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Arup Lal Chakraborty

Professor

arup[AT]iitgn.ac.in

Research Interest
  • Tunable diode laser spectroscopy for gas parameter measurement
  • Optical physical and chemical sensing
Work Experience
  • Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (Oct 2021 to present)
  • Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (Nov 2015 to Oct 2021)
  • Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (2010 to 2015)
  • Research Assistant, Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, United Kingdom (2007 to 2010)
  • Scientific Officer, Fiber Optics Lab, Solid State Lasers Division, Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology (RRCAT), Department of Atomic Energy, Indore, India (2001 to 2007)

Nithin V. George

Associate Professor

nithin[AT]iitgn.ac.in

Research Interest
  • Active Noise Control
  • Adaptive Signal Processing
  • Hearing Aid Design
  • Soft Computing
Work Experince
  • Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (Aug. 2018 to present)
  • Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (Nov. 2012 to Aug. 2018)
  • Visiting Research Fellow, Curtin University, Australia (May 2017 to Aug. 2017)
  • Post Doctoral Fellow, Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar (Jul. 2012 to Nov. 2012)
  • Project Officer, Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar (Jul. 2009 to Oct. 2009)
  • Visiting Graduate Student, University of Western Ontario, Canada (Oct. 2008 to Mar. 2009)

Ravi Hegde

Associate Professor

hegder[AT]iitgn.ac.in

Research Interest
  • Optical properties of nanostructures.
  • Imaging, computational imaging, superresolution imaging
  • Fiber optics, fiber optic sensing.
  • High performance computational electromagnetics.
  • Optical computing and information processing.
  • Plasmonics, nanoantenna and metasurfaces
Work Experience
  • Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar (Oct 2021 to present)
  • Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar (July 2015 to Oct 2021)
  • Scientist, Institute of High Performance Computing, Singapore (2012 to 2015)
  • Research Engineer, Institute of High Performance Computing, Singapore (Jan 2009 to 2012)
  • Research Assistant, University of Michigan (Jan 2003 to Dec 2008)
  • Teaching Assistant, University of Michigan (Sep 2002 to Jan 2003)
  • Teaching Assistant, University of Southern California (Sep 2001 to Sep 2002)

Ragavan K

Associate Professor

ragavan[AT]iitgn.ac.in

Research Interest
  • Drives for Electric Vehicles
  • Diagnostic Testing and Condition Monitoring of Transformers
  • Active Power Filter
Work Experience
  • Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar, (Nov 2015 to present)
  • Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar, (May 2009 to Nov 2015)
  • Research Engineer, GE India Technology Centre Pvt. Ltd., (Dec 2007 to Feb 2009)
  • IP Analyst , GE India Technology Centre Pvt. Ltd., (Jan 2007 to Nov 2007)

Naran M. Pindoriya

Associate Professor

naran[AT]iitgn.ac.in

Research Interest
  • Restructured Power Systems – Operation and Management
  • Smart Distribution Grid and Microgrids
  • Grid Integration of Decentralized Energy Resources and Energy Management
  • Load Demand and Electricity Price Forecasting
Work Experience
  • Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar (Apr 2018 to present)
  • Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar (Nov 2010 to Apr 2018)
  • Research Fellow, Dep. of Elec. & Comp. Engineering,National University of Singapore (NUS) Singapore (Jan 2010 to Nov 2010)
  • Sr. Project Engineer, Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Kanpur (Oct 2009 to Dec 2009)
  • Tutor, Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Kanpur (Jul 2007 to May 2009)
  • Lecturer, Dept. Electrical Engg., Charotar Institute of Technology-Changa, Gujarat University (May 2003 to Dec 2005)

Uttama Lahiri

Professor

uttamalahiri[AT]iitgn.ac.in

Work Experience
  • Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar (Oct 2021 to present)
  • Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar (Nov 2015 to Oct 2021)
  • Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar (April 2012 to Nov 2015)
  • Research Associate, Vanderbilt University, USA (2011)
  • Research Assistant, Vanderbilt University, USA (2007 to 2011)
  • Senior Manager, Tata Iron and Steel Company Ltd., India. (2004 to 2007)
  • Assistant Manager, Biecco Lawrie Ltd., India (1998 to 2002)
  • Systems Support Engineer, Debind Controls and Systems Pvt. Ltd., India (1997 to 1998)
  • Application Engineer, TTS Systematix Pvt. Ltd., India. (1995 to 1997)

