Dr. Vinitkumar Jayaprakash Dongre is working as Dean Research & Development, Professor in Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering Department, at Thakur Collage of Engineering and Technology (Autonomous Institute Affilated to University of Mumbai), Kandivli, Mumbai.

He has worked experience of 24 years in the teaching field and his area of interest is antenna design, microwave engineering. He had following responsibilities at Thakur Collage of Engineering and Technology

• Dean Research and Development July 1, 2022 to till date.

• Institute Activity Head: Publication and Intellectual Property Creation, July 1, 2020 to September 14, 2022.

• Chairman Bord of Studies, Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering Department July 1 2019 to June 30 2020.

• HOD E&TC Department from January 1, 2015 to June 30 2020.

• M. E. Coordinator-E&TC from May 11, 2011 to May 31, 2015.

• IIT Bombay Remote Center Coordinator from May 14, 2012 to till date

A patent is granted to him title “A method for frequently Reconfiguration by helical antenna loaded in a pentagonal cavity and antenna thereof” by Indian patent office. He has filed total 6 Patents with Indian patent office. He has published 45 papers in national, international conferences and journals. He is recognition as a Ph.D. guide in University of Mumbai for Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering and guiding 3 Ph. D. research scholar. He has guided 16 M.E. projects.

Principal investigator for Research grants:

• AICTE grant for Modernization and Removal of obsolescence (MoDRoB) for IoT laboratory, grant of Rs. 13,74,510 year 2019-20.

• Innovation and entrepreneurship development cell, department of science and technology, Government of India, grant of Rs. 1,00,000 for the project, “High resolution FMCW RADAR gauge,” year 2016-17.

• University of Mumbai research grant of Rs. 20,000 for a research project, “Gain enhancement of patch antenna using metamaterial for wireless application,” year 2016-17.

• University of Mumbai research grant of Rs. 25,000 for a research project, “Gain and bandwidth enhancement of helical loaded cavity backed antenna,” year 2011-12.

Awards and Appreciations

• Award for setting up an IPR cell at TCET and motivating students and faculties for filing Copyrights and patents, by IEEE Bombay section and ready2innovate worldwide, April 26, 2018.

• Participated and won first rank overall championship for University of Mumbai in “AVISHKAR-2011” the state level Inter-University Research Convention at Shivaji University, Kolhapur in January 2012.

He is working as technical advisor for industry. He has organized five conferences and coordinated 24 Sort Term Training Programs and workshops at TCET.

He has worked as editor and reviewer for IEEE International Conferences in India, Malaysia and Indonesia. He has given the talks on Intellectual Property Rights, Antenna and Microwave Designing Aspects, Research Methodology, Formulating Effective Research, Enhancing Quality through NBA to Achieve Sustainability and Employability and Stress Management.

He has achieved awards for best actor, director in Marathi, Hindi and English dramas also fond of Indian classical music and playing flute.

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Detailed CV

Academic Qualification:

B E Industrial Electronics Engineering, Amravati University.

M. Tech. in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering

Ph. D. (Engineering) from NMIMS University Mumbai.

Work Experience (Teaching ): 22 years of teaching experience

Area of specialization: Antenna Design, Microwave Engineering

Patent Granted

[1] Dr. Vinitkumar Jayaprakash Dongre, Dr. B. K. Mishra, and Anuja Keni, “A method for frequency reconfiguration by helical antenna loaded in a pentagonal cavity and antenna thereof” Indian patent No. 382090, Date of Grant November 18, 2021, application number 201621003790 Filed on February 3, 2016, Published on April 1, 2016, Reply to FER on July 24, 2019, Reply to Hearing on June 2, 2021.

Patents filed: 6 Patents with Indian patent office

[1] Dr. Vinitkumar Jayaprakash Dongre, B. K. Mishra, and Samita Bhandari, “Helical Loaded Hexagonal Cavity Backed Antenna for Satellite Communication” Indian patent application number 201621003789 dated February 3, 2016.

[2] Dr. Vinitkumar Jayaprakash Dongre, B. K. Mishra, and Anuja Keni, “A method for frequency reconfiguration by helical antenna loaded in a Pentagonal Cavity and antenna thereof” Indian patent No. 382090, Date of Grant November 18, 2021, application number 201621003790 Filed on February 3, 2016, Published on April 1, 2016, Reply to FER on July 24, 2019, Reply to Hearing on June 2, 2021.

