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The School was set up on Nov. 8, 1996 and was named in the honour of a distinguished faculty member and a former Director of the Institute, Prof. G. S. Sanyal. One of our illustrious alumnus and a successful entrepreneur Mr. Arjun Malhotra, had a vision of Telecommunication needs and its growth potential in India. Mr. Malhotra and his wife, Mrs. Kiran Malhotra, made an invaluable endowment for setting up the School of Telecommunications, to function as a center of excellence in the field of communication technology. It was conceived to fulfill the needs of education, research, technology development and training. The school has been assigned a role to collaborate with industry, academia, professional bodies etc. and function through various innovative means. Following are the specific objectives of the School: To take up research activities through M.S., Ph.D. and post-doctoral research programmes in order to keep pace with the advances in the area of telecommunications.To take up sponsored and consultancy projects from industries and government agencies.To offer general and specific tailor made training programmes on current topics.To set up laboratories and test facilities.
Prof. Suvra Sekhar Das
Head of the
School
Contact (Head)
Phone: +91-3222-282266
Fax: +91-3222-282266
Email : suvra@gssst.iitkgp.ac.in
Telecommunication is a fast evolving field with continuous innovations taking place across the globe. In this context G. S. Sanyal School of Telecommunication was set up for taking forward research in telecommunication independently and exclusively. It is our endeavour to make our contribution towards that end and continue to fulfil the goals that was intended for this school. We strive to excel in the areas ranging from signal processing to communication networking and make a mark in the world of telecommunication.
