Open Position: NEED Lab is looking for a highly motivated Ph.D. and research internship candidates. Interested may please contact to Dr. Pradhan   

Google Scholar: scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=VeRNC6YAAAAJ&hl=en 

Researchgate: www.researchgate.net/profile/K_P_Pradhan 

ORCID ID: orcid.org/0000-0002-7313-294X 

Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/dr-k-p-pradhan-0173544b/  

Email Address: kppradhan@iiitdm.ac.in, k.p.pradhan@ieee.org 

Contact Number: 044-2747-6371 (O), Scopus ID: 55641752100

About Dr. K P Pradhan

He has Completed M.Tech and Ph.D. degree in Nanoelectronic Devices, Electrical Engineering Department from NIT Rourkela, Odisha, India, in 2013 and 2017, respectively. He has been awarded the prestigious Snigdhashri Patra Gold Medal for best Ph.D. thesis by NIT Rourkela in 2018. Post Ph.D, he has worked as a Senior Project Engineer in Nanolab, Electrical Department, IIT Kanpur. 

And, subsequently he has worked as an Assistant Professor in ECE Department, JIIT Noida from Jul, 2017 to Mar 2018. Currently, he is serving as an Assistant Professor in ECE Department, IIITDM Kancheepuram since Mar 2018. He has authored or co-authored over 100 international journal and conference articles. He is holding the publications award from IEEE Madras Section every year since 2019. He is a recipient of "IEEE MAS BEST RESEARCHER AWARD - 2021 (Age 40 and below)" from IEEE Madras Section. He has received Startup Research Grant (SRG) from SERB and UGC-DAE CSR fundings to conduct research on "Neuromorphic Computing". He is a recipient of SERB International Research Experience (SIRE) for the year 2023-2024 to Université Catholique De Louvain, Belgium for 6 months as a visiting Professor to continue the research on "FDSOI Neurons". He is also a visiting professor to Purdue University under SERB-OVDF program to work on reliability of neuromorphic computing. He is listed in the "Golden List of Reviewers for 2020" IEEE T-ED. He is the founding Faculty Advisor of IEEE EDS Student Branch Chapter IIITDM Kancheepuram with fundings to conduct "Summer School" and "Mini-Colloquia". His research interests are in the area of modeling and simulation of nanoscale devices, SOI FETs, FinFETs, Graphene FETs, NC FETs, Solar Cells, Reliability of Devices, Neuromorphic Computing, and Machine Learning in TCAD. 

Dr. Pradhan is a Senior Member of IEEE and IEEE EDS & also a Life Member of Solar Energy Society of India (SESI) & IE (India). 

Recent News & Upcoming Events: 

• 31 Aug 2025: Our collaboration paper with SSN College of Engineering entitled "Single-event transient analysis on NCringFET devices and inverter circuits utilizing numerical device simulations" is accepted for publications in IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems (IF: 2.7).

• 17 Aug 2025: An Indian patent entitled "A Method to Integrate Neuron and Synapse in a Single Transistor" was filed with application number "202541078005". Inventors: K P Pradhan, Rajakumari, Aravind. 

• 31 July 2025: A review paper on "Ferroelectricity in Dielectric: From Transistor Perspective in Switching, Memory and Neuromorphic Applications-A Critical Review" has been accepted in IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation (IF: 3.1).

• 05 July 2025: Funding of $3600 (~3 Lakh) is approved approved by IEEE EDS to organize the Special MQ on 100 Years or Centenary journey of FET towards humanity during September 2025

• 26 June 2025: Congratulations to Rajakumari for completing Ph.D. and getting an offer from GlobalFoundries Bangalore as Principal Engineer Device Modeling & Characterization.

• 26 June 2025: Congratulations to Avinash, Aravind and Mohit for their selection in direct Ph.D. at IIT Madras, IIT Kanpur, and IIT Bhubaneswar, respectively.

