Prof. Dr. Sushrut Das is a Professor in the Department of Electronics Engineering at IIT (ISM) Dhanbad, where he has been serving since 2007 . He earned his PhD from IIT Kharagpur in 2007 .His expertise lies in electromagnetic theory, antennas, and microwave engineering, with around 108 publications, ~1,000 citations, and an h-index of 16 .In 2011, he was honored with the URSI Young Scientist Award, and he is a Senior Member of IEEE.
Ms. Simran Khokha is a Regional Product Manager at Infineon Technologies in Germany, where she leads the Automotive Microcontroller Units (MCUs) division for the EMEA region. She holds a dual Master’s degree in Integrated Circuit Design from Nanyang Technological University (Singapore) and Technical University of Munich (Germany). With prior experience at AMD, Realtek, and STMicroelectronics, she’s worked on cutting-edge semiconductor technologies such as 7 nm process chips and autonomousvehicle/AIfocused designs. A champion for diversity in tech, she’s active in mentoring groups like Women Who Code, Girls in Tech, and “Future Work” initiatives at Infineon.
Dr. Nagendra P. Pathak is Professor and Head of the Electronics & Communication Engineering Department at IIT Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India . He earned his PhD from IIT Delhi in 2005 and has been faculty at IIT Roorkee since 2006, becoming Professor (HAG) in 2018. His research spans microwave/mm-wave/THz RF integrated circuits, non-invasive sensors, plasmonics, and structural health monitoring, with over 1,000 citations and h-index of 15.
Prof. Abdelsalam “Sumi” Helal is a distinguished expert in digital health, pervasive computing, and IoT, currently serving as Professor and Chair in Digital Health at Lancaster University, UK . He previously held a long-term professorship at the University of Florida, where he founded and directed the Mobile & Pervasive Computing Lab and led the pioneering “Gator Tech Smart House” initiative . His prolific contributions include 300+ publications, over 12,000 citations (h-index 49), multiple US patents, and leadership roles as Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Computer and Fellow of IEEE, ACM, AAAS, IET, and Academia Europaea.
Dr. Mrinal Kanti Sarkar is an Assistant Professor (Grade I) in the Department of Electrical Engineering at NIT Jamshedpur . His research focuses on power electronics and control theory, especially in areas like slidingmode and eventtriggered control systems for applications such as EV chargers and microgrids. He has authored around 38 publications with over 4,000 reads and 400+ citations.
Prof. Dr. Schahram Dustdar is a Full Professor of Computer Science and Head of the Distributed Systems Group at TU Wien (Vienna University of Technology), Austria . He is an IEEE Fellow (2016) and ACM Distinguished Scientist (2009), known for his pioneering contributions in elastic computing, IoT, cloud, and edgecomputing architectures. Dustdar also holds several honorary professorships internationally and serves as Editor-in-Chief of Computing (Springer).
Dr. Manoj Kumar Meshram is a Professor and Head of the Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering (ECE) at IIT (BHU) Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India. Born in 1971, he holds B.E., M.E., and Ph.D. degrees in Electronics Engineering, and joined IIT (BHU) in July 2002. His research focuses on microwave and millimeter-wave technology, including microstrip, reconfigurable, implantable and MIMO/UWB antennas, as well as metamaterials and reflectarrays, with around 100 publications and several prestigious fellowships like INSA, BOYSCAST, and INSADFG.
Dr. M. Meenakshi is a Professor in the Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering at Anna University, Chennai. With a PhD from Anna University (1998), she has been on the faculty since then and holds roles including Professor and Director at the Centre for Wireless System Design .Her research spans UWB/WBAN systems, optical & wireless communications, mmWave beamforming, and lightweight cryptography, and she has authored over 50 publications, with roughly 250 citations and an h-index of 8.
Prof. (Dr.) A. K. Gautam is a Professor and the Head of the Electronics & Communication Engineering Department at Govind Ballabh Pant Institute of Engineering & Technology (GBPIET), Pauri Garhwal, Uttarakhand . He earned his PhD in 2007 from IIT (BHU) Varanasi after completing his BE in 1999 . His research focuses on microstrip antennas, including frequencyagile, ultrawideband, and reconfigurable designs, and he has authored over 100 publications. He is also a Senior Member of IEEE and has received awards such as the Governor’s Award (Uttarakhand) for best research paper.
Dr. Rahul Kumar is a Senior Lecturer in Electrical & Electronic Engineering at the University of Chichester, UK . He holds a PhD in Optics from Northumbria University and specializes in sensor technology—particularly optical fibre sensors for environmental monitoring—while also exploring AI applications in engineering education.
Ms. Arpita Soni is a Senior Project Manager at Infosys, USA, based in Concord, North Carolina . With Infosys since 2008, she progressed through roles including Technical Test Lead and Project Manager (Six Sigma Green Belt certified), before becoming Senior Project Manager in October 2022. She has extensive experience in IT consulting, engineering services, and digital transformation. Additionally, she was featured as a speaker for Infosys at IC3SE2025
