Personal Information

Nationality              : Indian                                           

Permanent Address : Gopal Nivas, West Nada, Guruvayoor P.O  Thrissur (DIST), Kerala–680101

Present Address     : Associate Professor, Dept. of ECE, National Institute of Technology Puducherry, Karaikal, Puducherry- 609609

Educational Qualifications

• Ph.D. (Communication Networks)   

     National Institute of Technology Calicut  (Institute of National Importance under MoE, Govt. of India)

• M.Tech. (Digital Electronics & Communication Systems)  

Visvesvaraya Technological University

College: Malnad College of Engineering, Hassan  (Joint venture of Government of India, Government of Karnataka and MTES, Hassan) 

• B.Tech. (Electronics & Communication Engineering) 

University of Calicut

College: Calicut University Institute of Engineering and Technology  (Kerala State University College of Engineering) 

Additional Qualifications

• LL.B. (General), Annamalai University, Chidambaram.

Research Publications

Journal Publications

• B. Sri Pavan and V. P. Harigovindan, "Power-Optimized NOMA With TXOP Tuning-Based Channel Access Scheme for IEEE 802.11ah Dense IoT Networks," in IEEE Networking Letters, vol. 4, no. 4, pp. 179-183, Dec. 2022, doi: 10.1109/LNET.2022.3209977.

• K. P. Rasheed Abdul Haq and V. P. Harigovindan, "Water Quality Prediction for Smart Aquaculture Using Hybrid Deep Learning Models," in IEEE Access, vol. 10, pp. 60078-60098, 2022, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2022.3180482.

• Pavan, B.S., Harigovindan, V.P. GRU based optimal restricted access window mechanism for enhancing the performance of IEEE 802.11ah based IoT networks. Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12652-023-04670-1.

• Kozhiparamban, R.A.H., Swetha, P. & Harigovindan, V. P. Accurate Dissolved Oxygen Prediction for Aquaculture Using Stacked Ensemble Machine Learning Model. National Academy Science Letters, Springer,  https://doi.org/10.1007/s40009-023-01213-2

• Pavan, B.S., Ragupathi, K. & Harigovindan, V.P. TXOP Tuning-based Channel Access Scheme for Performance Enhancement of IEEE 802.11ah Multi-rate NOMA-IoT Networks. National Academy Science Letters, Springer, https://doi.org/10.1007/s40009-023-01206-1.

• K P Rasheed Abdul Haq, V P Harigovindan, "Water Quality Prediction System based on Adam Optimised LSTM Neural Network for Aquaculture: A Case Study in Kerala", India,, Journal of The Institution of Engineers (India): Series B, Springer, 2022.

• Mahesh Miriyala, Harigovindan V P, V Goutham, B S Pavan, A V Babu, "NOMA based RAW mechanism for performance enhancement of IEEE 802.11ah dense IoT networks"  Sadhana  Academy Proceedings in Engineering Sciences, (2022), Springer. (SCIE-indexed- IF- 1.214) (Accepted).

• Miriyala Mahesh, V.P. Harigovindan, Hidden terminal aware grouping scheme for IEEE 802.11ah based dense IoT networks,

Computer Communications, Elsevier, Volume 191, 2022, Pages 161-172, ISSN 0140-3664, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comcom.2022.04.033. (SCI IF : 3.167)

• B. S. Pavan and V. P. Harigovindan “Restricted access window-based resource allocation scheme for performance enhancement of IEEE 802.11ah multi-rate IoT networks" IEEE Access, 2021 (SCI-indexed- IF- 3.367).

• Veerapu Goutham, V. P. Harigovindan “Space-time block coded non-orthogonal multiple access for performance enhancement of underwater acoustic sensor networks” ICT Express, Elsevier, 2021, ISSN 2405-9595, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icte.2021.09.010. (SCIE Indexed with IF 4.317).

• T N Sreedhar Kumar, Veerapu Goutham & V.P. Harigovindan “A survey on energy harvesting techniques and non-orthogonal multiple access for UASNs” Indian Journal of Radio & Space Physics (IJRSP) Vol. 50, June 2021, pp. 80-83.

• B. S. Pavan and V. P. Harigovindan “A novel channel access scheme for NOMA based IEEE 802.11 WLAN” Sādhanā Academy Proceedings in Engineering Sciences, (2021), Springer. (SCIE-indexed- IF- 1.188).

