Dr. Balasubramanyam Appina
Dr. Balasubramanyam Appina is the head of MEPCAG at IIT Indore. He works as an Assistant professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology Indore, MP, India. Before this position, he worked as an Assistant professor in the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology, Design and Manufacturing, Kancheepuram, Chennai, India. Also, he had a brief experience as an Institute Postdoctoral fellow at IIT Madras. He also worked as Sr. Design Engineer at Ineda Systems Pvt. Ltd.
Current Students:
Ph.D. Scholars:
Ms. Amishi Vijay
(Advised by Prof. Pachori and Co - advised by Dr. Appina and Dr. N. Tiwari)
Major Sanjana Prakash
(Advised by Dr. Appina and Co - advised by Dr. Roy)
Mr. Abhilash Chinnala
PG and UG Students:
Alumni:
PhD Students:
Currently: Shri Govindram Seksaria Institute of Technology and Science (SGSITS), Indore
Advisor: Dr. Appina
Currently: Bharat Electronics Limited (to be joined)
Advisor: Prof. R. B. Pachori, Co-advisors: Dr. Appina, Dr. A. K. Singh
Currently: Assistant Professor, SRM AP (to be joined)
Advisor: Dr. Appina
Currently: Assistant Professor, SSN Institutions, Chennai
Research advisor: Dr. Appina, Administrative advisor: Dr. P. Kokil
PG and UG students:
At IIT Indore
PG
Saish K: Graduated in 2025. Placed: MathWorks.
Ms. Ramya Saisree M in 2026. Placed: SiTime.
UG
Sai Chaitanya M: Graduated in 2024. Placed: Axxela Advisory Services.
Harshita B: Graduated in 2024. Placed: Goldman Sachs Services Pvt. Ltd.
Sreenath L: Graduated in 2024. Placed: Axxela Advisory Services.
Sneha K: Graduated in 2024. Placed: Jaguar Land Rover (JLR).
Charanya B: Graduated in 2025. Placed: BPCL.
Sai Charan B: Graduated in 2025. Placed: E-Ring IT Solutions.
Sushant G: Graduated in 2026. Placed: NVIDIA.
Charan B: Graduated in 2026. Placed: GAIL (India).
Sujeeth R: Graduated in 2026. Studying Ph.D at IIT Bombay.
At GSV Vadodara
Chandrabindu K, Graduated in 2024.
Kushagra Verma, Graduated in 2024.
Parakh Srivastava, Graduated in 2024.
At IIITDM Kancheepuram
PG
Raja Bharath Chandra: Graduated in 2022. Placed: GyanData Pvt. Ltd.
Monisha M: Graduated in 2022. Placed: TI Clean Mobility Pvt. Ltd.
Hrishikesh B: Graduated in 2021. Placed: Mathworks Pvt. Ltd.
UG
Bolanath K: Graduated in 2022. Placed: Capgemini.
Rohin K: Graduated in 2022. Studying M.Tech at NIT Calicut.
Kaushik B: Graduated in 2020. Placed: The Indian Air Force.
Other Guidances:
Sriram D from IIT Kanpur, 2025.
Bhavana Sajja from SAGE University, Indore, 2025.
Nikilesh Jayaguptha from SSN College of Engineering, Chennai, 2025.
Subikksha S: JRF at IIITDM Kancheepuram, 2022.
Summer Interns:
Bellamkonda Gayatri Srija from Vishnu Institute of Technology, Bhimavaram, A.P.
Venkata Kiran Madana from Vel Tech University, T.N.
Chinthakunta Dhanya Sri from SRM, A.P.
Dhana Sri Oruganti, NIT Warangal, T.G.