Dr. Satyam Agarwal is currently an Associate Professor at the Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Ropar, India. He received his PhD degree in electrical engineering from IIT Delhi, in 2016 and his M.Tech from IIT Kanpur in 2012. Prior to joining IIT Ropar, he worked as an Assistant Professor at IIT Guwahati and as a postdoctoral researcher at Politecnico di Torino, Italy.
His research interests include 6G networks, machine learning for communications, distributed systems, and air-borne UAV networks. He is the recipient of the DST-INSPIRE faculty award. He has received various research grants including DST-SERB, ISRO, DOT, Ministry of Earth Sciences, and Punjab Skill Development Mission. He has published more than 40 research articles. He is a senior member of IEEE.
Research interests are in the broad areas of Wireless communications and networks.
Current Research Focus:
Developing systems and protocols for UAS networks
Rural Broadband architecture design and protocol development.
Security in IoT/UAV Networks
Actively pursuing application of AI/ML in Communication Systems
Ph.D. - Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Delhi, 2013-2016
M.Tech - Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Kanpur, 2010-2012
B.Tech - Department of Electronics and Communications Engineering, Thapar University, Patiala, 2006-2010
2025-present - Associate Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Ropar
2018-2025 - Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Ropar
2017-2018 - Assistant Professor, Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering, IIT Guwahati
2017 - Postdoctoral Researcher - Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy
2012 - System Software Engineering - ST-Ericsson India Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore
DST INSPIRE Faculty Award DST- INSPIRE, GoI 2016
ITRA Travel Grant MEITY, GoI 2016
Departmental representative for research scholar day, IIT Delhi, 2016
Travel Grant, SERB SERB-DST, GoI 2015
Regional Mathematics Olympiad Qualifier Bharatiya Ganita Parishad 2003-04
Email: satyam@iitrpr.ac.in
Tel: +91-1881-232-223
Address: Room No. 320, J C Bose Block, Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Ropar, Rupnagar, Punjab, India - 140001.