• Miriyala, M., Harigovindan, V.P. “Improving Aggregate Utility and Service Differentiation of IEEE 802.11ah Restricted Access Window Mechanism Using ANFIS”. Iranian Journal of Science and Technology, Transactions of Electrical Engineering (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40998-021-00422-z (SCI IF- 1.376)

• Goutham, V., and Harigovindan, V.P, “Stochastic modelling and performance analysis of cooperative HARQ in multi-cluster underwater acoustic sensor networks,” Sādhanā Academy Proceedings in Engineering Sciences, 46, 12 (2021), Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12046-020-01534-8 (SCIE-indexed- IF- 1.188)

• Goutham, V., and Harigovindan, V.P, “Analytical Modelling and Performance Enhancement of Cooperative HARQ scheme for Underwater Acoustic Sensor Networks,” SN Computer Science 2, 108 (2021) Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42979-021-00470-6

• Goutham, V., and Harigovindan, V.P, “NOMA based Cooperative Relaying Strategy for Underwater Acoustic Sensor Networks under Imperfect SIC and Imperfect CSI: A Comprehensive Analysis,” IEEE Access vol. 9, pp. 32857-32872, 2021.doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3060784. (SCI-indexed- IF- 3.367).

• Goutham, V. and Harigovindan, V.P, “Full-duplex cooperative relaying with NOMA for the performance enhancement of underwater acoustic sensor networks,” Engineering Science and Technology, an International Journal, Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jestch.2021.03.008. (SCIE-indexed-IF-3.219)

• Goutham, V., Harigovindan, V.P. Modelling and Analysis of Hybrid ARQ Scheme for Incremental Cooperative Communication in Underwater Acoustic Sensor Networks. Iranian Journal of Science and Technology, Transactions of Electrical Engineering (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40998-020-00348-y.

• M. Mahesh, B. S. Pavan and V. P. Harigovindan, "Data rate-based grouping to resolve performance anomaly of multi-rate IEEE 802.11ah IoT networks," in IEEE Networking Letters, doi: 10.1109/LNET.2020.2998469.

• Mahesh, M., Harigovindan, V.P. "ANN-based optimization framework for performance enhancement of Restricted Access Window mechanism in dense IoT networks". Sādhanā Academy Proceedings in Engineering Sciences, Springer ,45, 52 (2020). DOI: 10.1007/s12046-020-1287-6 [SCI Indexed, Impact Factor: 1.188]

• M. Mahesh, V. P. Harigovindan, "Restricted Access Window-Based Novel Service Differentiation Scheme for Group-Synchronized DCF," in IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 23, no. 5, pp. 900-903, May 2019. DOI: 10.1109/LCOMM.2019.2904689 [SCI Indexed, Impact Factor: 3.457].

• M. Mahesh, V. P. Harigovindan, "Fuzzy based optimal and traffic-aware restricted access window mechanism for dense IoT networks" in Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, IOS press, vol. 37, no. 6, pp. 7851-7864, 2019. DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-182899 [SCIE Indexed, Impact Factor: 1.851].

• Veerapu Goutham, V. P. Harigovindan, “Energy Efficient Hybrid ARQ Scheme for Cooperative Communication in Underwater Acoustic Sensor Networks,” International Journal of Advanced Intelligent Paradigms, Inderscience publishers                  [Scopus Indexed – Accepted].

• Harigovindan, V. P., A. V. Babu, and Lillykutty Jacob. "Improving aggregate utility in IEEE 802.11 p-based vehicle-to-infrastructure networks. “Telecommunication Systems, Springer (2015): 1-27. [SCI Indexed, Impact Factor: 2.314].

• V.P. Harigovindan, A.V. Babu and Lillykutty Jacob, “Proportional Fair Resource Allocation in Vehicle-to-Infrastructure Networks for Drive-Thru Internet Applications”, Computer Communications, Elsevier, 40 (2014), pp. 33–50. [SCI Indexed, Impact Factor: 3.167].

• V.P. Harigovindan, A.V. Babu and Lillykutty Jacob, “Fairness Assurance through TXOP Tuning in IEEE802.11p Vehicle-to-Infrastructure Networks for Drive-Thru Internet Applications”, Communications and Network, Scientific Research, Vol. 5 No. 1, 2013, pp. 69-83. DOI: 10.4236/cn.2013.51007.

• V. P. Harigovindan, A.V. Babu and Lillykutty Jacob, Ensuring Fair Access in IEEE 802.11p based Vehicle-to-Infrastructure Networks, Eurasip Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking, Springer, 2012, 2012:168, DOI:10.1186/1687-1499-2012-168. [SCI Indexed, Impact Factor: 2.455].

Book Chapters

• Rahul Gandhi D & Harigovindan V P (2023), "Deep Learning based Low Cost Water Quality Monitoring and Prediction for Smart Aquaculture" In Digital Technologies for the Transformation of Aqua Farming In India , Published by National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management, Edition: 2023., ISBN: 978-81-19663-83-5.

• Pavan B.S., Mahesh M., Harigovindan V.P. (2021) "IEEE 802.11ah for Internet of Vehicles: Design Issues and Challenges. In Internet of Vehicles and its Applications in Autonomous Driving (Unmanned System Technologies). Published by Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-46335-9_4.

