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National Centre for Flexible Electronics

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📢 Seminar Announcement | IIT Kanpur

@flexe_iitk and SCDT, @IITKanpur are pleased to announce an upcoming seminar on:

🔬 “Brain/Body-Machine Interfaces for Control of Wearable Rehabilitation Devices: Opportunities for Flexible Electronics”

👤 Speaker: Dr. Nikunj A. Bhagat
Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering and Biological Sciences & Bioengineering, IIT Kanpur

📅 Date: 1st April 2026 (Wednesday)
🕠 Seminar: 5:15 PM
📍 Venue: FlexE-101, NCFlexE Building, IIT Kanpur

All interested students, researchers, and faculty members are cordially invited to attend.

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The National Centre for Flexible Electronics (NCFlexE), participated in Abhivyakti 2026 held on 20–21 March 2026 at IIT Kanpur.

At the event, NCFlexE showcased a range of developed prototypes, including a printed heater, smart labels for monitoring fluid levels in IV bottles, printed gas sensors, an educational kit, flexible printed solar cells, an OLED cluster display, flexible TFT arrays and circuits, a haptic smart watch for the visually impaired, and circuits printed on flexible substrates.

It was encouraging to see the enthusiasm and curiosity of incubators, investors, and school students towards these innovations.

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@ncflexe87870 (NCFlexE, IIT Kanpur), @IITKanpur hosted a team from Mechanical Engineering Department (MED) of the @IndianStandards (BIS)on 8th and 9thJanuary 2026. A National Seminar on “Latest Trends in the Field of Printing Machinery” was organized by BIS on 08 January 2026 at with around 100 participants from academia, industry, R&D institutions, and government departments.
During the seminar several topics related to Printing Machinery were discussed. The technical session offered in-depth discussions on Indian Standards in printing machinery and latest technologies in the field like Offset Machines, Printed Electronics, etc. were discussed. #Printed Electronics was seen as one of the key growth drivers in future.
Seminar was followed by a visit of BIS team and academic and industry participants to the facilities of NCFlexE. A series of meetings were held between participants from BIS, academia and industries to discuss standards related to printing equipment for Printed Electronics.
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Shri @AdilZainulbhai, Chairman @Network18Group, and Chairperson of the Board of Governors, @iitropar and @IITGoaofficial visited @flexe_iitk , IIT Kanpur on 2 November 2025.
During the visit, Shri Zainulbhai was briefed on the indigenous technologies developed at FlexE Centre and was also given a tour of the cleanroom facilities.

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We are excited to announce that the National Centre for Flexible Electronics (NCFlexE), IIT Kanpur will be exhibiting at 'SEMICON India 2025’.

Dates: September 2 – 4 September, 2025
Venue: Yashobhoomi (IIC), New Delhi
Booth Location: Hall-1, Booth 1476

At our booth, we will be showcasing our extensive research and development in this rapidly evolving field. We warmly invite industry professionals, researchers, and enthusiasts to visit us and explore the future of electronics. Don't miss the opportunity to engage with our experts and discover exciting possibilities for collaboration and innovation.

We look forward to meet you at our booth in SEMICON India 2025.!!!

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The National Centre for Flexible Electronics (NCFlexE) at IIT Kanpur is conducting a short course (online) on Flexible and Printed Electronics on 24th -26th July 2025. The course consists an overview of key Flexible Electronics technologies such as OLEDs, TFTs, PV, Sensors etc., with accompanied Artificial Intelligence (AI).
The course schedule can be found at -
https://t.co/1JMALnPIac
Interested participants are requested to register using the link below:
https://t.co/6PE01Ezj8O

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National Centre for Flexible Electronics (NCFlexE), IIT Kanpur organised an “Industry Meet-2024” on ‘Enabling Eco- System: Printable Electronics Manufacturing in India” on 13th Dec 2024.
The program started with the welcome address by Dr. Sudheer Kumar, COO, NCFlexE IIT Kanpur followed by the special addresses by Smt. Asha Nangia, Group Coordinator and Scientist G, MeitY, Gov. of India, and Prof. Raja Angamuthu, ADRD, IIT Kanpur.
Prof. Siddhartha Panda, Coordinator, NCFlexE, presented on “Opportunity in Manufacturing of Printable Electronics in India” which included an overview of the activities undertaken at the NCFlexE.
A panel discussion, moderated by Dr. Sudheer Kumar, was held on “Emerging Applications and Challenges ahead in Printable Electronics Manufacturing in INDIA”, where Mr. Ankit Gupta – MD, HOLOSTIK India Ltd., Mr. Ragash Thachat – GM, Murata Business engineering Pvt. Ltd., and Mr. Prasad Madhavabhotla, Director, Engineering Displays and Flexible Technology, Applied Materials India, shared their views.
The Keynote Lecture was delivered by Dr. Virendra Gupta, Sr. VP R&D Reliance Industries Ltd on “Polymer Innovations - Accelerating Growth in Transforming Industries”.
The program concluded with an interactive Q & A session moderated by Prof. Y. N. Mohapatra, NCFlexE, IIT Kanpur and the vote of thanks by Dr. Sudheer Kumar.
More than 65 participants, majority from various industries, joined the event in hybrid mode.

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On November 21, 2024, a delegation from La Trobe University visited NCFlexE at IIT Kanpur. During the visit, the delegation toured the center's facilities, which included printing and characterization capabilities. They also had the opportunity to see several prototypes in action

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Smt. Asha Nangia, Scientist G & Group Coordinator, and Sh. Neetesh Kr. Gupta, Scientist D, MeitY, GoI, visited NCFlexE, IIT Kanpur on 27 Sept. 2024. They were given tour of the center including printing facilities, characterization facilities and demonstration of some prototypes.

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From 25 - 29 July 2024, UG students 24 batch visited the NCFlexE. Developed prototypes such as the Printed Heater, Smart Label for Monitoring Fluid Levels, Haptic Smart Watch for blind and visually impaired, and circuits printed on flexible substrates were demonstrated.

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SCDT-FlexE Centre Webinar for March 2024
"Electronics on anything - how thin film electronics can instrument the world" Webinar by Dr. Ioannis (John) Kymissis, Department of Electrical Engg., Columbia University, USA.
Date 12th March, 2024 (Tuesday)
The talk starts at: 7:30 PM

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It's a delight to present NCFlexE booth (Hall-2 No. IP-18) @ Pamex 2024 - Premier printing and allied industry exhibition of India held in Mumbai.

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The 2023 Flexible Electronics Workshop will be held on Saturday, 22nd
July, 2023. The topic is "Printed Electronics for Industrial
Participants". The full schedule is available at:
https://t.co/E6eVjITone

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SCDT - FlexE Centre Webinar Series

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Webinars at SCDT IIT Kanpur: https://t.co/LC03DEYvaJ
Meeting ID: 985 5701 3359    Passcode: 003714

Title: Unconventional Electronic Devices: from Flexible to Circular Devices and Circuits
Date: 11 April, 2023 (Tue.)
Time: 7:30 PM (India time).

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“FlexE Innovation Challenge” is on. Suggest an innovative design prototype for a useful gadget/application of Flexible Electronics. Last date for submission 1st March 2021. Visit
https://t.co/4SYPm05BuC for more details.

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Inaugural "SCDT – FlexE Centre Webinar Series on Flexible Electronics"
Talk by Prof. Ananth Dodabalapur on 12.01.2021 at 7:30 PM (IST) on "Thin-Film Transistors and Their Applications in Flexible Electronics". https://t.co/yxQWFJOjOM
https://t.co/NeXw1T9HnD