The Speakers

Sudip Misra is a Professor and Abdul Kalam Technology Innovation National Fellow in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur. He received his Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from Carleton University, in Ottawa, Canada. His current research interests include Wireless Sensor Networks and Internet of Things. Professor Misra has published over 350 scholarly research papers and 12 books. He has won nine research paper awards in different conferences. He was awarded the IEEE ComSoc Asia Pacific Outstanding Young Researcher Award at IEEE GLOBECOM 2012, California, USA. He was also the recipient of several academic awards and fellowships such as the Faculty Excellence Award (IIT Kharagpur), Young Scientist Award (National Academy of Sciences, India), Young Systems Scientist Award (Systems Society of India), Young Engineers Award (Institution of Engineers, India), (Canadian), the National Academy of Sciences, India – Swarna Jayanti Puraskar (Golden Jubilee Award), and the Careers360 Outstanding Faculty Award in Computer Science for the year 2018 from the Honourable Minister for Human Resource Development (MHRD) of India. He was awarded the Canadian Government’s prestigious NSERC Post Doctoral Fellowship and the Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship in Germany. His team received the GYTI Award 2018 in the hands of the President of India for socially relevant innovations. Dr. Misra has been serving as the Associate Editor of different journals such as the IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Computing, IEEE Network, and IEEE Systems Journal. He is the Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences (NASI), India, Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE), the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), UK, British Computer Society (BCS), UK, Royal Society of Public Health (RSPH), UK, and the Institution of Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering (IETE), India. Professor Misra is the distinguished lecturer of the IEEE Communications Society. He has been serving the Executive Committee of IEEE Kharagpur Section since 2008 in different capacities. Presently, he is the Chair of the IEEE Kharagpur Section . He is the Director and Co-Founder of the IoT startup, SensorDrops Networks Private Limited.

Arpan Pal has more than 29 years of experience in the area of Signal Processing, Communication, Embedded Systems and Robotics. Currently, as Distinguished Chief Scientist and Research Area Head, Embedded Devices and Intelligent Systems, TCS Research, he working in the areas of Connected Health, Smart Cities, Smart Enterprises, Smart Manufacturing and Remote Sensing. His research interests include Affective Computing , Edge Computing, Intelligent Sensing, Signal Processing, Image Processing and AI & IoT based Systems.

He is on the editorial board of notable journals like ACM Transactions on Embedded Systems, Springer Nature Journal on Computer Science and is on the TPC of notable conferences like ICASSP and EUSIPCO. He has filed 165+ patents (out of which 85+ are granted in different geographies) and has published 140+ papers and book chapters in reputed conferences and journals. He has also authored two books – one on IoT and another on Digital Twins in Manufacturing.

He is a B.Tech and M. Tech from IIT, Kharagpur, India and PhD. from Aalborg University, Denmark.

Gitesh Kulkarni is working as a Scientist in TCS research. He is an accomplished designer of embedded systems design and a Maker at heart. He is a Master of Science in Electrical engineering from Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA. His research interests are at the cusp of edge computing, computer architectures, and sensing. In one of his pioneering works, he was the lead designer of the world's first industrial safety watch for the TATA group. He has several filed and granted patents in edge computing and wearable devices. Gitesh is a member of IEEE and ACM. Before joining TCS, Gitesh created embedded systems and systems products for leading technology companies. When not playing with Linux or a soldering gun, he is busy reading novels, comics, and musing about philosophy. He is a licensed Ham radio operator as well.

Devarpita is associated with the Education Team at MathWorks India. She actively collaborates with faculties and students across the country with an aim to advocate computational thinking in modern STEM education. She is also involved in collaborating with researchers to accelerate interdisciplinary research using MATLAB and Simulink. Prior to joining MathWorks, Devarpita worked on dynamic resource scheduling for information freshness in real-time wireless networks during her PhD at Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur. She obtained her Master’s and Bachelor’s Degree from the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering at Birla Institute of Technology Mesra, Ranchi and West Bengal University of Technology, respectively. She was awarded Richard. E. Merwin Scholarship by the IEEE Computer Society for her promising academic and leadership activities. Her research interest includes, but not limited to, advanced wireless technologies, real-time wireless networks, smart manufacturing, intelligent learning techniques for decision making, resource planning and optimization.

Ayan Mondal is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Rennes 1, INRIA, CNRS, IRISA, Rennes, France. He completed his Ph.D. degree from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur, India in 2020. He is a former TCS Ph.D. Research Fellow. He also received his M.S. and B.Tech. degree from IIT Kharagpur in 2015 and from the West Bengal University of Technology in 2012, respectively. His current research interests include algorithm design for data center networks, software-defined networks, sensor-cloud, edge/fog networks, smart grid, wireless sensor networks, and game-theoretic applications. He has published 35 research papers in reputed IEEE/ACM Transactions, Journals, and Conferences. Additionally, he is taking a lead in organizing “VNI: Virtualization for Enabling Next-Generation IoT Networks” and “SIGNIS: Softwarized Next Generation Networks for IoT Services” workshops which are co-located with prestigious conferences such as IEEE HPSR 2021 and IEEE Globecom 2021, respectively. He is also a professional member of IEEE and ACM.

Sangita Dhara is currently working as a Research Assistant at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. She completed her Ph. D. in 2020 and MS (by Research) in 2013 from Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India. She had been research associate in projects titled 'Enhancement of transport layer protocol for interplanetary network' (Oct, 2010 - Mar, 2013) and 'Protocol development for delay tolerant deep space network' (June, 2013 - Mar, 2017) sponsored by Indian Space Research Organization. Her main research interest includes computer networks, inter-planetary networks, vehicular networks and design of algorithms.