Awards / Fellowships / Professional Activities

Awards / Fellowships

• J. C. Bose National Fellowship (2nd term, 2021-2025), SERB, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India.

• Alumni Award for Excellence in Research in Engineering, 2020, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.

• PSG Distinguished Alumni Award 2019, Coimbatore.

• J. C. Bose National Fellowship (2016-2020), SERB, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India.

• Fellow, Indian Academy of Sciences (IASc).

• Fellow, Indian National Science Academy (INSA).

• Fellow, National Academy of Sciences India (NASI).

• Fellow, Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE).

• Fellow, The Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (IETE).

• Swarnajayanti Fellowship, Department of Science and Technology, Goverment of India, 2001.

• Prof. S. V. C. Aiya Award for Excellence in Telecom Education, 2013.

• Prof. S. K. Chatterjee Research Grant Award, Electrical Sciences Division, IISc, 1999.

• CDIL Award for Industry, IETE, New Delhi, 1992.

Professionsal Activities

Senior Member, IEEE

• Editor, IEEE Trans. on Wireless Communications, 2007 - 2013.

• Guest Editor, IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Signal Processing (JSTSP): Special Issue on Soft Detection for Wireless Transmission, December 2011.
• Guest Editor, IEEE JSAC Special Issue on Multiuser Detection for Advanced Communication Systems and Networks, April 2008.
• Associate Editor, IEEE Trans. on Vehicular Technology, May 2003 - April 2007.

• Vice Chairman, Executive Committee, IEEE Bangalore Section, 2010 -- 2011.

• Member, Executive Committee, and Professional Activities Chair, IEEE Bangalore Section, 2000 -- 2003.

• General Co-Chair

• SPCOM'2014, IISc, Bangalore, July 2014.

• SPCOM'2012, IISc, Bangalore, July 2012.

• Co-Chair, Technical Program Committee

• COMSNETS'2017, Bangalore, January 2017.

• SPCOM'2016, IISc, Bangalore, June 2016.

• NCC'2011, IISc, Bangalore, January 2011.

• IEEE TENCON'2003, Bangalore, October 2003.

• IEEE ICPWC'2002, New Delhi, November 2002.

• Member, Technical Program Committee

• IEEE ICC'2016, Kuala Lumpur, Malyasia, May 2016.

• IEEE WCNC'2016, Doha, Qatar, April 2016.

• COMSNETS'2016, Bangalore, India, January 2016.

• IEEE GLOBECOM'2015, San Diego, USA, December 2015.

• IEEE ICC'2015, London, UK, June 2015.

• IEEE NCC'2015, IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India, February 2015.

• COMSNETS'2015, Bangalore, India, January 2015.

• IEEE GLOBECOM'2014, Austin, USA, December 2014.

• IEEE ITW'2014, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, November 2014.

• IEEE ICC'2014, Sydney, Australia, June 2014.

• IEEE WCNC'2014, Istanbul, Turkey, April 2014.

• IEEE GLOBECOM'2013, Atlanta, USA, December 2013.

• IEEE ICC'2013, Budapest, Hungary, June 2013.

• IEEE WCNC'2013, Shanghai, China, April 2013.

• IEEE PIMRC'2012, Sydney, Australia, September 2012.

• IEEE ICC'2012, Ottawa, Canada, June 2012.

• IEEE WiMob'2011, Shanghai, China, October 2011.

• IEEE PIMRC'2011, Toronto, Canada, September 2011.

• IEEE ICC'2011, Kyoto, Japan, June 2011.

• IEEE ICC'2010, Cape Town, South Africa, May 2010.

• IEEE WCNC'2010, Sydney, Australia, April 2010.

• IEEE INFOCOMM'2010, San Diego, USA, March 2010.

• IEEE INFOCOMM'2009, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, April 2009.

• IEEE GLOBECOM'2009, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, November-December 2009.

• IEEE ICC'2009, Dresden, Germany, June 2009.

• IEEE INFOCOMM'2009, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, April 2009.

• IEEE GLOBECOM'2008, New Orleans, LA, USA, November-December 2008.

• IEEE SECON'2008, San Francisco, USA, June 2008.

• IEEE INFOCOMM'2008, Phoenix, AZ, USA, April 2008.

• WPMC'2007, Jaipur, India, December 2007.

• IEEE GLOBECOM'2007, Washington, DC, USA, November 2007.

• IEEE WoWMoM'2007, Helsinki, Finland, June 2007.

• WiOpt'2007, Limassol, Cyprus, April 2007.

• IEEE COMSWARE'2007, Bangalore, India, January 2007.

• ACM WiMob 2006, Los Angeles, USA, September 2006.

• IEEE ICC 2006, Istanbul, Turkey, June, 2006.

• IEEE VTC'2006 (Spring), Melbourne, Australia, May 2006.

• WiOpt'2005, Trentino, Italy, April 2005.

• IEEE WCNC'2005, New Orleans, USA, March 2005.

• WONS'2004, Trento, Italy, January 2004.

• WiOpt'2003, INRIA Sophia Antipolis, France, March 2003.

• IEEE VTC'2002 (Fall), Vancouver, Canada, September 2002.

• MOBICOM'2001 , Rome, ITALY, August 2001.

• IEEE ICPWC'2000 , Hyderabad, December 2000.

• IEEE ISWCM'98,New Delhi, September 1998.

• IEEE ICUPC'97 Conference, San Diego, CA, U.S.A., October 1997.

• Tutorial Speaker
• National Conference on Communications 2020 (NCC 2020), IIT Kharagpur, February 2020.

• National Conference on Communications 2017 (NCC 2017), IIT Madras, Chennai, March 2017.

• SPCOM 2016, IISc, Bangalore, June 2016.

• IEEE VTC'2011, Budapest, Hungary, May 2011.

• National Conference on Communications 2010 (NCC'2010), IIT Madras, Chennai, January 2010.

• National Conference on Communications 2008 (NCC'2008), IIT Bombay, Mumbai, January 2008.

• National Conference on Communications 2005 (NCC'2005), IIT Kharagpur, January 2005.

• ICCC'2002, Mumbai, August 2002.

• National Conference on Communications 2002 (NCC'2002), IIT Bombay, Mumbai, January 2002.

• IEEE ICPWC'2000, Hyderabad, December 2000.

• IEEE ICPWC'99 Conference, Jaipur, India, February 1999.

• Panels/Plenary

• Panelist, Panel: Software, hardware and best practices for a 5G testbed, 5G Workshop, IIT Madras, Chennai, March 2017.
• Invited Plenary Speaker, Conference on IMT-2000, Seoul, Korea, 2000.
• Panelist, Telecommunications Panel, Cal Computer Expo, San Diego, CA, U.S.A., August 1995.

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