New state-of-the-art networking lab inaugurated at Indian Institute of Science The lab, housed in IISc's Department of Electrical Communication Engineering, is developed in collaboration with Cisco PTI | January 19, 2021 | Updated 18:42 IST Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore Intelligence at the Indian Institute of Science has got a new state-of-the-art networking lab recently. The lab, housed in IISc's Department of Electrical Communication Engineering, was inaugurated by Krishna Sundaresan, vice president, Engineering, Cisco India and SAARC, the IISc said in a statement. The lab, developed in collaboration with Cisco, has a network test-bed which will enable researchers and students to develop applications, algorithms, and experiments in emerging areas in communication and computer networking such as software-defined networking, network function virtualisation, and network slicing, the IISc said.