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Assistant Professor, Department of ECE, IISc Bangalore
Email: debdeep@iisc.ac.in
Address: MP 1.26, New Microelectronics Building, Department of Electrical Communication Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore Bengaluru, PIN-560012, Karnataka, India.
Brief Bio: Dr. Debdeep Sarkar is currently an Assistant Professor in Department of Electrical Communication Engineering (ECE), Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore. He obtained his B.E. (Bachelor of Engineering) in ETCE (Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering) from Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India in 2011, and his M. Tech. (Master of Technology) and Ph.D. in EE (Electrical Engineering) from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, in 2013 and 2018, respectively. He has worked as a Visiting Researcher (May 2017-Aug 2017) and Post-doctoral Fellow (Nov 2018-Feb 2020) in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Royal Military College, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
Dr. Debdeep has authored 1 book, 1 contributed book chapter, 3 Indian patents (two Granted), 53 peer-reviewed Journals, and 100+ reputed conference papers to his credit. He regularly peer-reviews in multiple IEEE Transactions and Letters and serves as Associate Editor in IET Microwaves, Antennas and Propagation and IEEE Access.
He has received Academic Excellence Award (M. Tech.) from IIT Kanpur (2012), URSI (International Union of Radio Sciences) Young Scientist Award (2019 and 2020), Outstanding YP (Young Professional) Volunteer Award from IEEE Bangalore Section (2021), Infosys Young Investigator award (2020-2022), IETE Sri C Viswanatha Reddy Memorial Award (2022), Outstanding Antennas/Microwave Technologist Award from IEEE AP/MTT Chapter, Bangalore Section (2023), Young Professionals Excellence Award from WAMS Society (2024), along with several best paper awards and international travel grants.
Dr. Debdeep is a member of the IEEE (S’2013, M’2018, SM’2024), with active participation in AP-S (Antennas and Propagation Society) and MTT-S (Microwave Theory and Technology Society). He currently serves as the Chapter Advisor in IEEE AP/MTT Student Branch Chapter, IISc Bengaluru, and Exe-Com Member in IEEE AP/MTT Joint Chapter, Bangalore Section. He further represents as a member in IEEE AP-S YP (Young Professionals) Global Committee.
His group’s current research interests lie in design of intelligent systems for communication and sensing using antennas and metasurfaces, MIMO (multiple-input-multiple-output) and FD (full-duplex) antennas for communication and Radar, compact WPT (wireless power transfer) and EH (energy harvesting) systems for implantable devices in biomedical applications, computational and analytical techniques for solving fundamental electromagnetic problems etc.
Featured Research in IISc
Featured Research in IISc
Improving the Angular Resolution of Automotive MIMO RADAR using Interleaved Antenna Arrays
Featured in IISc Press Release
Designing antennas for 6G V2X (Vehicle to Everything) communication
Book
Debdeep Sarkar, FDTD Analysis of Guided Electromagnetic Wave Interaction with Time Modulated Dielectric Medium, SpringerBriefs in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Springer Verlag, Singapore, 2022. (ISBN-13: 978-9811916298)
Book CHAPTER
Jogesh Chandra Dash and Debdeep Sarkar, Antennas for mm-wave MIMO RADAR: Design and Integration Challenges for Automotive Application, Handbook of Metrology and Application, © Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2022, D. K. Aswal et al. (eds.), DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-1550-5_82-1.
PATENTS
Jogesh Chandra Dash and Debdeep Sarkar, "A Co-Linearly Polarized Shared Radiator Based Full-Duplex Antenna with High Tx-Rx Isolation using Vias and Stub Loaded Resonator," Provisional Application Filed for Indian Patent, Application no. 202341004006 (TEMP/E-1/4558/2023-CHE), Date: 20 Jan 2023.
Jogesh Chandra Dash and Debdeep Sarkar, "An Antenna for Vehicular Communication," Granted Indian Patent, Application No. 202241031523 (TEMP/E-1/35130/2022-CHE), Date: 01 June 2022.
Jogesh Chandra Dash and Debdeep Sarkar, "Higher Order Mode Reduction in CSRR-Loaded Multi-Port MIMO Antenna," Provisional Application Filed for Indian Patent, Application No. 202241011155 (TEMP/E-1/12780/2022-CHE), Date: 02 March 2022.
selected journal ARTICLES
After Joining IISc
Anand Kumar, Saikiran Kongari, Yugesh Chandrakapure and Debdeep Sarkar, "Multi-functional Metasurface as a Transmissive/ Reflective FSS and an On-Air Frequency Mixer," Scientific Reports (Nature), vol. 14, 13874, 2024.
Keerthipriya Sathish, Mayuri Sathyanarayana Rao and Debdeep Sarkar, "Antenna design for absolute sky measurements at Gigahertz frequencies - a first step towards detecting CMB spectral distortions from recombination," The Astronomical Journal (AJ), vol. 168, no. 39, 2024.
Debaprasad Barad, Jogesh Chandra Dash, Debdeep Sarkar & P. Srinivasulu, "Dual-band dual-polarized sub-6 GHz phased array antenna with suppressed higher order modes," Scientific Reports (Nature), vol. 14, 6139, 2024.
Ananya Mukherjee and Debdeep Sarkar, "Compact MIMO Radar of Improved Angular Resolution using Interleaved Array Geometry," IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 73, no. 5, pp. 6158-6170, 2024.
Debdeep Sarkar and Yahia M. M. Antar, "Antenna Mutual Coupling in Near-field: Insights using EM Lagrangian Density and Complex Helicity," IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, vol. 22, no. 11, pp. 2670-2674, 2023.
Malleboina Raju, Jogesh Chandra Dash and Debdeep Sarkar, "Design of Anomalous Reflectors by Phase Gradient Unit Cell Based Digitally Coded Metasurface," IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, vol. 22, no. 9, pp. 2305-2309, 2023.
Jogesh Chandra Dash and Debdeep Sarkar, "A Co-Linearly Polarized Shared Radiator Based Full-Duplex Antenna with High Tx-Rx Isolation using Vias and Stub Loaded Resonator," IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems-II: Express Briefs, vol. 70, no. 7, pp. 2400-2404, 2023.
Jogesh Chandra Dash and Debdeep Sarkar, "A Co-Linearly Polarized Full-Duplex Antenna with Extremely High Tx-Rx Isolation," IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, vol. 21, no. 12, pp. 2387-2391, 2022.
Anand Kumar, Jogesh Chandra Dash and Debdeep Sarkar, "Computational Techniques for Design and Analysis of Time-Varying Capacitor loaded Transmission Lines using FDTD and Simulink," IEEE Journal on Multiscale and Multiphysics Computational Techniques, vol. 7, pp. 228-235, 2022.
Debdeep Sarkar and Yahia M. M. Antar, "FDTD Computation of Space/Time Integrated Electromagnetic Lagrangian: New Insights into Design of Mutually Coupled Antennas," IEEE Journal on Multiscale and Multiphysics Computational Techniques, vol. 7, pp. 16-22, 2022.
Before Joining IISc
Debdeep Sarkar, Said Mikki and Yahia M. M. Antar, "Poynting Localized Energy: Method and Applications to Gain Enhancement in Coupled Antenna Systems," IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, vol. 68, no. 5, pp. 3978-3988, 2020.
Debdeep Sarkar, Said Mikki and Yahia M. M. Antar, "Engineering the Eigenspace Structure of Massive MIMO Links Through Frequency-Selective Surfaces," IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, vol. 18, no. 12, pp. 2701-2705, 2019.
Debdeep Sarkar, Said Mikki and Yahia M. M. Antar, "An Efficient Analytical Evaluation of the Electromagnetic Cross-Correlation Green’s Function in MIMO Systems," IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, vol. 67, no. 11, pp. 6947-6956, 2019.
Debdeep Sarkar, Said Mikki and Yahia M. M. Antar, "Eigenspace Structure Estimation for Dual-Polarized Massive MIMO Systems Using an IDM-CGF Technique," IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, vol. 18, no. 4, pp. 781-785, 2019.
Debdeep Sarkar, Said Mikki, Kumar Vaibhav Srivastava and Yahia M. M. Antar, "Dynamics of Antenna Reactive Energy Using Time Domain IDM Method," IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, vol. 67, no. 2, pp. 1084-1093, 2019.
Debdeep Sarkar and Kumar Vaibhav Srivastava, "Modified Cross-correlation Green’s Function with FDTD for Characterization of MIMO Antennas in Non-uniform Propagation Environment," IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, vol. 66, no. 7, pp. 3798-3803, 2018.
Debdeep Sarkar and Kumar Vaibhav Srivastava, "A Compact Four Element MIMO / Diversity Antenna with Enhanced Bandwidth," IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, vol. 16, pp. 2469-2472, 2017.
Debdeep Sarkar and Kumar Vaibhav Srivastava, "Application of Cross-correlation Green's Function along with FDTD for Fast Computation of Envelope Correlation Coefficient over Wideband for MIMO Antennas," IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, vol. 65, no. 2, pp. 730-740, 2017.
Debdeep Sarkar, Kumar Vaibhav Srivastava and Kushmanda Saurav, "A Compact Microstrip-fed Triple Band-Notched Ultra-wideband Monopole Antenna," IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, vol. 13, pp. 396-399, 2014.
ARTICLES in magazine
Debdeep Sarkar, "Engaging Young Minds to Research and Publishing: Takeaway Points From Recent Interactive Events [Young Professionals]," IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine, vol. 64, no. 4, pp. 163-166, 2022.
Keerthipriya Sathish, Chinmoy Saha, Debdeep Sarkar, Jawad Siddiqui, Yahia M. M. Antar, "Varactor-Controlled SRR-Integrated Frequency-Reconfigurable Multifunctional Vivaldi Antenna: A Proposed Concept," IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine, vol. 64, no. 3, pp. 82-94, 2022.
Debdeep Sarkar, “Antenna Learning and Research for Students and Young Professionals in the Post-COVID-19 Era [Young Professionals],” IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine, vol. 63, no. 3, pp. 146-148, 2021.
Debdeep Sarkar, Said Mikki and Yahia M. M. Antar, "Representation of Electromagnetic Energy Around Antennas: Current research and future directions," IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine, vol. 63, no. 5, pp. 61-71, 2021.