• 17 May 2025: 3-days in-campus hand-on training on "Semiconductor Workforce Development and Open Source AI Tools for Research" during 9-11 June 2025. Link to register

• 12 Mar 2025: Dr. Rameez's (former Ph.D. student) work on "Evaluation of FONOS FDSOI FET for Synapse Inspired Artificial Neural Network" has been accepted in IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems (IF: 2.7).

• 10 Jan 2025: Appointed to the EDS Meetings & Conferences Committee for 2 years (01 Jan 2025 to 31 Dec 2026). 

• 10 Jan 2025: Appointed to the EDS Membership and Services Committee for 2 years (01 Jan 2025 to 31 Dec 2026).

• 10 Jan 2025: Appointed as member of the EDS conference engagement Adhoc committee for 1 year (01 Jan 2025 to 31 Dec 2025).   

• 24 Dec 2024: NEED Lab in association with MMTTC is organizing a 6-days FDP on "Future of Semiconductor Devices with Neuromorphic Computing" from 06-11 Jan, 2025 online mode. Link

• 08 Dec 2024: Funding of $19090 (~16 Lakh) is approved by IEEE EDS to implement the project: Lighting and Enlightening Kumizhi Village of Tamil Nadu through Low-cost Rooftop Solar Panel

• 06 Nov 2024: Dr. Pradhan has joined as the Editorial Board Member of Nature Scientific Reports (IF: 3.8)

• 04 Sept 2024: IEEE Electron Devices Society (EDS) IIITDM Student Branch Chapter is organizing Mini-Colloquia (MQ) on "Nanoelectronics and Optoelectronics: From Fundamentals to Future (F2F)" fully sponsored by EDS on 16 Sept, 2024. Link

• 22 Mar 2024: The collaborative work with KIIT Bhubaneswar and OUTR Bhubaneswar on "Sensitivity Estimation of Biosensor in a Tapered Cavity MOSHEMT" has been accepted for publication in Physica Scripta Journal (IOP, IF: 2.9). 

• 14 Mar 2024: Dr. Chandrasekar's (former Ph.D. student) work on "Recurrence model for doped GFET towards Synaptic Application" has been accepted for publication in Semiconductor Science Technology Journal (IOP, IF: 1.9).  

• 29 Feb 2024: The UGC-DAE CSR funding for the proposal "Fabrication and Characterization of Single-Transistor FDSOI Neuron at Cryogenic Temperatures for Reliable Neuromorphic Computing: From Material to Device to System Perspective" is approved for 3 years.

• 20 Feb 2024: Naveen's (internship student from SRM Institute of Science and Technology) work on "Machine Learning Predictive Approach for Nanosheet Transistor" has been accepted for publication in Physica Scripta Journal (IOP, IF: 2.9).

• 17 Feb 2024: EDS Students Branch Chapter, IIITDM Kancheepuram has received best "IEEE Mas Society Chapter Award-2023" from IEEE Madras Section. 

• 16 Feb 2024: Dr. Pradhan, Dr. Rameez (former Ph.D. student), Miss Rajakumari have received the publication award 2023 from IEEE Madras Section. 

• 08 Feb 2024: Proposal to conduct IEEE EDS Mini Colloquia on "Nanoelectronics and Optoelectronics: From Fundamentals to Future (F2F)" is approved for funding USD 3600

• 01 Feb 2024: Dr. Pradhan has joined visiting Professor at UCLouvain Belgium for 6 months

• 03 Jan 2024: The group welcomes the new Ph.D. scholar Ms. Soumiya K. 

• 19 Dec 2023: Rameez has successfully defended his thesis and became Dr. Rameez Raja Shaik.

• 18 Dec 2023: Acceptance of two papers in 8th IEEE Electron Devices Technology and Manufacturing (EDTM 2024) Bengaluru. Congratulations to Rajakumari and Pranav 

• 15 Sept 2023: Acceptance of three papers in XXII International Workshop on the Physics of Semiconductor Devices (IWPSD 2023). Congratulations to Aparna, Pranav, and Poovendran

• 23 June 2023: Hearty congratulations to Mr. Rameez Raja Shaik for receiving an offer of Post-Doctoral Fellowship under Prof. Saptarshi Das, Penn State University, USA.