• M. Mahesh and V. P. Harigovindan (2021), "Machine learning based optimal Wi-Fi HaLow standard for dense IoT networks” in the book titled Machine Learning and Deep Learning Techniques in Wireless and Mobile Networking Systems. Published by Taylor & Francis, CRC Press.

• Goutham V., Harigovindan V.P. (2020) Improving Energy Efficiency of Hybrid ARQ Scheme for Cooperative Communication in UASNs Using PSO. In Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, Vol 989, Published by Springer, Singapore.

• V.P. Harigovindan, A.V. Babu and Lillykutty Jacob, (2012) Bit-based Fairness in IEEE 802.11p Vehicle-to-Infrastructure Networks, Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science Book Chapter, Volume7135/2012, 328-337, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-29280-4_39.

Conference Publications

• M. Mahesh, V. Goutham and V. P. Harigovindan, "ML Based User Pairing Scheme for Integrated NOMA-RAW Channel Access Mechanism for IEEE 802.11ah Networks," IECON 2023- 49th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, Singapore, Singapore, 2023, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/IECON51785.2023.10312142. 

• P. Swetha, A. H. K. P. Rasheed and V. P. Harigovindan, "Random Forest Regression based Water Quality Prediction for Smart Aquaculture," 2023 4th International Conference on Computing and Communication Systems (I3CS), Shillong, India, 2023, pp. 1-5, doi: 10.1109/I3CS58314.2023.10127488. 

• Rasheed Abdul Haq, K. P., and V. P. Harigovindan. "DHRNN: Deep Hybrid Recurrent Neural Networks for Aquaculture Water Quality Prediction." In International Conference on Communication, Devices and Networking, pp. 243-251. Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore, 2022.

• Gandh, D. R., Haq, K. R. A., Harigovindan, V. P., & Bhide, A. (2023, March). LSTM and GRU based Accurate Water Quality Prediction for Smart Aquaculture. In Journal of Physics: Conference Series (Vol. 2466, No. 1, p. 012027). IOP Publishing. 

• Pavan, B.S., Harigovindan, V.P. (2023). "Power Aware Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access for IEEE 802.11ah Based IoT Networks". Advanced Network Technologies and Intelligent Computing. ANTIC 2022. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 1797. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-28180-8_10 

• Pavan, B.S., Harigovindan, V.P. (2022). Improving the Aggregate Utility of IEEE 802.11 WLAN Using NOMA. Advanced Network Technologies and Intelligent Computing. ANTIC 2021. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 1534. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-96040-7_13.

• B.S. Pavan, V.P. Harigovindan, “A novel RAW slot allocation scheme for improving the performance of IEEE 802.11ah multi-rate IoT networks,” 2021 5th International Conference in Communication, Devices and Networking (ICCDN), Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology, India, 15-16 December 2021.

• Goutham, V., Sreedhar Kumar T N and Harigovindan, V.P, “A Survey on Non- Orthogonal Multiple Access with Energy Harvesting for UASNs,” in 4th International Conference on Innovative Computing and Communication (ICICC-2021) Shaheed Sukhdev College of Business Studies, University of Delhi (Accepted on 4.01.2021, Published in Elsevier SSRN series).

• B. S. Pavan, M. Mahesh and V. P. Harigovindan, “Performance anomaly of Group-Synchronized Distributed Coordination Function in IEEE 802.11ah based Multi-rate IoT Networks,” 2020 5th IEEE International Conference on Computing, Communication and Security (ICCCS), Patna, 2020, pp. 1-5, DOI: 10.1109/ICCCS49678.2020.9277378. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/9277378

• M. Mahesh, B. S. Pavan and V. P. Harigovindan, "Data rate-based grouping using machine learning to improve the aggregate throughput of IEEE 802.11ah multi-rate IoT networks," 2020 IEEE International Conference on Advanced Networks and Telecommunications Systems (ANTS), 2020, pp. 1-5, doi: 10.1109/ANTS50601.2020.9342758.

• Goutham, V., and Harigovindan, V.P, “Optimized Incremental Cooperative Communication for Underwater Acoustic Sensor Networks,” in IEEE 7th Uttar Pradesh Section International Conference on Electrical, Electronics and Computer Engineering (UPCON) Prayagraj, India, pp. 1-5, 2020. DoI: 10.1109/UPCON50219.2020.9376522.

• Vaddi Lakshmi Anusha, S. Sai Dharani, Nishi Pragya Lakra, V.P. Harigovindan, "TXOP based service differentiation for millimeter(mm) wave wireless LAN" International Conference on Advances in Computing, Communication, Embedded and Secure Systems (ACCESS’ 20), May, 2020.

• Rasheed Abdul Haq K.P., V. P. Harigovindan, "Scheduling based energy efficient water quality monitoring system for aquaculture", in Springer International Conference on Paradigms of Computing, Communication and Data Sciences (PCCDS-2020), National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra, India, May 2020. [Status: Accepted].

