FORMATION OF
ELECTRONIC DESIGNERS’ COUNCIL OF INDIA, (EDCI)
A TECHNICAL WING OF
INDIAN PRINTED CIRCUIT ASSOCIATION (IPCA)

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With a view  to promote  electronic product  design  &    technology specifically required for the Printed circuit Boards’  manufacture,  the Annual  General Body of  our Association in its last annual meeting on September 21, 2001 have  unanimously  decided to establish  ELECTRONIC  DESIGNERS’  COUNCIL OF INDIA and to be  affiliated  to IPC, USA, one   of   the  premier  organizations at  the global level, devoting its interests and activities to  the  progress  of  PCB industry  in  the  world, through the forum of  World  Electronic  Circuits  Council (WECC) formed with the membership of all leading Printed  Circuit Board industry Association of the world. We are one of the members of the WECC.
  Pursuing  the  resolution   adopted    in the General body, the  Executive Committee of IPCA has decided to have  this  Council  formed and  inaugurated   with  a   suitable   Technical  Conference,  Free  Workshop  for  the   electronic  designers  and  a  suitable Exposition  on Electronics software etc. on the 12th and 13th of October, 2001 in the premises of CEDTI, Mohali, Chandigargh.

The objectives highlighted in establishing an Electronic Designing Council are:

1.   The ELECTRONIC DESIGNERS' COUNCIL OF INDIA  will  be a  technical wing of IPCA affiliated to IPC, USA as an Indian Chapter  with   membership  of all the  willing electronic designers at a nominal fee devoting their time and  toil  for the   development   of suitable  design  and  software  for  the  manufacture  of  Printed  circuit Boards. The technical coordination  with IPC, USA will provide to the Council all the advanced inputs of the technology required  for promoting   the  design  aspects,  technical documents,  standard  specifications  etc. from time to time.  Such affiliated  Councils   for  PCB industry  are existing only in a few countries of the world like Germany and UK. India will take a lead through IPCA in establishing such a Council in India.

2.   The Council on  its  formation  will   provide   a  forum  to Professional Designers,  experts from industries, R & D Organizations  &   Educational  institutions for interacting with each other and exchanging views on the developing technologies for design in PCBs.

3.    Presently   there  is  a   very big  gap  existing  between  the  academic  institutions  and  R & D centres associated  with  Engineering   colleges  etc.   and   the  industry that manufactures PCB for all the electronic hardware  required. This  Council  is  specifically  formed  to  bridge  the  gap  and  to provide opportunities for Designers,  students  pursuing  electronics  in  engineering  colleges  to  interact  with    the   industry design requirements  and promote  its progress for practical viability. Such  an  effort  will pool  up the  brainpower  of software potential available in abundance in our country.

5.     It is a joint  effort  in  collaboration   with  the  CEDTI,  Mohali  one   of   the  eight  centres of CEDTI, established already as autonomous scientific Societies under the Ministry of Information Technology (MIT)

The activities associated with the formation of the Council during Oct. 12-13:

a)    A   NATIONAL   TECHNICAL    CONFERENCE   ON  "THE  EMERGING  TRENDS  IN  ELECTRONICS DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY" was  held  for  two  days  during October 12-13,  2001 in the  premises of CEDTI, Mohali  under  the  joint  auspices  of  both CEDTI  and IPCA  bringing in the  relevant speakers  and  experts  from  all   over  the  world,  representing  industries,  equipment  manufacturers  Designers  etc. on  advanced technologies.

c)     An   EXPOSITION    ON   Electronics    &    Software,    (IPCA  EXPO - 2001)   associated   with  the manufacturing  machinery’s   of  PCBs,  advanced   materials   for  manufacture  and  technology  required for prototype pattering of circuits  needed  for the design Engineers to bring home latest technologies in their field was  also  held  during the Conference,  with the participation of entrepreneurs manufacturing equipments and materials   for   the   PCB   Industry   from  all over  the  world to  exhibit  demonstration  models  to students, the   desired   catalogues  on  the  technology equipment  details etc.  to help them with the awareness of the impacts of the modern technology of PCB Design and manufacture.

d)    PUBLICATION  OF  SOUVENIR:  To mark  this  important  occasion  and  the  events  associated  with  it, a Souvenir   was released  to  publish  all the technical  articles, symposium  mattes  on the free workshop etc. as a valuable document to be distributed among the participants presented in the Seminar.