Members

Education

•  BTech, Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering, Shri Guru Gobind Singhji Institute of Engineering and Technology (SGGSIET), Nanded, 2011 

•  MTech, Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay, 2013

•  PhD, Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay, 2020, Excellence in Ph.D. Research Award

Work Experience

• Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (Jul 2023 to Present)

• Senior Research Scientist, Group Leader at MeLoDe lab, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (Jul 2022 to Jun 2023)

• Postdoctoral Researcher, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin Germany (Jan 2022 - Jun 2022)

• Analog Design Engineer, Texas Instruments Bangalore India (Sep 2020 - Jan 2022)

• Silicon Validation Engineer, SilabTech Pvt Ltd Bangalore India (Aug 2014 – Dec 2015)

• ASIC Engineer, LSI Pvt Ltd Bangalore India (July 2013-Jun 2014)

Awards and Recognitions

• Excellence in Research Fellowship at IIT Gandhinagar 2023-2026

• Naik and Rastogi award for excellence in PhD research at IIT Bombay 2022

• Intel PhD Fellowship 2018

• Visvesvaraya PhD Fellowship 2016

Invited Talks/Lectures/Tutorials/Events/Outreach

• "Evolution of memories: Past, present and future roles in data centric computing" SPARC Workshop (2025) on "Compute In-Memory and Neuromorphic Computing Using Emerging Memory Technologies" , IIT Roorkee

• "PCMO based RRAM for Neuromorphic Applications: Part 2. Device Engineering and Selector Integration" SPARC Workshop (2025) on "Compute In-Memory and Neuromorphic Computing Using Emerging Memory Technologies" , IIT Roorkee

• "Semiconductor Device Physics focusing on ESD protection applications " for Online Faculty Development Program (FDP) on “Semiconductor Devices, Circuits & Sensors: Applications and Research Perspective”, at E&ICT Academy, NIT Patna, jointly with other premier E&ICT Academies 

• "PCMO based Resistance Random Access Memory for Neuromorphic and In-memory computing" for online Faculty Development Programme (FDP) on "Innovative Materials for Future Semiconductors Devices: Trends, Challenges, and Applications" at Electronics & ICT Academy (Spoke), NIT Raipur, Chhattisgarh 

• "Reverse Engineering of Cellphone/CPU and Embedded Devices/Memories " for the workshop "Advanced Semiconductor Device Design, Simulation and Circuit Implementation" at Pandit Deendayal Energy University (PDEU), Gandhinagar, March 2025 

• Panel discussion on "Advanced Manufacturing: Materials, Semiconductors, and Quantum Technologies" at CoLab 2025 IIT Gandhinagar, Feb 2025

• "Analyzing Neural Network Density Limitations due to Memory Performance Parameters", UGC-Malaviya Mission Teacher Training Program, IIITDM Kancheepuram, Chennai Jan 2025

• "Resistive Memories for Neuromorphic Computing", Nirma University, Ahmedabad, March 2024 

• "Semiconductor Ecosystem at IIT Gandhinagar", Global Foundries, Bangalore, March 2024

• Session chair for two sessions on  "Neuromorphic Computing II " and "RRAM and OTS Selected Crossbar Arrays" at IEEE EDTM Conference 2024

• "Emerging Memories for Neuromorphic Computing", DAIICT, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, Feb 2024

• "ESD Protection Devices at System Level", Power and ESD session, 1st Annual SemiX Summit 2023, IIT Bombay

• "Emerging Memory Technologies and Neuromorphic Computing", PDEU Gandhinagar, Oct 2023

• "Three Terminal PCMO based RRAM for efficient In-Memory Computing ", IEEE IEEE-EDS STUDENT BRANCH CHAPTER IIITDM KANCHEEPURAM, 22 Dec 2022

• “Transient Joule Heating based Oscillator Neuron for Neuromorphic Computing”, Intel India Research Colloquium, Bangalore, 2019 (Poster)

•  “PCMO RRAM for Neuromorphic Computing”, Visvesvaraya Workshop, MNIT Jaipur, 2018

• “Resistance Random Access Memories (RRAM) based Synapse for Neuromorphic Computing”, INUP Workshop, IIT Bombay, 2017

Other Professional Activities

• Senior Member IEEE, IEEE Electron Devices Society (EDS)

• Track Chair, "Emerging Technologies and Applications at the Edge ", Intelligent Computing and Systems at the Edge (ICEdge) 2025

• Co-Chair, "ESD Devices and Circuits", International Conference on Emerging Electronics (ICEE) 2025

• Technical Committee member for "Power Electronic Semiconductor Devices vertical " for Development of Semiconductor Ecosystem Talent (DevSET) an initiative under MoE 

• Associate Editor, Microelectronics Engineering Journal by ScienceDirect, Elsevier

• TPC member - IEEE Electron Devices Technology and Manufacturing (EDTM) 2024

• Executive Committee Member - India ESD Workshop (InEW) 2024, 2025

• Reviewer: IEEE Electron Devices Letters, IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, IEEE Journal of the Electron Devices Society, IEEE Sensor Letters, Wiley Advanced Electronic Materials, Advanced Materials