I am an Assistant Professor at the Department of Mathematics and Computing at the Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad. Previously, I was an Assistant Professor at BITS Pilani, Hyderabad campus and SRM University-AP, Andhra Pradesh, India. My current research interests are in Edge Computing and IoT. Specifically, I am working on solutions for Edge and Non-Terrestrial Networks, Wirelessly Powered IoT, 6G Network, and Sensor-Cloud. You can find more about me on Web of Science Portal and Vidwan portal.

I am looking for motivated and aspiring candidates for PhD and Post-Doc. Interested candidates 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, GSM’13) and ACM (PM’21, SM’13). I regularly serve as a TPC member and reviewer for several conferences and journals, and also organize workshops in flagship conferences. In 2016, I received the Richard E Merwin Student Scholarship 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, was the winner of GE Edison Challenge 2013 with an award of INR 10,00,000. In 2014, we co-founded SkinCurate Research.

My full CV can be viewed here. (May 2024)

News

• September 2024: Joined IIT (ISM) Dhanbad.
• 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.
• Apr. 2024: Joined BITS Pilani, Hyderabad campus as an Assistant Professor (Link to profile)
• 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).
• Dec. 2023: Indian patent granted on “An Adverse Environmental Effect Resistant Seamless Wireless Sensor Network System” (Patent No. 480946).
• Nov. 2023: Received seed research grant of INR 15.24 Lacs from SRM University-AP.
• July 2023: UAV-WPT survey accepted in Elsevier PMC journal.
• June 2023: Elevated to IEEE Senior Member grade.
• Feb. 2023: Joined SRM Univeristy-AP, India as an Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Engineering.
• Jan. 2023: Completed a research consultancy with the University of Pisa, Italy.
• Aug. 2022: HetWeET accepted in IEEE GLOBECOM 2022
• Apr. 2022: MoSaBa accepted in Elsevier Computer Networks.
• Apr. 2022: Battery Aging Mitigation accepted in IEEE SmartComp 2022.
• Oct. 2021: Now joined as an ERCIM fellow at IIT-CNR.
• Jul. 2021: MobiWEB accepted in IEEE ISCC 2021.
• May. 2021: PANDA accepted in IEEE System journal.
• Feb. 2021: Convocated from IIT Kharagpur. Adios KGP.
• Jan. 2021: Joined IIT-CNR as a PostDoctoral Research Fellow.
• Jan. 2021: Survey on IoT for Agricultural Applications accepted in IEEE IoT journal.
• Nov. 2020: Successfully defended my PhD thesis.
• Oct. 2020: SecRET accepted in ACM Transaction on Autonomous and Adaptive Systems.
• Jun. 2020: Selected for ERCIM Post-Doctoral fellowship.
• Feb. 2020: SEAL accepted in Computer Communications.
• Jul. 2019: Graduated from Plugin cycle 2 cohort.
• Feb. 2019: DVSP accepted in IEEE IoT Journal.
• Jan. 2019: Visited Taiwan’s manufacturing ecosystem (Plugin cycle 2 cohort).
• Dec. 2018: Received Best Conference Travel Grant from IIT Kharagpur for presenting iDVSP at IEEE GLOBECOM 2018, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
• Nov. 2018: Survey on WSN for Agricultural Applications is now among the most cited paper in Computers & Electronics in Agriculture Journal.
• July 2018: iDVSP accepted in IEEE GLOBECOM 2018.
• Aug. 2017: Received Institute PhD Fellowship.
• Feb. 2017: Sensing-cloud accepted in CompAG.
• Dec. 2016: Selected as IEEE Richard E Merwin Scholar.
• Sept. 2016: Served as the Organzing Chair for IEEE TechSym 2016 at IEEE Student Branch IIT Kharagpur.
• Sept. 2016: ENTRUST accepted in Computer Networks.
• July 2016: WSN survey on Agricultural Applications is among top downloaded and cited papers in Computers & Electronics in Agriculture Journal.
• July 2015: ENTICE accepted in Journal of Network and Computer Applications.
• July 2015: Cloud-based Optimal Energy Forecasting accepted in IEEE GLOBECOM.
• Sept. 2014: Dynamic duty scheduling accepted in IEEE CloudCom, Singapore.
• Aug. 2014: Biography selected for Who’s Who in the World® 2015 (32nd Edition).
• July 2014: Received MS from IIT Kharagpur.
• July 2014: OLTC accepted in IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing.
• Feb. 2014: Co-founded SkinCurate Research.
• Dec. 2013: Won GE Edison Challenge with an award of INR 10 Lakhs.
• 2000-2004: Scholarship from Foundation for Excellence Inc., USA.
• Oct. 2002: Awarded “Ardhendu Sekhar Sarkar Memorial Prize” for securing 1st position at Block (Salboni, Paschim Medinipur) level in Secondary (Madhyamik) exam 2002.
• 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.