• 22 June 2023: Congratulations to all M.Tech and Dual Degree students for getting internship opportunities in various industries: Nandhini@Apex Semiconductor, Suraj@Microchip, Aparna@AMD

• 17 June 2023: Dr. Pradhan has been selected for the SERB International Research Experience for the year 2023-2024 to work with Prof. Jean-Pierre Raskin,  Université Catholique De Louvain, Belgium for 6 months.

• 11 June 2023: Congratulations to Ms. Aswathy Manoj Kumar for getting an offer from AMD.

• 20 April 2023: Internship student Mr. Naveen has received best paper award in IEEE International Conference on  RAEUCCI-2023 organized by SRMIST Kattankulathur

• 26 March 2023: IEEE DL by Prof. Cher-Ming Tan is scheduled on 21 April 2023. Link

• 21 March 2023: Rameez's work on "A Robust-Compact Model to Emulate Neuro-Mimetic Dynamics with doped-HfO2 Ferroelectric-FET based Neurons" has been accepted for publication in IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology (IF: 2.967) 

• 17 March 2023: Dr. L Chandrasekar has successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis

• 09 Feb 2023: Ms. V Rajakumari has been selected for International Travel Support (ITS) from Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) to present paper at 7th IEEE Electron Devices Technology and Manufacturing (EDTM), Seoul, Korea.   

• 09 Feb 2023: Rajakumari's work on "BTBT based LIF Junctionless FET neuron with plausible mimicking efficiency" has been accepted for publication in IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology (IF: 2.967)

• 01 Feb 2023: IEEE DL by Prof. Mayank Shrivstava is scheduled on 22 Feb 2023. Link

• 25 Jan 2023: Ms. V Rajakumari has been selected for India’s Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) Overseas Visiting Doctoral Fellowship Program (OVDF) at Purdue University  

• 21 Dec 2022: Rameez's work on "Investigation on Impact of doped HfO\textsubscript{2} thin film ferro-dielectrics on FDSOI NCFET under Back-Gate Bias Influence" has been accepted for publication in IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology (IF: 2.967)

• 06 Nov 2022: IEEE Electron Devices Society (EDS) IIITDM Student Branch Chapter is organizing a summer school on "Emerging Devices and Circuits to Mimic Biologically Plausible Neuronal Functionalities for Neuromorphic Computing" fully sponsored by EDS during 19-23 Dec, 2022. Link

• 15 Oct 2022: Dr. K P Pradhan has received the publications award from IEEE Madras Section

• 13 Oct 2022: Congratulations to Mr. L Chandrasekar (Ph.D. scholar) for getting an offer of Principal Engineer in Device Modeling Group, GlobalFoundries.

• 12 Oct 2022: Application is open for SERB-Vritika Internships on Emerging Device Based Artificial Neurons and Synapses (DeBANS): From Understanding to  Implementation; Google Form: Link 

• 12 Sept 2022: Shibi Varku's work on "Retrieving Carrier population and Collection Efficiency in CFTS/ CFTSe based Solar Cell using Low-dimensional Multiple Nanostructures" has been accepted for publication in physica status solidi (a) - applications and materials science (IF: 2.170)

• 10 Sept 2022: The Google Scholar Citations of Dr. Pradhan has reached 1000 with h-index of 17 and i-10 index of 28.

