SPARC Team
 Dr. Taimoor Khan, NIT Silchar, India
Indo-Canada SPARC-Course on “Dielectric
Resonator and Its Applications”
(DRA-2020)
(Virtual Event)
Duration: November 20-24, 2020
Time (IST): 6:30 PM onward
Jointly Organized By
Department of ECE, National Institute of Technology
Silchar, India
Department of ECE, Delhi Technological University
Delhi, India
Department of ECE, Queen’s University, Canada
Participation E-Certificate
Minimum 75% attendance is mandatory for getting
participation E-certificate of the event.
For query, please contact:
Dr. Taimoor Khan, Convener, DRA-2020
Dept of ECE, NIT Silchar, Assam, India
Email: sparc@ece.nits.ac.in
Mobile: +91-9411823416/+91-9864782439
Chief Patron
 Prof. Asok De, DTU Delhi, India
 Prof. Yahia M.M. Antar, RMC/QU, Canada
 Prof. Al. P. Freundorfer, QU Kingston, Canada
Distinguished Speakers
-Prof. Y.M.M Antar, RMC/QU Canada
-Prof. Ahmed A Kishk, Concordia University Canada
-Prof. Kwok Wa Leung, City University of Hong Kong
-Prof. Tayeb A. Denidni, Universite de Quebec, Canada
-Prof. Surender Pal, Scientist, ISRO Satellite Centre
Bangalore, India
-Prof. R.K. Gangwar, IIT (ISM) Dhanbad, India
- Dr. Sounik Kiran Kumar Dash, SUSTech, Shenzhen, China
About DRA-2020
A dielectric resonator (DR) is a piece of dielectric
material, usually ceramic. It is designed to function as
a resonator for radio waves, generally in
the microwave and millimeter wave bands. The radio
waves are confined inside the resonator material by the
abrupt change in permittivity at the surface, and bounce
back and forth between the sides. At resonant
frequencies, the microwaves form standing waves in
the resonator, oscillating with large amplitudes.
The resonant frequency is determined by the physical
dimensions and the permittivity of the dielectric
material. DRs generally consist of a "puck" of ceramic
having large permittivity and a low dissipation factor.
DRs’ function similarly to CRs (cavity resonators),
except that the radio waves are reflected by the large
change in permittivity rather than by
the conductivity of metal. At millimeter
wave frequencies, metal surfaces become lossy
reflectors, so dielectric resonators are used at these
frequencies. DRs' main use is in millimeter-
wave electronic oscillators to control the frequency of
the radio waves generated. They are also used
as bandpass filters as well as antennas. DRA-2020
focusses the fundamental aspects of DRs and some
engineering applications.
Prof. Sivaji Bandyopadhyay, Director,
NIT Silchar, India
Patrons
Prof. U. Kumar, Institute Coordinator, SPARC,
NIT Silchar, India
Prof. M. Ali Ahmed, Dean R & C, NIT Silchar, India
Chairperson
Dr. K.L. Baishnab, HOD, ECE, NIT Silchar, India
Convener
Dr. Taimoor Khan, ECE Dept. NIT Silchar
About SPARC
Ministry of Education (ME), Govt of India launched
“Scheme for Promotion of Academic and Research
Collaboration” (SPARC) on 25 October 2018.
Basically, SPARC aims at improving the research
ecosystem of India’s higher educational institutions by
facilitating academic and research collaborations
between Indian institutions and the best institutions in
the world from 28 selected nations. The major outcome
of the SPARC initiative is to make strong research
collaboration between Indian research groups with
best-in class faculty and renowned research group in
the leading universities of the world, in areas that are at
the cutting edge of science or with direct social
relevance to the mankind, specifically of India. This
workshop is being jointly organized by NIT Silchar
(India), DTU Delhi (India), and QU Kingston (Canada)
as an academic deliverable of the ongoing SPARC
project.
Eligibility of Participation
Students (UG/PG/PhD), faculty members and industry
personnel from recognized technical institutions/
organizations interested in the emerging area of
dielectric resonator and its microwave applications can
register for this course.
Registration Details
There is no registration fee. Interested candidates can
register (on or before 17 Nov. 2020) using link:
https://forms.gle/LCsy5rRDUfrK9VtZA