V.P.Sampath is a Senior member of IEEE and also a Member of Institution of Engineers. He is a founder of the Bharath Semiconductor Society which is bringing a manufacturing ecosystem for the Semiconductors in India.His areas of interest are ASIC front end design and FPGA. He is a regular contributor to national newspapers, IEEE-MAS section, and has published international papers on VLSI and networks. He is a chip enthusiastic,blogger and avid reader.