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I am a teacher and a researcher in Computer Science and Engineering, currently working as an Assistant Professor at the Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) Guwahati, Assam, India. Previously, I have served at IIIT Kottayam, Kerala, and LNMIIT Jaipur in the same position.
I also have a keen interest in startups and am currently associated with EVXplorer, a TIH-IIT Patna incubated startup that works in the field of Electric Vehicles.
I earned my Ph.D. degree in Computer Science and Engineering with the thesis titled 'Intelligent Scheduling Algorithms for Energy Optimization in Smart Grid', from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Patna in 2019, and moved to Aalborg University, Denmark, for a Postdoc. I have also worked at EMAX Group, Brussels, Belgium, a Greentech startup, as an IT Solution and Innovation Expert.
I completed my M. Tech degree in Systems Management from Devi Ahilya University, Indore, in 2014, and a B.Tech degree in Information Technology from Assam University, Silchar, in 2010. The final year of my M. Tech was spent at CSIR- Fourth Paradigm Institute (earlier CMMACS), Bangalore, where I did my thesis on 'Fully Homomorphic Encryption for secured High-Performance Computing'.
Current research interests include Scheduling and Optimization in Smart Grid, Electric Vehicles, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, and AI for Cyber Physical Systems. Recently, I have started to explore Quantum Approximation Optimization Algorithms (QAOA).
I am always keen on discussing various problems in the domains of Computational Complexity theory, Game Theory, and Optimization.
I am an IEEE Senior Member. I am an Editorial Board member of the Nature Scientific Reports Journal.
"I cannot teach anybody anything,
I can only make them think" - Socrates
The work of Ms. Asthami Mahanta, MTech student working with me, titled "A Hybrid Energy Disaggregation Architecture for Non-Intrusive Load Monitoring," has been accepted at the 2026 IEEE North-East India International Energy Conversion Conference and Exhibition to be organized by the Department of Electrical Engineering at the National Institute of Technology Meghalaya, in June 2026.
Two of our recent works are accepted at the SysAI Workshop @ COMSNETS 2026 Conference to be held in Bangalore, in January 2026: (1) Pranita Mahajan, Abdul Kayum Ali, Navya Dhawde, Nilotpal Chakraborty, Mirza Ghalib Anwarul Husain Baig, "Energy-Efficient Coverage Path Planning for Multi-UAVs in Dynamic Threat Environments," (2) Sanjiban Roy, Yamini Sisodia, Nilotpal Chakraborty, Preveen Kumar Devarajan, "ML-Based Refrigerator Scheduling for Energy Efficiency in Renewable-Integrated Smart Homes." Congratulations to all the authors and contributors.
The work of Prajwal P., an MTech in CSE student working with me, titled "Smart Hybrid Intelligence for Day-Ahead Energy Forecasting and Demand Response in Smart Grid," has been selected for a POSTER presentation at the COMSNETS 2026 conference, to be held in Bangalore in January 2026.
Our work titled "Optimizing IoT Task Scheduling in Fog-Cloud Architecture Using Squirrel Search Algorithm" has been accepted for a lecture presentation in ICEdge 2025, to be held at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, in December 2025. Congratulations to my MTech student, Prajwal.
The work of my M.Tech student, Asthami Mahanta, titled "A Survey on Reinforcement Learning Based Smart Home Energy Management Solutions," has been accepted at the ICCIS 2025 conference to be held at BITS Pilani, K K Birla Goa Campus, in September 2025.
I am serving as the Chair - Students' Posters at the 19th Innovations in Software Engineering Conference 2026, to be held at IIS University, Jaipur, in February 2026.
The work of my B.Tech student Navya Dhawde titled 'Intelligent Drone Surveillance with Efficient Charging Mechanism Using Eternal Vertex Cover and p-Dispersion' is accepted at the ACM Journal of Autonomous Transportation Systems. Congratulations to her and my collaborator, Dr. Mirza Galib (IIT Mandi), for this.
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