ESR 12 - Log Records of my activities throughout the ARDENT training
Training
2013, 1st quarter
Date: 21/08/2012 - This training was focused on quality of products. Thanks to speaker who clearly explained the stages of a project and its importance. Design cycle, cost, performance improvements, time line etc., were focus of this training
Date: 11-12/10/2012 - This training was intended to understand the products already manufactured in the company and how it has reached from research to market. This training also explained the intricacies and tips in security alarms. At the end of the training an exam was conducted and awarded with an certification
Date:15 & 18/10/2012 - This training was focused on training how to maintain a good relation with the supplier and how to negotiate with them on price based on the project. This training also helped in identifying and judging various tradeoffs in a project (e.g: cost, performance etc)
Date:03/11/2012 - This training was focused on installing various sensors. This gave me a clear idea on where to focus, what are the early design decisions which helped common man to install without troubles. Clear understanding of product in hand, steps in installation, tools required were clearly explained before hand and finally made a hands-on installation and tested.
Date:09/11/2012 - This training was focused on organization structure. As JABLOTRON HOLDING has various branches focusing on different business activities, this training helped in understanding the structure and also pin pointed who is the person to contact during the project phases.
Date:28/11/2012 - This training was focused on the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP). This training was very interesting one to see the link between the supplier, company, customer data management. Tools used, modules of the tools, E-Shop maintenance, training management, sales analysis, planning, stock managment were focused during the training
Date:07/02/2013 - This training was focused on understand and identify requirements. It gave more insights at the gap between what market needs and what developer makes during the project. This training focused on also looking at the feedback of distributor channels which are easy contact point to get sense the customer needs. Identifying best performing distributors for the company were also given due importance during this training
Date:15/02/2013 - This training was focused on tapping new markets (e.g India). Areas of focus such as regions to concentrate, pricing scenario, frequency policies, regulations, duties etc., This helped to clearly understand the areas to focus before launching a product in new market. Since radiation detectors need all these focus this training was very interesting with the past experience shared by colleagues in the company
Date:22/02/2013 - This training was focused on formulation of business strategy. This training is a continuation of the early two training focused on market research and new market identification. The final outcome of this training is a clear understanding of the bigger picture of business. These trainings helped to combine both scientific point of view and customer point of view.
Conferences/Workshops
2013, 1st quarter
Venue: Vienna,Austria
Date: 20-23/11/2012
The first annual workshop organized by ARDENT. This workshop gathered all ESR's and their supervisors together to meet each other. There were several lectures delivered by renowned experts in the field. The workshop closed with a visit to the MedAustron facility in Vienna.
Venue:Wollongong, Australia
Date: 6-9/12/2012
Micro-, Mini-, Nano- dosimetry workshop focused on current status of research in radiation detectors in hadron therapy and space. New radiation detection technologies for use in X-ray and charged particle were discussed. IPCT workshop concentrated on prostate cancer treatment, quality assurance etc.,
Outreach and dissemination
2013, 1st quarter
Venue: Prague, Czech Republic
Date:23/10/2012
As part of outreach activity, presentation was made at the Czech Republic foreign ministry. This presentation was about ARDENT and their collaboration with CERN. It was very well received from audience from companies around Czech Republic, CERN, foreign ministry. Presentation is available at outreach column of this website.
Venue:Amsterdam, Netherland
Date: Date: 13/03/2013
An outreach activity was held at Amsterdam Scientific Instruments. This meeting helped to understand the activities of ASI and we also presented the market research to obtain their feedback. Presentation is available at the outreach column of this website.
Venue:Prague, Czech Republic
Date: Date: 5/04/2013
SURO- Czech Republic radiation protection institute: This outreach activity took place in SURO to explain the activity of ARDENT and its activities. This meeting alos helped to understand the requirements of SURO and their activities. At the end of the meeting a visit around the institute and its facilities were organized.
Outreach
2013, 2nd quarter
Venue:Dublin, Ireland
Date: Date: 14-15/05/2013
European researchers mobility conference was organized by the Irish presidency to look at future research funding scenarios focusing HORIZON-2020. This conference focused on how to stay competitive in research compared to other nations and also to look at how to retain talent in Europe. Various funding scenarios and opinions from researchers were taken into account and reported back to the European commission. This conference was attended and addressed by Minister of research and innovation,EU commissioner for research and innovation, EU commission for Marie-Curie actions and many more. During this conference I was able to explain the role of Marie-Curie funding and its positive effect on researchers. I won the researcher bursary competition and was funded for all the expenses during the conference.
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Few photographs of the bursary competition winners with Minister for research and innovation Mr.Sean Sherlock which released in the press after the conference:
Outreach
2013, 3rd quarter
Venue:Prague, Czech Republic
Date: Date: 05-09/08/2013
ICPE-EPEC conference was attended by more than 300 physics teachers from high schools, universities, research centers to identify methodology to teach physics. As part of this program Jablotron Alarms a.s became one of the conference partners and exhibited Medipix/Timepix based MX-10 particle camera. This was partly funded by ARDENT to present a poster on the technology.
Information about this in Jablotron Alarms website under news
Few photographs taken during the conference
Venue:Prague, Czech Republic
Date: Date: 29/08/2013
CMI- Czech Metrological Institute visit was organized during the secondment at IEAP. This institute specializes in regulating and certifying the radiation devices in Czech Republic. Special thanks to Dr.Zdenek Vykydal who arranged this visit. We introduced the activity of ARDENT and also presented the devices under development.