• 31 Aug 2022: Rameez Raja Shaik's work on "Investigating the Performance Degradation Aspects in Presence of Induced Interface Trapped Charges and Sustaining it through Back-gate Bias" has been accepted for publication in Semiconductor Science and Technology (IF: 2.048)

• 16 Aug 2022: V Rama Seshu's work on "Impact of unpreventable induced interface trapped charges on HZO based FDSOI NCFET" has been accepted for publication in Microelectronics Reliability (IF: 1.418)  

• 12 Aug 2022: Shibi Varku's work on "Performance limitation of Cu2FeSnS4 solar cell: Understanding impact of density of defect states" has been accepted for publication in Optical Materials (IF: 3.754)

• 27 July 2022: V Rajakumari's work on "Demonstration of an ultra-low energy PD-SOI FinFET based LIF Neuron for SNN" has been accepted for publication in IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology (IF: 2.967)

• 25 July 2022: L Chandrasekar has successfully submitted his Ph.D. thesis entitled "Numerical and Analytical Modeling of B or N Substitution Doped Single Layer Graphene FET: RF and Synaptic Applications", and joined as Senior Associate (Semiconductor) at UnitedLex 

• 20 June 2022: L Chandrasekar's work on "Computationally Efficient Region-Wise Potential Based Extremely Closed-Form Analytical Modeling of B/N Substitution Doped GFETs" has been accepted for publication in IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices (IF: 3.221).

• 12 May 2022: Our proposal to conduct the IEEE EDS Summer School on the topic "Emerging Devices and Circuits to Mimic Biologically Plausible Neuronal Functionalities for Neuromorphic Computing " is one of winners among three approved proposal globally with a funding of USD 10,000.

• 05 May 2022: IEEE EDS Distinguished Lecture (DL) by Prof. Benjamín Iñíguez, Fellow, IEEE, Department of Electronic Engineering, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Spain @01.30 PM - 02.30 PM , May 05, 2022.

• 19 April 2022: IEEE EDS Technical Talk by Prof. Chetan Singh Solanki, Professor, Department of Energy Science and Engineering, IIT Bombay, Founder of Energy Swaraj Foundation in physical mode on 19/04/2022 @11.00 AM, Registration Link

• 23 Mar 2022: IEEE EDS Distinguished Lecture (DL) by Dr. M K Radhakrishnan, Founder Director, NanoRel Technical Consultants, Singapore; Secretary, IEEE Electron Devices Society, USA was successfully conducted @11.00 AM - 12.30 PM , March-23, 2022.

• 26 Jan 2022: SMD Lab student members has successfully created the IEEE EDS Student Branch Chapter. The Inaugural Ceremony of the Chapter is planned on 01/03/2022 @11.30 AM-12.00 PM

• 10 Jan 2022: SMD Lab student Ms. Dhruthi (Dual Degree Student) has received a full time offer from AMD as Silicon Design Engineer-2

• 07 Jan 2022: Rameez Raja Shaik's work on "Back-gate bias effect on the linearity of pocket doped FDSOI MOSFET" has been accepted for publication in Microelectronics Journal, Elsevier (IF: 1.992).

• 08 Dec 2021: Dr. K P Pradhan has selected IEEE MAS BEST RESEARCHER AWARD -2021 ( Age 40 and Below) from IEEE Madras Section.

• 06 Dec 2021: SMD Lab along with Department CSE is organizing 5-days STTP on "Technical Writing, Presentation and Scientific Research with Advanced Computing Tools: Hands-On Training" from 06-10 Dec 2021. Link

• 25 Oct 2021: Dr. K P Pradhan has selected as one of the recipient for the IEEE Madras Section Publication Award 2021. 

• 24 Aug 2021: L Chandrasekar's work on "Memoryless Linearity in Undoped and B-Doped Graphene FETs: A Relative Investigation to Report Improved Reliability" has been accepted for publication in Microelectronics Reliability, Elsevier (IF: 1.589) 

• 17 Aug 2021: L Sravani's work on "Loss Mechanisms in CZTS and CZTSe Kesterite Thin-film Solar Cells: Understanding the Complexity of Defect Density" has been accepted for publication in Solar Energy, Elsevier (IF: 7.188). 

