About Me

I am an Assistant Professor at the Department of Mathematics and Computing, IIT (ISM) Dhanbad where I lead the Computing for Secure and Intelligent Networks group (COSINE Lab). Previously, I was an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at BITS Pilani, Hyderabad campus and SRM University-AP, Andhra Pradesh, India. I received MS (2014) and PhD (2021) in Computer Science from IIT Kharagpur. During 2021-2023, I was an ERCIM Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the Institute for Informatics and Telematics (IIT) of the National Research Council (CNR), Italy and a research consultant at Department of Information Engineering, University of Pisa, Italy. My current research interests are in applying AI/ML techniques for IoT and future networks. Specifically, I am working on designing intelligent solutions for Edge and Non-Terrestrial Networks, Wirelessly Powered IoT, 6G Networks, Edge-Cloud-Continuum, and Digital Twin.

Till date, I have received more than 1 Crore INR research grants sponsored by Govt. of India and private organizations. I am a Senior Member of IEEE (SMโ€™23) and was 2016 IEEE Richard E Merwin Student scholar. In 2013, I won the GE Edison Challenge with INR 10 Lakhs. Currently, I am an Editorial Board Member of Springer Nature Scientific Reports journal and a reviewer for many IEEE Transactions and journals. I regularly serve as a TPC member and in the organizing committee of various reputed international conferences. You can find more about me on Web of Science Portal and Vidwan portal.

My CV and Bio can be found here CV Bio

COSINE Lab is hiring: I am looking for motivated and aspiring candidates for PhD positions (current vacancy: 2). Candidates interested working in areas such as UAV-IoT networks, Edge computing, Non-terrestrial networks, digital twin, and edge-cloud-continuum may write to me with a copy of their updated CV. For more information about the eligibility criteria, benefits, and fellowship of PhD program, you may visit the following links โ€“ PhD program.