Remote monitoring setup at CMI
Training
2013, 3rd quarter
Venue:Bad honnef, Germany
Date: Date: 11-23/08/2013
WE-Heraeus Physics School on "Ionizing radiation and protection of Man" was a two weeks intensive school. This school provided wide overview on various topics of radiation such as basics in radiation physics, radiation biology, radiation statistics, radio ecology, radioepidemiology. It also covered insights on natural radiation exposure, ionizing radiation in medicine and practical aspects of radiation protection. Hands on training on with various radiation detectors and natural sources of radiation were also arranged during this school. I also presented a poster on Medipix/Timepix based MX-10 particle detector during the school. Few photographs taken during the heraeus school
Group photo during the school
Poster session
Radiation measurement in the soil
Secondment
2013, 3rd quarter
Venue:Prague, Czech Republic
Date: Date: 26/08/2013-06/09/2013
As part of the ARDENT project, secondment was carried out at IEAP, Prague. This secondment was dedicated towards calibration of Medipix device and other experimental activities. Several experiments such as background radiation, experiments in the X-ray chamber were carried out with GM tube based radiation device. These experiments helped to understand the behavior of the GM tube and its performance. Special thanks to IEAP and especially Dr.Zdenek Vykydal who helped during these experiments. Few photographs taken during the secondment
Training
2013, 4th quarter
Venue:Seoul, Korea
Date: Date: 26-27/10/2013
Radiation detection and measurement course was organized at the IEEE-NSS conference. It was organized by Prof.Knoll. This course gave detailed explanation on principles and physics behind various detectors such as gas, semiconductor, scintillator etc., This course was very useful to rewind the technology which I am working in and also give ideas from other detector technologies
Venue:Seoul, Korea
Date: Date: 28/10/2013
Physics and design detector for SPECT and PET is a one day course attended during the IEEE-NSS conference. This course explained the state of art gamma ray detectors for PET and SPECT. Also there was discussion on emerging technologies, statistical characterization of detectors etc.,
Media interview
2013, 4th quarter
Venue:Chennai, India
Date: Date: 05/11/2013
During my visit to India I was interviewed by leading educational magazine. I was interview mainly on my activities in research, career path, motivation towards research and higher education. The article also concentrated on how to do higher education with scholarship for financially poor students. This article was released Tamil language in Tamilnadu, India. Please find below the article.
Outreach
2013, 4th quarter
Venue:Milan, Italy
Date: Date: 16/10/2013
Second ARDENT workshop was held in Milan. This workshop was dedicated initially to the EU commission's review followed by the outreach activity. This outreach activity was mainly attended by students to know the technologies which are under development. MX-10 - Medipix based particle detector used in Education applications were presented to them. Few photographs taken during the outreach
Venue:Seoul, Korea
Date: Date: 29-31/10/2013
Participated in the industrial exhibition to exhibit MX-10 Educational kit to introduce Medipix technology and role of ARDENT in its development. This activity helped in understanding the market needs and also very good networking opportunity. Also gave an opportunity to look at what other people are also doing in the radiation field
Venue:Chennai, India
Date: Date: 04/11/2013
Presented the activities of ARDENT and introduced the Medipix technology to the Nuclear Engineering department at SRM, University. Thanks to head of nuclear engineering department for organizing the visit and also giving lot of insights into their activities in radiation domain.
Venue:Delhi, India
Date: Date: 06/11/2013
Presented the activities of ARDENT and introduced the Medipix technology to the professors at Miranda house, University of Delhi. Thanks to the principal who took time to show me around their laboratories and facilities.
Venue:Coimbatore, India
Date: Date: 08/11/2013
Presented the activities of ARDENT and introduced the Medipix technology to the students of Amrita University. Also gave an informal talk on need for research and motivation towards higher education especially for women students. Thanks to head of research and head of international relations department who organized the entire visit and for their valuable time in discussing future activities. Special thanks to the Vice chancellor of the university.
Venue:Bangalore, India
Date: Date: 11/11/2013
Visited the manufacturing facilities of Saint-Gobain. It gave lot of insights into how they manufacture scintillator crystals. Thanks to the General manager and his team for taking time to show me around the facility and also for their time in listening to the activities of ARDENT.
Venue:Coimbatore, India
Date: Date: 12/11/2013
Visited the research facilities of PSG college of technology.Thanks to the research director and his team for taking time to show me around the facility and also for their time in listening to the activities of ARDENT.
Venue:Coimbatore, India
Date: Date: 13/11/2013
Gave a informal talk to the students at Info Engineering College about higher education and need for research activities. Thanks to the Secretary and the staff incharge for organizing the entire visit and also for their time in listening to the activities of ARDENT.
Experimental activity
2013, 4th quarter
Venue:Prague, Czech Republic
Date: Date: 22/11/2013-29/11/2013
As part of the ARDENT project, experimental activity was carried out in SURO (Czech Radiation Protection Institute). This activity is mainly concentrated towards the the portable gas based radiation detector under development at Jablotron Alarms a.s. The device was tested with Cesium and Cobalt sources at various intensities to check their performances. Also it was tested at low energies using the X-ray tubes to analyze their performance at low energies. Few photographs taken during the secondment
Training
2014, 1st quarter
Venue:Jablotron Alarms a.s
Date: Date: 03/02/2014
Gas based detector development is close to end of its testing. As part of the project, we intend to develop a reliable cloud service to support the radiation detection and remote monitoring. I had a great opporturnity to discuss with Mr.David Benes regarding the cloud service and its intricacies.
Venue:Jablotron Alarms a.s
Date: 27/02/2014
Attended the wireless motes training conducted by Libelium. It was very useful training to understand their hardware developments and deployment scenarios. This training was undertaken to see if radiation detection could be ported to wireless transmission of detected radiation.
Venue:Jablotron Alarms a.s
Date: 04/03/2014
Jablotron Alarms a.s holds one of the best maintained logistics center to cater the needs of customer all around the world. Thanks to Mr.Stefan Vanco who arranged the meeting with the logistics head Mr.Cizek. During this visit the maintenance of stock, bar code utilization, packing were studied.
Venue:Jablotron Alarms a.s
Date: 12/03/2014
As a continuation of the wireless motes training, wireless communication training was undertaked to understand the methods used at Jablotron on its products to effectively and efficiently communicate between its motes. This training was very useful to understand different frequencies used at Jablotron and its reasons.
Venue:Jablotron Alarms a.s
Date: 13/03/2014
Machine to Machine communication training was undertaken to complete the cycle of wireless training. This training gave lot of insights into deployment scenario, monitoring, data management etc. This training was conducted by Axeda.
Outreach
2014, 1st quarter
Venue:Helsinki, Finland
Date: Date: 10/1/2014
As part of the ARDENT project visited the VTT facilities in Helsinki who is manufacturing the Medipix chip. This visit gave lot of insights into the manufacturing process, problems, technology maturity. During the visit ARDENT roles were presented and Advacam presented their work.