[3] Dr. Vinitkumar Jayaprakash Dongre and B. K. Mishra, “Helical antenna loaded in a triangular cavity for aerospace communication” Indian patent application number 4566/MUM/2015 dated December 3, 2015.

[4] Dr. Vinitkumar Jayaprakash Dongre, “High Frequency (24GHz-24.3GHz) FMCW RADAR based level gauge” Indian patent application number 201721041411 dated November 20, 2017.

[5] Dr. Vinitkumar Jayaprakash Dongre, Dr. Shastri Shailendra, Ms. Archana Deshpande, Mr. Nikhil Tiwari, “An improved linearly polarized microstrip antenna” Indian patent application number 202221008396 Filed on February 17, 2022.

[6] Dr. Vinitkumar Jayaprakash Dongre, Dr. Shastri Shailendra, Ms. Archana Deshpande, Mr. Nikhil Tiwari, “An improved microstrip antenna for generation of circular polarized radiation” Indian patent application number 202221008405 Filed on February 17, 2022.

Award and Recognition:

Awarded by IEEE Bombay section and ready2innovate worldwide for his contribution towards IPR awareness and motivating students and faculties for filing Copyrights and Patents, April 2018.

Recognition as a Ph.D. guide in University of Mumbai for Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering, guiding 3 Ph. D. research scholar.

Grants:

1. AICTE grant for Modernization and Removal of obsolescence (MoDRoB) for IoT laboratory, grant of Rs. 13,74,510 for year 2020-21.

2. The research grant from Innovation and entrepreneurship development cell (IEDC), department of science and technology, Government of India, grant of Rs. 1,00,000 for the project, “High resolution FMCW RADAR gauge,” February , 2017.

3. University of Mumbai research grant of Rs. 20,000 for a research project, “Gain enhancement of patch antenna using metamaterial for wireless application,” January 2017.

4. University of Mumbai research grant of Rs. 25,000 for a research project, “Gain and bandwidth enhancement of helical loaded cavity backed antenna,” November 2012.

Subjects Taught

Ph. D. (Technology) Course Work: Research Methodology.

Post Graduate (EXTC): RF and Microwave engineering, Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, Advanced Antenna and Arrays, Microwave and Millimeter wave Communication Systems, Microwave Integrated Circuits, Microwave Devices & Amplifier Design, Antenna Theory and Design.

Under Graduate (EXTC): Electromagnetic Engineering, Antenna Wave Propagation, Fundamentals of Microwave Engineering, Advanced Microwave Engineering, Microwave and Radar Engineering, Radar Engineering, Electrical Network, Basic Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Digital Communication, Digital Voice Communication, Digital Telephony, Digital Logic Design and Application.

Paper Published in International/National Journal & Conference: 45 Papers

Paper Published in International Journal: 15 Papers

[1] Vinitkumar Jayaprakash Dongre and Resham Madan, “Design and analysis of 24 GHz pyramidal horn antenna with improved gain,” International Journal of Emerging Technology and Advanced Engineering, vol. 7, no 8, pp. 36-41, Aug. 2017.

[2] Vinitkumar Jayprakash Dongre, Chitra Takle, “Multiple band monopole arm microstrip spiral antenna for cognitive radio,” Global Journal of Researches in Engineering Electrical and Electronics Engineering, vol. 14, no. 3, pp. 76-71, June 2014.

[3] Vinitkumar Jayprakash Dongre, Chitra Takle, “Even symmetry multiple bands cpw feed microstrip spiral antenna,” International Journal of Engineering Research and Technology, vol. 3, no. 5, pp. 502-505, May 2014.

[4] Rahul Yadav, Vinitkumar Jayprakash Dongre, “Demonstration of helical antenna stability beyond c-band frequency,” International Journal of Informatics and Communication Technology, vol. 2, no. 3, pp. 166-174, Dec. 2013.

[5] Vinitkumar Dongre, Sanjeev Ghosh, Ashwini Katkar, “Speech Recognition Based Web Browsing,” International Journal of Engineering Research and Technology, vol. 2, no. 11, pp. 2489-2495, Nov. 2013.

[6] Vinitkumar Jayaprakash Dongre and B. K. Mishra, “A broadband helical loaded square cavity back antenna array,” Springer Frontiers of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, vol. 7, no. 4, pp. 381–385, 2012.

