About Us
Aircel IISc Centre of Excellence in Telecommunications (AIIScCET), at IISc Bangalore, came into existence on 12th December 2007 with the signing of a tri-partite Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Department of Telecommunication, Government of India, Indian Institute of Science Bangalore and AIRCEL Ltd., during the inauguration ceremony of India Telecom 2007, presided over by the Hon’ble Prime Minister of India.IISc Bangalore, established in 1909, is one of the oldest and finest centres of India with active researchers working in almost all frontier areas of science and technology. It is an institute of higher learning which is in constant pursuit of excellence. It has contributed immensely to the cause of nation building and its faculty members and alumni have distinguished themselves in their fields of expertise.
AIRCEL Ltd., the principle sponsor of AIIScCET, is a rapidly growing telecom company in India. With its international joint ventures with Maxis Communications, it is committed to provide innovative world-class telecom services in the country.
AIIScCET and other TCOEs have been created to meet the broad objectives of capacity building, impetus to all round growth of Telecom industry including manufacturing through Application Research and to serve as think tank to the Government and Industry decision makers.