Experimental activity
2014, 1st quarter
Venue:Prague, Czech Republic
Date: Date: 09/07/14 to 10/07/14
As part of the ARDENT project, experimental activity was carried out in SURO (Czech Radiation Protection Institute). This activity is mainly concentrated towards the the portable gas based radiation detector under development at Jablotron Alarms a.s. The device was tested with Cesium and Cobalt sources at various intensities to check their performances. Also it was tested at low energies using the X-ray tubes to analyze their performance at low energies.
Training
2014, 2nd quarter
Venue:Jablotron Alarms a.s
Date: Date: 04/2014
Design training to integrate sensors into the radiation indicator to detect the environmental parameters such as temperature, humidity, atmospheric pressure
Venue:Jablotron Alarms a.s
Date: 05/2014
Internal training to plan and execute external supplier specification document. The external partner discussed is cloud service platform developer. Step-by-step process of the user usage of different features where explained in the document. This document bridged the understanding between hardware and software developers
Experimental activity
2014, 2nd quarter
Venue:Jablotron Alarms a.s
Date: April to June 2014
This period was dedicated to internally test the electronics of the GX-10 device. During the period, several GM tubes were tested to analyze if the power supply module fits different kind of tube. Further more communication testing was performed for wireless and wired connection. Few radiation related tests were made with low radioactive uranium glass.
Training
2014, 3rd quarter
Venue:Darmstadt, Zurich, Wageningen
Date: Aug 3rd to Sept 6th, 2014
Climate-KIC organized "The Journey" program. I participated in a competitive selection process to get selected into this program. The program was completely funded for accomodation, travel, courses. I was one of the participant among participant from about 23 countries. People from different parts of the world participated in this program with one focus "Starting a company which has climate impact". This program taught every aspect of a entrepreneurial journey from idea to establishing a company. There were several brainstorming, ideation session to identify the idea. then followed by team building, explaining need for a team, business plan writing, financial plan preparation, pitching session etc. Finally the pitch competition was held in Wageningen, Netherland, we pitched to an international jury and won the challenge. It was one month full of challenges, good networking with lot of good friends, visits to very interesting places such as Viessman, SMA (solar inverter manufacturers), Green house etc. It was one of the wonderful journey which I will cherish life long for the learning and challenge experienced. Thanks to Climate-KIC for this wonderful opportunity.
Outreach
2014, 3rd quarter
Venue:Darmstadt, Germany
Date: Date: 13/8/2014
During the Climate-KIC "The Journey" program MX-10 was presented as a device for educational purpose. also during this presentation, focus was given on how the idea started and what stages this device underwent to reach to the market.
Secondment
2014, 3rd quarter
Venue:Geneva, Switzerland
Date: Sep Oct, 2014
As part of the ARDENT project, secondment was carried out at CERN to do feasibility study on two technologies (not revealed due to strict NDA policies) on their market feasibility, market requirement, potential partners to transfer technology.
Training
2014, 4th quarter
Venue:CERN, Geneva
Date: 10/09/2014
Attended training on CERN knowledge transfer policy. This training gave lot of insights on CERN's policy on protecting the intellectual property, patenting, spin-off, start-up policies, funding opportunities for organization
Venue:Nuremberg, Germany
Date: Sep 29 to Oct 02,2014
Attended the 3rd ARDENT workshop which comprised of all the researchers presentation followed by interesting visit to IBA dosimetry and its facilities. Also there were several lectures on semiconductor, dosimetry, quality assurance related trainings delivered experts in the field
Venue:Lausanne, Switzerland
Date: 27/10/2014
This training focused on entrepreneurship, start-up policies at EPFL. It was followed by pitch training by experts. This training also gave lot insights on need for innovative companies
Venue:Rome, Italy
Date: Oct 28-29, 2014
Internet of Things summit focused on all aspects related to smart devices connected to the internet. This event was participated by industry, research centers, academia. This event gave lot of insights on the EU policy towards smart devices.
Venue:CERN, Geneva
Date: 05/11/2014
This event was organized by the CERN KT group. People from all around Europe participated to exchange information on new outcomes in additive manufacturing. Very interesting talks focused on micro machining, optics, etching process were discussed
Venue:CERN, Geneva
Date: 12/11/2014
Intellectual property training conducted by CERN. This event focused on protecting the IP. New topics such as patenting, copyright,design protection etc were discussed during this event.
Venue:Bangalore, India
Date: Nov 29 - Dec 5, 2014
Start-up tour organized by Swissnex, India. It was a 4.5 day event organized to network with people around Bangalore. The event had several interesting lectures on business scenario in India. Issues such as setting up company, running company, visits to industry, incubators were part of this program. Thanks to Swissnex and thanks to Prateek and Ankita for the wonderful event.
Venue:Bangalore, India
Date: Dec 8, 2014
It was a one on one meeting with the head of European Business Transfer Centre. This meeting helped to understand how european technology can help India and vice versa. This meeting gave lot insights on collaborations, technologies available for transfer etc.
Outreach
2014, 4th quarter
Venue:Lausanne, Switzerland
Date: Date: 8/10/2014
As part of the ARDENT project visited the VTT facilities in Helsinki who is manufacturing the Medipix chip. This visit gave lot of insights into the manufacturing process, problems, technology maturity. During the visit ARDENT roles were presented and Advacam presented their work.
Venue:Seattle, USA
Date: 15/10/2014
MX-10 digital particle camera was presented for the IEEE-NSS audience which covered researchers, students, industries. During this program ARDENT and its role in development of radiation detectors were also presented.
Venue:Bangalore, India
Date: 01/12/2014
The consulate of Switzerland in Bangalore invited for a presentation on the Medipix/timepix technology. MX-10 and education purpose was presented to the Swissnex team also during this meeting.
Venue:Bangalore, India
Date: Dec 8, 2014
It was a one on one meeting with the head of European Business Transfer Centre. During this meeting Medipix/timepix technology was presented. Also the demo of MX-10 device was shown to the EBTC group
Venue:Delhi, India
Date: 09/12/2014
ARDENT and especially the Medipix technology was presented to Minister of Chemical and fertilizer who is interested about new technologies especially for educational purpose. This technology was also presented to his colleagues.
Venue:Delhi, India
Date: 10/12/2014
ARDENT and especially the Medipix technology was presented to Ministry of science and technology which also covers funding and innovation towards radiation related studies in India. The technology was very well received by the scientist community in the ministry.
