Dr. Rahul Makkar, is currently associated with the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Kota, India. He received the Doctoral Philosophy degree entitled "Analysis of NOMA over TWDP Fading for 5G and Beyond Wireless Systems" from LNMIIT, Jaipur, India and M.Tech. degree form MNIT Jaipur, India, in 2024 and 2013, respectively. He has more than ten years of experience in academics, research and administration. Furthermore, his research interests include PHY link-level simulation, cooperative communication, MIMO, OFDM, index modulation, intelligent reflecting surfaces, and NOMA analysis. He is also associated with the DNN Wireless Technologies as Research Consultant since August 2023 and working on 5G and beyond communication systems. Moreover, with the advent of high data transmission through optical communication, working on high-speed multimedia transmission through IR/LED and prototyping a 5G NR-enabled wireless repeater. He also served as a TPC member of several IEEE events, including WCNC, FNWF, ANTS and reviewer for prestigious journals. Being an active member of IEEE, I have published more than 26 research publications, including peer-reviewed articles and flagship conference proceedings.
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