Profile
Professional Experience
Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology MandiAug. 2025 – present
Principal Architect, WiSig Networks Pvt. Ltd.Apr. 2024 – Aug. 2025
Lead Engineer, WiSig Networks Pvt. Ltd.Aug. 2020 – Mar. 2024
Research Engineer, WiSig Networks Pvt. Ltd.Jan. 2018 – Jul. 2020
Education
Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad2014 – 2021
Dissertation: “System-Level Modelling and Performance Enhancements for 4G/5G Systems”
Received the IEEE GraTE7 Best Ph.D. Thesis Award (2022).
M.Tech. in Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad2014 – 2021
B.Tech. in ECE, ACE Engineering College (JNTU Hyderabad)2014
Awards and Recognition
IEEE Senior Member2026
IEEE GraTE7 Best Ph.D. Thesis Award, IEEE2022
Best Paper Award (Honorable Mention), COMSNETS2020
Best Poster Award, COMSNETS2023
Excellence in Research Award, IIT Hyderabad2020
Excellence in Research Award, IIT Hyderabad2018
Research Group
Current Students
Ph.D.
Abhay Kumar UpadhyayJan. 2026 – present
Saket Thakur (co-advised with Dr. Adarsh Patel)Jan. 2026 – present
M.Tech. (Research)
Shivam Rajput (co-advised with Dr. Adarsh Patel)Jan. 2026 – present
Past Students
Thesis co-supervisor for M.Tech. students at IIT Hyderabad:
Swaraj Srivastava, M.Tech., IIT Hyderabad — now at Qualcomm Inc., Bangalore2024
Shivalika Tripathi, M.Tech., IIT Hyderabad — now at Incise Infotech, Noida2024
Kusuma Priya Pulavarty, M.Tech., IIT Hyderabad — now at BEL, Bangalore2022
Teaching
EE581 Foundations of Intelligent Communication Systems-II (co-taught with Dr. Sourav Dutta)Spring 2026
EE316 Communication Systems (co-taught with Dr. Adarsh Patel)Spring 2026
SC600 Research MethodologyFall 2025, Spring 2026
Professional Service
- TPC Member: COMSNETS 2026, NCC 2026, SPCOM 2026, COMSNETS 2027
- Proposal reviewer, 5G Hackathon, 2026
- Reviewer for: IEEE TVT, IEEE TWC, IEEE WCL, IEEE COMMLETT, IEEE IoT Journal, IEEE Globecom, IEEE WCNC, IEEE ICC