• Rasheed Abdul Haq K.P., V. P. Harigovindan, "Water quality monitoring and reporting system for aquaculture with solar energy harvesting", in IEEE International Conference on Smart Technologies in Computing, Electrical and Electronics (ICSTCEE 2020), 9-10 Oct. 2020, REVA University, Bengaluru, India.

• M. Mahesh, V.P. Harigovindan, "Throughput Enhancement of IEEE 802.11ah RAW Mechanism using ANN". IEEE International Conference on Measurement, Instrumentation, Control and Automation. ICMICA 2020, IEEE Delhi Section. National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra, Haryana, April 2020.

• M. Mahesh, V.P. Harigovindan, "Traffic aware RAW slot allocation scheme for heterogeneous IoT networks". International Conference on Advances In Systems, Control and Computing. AISCC 2020. Algorithms for Intelligence Systems Series, Springer. Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur, India, Feb. 2020.

• M. Mahesh and V. P. Harigovindan, "Performance enhancement of Restricted Access Window mechanism based on fuzzy logic for IoT networks," 2020 International Conference on Contemporary Computing and Applications (IC3A), Lucknow, India, 2020, pp. 275-279, doi: 10.1109/IC3A48958.2020.233313.

• Ragni T.S.B., Swetha P., Harigovindan V.P. (2020) Modified Hungarian User Pairing Method for NOMA-Based 5G Networks. In Advances in Communication, Signal Processing, VLSI, and Embedded Systems. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 614. Springer, Singapore.

• Goutham V., Harigovindan V.P. (2020) Improving Energy Efficiency of Hybrid ARQ Scheme for Cooperative Communication in UASNs Using PSO. In Intelligent Communication, Control and Devices. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 989. Springer, Singapore.

• Goutham V., Reddy G.K.K., Babu Y.G., Harigovindan V.P. (2020) Improving Data Rate Performance of Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access Based Underwater Acoustic Sensor Networks. In Emerging Trends in Computing and Expert Technology. COMET 2019. Lecture Notes on Data Engineering and Communications Technologies, vol 35. Springer, Cham.

• Kozhiparamban R.A.H., Vettath Pathayapurayil Harigovindan (2020) Review on Water Quality Monitoring Systems for Aquaculture. In Emerging Trends in Computing and Expert Technology. COMET 2019. Lecture Notes on Data Engineering and Communications Technologies, vol 35. Springer, Cham.

• Mahesh M., Harigovindan V.P. (2018) “Throughput and Energy Efficiency Analysis of the IEEE 802.11ah Restricted Access Window Mechanism”. In Smart and Innovative Trends in Next Generation Computing Technologies. NGCT 2017, Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 828. Springer, Singapore.

• D. Sri Durga, D. Kawya Shri, V.P Harigovindan “Optimization of Packet size for Energy efficient Underwater Acoustic Sensor Networks” 1st International Virtual Conference on Computer Science, Engineering and Technology 25th - 28th December 2016

• Himani Reddy M, Saranya J, Harigovindan V P “Improving Aggregate Utility and Fairness in multi-lane Vehicle -to- Infrastructure Networks " IEEE International Conference in Information Science (ICIS- 2016), Cochin, Kerala on August 12- 13, 2016.

• Harigovindan V P "Maximizing aggregate data transferred in Vehicle to Infrastructure networks for drive thru Internet applications" International Conference on Intelligent and Automation Systems 2015(ICIAS 2015), organized by Malnad College of Engineering, Hassan, Karnataka on November 28 & 29, 2015.

• Amrita Ghosh, Meenakshi, Shama Khalid, V.P. Harigovindan "Performance Analysis of Wireless Body Area Network with Thermal Energy Harvesting" IEEE Global Conference on Communication Technologies (GCCT -2015), organized by Noorul Islam University, India & IEEE Madras section, April 23 & 24, 2015

• Athul R, G Mani Kumar, Mohemmed Nifil, Subbaiah Paramesh, Harigovindan V P “Improving Aggregate Utility and Fairness in IEEE 802.11P Vehicle -to- Infrastructure Networks Using TXOP Tuning with Block Acknowledgement Scheme” International Conference on Telecommunication Technology & Management (ICTTM 2015), organized by Bharti School of Telecommunication Technology & Management, IIT Delhi ,11th-12th April, 2015. 

• Srujana, B. Sai, Princy Mathews, and V. P. Harigovindan. "Multi-source Energy Harvesting System for Underwater Wireless Sensor Networks." Procedia Computer Science, Elsevier, 46 (2015): 1041-1048.

• V.P. Harigovindan, A.V. Babu and Lillykutty Jacob, “Tuning Transmission Opportunity (TXOP) Limits for Providing Bit-based Fairness in IEEE 802.11p V2I Networks”, 2012 ACM International Conference on Advances in Computing, Communications and Informatics (ICACCI-2012), Chennai, pp. 248-254.

