مؤلف: C. C. Tripathi

Dr. Nikhil Marriwala is working as Assistant Professor and Head of the Department Electronics and Communication Engineering Department at University Institute of Engineering and Technology, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra. He did his Ph D. from NIT, Kurukshetra in the department of Electronics and Communication Engineering. He did his post-graduation in Electronics and Communication Engineering from IASE University, Sardarshahar, Rajasthan and did his B-Tech in Electronics and Instrumentation from MMEC, Mullana affiliated to Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra. He has more than 18 years of experience in teaching graduate and postgraduate students. More than 31 students have completed their M-Tech dissertation under his guidance. His areas of interests are Software Defied Radios, Cognitive Radios, Soft Computing, Wireless Communications, Wireless Sensor Networks, Fuzzy system design, and Advanced Microprocessors. He has published more than 5 book chapters in different International books, has authored more than 10-books with Pearson, Wiley, etc. and has more than 30 publications to his credit in reputed International Journals in SCI/Scopus/Web of Science Journals and 20 papers in International/National conferences. He also has 02 patents published to his credit. He has been Chairman of Special Sessions in more than 5 International/National Conferences and has delivered a keynote address at more than 2 International conferences. He is having additional charge of Training and Placement Office, UIET, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra and heading the T&P cell for more than 10 years now. He has conducted more than 10 Faculty Development Programs in the emerging areas of Io T, AI, AR/VR, Robotics and Blockchain and has been organizing secretary of more than two International Conferences.  He is a reviewer for many reputed journals such as the IEEE Access, International Journal of Communication Systems- Wiley, IEEE Signal Processing Letters, Journalof Organizational and End User Computing (JOEUC), IJMTIE, IJICST, Egyptian Informatics Journal – Elsevier etc. He was awarded by “Career Guru of the Month” award by Aspiring Minds. Prof. C. C Tripathi did his Ph.D. in Electronics from Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra followed by Master of Engineering in Microelectronics from BITS Pilani. Since 2016, he has been working as a Director, University Institute of Engineering Technology (an autonomous institute), Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra. He is heading the institute comprising of more than 70 faculty members, above 100 non-teaching technical, laboratory & administrative staff and above 1600 students. As a Director, he is also heading institute academic bodies like board of studies, academic council with four UG,  eight PG programs in engineering and spearheading research in various engineering and applied sciences departments in the institute. His specialization is in Microelectronics, RF MEMS for Communication,  Entrepreneurship and Industrial Consultancy etc. He has developed Micro-fabrication R&D Lab and RF MEMS R&D lab at the institute. He is a member of more than 14 Professional Bodies and Senior Member IEEE Society. He has published more than 70 papers in Scopus / Web of Science Journals and 33 in National / International conferences. He has guided 07 numbers of Ph.D. students and 44 number M.Tech/ M.E. student’s thesis. He has also filled 4 Indian patents and developed more than 20 electro-optical products as an import substitute. He has been pivotal in implementing technical education quality improvement program (TEQIP-II) grants amounting Rs.10.00 Crores by preparing Institution Development Plan (IDP) during 2011-2015. Presently, He is also project Director TEQIP-III amounting grant of Rs.7.00 Crores (2016-2020). He has conducted more than 20 Faculty Development Programs in the area of Microelectronics, Flexible Electronics, Microwave & RF MEMS devices, Entrepreneurship development etc. He has played a key role in successfully organizing two National Conferences on the topic such as Converging Technology Beyond 2020. Prof Dinesh K Kumar, B.Tech from IIT Madras, and Ph D from IIT Delhi, is a Professor at RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia. He has published over 400 papers, authored 5 books and is on a range of Australian and international committees for Biomedical Engineering. His passion is for affordable- diagnostics and making a difference for his students. His work has been cited over 5600 times and he has also had multiple successes with technology translation.  He is the member of Therapeutics Goods Administration (TGA), Ministry of Health (Australia) for medical devices. He is also on the editorial boards for IEEE Transactions of Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering and Biomedical Signals and Controls. He has been the chair of large number of conferences and given over 50 key-notes speeches. Dr. Shruti Jain is Associate Professor in the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering at Jaypee University of Information Technology, Waknaghat, H.P, India and has received her Ph.D. in Biomedical Image Processing. She has a teaching experience of around 15 years. Her research interests are Image and Signal Processing, Soft Computing, Bio-inspired Computing and Computer-Aided Design of FPGA and VLSI circuits. She has published more than 10 book chapters, 60 papers in reputed journals, and 40 papers in International conferences. She has also published five books. She is a senior member of IEEE, life member and Editor in Chief of Biomedical Engineering Society of India and a member of IAENG. She has completed one externally funded project and one in the pipeline. She has guided 01 Ph.D. student and now has 06 registered students. She is a member of the Editorial Board of many reputed journals. She is also a reviewer of many journals and a member of TPC of different conferences. She was awarded by Nation Builder Award in 2018-19.