Electrical Engineering

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

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Abhay Karandikar

Dr. Abhay Karandikar is currently Secretary, Department of Science of Technology (DST). Before joining DST in October 2023, he served as the Director, IIT Kanpur from April 18th, 2018 to September 25th, 2023 (on lien from IIT Bombay). He also served as Dean (Faculty Affairs) and Head of the Electrical Engineering Department at IIT Bombay. He spearheaded a national effort in setting up Telecom Standards Development Society of India (TSDSI), India’s standards body for telecom with participation of all stakeholders. Prof Karandikar was the founding member and former Chairman of TSDSI. He was also Member (Part-Time) of Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) from January 2017- January 2020. Prof Karandikar has several patents issued and pending, contributions to IEEE, 3GPP standards, contributed chapters in books and large number of papers in international journals and conferences to his credit. Prof Karandikar was awarded with IEEE SA’s Standards Medallion in December 2016 in New Jersey. His team also won Mozilla Open Innovation challenge prize in March 2017 for his work on rural broadband and digital empowerment in rural India.

Qualifications

• BE (Jiwaji University), Gwalior
• MTech (IIT Kanpur)
• PhD (IIT Kanpur)

Research Interests

• Quality of Service and Resource Allocation in Wired/Wireless Networks
• TV White Space and its Potential for Affordable Broadband Access in India
• Frugal 5G and Rural Broadband
• Resource Allocation, Mobility Management and Dual Connectivity in Heterogeneous Wireless Network
• Device to Device Communication
• Software Defined Networking

Work Experience

• Assistant Professor (Apr 1997-Jan 2001)
• Associate Professor (Feb 2001- Mar 2007)
• Head, Computer Center, IIT Bombay (2008 – 2011)
• Professor (April 2007-till date)
• Head, Dept. of Electrical Engg., IIT Bombay (Jan 2012 – Jan 2015)
• Institute Chair Professor (November 2015-)

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Abhay Karandikar

Dr. Abhay Karandikar is currently Secretary, Department of Science of Technology (DST). Before joining DST in October 2023, he served as the Director, IIT Kanpur from April 18th, 2018 to September 25th, 2023 (on lien from IIT Bombay). He also served as Dean (Faculty Affairs) and Head of the Electrical Engineering Department at IIT Bombay. He spearheaded a national effort in setting up Telecom Standards Development Society of India (TSDSI), India’s standards body for telecom with participation of all stakeholders. Prof Karandikar was the founding member and former Chairman of TSDSI. He was also Member (Part-Time) of Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) from January 2017- January 2020. Prof Karandikar has several patents issued and pending, contributions to IEEE, 3GPP standards, contributed chapters in books and large number of papers in international journals and conferences to his credit. Prof Karandikar was awarded with IEEE SA’s Standards Medallion in December 2016 in New Jersey. His team also won Mozilla Open Innovation challenge prize in March 2017 for his work on rural broadband and digital empowerment in rural India.

Qualifications

• BE (Jiwaji University), Gwalior
• MTech (IIT Kanpur)
• PhD (IIT Kanpur)

Research Interests

• Quality of Service and Resource Allocation in Wired/Wireless Networks
• TV White Space and its Potential for Affordable Broadband Access in India
• Frugal 5G and Rural Broadband
• Resource Allocation, Mobility Management and Dual Connectivity in Heterogeneous Wireless Network
• Device to Device Communication
• Software Defined Networking

Work Experience

• Assistant Professor (Apr 1997-Jan 2001)
• Associate Professor (Feb 2001- Mar 2007)
• Head, Computer Center, IIT Bombay (2008 – 2011)
• Professor (April 2007-till date)
• Head, Dept. of Electrical Engg., IIT Bombay (Jan 2012 – Jan 2015)
• Institute Chair Professor (November 2015-)

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IIT Bombay was established in the year 1957 and the department of Electrical Engineering (EE) has been one of its major departments since its inception.

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IIT Bombay was established in the year 1957 and the department of Electrical Engineering (EE) has been one of its major departments since its inception.

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IIT Bombay was established in the year 1957 and the department of Electrical Engineering (EE) has been one of its major departments since its inception.

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