Brief Profile:
Prof. Pavithra P is currently serving as an Assistant Professor at CMR Institute of Technology. She is an academician and researcher with over 14 years of experience spanning teaching, industry, and research. She is pursuing her PhD at Amrita School of Engineering, Bangalore, with a strong research focus on smart wireless systems for beyond-5G and 6G networks. She brings a unique blend of academic depth and industrial exposure. She has worked as a Senior Software Engineer at leading semiconductor and consumer electronics companies, including NXP Semiconductors, Celstream Technologies, and TPVision, on Digital TV, Set-Top Box, and Smart TV platforms. Her teaching interests include computer networks, wireless communication, IoT, and emerging communication technologies. She is a member of professional bodies such as IEEE and ISTE (Life Member).
Project Experience:
Industry projects in Android Smart TV, Digital TV, and Set-Top Box platforms; research work on RIS-assisted smart wireless systems for beyond-5G/6G networks; and award-winning academic projects in medical devices. The projects involve system-level design, testing, validation, and performance evaluation across hardware and software platforms. The research work emphasizes low-complexity, intelligent optimization techniques for adaptive and energy-efficient wireless communication systems.
Work Experience:
Lecturer, RV College of Engineering, Bangalore
Software Engineer, Celstream Technologies, Bangalore
Software Engineer, NXP Semiconductors, Bangalore
Senior Software Engineer, TPVision Bangalore
Assistant Professor, MVJ College of Engineering, Bangalore
Teaching Faculty, Amrita School of Engineering, Bangalore
Achievements:
Certified with Cisco Certified Network Associate-CCNA (2013)
Awarded the best outgoing student of the department during B.E curriculum
Best Project award for the postgraduate project on “Quality of Service in Ad-hoc Networks using Neuro-Fuzzy concepts”.
Deputed onsite to Philips, Brugge, Belgium to work on live Video Broadcasting streams for Philips digital TVs during her tenure at TPVision.
Elite and Gold certification holder in multiple NPTEL courses
Publications:
Conference Presentations & Publications:
“A Fast Algorithm for Discrete Phase-Shift Optimization of Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces”, Pavithra P, Manoj Kumar Panda, Presented at IIIT Delhi, IEEEANTS 2025.
“Singular Value Decomposition for Channel Enhancement in MIMO systems”, Pavithra Prabakaran, K. N. Meera, IC-RACT 2022, Amity School of Engineering and Technology, Amity University Mumbai, March 2022.
“Smart Door Lock System for The Elderly And Disabled”, Pavithra Prabakaran, I. Sumedha, L. Umashankar, M. M. Rai and M. Swathi, 2021 International Conference on Design Innovations for 3Cs Compute Communicate Control (ICDI3C), 2021, pp. 229-233, doi: 10.1109/ICDI3C53598.2021.00053
“Video-Based Drowning Detection System”, Pavithra P; Nandini S; Nanthana A; Noor Tabreen Aslam; Praveen Kumar P, 2021 International Conference on Design Innovations for 3Cs Compute Communicate Control(ICDI3C), 2021, pp. 203-206, doi: 10.1109/ICDI3C53598.2021.00048
AUTONOMOUS SELF-PARKING ROBOT, Pavithra P, Fedricky Ropmay, Aoorva J Shet, Avinash Killikyatar, Ankit Kumar, International Conference, ICDI3C-2018,MVJ College of Engineering, Bangalore,
Quality of Service in Ad-hoc Networks using Fuzzy Logic Concepts, Pavithra. P, C. Venkatesh, Quality of Service in Ad-hoc Networks using Neuro-Fuzzy Concepts, NCBBCOM- National Conference at St.Joseph college of Engineering, Feb 2005, Chennai.
Quality of Service in Ad-hoc Networks using Neuro-Fuzzy Concepts, Pavithra.P, C. Venkatesh, Quality of Service in Ad-hoc Networks using Fuzzy Logic Concepts, NCBN Conference, SSN college, March 2005, Chennai.
Journal Publications:
Implementation of Stepped Frequency Modulation Pulse Compression on NI Suite, D.Tamilarasi, P. Pavithra, P. Ramesh, Implementation of Stepped Frequency Modulation Pulse Compression on NI Suite, International Journal of Engineering and Advanced Technology (IJEAT) ISSN: 2249-8958 (Online), Volume-9 Issue-2, December, 2019
Smart Wearable Reading Assistance System For Visually Impaired People, Pavithra P, A. Infant Soosai Kishore, Josepher. S, Kandavelu. N, Bhuvaneshwaran G, Smart Wearable Reading Assistance System For Visually Impaired People, International Journal of Management, Technology And Engineering, ISSN NO: 2249-7455, 2019/6
IoT Based Crop Monitoring System, Ms.Pavithra P, Ullas K J, Suchith B R, Uday kumar G, and Varun T D, Mr.Hebbar K R, Scientist “SG”(RRSC-ISRO, Bangalore), IoT Based Crop Monitoring System, International Journal of Management, Technology And Engineering, ISSN NO : 2249-7455, 2019/6