About Me
I am an Assistant Professor at the Department of Mathematics and Computing at the Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad, and leading the research group COSINE Lab. Previously, I was an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at BITS Pilani, Hyderabad campus and SRM University-AP, Andhra Pradesh, India. 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 Network and Edge-Cloud-Continuum, and Digital Twin. You can find more about me on Web of Science Portal and Vidwan portal.
My CV and Bio can be found here 
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 – PhD program.
During 2021-2023, I was an ERCIM “Alain Bensoussan” Post-Doctoral Research Fellow with Dr. Andrea Passarella at the Ubiquitous Internet Research Unit at the Institute for Informatics and Telematics (IIT) of National Research Council (CNR), Italy, and worked on “Peer-to-Peer Wireless Power Transfer algorithms”. I completed my PhD at the Smart Wireless Applications & Networking (SWAN) Research Group at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur in 2020. My PhD thesis was on “Provisioning Sensors-as-a-Service in Sensor-Cloud-based Internet of Things” under the supervision of Prof. Sudip Misra and Prof. Narendra Singh Raghuwanshi. I received MS from the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur in 2014. My MS thesis was on “Architecture and Localization in Underwater Sensor Networks” under the guidance of Prof. Sudip Misra. Previously, I completed the Post Graduate Diploma in Embedded Systems from CDAC, Mohali in 2009, and B. Tech in Electronics & Communication Engg. from Haldia Institute of Technology, Haldia affiliated to the West Bengal University of Technology, Kolkata in 2008. Besides, I have several years of research experience working on research projects funded by different agencies such as ITRA and DeitY, Govt. of India.
I am a Senior Member of IEEE (SM’23, M’21, S’13) and ACM (M’21, S’13). I regularly serve as a TPC member and reviewer for several conferences and journals and organize workshops in flagship conferences. In 2016, I was selected as a Richard E Merwin Student Scholar, 1 of the 34 awardees in that year, by the IEEE Computer Society. I served as the Chairman of the Executive Committee at IEEE Student Branch, IIT Kharagpur during 2015-16. Proud to share that IEEE TechSym 2016, an IEEE international symposium chaired by me, was awarded the 2017 Darrel Chong activity award in GOLD category by IEEE. I, with three of my colleagues, won GE Edison Challenge 2013 with an award of INR 10,00,000. In 2014, we co-founded SkinCurate Research.