Venue:Delhi, India
Date: 11/12/2014
Euraxess India office takes care of bridging all the activities between Europe and India. During this outreach activity the technology developed at ARDENT community was presented. Also lot of information about Indian research in this area was gathered.
Venue:Coimbatore, India
Date: 15/12/2014
Outreach activity to the coimbatore small scale industries association was done to attract young people towards research activities in Europe. During this outreach activity information related to Europe support for non-european researchers were discussed. Lot of questions related to both the cultures were discussed. Presented also the Medipix technology to attract schools for teaching using innovative devices
Venue:Coimbatore, India
Date: 16/12/2014
ARDENT specific outreach activity on how the involvement of different organization from different countries can produce extraordinary results in research. Focused on how the network and sharing facilities help research move forward. Presented the MX-10 device and how it could benefit education especially teachers who teach radiation physics.
Venue:Coimbatore, India
Date: 17/12/2014
ARDENT specific outreach activity on how the involvement of different organization from different countries can produce extraordinary results in research. Focused on how the network and sharing facilities help research move forward. Presented the MX-10 device and how it could benefit education especially teachers who teach radiation physics.
Venue:Coimbatore, India
Date: 19/12/2014
ARDENT specific outreach activity on how the involvement of different organization from different countries can produce extraordinary results in research. Focused on how the network and sharing facilities help research move forward. Presented the MX-10 device and how it could benefit education especially teachers who teach radiation physics.
Venue:Coimbatore, India
Date: 22/12/2014
ARDENT specific outreach activity on how the involvement of different organization from different countries can produce extraordinary results in research. Focused on how the network and sharing facilities help research move forward. Presented the MX-10 device and how it could benefit education especially teachers who teach radiation physics.
Secondment
2014, 4th quarter
Venue:Geneva, Switzerland
Date: Oct-Nov, 2014
As part of the ARDENT project, secondment was carried out at CERN to learn more on Patenting, start-up, spin-off policies. I was also exposed to technology business incubator setup policies.
Training
2015, 1st quarter
Venue:Coimbatore, India
Date: Jan 8-10,2015
ICCCI conference ws dedicated towards internet of things related lecture, training, conference presentation. Several participants displayed also their prototypes.
Outreach
2015, 1st quarter
Venue:Coimbatore, India
Date: 8/1/2015
As part of the ARDENT project presented the work on semiconductor based detector (MX-10) and the gas detector based (GX-10) devices during the ICCCI conference to students, researchers, professors from all around India
Venue:Salem, India
Date: 12-14/1/2015
MX-10 digital particle camera and GX-10 based radiation monitor was presented to the students, researchers, professors of Sona college of technology.
Venue:Coimbatore, India
Date: 15-16/1/2015
MX-10 digital particle camera and GX-10 based radiation monitor was presented to the students, researchers, professors of Amrita University, Coimbatore.
Venue:Coimbatore, India
Date: 19-20/1/2015
MX-10 digital particle camera and GX-10 based radiation monitor was presented to the management of TIPS school of management which looks at idea to product, marketing, sales, HR issues
Venue:Coimbatore, India
Date: 21/1/2015
As part of the ARDENT project visited the Surya motors facility to study if there could be a possibility to use the radition detectors to analyze leaks in the pipes and the technology was presented to the management.
Venue:Coimbatore, India
Date: 22/1/2015
Outreach activity focused on exchanging information from ARDENT and surya power technolgy on solar based energy solutions.
Venue:Bangalore, India
Date: 23/1/2015
As part of the project and collaborative efforts, Saint-Gobain supported in the detector development. Visited the facility to present the activities and updates on the project and exchanged information on future development activities.
Visit
Venue:Bangalore, India
Date: 26-27/1/2015
MX-10 digital particle camera and GX-10 based radiation monitor was presented to the students, researchers, professors of Amrita Engineering College, Bangalore.
Venue:Bangalore, India
Date: 30/1/2015
ARDENT specific outreach activity on how the involvement of different organization from different countries can produce extraordinary results in research. Focused on how the network and sharing facilities help research move forward. Presented the MX-10 device and how it could benefit education to ministry of science and technology of Karnataka state government.
Venue:Bangalore, India
Date: 2/2/2015
ARDENT specific outreach activity on how the involvement of different organization from different countries can produce extraordinary results in research. Focused on how the network and sharing facilities help research move forward. Presented the MX-10 device and how it could benefit education to the management at Sona towers.
Venue:Bangalore, India
Date: 3-4/2/2015
ARDENT specific outreach activity on how the involvement of different organization from different countries can produce extraordinary results in research. Focused on how the network and sharing facilities help research move forward. Presented the MX-10 device and how it could benefit education especially teachers who teach radiation physics, arts and science of Srishti school of arts and design.
Venue:Bangalore, India
Date: 13/2/2015
ARDENT specific outreach activity on how the involvement of different organization from different countries can produce extraordinary results in research. Focused on how the network and sharing facilities help research move forward. Presented the MX-10 device and how it could benefit education to ministry of higher education of Karnataka state government.
Conferences
2015, 1st quarter
Venue:Coimbatore, India
Date: Jan 2015
Invited as one of the key note speaker for the ICCCI conference to deliver a lecture on IoT for radiation detection. Also invited as one of the jury member for the conference presentation.
Training
2015, 2nd quarter
Venue:Switzerland
Date: April 26- May 2nd,2015
Academia industry training conducted by CODEV, EPFL, Venturlab. Very well organized training program at Lausanne, Zurich. Fully funded program for the entire week with lot of training activities, lectures, pitching training, pitching at Google. People from different fields participated in the program
Venue:Basel, Switzerland
Date: May 9-11,2015
Well organized bootcamp training with several teams. Trainers trained on how to form a team, business potential, value proposition, pitching, market segmentation etc. At the end there was a pitch competition and I won the best pitch of the program.
Winner - Launchpad
Venue:Zurich, Switzerland
Date: 11/06/2015
Experts from different areas were invited as jury to judge the presentations, time management, clarity in idea etc.
Outreach
2015, 2nd quarter
Venue:Tokyo, Japan
Date: 23/5/2015
Participated in the asian entrepreneurship program organized by university of tokyo to present ideas, business management, plan. Selected with full funding for the attendance.
Venue:Kyoto, Japan
Date: 27-29/5/2015
As part of the ARDENT project, presented the MX-10 device to wide range of audience. Also had opportunity to present to industries who made a booth in the conference.