• 23 July 2021: SMD Lab is organizing a 5-days STTP on Research Opportunities on Semiconductor Materials and Devices (ROSMD-2021) from 22-26 October 2021. The registration is open and available: http://iiitdm.ac.in/img/Events/ROSMD_2021.pdf

• 22 July 2021: Dr. Pradhan has delivered an invited talk with hands-on-session on LaTeX in the event "National Workshop on Research Methodology" organized by IEEE Student Branch, IIITDM Kancheepuram 

• 09 July 2021: Dr. Pradhan is invited as an external examiner for the M.Tech thesis by NIT Raipur.  

• 10 May 2021: L Chandrasekar's work on "Self-Consistent Modeling of B or N Substitution Doped Bottom Gated Graphene FET with Non-Zero Bandgap" has been accepted for publication in IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices.

• 09 May 2021: Our collaborative research work with University of Guadalajara Mexico and SRM Institute of Science and Technology on "Kesterite Thin Film Solar Cell: Role of Grain Boundaries and Defects in CZTS and CZTSe" has been accepted for publication in Physica Status Solidi A: Applications and Materials Science. 

• 18 April 2021:  Our collaborative research work with NIT Raipur and SRM Institute of Science and Technology on "Electrical, Optical and Reliability Analysis of QD Embedded Kesterite Solar Cell" has been accepted for publication in IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices. 

• 24 February 2021: Dr. Pradhan is elevated to IEEE Senior Member.

• 03 February 2021: SMD Lab has signed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with CSIR-CEERI Pilani for joint research collaborations.

• 03 January 2021: Welcome to Miss. Rajakumari V for joining the SMD group under SRG project funded by SERB, DST.

• 16 December 2020: Dr. Pradhan has received invitation for award in recognition of your publication in IEEE Transactions / IEEE Journals for the year 2020 from IEEE Madras Section.

• 03 December 2020: Dr. Pradhan is listed in "Golden List of Reviewers for 2020" IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices. 

• 22-26 October 2020: SMD group is organized 5-days Short Term Technical Program (STTP) on "Research Opportunities in Semiconductor Materials and Devices (ROSMD-2020)" in collaboration with eminent speakers from DRDO, ISRO, CSIR, and IEEE Fellow from USA. Link for details : iiitdm.ac.in/img/Events/pamphlet_ROSMD.pdf  

• 09 October 2020: Dr. Pradhan has received Start-up Research Grant (SRG) from Science and Engineering Research Board to conduct the project entitled "Unifying approaches to demonstrate FinFET based Leaky Integrate and Fire Neuron for Neuromorphic Computing " from 2020-22.

• 09 October 2020: Media coverage of our breakthrough work "A Promising Boost To Kesterite Solar Cells" is published in Compound Semiconductors Magazine.

• 28 September 2020: Congratulations to Dual Degree student Ms. L. Sravani for the work on "Kesterite Solar Cell" that has been published in AIP-Applied Physics Letters and became Featured Article. 

• 31 August 2020: Dr. Pradhan has received a consultancy project as Co-PI to design, specify components, fabricate, install and test Hybrid ESS combining Super Capacitors from HBL Power Systems Hyderabad from 2020-23.

• 20 August 2020: Ms. R Priyanka's (Dual Degree) work on "Dielectric Modulated FET for DNA Detection" has been accepted in IEEE Sensors Journal.  

• 28 Jan 2020: Ms. N Laxmi's (Dual Degree) work based on "III-N Quantum Well Solar Cell" has been accepted in IEEE Sensors Journal.

• 15 October 2019: Dual Degree student Ms. N Laxmi has received an Ph.D. admission offer from National University of Singapore under Prof. Armin Aberle.

• 02 Aug 2019: Dr. Pradhan became the TPC member of IEEE EDTM-2020, Penang under Subcommittee: Modeling and Simulation. 

• 13 July 2019: Mr. Rameez Raja Shaik (M. Tech) and Ms. N Laxmi (Dual Degree) have received best project award in the Seventh Convocation of IIITDM Kancheepuram.