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Though the ISCP (Institute Student Companion Program) has taken care while com-
piling the handbook, neither the council nor the Institute can be held responsible
for errors/inadequacies that may inadvertently creep in. This handbook cannot be
used as a basis for making a claim on facilities/concessions/interpretation of
rules/statues or the like. If there is some critical information to which the reader of
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cross verification if need be.

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 Table of Contents
About the Department ....................................................................................................... 3

Message from the H.O.D ................................................................................................... 4

Message from ISCP............................................................................................................ 5

Message from Department Coordinators ........................................................................... 6

Message from IMR ……………………………………………………………………… 7

LAB Facilities ................................................................................................................... 8

Faculty Members .............................................................................................................. 14

Department Activities ....................................................................................................... 21

Department Location ........................................................................................................ 22

Department Student Representatives ................................................................................ 23

EE ISCP Team ………………………………………………………………………..… 24

EE Office Contact Persons ............................................................................................... 25

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 About The Department
The Department of Electrical Engineering (EE) is one of the major Departments of IIT Bom-
bay since its inception in 1958. Our department is one of the largest departments in IIT Bombay.
The department has academic programs with about 500 undergraduate and 550 postgraduate stu-
dents. The department is equipped with the state of the art experimental and computational facil-
ities for undertaking R & D and consultancy activities in various fields.
The department has a very vibrant postgraduate program with a strong focus on research and
development. The number of postgraduate students is more than the number of undergraduate
students in EE and the department attaches lot of importance to its Master's students as they con-
stitute the backbone of research and development.
The department offers M.Tech in five research areas / specializations:
1. Communications Engineering (EE1)
2. Control and Computing (EE2)
3. Power Electronics and Power System (EE3)
4. Microelectronics and VLSI (EE4)
5. Electronic Systems (EE5)

Faculty members of the department are recipients of many distinguished awards:

 Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize,
 Prof. K. Sreenivasan Memorial Award,
 Prof. SVC Aiya Memorial Award,
 Dr. Vikram Sarabhai Research Award,
 Ram Lal Wadhwa Award,
 INAE Young Engineer Award,
 Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship and many others.
Many faculty members are Editors of IEEE and other national and international journals. They
are also Fellows of organizations like IEEE, IETE, INAE, IASc, NASI and INSA.

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 Message from H.O.D
Congratulations on your selection for the M.Tech/Ph.D. program in EE at IIT Bombay. As
you know, the competition was very stiff and you are among the very few students who made it.
We, the faculty members, staff and students extend a warm welcome to you.

As you are aware, ours is among the largest Electrical Engineering departments in the
country with 64 faculty members and 1360 students, of which more than 55% are graduate stu-
dents. We have a strong academic and research culture. We have state-of-the-art research labor-
atories in almost all areas of electrical engineering and a few centres of excellence. I am sure you
will find this place academically rewarding.

We pride ourselves on providing a very informal work atmosphere, both for the faculty and
students alike. You can freely interact with your teachers and the staff, all of whom will be happy
to help you in whatever way possible. Do feel free to approach us if you need any help on aca-
demic, or even non-academic, matters. We also have a formal system of Faculty Advisors for
each batch that will assist you in choosing courses and guide you in other academic matters. The
department offers reasonable flexibility in terms of the choice of the courses and research topics.
I am sure you will have ample opportunity to hone your skills in your chosen stream. If you are
joining us as a project- sponsored RA or PhD student, it is required that your research thesis
matches with the project objectives, but you will still have sufficient opportunities to broaden
your knowledge. If you have joined us as a Teaching Assistant, you will have an opportunity to
participate in imparting knowledge to undergraduate and graduate students under the supervision
of our faculty all of whom have excellent academic backgrounds and are also passionate teachers.

Your department has a lot to give –just how much you take depends on one person-and that is
you. You will face diverse temptations but you need to stay focussed to achieve your goals. Do
good work-you grow, and the department does too. It is a win-win situation. All in all, I assure
you the time spent here will be the best years of your life!

Feel free to contact me if you need any help!

Baylon G. Fernandes
Head of the Department

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 Message from ISCP
Hello, Friends!

We hope you are just excited to be a part of IIT Bombay as we are. Hearty congratulations
on this incredible feat! Institute Students Companion Program (ISCP) welcomes you to one of
the most resourceful campuses in India. The next two or three years are going to be the most
memorable, impactful, insightful and life changing years which will fly past. We hope you imbibe
as much as you can and more from your peers, seniors, faculty and staff. Here’s to your first
glimpse of ISCP, the backbone of your journey through the mecca of learning.
ISCP is a program within IIT Bombay Post Graduate (PG) student community. Its primary
objective is to develop an atmosphere of cordial interaction amongst the PG entrants and the PG
seniors. It will encourage the flow of information, knowledge, and sharing of experiences among
the students.
Life in IIT Bombay can appear a little daunting at times, balancing between the academic
workload and the plethora of extra-curricular activities. And that is where ISCP can help you
blend in and make the most of it. ISCP strives to provide a senior student companion as a mentor
to all newly admitted students. New entrants can contact their assigned companion to discuss their
academic and non-academic issues or concerns. Student Companions enable the smooth and gen-
tle transition from the graduation days to post-graduation days. New entrants also feel assured
that there is somebody on campus to help them and listen to their concerns. Many a times they
find a caring friend in companions.

