About me

I am currently working as an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Kanpur. I led the effort from IIT Kanpur to design the indigenous 5G network. I am also currently leading the 5G and beyond standardization project from IIT Kanpur.

Employment

Between my M.S. and Ph.D., I worked in the telecom R&D industry for 8 years where I designed, built and tested multiple state-of-the-art wireless systems from scratch. I worked at Center of Excellence in Wireless Technology (CEWiT) in Chennai as a Research Engineer where I designed a 4G LTE radio access network (RAN) testbed. Prior to that, I worked as a Design Lead in Midas Communications in Chennai, where I designed WiMAX base station and user equipments. Please visit the Projects tab for details.

Employment History

Dec. 2019 - Present, Associate Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Kanpur, India.
May 2016 - Dec. 2019, Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Kanpur, India.
Jul. 2015 - April 2016, Postdoctoral fellow at IIT, Madras, India.
Jul. 2009 - Jul. 2011, Center of Excellence in Wireless Technology (CEWiT), Chennai, India.
Jan. 2004 - Jun. 2009, Midas Communication Technologies Pvt. Ltd, Chennai, India.

Education

I did my Ph.D. and M.S. in the Electrical Department of IIT Madras under the supervision of Prof. Bhaskar Ramamurthi.

Educational Qualifications

Aug. 2011 - Jul. 2015, Doctor of Philosophy, Electrical Engineering, IIT Madras, India.

Jul. 2000 - Dec. 2003, Master of Science, Electrical Engineering, IIT Madras, India.