An Exemplar Initiative

1. http://www.iu-atc.comSupported by Research Councils UK(EPSRC)/British Council and Department of Science and Technology, Government of IndiaProfessor Gerard Parr UK- PI of the IU-ATC Chair in Telecommunications Engineering University of Ulster, Northern Ireland, UKgp.parr@ulster.ac.uk An Exemplar Initiative

2. Developing an “Innovation Eco-system”- Key Timelines • Dec 2004- Parr Invited by RCUK-EPSRC to respond to an invitation by Sir Michael Arthur (British High Commissioner, New Delhi) to assess “why UK was not partner of choice for collaboration in ICT”. • Jan 2005- Parr attended ICT Week in Delhi with Professor Dame Julia Higgins and Sir David King and members of EPSRC..visits to IITs including IIT Delhi and IIT Madras and ICT industry including InfoSys and Wipro. • Jan 2006- First IU-ATC Technical Workshop in IIT Madras (Global Opportunities Fund-GOF and Department of Science & Technology-DST) • During 2007- UK Trade and Investment and DST funding for further consortium development • 2007 EPSRC INTERACT and British Council UKIERI project funding success • June 2009 Major funding from RCUK-EPSRC and DST for larger scale R&D Centre of Excellence (total funding value £9.2 million),Phase 1 of initiative • April 18th 2012- Phase 2 funding announced at UK-India Science and Innovation Council (£10.2 million) by Rt Hon David Willetts UK Minister of State.

3. Professor Ashok Jhunjhunwala Professor Gerard Parr

4. EPSRC-DST Project Partners- UK Professor Gerard Parr, University of Ulster (IU-ATC Lead) Prof Nader Azarmi, Chief Technologist, BT Innovate & Design (IU-ATC Industrial Lead) Prof Bryan Scotney University of Ulster Prof Sally McClean University of Ulster Dr Philip Morrow University of Ulster Prof Steve Hailes, University College London Professor Saleem Bhatti, University of St Andrews, Scotland Prof. Rahim Tafazolli , University of Surrey Professor Barry Evans, University of Surrey Dr Muhammad Imran University of Surrey Prof. Klaus Moessner University of Surrey Dr Eliane Bodanese, Queen Mary, University of London Professor Laurie Cuthbert, Queen Mary, University of London Prof Lajos Hanzo, University of Southampton Dr Pat Langdon, University of Cambridge Dr John Clarkson University of Cambridge Dr. Pradipta Biswas University of Cambridge Professor David Hutchinson, University of Lancaster Dr Andreas Mauthe University of Lancaster Professor Nishan Canagarajah, University of Bristol, UK Professor Joe McGeehan University of Bristol

5. EPSRC-DST Project Partners- India • Professor Ashok Jhunjhunwala Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (Academic Lead -India) • Dr SubramanyamGoparaju VP and Head, InfoSys SET Labs, Bangalore, (Industrial Lead - India) • Mr. Arun Seth Chairman- BT India, Alcatel-Lucent • Mr AnantChilkunda Wipro Technologies, India • Professor David Koilpillai Indian Institute of Technology, Madras • Professor SubratKarBhartiAirtel Research Lab, IIT Delhi • Professor Uday Desai Director- Institute of Technology, Hyderabad • Dr AbhayKarandikar Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai • Prof A.ChaturvediIndian Institute of Technology, Kanpur • Prof. T. A. Gonsalves Director- Indian Institute of Technology, Mandi • Prof Krishna SivalinghamIndian Institute of Technology, Madras • Professor KVS HariIndian Institute of Science, Bangalore • Dr G Venkatesh CTO- Sasken Communications Technologies • DrShirish Midas Communications Technologies, India • Dr Kumar Sivarajan, CTO Tejas Networks Ltd., Bangalore • Dr Bhaskar Ramamurthi Director- Indian Institute of Information Technology, Madras • Dr. NadeemAkhtar, Centre of Excellence in Wireless Technology (CEWiT), Chennai, • Mr Shashank Sharma Tata Teleservices Limited

6. EPSRC-DST MAIN Project (2009-2014/15) Theme Tasks Applications and Services Theme Tasks Core Networks Protocols and Systems Theme Tasks Heterogeneous Wireless Access Networks IU-ATC British Council UKIERI Project– Virtual Graduate Research School 2007-2012 PhD and Faculty Visits, Exchanges Spin-off Projects, Fellowships and PhDs Industry LABLET Internships IU-ATC Top-Level Structure

7. Indicative Output Impact • International Conference Papers ~250 • Learned Journal Papers ~110 • Recent Papers Accepted/Submitted ~ 60 • Papers in progress 8 • Books 7 • Technical Reports 10 • Technical Prototypes 10 • Testbeds/Demonstrators 12 • Patents 16+

8. In Conclusion • The IU-ATC represents the largest collaboration of its kind between UK and India in the ICT sector with about 200 scientists doing industrially relevant R&D and we want to grow the IU-ATC “ICT Eco-System” by:- • Leveraging our international expertise/ technical testbeds • Developing early career researchers and engineers • Increasing our engagement with ICT industry through LABLETs • Supporting UK FCO/BIS/DFID/UKTI/TSB and DST to Strengthen UK-India links • Supporting National initiatives such as G-Cloud • Bridging the Urban Rural Divide of each nation by providing enablers to harness the benefits of the Future Digital Economy

9. Thank You for your attention.Professor Gerard ParrUniversity of Ulster, Coleraine, Northern Ireland, UKgp.parr@ulster.ac.uk Information and Communications Engineering (ICE) Group http://www.compeng.ulster.ac.uk/ise_rg.php