Training
2013, 1st quarter
Date: 21/08/2012 - This training was focused on quality of products. Thanks to speaker who clearly explained the stages of a project and its importance. Design cycle, cost, performance improvements, time line etc., were focus of this training
Date: 11-12/10/2012 - This training was intended to understand the products already manufactured in the company and how it has reached from research to market. This training also explained the intricacies and tips in security alarms. At the end of the training an exam was conducted and awarded with an certification
Date:15 & 18/10/2012 - This training was focused on training how to maintain a good relation with the supplier and how to negotiate with them on price based on the project. This training also helped in identifying and judging various tradeoffs in a project (e.g: cost, performance etc)
Date:03/11/2012 - This training was focused on installing various sensors. This gave me a clear idea on where to focus, what are the early design decisions which helped common man to install without troubles. Clear understanding of product in hand, steps in installation, tools required were clearly explained before hand and finally made a hands-on installation and tested.
Date:09/11/2012 - This training was focused on organization structure. As JABLOTRON HOLDING has various branches focusing on different business activities, this training helped in understanding the structure and also pin pointed who is the person to contact during the project phases.
Date:28/11/2012 - This training was focused on the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP). This training was very interesting one to see the link between the supplier, company, customer data management. Tools used, modules of the tools, E-Shop maintenance, training management, sales analysis, planning, stock managment were focused during the training
Date:07/02/2013 - This training was focused on understand and identify requirements. It gave more insights at the gap between what market needs and what developer makes during the project. This training focused on also looking at the feedback of distributor channels which are easy contact point to get sense the customer needs. Identifying best performing distributors for the company were also given due importance during this training
Date:15/02/2013 - This training was focused on tapping new markets (e.g India). Areas of focus such as regions to concentrate, pricing scenario, frequency policies, regulations, duties etc., This helped to clearly understand the areas to focus before launching a product in new market. Since radiation detectors need all these focus this training was very interesting with the past experience shared by colleagues in the company
Date:22/02/2013 - This training was focused on formulation of business strategy. This training is a continuation of the early two training focused on market research and new market identification. The final outcome of this training is a clear understanding of the bigger picture of business. These trainings helped to combine both scientific point of view and customer point of view.
Conferences/Workshops
2013, 1st quarter
Venue: Vienna,Austria
Date: 20-23/11/2012
The first annual workshop organized by ARDENT. This workshop gathered all ESR's and their supervisors together to meet each other. There were several lectures delivered by renowned experts in the field. The workshop closed with a visit to the MedAustron facility in Vienna.
Venue:Wollongong, Australia
Date: 6-9/12/2012
Micro-, Mini-, Nano- dosimetry workshop focused on current status of research in radiation detectors in hadron therapy and space. New radiation detection technologies for use in X-ray and charged particle were discussed. IPCT workshop concentrated on prostate cancer treatment, quality assurance etc.,
Outreach and dissemination
2013, 1st quarter
Venue: Prague, Czech Republic
Date:23/10/2012
As part of outreach activity, presentation was made at the Czech Republic foreign ministry. This presentation was about ARDENT and their collaboration with CERN. It was very well received from audience from companies around Czech Republic, CERN, foreign ministry. Presentation is available at outreach column of this website.
Venue:Amsterdam, Netherland
Date: Date: 13/03/2013
An outreach activity was held at Amsterdam Scientific Instruments. This meeting helped to understand the activities of ASI and we also presented the market research to obtain their feedback. Presentation is available at the outreach column of this website.
Venue:Prague, Czech Republic
Date: Date: 5/04/2013
SURO- Czech Republic radiation protection institute: This outreach activity took place in SURO to explain the activity of ARDENT and its activities. This meeting alos helped to understand the requirements of SURO and their activities. At the end of the meeting a visit around the institute and its facilities were organized.
Outreach
2013, 2nd quarter
Venue:Dublin, Ireland
Date: Date: 14-15/05/2013
European researchers mobility conference was organized by the Irish presidency to look at future research funding scenarios focusing HORIZON-2020. This conference focused on how to stay competitive in research compared to other nations and also to look at how to retain talent in Europe. Various funding scenarios and opinions from researchers were taken into account and reported back to the European commission. This conference was attended and addressed by Minister of research and innovation,EU commissioner for research and innovation, EU commission for Marie-Curie actions and many more. During this conference I was able to explain the role of Marie-Curie funding and its positive effect on researchers. I won the researcher bursary competition and was funded for all the expenses during the conference.
Visit competition results
Few photographs of the bursary competition winners with Minister for research and innovation Mr.Sean Sherlock which released in the press after the conference:
Outreach
2013, 3rd quarter
Venue:Prague, Czech Republic
Date: Date: 05-09/08/2013
ICPE-EPEC conference was attended by more than 300 physics teachers from high schools, universities, research centers to identify methodology to teach physics. As part of this program Jablotron Alarms a.s became one of the conference partners and exhibited Medipix/Timepix based MX-10 particle camera. This was partly funded by ARDENT to present a poster on the technology.
Information about this in Jablotron Alarms website under news
Few photographs taken during the conference
Venue:Prague, Czech Republic
Date: Date: 29/08/2013
CMI- Czech Metrological Institute visit was organized during the secondment at IEAP. This institute specializes in regulating and certifying the radiation devices in Czech Republic. Special thanks to Dr.Zdenek Vykydal who arranged this visit. We introduced the activity of ARDENT and also presented the devices under development.
