Institute of Radio Physics and Electronics (IRPE)

University of Calcutta

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Centre For Teleinfrastruktur (CTIF) - India

On December 7, 2007, a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) was signed between the Institute of Radiophysics and Electronics, University of Calcutta, India and Center for TeleInFrastuktur, CTIF, University of Aalborg, Denmark, in the area of Wireless Communication Technology. The occasion saw the launching of Center for TeleInFrastuktur (India), or CTIF-India. Besides the parent body, this is the second CTIF established after the CTIF (Italy) in the University of Rome. Erasmus Mundus, (External Cooperation Window, Lot 11, Asia Regional) is a program to promote the exchange of students, scholars and faculty between partner universities of Europe and Asia. Funded and supported by the European Commission, the program is designed to fund exchanges between 8 European Partner Universities and 11 Asian universities. The main goal of the mobility for life is the cross-fertilization and the exchange of teaching and research experience that can become an extended platform for cooperation between Asia and Europe in the future.

Research Areas

  • Wireless Communication Technology
  • Telecommunications
  • International Academic Collaboration
  • Research Exchange Programs

Key Features

  • Second CTIF established after CTIF (Italy)
  • Participation in Erasmus Mundus Program
  • Cross-fertilization between Asia and Europe
  • Exchange of teaching and research experience