Signal Processing for Communications Lab

In the picture above, Left to Right: Chandra Murthy, Yashvanth L, Sahil Katyal, Shreya Mahajan Girish, Nekkanti Guna Sai Kiran, Ramya Sree Galanki, Saurabh Kumbhakar, Swati Bhattacharya, Preethi G V, Adrija Biswas, Sanket Kalse Ashok, Aastha Berry, Rubin Jose Peter, Akeelah, Niladri Halder, Monika Vanapalli, Kondapi Krishna Praveen V S, Gayathri Khagga

Picture taken Sep. 2025.

PhD Students

Shankadeep Mukherji [Jointly advised with Sridharan Devarajan]
E-mail: x@y where x = shankhadeep16 and y = gmail.com
Research Focus: Evolving “attention-demanding” stimuli with a deep generative neural network in a real-time brain-computer interface

Yashvanth L.
E-mail: x@y where x = yashvanthl and y = iisc.ac.in
Research Focus: Communication via intelligent reflecting surfaces

Niladri Halder
Email: x@y where x = niladrih and y = iisc.ac.in
Research focus: Advanced modulation schemes for beyond 5G/6G

Kondapi V S Krishna Praveen
E-mail: x@y where x = praveenkvsk and y = iisc.ac.in
Research Focus: Sparse control of linear dynamical systems

Prabhat Kumar
E-mail: x@y where x = prabhatkuma1 and y = iisc.ac.in
Research Focus: Channel estimation algorithms for delay-Doppler spread channels

Akeelah
E-mail: x@y where x = akeelah2024 and y = iisc.ac.in
Research Focus: TBD

Sanu Kumar [Jointly advised with Prof. Neelesh Mehta]
E-mail: x@y where x = sanukumar and y = iisc.ac.in
Research Focus: TBD

Aniket Mandal [Jointly advised with Prof. Supratim Ray]
E-mail: x@y where x = aniketmandal and y = iisc.ac.in
Research Focus: TBD

Rubin Jose Peter
E-mail: x@y where x = rubinpeter and y = iisc.ac.in
Research Focus: Joint estimation of channel state, channel statistics, and soft-symbol detection in massive MIMO systems

Aastha Berry
E-mail: x@y where x = aasthaberry and y = iisc.ac.in
Research Focus: TBD

M. Tech. Students

Nekkanti Guna Sai Kiran [Jointly advised with Prof. Debdeep Sarkar]
E-mail: x@y where x = gunanekkanti and y = iisc.ac.in
Research Focus: Opportunistic scheduling in IRS-assisted communication systems

Kalse Sanket Ashok [Jointly advised with Prof. Supratim Ray, CNS]
E-mail: x@y where x = sanketkalse and y = iisc.ac.in
Research Focus: TBD

Ramya Sree Galanki [Jointly advised with Prof. Supratim Ray, CNS]
Email: x@y where x = ramyagalanki and y = iisc.ac.in
Research Focus: TBD

Monika V.
Email: x@y where x = monikav and y = iisc.ac.in
Research Focus: IRS-assisted channel estimation and phase optimization

Gayathri K. [Jointly advised with Prof. Anurag Kumar]
Email: x@y where x = gayathrik and y = iisc.ac.in
Research Focus: TBD

Adrija Biswas [Jointly advised with Prof. Anurag Kumar]
Email: x@y where x = adrijabiswas and y = iisc.ac.in
Research Focus: Scheduling of real-time hard-deadline and high data-rate traffic in 5G systems

Mahajan Shreya Girish
Email: x@y where x = shreyagm and y = iisc.ac.in
Research Focus: TBD

Preethi G. V.
Email: x@y where x = preethigv and y = iisc.ac.in
Research Focus: Energy efficiency in 5G RAN

Saurabh Kumar Kumbhakar
Email: x@y where x = saurabhkk and y = iisc.ac.in
Research Focus: Device localization in cellular/bluetooth networks

Postdoc

Swati Bhattacharya
E-mail: x@y where x = swatibh and y = iisc.ac.in
Research Focus: MU-MIMO Communications