What to expect from a Student Companion:

● Initial information about the campus, courses, academics and extracurricular activities.
● Support in case of any problem or difficulty.
● Organization of various academic and non-academic activities for student’s development.
● Continuous interaction and feedback from students on their needs and requirements.
In short, this is a program by the students of IIT Bombay, for the new students to ensure their
overall development through utilization of all the available resources at IIT Bombay.

Let the learning begin. Feel free to contact us anytime!

Mail to: iscp@iitb.ac.in

Overall Coordinators
Institute Student Companion Programme (2018-19)
Anwesha Lahiri | Sumedh Dey | Basudev Behera
+91-9007766390 | +91-9432152174 | +91-7008955255

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Message from Department Coordinators

Hello Junta!!

Congratulations on becoming part of IIT Bombay family. We are delighted to welcome you to
one of the best department of the premier institutes in the world. This Institute will provide you
with an engaging, vibrant, and inclusive community of learners. From your first day to last, you
will be amazed by the array of outstanding staff and facilities that provide conclusive environment
for learning.

However, the institute’s greatest and most enduring strength is the balance between the quality
of education and the extra-curricular activities. It is assured that you get a lot of academic and
professional opportunities out of the new linguistic competences acquired

Once again, a warm welcome from all the seniors. Have a wonderful stay at IIT Bombay!!!

Department Coordinators ISCP

Rushikesh Shinde Akhil Gakhar

rushikesh.santosh.shinde@gmail.com akhil.gakhar@gmail.com
+919768431794 +918146877785

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 Message from IMR
Dear Freshmen,

On behalf of all the Master’s students at IIT Bombay, it is my honour to welcome you all here.
Congratulations on having made it to one of the premier technical institutes of the country.

You are now a part of the IITB PG community and there are an exhaustive number of services
and facilities available to ensure a fruitful educative experience. As post graduate students, you
have already been exposed to university level education. While you will delve deeper into un-
derstanding your area of interest better, I urge you to explore more. There are several student
led bodies on campus focusing on development of skills, sports and extracurricular activities
such as dance, drama, music, etc. Your experience will be what you make of it, and your oppor-
tunities will be limited only by the limits you place on yourself. Utilize the opportunities to the
best of your ability. Along with academics, do explore and make the most of the excellent facil-
ities the institute has to offer.

As the Institute Masters Representative, my team and I, aim to address your grievances and help
you to the best of our abilities. Supporting you in your academic endeavours is our foremost
priority and we will strive to improve the IITB experience in all the ways we can. On this note,
I, once again, welcome you to IIT Bombay and wish you every success in your future endeav-
ours.

Institute Masters Representative (2018-2019)

PG Academic Council
Jasmeen Kaur
imr@iitb.ac.in

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 LAB Facilities
EE1: COMMUNICATIONS AND SIGNAL PROCESSING

Signal Processing and Artificial Neural Networks (SPANN) (Prof. S. N. Merchant)

3rd Floor, Department of Electrical Engineering
https://www.ee.iitb.ac.in/~spann/contact.html
SPANN Laboratory is a research environment for Wireless Communications, Sensor Networks,
Image Processing and Signal Processing domains.

Information Networks Laboratory (Prof. Abhay Karandikar)

3rd Floor, Department of Electrical Engineering
https://www.ee.iitb.ac.in/~infonet/
Group members of lab are pursuing research in the field of Cross Layer Design of Wireless Ad
Hoc Networks, IEEE 802.16 WiMax Networks. Quality of Service guarantees in Wireless Data
Networks - MAC layer issues in Mobile Ad-hoc Networks - Base Station prototyping for WiMax
- CDMA networks - Traffic Engineering (MPLS) - Performance Modeling and Simulation - Sim-
ulation of Queueing Systems - Stochastic Systems. TTSL - IITB Center of Excellence in Tele-
communication (TICET) facility comes under this lab.

Texas Instruments Digital Signal Processing Lab (TIDSP) (Prof. V. M. Gadre)

4th Floor, Girish Gaitonde (GG) Building
https://www.ee.iitb.ac.in/~dsplab/index.html
TI-DSP laboratory conducts DSP lab for undergraduate students for better understanding of DSP
concepts using DSP processors. It supports DSP Research and Development in the Postgraduate
level. It is equipped with the latest DSP platforms and resources.

Fiber-Optics Communication Lab (Prof. Raghunath K. Shevgaonkar)

2nd Floor, Department of Electrical Engineering
https://www.ee.iitb.ac.in/~foclab/
The research interests of group members of the lab span from Fiber Optics to Integrated Optics
and down to Photonic Switching. Besides, research is also undertaken in the field of Optical
CDMA, Image processing, Printed antenna, Radio astronomy and Scattering.

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Bharti Centre for Communication (Prof. D. Manjunath & Prof. Bikash Kumar Dey)
5th Floor, Girish Gaitonde (GG) Building
https://www.ee.iitb.ac.in/bharticentre/
The Bharti Centre for Communication is a centre to generate fundamental knowledge in telecom-
munication and allied systems. The Vision of the centre is to be an internationally recognized
contributor in moving the frontiers of knowledge through research and education, to keep tech-
nology practice in focus & to educate for innovation and leadership.