• V.P. Harigovindan and B.R Sujatha, “PBANT: Position based Ant colony Routing algorithm for MANETs.”-Innovative Conference on Embedded Systems, Mobile Communication and Computing (2008) conducted by Infosys and PESIT.

• B. R. Sujatha, V. P. Harigovindan., M. N. Agnisarman Namboodiri and M. V. Sathyanarayana, "Performance analysis of PBANT (PBANT: Position based ANT Colony Routing algorithm for MANETs)," 2008 16th IEEE International Conference on Networks, New Delhi, 2008, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/ICON.2008.4772580.

Externally Funded Projects

• Design and Development of IoT based Low-Cost Water Quality Monitoring and Reporting System for Aquaculture, funded by DST - Science for Equity, Empowerment and Development, Govt. of India. Principal Investigator - Dr. Harigovindan V P, Sanction Date – 23/11/2017, Total Budget   Amount: Rs. 17.31 Lakhs for 2 years. (Completed)

• Mathematical modeling and Performance analysis of Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access based Underwater Acoustic Sensor Networks, funded by Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Govt. of India. Principal Investigator - Dr. Harigovindan V P, Sanction Date – 06/02/2020, Total Budget Amount: Rs. 6,60,000/- (Rs. Six Lakh Sixty Thousand Only) for 3 years (Completed)

• Deep Learning based Efficient Water Quality Monitoring and Prediction System for Aquaculture, AI for Earth Microsoft Grant Project Leader - Dr. Harigovindan V P, Team Members -Dr. Manoj P Samuel, Executive Director, CWRDM, Kerala and Mr. Rasheed Abdul Haq, JRF, Dept. of ECE, NIT Puducherry, Total Budget   Amount: $15,000 USD for 1 year (Microsoft Azure Credits) (Completed)

• Science Technology Innovation Hub for Socio-economic Empowerment of SC Community of Union Territory of Puducherry through Technology Assisted Fish Farming, Fish Processing and Value Addition, funded by DST - Science for Equity, Empowerment and Development, Govt. of India, Principal Investigator - Dr. Harigovindan V P, Co- Investigators - Dr. Amrtha Bhide, Associate Professor & HoD, Dept. of Physics, NIT Puducherry Dr. Manoj P. Samuel, Executive Director, CWRDM, Kerala, Dr. Sathish Kumar K, Scientist, Fish processing, Central Institute of Fisheries Technology (CIFT), Total Budget   Amount: 99.87 Lakhs for 3 years (Ongoing)

• Training and Demonstration of IoT based UAV assisted Smart Agriculture  System to Farm Youths funded by National Bank of Agriculture and Rural Developement. Investigators/Project Officials - Dr. Harigovindan V P & Dr. Chandrasekar R (from NIT Puducherry) Dr. R Mohan, Dr. L. Aruna,  Dr. S.  Thirumeninathan, Dr. R. Rajakumar (From PAJANCOA&RI), Total Budget   Amount: 23.76 Lakhs for 3 years (Ongoing)

Minor Funded Projects 

• Semi-automated Quadrotor for Environmental Analysis, Funded by Innovation Club, NIT Puducherry during academic year 2016-2017, Amount: Rs. 16,000/-.

• Low cost water quality monitoring system for aquaculture, Funded by Innovation Club, NIT Puducherry during academic year 2017-2018,  Amount: Rs. 9,330/-.

Patents Granted

• Restricted access window-based method for providing differential services to group of nodes in network

Patent Application Number: 201941012221 Patent Number: 357612, Granted on 02/02/2021.

• Virtual Sensing System for Water Quality Monitoring and Method Thereof, Patent Application No. 202141025833

Patent Number: 397595, Granted on 25-05-2022.

• Communication System and Method for Grouping Stations Based on Data Rates in Multi-rate IoT Networks, 

Application No.202141048504, Patent Number: 398881, Granted on 10/06/2022.

• Communication System and Method for Channel Access in WLAN Using Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access, Patent

Application No. 202141031388, Patent Number: 401370, Granted on 15/07/2022.

Ph.D. Guidance (Completed)

• Dr. M.  Mahesh (Performance Analysis And Enhancements for IEEE 802.11ah IoT Networks Under Restricted Access Window based MAC Protocol)

• Dr. V. Goutham (Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access based Cooperative Communications for Enhancing the Performance of Underwater Acoustic Sensor Networks) 

• Dr. Badarla Sri Pavan (Enhancing the Performance of IEEE 802.11ah MAC Protocol with Restricted Access Window Mechanism for Multi-rate Dense IoT Networks)

• Dr. Rasheed Abdul Haq (Deep Learning based Affordable Water Quality Monitoring and Accurate Prediction for Smart Aquaculture)

Ph.D. Guidance (ongoing)

• Mr. Ragupathy K (NOMA based WLAN) 