[7] Vinitkumar Jayaprakash Dongre and B. K. Mishra, “Novel triple band helical antenna for gain and bandwidth enhancement,” International Journal of Computer Applications, vol. 11, pp. 1-6, 2012.

[8] Vinitkumar Jayaprakash Dongre and B. K. Mishra, “Compact size helical loaded cavity backed antenna by helical resonator filter,” Springer Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol. 145, pp. 278–282, 2011. (ISSN: 1865-0929) (DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-20209-4_40)

[9] Vinitkumar Jayaprakash Dongre and B. K. Mishra, “Axial mode helical antenna using cylindrical cavity,” International Journal of Computer Applications, vol. 4, pp. 30-33, 2011.

[10]Vinitkumar Jayaprakash Dongre and B. K. Mishra, “Novel mode conversion technique of helical antenna using cavity,” International Journal of Computer Applications, vol. 10, pp. 39- 43, 2011.

[11]Vinitkumar Jayprakash Dongre, Rahul Yadav, “A novel design of single-wall partial cavity backed helical antenna for re-configurable gain and bandwidth,” International Journal of Engineering Research and Technology, vol. 2, no. 7, pp. 1792-1795, July 2013.

[12]Rahul Yadav, Vinitkumar Jayprakash Dongre, “A manual reconfigurable multiband cavity backed helical antenna,” Global Journal of Researches in Engineering Electrical and Electronics Engineering, vol. 13, no.16-1, pp. 25-31, 2013.

[13]B. K. Mishra, Vinitkumar Jayaprakash Dongre, Rucha Kanagala, “Design and fabrication of conformal helical antenna array,” International Journal of Advanced Research in Electronics and Communication Engineering, vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 73-77, Jan. 2013.

[14]Sneha Doijode and Vinitkumar Dongre, “Design of band pass filter using microstrip lines,” International Journal of Global Technology Initiatives, vol. 1, no. 1D, pp. 79-83, Mar. 2012.

[15]Sumita Rathi, Kamal Shah, and Vinit Dongre, “A modified low complex algorithm for distributed video coding”, International Journal of Research and Reviews in Computer Science, vol. 2, no. 6, pp. 1348-1352, Dec. 2011

Paper Published and Presented in International Conference: 22 Papers

[16]Riddhi S. Mhatre, Ajay P. Khandare and Vinitkumar Dongare, “Circular microstrip patch antenna for S band application”, in Proceedings International Conference on Trends in Electronics & Communication, Feb. 2020, pp. 1-4.

[17]Vinitkumar Dongare, Niket Amoda, Shubham Tiwari, Vikas Tiwari, Shubham Vishwakarma, “Implementation of Automatic Token Generation Machine Using Raspberry Pi”, in Proceedings International Conference on Trends in Electronics & Communication, Feb. 2020, pp. 69-72.

[18]Shivani V. Sawant, Hardik D. Bhadouria and Vinitkumar Dongre, “Implementation of smart ambulance using GSM and IoT”, in Proceedings International Conference on Trends in Electronics & Communication, Feb. 2020, pp. 179-182.

[19]Vinitkumar Jayaprakash Dongre and Manish Wadkar, “Design of ambient Harmonic RF energy harvesting system”, in Proceedings Conference in electronics and telecommunication engineering, Feb. 2018, pp. 271-274.

[20]Vinitkumar Jayaprakash Dongre, Shivraj Joshi, Sumit Kushwaha, Suhas Hegde and Nilesh Jha, “Transmitter system for high-resolation level gauge based on FMCW radar,” in Proceedings Conference in electronics and telecommunication engineering, Feb. 2018, pp. 225-230.

[21]Vinitkumar Jayaprakash Dongre, Tarush Shenoy, Sanath Acharya and Niraj Jangid, “Receiver for high-resolation level gauge based on FMCW radar,” in Proceedings Conference in electronics and telecommunication engineering, Feb. 2018, pp. 215-218.

[22]Vinitkumar Jayaprakash Dongre and Arvindkumar Mishra, “Multiband microstrip antenna array for GSM, GPS and bluetooth applications,” in Proceedings International Conference and Workshop on Emerging Trends in Technology, Feb. 2017, pp. 16-22.

[23]Resham Madan and Vinitkumar Jayaprakash Dongre, “Design of 24 GHz antenna for FMCW radar applications,” in Proceedings International Conference and Workshop on Emerging Trends in Technology, Feb. 2017, pp. 158-163.

