C2S

Steps to request for the EDA Tool by an academic institution and R&D organization (other than the organizations already supported under the C2S Programme)

The EDA Tools from Synopsys, Cadence, and Siemens EDA etc would be made available to Indian academic institutions / domestic R&D organizations (other than the organizations already supported under the C2S Programme) based on first-come-first-served basis subject to the availability of the EDA Tools and meeting the following criteria.
Eligibility criteria: The organizations seeking EDA tools from the ChipIN Centre (other than the organizations availing financial support in Category-I, Category-II & Category-III under C2S Programme) are required to meet the following eligibility criteria:

(i) The organizations should have existing Programs for B.E./ B.Tech or M.E./ M.Tech in Electronics & Communication/ Electrical Engineering/ Microelectronics/ VLSI/ Integrated Circuit/ Embedded System/ Electronic System Design or equivalent.

(ii) The organizations should have the availability of requisite infrastructure & capital equipment for VLSI design lab; as well as permanent faculty members / professionals in VLSI design domain.

Steps to be followed by an organization for getting access of EDA Tools available at ChipIN Centre under C2S Programme:

(i) Head of the organization to send an email from their official email-id with details of the required EDA tools to the following - chipin@cdac.in & support.c2s@meity.gov.in.

(ii) Head of the organization to nominate and share contact details of 2 permanent faculty members/ professionals as point of contact (POC) for future interactions with the ChipIN Centre.

(iii) An undertaking to be provided by the head of organization on the institute letter-head (containing the sign & seal) affirming the following:

The organization has existing Programs for B.E./ B.Tech or M.E./ M.Tech in Electronics & Communication/ Electrical Engineering/ Microelectronics/ VLSI/ Integrated Circuit/ Embedded System/ Electronic System Design or equivalent.
The organization has the requisite infrastructure & capital equipment for VLSI design lab; as well as permanent faculty members / professionals in VLSI design domain.
EDA tools provided by the ChipIN Centre under C2S Programme will be utilized only for teaching, instruction & research purposes by all faculty members, students & researchers at B.Tech, M.Tech, PhD levels and professionals/ engineers at the organization.

Academic institution: shall conduct 15+ short-term VLSI Design projects of duration 4 weeks+ to train at least 273 number of industry-ready manpower specialized in VLSI / Embedded System design utilizing the EDA Tool resources made available by ChipIN Centre under C2S Programme:

#	Type of Manpower	Year - I	Year - II	Year - III	Total
1	Type-I manpower (PhD)	1	1	1	3
2	Type-II manpower (M. Tech in VLSI/ Embedded System Design)	20	20	20	60
3	Type-III manpower (M. Tech in Computer/Communication/Electronic System/ Equivalent with at least two VLSI courses/minor projects in VLSI, etc)	10	10	10	30
4	Type-IV manpower (B. Tech with at least two VLSI courses/minor projects in VLSI)	60	60	60	180
	Total	91	91	91	273

It is hereby affirmed that the details of short-term VLSI Design projects to be conducted should be shared with the ChipIN Centre at the beginning of every six months (Targeted projects title/ area/ duration and number of type-wise manpower); along with the details of short-term VLSI Design projects conducted in last 6 months (Title/ area/ duration of projects conducted and number of type-wise manpower generated).

R&D organization: shall conduct 10+ short-term VLSI Design projects of duration of 4 weeks+ to train at least 120 number of industry-ready manpower specialized in VLSI / Embedded System design utilizing the EDA Tool resources made available by ChipIN Centre under C2S Programme

#	Type of Manpower	Year - I	Year - II	Year - III	Total
1	Type-I manpower (PhD)	40	40	40	120
2	Type-II manpower (M. Tech in VLSI/ Embedded System Design)
3	Type-III manpower (M. Tech in Computer/Communication/Electronic System/ Equivalent with at least two VLSI courses/minor projects in VLSI, etc)
4	Type-IV manpower (B. Tech with at least two VLSI courses/minor projects in VLSI)
5	Other manpower (professionals/ engineers)

It is hereby affirmed that the details of short-term VLSI Design projects to be conducted should be shared with the ChipIN Centre at the beginning of every six months (Targeted projects title/ area/ duration and number of type-wise/ other manpower); along with the details of short-term VLSI Design projects conducted in last 6 months (Title/ area/ duration of projects conducted and number of type-wise/ other manpower generated).

Steps to be followed by the ChipIN Centre to enable EDA Toos at organization:
(i) Step 1: Login credentials to be created by ChipIN Centre for the organization to access the ChipIN Support Centre (https://chipin.cdacb.in/) and ChipIN Cloud (https://chipin-cloud.cdacb.in).

(ii) Step 2: Organization to sign the End User License Agreement (EULA) from the EDA tool vendor.

(iii) Step 3: ChipIN Centre to provide details with the organization for raising a ticket on the ChipIN Support Centre to provide the WAN IPs of the organization for whitelisting.

(iv) Step 4: ChipIN Centre to provide the checklist (including pre-recorded online EDA Tool installation videos) with the organization to ensure that their firewall and license checkout are functioning correctly.

(v) Step 5: ChipIN Centre to provide the access to the EDA Tool licenses hosted centrally at ChipIN Centre.

(vi) Step 6: ChipIN Centre to provide the vendor EDA Tool online support access credentials with the organization for vendor online support.

(vii) Step 7: ChipIN Centre to conduct preliminary sessions for EDA Tools installation and License checkout if the institute is unable to do so.
Domestic Start-ups / MSMEs may apply for access to EDA Tool made available by ChipIN Centre at website of DLI Scheme https://chips-dli.gov.in/DLI/HomePage

EDA Tool Support Other than C2S Institutions