Sahil Anchal - Biography

I hail from Kangra, Himachal Pradesh, India. After initial schooling at Kendriya Vidyalaya at Bhanala and Yol Cannt. in Kangra, Himachal Pradesh, I attained my B.Sc. (Hons.) and M.Sc. degrees in Electronics from the University of Delhi in 2010 and 2012, respectively. Later, in 2018, I earned my Master of Science in Research (M.S.[R]) in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT Delhi). I completed my Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in January 2024, specializing in footstep-based biometrics at the Bharti School of Telecommunication Technology and Management, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT Delhi).

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Education:

PhD, Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Delhi, India, July 2018 -- Jan 2024 (Supervisor: Prof. Subrat Kar )
MS.[Research], Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Delhi, India, 2015 -- 2018 (Supervisor: Prof. Subrat Kar)
M.Sc Electronics, Department of Electronics Science, University of Delhi South Campus, 2010--2012
B.Sc (Hons.) Electronics, Sri Aurobindo College, University of Delhi, 2007--2010

Employment Details:

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Research Fellow, School of Engineering and Architecture, University College Cork & Tyndall National Institute, Ireland, June 2025-Current
Post-Doctoral Researcher, School of Engineering and Architecture, University College Cork & Tyndall National Institute, Ireland, June 2024-May 2025
Executive Director, M/s Suxma Systems Pvt Ltd, Oct. 2017 - May 2024 (On Leave)
Senior Project Scientist, Bharti School of Telecom and Management, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Jan-2019 - July-2020.
Senior Research Fellow, Electrical Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Jan-2017 to Dec-2018
Junior Research Fellow, Electrical Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, April-2014 to Dec-2016
Guest Lecturer, Sri Aurobindo College, University of Delhi. Jan-2014 to April-2014

Achievements:

International Travel Support (ITS)-SERB, a financial assistant by Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Government of India to attend IEEE Sensors 2022 at Dallas, Texas, USA
Research Excellence Travel Award (RETA), a travel award given annually to the top 20% research scholar in the department in IIT Delhi, Grant- |(1940 USD), 2022
MLSS 2019, Received full scholarship for attending Machine Learning Summer School, London, UK, in July 2019
Research Scholar Travel Award, Received International Travel Grant from IIT Delhi for IEEE Sensors 2019, Montreal, Canada
IRD Student Start-up Activity (Phase II), DairE– Intelligent Equipment for the Dairy Sector, Grant-|(2700 USD), 2018
Start-up firm Suxma Systems Pvt. Ltd. awarded incubation by Technical Business Incubation Unit, IIT Delhi in 2018
IRD Student Start-up Activity (Phase I), DairE– Intelligent Equipment for the Dairy Sector, Grant- |(1300 USD), 2017
COMSNETS Travel Grant, Travel grant to attend IEEE COMSNETS, Bangalore, India in 2017
UGC NET-JRF, Qualified the National Eligibility Test for Junior Research Fellowship and Lectureship conducted by University Grant Commission of India in December-2012
CDSE-II 2011, UPSC, Qualified Combined Defense Services Examination for recruitment for a commissioned officer in the India Army conducted by Union Public Service Commission of India in 2012. All India Rank-209 for the Basic Military Training Course(IMA-133) at the Indian Military Academy, Dehradun, India

Professional Services:

- Reviewer for:
  - EECSI 2017
  - IEEE Sensors Letters: 2018
  - IEEE Transaction on Industrial Informatics 2024
  - IEEE Transaction on Neural Network and Learning Systems: 2021
  - IEEE Internet of Things Journal: 2021,2022, 2023, 2024
  - IEEE Sensors Journal: 2022, 2024
  - IJCNN 2022, 2023
  - IEEE WCCI 2022
  - Evolving Systems(Springer): 2022
- Invited Talk:
  - Delivered a talk on ”Cybersecurity and Safety for Women” in Mission Shakti program organised by Deen Dyal Upadhyay University Gorkahpur, Uttar Pradesh, India in Feb, 2021

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