Remote monitoring setup at CMI
Training
2013, 3rd quarter
Venue:Bad honnef, Germany
Date: Date: 11-23/08/2013
WE-Heraeus Physics School on "Ionizing radiation and protection of Man" was a two weeks intensive school. This school provided wide overview on various topics of radiation such as basics in radiation physics, radiation biology, radiation statistics, radio ecology, radioepidemiology. It also covered insights on natural radiation exposure, ionizing radiation in medicine and practical aspects of radiation protection. Hands on training on with various radiation detectors and natural sources of radiation were also arranged during this school. I also presented a poster on Medipix/Timepix based MX-10 particle detector during the school. Few photographs taken during the heraeus school
Group photo during the school
Poster session
Radiation measurement in the soil
Secondment
2013, 3rd quarter
Venue:Prague, Czech Republic
Date: Date: 26/08/2013-06/09/2013
As part of the ARDENT project, secondment was carried out at IEAP, Prague. This secondment was dedicated towards calibration of Medipix device and other experimental activities. Several experiments such as background radiation, experiments in the X-ray chamber were carried out with GM tube based radiation device. These experiments helped to understand the behavior of the GM tube and its performance. Special thanks to IEAP and especially Dr.Zdenek Vykydal who helped during these experiments. Few photographs taken during the secondment
Training
2013, 4th quarter
Venue:Seoul, Korea
Date: Date: 26-27/10/2013
Radiation detection and measurement course was organized at the IEEE-NSS conference. It was organized by Prof.Knoll. This course gave detailed explanation on principles and physics behind various detectors such as gas, semiconductor, scintillator etc., This course was very useful to rewind the technology which I am working in and also give ideas from other detector technologies
Venue:Seoul, Korea
Date: Date: 28/10/2013
Physics and design detector for SPECT and PET is a one day course attended during the IEEE-NSS conference. This course explained the state of art gamma ray detectors for PET and SPECT. Also there was discussion on emerging technologies, statistical characterization of detectors etc.,
Media interview
2013, 4th quarter
Venue:Chennai, India
Date: Date: 05/11/2013
During my visit to India I was interviewed by leading educational magazine. I was interview mainly on my activities in research, career path, motivation towards research and higher education. The article also concentrated on how to do higher education with scholarship for financially poor students. This article was released Tamil language in Tamilnadu, India. Please find below the article.
Outreach
2013, 4th quarter
Venue:Milan, Italy
Date: Date: 16/10/2013
Second ARDENT workshop was held in Milan. This workshop was dedicated initially to the EU commission's review followed by the outreach activity. This outreach activity was mainly attended by students to know the technologies which are under development. MX-10 - Medipix based particle detector used in Education applications were presented to them. Few photographs taken during the outreach
Venue:Seoul, Korea
Date: Date: 29-31/10/2013
Participated in the industrial exhibition to exhibit MX-10 Educational kit to introduce Medipix technology and role of ARDENT in its development. This activity helped in understanding the market needs and also very good networking opportunity. Also gave an opportunity to look at what other people are also doing in the radiation field
Venue:Chennai, India
Date: Date: 04/11/2013
Presented the activities of ARDENT and introduced the Medipix technology to the Nuclear Engineering department at SRM, University. Thanks to head of nuclear engineering department for organizing the visit and also giving lot of insights into their activities in radiation domain.
Venue:Delhi, India
Date: Date: 06/11/2013
Presented the activities of ARDENT and introduced the Medipix technology to the professors at Miranda house, University of Delhi. Thanks to the principal who took time to show me around their laboratories and facilities.
Venue:Coimbatore, India
Date: Date: 08/11/2013
Presented the activities of ARDENT and introduced the Medipix technology to the students of Amrita University. Also gave an informal talk on need for research and motivation towards higher education especially for women students. Thanks to head of research and head of international relations department who organized the entire visit and for their valuable time in discussing future activities. Special thanks to the Vice chancellor of the university.
Venue:Bangalore, India
Date: Date: 11/11/2013
Visited the manufacturing facilities of Saint-Gobain. It gave lot of insights into how they manufacture scintillator crystals. Thanks to the General manager and his team for taking time to show me around the facility and also for their time in listening to the activities of ARDENT.
Venue:Coimbatore, India
Date: Date: 12/11/2013
Visited the research facilities of PSG college of technology.Thanks to the research director and his team for taking time to show me around the facility and also for their time in listening to the activities of ARDENT.
Venue:Coimbatore, India
Date: Date: 13/11/2013
Gave a informal talk to the students at Info Engineering College about higher education and need for research activities. Thanks to the Secretary and the staff incharge for organizing the entire visit and also for their time in listening to the activities of ARDENT.
Experimental activity
2013, 4th quarter
Venue:Prague, Czech Republic
Date: Date: 22/11/2013-29/11/2013
As part of the ARDENT project, experimental activity was carried out in SURO (Czech Radiation Protection Institute). This activity is mainly concentrated towards the the portable gas based radiation detector under development at Jablotron Alarms a.s. The device was tested with Cesium and Cobalt sources at various intensities to check their performances. Also it was tested at low energies using the X-ray tubes to analyze their performance at low energies. Few photographs taken during the secondment
Training
2014, 1st quarter
Venue:Jablotron Alarms a.s
Date: Date: 03/02/2014
Gas based detector development is close to end of its testing. As part of the project, we intend to develop a reliable cloud service to support the radiation detection and remote monitoring. I had a great opporturnity to discuss with Mr.David Benes regarding the cloud service and its intricacies.
Venue:Jablotron Alarms a.s
Date: 27/02/2014
Attended the wireless motes training conducted by Libelium. It was very useful training to understand their hardware developments and deployment scenarios. This training was undertaken to see if radiation detection could be ported to wireless transmission of detected radiation.
Venue:Jablotron Alarms a.s
Date: 04/03/2014
Jablotron Alarms a.s holds one of the best maintained logistics center to cater the needs of customer all around the world. Thanks to Mr.Stefan Vanco who arranged the meeting with the logistics head Mr.Cizek. During this visit the maintenance of stock, bar code utilization, packing were studied.
Venue:Jablotron Alarms a.s
Date: 12/03/2014
As a continuation of the wireless motes training, wireless communication training was undertaked to understand the methods used at Jablotron on its products to effectively and efficiently communicate between its motes. This training was very useful to understand different frequencies used at Jablotron and its reasons.
Venue:Jablotron Alarms a.s
Date: 13/03/2014
Machine to Machine communication training was undertaken to complete the cycle of wireless training. This training gave lot of insights into deployment scenario, monitoring, data management etc. This training was conducted by Axeda.
Outreach
2014, 1st quarter
Venue:Helsinki, Finland
Date: Date: 10/1/2014
As part of the ARDENT project visited the VTT facilities in Helsinki who is manufacturing the Medipix chip. This visit gave lot of insights into the manufacturing process, problems, technology maturity. During the visit ARDENT roles were presented and Advacam presented their work.
Experimental activity
2014, 1st quarter
Venue:Prague, Czech Republic
Date: Date: 09/07/14 to 10/07/14
As part of the ARDENT project, experimental activity was carried out in SURO (Czech Radiation Protection Institute). This activity is mainly concentrated towards the the portable gas based radiation detector under development at Jablotron Alarms a.s. The device was tested with Cesium and Cobalt sources at various intensities to check their performances. Also it was tested at low energies using the X-ray tubes to analyze their performance at low energies.