• Mr. Rahul Gandh (DL for Aquaculture) 

• Ms. Archana P (Cognitive NOMA & SWIPT)

• Ms. Deepa R (Underwater Acoustic Sensor Networks)

• Mr. Jomon Charley (WLAN & WiFi 7)

• Ms. Babiyola (DL for Aquaculture) 

MoUs Initiated

• MoU between NIT Puducherry and NIELIT, Calicut for Academic and Research Collaboration (2019)

• MoU between NIT Puducherry and Phytech Embedded Systems, Bangalore  (2022)

• MoU between NIT Puducherry and Indo Taiwan Center for Artifical Intelligence, NCCU (2022)

• MoU between NIT Puducherry and Tamil Nadu Dr.J.Jayalalithaa Fisheries University - Nagapattinam (2024)

Conference/Workshops organized

• National Conference on Communication Networks (NCOCN-2008) at Vidya Academy of Science and Technology, Thrissur. (Position held- Coordinator).

• Two-day National workshop on "LaTeX & Research Methodology” on 20/01/2017 & 21/01/2017 at NIT Puducherry, Karaikal. (Coordinator and Resource person).

• Convener, Gyanith Students' Technical Festival of NIT Puducherry (2018).

• Dr. N. Sendhil Kumar and Dr. V P Harigovindan, organized a One-week faculty development programme on “Instructional Design and Delivery systems” from 4th December to 9th December 2018. 

• 2018 Second International Conference on Advances in Electronics, Computers and Communications (ICAECC 2018) by School of ECE, Reva University& IEEE Bangalore Section, 09 - 10 February, 2018 (Advisory Chair).

• Dr. V. P Harigovindan and Dr. N. Sendhil Kumar organized Two days’ workshop on “Central Civil services (conduct& CCA) Rules” was organized on 21st and 22nd February 2019”.

• Dr. V. P Harigovindan and Dr. N. Sendhil Kumar organized Two days’ workshop on "OUTCOME BASED EDUCATION" held on 2 -3 August 2019 (Friday and Saturday) at NIT Puducherry.

• National Conference on Communication systems NCOCS 2019 by Dept. of ECE in association with IE(I) Puducherry at NIT Puducherry on 21 September 2019 (Organizing Chair).

• National Conference on Communication systems NCOCS 2020 by Dept. of ECE in association with IE(I) Puducherry & ISTE at NIT Puducherry on November 21, 2020 (Organizing Secretary & Proceedings Editor).

• National Workshop on Water Quality Management for Aquaculture at NIT Puducherry funded by DST, November 16, 2020. (Chairman)

• Five Days FDP on Advanced Communication System Design and Simulations, organized by Dept. of ECE, NIT Puducherry, August 17 to 21, 2020. (Coordinator & Resource Person).

• Five Days FDP on Recent Trends in Communication Engineering, organized by Dept. of ECE, NIT Puducherry, September  7 to 11, 2020. (Convener).

• Five Days National Workshop on Advancements in Antenna Engineering Using Artificial Intelligence, Organized by Dept. of ECE, NIT Puducherry from 21-09-2020 to 25-09-2020 (Coordinator).

• Five Day National Workshop on research methodology and LaTeX at NIT Puducherry from 13/09/2021 to 17/09/2021 (Convener).

• Five Day FDP on Artificial intelligence in revoluanizing healthcare at NIT Puducherry from 19/07/2021 to 23/07/2021 (Coordinator).

• Third National Conference on Communication Systems (NCOCS - 2021), organized by Department of ECE, NIT Puducherry in association with ISTE and IE(I) Puducherry State Center on 17-12-2021 (Secretary & Proceedings Editor).

• Five Day FDP on Recent Trends in Microelectronics & Communication for 5G and Beyond from 23/05/2022 to 27/05/2022, organized by Dept. of ECE, NIT Puducherry. (Coordinator & Resource Person)

• 4th National Conference on Communication Systems-2022” (NCOCS-2022), on 23rd December, 2022. (Secretary & Proceedings Editor).

• Five-Day National Workshop on Deep Learning and Its Applications in Aquaculture, February 13 - 17, 2023 (Coordinator).

• Three Day Training Programme on Fish Processing and Value Addition jointly organized by NIT Puducherry & Fish for All Research and Training Centre, MSSRF, Poompuhar, 20.03.2023 – 22.03.2023. (Coordinator).

• 1st International Conference on Signal Processing, Computation, Electronics, Power and Telecommunication (IConSCEPT 2023) ,at the NIT Puducherry, Karaikal, India, during May 25-26, 2023. (Technical Program Chair).

• 1st International Conference on Communication Systems (ICOCS’23) NIT Puducherry, Karaikal, India, Dec 21-22, 2023 (Technical Program Chair).