Joycee M. Mekie

Associate Professor

joycee[AT]iitgn.ac.in

Research Interest
  • VLSI Design
  • Asynchronous circuit design
Work Experience
  • Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar (Oct 2021 to present)
  • Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar, (Dec. 2009 to Oct 2021)
  • Assistant Professor, Electrical Engg. Dept. M. S. University of Baroda, (Jun 2007 to Dec 2009)

Nihar Ranjan Mohapatra

Professor

nihar[AT]iitgn.ac.in

Research Interest
  • Nano-scale devices physics
  • Device and circuit interaction in advanced devices
  • Reliability of semiconductor devices
  • Compact Modeling
  • Computational Lithography
  • Analog IC Design
Work Experience
  • Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar, (Feb 2020 to present)
  • Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar, (Nov 2015 to Feb 2020)
  • Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar, (Jul 2011 to Nov 2015)
  • Member of Technical Staff, GLOBALFOUNDRIES, Dresden, Germany (Feb 2009 to Jun 2011 )
  • Sr. Technology and Integration Engineer, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Dresden, Germany (Oct. 2006 to Jan. 2009)
  • Member of Scientific Staff, IHP Microelectronics, Frankfurt (Oder), Germany (Jul 2003 to Sept 2006)
  • Graduate Engineer, Larsen and Tubro Ltd, Chennai, India (Jul 1998 to May 1999)

Shanmuganathan Raman

Associate Professor

shanmuga[AT]iitgn.ac.in

Research Interest
  • Computer Vision
  • Computational Photography
  • Computer Graphics
  • Machine Learning
Work Experience
  • Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar (May 2013 to present)
  • Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Jodhpur (July 2012 – May 2013)
  • Research Associate, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore (August 2011 – June 2012)
  • Microsoft Research India PhD Fellow, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (2007 – 2011)
  • System and Network Administration for Vision and Image Processing Lab, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (2006 – 2011)
  • Teaching Assistant, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (2004 – 2010)
  • Assistant Systems Engineer Trainee, TCS, Chennai (June 2003 – July 2004)

S. Rajendran

Associate Teaching Professor

rajendran[AT]iitgn.ac.in

Research Interest
  • High Speed Packaging Machines – VFFS and HFFS technologies
  • Liquid Packing Machines – High speed applications
  • CO2 Laser – Metal Processing Applications
  • Control Strategies for Robots moving a very Flexible Structure
Work Experience
  • Associate Teaching Professor: Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar, (May 2011 to present)
  • Associate Professor, Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science (Hindustan University) (June 2010 to April 2011)
  • Head-Manufacturing, Perlos Electronics and Telecommunications Components (India) Pvt. Ltd., Sriperumbudur-TN (Apr 2009 to Apr 2010 )
  • Head – Manufacturing Packaging Technology Division, Bosch Ltd., Goa (Nov 2002 to Mar 2009)
  • Assistant Professor and HOD in-charge, EEE department, Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, Sathyamangalam – TN (Apr 2001 to Nov 2002 )
  • Service Manager, Machine Tool Division of Voltas Ltd. (Dec 1989 to Apr 2001)
  • Engineer – Design / Engineer – Maintenance, Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd., Koraput Orissa.(June 1984 to Nov 1989)
  • Graduate Engineer Trainee, Sundaram Clayton Ltd., Chennai 600050 (Oct 1982 to June 1984)

Himanshu Shekhar

Assistant Professor

himanshu.shekhar[AT]iitgn.ac.in

Research Interest
  • Therapeutic ultrasound
  • Nonlinear imaging
  • Ultrasound contrast agents
  • Ultrasound-assisted drug delivery
  • Intravascular imaging and therapy
  • Medical device development
Work Experience
  • Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar (Apr 2019 to present)
  • Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine (2014 to 2019)
  • Practicant (intern) Hilti Corporation (2008)