Training
2014, 2nd quarter
Venue:Jablotron Alarms a.s
Date: Date: 04/2014
Design training to integrate sensors into the radiation indicator to detect the environmental parameters such as temperature, humidity, atmospheric pressure
Venue:Jablotron Alarms a.s
Date: 05/2014
Internal training to plan and execute external supplier specification document. The external partner discussed is cloud service platform developer. Step-by-step process of the user usage of different features where explained in the document. This document bridged the understanding between hardware and software developers
Experimental activity
2014, 2nd quarter
Venue:Jablotron Alarms a.s
Date: April to June 2014
This period was dedicated to internally test the electronics of the GX-10 device. During the period, several GM tubes were tested to analyze if the power supply module fits different kind of tube. Further more communication testing was performed for wireless and wired connection. Few radiation related tests were made with low radioactive uranium glass.
Training
2014, 3rd quarter
Venue:Darmstadt, Zurich, Wageningen
Date: Aug 3rd to Sept 6th, 2014
Climate-KIC organized "The Journey" program. I participated in a competitive selection process to get selected into this program. The program was completely funded for accomodation, travel, courses. I was one of the participant among participant from about 23 countries. People from different parts of the world participated in this program with one focus "Starting a company which has climate impact". This program taught every aspect of a entrepreneurial journey from idea to establishing a company. There were several brainstorming, ideation session to identify the idea. then followed by team building, explaining need for a team, business plan writing, financial plan preparation, pitching session etc. Finally the pitch competition was held in Wageningen, Netherland, we pitched to an international jury and won the challenge. It was one month full of challenges, good networking with lot of good friends, visits to very interesting places such as Viessman, SMA (solar inverter manufacturers), Green house etc. It was one of the wonderful journey which I will cherish life long for the learning and challenge experienced. Thanks to Climate-KIC for this wonderful opportunity.
Outreach
2014, 3rd quarter
Venue:Darmstadt, Germany
Date: Date: 13/8/2014
During the Climate-KIC "The Journey" program MX-10 was presented as a device for educational purpose. also during this presentation, focus was given on how the idea started and what stages this device underwent to reach to the market.
Secondment
2014, 3rd quarter
Venue:Geneva, Switzerland
Date: Sep Oct, 2014
As part of the ARDENT project, secondment was carried out at CERN to do feasibility study on two technologies (not revealed due to strict NDA policies) on their market feasibility, market requirement, potential partners to transfer technology.
Training
2014, 4th quarter
Venue:CERN, Geneva
Date: 10/09/2014
Attended training on CERN knowledge transfer policy. This training gave lot of insights on CERN's policy on protecting the intellectual property, patenting, spin-off, start-up policies, funding opportunities for organization
Venue:Nuremberg, Germany
Date: Sep 29 to Oct 02,2014
Attended the 3rd ARDENT workshop which comprised of all the researchers presentation followed by interesting visit to IBA dosimetry and its facilities. Also there were several lectures on semiconductor, dosimetry, quality assurance related trainings delivered experts in the field
Venue:Lausanne, Switzerland
Date: 27/10/2014
This training focused on entrepreneurship, start-up policies at EPFL. It was followed by pitch training by experts. This training also gave lot insights on need for innovative companies
Venue:Rome, Italy
Date: Oct 28-29, 2014
Internet of Things summit focused on all aspects related to smart devices connected to the internet. This event was participated by industry, research centers, academia. This event gave lot of insights on the EU policy towards smart devices.
Venue:CERN, Geneva
Date: 05/11/2014
This event was organized by the CERN KT group. People from all around Europe participated to exchange information on new outcomes in additive manufacturing. Very interesting talks focused on micro machining, optics, etching process were discussed
Venue:CERN, Geneva
Date: 12/11/2014
Intellectual property training conducted by CERN. This event focused on protecting the IP. New topics such as patenting, copyright,design protection etc were discussed during this event.
Venue:Bangalore, India
Date: Nov 29 - Dec 5, 2014
Start-up tour organized by Swissnex, India. It was a 4.5 day event organized to network with people around Bangalore. The event had several interesting lectures on business scenario in India. Issues such as setting up company, running company, visits to industry, incubators were part of this program. Thanks to Swissnex and thanks to Prateek and Ankita for the wonderful event.
Venue:Bangalore, India
Date: Dec 8, 2014
It was a one on one meeting with the head of European Business Transfer Centre. This meeting helped to understand how european technology can help India and vice versa. This meeting gave lot insights on collaborations, technologies available for transfer etc.
Outreach
2014, 4th quarter
Venue:Lausanne, Switzerland
Date: Date: 8/10/2014
As part of the ARDENT project visited the VTT facilities in Helsinki who is manufacturing the Medipix chip. This visit gave lot of insights into the manufacturing process, problems, technology maturity. During the visit ARDENT roles were presented and Advacam presented their work.
Venue:Seattle, USA
Date: 15/10/2014
MX-10 digital particle camera was presented for the IEEE-NSS audience which covered researchers, students, industries. During this program ARDENT and its role in development of radiation detectors were also presented.
Venue:Bangalore, India
Date: 01/12/2014
The consulate of Switzerland in Bangalore invited for a presentation on the Medipix/timepix technology. MX-10 and education purpose was presented to the Swissnex team also during this meeting.
Venue:Bangalore, India
Date: Dec 8, 2014
It was a one on one meeting with the head of European Business Transfer Centre. During this meeting Medipix/timepix technology was presented. Also the demo of MX-10 device was shown to the EBTC group
Venue:Delhi, India
Date: 09/12/2014
ARDENT and especially the Medipix technology was presented to Minister of Chemical and fertilizer who is interested about new technologies especially for educational purpose. This technology was also presented to his colleagues.
Venue:Delhi, India
Date: 10/12/2014
ARDENT and especially the Medipix technology was presented to Ministry of science and technology which also covers funding and innovation towards radiation related studies in India. The technology was very well received by the scientist community in the ministry.
Venue:Delhi, India
Date: 11/12/2014
Euraxess India office takes care of bridging all the activities between Europe and India. During this outreach activity the technology developed at ARDENT community was presented. Also lot of information about Indian research in this area was gathered.