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๐Ÿ“ข May 2025: Received _Faculty Research Scheme grant_ of INR 19.99 Lakhs from IIT (ISM) Dhanbad.
๐Ÿง‘โ€โš–๏ธ May 2025: Appointed FIC (department) for branding of departments at IIT (ISM) Dhanbad.
๐Ÿ“ข April 2025: Our collaborative work on `Secure Metaverse access' accepted in MoCS workshop (IEEE ISCC 2025) at Bologna, Italy.
๐Ÿง‘โ€โš–๏ธ April 2025: Serving as TPC member for IEEE LCN 2025.
๐Ÿ’ฐ March 2025: Received research grant from TEXMiN Foundation (DST TIH).
๐Ÿ“ก February 2025: Serving as TPC for IEEE PIMRC 2025 and VTC-Spring 2025.
๐Ÿ“˜ January 2025: Joined the editorial board of Scientific Reports (Springer Nature).
๐Ÿ† December 2024: Best paper award at IEEE OCIT 2024. Congratulations to Amala.
๐ŸŽ“ December 2024: Mentor and host for ACM India Anveshan Setu program.
๐Ÿ“ก December 2024: `Scheduling in IEEE 802.15.4-DSME' accepted in IEEE WCNC 2025 at Milan, Italy.
๐Ÿ’ผ November 2024: Received _Special Lab Establishment grant_ of INR 29.97 Lakhs from IIT (ISM) Dhanbad.
๐Ÿค November 2024: Our collaborative work on `IEEE 802.15.4-DSME' accepted in IEEE ANTS 2024 workshop at IIT Guwahati.
๐Ÿ”’ October 2024: Amala's (PhD student) work on `Off-chip Based PUF' accepted in IEEE OCIT 2024.
๐Ÿซ September 2024: Joined IIT (ISM) Dhanbad as an Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Computing.
๐Ÿ“ข July 2024: We are organizing the "6-DCIoT: Distributed Computing in 6G IoT Networks" workshop (WS4) at IEEE ANTS 2024, during 15-18 Dec, 2024 at IIT Guwahati. Submit your papers via this EDAS link.
๐ŸŽ“ Apr. 2024: Joined BITS Pilani, Hyderabad campus as an Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Information Systems.
๐Ÿ“š Jan. 2024: Book proposal on "Edge-enabled 6G Networking - Foundations, Technologies, and Applications" accepted. To be published by _Springer Nature_. Book in preparation. For more information check the book website (editor maintained).
๐Ÿ›ก๏ธ Dec. 2023: Indian patent granted on "An Adverse Environmental Effect Resistant Seamless Wireless Sensor Network System" (Patent No. 480946).
๐Ÿ’ฐ Nov. 2023: Received seed research grant of INR 15.24 Lakhs from SRM University-AP.
๐Ÿ“„ July 2023: UAV-WPT survey accepted in Elsevier PMC journal.
๐ŸŽ–๏ธ June 2023: Elevated to IEEE Senior Member grade.
๐Ÿซ Feb. 2023: Joined SRM University-AP, India as an Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Engineering.
๐Ÿค Jan. 2023: Completed a research consultancy with the University of Pisa, Italy.
๐Ÿ“ก Aug. 2022: HetWeET accepted in IEEE GLOBECOM 2022
๐Ÿ–ง Apr. 2022: MoSaBa accepted in Elsevier Computer Networks.
๐Ÿ”‹ Apr. 2022: Battery Aging Mitigation accepted in IEEE SmartComp 2022.
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Oct. 2021: Now joined as an ERCIM fellow at IIT-CNR.
๐ŸŒ Jul. 2021: MobiWEB accepted in IEEE ISCC 2021.
๐Ÿ“˜ May. 2021: PANDA accepted in IEEE System journal.
๐ŸŽ“ Feb. 2021: Convocated from IIT Kharagpur. Adios KGP.
๐Ÿงช Jan. 2021: Joined IIT-CNR as a PostDoctoral Research Fellow.
๐ŸŒฑ Jan. 2021: Survey on IoT for Agricultural Applications accepted in IEEE IoT journal.
โœ… Nov. 2020: Successfully defended my PhD thesis.
๐Ÿ”’ Oct. 2020: SecRET accepted in ACM Transactions on Autonomous and Adaptive Systems.
๐ŸŒ Jun. 2020: Selected for ERCIM Post-Doctoral fellowship.
๐Ÿ“ก Feb. 2020: SEAL accepted in Computer Communications.
๐ŸŽ“ Jul. 2019: Graduated from Plugin cycle 2 cohort.
๐Ÿ“ถ Feb. 2019: DVSP accepted in IEEE IoT Journal.
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ผ Jan. 2019: Visited Taiwan's manufacturing ecosystem (Plugin cycle 2 cohort).
๐Ÿ† Dec. 2018: Received Best Conference Travel Grant from IIT Kharagpur for presenting iDVSP at IEEE GLOBECOM 2018, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
๐Ÿ“ˆ Nov. 2018: Survey on WSN for Agricultural Applications is now among the most cited papers in Computers & Electronics in Agriculture Journal.
๐ŸŒพ July 2018: iDVSP accepted in IEEE GLOBECOM 2018.
๐ŸŽ“ Aug. 2017: Received Institute PhD Fellowship.
โ˜๏ธ Feb. 2017: Sensing-cloud accepted in CompAG.
๐Ÿ… Dec. 2016: Selected as IEEE Richard E Merwin Scholar.
๐ŸŽค Sept. 2016: Served as the Organizing Chair for IEEE TechSym 2016 at IEEE Student Branch IIT Kharagpur.
๐Ÿ” Sept. 2016: ENTRUST accepted in Computer Networks.
๐Ÿ“š July 2016: WSN survey on Agricultural Applications is among top downloaded and cited papers in Computers & Electronics in Agriculture Journal.
๐ŸŒฉ๏ธ July 2015: ENTICE accepted in Journal of Network and Computer Applications.
๐Ÿ”‹ July 2015: Cloud-based Optimal Energy Forecasting accepted in IEEE GLOBECOM.
๐Ÿ“† Sept. 2014: Dynamic duty scheduling accepted in IEEE CloudCom, Singapore.
๐Ÿ“– Aug. 2014: Biography selected for Who's Who in the Worldยฎ 2015 (32nd Edition).
๐ŸŽ“ July 2014: Received MS from IIT Kharagpur.
๐Ÿ“ฒ July 2014: OLTC accepted in IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing.
๐Ÿš€ Feb. 2014: Co-founded SkinCurate Research.
๐Ÿ† Dec. 2013: Won GE Edison Challenge with an award of INR 10 Lakhs.
๐ŸŽ“ 2000โ€“2004: Scholarship from Foundation for Excellence Inc., USA.
๐Ÿฅ‡ Oct. 2002: Awarded "Ardhendu Sekhar Sarkar Memorial Prize" for securing 1st position at Block (Salboni, Paschim Medinipur) level in Secondary (Madhyamik) exam 2002.
๐Ÿ… Dec. 1999: Awarded 1st prize in Quiz Competition at Block (Salboni, Paschim Medinipur) level by Department of Youth Services and Sports, Govt. of West Bengal.