PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
Professional Activities :
Governing Council Member, TCOE India, Dept. of Telecomm. (DOT), Govt. of India (2023)
Member, Expert Committee, for AICTE, Govt. of India approved Institutions / Universities (2023)
Member, Technical Expert Committee, Digital Communication Innovation Square (DCIS) Scheme under Dept. of Telecomm., GoI (Since 2022)
Member, Consultative Committee, under DoT, TEC, Govt. of India for adoption of TSDSI's 5Gi as National Standard (Since 2021)
Member, Spectrum Group for Wireless Planning and Coordination Spectrum Roadmap, TSDSI, GoI (2021)
Member, IEEE India Council Executive Committee (2020)
IEEE Kharagpur Section (R10) – Chair (2020), Vice Chair (2019), Secretary (2018)
Visvesvaraya Tech. Univ. Nominee to the BoS, RV College of Engineering, Bangalore (2018 – 2024)
Member, Technical Audit Team, HAL, Avionics Division, Hyderabad (2015)
Member, Mentor Council for NCVT courses, Min. of Labour & Employment, Govt. of India (2014 – 2015)
Divisional IP Co-ordinator, Samsung Research, Bangalore, India (2013)
Member of Strategic Planning Core Group, SISO, Samsung, Bangalore, India (2010 – 2011)
Keynote / Plenary Speech / Panel Discussion :
Keynote Speech at TSDSI TDD Conf., 6G Wireless Systems: Vision, Requirements & Challenges, Nov. 07-10, 2022 (2022)
Panel discussion on ‘Spectrum avail. & harmonization for Next Gen Service’, Nov. 10, 2022, TSDSI TDD Conference (2022)
Keynote Speech at SAEINDIA 5G Mobility Conference, Nov. 11-12, 2021 (2021)
Panel discussion on ‘Vision for 6G–Requirements., Use Cases, Applications’, Oct. 26, 2021, TSDSI TDD Conference (2021)
Keynote Speech at TSDSI TDD Conf., Standard. for Digital Transformation in New Normal, Oct. 25-28, 2021 (2021)
Invited Talk in Women in Engineering Session, IEEE NCC 2021, July 27-30, IIT Kanpur (Virtual) (2021)
Panel discussion on ‘6G: Requirements and Use-Cases’, May 08, 2021, IEEE Bangalore & Kharagpur (2021)
Keynote Speech at IEEE ACTS 2020 Conference, Dec. 04-06, Silchar, India (Dec 2020)
Keynote Speech at 25th Annual Inter. Conference ADCOM 2019, Sept. 05-09, Bangalore, India (Sep 2019)
Involvement in Standardization Activities :
Member of Radio Network Evolution and Spectrum (RNES) working group of Telecommunications Standards Development Society, India (TSDSI) since 2014. Actively participated in 5G Standardization activities at National and International level through TSDSI, TCOE (Telecom Centers of Excellence) India, and International Telecommunication Union, Radiocommunication Sector (ITU-R)
Involved in TSDSI roadmap activities and participated in Roadmap Workshop 2020, 2022 and presented technical proposal on Terahertz Super-Massive MIMO Communication Systems for Outdoor and Indoor Environment
Involvement in National Program :
Member, NM-ICPS Program of DST, GoI : Involved in Technology Innovation Hub (TIH) on AI and ML for Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems (AI4ICPS) at IIT Kharagpur under the aegis of the National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems (NM-ICPS), GoI
TCOE India 5G RIT Program : Contributed in TSDSI and TCOE India 5G Radio Interface Technology “5Gi” approved by SG5 of International Telecommunication Union – Radiocommunication Sector (ITU-R) as a part of upcoming ITU-R Recommendation M.[IMT-2020.SPECS]
National Program on 5G : Based on National Digital Communication Policy (NDCP) 2018, and Make in India initiative by GoI through MeitY funded “5G Research and Building Next Gen Solution for Indian Market” (Sept. 2015 to Sept. 2018, extended by a year to Sept. 2019), a new initiative has been adopted on “Next Generation Wireless Research and Standardization on 5G and Beyond”. Participating institutes includes CEWiT-IIT-Madras, IIT-Bombay, IIT-Madras, IIT-Hyderabad, IISc.-Bangalore, IIT-Kanpur, IIT-Delhi, and IIT-Kharagpur. Actively Involved and contributed in this national program