[24]Rohini Jadhav, Vinitkumar Jayaprakash Dongre and Arunkumar Heddallikar, “Design and analysis of X-band conical horn antenna with coaxial feed,” in Proceedings International Conference and Workshop on Emerging Trends in Technology, Feb. 2017, pp. 230-236.

[25]Sandeep Dubey and Vinitkumar Jayaprakash Dongre, “Dual Band Patch Antenna with Enhanced Gain using Metamaterial,” in Proceedings International Conference and Workshop on Emerging Trends in Technology, Feb. 2016, pp. 45-51. (Paper published in IET digital library).

[26]Supriya V. Dicholkar and Vinitkumar Jayaprakash Dongre, “Effect of Different Diversity Techniques on Microwave Link Availability,” in Proceedings International Conference and Workshop on Emerging Trends in Technology, Feb. 2016, pp. 201-206. (Paper published in IET digital library).

[27]Vinitkumar Jayaprakash Dongre and Arvindkumar Mishra, “Design of single band and dual band microstrip antennas for GSM, GPS and bluetooth applications,” in Proceedings International Conference and Workshop on Emerging Trends in Technology, Feb. 2016, pp. 207-212. (Paper published in IET digital library).

[28]B. K. Mishra, Vinitkumar Dongre, and Zahir Aalam, “Enhancing quality through NBA to achieve sustainability and employability,” in Proceedings AICTE Sponsored National Seminar on Academic Excellence Through Quality Education- Opportunities and Challenges, Jan. 2014, pp. 74–79.

[29]Vinitkumar Jayaprakash Dongre and B. K. Mishra, “Novel triple band helical antenna for gain and bandwidth enhancement,” in Proceedings International Conference and Workshop on Emerging Trends in Technology, Feb. 2011, pp. 386-391.

[30]Vinitkumar Jayaprakash Dongre and B. K. Mishra, “Normal mode to axial mode conversion of helical antenna using cavity,” in Proceedings International Conference and Workshop on Emerging Trends in Technology, vol. 2, Feb. 2011, pp. 1039-1043. (Paper published in ACM digital library).

[31]Vinitkumar Jayaprakash Dongre and B. K. Mishra, “Compact size helical loaded cavity backed antenna by helical resonator filter,” in Proceedings International Conference on Technology Systems and Management, Feb. 2011, paper no. 266.

[32]Vinitkumar Dongre, Sanjeev Ghosh, Ashwini Katkar, “Evaluation of Feature Extraction Techniques for Speech Recognition,” in Proceedings International Conference and Workshop on Emerging Trends in Technology, Feb. 2012.

[33]Archana Deshpande and Vinitkumar Dongre, “Design of triple band rectangular microstrip array for WLAN/WiMax,” in Proceedings International Conference and Workshop on Emerging Trends in Technology, Feb. 2012, pp. 388-393.

[34]Megha Gupta and Vinitkumar Dongre, “Comparison of side feed and centre feed for helical antenna array,” in Proceedings International Conference and Workshop on Emerging Trends in Technology, Feb. 2012, pp. 394-397.

[35]Sneha Doijode and Vinitkumar Dongre, “Design of low pass and high pass filter using microstrip lines,” in Proceedings International Conference and Workshop on Emerging Trends in Technology, Feb. 2012, pp. 372-376.

[36]A. Deshpande A. Kadam and V. Dongre, “Design of triple band rectangular microstrip antenna using two elements,” in Proceedings International Conference and Workshop on Emerging Trends in Technology, Feb. 2011, pp. 1006-1009, (Paper published in ACM digital library).

[37]Vinitkumar Jayaprakash Dongre and Abhijit Mukherji, “Optimizing the size of helical antenna by using helical resonator,” in Proceedings International Conference and Workshop on Emerging Trends in Technology, Feb. 2010, pp. 1014, (Paper published in ACM digital Library).

Paper Published and Presented in National Conference: 4 Papers

[38]Vinitkumar Jayaprakas Dongre and Chitra N. Takle, “Reconfigurabilty of spiral antennas,” in Proceedings NCRENB-2013, Mar. 2013, pp. 211-217.

[39]Vinitkumar Jayaprakash Dongre, Abhijit Mukherji, and D. Sundarajan, “Compact size helical antenna,” in Proceedings NCICT-2010, Mar. 2010.

