Biography

Nishant Gupta (Member, IEEE) is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Communications and Computer Engineering, LNMIIT Jaipur, India. Prior to this, he was a Postdoctoral Researcher at ISY Department of Electrical Engineering, Linkoping University, Sweden. His research interests include 5G networks, UAV communications, air-borne networks, sub-THz networks, convex optimization, and machine learning.

Education

🎓PhD in Electrical Engineering, 2023

Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, India

🎓M.E. in Electronics and Communication Engineering, 2018

Panjab University, Chandigarh

🎓B.Tech in Electronics and Communication Engineering, 2015

Chandigarh Engineering College, Landran, Mohali

Nishant Gupta

Assistant Professor

LNMIIT Jaipur

Nishant Gupta received a Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering (specialization in Wireless Communication) under Dr. Satyam Agarwal from the Indian Institute of Technology Ropar. During his research he worked with several professors around the world, Dr. Deepak Mishra (University of New South Wales, Australia), Dr. Kamesh Namuduri (University of North Texas, US), Dr. Brijesh Khumbani and Dr. Sam Darshi (IIT Ropar), Dr. Aymen Fakhreddine (Alpen-Adria-Universitat Klagenfurt, Austria) and Dr. Ankur Bansal (IIT Jammu). In 2018, he received the M.E. in Electronics and Communication Engineering under Dr. Naresh Kumar, and Prof. Harish Kumar from the University Institute of Engineering and Technology (U.I.E.T), Panjab University, Chandigarh, India. During his research, he worked with Prof. Sakshi Kaushal (UIET, Panjab University) and Prof. Arun Kumar Sangaiah (Vellore Institute of Technology, India). In 2015, he completed his B.Tech in Electronics and Communication Engineering. In 2023, he joined as a post-doctoral researcher under Prof. Erik G. Larsson in the Department of Electrical Engineering, Linkoping University, Sweden. Currently, he is an Assistant Professor with the Department of Communications and Computer Engineering (CCE) at LNMIIT Jaipur, India.

Interests

UAV Communications

Energy-Efficient UAV Networks

6G and Beyond Communication Networks

MIMO Beamforming and THz Communications

Skills

LaTex

MATLAB & Simulink

Non-convex/Convex Optimization

Machine Learning

Present Employment

(Aug 2024 - Present): Assistant Professor, Department of Communications and Computer Engineering, The LNM Institute of Information Technology, Jaipur, INDIA

Teaching Experience

Digital Communication (B.Tech - Y22 Batch)
Introduction to AI and ML (B.Tech - Y23 Batch )

Experience

(Aug 2017 - July 2018): Development of Unified IP Based Communication Platform for Voice, Video, Data, Message Services, U.I.E.T, Panjab University.

Project of Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India (MeitY) to develop and enhance features and capabilities of a unified communication system to support voice over IP and messaging services that will empower and support manufacturing telecom platform within India. The work includes the predictive modelling of hardware for voice-over IP using machine learning, published in the notable journal.

(May 2023 - August 2024): A Dual-frequency Distributed MIMO Approach for Future 6G Applications: 6G Tandem, Linkoping University, Sweden

HORIZON Europe project involving several partners: Ericsson, KUL Leuven, Infineon Technologies Austria, Chalmers University, Lunds University, Linkoping University, Infenion, Huber + Suhner, and Technikon.

Awards and Honours

Presented a Keynote talk at The LNM Institute of Information Technology, Jaipur, Rajasthan, on "AI/ML for Communication" for "AI/ML Workshop: Bridging the Gap between Theory and Applications," April 2025.
Presented a Keynote talk at Dr. B.R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar, Punjab, for Short Term-Course on "5G and Beyond Concepts and Modelling: Theory, Applications, and Simulations," May 2024.
Third Prize in IEEE VTS AAM Concepts – Innovation Challenge
Session Chair for Consumer Communications and Networking Conference (CCNC), Las Vegas, 2021
TPC member for International Conference on Communication (ICC) – Special Area in Communication (SAC) - Aerial communication, Seoul, South Korea, 2022.
Reviewer for IEEE Wireless Communication Letters, IEEE Transactions on Communications, Wireless Communications, and many others.
Reviewer for IEEE International Conference on Communications (2022), Global Communications (2021, 2022), Vehicular Technology Conference Spring (2022) and Consumer Communications and Networking Conference (2022), and many others.