Editorial Activities :
Editorial Board Member of International Journal IJUWBCS by Inderscience Publishers (2008 – 2020)
Editorial Board Member of Int. Journal Proceedings of Open Library of Engg. Sciences (POLES) (2013 – 2015)
Conference / Workshop Organization :
TPC – Communication Track Chair, IEEE ICMOCE 2023, May 26-28, Bhubaneswar, India (May 2023)
Finance Chair, International Conference ICDCN 2023, Jan 04-07, Kharagpur, India (Jan 2023)
TPC Co-Chair, IEEE ACTS 2021, Dec 15-17, NIT Rourkela, India (Dec 2021)
Coordinator– Comm. Track, Symp. on AI&ICPS, Jointly org. by IIT Kharagpur TIH AI4ICPS and Indo German Sc. & Tech. Center, N. Delhi (Aug 2021)
General Co-Chair, ADCOM 2020, Dec. 16-18, NIT Silchar, India (Dec 2020)
Organizer, Workshop on ‘Recents in Emergency Comm. and Future Roadmap’, June 30, NIT Silchar, India (June 2020)
Organizing Co-Chair, IEEE ACTS 2020, Dec 04-06, Silchar, India (Dec 2020)
TPC Co-Chair, National Conference on Communications 2020, Feb. 21-23, Kharagpur, India (Feb 2020)
TPC Co-Chair, IEEE ICIIS 2019, Dec. 18-20, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka (Dec 2019)
Oversight Committee Member, IEEE ICIIS 2018, Dec. 01-02, Ropar, India (Dec 2018)
Publication Co-Chair, IEEE ANTS 2015, Dec. 15-18, Kolkata, India (Dec 2015)
TPC Membership and Session Chairing :
Acted as Technical Program Committee (TPC) Member of numerous IEEE flagship conferences like ICC, Globecom, VTC, PIMRC, WCNC, ANTS etc. since 2010
Session Chairing :
IEEE VTC-2018 (Fall), Chicago, IL, USA, Aug. 27-30, 2018
IEEE VTC-2017 (Spring), Sydney, Australia, June 04-07, 2017
IEEE Globecom-2016, Washington DC, USA, Dec. 04-08, 2016
IEEE PIMRC-2015, Hong Kong, China, Aug. 30-Sept. 02, 2015
IEEE Globecom-2011, Houston, TX, USA, Dec. 05-09, 2011
IEEE VTC-2011 (Spring), Budapest, Hungary, May 15-18, 2011
IEEE Globecom-2010, Miami, FL, USA, Dec. 06-10, 2010
IEEE ICC-2010, Cape Town, South Africa, May 23-27, 2010
Reviewer Activities :
NPTEL Course under SWAYAM Project, Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India (2023)
IMPRINT-IIC.2, under SERB, DST, Govt. of India (2020)
SPARC, MHRD, Govt. of India (2019)
Nature Electronics, Springer-Nature
IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications
IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials
EEE Transactions on Wireless Communications
IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing
IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology
IEEE Access
IEEE Wireless Communications Letters
IEEE Communications Letters
University Administrative and Other Service Activities :
Co-ordinating Warden (Allotment), Hall Management Centre, IIT-Kharagpur (2021-2023)
Member, Council of Dean, Students Affairs, IIT-Kharagpur (2020-2021)
Member, PG Curricula Committee, IIT-Kharagpur (2021-2022)
Warden & Asst. Warden of SN/IG Hall of Residence at IIT-Kharagpur (2013-2020)
Faculty Co-ordinator for Grenoble – INP Ensimag, France, (Office of AA&IR, IIT-Kharagpur) (Since 2017)
Faculty Co-ordinator for Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, (Office of AA&IR, IIT-Kharagpur) (Since 2019)
Sectional Co-ordinator, G.S.S. School of Telecommunications, for Office of the Dean (P&C) (Since 2020)
Member, Crèche Management Committee, IIT-Kharagpur (Since 2018)
Member, PMRF Evaluation Board, IIT Kharagpur (2022-2023)
Member, Patent Review Committee, SRIC, IIT Kharagpur (2021-2023)
Reviewer, Institute Scheme for Innovative Research and Development (ISIRD), IIT Kharagpur (2020)
Member, MBA Admission Interview Committee, VGSoM, IIT Kharagpur (2020)