Venue:Coimbatore, India
Date: 15/12/2014
Outreach activity to the coimbatore small scale industries association was done to attract young people towards research activities in Europe. During this outreach activity information related to Europe support for non-european researchers were discussed. Lot of questions related to both the cultures were discussed. Presented also the Medipix technology to attract schools for teaching using innovative devices
Venue:Coimbatore, India
Date: 16/12/2014
ARDENT specific outreach activity on how the involvement of different organization from different countries can produce extraordinary results in research. Focused on how the network and sharing facilities help research move forward. Presented the MX-10 device and how it could benefit education especially teachers who teach radiation physics.
Venue:Coimbatore, India
Date: 17/12/2014
ARDENT specific outreach activity on how the involvement of different organization from different countries can produce extraordinary results in research. Focused on how the network and sharing facilities help research move forward. Presented the MX-10 device and how it could benefit education especially teachers who teach radiation physics.
Venue:Coimbatore, India
Date: 19/12/2014
ARDENT specific outreach activity on how the involvement of different organization from different countries can produce extraordinary results in research. Focused on how the network and sharing facilities help research move forward. Presented the MX-10 device and how it could benefit education especially teachers who teach radiation physics.
Venue:Coimbatore, India
Date: 22/12/2014
ARDENT specific outreach activity on how the involvement of different organization from different countries can produce extraordinary results in research. Focused on how the network and sharing facilities help research move forward. Presented the MX-10 device and how it could benefit education especially teachers who teach radiation physics.
Secondment
2014, 4th quarter
Venue:Geneva, Switzerland
Date: Oct-Nov, 2014
As part of the ARDENT project, secondment was carried out at CERN to learn more on Patenting, start-up, spin-off policies. I was also exposed to technology business incubator setup policies.
Training
2015, 1st quarter
Venue:Coimbatore, India
Date: Jan 8-10,2015
ICCCI conference ws dedicated towards internet of things related lecture, training, conference presentation. Several participants displayed also their prototypes.
Outreach
2015, 1st quarter
Venue:Coimbatore, India
Date: 8/1/2015
As part of the ARDENT project presented the work on semiconductor based detector (MX-10) and the gas detector based (GX-10) devices during the ICCCI conference to students, researchers, professors from all around India
Venue:Salem, India
Date: 12-14/1/2015
MX-10 digital particle camera and GX-10 based radiation monitor was presented to the students, researchers, professors of Sona college of technology.
Venue:Coimbatore, India
Date: 15-16/1/2015
MX-10 digital particle camera and GX-10 based radiation monitor was presented to the students, researchers, professors of Amrita University, Coimbatore.
Venue:Coimbatore, India
Date: 19-20/1/2015
MX-10 digital particle camera and GX-10 based radiation monitor was presented to the management of TIPS school of management which looks at idea to product, marketing, sales, HR issues
Venue:Coimbatore, India
Date: 21/1/2015
As part of the ARDENT project visited the Surya motors facility to study if there could be a possibility to use the radition detectors to analyze leaks in the pipes and the technology was presented to the management.
Venue:Coimbatore, India
Date: 22/1/2015
Outreach activity focused on exchanging information from ARDENT and surya power technolgy on solar based energy solutions.
Venue:Bangalore, India
Date: 23/1/2015
As part of the project and collaborative efforts, Saint-Gobain supported in the detector development. Visited the facility to present the activities and updates on the project and exchanged information on future development activities.
Visit
Venue:Bangalore, India
Date: 26-27/1/2015
MX-10 digital particle camera and GX-10 based radiation monitor was presented to the students, researchers, professors of Amrita Engineering College, Bangalore.
Venue:Bangalore, India
Date: 30/1/2015
ARDENT specific outreach activity on how the involvement of different organization from different countries can produce extraordinary results in research. Focused on how the network and sharing facilities help research move forward. Presented the MX-10 device and how it could benefit education to ministry of science and technology of Karnataka state government.
Venue:Bangalore, India
Date: 2/2/2015
ARDENT specific outreach activity on how the involvement of different organization from different countries can produce extraordinary results in research. Focused on how the network and sharing facilities help research move forward. Presented the MX-10 device and how it could benefit education to the management at Sona towers.
Venue:Bangalore, India
Date: 3-4/2/2015
ARDENT specific outreach activity on how the involvement of different organization from different countries can produce extraordinary results in research. Focused on how the network and sharing facilities help research move forward. Presented the MX-10 device and how it could benefit education especially teachers who teach radiation physics, arts and science of Srishti school of arts and design.
Venue:Bangalore, India
Date: 13/2/2015
ARDENT specific outreach activity on how the involvement of different organization from different countries can produce extraordinary results in research. Focused on how the network and sharing facilities help research move forward. Presented the MX-10 device and how it could benefit education to ministry of higher education of Karnataka state government.
Conferences
2015, 1st quarter
Venue:Coimbatore, India
Date: Jan 2015
Invited as one of the key note speaker for the ICCCI conference to deliver a lecture on IoT for radiation detection. Also invited as one of the jury member for the conference presentation.
Training
2015, 2nd quarter
Venue:Switzerland
Date: April 26- May 2nd,2015
Academia industry training conducted by CODEV, EPFL, Venturlab. Very well organized training program at Lausanne, Zurich. Fully funded program for the entire week with lot of training activities, lectures, pitching training, pitching at Google. People from different fields participated in the program
Venue:Basel, Switzerland
Date: May 9-11,2015
Well organized bootcamp training with several teams. Trainers trained on how to form a team, business potential, value proposition, pitching, market segmentation etc. At the end there was a pitch competition and I won the best pitch of the program.
Winner - Launchpad
Venue:Zurich, Switzerland
Date: 11/06/2015
Experts from different areas were invited as jury to judge the presentations, time management, clarity in idea etc.
Outreach
2015, 2nd quarter
Venue:Tokyo, Japan
Date: 23/5/2015
Participated in the asian entrepreneurship program organized by university of tokyo to present ideas, business management, plan. Selected with full funding for the attendance.
Venue:Kyoto, Japan
Date: 27-29/5/2015
As part of the ARDENT project, presented the MX-10 device to wide range of audience. Also had opportunity to present to industries who made a booth in the conference.
Conference
2015, 2nd quarter