Vision and Image Processing (Prof. Subhasis Chaudhuri)

1st Floor, Department of Electrical Engineering
http://www.ee.iitb.ac.in/~viplab/
The research facility is dedicated to haptics, computer vision & image processing applications.

PC Lab (Prof. Saravanan Vijayakumaran)

1st Floor, Department of Electrical Engineering
https://www.ee.iitb.ac.in/wiki/labs/pclab/intro?s=via
PC Lab provides general computing facilities to students of Electrical Engineering and Reliability
Engineering. Both Windows and Linux machines are present in the lab. In addition, a load-bal-
anced server (Sharada) is available for heavier computational use. Software packages like
MATLAB, Lyx, Scilab, Spice, Ansys, Sequel, Grace, etc. are installed on Sharada. Standard
Linux/Unix packages, such as LaTeX, mysql, etc are also available.

Digital Audio Processing Lab (Prof. Preeti Rao)

1st Floor, Department of Electrical Engineering
https://www.ee.iitb.ac.in/student/~daplab/
The Digital Audio Processing lab is a signal processing research facility dedicated to speech and
audio processing applications. Research activities include audio content analysis and retrieval,
speech recognition, speech enhancement and coding.

Communication Laboratory (Prof. Girish P.Saraph and Prof. Saravanan Vijayakumaran)

1st Floor, Department of Electrical Engineering
https://www.ee.iitb.ac.in/~comlab/
The research activity focuses on: Communication networks, RF electronics and wireless commu-
nication, High power microwave sources and radar, Fiber optics and optical communication.

Signal Processing and Instrumentation Lab (Prof. P.C.Pandey)

1st Floor, Department of Electrical Engineering
https://www.ee.iitb.ac.in/~spilab/
This lab focuses on research in the areas of speech and signal processing, biomedical signal pro-
cessing & instrumentation, electronic instrumentation, and embedded system design.

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Networking Lab (Prof. D. Manjunath)
1st Floor, Department of Electrical Engineering
https://www.ee.iitb.ac.in/web/research/labs/networking
The work in the Networking lab deals with the theoretical aspects of queuing theory, sensor net-
works, applications of stochastic approximation, software routing etc.

Microwave and Antenna Lab (Prof. Girish Kumar)

3rd Floor, Department of Electrical Engineering
https://www.ee.iitb.ac.in/~mwave/
Microwave Lab is involved in research work in the area of RF Systems, Electromagnetic Waves
and Antenna Design. Primary research work is being done in different fields like Micro-strip
Antenna, Microwave Integrated Circuits and Broadband Antennas.

EE2: CONTROL AND COMPUTING

Control and Computing Laboratory

2nd Floor, Department of Electrical Engineering
https://www.ee.iitb.ac.in/~ccgroup/
Field of research: Automatic control theory, Data estimation and filtering, nD-Systems, Graph
and Metroid decompositions, Optimal Control Behavioral Theory, Information encryption and
coding error control, Power system stabilization, Analysis and simulation of very large scale (mil-
lion node) circuits, Electromagnetic field computations for building circuits with better perfor-
mance, Computational methods for systems theory, Embedded Control.

High Performance Computing Lab (Prof. Sachin Patkar)

2nd Floor, Annex Building
Department of Electrical Engineering
https://www.ee.iitb.ac.in/~hpc/
At HPC labs, we aim to research to address future needs of high-end parallel computing. Rapid
advancements in VLSI technology have ushered a new era in system design, by integrating many
systems in single framework. It makes the whole system much more powerful than it used to be
earlier.

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EE3: POWER ELECTRONICS AND POWER SYSTEMS

Applied Power Electronics Laboratory (Prof. Vivek Agarwal)

Ground Floor, Department of Electrical Engineering
https://www.ee.iitb.ac.in/~apel/
Non-Conventional Energy-Modelling the steady state and dynamic characteristics of the PV, Fuel
cell and wind energy sources, Power converter topologies for standalone and grid connected PV,
FC and wind systems, Maximum Power Point Tracking Schemes, Micro grid Power Quality

Power Anser Lab (Prof. Shreevardhan A. Soman)

2nd Floor, Department of Electrical Engineering
https://www.ee.iitb.ac.in/web/research/labs/poweranser
Power Anser Labs was setup in April 2007 in collaboration with TCS. The association aims at
leveraging research outputs to full-fledged software product, primarily in the form of web ser-
vices, which can be used by power utilities.

Power Systems Laboratory (Prof. Anil Kulkarni)

Ground Floor, Department of Electrical Engineering
https://www.ee.iitb.ac.in/web/research/labs/powersys
Fully Functional scaled down model of 2 Area 4 machine system used for demonstration of power
system dynamic phenomena i.e. frequency, voltage dynamics, effect of controllers like AVR,
FACTS and HVDC converters (variable impedance, voltage source and line-commutated con-
verters) with digital control.

