Thayamkulangara Ramaswamy Viswanathan

Dr. Viswanathan was a Professor of Electrical Engineering, Head, Computer Centre, and Dean of R&D at IIT Kanpur. He taught courses in Electrical and Computer Engineering and supervised the thesis work of many graduate students in the area of Analog Integrated Circuit Design. He joined IIT Kanpur in 1965 in the initial stages of the institute and until he left in 1978, he worked tirelessly in establishing the Electrical Engineering department of IIT Kanpur along with other eminent faculty of the department. He is admired by his students as an outstanding Teacher who connected well with his students. Several of his students have been extremely successful in industry and in academics.

Post IIT Kanpur he joined University of Waterloo as Professor of Electrical Engineering. Dr Viswanathan joined AT&T Bell laboratories where he worked for ten years his responsibilities were the design and manufacturing of products for data and voice communication systems. He has been Adjunct Professor at University of Pennsylvania and Professor of Electrical Engineering at University of Michigan, Dearborn, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh.

Dr. Viswanathan spent 15 years in research and development, product design, manufacturing, and management in the industry. He retired as a Director of Research and Development from Texas Instruments and thereafter was a Partner at Artiman Ventures. Dr. Viswanathan holds a B.Sc in Physics from the University of Madras in 1956. He graduated in Electrical & Communications Engineering from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, in 1959. He received an M.Sc. in 1961 and a Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering in 1964 from the University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada. Dr. Viswanathan had been a Research Professor Emeritus in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin and held the Silicon Laboratories Endowed Chair in Electrical Engineering for thirteen years before retirement

A religious ceremony for Thayamkulangara will be held Thursday, December 28, 2023 from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM at Cook-Walden Funeral Home, 6100 North Lamar, Austin, TX 78752.