Shivaling S.

Mahant Shetti Ph D
Pranjal Microelectronics Pvt Ltd
Bailhongal

Shivaling is recipient of Techno Mentor award from India Semiconductor Association. He has
the honour of starting the first IC design activity in India in 1988-89.

He is Chairman Emeritus of KarMic Design Centre (KarMic) Pvt Limited, a well respected IC
design services company. KarMic was started as a business venture of Testchip Technologies
that he co-founded with Mark Harward and Brenda Stoner.

Pranjal Microelectronics Private Limited (Formerly KarMic Training and Research Centre )
provided engineers to KarMic and has trained 400 engineers in the 15 years of existence and
the alumni have contributed approximately $150 Million (~900 Crore rupees) to the Indian
economy. Since 2007 he has been training poor rural 10 th standard students mixed signal IC
design in Mallapur/Nesarg and Kalagar/Sirsii to become chip designers in three years, an
experiment to contest Tier-N city arguments and traditional teaching methods. Of these 40
are working for MNCs in Bangalore side by side with other engineers and 100 are in training.

In Mallapur/Nesargi, Bailhongal and Kalagar/Sirsi, he is involved in research related to

agriculture and increasing potential for local potentials.

Prior to this engagement, he worked in R&D laboratories of Texas Instruments, Dallas for 17
years. He started the first chip design activity in India in 1988-89 (for Texas Instruments
India).

He was elected Distinguished Member of Technical Staff and Senior Member Technical Staff.
He holds 65 patents and is an author of 35 technical papers.

Shivaling S Mahant-Shetti obtained a doctorate from Brown University in 1977 in electrical

sciences after a Master's from the same school and B Tech with Honours from IIT Bombay.
His high school education was in King George School, Belgaum (Now Rashtriya School ) and M
J High school Bailhongal.

He enjoys Jolada Rotti, Sabbasige Palle and Menthe Palle.