Electrical Machines Lab (Prof. B. G. Fernandes)

Ground Floor, Department of Electrical Engineering
http://www.ee.iitb.ac.in/emlab/
This undergraduate teaching laboratory has electric motor-generator sets, measuring instrumen-
tation and power electronic drives. Students are exposed to concepts of machine characteristics
and control through lab experiments.

Power Electronics Design Centre (PEDC) (Prof. B. G. Fernandes)

Ground Floor, Department of Electrical Engineering
https://www.ee.iitb.ac.in/web/research/labs/pedc
The Power Electronics Research Lab has equipment, instruments and computational facilities for
research in power electronics, machines and drives, renewable energy field (photo-voltaic and
wind) and their power conditioning and interconnection with the grid, power Converter topolo-
gies for grid connected and standalone PV and wind system, MPPT Schemes, Machine design,
BLDC motor, Multi-Level Inverter, DC Microgrid.

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Insulation Diagnostics Lab (Prof. S. V. Kulkarni)
2nd Floor, Department of Electrical Engineering
https://www.ee.iitb.ac.in/~idlab/Home%20Page.html
This laboratory has a 100 kV ac / 140 kV dc setup along with a partial discharge measurement
setup. The academic activities include giving exposure to undergraduate and postgraduate stu-
dents about various high voltage engineering aspects. Study of corona inception voltage for var-
ious electrode arrangements, demonstration of frequencies radiated by corona are some of exper-
iments conducted as part of academic activities.

Field Computation Laboratory (Prof. Shrikrishna A. Khaparde)

Ground Floor, Department of Electrical Engineering
https://www.ee.iitb.ac.in/web/research/labs/fcl
Concurrent and visionary works related to generation, transmission and distribution of electrical
energy are being carried out. Distributed generation, microgrids and renewable energy are the
focus of research in the field of generation. Transmission expansion planning, ancillary service
management and power system stability are some of the studies undertaken by researchers in the
lab.

EE4: MICROELECTRONICS AND VLSI

VLSI Design Lab

5th Floor, Girish Gaitonde (GG) Building
https://www.ee.iitb.ac.in/vlsi/
The main research focus is in the areas of analog and digital design. All major VLSI Cad vendors’
tool licenses (Synopsys, Cadence, Mentor, Agilent, Magma, Xilinx etc) are hosted here.

Nanoelectronics Computation Lab (Prof. Swaroop Ganguly)

2nd Floor, Annex Building, Opposite to EE main building
https://www.ee.iitb.ac.in/web/research/labs/mcl
Field of research includes various kinds of devices, technologies and problems including multi-
gate MOSFETs, tunnel-FETs, power semiconductor devices, statistical process variations, com-
pact model development, development of algorithms for compact model parameter extraction.

Computer Architecture and Dependable Systems Lab (Prof. Virendra Singh)

2nd Floor, Annex Building, Opposite to EE main building
https://www.ee.iitb.ac.in/student/~cadsl/
CADSL conducts research in the areas of Advance and futuristic architecture and system includ-
ing compiler, operating system support for architecture, advanced dependable systems including
formal verification and VLSI testing, and Computer Aided design of VLSI and hardware accel-
erator.

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Integrated Systems Laboratory (Prof. Jayanta Mukherjee, Prof. Maryam Shojaei Baghini)
1st Floor, Annex Building, Opposite to EE main building
https://www.ee.iitb.ac.in/web/research/labs/isl
Integrated Systems Laboratory at IIT Bombay is a simulations and testing laboratory located in
the first floor of the EE Annexe Building. We primarily design and test Passive and Active RF
and circuits. We have EM design software like CST Microwave Studio, HFSS and Key sight
ADS installed in our lab. We have several Core i7 PC's with augmented RAM's to enable high
end computing. We are also in the process of acquiring GPU cluster based high end workstations
for enabling fast EM solvers for design at mm wave frequencies. We work closely with the VLSI
lab for our RFIC simulations.

Centre of Excellence in Nanotechnology

http://www.cen.iitb.ac.in/cen/index.php
CEN is a collaborative project between IIT Bombay and IISc Bangalore. The centre focuses on
the design, fabrication and characterization of traditional CMOS nanoelectronic devices, novel
material based devices (III-V compound semiconductor, spintronics, opto-electronics), microme-
chanical systems, Bio-MEMS, solar photovoltaics and polymer based devices.

EE5: ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS

Wadhwani Electronics Laboratory (WEL)

3rd Floor, Girish Gaitonde (GG) Building
https://www.ee.iitb.ac.in/~wel_iitb/
The Wadhwani lab houses all the major electronics hardware activities of the EE department at
IIT Bombay. Twelve major laboratory courses are conducted every year. Each year, about 600
undergraduate and about 200 post-graduate and Dual-Degree students do their courses in the la-
boratory. And also lab is home to all major electronics projects done by students of EE Depart-
ment.

Electronic Instrumentation Lab (Prof. P.C.Pandey, Prof. Rajbabu Velmurugan, Prof.

Preeti Rao)
1st Floor, Department of Electrical Engineering
https://www.ee.iitb.ac.in/web/research/labs/eilab
Electronic Instrumentation lab comprises of the students from various fields: Communication &
Signal Processing, Electronic System and Biomedical Engineering. The major research areas of
this lab are video surveillance and image processing, impedance glottography and cardiography,
audiometer, motion tracking for assisted living, ECG denoising, audio and speech signal pro-
cessing. Most of the work in this lab relates to design and development of hardware, development
and implementation of various signal processing algorithms.