[40]Vinitkumar Jayaprakash Dongre, “Optical CDMA communication techniques with optical orthogonal code,” in Proceedings NCICT-2009, Mar. 2009.

[41]Anuja A. Odhekar, V. J. Dongre “Optimal design for enhancement of circularly polarized bandwidth of microstrip antenna,” in Proceedings National Conference on Microwave, Antenna, Propagation and Remote Sensing, Dec. 2008.

Research Convention Participation

[42]Participated and won first rank overall championship for University of Mumbai in “AVISHKAR-2011” the state level Inter-University Research Convention at Shivaji University, Kolhapur on project “Novel triple band helical antenna for gain and bandwidth enhancement” in Ph. D. level during January 13-15, 2012.

[43]Participated and won first prize in “AVISHKAR-2011” the University level Inter-College Research Convention at University of Mumbai, Santacruze(E), Mumbai on project “Novel triple band helical antenna for gain and bandwidth enhancement” in Ph.D. level on January 3, 2012.

[44]Participated in “AVISHKAR-2010” the state level Inter-University Research Convention at Maharashtra University of health sciences, Nashik on project “Compact size helical loaded cavity backed antenna using helical resonator filter” in Ph. D. level during January 21-23, 2011.

[45]Participated and won first prize in “AVISHKAR-2010” the University level Inter-College Research Convention at University of Mumbai, Santacruze(E), Mumbai on project “Compact size helical loaded cavity backed antenna using helical resonator filter” in Ph. D. level on January 14, 2011.

Invited Talk

[1] “Student Leadership: TCET Outreach Program for students”, TCET, Mumbai, August 28, 2021.

[2] “Opportunities for creating Intellectual Property and procedure for patent filing,” FDP lecture TCET, Mumbai, August 26, 2021.

[3] “Technology Vision 2035 Comprehensive national Power,” FDP lecture, TCET, Mumbai, June 23, 2021.

[4] “Implementation of National Education Policy (NEP 2020),” FDP lecture, TCET, Mumbai, 29 April 2021.

[5] “Opportunities for intellectual property rights (IPR) and Patent,” One-week STTP on innovative technology to minimize disaster impact, TCET, Mumbai, December 24, 2018.

[6] “Out of the box thinking,” One-week STTP on innovative technology to minimize disaster impact, TCET, Mumbai, December 21, 2018.

[7] “ABL: Design, development and deployment,” Academic leadership meet: building professional engineers through activity based learning (ABL), TCET, Mumbai, August 4, 2017.

[8] “Intellectual property rights,” K. K. Wagh Institute of Engineering Education & Research, Nashik, December 10, 2016.

[9] “Reconfigurable antennas,” State level workshop on Design and analysis of modern antenna, K. K. Wagh Institute of Engineering Education & Research, Nashik, December 10, 2016.

[10] “Wireless Networks and Internet of Things for Smart City,” ISTE approved STTP on wireless Networking & Internet of Things, Kalsekar Technical Campus, New Panvel, May 6, 2016.

[11] “Effective thesis writing for post graduate and Ph.D. program,” Faculty development program, TCET, Mumbai, July 8, 2014.

[12] “Effective thesis writing for post graduate program,” Engineering colloquium for post graduate students and doctoral scholars, MULTICON-W 2014, TCET, Mumbai, March 1, 2014.

[13] “Pre-requisite for research,” Engineering colloquium for post graduate students and doctoral scholars, MULTICON-W 2013, TCET, Mumbai, February 23, 2013.

[14]“Formulating effective research,” one week ISTE approved workshop on research methodology and related open source tools, K. J. Somaiya Institute of Engineering & Information Technology, Sion, Mumbai, December 21, 2012.

[15]“Formulating effective research,” Two week ISTE-IITB workshop on research methodologies, TCET local activity, Mumbai, June 30, 2012.

[16]“Basic stapes for research in microwave and antenna,” International conference and workshop on emerging trends in technology 2011, TCET, Mumbai, February 26, 2011.

[17]“3-D Simulation for design and understanding of antenna,” Conference on bridging the gap between industry and technical educational institutes using electronics and electrical design automation software”, Taj Mahal Hotel Resorts and Palace, Gateway of India, Mumbai, organized by Directorate of Technical Education (DTE) Maharashtra State, February 14, 2011.

[18]“Stress management,” Faculty development program, TCET, Mumbai, September 18, 2010.

[19]“Art of conducting laboratory,” Workshop on art of conducting laboratory, DJSCOE, Mumbai, September 03, 2005.

