The document acknowledges those who helped the author with their PhD thesis on strategies for enhancing performance in low voltage and low power operational transconductance amplifiers. It thanks the thesis supervisor for their guidance and for providing materials. It also thanks the director and head of the department for monitoring the work. The document expresses gratitude to colleagues for their assistance and to the funding provided by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology for resources. Finally, it thanks family for their love and support.

1. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The subject matter of my Ph.D. Thesis entitled “Small and Large Signal Performance Enhancement
Strategies for Low Voltage and Low Power OTAs” has provided me with an opportunity to adhere
myself to go into the text and attain the detailed and classified knowledge to comprehend the
intricacies involved therein.
I am heartily obligated to my thesis supervisor Prof. Vijaya Bhadauria who not only suggested and
approved the above subject for my Ph.D. Thesis, but also helped me in procuring the material,
classifying and analyzing it for incorporating the same in my Thesis. I am sincerely thankful for her
priceless supervision, continuous motivation and ever-unforgettable humanitarian considerations.
I present my sincere thanks to the Director of M.N.N.I.T. Allahabad, Prof. R. S. Verma and the
Head of the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering Prof. R. K. Nagaria. The
work done by me in my Ph.D. Thesis has continuously been monitored and reviewed by the Student
Review Committee (SRC) Members Prof. Anil Kumar Singh and Dr. Sanjeev Rai. I am very obliged
for their essential and useful suggestions. I also want to express my heartfelt thanks to the former
Convener Department Doctoral Programme Committee (DDPC) Dr. Arun Prakash for their support
during the period of my doctorate programme in the department. I am also thankful to all the faculty
members, especially Prof. Harnath Kar, and Dr. Sanjeev Rai, for their helping hand and assistance
during my research work in the department. I also want to thank all the staff members of the
department for their support.

2. The extent and intent of research work had a formidable bearing on the resources of Special
Manpower Development Programme Chip to System Design (SMDP-C2SD) Project of my Institute,
which provided me with the tools and software for the same. I am thankful to the Ministry of
Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India for funding the SMDP-C2SD
Project.
I want to thank my senior Dr. Tanmay Dubey, for his help and assistance during the initial period
of my work. I am also thankful to my colleague Mr. Mamidi Nagaraju for his help. I also want to
express my appreciation to all my friends and colleagues in the department for their aid and support.
And last but not the least I give my wholehearted thanks to my loving parents Sri. Syamapada Ghosh
and Smt. Chayna Ghosh who give their whole life to make me who I am. A bunch of lines would not
be sufficient to express my gratitude for them. Their scarifies and endless prayers helped me
throughout my life. I also want to express my heartfelt thanks to my wife Smt. Sukla Sarkar (Ghosh)
for their love and support. I am obliged to my elder brother Mr. Sudipta Ghosh, for supporting me
since my childhood. I also want to express my loving thanks to my children Chandramouli Ghosh,
and Koushiki Ghosh, for being with me in every stage of my life. Finally, I am thankful to all my
family members for their care and support.
Sougata Ghosh