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 Faculty Members
EE1: Communication and Signal Processing

Faculty Research Interests

Prof. Prasanna Resource Allocation and scheduling in wired/wireless networks, Opti-
Chaporkar mization and control of stochastic systems, Distributed systems and al-
gorithms
Prof. Subhasis Multimedia, Computer Vision, Image Processing, Pattern Recognition,
Chaudhuri Biomedical Signal Processing, Computational Haptics
Prof. Vikram M. Gadre Communication and signal processing, with emphasis on multiresolution
and multi-rate signal processing, especially wavelets and filter banks:
theory and applications
Prof. Shalabh Gupta High-speed CMOS analog/RF/mm-wave integrated circuits and sys-
tems, Optical fiber communication systems, Microwave photonics / ul-
trafast data conversion using photonics , Beam forming antenna systems,
Signal processing for these systems
Prof. Joseph John Analog and Digital Circuits, Optical Fiber Communications, Indoor Op-
tical Wireless Systems, Modern Electronic Systems and Instrumentation
Prof. Abhay Karandi- Control and Performance Modeling of Wireless Networks, Quality of
kar Service and Resource Allocation in Wired/Wireless Networks, Next
Generation Wireless Network Protocols (related to 802.16m, LTE-Ad-
vanced and 4G Standards), Co-operative Relay and Self Organizing Net-
work, Carrier Ethernet and Mobile Backhaul, Rural Wireless Network
Prof. Gaurav S. Kasbe- Modeling, design and analysis of wireless networks, Game theoretic and
kar economic aspects of spectrum allocation, Cognitive radio networks,
Lifetime and coverage problems in wireless sensor networks
Prof. Animesh Kumar Signal processing, communication systems, applied statistics, SRAM re-
liability models
Prof. Girish Kumar Microstrip antennas and arrays, Broadband antennas, Microwave inte-
grated circuits, EMI/ EMC, RF communication circuits
Prof. D. Manjunath Computer and Communication Network Protocols, Systems and Algo-
rithms Performance Modeling, Queueing Theory and Simulation, Sto-
chastic Systems
Prof. Shabbir Mer- Signal Processing, Adaptive Signal Processing
chant
Prof. Harihar Nara- Building large scale circuit simulators, Combinatorial optimization in-
yanan cluding submodular function theory, Large scale system partitioning

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Prof. Prem C. Pandey Speech & Signal Processing, Biomedical Signal Processing & Instru-
mentation, Electronic Instrumentation, Embedded Electronic System
Design
Prof. Sibi Raj B Pillai Fundamental Limits of Communication Systems, Information Theory
and its applications, Compressed Sensing, Stochastic Modeling, Re-
source Allocation Problems, Interference Channels, Relaying and
Broadcasting
Prof. Bikash Kumar Information Theory, Coding Theory, Wireless communication.
Dey
Prof. Preeti Rao Speech and Audio Signal Processing, Music Information Retrieval
Prof. Raghunath K. Fiber Optic Communication Photonics Non-linear fiber optics Antennas
Shevgaonkar Image Processing Radio Astronomy
Prof. Rajbabu Statistical and digital signal processing, Signal processing system de-
Velmurugan sign, Particle filter applications, Target tracking systems
Prof. Saravanan Vi- Signal Processing for Communications, Parallel Simulation Algorithms
jayakumaran
Prof. Nikhil Karam- Information Theory, Networks, Communications, Distributed Computa-
chandani tion, Cyber-Physical Systems.
Prof. Kumar Appaiah Signal processing for communication, fibre optics, wireless communica-
tion.
Prof. Jaykrishnan U. Queueing theory, Communication networks, Heavy tails.
Nair
Prof. Manoj Go- Algorithms in nature,Information processing in networks,Reaction net-
palkrishnan works,Neural networks,Evolution,Game theory,Deep learning,Infor-
mation geometry,Thermodynamics of information,Quantum Infor-
mation
Prof. Amit Sethi Computational pathology,Medical image analysis,Deep learning,Ma-
chine learning,Computer vision,Image processing,Signal processing
Prof. Sharayu Moharir Modeling and the design of scalable resource allocation algorithms for
large networks, including content delivery networks, communication
networks and crowd-sourcing.

EE2: Control and Computing

Faculty Research Interests

Prof. Madhu N. Belur Control theory, dissipative systems, graph theoretic methods, decentral-
ized control, behavioral theory control, Fault diagnosis
Prof. Vivek Shripad Stochastic Control, Learning Control Theory, Random Processes
Borkar
Prof. Debraj Optimal Control, Linear Systems, Optimization, Differential Games,
Chakraborty Game Theory

