoctoral Research Scholar at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), USA. His research interests span hardware platforms for neuromorphic computing, emerging non-volatile memories, semiconductor device modeling, novel device architectures for CMOS scaling, spintronics, and hardware security primitives. He leads the NeuroComputing and Hardware Security (NeuroCHaSe) Research Group at IIT Kanpur, focusing on energy-efficient computing and secure hardware using emerging devices and memory technologies. He is also the co-author of the Wiley-IEEE book Junctionless Field Effect Transistors: Design, Modeling and Simulation. Prof. Sahay is a recipient of the IEEE Electron Devices Society Early Career Award and has been recognized as a Young Associate of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE). He has published extensively in leading journals and conferences in semiconductor devices, neuromorphic computing, and emerging memory technologies.
Mr. Nirmesh Kumar Awasthi is a Senior Principal Engineer – Design at NXP Semiconductors, with more than 20 years of experience in the semiconductor and VLSI industry. Over the course of his career, he has held key engineering roles at leading semiconductor companies including STMicroelectronics and NXP Semiconductors, contributing to the development and implementation of advanced integrated-circuit technologies. His technical expertise spans VLSI design, digital and circuit design, RTL-to-GDS implementation and verification, semiconductor design methodologies, and complex SoC development. With extensive hands-on experience across different stages of the IC design flow, he brings a strong industry perspective on the challenges associated with developing reliable, high-performance and energy-efficient semiconductor products. Through his long-standing engagement with the semiconductor industry, Mr. Awasthi has gained valuable insight into the evolution of VLSI technologies, advanced chip-design methodologies, design verification, and industry practices for next-generation semiconductor systems. His experience provides an important bridge between academic research and real-world semiconductor product development.