Institute-Institute Interaction

Initiated the establishment of IIT Bombay Remote Center at Thakur College of Engineering & Technology and worked as Remote Center Coordinator from May 14, 2012 to till date. Conducted 23 STTPs/workshops for 628 participants and received total funding of Rs. 20.12 lakh by the National Mission on Education through ICT (MHRD, Government of India) for conduct of workshops. The workshops are conducted as follows:

[1]ISTE-IIT Kharagpur STTP on CMOS Mixed Signal and Radio Frequency VLSI Design, January 30- February 9, 2017.

[2]Half day orientation program on Smart-India Hackathon 2017, January 16, 2017.

[3]Two-week ISTE-IIT Kharagpur STTP on Introduction to Structural Engineering, online during October 10- November 13, 2015 and at remote center January 4-9, 2016.

[4]Two-week ISTE-IIT Bombay STTP on Engineering Physics, December 8-18, 2015.

[5]Two-Week ISTE-IIT Bombay STTP on Technical Communication, online during October 8- November 11, 2015 and at remote center November 30- December 5, 2015.

[6]Two week ISTE-IIT Bombay STTP on Environmental Studies, June2-12, 2015.

[7]Two-week ISTE-IIT Kharagpur STTP on Design on Algorithms, one week online and at remote center May 25-30, 2015.

[8]Two week ISTE-IIT Bombay STTP on Pedagogy for Effective use of ICT in Engineering Education, online during January 8-18 and January 22-31, 2015 and at remote center January 5-7 and January 19-21, 2015.

[9]Two week ISTE- IIT Kharagpur workshop on Control Systems, December 2-12, 2014.

[10]Two day ISTE-CSI e-Seminar on Steps 2 Research, September 19-20, 2014.

[11]Two-week ISTE-IIT Bombay workshop on Cyber Security, July 10- 20, 2014.

[12]Two-week ISTE-IIT Bombay workshop on Computer Networking, online during May 22- June 29, 2014 and at remote center June 30- July 5, 2014.

[13]Two-week ISTE-IIT Bombay workshop on Computer Programming, online during May 11- June 15, 2014 and at remote center June 16-21, 2014.

[14]Two-week ISTE-IIT Kharagpur workshop on Fluid Mechanics, May 20-30, 2014.

[15]Two-week ISTE-IIT Kharagpur workshop on Signals & Systems, January 2-12, 2014.

[16]Two-week ISTE-IIT Bombay workshop on Engineering Mechanics, November 26- December 6, 2013.

[17]Half day ISTE workshop on Green Building Awareness, August 24, 2013.

[18]Two-week ISTE-IIT Kharagpur workshop on Analog Electronics, June 4-14, 2013.

[19]Two-week ISTE-IIT Bombay workshop on Database Management Systems, May 21-31, 2013.

[20]Four days IIT Bombay workshop on Aakash Tablets Android Application Programming Workshop for Students, February 23-24 and March 2-3, 2013.

[21]Two days ISTE-IIT Bombay workshop on Research Methods in Educational Technology, February 2 & 9, 2013.

[22]Two days IIT Bombay workshop on Aakash Tablets for Education, November 10-11, 2012.

[23]Two week ISTE-IIT Bombay workshop on Introduction to Research Methodologies, June 25 to July 4, 2012.

Conferences/Seminars/Workshops Organized

[1] Convener, One-week STTP on innovative technology to minimize disaster impact, TCET, Mumbai, December 21-31, 2018.

[2] Convener, Conference in electronics and telecommunication engineering (CETE) 2018, TCET, Mumbai, February 23-24, 2018.

[3] Programme committee member, Academic leadership meet: building professional engineers through activity based learning (ABL), TCET, Mumbai, August 4, 2017.

[4] Convener, International conference & workshop on electronics and telecom- munication engineering (ICWET) 2017, TCET, Mumbai, February 24-25, 2017.

[5] Convener, International conference & workshop on electronics and telecom- munication engineering (ICWET) 2016, TCET, Mumbai, February 26-27, 2016.

[6] Secretary, two day workshop on “Engineering colloquium for post graduate and doctoral students”, MULTCON-W 2015, TCET, Mumbai, February 27-28, 2015.

[7] Secretary, two day workshop on “Engineering colloquium for post graduate and doct- orrral students”, MULTCON-W 2014, TCET, Mumbai, February 28- March 1, 2014.

