Sanjay & Rachna Pradhan Chair Professor Prof. Kumar Vaibhav Srivastava has been awarded Sanjay & Rachna Pradhan Chair Professor by IIT Kanpur in April 2022 for his excellent academic credentials. |
2024 IEEE AP-S Fellowship Ms. Baisakhi Bandyopadhyay has received 2024 IEEE AP-S Fellowship by IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society. The grant carries a prize money of $5000 for pursuing research in area of Antennas and Propagation. |
2024 AP-S Mojgan Daneshmand Grant Ms. Baisakhi Bandyopadhyay has received 2024 AP-S Mojgan Daneshmand Grant by IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society at 2024 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and INTC-USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting, held during July 14–19, 2024, in Florence, Italy. The grant carries a prize money of $1500 and is awarded to 12 women researchers globally every year. |
2024 TICRA-EurAAP Travel Grant Ms. Baisakhi Bandyopadhyay has received 2024 TICRA-EurAAP Travel Grant for “the author's potential and demonstrated aptitude for research”, at 18th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP 2024), held during March 17–22, 2024, in Glasgow, Scotland. The grant carries a prize money of $1000 and is awarded to 8 researchers globally every year. |
Best Paper Award MAPCON-2023 Ms. Baisakhi Bandyopadhyay has received Best Paper Award (2nd Position) in Student Category for her paper titled ‘Reduction of RCS of a Series Fed Linear Array Antenna Using Artificial Magnetic Conductors’ authored by Baisakhi Bandyopadhyay, Rahul Kumar Jaiswal, Ranjit Kumar Dutta, and Kumar Vaibhav Srivastava, at IEEE Microwaves, Antennas, and Propagation Conference (MAPCON-2023), held during December 11–14, 2023, in Ahmedabad. |
Best Paper Award AIMTDR-2023 Ms. Jyoti Yadav has received Best Paper Award for her paper titled ‘Fabrication Process Development of a Three Dimensionally Rotated FSS Unit Cell for Wide-Angle Microwave Absorbers’ authored by Jyoti Yadav, Kajal Chaudhary, Kumar Vaibhav Srivastava, Janakrajan Ramkumar, at 9th International & 30th All India Manufacturing Technology, Design and Research Conference (AIMTDR-2023), held during December 8–10, 2023, in IIT-BHU, Varansai. |
Motohisa Kanda Award 2021 The manuscript entitled “Broadband Polarization-Insensitive Tunable Frequency Selective Surface for Wideband Shielding,” in IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility, vol. 60, no. 1, pp. 166-172, Jan. 2018, authored by Saptarshi Ghosh and Kumar Vaibhav Srivastava has received Motohisa Kanda Award. This manuscript received the highest citations among all the papers published in the last 5 years (2017-2021) in IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility. |
2021 IEEE AP-S Doctoral Fellowship Award Mr. Rahul Jaiswal, PhD Student with our group, has been selected for the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society Doctoral Research Grant . He received a research grant of $2,500 for pursuing his research in area of Antennas and Propagation. |
PMRF Reserach Fellowship Ms. Baisakhi Bandyopadhyay, PhD Student with our group, has been selected for the prestigious Prime Minister Research Fellowship (PMRF) in April 2022. |
Excellence-in-Teaching Award 2020 Prof. Kumar Vaibhav Srivastava has been conferred Excellence-in-Teaching Award 2020 by Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur for his excellent teaching in last few years. |
Young Scientist Award in URSI Asia-Pacific Radio Science Conference AP-RASC-2019 Dr. Debdeep Sarkar (completed his PhD under supervision of Dr. K V Srivastava) has been selected for Young Scientist Award AP-RASC-2019 (URSI Asia-Pacific Radio Science Conference AP-RASC-2019) instituted by the International Union of Radio Science (URSI). He will be presenting the paper entitled, “Far-field Envelope Correlation Coefficient and Near-field Reactive Energy of MIMO Antennas: An FDTD-IDM-CGF Approach,” authored by Debdeep Sarkar, Said M. Mikki, Kumar Vaibhav Srivastava and Yahia M. M. Antar. |
Best Paper Award, InCAP 2018 Paper entitled "Eight-Port MIMO Antenna for Integrated Narrowband / Ultra-wideband (UWB) Applications," authored by Jawed Aquil, Debdeep Sarkar and Kumar Vaibhav Srivastava has been selected for Best Paper Award at 2nd Place in 1st IEEE Indian Conference on Antennas and Propagation (InCAP), at Hyderabad, India, 2018. |