• Two Day Training Programme on Fish Processing and Value Addition at STI Hub NIT Puducherry, 05-02-2024 to 06-02-2024. (Coordinator).

• Five Day Training Programme on Fish Processing and Value Addition at STI Hub NIT Puducherry, 11-03-2024 to 15-03-2024. (Coordinator).

Administrative Responsibilities 

• Dean (Planning and Development), NIT Puducherry (2024 to till date)

• IE(I) Coordinator, NIT Puducherry (2018 – till date)

• HoD, ECE Department, NIT Puducherry (2021 to 2024)

• Chairman BoS, ECE, NIT Puducherry (2021 to 2024)

• Member, NITPY Patent Evaluation Committee (2022 to 2024)

• IQAC - Member, TNJFU, Nagapattinam (2021 - till date)

• Board of Studies, Member, Rajagiri School of Engineering & Technology  (2023 to till date)

• Board of Studies, Member, Mangalore Institute of Technology & Engineering (MITE) (2023 to till date)

• Board of Studies, Member,, Amal Jyothi College of Engineering (2023 to till date)

• Academic Advisory Board Member (Vidya Academy of Science and Technology, Thrissur)

• Academic Advisory Committee Member (Royal College of Engineering & Technology, Thrissur)

• Convener, NITPY Medical Care Committee (2018 – 2022)

• Associate Dean (Faculty Welfare) (2018 – 2021)

• Warden, Boys Hostel (2018 – 2021)

• Chairman, Library Committee, NIT Puducherry (2013- 2015)

• Faculty Coordinator, Dept. of ECE, NIT Puducherry (2013- 2015)

• Chairman, Department Purchase Committee, NIT Puducherry (2013- 2015)

• Convener, Anti Ragging Committee, NIT Puducherry (2016-2017)

• Convener, Gyanith Students’ Technical Festival of NIT Puducherry (2018)

• Member, Institute Purchase Committee, NIT Puducherry (2013- 2015)

• Member, Senate, NIT Puducherry (2013- 2015)

• Member, Technical Programme Committee, NIT Puducherry (2013- 2014)

• Member, BOS, ECE Dept. (2013- Till date), NIT Puducherry

• Member, Innovation Club (2013- 2015), NIT Puducherry

• Member, Building Construction Progress Monitoring Committee (2016 -2017)

• Faculty Advisor, Tarangg’14 (First students’ technical festival, ECE, Dept., NIT Puducherry)

• Convener, Physical Verification Committee (2016,2017,2018,2019,2020)

• Editor & Faculty (i/c) institute reminiscence (2014-2015)

• Expert committee member for revising the M-Tech syllabus - Kerala Technological University.

• Examiner – Pondicherry University, VTU, Andhra University, Osmania University, SCSVMV University, Kerala Technological University, Anna University, VIGNAN University, IETE- Delhi, JNTU, UTS Australia etc.

Responsibilities Held (Department Level)

• Chairman, Department Purchase Committee, NIT Puducherry (2021 - 2024)

• Chairman, Dept. Testing and Consultancy Committee (2023 to 2024)

• Class Coordinator 

• Chairman, Class Committee

• Project Coordinator (UG Projects) July 2018 to May 2019

• Faculty Advisor, Tarrang 2014 (First technical festival of ECE Dept.)

• Project Coordinator  (UG Projects)  January 2014 - May 2014

• Chairman, Department Purchase Committee 5/09/2013 to 06/12/15

• Department Timetable in Charge (Along with Dr. R Boopathi Rani) 16/07/2013 to 23/07/2018

• Project Coordinator (PG Projects) 20/06/2019 to 23/08/2020

• Lab in charge,  Electronics Circuits Lab

• Lab in charge, Digital Electronics Lab

• Lab in charge,  Analog Integrated Circuits Lab  

• Lab in charge, Wireless Communication & Networks Lab

Projects Guided (PG Projects)

• Development of UWB based Accurate Ranging System (2020)

• SWIPT Enabled Cooperative Non­-Orthogonal Multiple Access Based Underwater Acoustic Sensor Networks (2021)

• Machine Learning based Water Quality Prediction System for Aquaculture (2021)

• Analytical Modelling and Performance Analysis of NOMA based Underlay Cognitive Radio Networks with Incremental Relaying (2023)

Projects Guided (UG Projects)

• Performance Analysis of IEEE 802.11be Extremely High Throughput WLAN (Wi-Fi 7) (2024)

• Non-Contact based NDT for Paint Coating Thickness Analysis for Steel Structures using UAVs (2024)

• Energy Efficient Water Quality Monitoring for Smart Aquaculture (2023)

• Performance Enhancement of WLAN Using Cooperative NOMA (2023)

• Deep Learning-based Efficient Water Quality Monitoring and Prediction System for Aquaculture (2022)

• Performance Enhancement of WLAN using NOMA (2022)

• Analytical Modelling and Performance Analysis of NOMA Based IEEE 802.11 WLAN (2021)

• Artificial Intelligence based Structural Health Monitoring System (2021)

• NOMA based CSMA/CA for Performance Enhancement of Underwater Acoustic Sensor Networks (2021)

• Machine learning based water quality prediction system for Aquaculture (2020).

• Modeling and Performance Evaluation of IEEE 802.11ad with NOMA (2020).

• Design of Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access (NOMA) based Underwater Acoustic Sensor Networks (2019).

• Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access (NOMA) based heterogeneous networks for 5G communication (2019).

• Improving energy efficiency and aggregate utility of IEEE 802.11ah: a proposed protocol for Internet of Things (2018).

• Quad copter Assisted Structural Health Monitoring System (2018).

• Low Cost Water Quality Monitoring System for Aquaculture (2018).

• Performance analysis of IEEE 802.11ah: A proposed standard for IoT (2017).

• Design and Development of a prototype Tsunami detection and warning system (2017).

• Energy efficiency optimization for direct and cooperative communication in UASN (2016).

• Improving aggregate utility and fairness in IEEE 802.11p based (multi rate) V2I networks (2016).

• Performance analysis of WBAN with multi source energy harvesting systems (2015).

• Improving aggregate utility and fairness in IEEE 802.11p Vehicle to infrastructure networks (2015).

• GSM Based Smart Home Security System with Network Alert (2014).

•  Designing energy efficient protocols for underwater WSN (2014).

Reviewer (Journals)

• IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications

• IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology

• IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement 

• IEEE Access

• IEEE Internet of Things Journal 

• Eurasip Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking (Springer open access).

• Physical Communication, Elsevier.

• International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks (Hindawi Publishers).

• Wireless Networks, Springer.

• Computer Communication, Elsevier.

• SADHANA - Academy Proceedings in Engineering Sciences – (Indian Academy of Sciences), Springer.

• International Journal of Advanced Intelligence Paradigms, Inderscience Publishers

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems.

• Sensors and Actuators, Elsevier

Awards and Achievements (Academics)

• IEEE MAS Outstanding Intellectual Property Award from IEEE Madras Section (2023).

• Best Paper Award – Springer International Conference on Communication, Devices and Networking (ICCDN 2022), SMIT, Sikkim during 16th -17th  December, 2022. 

• Certificate of recognition and medal for publishing in IEEE Journals, IEEE Madras Section (November 2022)

• Best IE(I) PSC Students Chapter Award (ECE) Received as IE(I) Coordinator, NIT Puducherry

• Best Performing Faculty Award, NIT Puducherry (2022)

• Best Paper Award Third National Conference on Communication Systems (NCOCS - 2021), organized by Department of ECE, NIT Puducherry in association with ISTE and IE(I) Puducherry State Center on 17-12-2021.

• Certificate of recognition and medal for publishing in IEEE Journals, IEEE Madras Section (October 2021)

• Best Performing Faculty Award, NIT Puducherry (2021)

• Certificate of recognition and medal for publishing in IEEE Journals, IEEE Madras Section (December 2020)

• Best Performing Faculty Award, NIT Puducherry (2020)

• Grade of IEEE Senior Member, IEEE, USA (2020)

• Certificate for Reviewer Excellence Award, Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore (2020)

• IEEE Madras section certificate of recognition and medal for publishing in IEEE Journals. (November 2019).

• Certificate for Outstanding Contributions in Reviewing by Elsevier Physical Communication Journal (June 2018).

• Best research paper award in 3rd Springer International Conference on Next Generation Computing Technologies, held at University of Petroleum and Energy Studies (UPES), Dehradun, India, from 30th -31st October 2017.

• MHRD- Half Teaching Research Fellowship for doing Ph.D.

• M-Tech First Rank holder and Gold medalist – Visvesvaraya Technological University (2008).

• Qualified in GATE Examination with AIR 587

Experience

1. Working as Associate Professor (AGP 9500)  at Dept. of ECE, NIT Puducherry. Institute of national importance under MoE, Govt. of India (From 30/04/2022 to till date).

2. From 09 July 2013 to 30/04/2022, worked as Assistant Professor at Dept. of ECE, NIT Puducherry. (Institute of national importance under MoE, Govt. of India). (8 years 9 months 22 days experience)

3. From 20/01/2009 to 17/07/2009, worked as Senior Lecturer in ECE department in Vidya Academy of Science and Technology (Approved by AICTE and Affiliated to University of Calicut), Thrissur. (7 months experience).

4. From 19/09/2005 to 19/01/2009, worked as Lecturer in ECE department in Vidya Academy of Science and Technology (Approved by AICTE and Affiliated to University of Calicut), Thrissur. (4 years experience).

Membership in Professional bodies

• Senior Member IEEE

• Member IEEE Communication Society

• Life Member ISTE

• Member IE(I)