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Prof. Prasanna Resource Allocation and scheduling in wired/wireless networks, Opti-
Chaporkar mization and control of stochastic systems, Distributed systems and al-
gorithms
Prof. Subhasis Multimedia, Computer Vision, Image Processing, Pattern Recognition,
Chaudhuri Biomedical Signal Processing, Computational Haptics
Prof. Shrikrishna V. Transformers: Design, Analysis and Diagnostics, Electromagnetic and
Kulkarni Coupled Field Computations, Power Engineering: Distributed Genera-
tion, High Voltage Engineering: Insulation Design/Diagnostics
Prof. Debasattam Pal Distributed parameter systems, algebraic analysis, optimal control.
Prof. Virendra R. Sule Cryptology: Block and stream ciphers, efficient arithmetic for public key
cryptography, algebraic cryptanalysis, Dynamical systems and feedback
control theory
Prof. Harish K. Pillai Control theory, Systems theory, Multidimensional systems, Numerical
and computational methods, Coding theory, Optimization techniques,
Electromagnetics

EE3: Power Electronics and Power Systems

Faculty Research Interests

Prof. Vivek Agarwal Power conversion: New converter topologies, High frequency link
power conversion, ZCS-ZVS configurations, Switched Capacitor DC-
DC converters, Power quality issues: Power factor correction tech-
niques, Static VAR compensation, Active filters
Prof. Mukul C. Chan- Power Electronics, Power quality, Static Compensation, Motor Drives
dorkar
Prof. Kishore Chatter- Utility friendly converter topologies, Power Factor Correction tech-
jee niques, STATCOM, Switched Mode Rectifiers, Electronic Ballast
Prof. Baylon G. Fer- Inverter topologies for VAR compensation, Power electronic interface
nandes for non-conventional energy sources, Permanent magnet machines for
wind power generation, Switched reluctance machines for electric vehi-
cle application
Prof. Shrikrishna A. Deregulation in Power Industry: optimal bidding, and congestion man-
Khaparde agement, Object Oriented Power System Analysis, Controlled series
compensation using SSSC, Harmonic Distortion in Distribution systems,
Design and Operation of small tidal power plant, Modeling and Design
of transformer
Prof. Shrikrishna V. Transformers: Design, Analysis and Diagnostics, Electromagnetic and
Kulkarni Coupled Field Computations, Power Engineering: Distributed Genera-
tion, High Voltage Engineering: Insulation Design/Diagnostics
Prof. Anil Kulkarni Power System Dynamics and Control, Application of Power Electronics
to Power Systems, Flexible AC Transmission Systems

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Prof. Prem C. Pandey Speech & Signal Processing, Biomedical Signal Processing & Instru-
mentation, Electronic Instrumentation, Embedded Electronic System
Design
Prof. Anshuman Multilevel converters and Modulation and control of power electronic
Shukla converters, Power electronics applications in power systems (FACTS,
HVDC, custom power devices, etc.), Renewable energies and Energy
storage, Control of electric drives, Hybrid and solid-state circuit breakers
and current limiters
Prof. Shreevardhan A. Power system analysis, computation and economics, Power system pro-
Soman tection
Prof. Anupama Kowli Power System Planning, Operations and Control, Electricity Markets
and Economics of Electric Power Grids, Demand-side Management, De-
mand Response and Flexible Loads, Smart Grids and its Enabling Tech-
nologies and Mechanisms, Policy and Regulation for Electric Power
Grids.
Prof. Himanshu J. Ba- Renewable Energy Sources; Grid Integration of Renewable Energy; Off-
hirat shore Wind Energy; Transients in Power Systems; DC Power Systems;
DC Wind Farms; Multi-terminal DC Networks; Circuit Breakers; Power
Electronics.