Best Ph.D. Thesis: INAE Innovative Student Projects Award 2018 - Doctoral Level The thesis of Dr. Saptarshi Ghosh (completed his Ph.D. program in Oct. 2017) has been selected for the conferment of INAE Innovative Student Projects Award 2018 at Doctoral Level. |
Young Scientist Award in 2nd URSI Atlantic Radio Science Meeting (AT-RASC), 2018, Spain Dr. Saptarshi Ghosh has been selected for Young Scientist Award in 2nd URSI Atlantic Radio Science Meeting (AT-RASC), held in Gran Canaria, Spain on May 27- June 2, 2018. The award is extremely coveted and being received by a handful of researchers in this prestigious conference. He has received this award for paper entitled "A Polarization-Independent Switchable Absorber with Independently Controllable Absorption Frequencies," authored by Saptarshi Ghosh, and Kumar Vaibhav Srivastava. |
NNSSRK Best Female Student Paper Award Paper entitled, "Differential Quasi Self-Complimentary (QSC) Ultra-Wideband (UWB) MIMO Antenna," authored by Yashika Sharma, Debdeep Sarkar, Kushmanda Saurav and Kumar Vaibhav Srivastava has been selected for NNSSRK Best Female Student Paper Award in IEEE International Conference on Antenna Innovations and Modern Technologies (IEEE iAIM) 2017 organized by IEEE Bangalore section. |
Best Student Paper Award, IEEE AEMC 2017 Paper entitled, "A Compact Two-Port MIMO Antenna with Enhanced Isolation using SRR-loaded Slot-loop," authored by Debdeep Sarkar and Kumar Vaibhav Srivastava has been selected for second prize in the student paper competition (SPC) in IEEE Applied Electromagnetics Conference (IEEE AEMC) 2017 organized by IEEE Kolkata section in MIT Aurangabad. |
Best Ph.D. Thesis Dr. Kushmanda Saurav (completed his Ph.D. thesis with Dr. K. V. Srivastava in 2017) has been awarded the best thesis in the Electronics track of the PhD symposium organized by IEEE Uttar Pradesh Section International Conference on Electrical, Computer and Electronics (IEEE UPCON 2017) held at GLA University, Mathura (26-28 October 2017). |
Best Paper Award, IEEE UPCON 2017 Paper entitled, "A Polarization-Insensitive Frequency Selective Radome with Wideband Absorption" authored by Ritesh Pandey, Saptarshi Ghosh, Harsh Sheokand, Mondeep Saikia and Kumar Vaibhav Srivastava has been selected for best paper award in "Antenna and Microwave" track in 4th IEEE UP Section Conference on Electrical, Computer and Electronics (IEEE UPCON) held at GLA University, Mathura (26-28 October 2017). |
Young Faculty Research Fellowship Dr. Kumar Vaibhav Srivastava has been selected for Dr. Shukla Faculty Research Fellowship for his excellent contribution at IIT Kanpur. |
Best Paper Award, IEEE UPCON 2016 Mr. Debdeep Sarkar, PhD student of Dr. Kumar Vaibhav Srivastava has won the first prize for oral presentation of the paper entitled "A Compact Two Element MIMO Antenna System for Pattern and Polarization Diversity" (Authors: Yashika Sharma, Debdeep Sarkar, Kushmanda Saurav and Kumar Vaibhav Srivastava) in the Microwave Engineering and Antenna track of 3rd IEEE Uttar Pradesh Section International Conference on Electrical, Computer and Electronics (IEEE UPCON 2016) held at IIT BHU (9-11 December 2016). |
Young Scientist Award URSI AP-RASC 2016 Dr. Somak Bhattacharyya, graduated PhD student of Dr. Kumar Vaibhav Srivastava, has been selected for Young Scientist Award in 2016 URSI Asia-Pacific Radio Science Conference (URSI AP-RASC 2016) to be held on August 21-25, 2016 in Seoul, Korea for the paper, "A Microwave Metamaterial Absorber with Wide Bandwidth," authored by Somak Bhattacharyya, Saptarshi Ghosh, and Kumar Vaibhav Srivastava. |
Best Paper Award, IMaRC-2015 Mr. Debdeep Sarkar, PhD student of Dr. Kumar Vaibhav Srivastava has won the Best Report Award in the International Microwave and RF Conference organized by IEEE MTT Society on December 10-12, 2015 at Hyderabad. |
Young Scientist Award RCRS 2015 Dr. Somak Bhattacharyya, graduated PhD student of Dr. Kumar Vaibhav Srivastava, has been awarded first position in Young Scientist Award in 2nd URSI Regional Conference on Radio Science (RCRS 2015) organized by Indian Committee for International Union of Radio Sciences (INC-URSI), Indian National Science Academy (INSA) and School of Environemental Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi held during 16-19 November, 2015 in Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi for his paper titled "A broadband microwave metamaterial absorber with octave bandwidth". (Link) |
