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                        <h2 class="title">Welcome to the Department of Electronic Systems Engineering at IISc.</h2>
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                                                    <span class="ese-badge-text">Indian Institute of Science ·
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                                                <p class="ese-dept-label">Dept. of Electronic Systems Engineering</p>
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                                                <p class="ese-welcome-label">Welcome from the Chair</p>
                                                <h1 class="ese-chair-name">Prof. Mayank Shrivastava</h1>
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                                                <span class="ese-role-text">Chair, ESE · IISc Bangalore</span>
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                                        <span class="ese-tag">Semiconductors</span>
                                        <span class="ese-tag">Quantum</span>
                                        <span class="ese-tag">VLSI & AI Hardware</span>
                                        <span class="ese-tag">Nanoelectronics</span>
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                                        <p>ESE is at an important stage in its journey. Over the years, the department
                                            has built strong and diverse capabilities across semiconductors,
                                            nanoelectronics, quantum technologies, VLSI and AI hardware, healthcare
                                            electronics, communication systems, networks, cyber-physical systems, and
                                            translational engineering. Today, our aspiration is to shape these strengths
                                            into something larger than the sum of individual research groups. We want
                                            ESE to be recognized as a serious academic community with depth, ambition,
                                            coherence, and long-term relevance to both science and society.</p>
                                        <p>Our larger vision is to build ESE into one of the most consequential and
                                            internationally visible departments in the broad field of electronics. We
                                            believe that the future of electronics will be defined not by isolated
                                            progress in one subfield, but by the integration of materials, devices,
                                            circuits, algorithms, systems, secure infrastructure, and
                                            deployment-oriented platforms. ESE is uniquely placed to contribute to this
                                            future because of the range of capabilities that already exist within the
                                            department and the culture of scholarship and experimentation that IISc
                                            enables.</p>
                                        <p>In the coming years, we aim to strengthen ESE along multiple dimensions at
                                            once. We want deeper and more visible research programs in quantum,
                                            semiconductors, future computing, healthcare systems, and intelligent
                                            infrastructure. We want a stronger teaching culture, more rigorous student
                                            training, and a healthier integration between coursework, projects, and
                                            long-horizon research. We want the department to be more outward-facing,
                                            more connected with industry, alumni, ministries, strategic agencies, and
                                            global academic partners. We also want ESE to develop stronger shared
                                            facilities, mission-scale initiatives, and a public identity that reflects
                                            its present strengths and future aspirations.</p>
                                        <p>At the heart of this effort is a simple idea: ESE should not remain only a
                                            place where good work happens in parallel. It should become a department
                                            that can think collectively, build platforms, attract outstanding people,
                                            and contribute meaningfully to the scientific, technological, and strategic
                                            priorities of the country.</p>
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                                        <p>"For students, this means an environment that values seriousness, curiosity,
                                            accountability, collaboration, and courage in thinking about important
                                            problems. For faculty and researchers, it means a department that aims to
                                            support both foundational inquiry and translation. For partners outside
                                            IISc, it means a department that can engage not only through expertise, but
                                            through durable programs, facilities, talent, and institutional commitment."
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                                        <p class="ese-footer-text">We welcome you to explore ESE, its people, its work,
                                            and the direction in which it is heading.</p>
                                        <a class="ese-footer-link" href="https://ese.iisc.ac.in">ese.iisc.ac.in</a>
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