Tarun Kumar Agarwal

Assistant Professor

tagarwal[AT]iitgn.ac.in

Research Interest
  • Benchmarking of beyond CMOS materials and devices using multi-scale approaches
  • Modeling and simulation of advanced nanoscale devices
  • Material-Device-Circuit co-design for alternative computing paradigms
Work Experience
  • Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar (April 2021 to present)
  • Postdoctoral Researcher, ETH Zurich (Aug 2018 to 2021)
  • Component Design Engineer, Intel Technologies India Pvt. Ltd. (Jul 2010 to Jun 2012)

Jhuma Saha

Assistant Professor

jhuma.saha[AT]iitgn.ac.in

Research Interest
  • Characterization of III-V based Quantum Dot based devices.
  • Theoretical simulation of In(Ga)As/GaAs based quantum dot heterostructures for optoelectronic devices.
  • Study of wide band gap (WBG) based nanostructures.
Work Experience
  • Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (May 2021 to Present)
  • Visiting Fellow, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, (Jan 2020 to Jan 2021)
  • Research Associate, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, (Jul 2019 to Jan 2020)
  • Junior Research Fellow, IIT (ISM) Dhanbad, (Jul 2014 to Dec 2016)
  • Lecturer, Central College of Engineering and Management, Raipur, (Jun 2010 to Jun 2012)

Pallavi Bhardwaj

Assistant Professor

pallavib[At]iitgn.ac.in

Research Interest
  • Smart power electronics: design & development of hardware, AI, IoT
  • Photovoltaic power conversion: faults & shade-tolerant control
  • Transportation electrification: fast EV chargers, battery lifetime extension
  • Green energy storage: data-driven modeling & system integration
  • Net zero transition: multi-energy optimization
Work Experience
  • Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (Oct 2022 to present)
  • Assistant Professor, Aalborg University Denmark (Jan 2022 – Sep 2022)
  • Postdoctoral Research Associate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Jan 2020- Dec 2021)
  • Visiting Research Scientist, Northeastern University (Apr 2019 – Sep 2019)

    Sandip Lashkare

    Assistant Professor

    sandip.lashkare[At]iitgn.ac.in

    Research Interest
    • Semiconductor device physics
    • Emerging non-volatile memories (Resistive, Ferroelectric)
    • System integration of non-volatile memories with CMOS technology
    • Hardware platforms for Neuromorphic computing
    • ESD & Surge protection devices
    Work Experience
    • Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (Jul 2023 to Present)
    • Senior Research Scientist, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (Jul 2022 to Jun 2023)
    • Postdoctoral Researcher, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin Germany (Jan 2022 – Jun 2022)
    • Analog Design Engineer, Texas Instruments Bangalore India (Sep 2020 – Jan 2022)
    • Silicon Validation Engineer, SilabTech Pvt Ltd Bangalore India (Aug 2014 – Dec 2015)
    • ASIC Engineer, LSI Pvt Ltd Bangalore India (July 2013-Jun 2014)

      Soumyabrata Chakrabarty

      Visiting Professor

      soumyabrata.c[AT]iitgn.ac.in

      Research Interest
      • Electromagnetic modelling
      • Simulation and design of antenna
      • System of a variety of antenna and passive components aiming towards the advanced satellite applications related to communication
      • Microwave remote sensing and navigation
      Work Experience
      • Scientist/Engineer G, MSAD/ASG/SAC, Space Applications, Center (ISRO), Ahmedabad, India (June 2017 to Present)
      • Scientist/Engineer SG, MSAD/ASG/SAC, Space Applications, Center (ISRO), Ahmedabad, India (July 2011 to June 2017)
      • Scientist/Engineer SF, MSAD/ASG/SAC, Space Applications Center (ISRO), Ahmedabad, India (July 2006 to June 2011)
      • Scientist/Engineer SE, MSAD/ASG/SAC, Space Applications Center (ISRO), Ahmedabad, India (July 2002 to June 2006)
      • Scientist/Engineer SD, MSAD/SAFG/SAC, Space Applications Center (ISRO), Ahmedabad, India (July 1998 to June 2002)
      • Deputed from ISRO as Guest Scientist to the Institute of High Frequency, German Aerospace Centre(DLR), (June 1999 to February 2000)
      • Scientist/Engineer SC, MSAD/MSG/SAC, Space Applications, Centre(ISRO), Ahmedabad, India (September 1996 to June 1998)
      • Lecturer in Electronics and Telecommunication, NIT, Silchar, Assam (Previously REC) (October 1995 to August 1996)
      • CSIR Senior Research Fellow, Department of E and ECE, IIT, Kharagpur (March 1993 to September 1995)
      • Lecturer in Electronics and Telecommunication, Government Polytechnic, Silchar, Assam (August 1988 to June 1991)