[8] Secretary, two day workshop on “Engineering colloquium for post graduate and doctoral students”, MULTCON-W 2013, TCET, Mumbai, February 22-23, 2013.

[9] Coordinator, two day workshop on “Engineering colloquium for post graduate and doctoral students”, ICWET 2012, TCET, Mumbai, February 24-25, 2012.

[10]Coordinator, conference sponsorship and workshop, ICWET 2011, TCET, Mumbai, February 25-26, 2011.

Short Term Training Programs/Conferences/Seminars/Workshops Attended

[1] One day faculty development programme on “Digital transformation of business,” Thakur Institute of Management & Research, January 27, 2017.

[2] One day seminar on, “Collaborate to win”, Cisco Systems India Private Limited, Bandra Kurla Complex, Bandra East, March 18, 2016

[3] Half day seminar on, “Embedded systems, VLSI and FPGA” by Dr. Saurabh Mehata, TCET, Mumbai, March 15, 2016.

[4] Higher Education Summit 2015 - ‘Policy Impetus & Industry-Institution Partnership’ Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Western Region in partnership with Government of Maharashtra and Australian Trade Commission, Vivanta by Taj - President, Mumbai, September 8, 2015.

[5] One day awareness training course on “Quality Management System as per ISO 9001:2015,” TCET, Mumbai, January 2, 2015.

[6] Half day seminar by Dr. Ulrich L. Rode, owner of electronic equipment company Rohde and Schwarz on “Passive and active antenna,” conducted by Microwave Theory and Techniques (MTTS) chapter of IEEE Bombay, Sai palace hotel, Andheri, Mumbai, December 17, 2013.

[7] Two day ISTE workshop on “ Writing effective conference papers,” conducted by IIT Bombay at remote center K. J. Somaiya College of engineering, Vidyavihar, Mumbai, Feburary 18-19, 2012.

[8] Two day workshop on “Embedded systems,” D. J. Sanghvi College of engineering, Vile Parle, Mumbai, July 24-25, 2009.

[9] One day seminar on “Engineering electromagnetic practical approach,” K. J. Somaiya College of engineering, Vidyavihar, Mumbai, September 01, 2007.

[10]National conference on “Information and communication technology,” D. J. Sanghvi College of engineering, Vile Parle, Mumbai, March 01-03, 2007.

[11]National conference on “Information and communication technology,” D. J. Sanghvi College of engineering, Vile Parle, Mumbai, February 24-26, 2006.

[12]National conference on “Information and communication technology,” D. J. Sanghvi College of engineering, Vile Parle, Mumbai, February 24-26, 2006.

[13]Two weeks STTP on “Digital communication with recent developments,” D. J. Sanghvi College of engineering, Vile Parle, Mumbai, December 20–31, 2005.

[14]Two day seminor on “Challenges ahead in telecommunication,” D. J. Sanghvi College of engineering, Vile Parle, Mumbai, October 7-8, 2005.

[15]Two weeks STTP on “Optical communication with recent trends,” D. J. Sanghvi College of engineering, Vile Parle, Mumbai, November 16–27, 2004.

Auditor and Examiner

[1] Certified Examiner for Quality Management for the IMC Ramkrishna Bajaj National Quality Award criteria, July 1, 2016.

[2] Internal Auditor for ISO 9001:2015, October 10, 2015.

Professional Body Membership

[1] Member of The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

[2] Life member of The Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE)

Editor for International Conference Proceedings

[1] Editor for Conference in electronics and telecommunication engineering (CETE) 2018 proceeding, TCET, Mumbai, February 23-24, 2018.

[2] Editor for International conference & workshop on electronics and telecom- munication engineering (ICWET) 2017 proceeding, TCET, Mumbai, February 24-25, 2017.

Reviewer for International Conferences

[1] Reviewer for IEEE International Conference of Information and Communication Technology (ICoICT 2013), Bandung, Indonesia, March 20-22, 2013.

[2] Reviewer for 2012 IEEE Asia-Pacific Conference on Applied Electromagnetics (APACE), Melaka, Malaysia, December 11-13, 2012.

[3] Reviewer for 2012 IEEE Symposium on Wireless Technology & Applications (ISWTA), Bandung, Indonesia, September 23–26, 2012.

Other Interests/Activities

Achieved awards for best actor, director in Marathi, Hindi and English dramas also fond of Indian classical music and playing flute.