EE4: Microelectronics and VLSI

Faculty Research Interests

Prof. Brij Mohan Optoelectronic materials and devices III-IV compound semiconductors
Arora solar cells
Prof. Maryam Shojaei Analog/Mixed-signal VLSI design and test (SoC, LV, LP, LE, Biomed-
Baghini ical/Biosensors, Bio-inspired circuits and systems, I/O, highly-precise
circuits and systems, instrumentation, energy harvesting and many more
applications), Specific technologies and performance-optimized ana-
log/mixed-signal/RF circuits & systems for healthcare applications.
Prof. Subhananda III-V Compound semiconductor materials growth and characterization,
Chakrabarti Optoelectronic Devices of interest includes quantum dot photo detectors
and Solar cells, III-V device integration on germanium.
Prof. Madhav P. Desai VLSI Circuits and Systems, VLSI design and design automation, Graph
theory and combinatorics.
Prof. Siddhartha P. Microelectronics, Micro/Nano Sensor Technology Optimization and
Duttagupta Application, Sensor Integrated Electronic Circuits and Systems- Design,
Development and Deployment.
Prof. Udayan Ganguly Flash Memory materials and device optimization, Nanocrystal, nano-
tubes, nanowires growth and device characterization, Novel materi-
als/process integration in CMOS platform.
Prof. Swaroop Ganguly Physics and technology of nanoscale devices, Spin-based devices and
circuits, Energy-conversion devices.
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Prof. Shalabh Gupta High-speed CMOS analog/RF/mm-wave integrated circuits and sys-
tems, Optical fiber communication systems, Microwave photonics / ul-
trafast data conversion using photonics , Beam forming antenna systems.
Prof. Anil Kottantha- CMOS device physics, design and modeling, Materials for advanced
rayil CMOS devices CMOS device physics, design and modeling, Materials
for advanced CMOS devices, Electrical characterization.
Prof. Apurba Laha Oxide based electronics: Epitaxial rare earth oxides (high-K dielectrics)
on Si, Ge and SiGe substrates for gate dielectric application in next gen-
eration CMOS, oxide hetero-structures.
Prof. Saurabh Lodha CMOS process integration and device physics, Materials and processes
for advanced CMOS devices, Metal-semiconductor interfaces.
Prof. Souvik Maha- Electrical characterization, modeling and simulation of micro/nano elec-
patra tronic devices, NBTI/PBTI and Hot carrier degradation in MOSFETs,
High-k gate dielectrics, Advanced CMOS device reliability.
Prof. Jayanta Mukher- RF VLSI Design, Antenna Design, Biomedical IC Design, Testing and
jee Characterization, Analog VLSI, Digital VLSI, Noise Modeling.
Prof. Bhaskaran Mu- Computational nanolectronics, spintronics , nano scale energy conver-
ralidharan sion
Prof. Pradeep R. Nair Nanoscale devices for energy and healthcare applications., Semiconduc-
tor device physics and reliability., Micro Electro Mechanical systems
(MEMS)
Prof. Mahesh B. Patil Circuit simulation Semiconductor device modeling and simulation Real-
time simulation of power electronic circuits and systems
Prof. Bipin Rajendran Nanoscale science and technology, Biomimetic engineering & compu-
tation, Novel materials & devices for memory/logic applications, Three-
dimensional & heterogeneous integration, Sensing & analytics for urban
challenges
Prof. Valipe Ramgopal Nanoelectronics Technology Aware Design Challenges with Emerging
Rao Technologies (Process-Device-Circuit Interactions with Multigate
MOSFETs, Polymer Transistors, Molecular Electronics, etc.) CMOS
Reliability Bio-MEMS
Prof. Dipankar Saha Microelectronics New Device Physics Semiconductor Spintronics Spin
injection, transport and detection in III-V systems Device Reliability
Prof. Dinesh K. MOS device modeling VLSI design and technology. Microelectronics -
Sharma technology and device characterization mixed signal design
Prof. Ashwin A. Tula- Spintronics, Physics of nano-devices, Spin-current induced magnetiza-
purkar tion switching, RF properties of spintronic devices, Noise, Thermoelec-
tric effects
Prof. K. L. Narasimhan Organic semiconductors: Physics and devices, Disordered semiconduc-
tors, Photovoltaics.

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Prof. Juzer M. Vasi Silicon photovoltaic devices, Nanocrystal based solar cells, Reliability
of solar modules, CMOS insulators, transport in MOS insulators, and
characterization of bulk and interface traps in these insulators, Flash
memory devices, CMOS device degradation and reliability: Study of
hot-carrier effects, radiation effects, high-field stressing and breakdown
in MOS devices, Nanoelectronics.

Prof. Rajesh H. Zele RF, Analog & Mixed-Signal Circuits for Communication Applications.
Prof. Siddharth Tallur RF MEMS, Photonics, Opto-Mechanics, Micro- and Nano-fabrication,
Sensor Systems.
Prof. Kasturi Saha Nano photonics, Quantum optics, Magnetometry, Colour centres in dia-
mond.
Prof. Narendra Sudhir Reliability of solar cells, modules and systems, PV Performance Moni-
Shiradkar toring, Design for reliability, , Techniques for PV Power Plant Inspec-
tion and Monitoring, Power Electronic Device reliability

EE5: Electronic Systems

Faculty Research Interests

Prof. Madhav P. Desai
Prof. Siddhartha P. Dut-
tagupta
Prof. Vikram M. Gadre
Prof. Shalabh Gupta
Prof. Joseph John
Prof. Shabbir Merchant
Prof. Harihar Narayanan
Prof. Prem C. Pandey
VLSI Circuits and Systems, VLSI design and design automation,
Graph theory and combinatorics.
Microelectronics, Micro/Nano Sensor Technology Optimization and
Application, Sensor Integrated Electronic Circuits and Systems- De-
sign
Communication and signal processing, with emphasis on multireso-
lution and multi-rate signal processing, especially wavelets and filter
banks
High-speed CMOS analog/RF/mm-wave integrated circuits and sys-
tems, Optical fiber communication systems, Microwave photonics /
ultrafast data conversion using photonics.
Analog and Digital Circuits, Optical Fiber Communications, Indoor
Optical Wireless Systems, Modern Electronic Systems and Instru-
mentation.
Signal Processing, Adaptive Signal Processing
Building large scale circuit simulators, Combinatorial optimization
including submodular function theory, Large scale system partition-
ing.
Speech & Signal Processing, Biomedical Signal Processing & Instru-
mentation, Electronic Instrumentation, Embedded Electronic System
Design