      Aanand Kumar

      Professor of Practice

      anand.kumar

      [AT]iitgn.ac.in

      Research Interest
      •  Power Sector Regulation
      • Training and Capacity Building
      • Policy & Finance
      • Renewable Energy Policy & Regulation
      • Load Forecasting
      • Tariff design & working models
      • Power Purchase Agreements
      • Energy Pricing
      • Energy AccessStandard of Performance and Safety Standards
        Work Experience
        • Professor of Practice, Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (Jul 2021 to Present)
        • Chairman, Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission (2016 – 2021)
        • Chairman, Meghalaya State Electricity Regulatory Commission (2011 – 2016)
        • Acting Chairman, Uttarakhand Electricity Regulatory Commission (2010 – 2011)
        • Member, Technical Uttarakhand Electricity Regulatory Commission (2008 – 2011)
        • Secretary, Uttarakhand Electricity Regulatory Commission (2003 – 2008)
        • Secretary, Uttar Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (2002 – 2003)
        • Senior Specialist, Uttar Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (1999 – 2003)
        • Member Working Group (Metering), UP Power Sector Reforms Project (1994 – 1999)
        • In charge, Data Acquisition System at Anpara Thermal Power Station (1985 – 86)

        Krishnamachar Prasad

        Visiting Professor

        krishnamachar.prasad

        [AT]iitgn.ac.in

        Research Interest
        • Solid state sensors for odour, colour and chemical profiling for (NZ) food and wine industry
        • Use of high‐temperature superconductors in transformers and rotating electrical machines
        • Surface electromyography
        • Renewable energy
        • Electric vehicles
        • Development of Cu metallization for DSICs
        • Development of 3‐dimensional interconnects
        • Cu/low‐k interconnect technology for DSICs
        • Studies of Cu contamination effects on the reliability of CMOS devices
        • Reliability studies of different kinds of solid state devices and ICs as well as reliability modelling
        • Development of process technology for Silicon ICs, III‐V HEMTs, HBTs and MMICs
        • Infra‐red photodetectors on Mercury Cadmium Telluride
        Work Experience
        • Visiting Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar, (Aug 2022 to Present)

        • Professor, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, AUT (2011 – present)

        • Professor and Head, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering & Associate Head, School of Engineering, AUT (2008 – 2010)

        • Associate Professor, School of Engineering, AUT & Program Leader, BE (Electrical and Electronic Engineering) (2006 – 2007)

        • Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, Associate Professor, School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (1992 – 2006)

        • Research Fellow, Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia (1990 – 1992)

        • Tutor and Demonstrator, Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, The University of Western Australia (1987‐1990)

        • Research Assistant, Department of Electrical Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore (1983‐1987)

        Mukul Chandorkar

        Visiting Professor

        mukul[AT]ee.iitb.ac.in

        Research Interest
        • micro-grid decentralized operation
        • power-quality compensation
        • power-system wide-area measurements
        • real-time simulation
        • power level emulation
        Work Experience
        • ABB Corporate Research, Baden, Switzerland (1996-2000)
        • Soft Switching Technologies Corp., Middleton, Wisconsin, USA (1995-1996)
        • Hi-Rel Electronics Pvt. Ltd., Ahmedabad, India (1988-1989)
        • Kirloskar Electric Co. Ltd., Mysore, India (1987-1988)
        • Larsen and Toubro Limited, Mumbai, India (1984-1986)

        Distinguished

        Honorary 

        Professors

         

        Nitish Thakor

        Surendra Prasad

        Visiting Professors

        Ramesh Gaonkar

         

         Rajen Jaswa

        Nikhil Balram

         

         Achintya Bhowmik