Article featured on Journal Cover Page Article Featured on Cover Page of AIP Journal of Applied Physics: Article entitled "Design of 2D metamaterial Cloak with Minimum Scattering Using Quadratic Transformation Function", authored by Archana Rajput and Dr. Kumar Vaibhav Srivastava has been featured on Cover Page of AIP Journal of Applied Physics (vol. 116, No. 12, Sept 2014). |
IEI (The Institution of Engineers, INDIA) Young Engineer Award 2014 IEI (The Institution of Engineers, INDIA) Young Engineer Award 2014-15: Dr. Kumar Vaibhav Srivastava has been selected for IEI (The Institution of Engineers, INDIA) Young Engineer Award 2014-15 in Electrical Engineering discipline. (Award) |
Young Research Fellowship Award Young Research Fellowship: Dr. Kumar Vaibhav Srivastava has been selected for Young Research Fellowship Class of 1979 Research Fellowship for his excellent contribution at IIT Kanpur. |
Best Paper Award, ATMS 2013 Best Paper Award in Session for paper entitled "Design of a Dual Band-Notched Ultra-Wideband Antenna Using CSRR and Modified Mushroom-Type EBG Structure," authored by Debdeep Sarkar, Saptarshi Ghosh, Somak Bhattacharyya and Kumar Vaibhav Srivastava, in Session 3 of Sixth Annual Conference of Antenna Test and Measurement Society of INDIA (ATMS) held in Kolkata during 11-13 February, 2013. |
Best Paper Award, ATMS 2013 Best Paper Award in Session for paper entitled "Design of an Ultra Thin Dual Band Microwave Meta-material Absorber," authored by Saptarshi Ghosh, Debdeep Sarkar, Somak Bhattacharyya and Kumar Vaibhav Srivastava, in Session 1 of Sixth Annual Conference of Antenna Test and Measurement Society of INDIA (ATMS) held in Kolkata during 11-13 February, 2013 |
URSI Young Scientist Award Mr. Somak Bhattacharyya (Ph.D. student under supervision of Dr. Kumar Vaibhav Srivastava) has been selected for Young Scientist Award in "International Symposium on Electromagnetic Theory 2013 (EMTS 2013)" organized by International Union of Radio Sciences (URSI) scheduled to be held on 19-24 May, 2013 in Hiroshima, Japan. |
Best Paper Award, ATMS 2012 Best Paper Award in Session for paper entitled "Design of a Wide-Band Dual Segment Half-split Cylindrical Dielectric Resonator Antenna ", authored by Raghvendra Kumar Chaudhary, Somak Bhattacharyya, K. V. Srivastava and Animesh Biswas, in 5th Antenna Test & Measurement Society (ATMS) Conference, 01 - 03 Feb., 2012, Mumbai, India. (Award) |
Best Student Paper Bronze Award Best Student Paper Bronze Award in IEEE Asia-Pacific Conference on Applied Electromagnetics (APACE 2010), 9 - 11 November 2010, Port Dickson, Malaysia for paper entitled "An Investigation on Three Element Multilayer Cylindrical Dielectric Resonator Antenna Excited by a Coaxial Probe for Wideband Applications.", authored by Raghvendra Kumar Chaudhary, Kumar Vaibhav Srivastava and Animesh Biswas. |
DST Fast Track Young Scientist Award A Project Grant of Rs. 12.80 Lacs was awarded in 2010 by Department of Science and Technology, INDIA under Fast Track Scheme for Young Scientists. |
Appreciation Letter from GE India Received Appreciation Letter from GE Global Research Centre, Bangalore India for significant contribution on Wireless HEV Charger Program. |
Cadence Gold Medal-2005 Best M.Tech. Thesis in Any of the Engineering Departments for Good Academic Performance, Innovation in Thesis, Development of New Technology and/or Substantial Betterment of Existing Technology. |
Best Teaching Assistantship Award Best Teaching Assistantship Award for Year 2005-06-1st Semester in Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT KANPUR. |
| Received National Scholarship for (10+2) Level |
| Received Institute Scholarship for B.Tech. Level |
| Received Institute Assistantship for M.Tech. |
| Received Institute Assistantship for Ph.D |
| GATE Qualified (Gate 2002: 99.09 percentiles in Electronics Engineering.) |
| Reviewer : IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation |
| Reviewer : IEEE Transaction on Microwave Theory and Technique |
| Reviewer : IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters |
| Reviewer : IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters |