Curriculum vitae     

Research Interest:

• Microwave and MillimeterWave Communication

• Substrate Integrated Waveguide based Circuits

• Substrate Integrated Waveguide (SIW) Filtenna

• IoT Enabled Smart Designs

• Antenna Sensors

Experience (7+ Yrs., Post Ph.D.)

• Asst. Prof. at Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur, IN (June 2022-Till date). 

• Short-term Visiting Researcher at the IETR, University of Rennes France (Dec 2024)

• Asst. Prof. at Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, IN ( June 2020- June 2022), NIRF-12th

• Asst. Prof. at MITS Madanapalle, AP,  IN (Feb. 2019-May 2020). NIRF-(200-250).

• Collaborative Research with various foreign universities.

Education

Ph.D. (2015-19) 

• National Institute of Technology Trichy (NIT-Trichy), India.

• Specialization: RF & Microwave Engineering.

M. Tech. (2013-15) 

• Dept. of Electronics Engineering, Pondicherry Central University, Pondicherry, India.

• Specialization: Electronics Engineering.

B. Tech. (ECE:2008-12)

• Govt. Engineering College, Ajmer, affiliated to Rajasthan Technical University, Kota Rajasthan, India

• Electronics and Communication Engineering.

Courses Taught:

1. UG

• AY 2024-25: 5th Semester – RF and Microwave Engineering

• AY 2023-24: 6th Semester – RF and Microwave Engineering

• AY 2023-24: 4th Semester – Electronic Devices & Circuits.

• AY 2022-23: 6th Semester – RF and Microwave Engineering

• AY 2022-23: 4th Semester – Electronic Devices & Circuits.

• AY 2022-23: 6th Semester – Measurement and Instrumentation. 

• AY 2021-22: Winter Semester- Computer Programming: Java. 

• AY 2021-22: Winter Semester- IoT Analyst.

• AY 2021-22: Fall Semester- Computer Programming: Python. 

• AY 2021-22: Fall Semester- Microprocessor and Interfacing. 

• AY 2020-21: Winter Semester- IoT Analyst.

• AY 2020-21: Winter Inter Semester- Digital Communication Systems.

• AY 2020-21: Fall Semester- Digital Communication Systems.

• AY 2019-20: 6th Semester-Electromagnetic Field and Microwave Engineering.

• AY 2019-20: 5th Semester-Electromagnetic Field Theory.

• AY 2019-20: 7th Semester-Mobile Telecommunication and Networks.

 2. PG

• AY 2023-24: 6th Semester – Electromagnetic Interference and Compatibility

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• Microwave Integrated Circuits.

• EMI/EMC

• IoT Fundamentals.

Projects/Grants/Fellowships

Projects

[P5].  Sensor Antenna Transmitter System for Material Properties Retrieval in Wireless Sensor Nodes

Financial Outlay: INR 28,68,384; Funding Agency: DRDO, Ministry of Defence, GoI.

Role: Principal Investigator, Co-PI: Prof. KM Bhurchandi; Duration: 3 years (2025-28)

[P4].  Electromagnetic Knee Imaging System 

Financial Outlay: INR 25,00,000; Funding Agency: MeitY, GoI

Role: Principal Investigator; Duration: 5 years (2025-30)

[P3].  Fund for Improvement of S&T Infrastructure in Universities and Higher Educational Institutions (FIST) to Develop mmWave Measurement Facility

Financial Outlay: INR 143,00,000; Funding Agency: DST, GoI

Role: Co-Coordinator; Duration: 5 years (2025-30)

[P2].  Fluid Dynamics in Wireless: Development of Fluid Antennas for 6G Networks.

Financial Outlay: INR 53,00,000/- ; Funding Agency: DoT, GoI

Role: Co-Principal Investigator; Duration: 3 years(2024-)

[P1].  Seed Grant In-house project: Development of Substrate Integrated Waveguide (SIW) based High-Performance Filtering Antennas.

Financial Outlay: INR 100,000; Funding Agency: VNIT Nagpur

Role: Principal Investigator; Duration: 1 year (2022-23); Status: Completed

Grants Received:

[G6]. International Travel Grant from Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), India,  for  PIERS-2023, in Prague,  Czech Republic.

Financial Outlay: INR 30,000

Role:  Principal Investigator

Duration: July 2023.

Purpose: For  PIERS-2023, in Prague,  Czech Republic

[G5]. International Travel Grant, SERB-DST, India: Received SERB ITS Award For presenting a paper at APCC-2022, Jeju Island, South Korea.(ITS/2022/002208)

Financial Outlay: INR 1,39,700

Role:  Principal Investigator

Duration: November 2022.

Purpose: APCC-2022, Jeju Island, South Korea

[G4]. Research Grant: Recipient of  EuCAP-2019 Grant (500 Euro) as a Young Researcher.

Financial Outlay: EURO 500

Role:  Principal Investigator

Duration: March 31-April 6, 2019.

Purpose: For  EUCAP-2019, Krakow,  Poland

[G3]. Visesvaraya Conference Support Grant: Recipient of  International Conference Support Grant

Financial Outlay: INR 50,000

Role:  Principal Investigator

Duration: March 31-April 6, 2019.

Purpose: For  EUCAP-2019, Krakow,  Poland

[G2]. International Travel Grant from Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), India,  for  EUCAP-2019, Krakow,  Poland.

Financial Outlay: INR 89,500

Role:  Principal Investigator

Duration: March 31-April 6, 2019.

Purpose: For  EUCAP-2019, Krakow,  Poland

[G1]. International Travel Grant, SERB-DST, India: Received travel grant under the DST International Travel Support (ITS) Scheme, Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), India (ITS/2018/004647)

Financial Outlay: INR 73,347

Role:  Principal Investigator

Duration: November 6-9, 2018.

Purpose: To visit Japan for APMC2018

Fellowships:

F6]. Young Faculty Research Fellowship (YFRF) under Visvesvaraya PhD Scheme of Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, MeitY, Govt. of India.

[F5].  'Scientific High-Level Visiting Fellowship (SSHN) 2024' by the Government of France

[F4]. Summer Faculty Research Fellow at IIT Delhi June 3, 2024 - July 15, 2024.

[F3]. Selected for DST-SIRE Fellowship 2022 (SERB File Number: SIR/2022/000034): Implementation Filtering Antenna Array Architectures for 5G Applications at Chung-Ang University Seoul, South Korea.

[F2]. Visvesvaraya Ph.D. Fellowship (2015-2019) from the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India.

[F1]. Postgraduate Fellowship (2013-15) from Ministry of HRD, Government of India.

Research Publications 

(in Reverse Chronological Order )

2024-25

[J-39]. Kumar A. 

[J-38]. Kumar A. SIW Cavity-Backed Slot Antenna with Low Cross-Polarization over the Full Bandwidth. Microwave and Optical Technology Letters. 2024;66:e34019

DOI: 10.1002/mop.34019

[J-37]. Chaturvedi D, and Kumar A, A QMSIW Cavity-backed Self-Diplexing Antenna with Tunable Resonant Frequency using CSRR Slot. IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters. vol. 23, no. 1, pp. 259–263, 2024.

DOI 10.1109/LAWP.2023.3323008

2023-24

[J-36]. Chaturvedi D, Kumar A, Althuwayb AA, Ahmadfard F. SIW‐backed multiplexing slot antenna for multiple wireless system integration. IET Electronics Letters. 2023 Jun;59(11):e12826.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1049/ell2.12826

[J-35]. Chaturvedi D, Kumar A, Althuwayb AA. A dual-band dual-polarized SIW cavity-backed antenna-duplexer for off-body communication. Alexandria Engineering Journal. 2023 Feb 1;64:419-26.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aej.2022.09.021

2022-23

[J-34]. Kumar A, Chaturvedi D, Rosaline SI. Design of antenna-multiplexer for seamless on-body internet of medical things (IoMT) connectivity. IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs. 2022 Apr 26;69(8):3395-9.

DOI:10.1109/TCSII.2022.3170513.

[J-33]. Kumar A, Althuwayb AA, Chaturvedi D, Kumar R, Ahmadfard F. Compact planar magneto‐electric dipole‐like circularly polarized antenna. IET Communications. 2022 Dec;16(20):2448-53.

https://doi.org/10.1049/cmu2.12499

[J-32]. Althuwayb AA, Chaturvedi D, Kumar A. Substrate integrated waveguide (SIW) cavity-backed slot antenna with monopole-like radiation for vehicular communications. Applied Physics. A, Materials Science & Processing, 2022 Mar;128(3):202.

https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-021-05203-3

[J-31]. Chaturvedi D, Althuwayb AA, Kumar A. Bandwidth enhancement of a planar SIW cavity-backed slot antenna using slot and metallic-shorting via. Applied Physics. A, Materials Science & Processing. 2022 Mar;128(3):193.

https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-022-05309-2

[J-30]. Rosaline I, Kumar A, Upadhyay P, Murshed AH. Four element MIMO antenna systems with decoupling lines for high-speed 5G wireless data communication. International Journal of Antennas and Propagation. 2022 Jun 25;2022.

https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/9078929

2021-22

[J-29]. Kumar A, Althuwayb AA. SIW Resonator Based Duplex Filtenna. IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters. 2021 Oct 7, 20, 2544–2548.

DOI: 10.1109/LAWP.2021.3118566

[J-28]. Kumar A, Imaculate Rosaline S. Hybrid half-mode SIW cavity-backed diplex antenna for on-body transceiver applications. Applied Physics A. 2021 Nov;127(11):1-7. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00339-021-04978-9

[J-27]. Kesharwani A, Aggarwal V, Singh S, BR R, Kumar A. Marine seismic signal denoising using VMD with Hausdorff distance and wavelet transform. The Journal of Defense Modeling and Simulation. 2021:15485129211036044.

https://doi.org/10.1177/15485129211036044

[J-26]. Ketham R, Althuwayb AA, Kumar A. Low-profile Magneto-electric Dipole Antenna. IETE Journal of Research. 2021 Jan 21:1-9.

https://doi.org/10.1080/03772063.2021.1873200

[J-25]. Althuwayb AA, Al‐Hasan MA, Kumar A. Chaturvedi D. Design of half‐mode substrate integrated cavity inspired dual‐band antenna. International Journal of RF and Microwave Computer‐Aided Engineering. 2021 Feb;31(2):e22520.

https://doi.org/10.1002/mmce.22520

2020-21

[J-24]. Kumar A. Wideband circular cavity‐backed slot antenna with conical radiation patterns. Microwave and Optical Technology Letters. 2020 Jun;62(6):2390-7.

https://doi.org/10.1002/mop.32316

[J-23]. Kumar A, Al‐Hasan MA. A coplanar‐waveguide‐fed planar integrated cavity backed slotted antenna array using TE33 mode. International Journal of RF and Microwave Computer‐Aided Engineering. 2020 Oct;30(10):e22344.

doi.org/10.1002/mmce.22344 [Top Cited Article 2020-2021]

[J-22]. Kumar A, Sharwan Ram, and Mu’ath Al-Hasan. A Planar Cavity-Backed Self-Triplexing Slot Antenna for Planar Integration. Microwave Journal. October, 13, 2020,Vol:63, Issue: 10.

[J-21]. Kumar A, Althuwayb AA. Wideband triple resonance patch antenna for 5G Wi-Fi spectrum. Progress In Electromagnetics Research Letters. 2020;93:89-97.

doi:10.2528/PIERL20071605

2019-20

[J-20]. Chaturvedi D, Kumar A, Raghavan S. A nested SIW cavity-backing antenna for Wi-Fi/ISM band applications. IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation. 2019 Jan 31;67(4):2775-80.

DOI:10.1109/TAP.2019.2896670

[J-19]. Kumar A. Design of self‐quadruplexing antenna using substrate‐integrated waveguide technique. Microwave and Optical Technology Letters. 2019 Dec;61(12):2687-9.

https://doi.org/10.1002/mop.31952

[J-18]. Kumar A, Chaturvedi D, Raghavan S. Design and experimental verification of dual-fed, self-diplexed cavity-backed slot antenna using HMSIW technique. IET Microwaves, Antennas & Propagation. 2019 Feb 25;13(3):380-5.

DOI:10.1049/iet-map.2018.5327

[J-17]. Chaturvedi D, Kumar A, Raghavan S. Wideband HMSIW-based slotted antenna for wireless fidelity application. IET Microwaves, Antennas & Propagation. 2019 Feb 21;13(2):258-62.

DOI: 10.1049/iet-map.2018.5110.

[J-16]. Saravanakumar M, Kumar A, Raghawan S. Substrate Integrated Waveguide-fed Wideband Circularly Polarised Antenna with Parasitic Patches. Defence Science Journal. 2019 Jan 1;69(1).

doi.org/10.14429/dsj.69.13049

[J-15]. Chaturvedi D, Kumar A, Raghavan S. Compact QMSIW-based antenna with different resonant frequencies depending on loading of metalized vias. International Journal of Microwave and Wireless Technologies. 2019 May;11(4):420-7.

DOI.org/10.1017/S1759078719000126.

2018-19

[J-14]. Kumar A, Raghavan S. A self-triplexing SIW cavity-backed slot antenna. IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters. 2018 Mar 14;17(5):772-5.

DOI: 10.1109/LAWP.2018.2815665

[J-13]. Chaturvedi D, Kumar A, Raghavan S. An integrated SIW cavity-backed slot antenna-triplexer. IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters. 2018 Jul 12;17(8):1557-60.

DOI: 10.1109/LAWP.2018.2855051

[J-12]. Kumar A, Chaturvedi D, Raghavan S. Low‐profile substrate integrated waveguide (SIW) cavity‐backed self‐triplexed slot antenna. International Journal of RF and Microwave Computer‐Aided Engineering. 2019 Mar;29(3):e21606.

doi.org/10.1002/mmce.21606

[J-11]. Kumar A, Raghavan S. Design of SIW cavity‐backed self‐triplexing antenna. IET Electronics Letters. 2018 May;54(10):611-2.

DOI: 10.1049/el.2017.4775

[J-10]. Kumar A, Saravanakumar M, Raghavan S. Dual-frequency SIW-based cavity-backed antenna. AEU-International Journal of Electronics and Communications. 2018 Dec 1;97:195-201.

doi.org/10.1016/j.aeue.2018.10.019

[J-9]. Kumar A, Chaturvedi D, Raghavan S. Design of a self-diplexing antenna using SIW technique with high isolation. AEU-International Journal of Electronics and Communications. 2018 Sep 1;94:386-91.

doi.org/10.1016/j.aeue.2018.07.031

[J-8]. Kumar A, Raghavan S. Broadband SIW cavity-backed triangular-ring-slotted antenna for Ku-band applications. AEU-International Journal of Electronics and Communications. 2018 Apr 1;87:60-4.

doi.org/10.1016/j.aeue.2018.02.016

[J-7]. Kumar A, Chaturvedi D, Raghavan S. SIW cavity-backed circularly polarized square ring slot antenna with wide axial-ratio bandwidth. AEU-International Journal of Electronics and Communications. 2018 Sep1; 94:122-7.

doi.org/10.1016/j.aeue.2018.07.004

[J-6]. Kumar A, Raghavan S. Bandwidth Enhancement of Substrate Integrated Waveguide Cavity-backed Bow-tie-complementary-ring-slot Antenna using a Shorted-via. Defence Science Journal. 2018 Mar 13;68(2):197-202.

DOI: 10.14429/dsj.68.11827

[J-5]. Kumar A, Raghavan S. Planar Cavity-Backed Self-Diplexing Antenna Using Two-Layered Structure. Progress In Electromagnetics Research. 2018;76:91-6.

doi:10.2528/PIERL18031605

2017-18

[J-4]. Kumar A, Raghavan S. Broadband dual-circularly polarised SIW cavity antenna using a stacked structure. IET Electronics Letters. 2017 Aug 4;53(17):1171-2.

DOI: 10.1049/el.2017.2407

[J-3]. Kumar A, Raghavan S. Wideband slotted substrate integrated waveguide cavity‐backed antenna for Ku–band application. Microwave and Optical Technology Letters. 2017 Jul;59(7):1613-9.

doi.org/10.1002/mop.30594

[J-2]. Kumar A, Raghavan S. Design of a broadband planar cavity-backed circular patch antenna. AEU-International Journal of Electronics and Communications. 2017 Dec 1;82:413-9.

doi.org/10.1016/j.aeue.2017.10.015

2016-17

[J-1]. Kumar A, Raghavan S. A Review: Substrate Integrated Waveguide Antennas and Arrays. Journal of Telecommunication, Electronic and Computer Engineering (JTEC). 2016 Aug 1;8(5):95-104.

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Papers Published in International Conferences

(in Reverse Chronological Order )

[C-22]. Kumar, A. and Chaturvedi, D., 2024, July. SIC Backed Slot Antenna with Exceptionally Low Cross-Polarization for Sub-6 GHz 5G Band The 2024 International Conference on Signal Processing and Communications (SPCOM). (Accepted for Presentation)

Location: IISc Bengaluru, India 2024.

[C-21]. Paliwal, G.J., Kumar, A. and Sengupta, J., 2024, March. SIW Cavity-Backed Slot Antenna for Broadband Applications in X Band Wireless, Antenna and Microwave Symposium (WAMS) 2024.

Received 3rd Best Paper award in the Poster Category! with Cash Prize of Rs 5000. (Received Travel Grant from Organizers)

Location: Visakhapatnam, AP, India 2024.

[C-20]. Paliwal GJ, Kumar A, Sengupta J. SIW Cavity-Backed Slot Antenna Using High-Order Radiation Modes for Broadband Applications in X Band. In2023 IEEE International Symposium On Antennas And Propagation (ISAP) 2023 Oct 30 (pp. 1-2). IEEE. DOI: 10.1109/ISAP57493.2023.10388709

Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2023.

[C-19]. Chaturvedi D, Ganesh T, Kumar A. Design and Analysis of Wearable Monopole Antenna Sensor. In2023 Photonics & Electromagnetics Research Symposium (PIERS) 2023 Jul 3 (pp. 2003-2007). IEEE. DOI: 10.1109/PIERS59004.2023.10221430

(Co-author Received Travel Grant from DST-SERB GoI).

Location: Prague, Czech Republic 2023.

[C-18]. Kumar A, Kumar A, Keskar AG, Singh AK. A High Gain SIW Cavity-backed Differential-fed Dual-polarized Slot Antenna for 5G Applications. In2023 Photonics & Electromagnetics Research Symposium (PIERS) 2023 Jul 3 (pp. 485-489). IEEE. DOI: 10.1109/PIERS59004.2023.10221489 (Received Travel Support from CSIR).

Location: Prague, Czech Republic 2023.

[C-17]. Kumar A, Chaturvedi D, Rajput DS, Sivanantham S. Antenna-multiplexer for IoMT wireless connectivity. In2022 27th Asia Pacific Conference on Communications (APCC) 2022 Oct 19 (pp. 371-374). IEEE. DOI: 10.1109/APCC55198.2022.9943745

(Received Travel Grant cum young scientist award from DST-SERB GoI).

Location: Jeju Island, South Korea 2022.

[C-16]. Kumar R, Kumar A, Chandra A, Mishra N, Kumar K, Chaudhary RK. Dual triangular-shaped DRA excited with asymmetric slot coupled for wideband circular polarization applications. In2022 27th Asia Pacific Conference on Communications (APCC) 2022 Oct 19 (pp. 472-475). IEEE. DOI:10.1109/APCC55198.2022.9943599

(Received Travel Grant cum young scientist award from DST-SERB GoI).

Location: Jeju Island, South Korea 2022.

[C-15]. Chaturvedi D, Pramodini B, Rana G, Kumar A. Design of a Compact HMSIW Cavity-Backed Dual-Band 4-Port MIMO Antenna. In2022 27th Asia Pacific Conference on Communications (APCC) 2022 Oct 19 (pp. 145-149). IEEE. DOI: 10.1109/APCC55198.2022.9943656

Location: Jeju Island, South Korea 2022.

[C-14]. Phadke A, Arvind N, Karnik A, Kumar A. SSTV Based IoT Data Acquisition and Analytics for Remote Regions. In2022 IEEE 19th India Council International Conference (INDICON) 2022 Nov 24 (pp. 1-6). IEEE. DOI: 10.1109/INDICON56171.2022.10039956

Location: CUSAT, Kochi, Kerala, India 2022.

[C-13]. Singh A, Dua N, Mishra H, Kumar A. Smart Hybrid Washroom Lighting Solution. In2022 8th International Conference on Advanced Computing and Communication Systems (ICACCS) 2022 Mar 25 (Vol. 1, pp. 1425-1428). IEEE. DOI: 10.1109/ICACCS54159.2022.9784973

Location: Virtual

[C-12]. Kumar A, Chaturvedi D, Khan AA. Bandwidth-Improved HMSIW Resonator Based Filtennas for Single/Dual Channel Network. In2021 IEEE Indian Conference on Antennas and Propagation (InCAP) 2021 Dec 13 (pp. 502-505). IEEE. DOI: 10.1109/InCAP52216.2021.9726509

Location: MNIT Jaipur, India 2022.

[C-11]. Blessy A, Surendra K, Kumar A, Raghavan S. SIW Bow-tie Slot Cavity Backed Antenna with Improved Gain Characteristics. In2019 TEQIP III Sponsored International Conference on Microwave Integrated Circuits, Photonics and Wireless Networks (IMICPW) 2019 May 22 (pp. 508-510). IEEE. DOI: 10.1109/IMICPW.2019.8933170

Location: NIT Trichy, India, 2019.

[C-10]. Kumar A, Chaturvedi D, Raghavan S. Dual-band, dual-fed self-diplexing antenna. In2019 13th european conference on antennas and propagation (EuCAP) 2019 Mar 31 (pp. 1-5). IEEE.

(Received Travel Support from CSIR and EuCAP Grant as a young researcher). 

Location: Krakow, Poland 2019.

[C-9]. Chaturvedi D, Kumar A, Raghavan S. A planar SIW cavity-backed tilted-slots antenna for WBAN application. In2019 13th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP) 2019 Mar 31 (pp. 1-5). IEEE.

(Received Trave Grant from SERB-DST)

Location: Krakow, Poland 2019.

[C-8]. Kumar A, Chaturvedi D, Saravanakumar M, Raghavan S. SIW Cavity-Backed Self-Triplexing Antenna with T-Shaped Slot. In 2018 Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference (APMC) 2018 Nov 6 (pp. 1588-1590). IEEE. Kyoto, Japan. DOI:10.23919/APMC.2018.8617526 

(Received International Travel Grant, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Govt. of India).

Location: Kyoto, Japan 2018.

[C-7]. Chaturvedi D, Kumar A, Raghavan S. A Substrate Integrated Waveguide Based Antenna-Triplexer. In 2018 Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference (APMC) 2018 Nov 6 (pp. 10-12). IEEE. Kyoto, Japan. DOI: 10.23919/APMC.2018.8617209 (selected as a winner of the APMC 2018 Student Travel Grant of 100,000 JPY)

Location: Kyoto, Japan 2018.

[C-6]. Chaturvedi D, Murugeshwari B, Kumar A, Raghavan S. SIW Cavity-Backed Antenna-Triplexer for Radio Altimeter/Wi-Fi Applications. In 2018 IEEE Indian Conference on Antennas and Propogation (InCAP) 2018 Dec 16 (pp. 1-3). IEEE. DOI: 10.1109/INCAP.2018.8770848 [link]

Location: Hyderabad, India 2018.

[C-5]. Kumar A, Raghavan S. Dual-circularly polarized planar cavity-backed antenna for broadband applications. In 2017 IEEE International Conference on Antenna Innovations & Modern Technologies for Ground, Aircraft and Satellite Applications (iAIM) 2017 Nov 24 (pp. 1-4). IEEE. (Received Travel Grant from Organizers) DOI: 10.1109/IAIM.2017.8402615 [poster] [link]

Location: Banglore, India 2017.

[C-4]. Kumar A, Raghavan S. A design of miniaturized half-mode SIW cavity backed antenna. In 2016 IEEE Indian Antenna Week (IAW 2016) 2016 Jun 6 (pp. 4-7). IEEE. DOI: 10.1109/IndianAW.2016.7883585 [link]

Location: Madurai, India 2016.

[C-3]. Kumar A, Shanmuganantham T, Chaturvedi D. A CPW-fed tri-frequency monopole antenna. In 2015 IEEE International Conference on Signal Processing, Informatics, Communication and Energy Systems (SPICES) 2015 Feb 19 (pp. 1-5). IEEE. 10.1109/SPICES.2015.7091431 [link]

Location: NIT Calicut, India 2015.

[C-2]. Chaturvedi D, Shanmuganantham T, Kumar A. Performance analysis of CPW-fed hexagonal shaped metamaterial antenna for WiMAX/WLAN applications. In 2015 International Conference on Computing and Communications Technologies (ICCCT) 2015 Feb 26 (pp. 89-92). IEEE. DOI: 10.1109/ICCCT2.2015.7292725 [link]

Location: Chennai, 2015.

[C-1]. Chaturvedi D, Kumar A, Shanmuganantham T. Asymmetric coplanar waveguide-fed CRLH-TL based antenna for WLAN/LTE applications. In 2015 International Conference on Circuits, Power and Computing Technologies [ICCPCT-2015] 2015 Mar 19 (pp. 1-4). IEEE. DOI: 10.1109/ICCPCT.2015.7159455 [link]

Location: Chennai, 2015.

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Peer Reviewed Conferences /Symposia

1. Kumar, A., S. Raghavan and Divya Chaturvedi, Dual-Band, Dual-Fed Self-Diplexing Antenna, In the proceeding of 16th biennial International Symposium on Antennas & Propagation (APSYM 2018), organized by the Department of Electronics of the Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kochi, 3–5 December 2018. (Received Best Paper Award)

Divya Chaturvedi, Kumar, A. and S. Raghavan, QMSIW Based Cavity-Backed Antennas for WLAN Applications, In the proceeding of 16th biennial International Symposium on Antennas & Propagation (APSYM 2018), organized by the Department of Electronics of the Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kochi, 3–5 December 2018.

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Book Chapters

Aggarwal V, Kesharwani S, Khosla A, Upadhyay P, Kumar A. A Study on Tunable SIW-Based Self-Diplexing Antenna. In book: Proceedings of Second International Conference on Computational Electronics for Wireless Communications, ICCWC 2022 (pp. 215-225). Springer Nature Singapore. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-6661-3_20

Awards, Fellowships & Academic Recognitions 

• Elevated as Senior Member, IEEE, Membership number: #93281220, since October 2023.

• For the third consecutive year, he has been acknowledged as one of the "Top 2% Scientists in the World (all fields)" in 2022, as determined by a survey conducted by Stanford University.

• Travel Grant: Recipient of  International Travel Grant (Rs. 30,000) from Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), India,  for  PIERS-2023, in Prague,  Czech Republic.

• Recognized as Top 2% Scientists in the World (all fields)", for the year 2021. 

• Received Young Scientist cum SERB ITS Award Grant 2022 (1.7 Lac): For presenting a paper at APCC-2022, Jeju Island, South Korea.

• Recognized as Top 2% Scientists in the World (all fields)" by a survey conducted by Stanford University, based on the citations, h-index, and co-authorship adjusted hm-index, for the year 2020.

• Research Cash Award, VIT Vellore: Received Research Cash Award of Rs. 10,000 (Dec 2021) from VIT Management, for research contribution during 2020-21.

• Research Grant: Recipient of  EuCAP-2019 Grant (500 Euro) as a Young Researcher.

• Travel Grant: Recipient of  International Travel Grant (Rs. 89,500) from Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), India,  for  EUCAP-2019, Krakow,  Poland.

• Best Paper Award APSYM2018: Received Best Paper Award (Rs. 5,000) at APSYM2018 (Dec. 3-5), CUSAT, Cochin.

• Young Scientist Award: Recipient of Young Scientist Award, Dept. of Science and Technology, GoI, for presenting a paper at APMC-2018, Japan.

• International Travel Grant, SERB-DST, India: Received travel grant (Rs. 73,347) under the DST International Travel Support (ITS) Scheme, Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), India (ITS/2018/004647) for presenting a paper at APMC-2018, Kyoto Japan.

• Visvesvaraya Conference Support Grant: Recipient of  International Conference Support Grant (Rs 50,000), Ministry of Electronics and Information  Technology (MeitY), Govt. of India, for  APMC-2018, Japan.

• Fellowship: Recipient of Ph.D. Fellowship (2015-2020) from the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India.

• Travel Grant: Received Travel Grant of Rs 5000 from Organizers of IEEE  iAIM 2017, Banglore.

• Fellowship: Recipient of Postgraduate Scholarship (2013-15) from Ministry of HRD, Government of India.

•  Scholarship: Recipient of Army Welfare Education (AWES) Society Scholarship (2013-15), (Rs. 24,000)

• Obtained  ‘National Eligibility Test’ (CBSE NET-2016).

• Obtained ‘Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering’ (GATE - 2013 & 2014).

Professional Activities 

Professional Memberships & Society:

• SENIOR Member IEEE since October 2023 

• IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society

• IEEE Member since 2015 (#93281220), APS, MTT

Foreign Univesity Visits:

• Chung-Ang University, Seoul, South Korea. 

Editorial Board Member/ Guest Editor:

• Journal of Computer Networks and Communications | Hindawi.  The Future of Wireless Communications Systems: 5G and Beyond.

• International Journal of Antennas and Propagation | Hindawi.  Special Issue: Substrate Integrated Waveguide (SIW) Based Circuits and Systems.

Member of Various Committees:

• 2024: APMC-2024, Bali, Indonesia, Technical Program Committee

• 22023: TPC member of IEEE MAPCON

• 2024: MAPCON 2024 B.Tech. Initiative Committee Co-chair

• 2024: WAMS 2024 -Young Professional Excellence

• 2024: IEEE SPACE-2024 Technical Program Committee

• 2024: PCEMS-2024 Publicity Chair

• 2024: AISP 2024 October 26-28 @ VIT-AP University, IndiaInternational Relations Committee member.

• 2023: TPC member of IEEE APMC 2023, Taipai, Taiwan.

• 2023: TPC IEEE INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON ANTENNAS AND PROPAGATION , Malaysia.

• 2023: TPC member of IEEE IAS Global Conference on Renewable Energy and Hydrogen Technologies (GlobConHT) is being organized on March 11-12, 2023 at The Maldives National University, Male City (Maldives).

• 2022: TPC member of IEEE APMC 2022, Yokohama, Japan.

• 2022: TPC member of IEEE GUCON 2022, New Delhi, India.

• 2021: TPC member of International Scientific Committee of CCME2021,  Xiamen China.

• 2021: TPC member of Asia Pacific Microwave Conference 2021 Brisbane, Australia.

• 2019: TPC member of Asia Pacific Microwave Conference 2019 Singapore.

• 2020,21: Appointed as an Examiner for setting Question Papers for various universities.

Session Chair:

• Session Chair: International Conference on Robotics, Automation and Intelligent Computing (ICRAIC 2K24) on 18-19 May 2024.

• Organizer and Session Chair: Special Session @ PIERS2023 Prague, July, 03-06, 2023 Czech Republic.

• 27th Asia Pacific Conference on Communications (APCC), Jeju Island, South Korea, 19-21 Oct 2022. 

• Session Chair: IEEE IAS GLOBAL CONFERENCE ON EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES (GlobConET),  Loughborough University, London, UK, May 19-21, 2023.

• Session Chair: 27th Asia Pacific Conference on Communications (APCC), Jeju Island, South Korea, 19-21 Oct 2022. 

• Session Chair: IEEE IAS GlobConPT-2022 Global Conference on Computing, Power and Communication Technologies, 23 - 25 Sep 2022.

• Session Chair: International Biomedical Engineering Conference - Multidisciplinary Perspective In Healthcare (IBMEC-2022), 2-3 Sept 2022.

• Session Chair: IEEE IAS Global Conference on Emerging Technologies (GlobConET) to be held on  20-21 May, 2022. on 22 May 2022.

• Session Chair: ICRTET2021 during 12-13 March, 2021.

Workshops/Courses Conducted:

• Organized a special session on Substrate Integrated Waveguide Based Circuits and Systems on 06, July 2023 at PIERS in Prague 3-6 July, Czech Republic.

• Organized  ONE-WEEK Online FDP - Research Advancements in Microwave /Millimeter Wave Communication Systems - 02-06, May 2022 at Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore (TN), Sponsored by Academic Staff Collge VIT Vellore.

• Organized a Workshop on Method to increase dependability in a Cloud-Fog-Edge Environment by Dr. Ovidiu Petru Stan, Associate Professor, Technical University of Cluj Napoca, Cluj Napoca, on 15-Apr-2022, at Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore (TN).

• Organized a Workshop on The Art of Doing High-Quality Research and Research Publications by Dr. ProfessorArokiaswami Alphones, Professor, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore on 12-Apr-2022, at Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore (TN).

• Organized  two-day  national level workshop on  ‘CAD of Microwave Integrated Circuits’,  at National Institute of Technology Trichy, May 9-10, 2018. 

• Conducted  Two-day  national level  workshop on  ‘Microwaves through Software’, at National Institute of Technology Trichy,  Nov, 6-7,2015.

Talks Delivered:

• Delivered an Expert Talk on  “SIW borne Filtering Antennas ” at One-Week Workshop on “RF and Microwave Components"  VIT-AP University from 15th May-21st May, 2024. 

• Delivered an Invited Talk on  “Substrate Integrated Waveguide (SIW) Based Filtering Antenna Design ” at Faculty Development Program on:  Next Generation RFIC: Design, Fabrication and Characterization of Components  (22nd-26th April 2024). Organizer: Department of ECE, Amrita School of Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore.

• Delivered an Invited Keynote Talk on  “Advancements in Wearable Antennas”  in the Five Days Online FDP on “Microwave Photonics Enabled Wireless Communication for Advanced Systems”  from (01st-05th April 2024)., Organized by: School of Electronics Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore. 

• Delivered an Invited Talk on  “Substrate Integrated Waveguide (SIW) Technology and Diplexing/Filtering  Antenna Designs”  at the Karyashala event focused on RF circuitry and 3D printed antenna technologies, hosted by the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering at the National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli, held from March 18th to 24th, 2024.

• Delivered an Invited Keynote Talk on  “Substrate Integrated Waveguide (SIW) Technology and Its Implementation in  Antenna Designs”  in the Five Days Online FDP on “Recent Advances and Future Directions of  Microwave & Photonic Devices for Communications Systems”  from (21th-25th November 2022), Organized by: School of Electronics Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore. 

• Presented Research paper in Indian Conference on Antennas and Propagation 13-16 December 2021 | Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur.

• Delivered an Expert Lecture on  “Higher  Study  Opportunity  for Technical  Students”  on  3rd March  2021  in the Five Days Workshop held during 2/3/2021 to 6/03/2021 at Shankara Institute of Technology.

• Delivered a talk at FDP on 8th and 9th of February 2019 in the topic '5G and its implementation challenges' in ECE dept. KRCE Trichy.  

Renown 'Workshop/Courses/Events' Attended:

• Participated in  5G use case lab workshop organised at IIT Gandhinagar on 18th and 19th March by DoT, GoI.

• Attended  MAPCON 10-14 December 2023 | Ahmedabad, India.

• Attended  Indian Conference on Antennas and Propagation 13-16 December 2021 | Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur.

• Participated in online short-term course titled  “Electromagnetics: Recent Trends and Future Applications”, organized by the Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Indore from February 28, 2022 to March 05, 2022.

• Participated in Faculty Development program on “Recent Trends on Microwave and Beyond Techniques” conducted by SRM University AP from 15th-20, Nov, 2021. 

• Attended  Indian Conference on Antennas and Propagation 13-16 December 2021 | Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur.

• Attended a QIP STC: Optoelectronics and Nanophotonics November 06-12, 2020 organized by Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati.

• Attended a International conference: Microwave Integrated Circuits, Photonics and Wireless Networks (IMICPW-2019) 22nd To 24th, May 2019, National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli.

• Attended an FDP on 'Empowering Teachers in 21st Century Education', National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli  ( 29 April to 3 May 2019).

• Attended EuCAP, the 13th' European Conference on Antennas and Propagation', at Krakow, Poland. (31 March to 5 April 2019).

• Participated in "International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation", Organized by Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT), Cochin, (2-5 Dec. 2018). 

• Selected for participation in Ph.D. Student Initiative Program during the Proceedings of IEEE International Microwave and RF Conference Kolkata, IMarC18 (Nov. 28-30, 2018). 

• Attended APMC, the 30th Asia pacific Microwave Conference , at Kyoto, Japan. (6-9 Nov 2018).

• Completed online NPTEL certification course on ‘Microwave Theory and Techniques’ conducted by IIT Bombay (2018).

• Attended GIAN COURSE on "Millimeter Wave Technology” at IIT Kharagpur (Nov. 28 to Dec. 02, 2017).

• Attended iAiM, IEEE International Conference on Antenna Innovations & Modern Technologies for Ground, Aircraft and Satellite Applications  at Bangalore, India. (24-27 Nov  2017).

• Completed online NPTEL certification course on ‘ANTENNAS’ conducted by IIT Bombay (2017).

• Attended short term course on "Substrate Integrated Waveguides technology" at IIT Kharagpur (Sept. 13-16, 2016).

• Participated in "International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation", Organized by Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT), Cochin, (15-17 Dec. 2016) 

• “Key Electromagnetic Concepts”  at  SSN College of Engineering, Chennai (Jan.20-22, 2016).

• Participated in “A Workshop on Advanced Antenna Technology” Organized by Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai. (Jun.6-10, 2016).  

• Participated in workshop on “Key Electromagnetic Concepts”  at  SSN College of Engineering, Chennai (Jan.20-22, 2016). 

• Attended workshop on "Dielectric Resonator Antennas" at IIT Kharagpur (Nov.17-22, 2015).

Professional Services: 

1. Reviewer of IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters.

2. Reviewer of IEEE Journal of Internet of Things.

3. Reviewer of IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation.

4. Reviewer of IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs. 

5. Reviewer of IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology.

6. Reviewer of IEEE Transactions on MTT.

7. Reviewer of IEEE Access. 

8. Reviewer of IEEE Open Journal of Antennas and Propagation 

9. Reviewer of IET Microwaves, Antennas & Propagation, UK. 

10. Reviewer of IET Electronic Letters.

11. Reviewer of IET Communication.

12. Reviewer of IET Micro & Nano Letters.

13. Reviewer of Wiley International Journal of RF and Microwave Computer‐Aided Engineering.

14. Reviewer of Wiley Microwave and Optical Technology Letters. 

15. Reviewer of Elsevier-AEU Journal of Electronics and Communication.

16. Reviewer of International Journal of Microwave and Wireless Technologies, Cambridge University Press. 

17. Reviewer of IETE Journal of Research (Published by  TAYLOR & FRANCIS).

18. Reviewer of The Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society.

19. Reviewer of Progress In Electromagnetics Research Symposium (PIERS).

20. Reviewer of Journal of Defense Modeling and Simulation.

21. Reviewer of International Conference on Microwave Integrated Circuits, Photonics and Wireless Networks (IMICPW-2019).

22. Reviewer of Asia Pacific Microwave Conference (APMC)-2019, held at Singapore.

23. Reviewer of Asia Pacific Microwave Conference (APMC)-2021, Brisbane, Australia.

24. Reviewer of International Journal of Antennas and Propagation | Hindawi.

25. Reviewer of Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing| Hindawi.

26. Reviewer of Journal of Circuits, Systems, and Computers.

27. Reviewer of MDPI Sensors.

28. Reviewer of MDPI Electronics.

29. Reviewer of MDPI Micromachines.

30. Reviewer of MDPI Computation.

31. Reviewer of PIERS2023, 

32. ISAP2023 Malaysia.

33. Reviewer of MAPCON 2023 Ahmedabad, India.

34. Reviewer of MAPCON 2024 Hyderabad, India.

Abroad Visits 

Czech Republic: Prague, July 2023.

Turkey: İstanbul, July 2023.

South Korea: Seoul & Jeju Island, October 2022.

GERMANY: Frankfurt,  April 2019.

POLAND: Krakow, April 2019.

JAPAN: Kyoto, November 2018.