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  • Hands-on Workshop on eSim | At Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Bombay:

    As part of the EE204 course, the eSim Team conducted a hands-on workshop on eSim on 11th October 2025 and 29 October 2025. The session was conducted by the eSim team at IIT Bombay. This was delivered to around 120, Second Year B.Tech Electrical Engineering students. The workshop introduced participants to eSim, an open-source EDA tool developed under the FOSSEE initiative, focusing on circuit design, simulation, and analysis. Throughout the session, students experienced the complete workflow from installing eSim to designing and analyzing real-world circuits. The team explained the potential applications of eSim and demonstrated practical use cases through live hands-on examples. The session further their understanding of analog circuit behavior and strengthened their practical skills through using an open-source EDA tool. 

    On Friday, 31st October 2025, an eSim Quiz was conducted. Students were given two circuit design problems to create, simulate, and test using eSim, showcasing their understanding of circuit simulation. The completed designs were submitted through the IIT Bombay Moodle platform. This quiz was conducted as part of the EE204 – Analog Circuits course.

  • CE627: Structural Design Lab II Course at IIT Bombay:

    As a part of CE627: Structural Design Lab II Course, around 30 students were trained in designing of steel structures using Osdag. There were 2 sessions taken on 8 and 15 October 2025. The course covered multiple software (including commercial), and the Osdag team demonstrated how Osdag stands out as an open source alternative to some of the commercial software. The team demonstrated to do effective dissemination of concepts through Osdag.

  • Osdag Training and Demonstration at Nirma University:

    The Osdag team was invited to Nirma University, Ahmedabad to conduct a training session, for 30 students, for designing components of a steel structure using Osdag on 29 September 2025. The team conducted the sessions, highlighting nuances of design and detailing aspects for flexural members, tension members and connections. Students were trained on how Osdag handles these nuances effectively. This training was a step towards integrating Osdag in the curriculum of Nirma University.

  • Poster presentation at 3rd Annual SemiX Summit 2025:

    The 3rd Annual Semix Summit was held at IIT Bombay, Mumbai on September 25–26, 2025. The eSim Team participated in this event by presenting a poster on open-source circuit design and simulation. The presentation highlighted eSim’s contributions to education, research, and innovation, and provided an opportunity to engage with the broader semiconductor ecosystem. The team welcomed discussions, feedback, and potential collaborations during the summit.

  • IndiaFOSS 2025:

    The 5th edition of the annual Free and Open Source Software conference by the FOSS United community was organised at the NIMHANS Convention Centre, Bangalore on 20-21 September 2025. Osdag team under the FOSSEE project showcased Osdag, a cross-platform  free/libre and open-source software for the design (and detailing) of steel structures, following the Indian Standard IS 800:2007. The Osdag team did a demonstration and imparted training on the design of various components of steel structures using Osdag. More than 150 participants attended the talk.

  • eSim Marathon - Circuit Design & Simulation with IHP SG13G2:

    The eSim Marathon - Circuit Design & Simulation with IHP SG13G2 was a nationwide circuit design competition where participants use eSim, an open-source EDA tool developed by FOSSEE, IIT Bombay, to design and simulate circuits using the IHP SG13G2 PDK - a 130 nm open-source BiCMOS technology from IHP Microelectronics, Germany. The event was organised in the month of September - October 2025. The key highlights were:

    • Tool Used: eSim – a free and open-source alternative to commercial circuit design tools like OrCAD.

    • PDK Used: IHP SG13G2 – enables design of analog, digital, and RF circuits at 130 nm.

    • Objective: Design, simulate, and submit functional analog/digital/mixed-signal circuits.

    • Eligibility: Open to individuals – students, hobbyists, and early-career professionals.

    • Learning Outcomes: Participants gain hands-on VLSI design experience using a real foundry PDK, develop schematics, run simulations, and build documentation – entirely with open tools.

    This marathon was designed to bridge the gap between theoretical circuit design education and real-world chip design using open-source software. The marathon registration started from 1 September till 15 September 2025. The submissions closed on 27 October 2025. The eSim team arranged 5 webinars where some experts from our partners organisations gave insightful talks. Also there were some hand holding sessions by the eSim Team. The statistics in brief:

    • 1700+ teams registered

    • 220 teams cleared the first round

    • 42 submissions in the final round

    • 25 qualified as winners in various categories

    The winners are divided into 4 categories: Outstanding/ Excellent/ Very Good/ Good. 

    • Outstanding: 3 

    • Excellent: 15

    • Very Good: 4

    • Good: 3

    Students from some colleges participated in large numbers and in the final round, 2 submissions from these colleges came out as winners. These colleges are NIT, Rourkela, Rajalakshmi Institute of Technology, Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge and Technology , Nuzvid, Yashwantrao Chavan college of Engineering, Nagpur.

    For more details, please visit: https://esim-hackathon-2025.fossee.in

  • PyCon India 2025:

    The PyCon India Conference 2025 was conducted from 12 to 15 September 2025 in Bangalore. The software Osdag, a cross-platform free/libre and open-source software for the design (and detailing) of steel structures, following the Indian Standard IS 800:2007 was showcased in this conference. A talk on Osdag and its development journey to its present stage.  

  • International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Computer and Electrical Engineering (IACE 2025):

    eSim Team member Mr. Sumanto Kar represented the FOSSEE project and participated as a Keynote Speaker at the International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Computer and Electrical Engineering (IACE 2025) held at Guru Kashi University, Bathinda (Punjab) on 11-12 September, 2025. He delivered a talk on “FOSSEE and its Contributions to AI”. During the event, Ms. Vineeta Parmar was recognized for her outstanding contribution in the field of IT. The conference, attended by over 400 participants from India and abroad, featured several eminent speakers and academicians. Mr. Sumanto Kar also visited NITTTR Chandigarh, where he delivered an interactive session for over 27 faculty members from various institutions, exploring potential collaboration opportunities with the FOSSEE project.

  • National FOSSEE Awards:

    The FOSSEE Awards Ceremony, dedicated to celebrating brilliance, excellence, and the unwavering spirit towards open-source contribution, was conducted on 17 July 2025 at Prof. B. Nag Auditorium, Victor Menezes Convention Centre, IIT Bombay. The event honoured, all the contributors who have done extraordinary work through various activities, the existing FOSSEE Clubs, the mentors who have guided students.

    The awardees were selected from those contributors who have contributed in the last 2 years (2023 - 2025) to FOSSEE and its activities.

    The criteria for shortlisting were:

    • 3 or more contributions from a student, faculty, or institute.
    • Using FOSSEE-supported software in the institute.
    • Including FOSSEE-supported software in the curriculum.
    • Significant contribution to any FOSSEE-supported software.
    • FOSSEE Clubs that have extensively promoted FOSSEE-supported software and its activities.

    The details of the awardees can be found on: https://fossee.in/awards.

  • INAE-CEEE-IITB Faculty Training Programme:

    The ‘Centre for Engineering Education Excellence (CEEE) Programme for Engineering Teachers’ in Civil and Environmental Engineering at IIT Bombay, conducted a faculty training programme at IIT Bombay on 8 July 2025. The faculty participants received hands-on training in Osdag, the free and open-source software developed for the design and detailing of steel structures (and their teaching) by FOSSEE, IIT Bombay. This session was a part of the broader CEEE programme, supported by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE), and the Infosys Foundation. There were 30 faculty participants who underwent the training. This training aimed to generate awareness amongst faculty members on how to teach concepts effectively with Osdag. 

     

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