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Prof. Sachin Patkar
Prof. Preeti Rao
Prof. Dinesh K. Sharma
Prof. Virendra Singh
Prof. Maryam Shojaei
Baghini
Prof. Rajesh H. Zele
Prof. Siddharth Tallur
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Combinatorial optimization Matroid Theory Submodular Functions
Linear/Integer programming Network Flows High Performance
Computing FPGA-based accelerated computing GPU based acceler-
ation High Performance Circuit Simulation Algorithms Design and
Analysis
Speech and Audio Signal Processing, Music Information Retrieval
MOS device modeling VLSI design and technology. Microelectron-
ics - technology and device characterization mixed signal design
Computer Architecture Processor architecture & micro-architecture
VLSI Testing Fault-tolerant computing Robust design and architec-
tures Self-healing system design SoC/NoC design and test Post Sili-
con Debug High level synthesis Formal verification.
Analog/Mixed-signal VLSI design and test (SoC, LV, LP, LE, Bio-
medical/Biosensors, Bio-inspired circuits and systems, I/O, highly-
precise circuits and systems, instrumentation, energy harvesting and
many more applications), Specific technologies and performance-op-
timized Analog/mixed-signal/RF circuits & systems for healthcare
applications.
RF, Analog & Mixed-Signal Circuits for Communication Applica-
tions.
RF MEMS, Photonics, Opto-Mechanics, Micro- and Nano-fabrica-
tion, Sensor Systems.
 Department Activities
Student's Reading Group (SRG):

The SS Students’ Reading Group (SRG) was started in 2015 as an interactive peer review based
platform to share knowledge and research issues from various domains of Electrical Engineering.
The 5 specializations of EE department are divided into 4 clusters and researchers from every
cluster present and discuss their work with their peer in the talks that are conducted throughout
the semester. The sessions are entirely student run, giving the speakers a unique opportunity to
present their ideas freely and receive reviews from the students alone.

New phase of SRG begins every semester. A 5 minute research challenge (5MR) is conducted in
each phase where the participants get 5 minute to put forward their research ideas. A panel of
faculty members decides the best speakers who are then awarded. The 5MR challenge is aimed
at improving the technical communication skills of the student.

Department Academic Assistance Program (DAAP):

Department Academic Assistance Program (DAAP) is a helping hand to the students who are
facing challenges in their academics. A student can face academic related issues due to various
reasons, like unacquaintance with highly competitive environment at IIT, managing the academic
workload and assignment timelines, unclear about field of interest etc. We believe that a little
help from an experienced friend can make a difference. We provide one to one assistance through
regular meetings. Assistants are student who have already excelled in the concerned field/course.
They can complement classroom learning by providing techniques to manage course content ef-
fectively and sharing the resources. Since the inception of this program we have observed an
improvement in the performance of more than 15 students. DAAP is creating a better environment
for knowledge sharing and learning with joy!

IEEE Students Chapter:

The IIT Bombay IEEE Students’ Chapter is a student body that strives to promote excellence in
various fields of electrical engineering. The organization is involved in organizing talks, work-
shops and other activities to help students obtain new skills in their fields of interest.

Bridge Course:

The Bridge Course, starting from 2016 is an initiative by the department to help new students of
the M. Tech. and PhD programs which makes them comfortable with their coursework. The
Bridge course focuses on revising essential prerequisites and developing analytical skill. It is
felt that these two essential skills will help students to work on their courses more effectively.

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AAVRITI (Department Techfest):
It is the annual research and technological festival of Electrical Engineering department of IIT
Bombay. AAVRITI, with the motto of promoting technology, creativity, intelligence and sheer
innovation, and to enthrall the magical impact of electronics that it has on the human civilization
over the years aims to bridge the gap between industry & academia by encouraging exchange of
ideas and providing opportunities for technical interactions.

It includes workshops on most advanced and buzzing technologies, lecture series by experts of
particular fields as well as competitions and hackathons. This gives students a chance to expand
their horizons and learn beyond engineering syllabus.

Other department activities include Teacher’s day, Sports day, Department trip, Convoca-
tion ceremony, Valedictory function and so on.

Department Location
Our department is large in terms of real estate. Our department is spread over various buildings:

1. EE Building:
Behind the SJMSOM building. It Resides PC lab, WEL, PEPS labs, Signal processing and
instrumentation lab.

2. Girish Gaitonde Building:

Referred as GG Building mainly. Situated behind SJMSOM and connected to EE building.
Resides EE office, Class rooms, VLSI design lab, Department Library, Embedded Systems
Lab.

3. Annex Building:
Situated across infinity corridor behind EE building. It resides Fabrication lab facilities.

4. CEN Building:
Connected to annex building. Resides characterization labs. Faculty offices.

5. Department Library:
Situated on fourth floor of GG building.

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 Department Student Representatives
Department placement coordinators
Jay Adhaduk jayadhaduk@gmail.com 8460608002
Yagnesh Badiyani byagnesh94@gmail.com 8238682994
Susmi T S susmi.sanil@gmail.com 9446525270

Company coordinators

Romil Jain romiljain94@gmail.com 9768157048

Abhishek Modani abhishek.modani@gmail.com 9892075010
Hitesh Kurapati hitesh.kurapati460@gmail.com 8985849594
Akansh vijay vjakansh309@gmail.com 7021103743
C P Rahul rahul.cp888@gmail.com 9995004720

EE Student Association
We have mentioned the posts relevant to a fresh Mtech student.
For more information about EESA visit https://www.ee.iitb.ac.in/course/~eesa/pre-
view/site/about/council

Student’s Reading Group Overall-Cordinator

Keyur Mistry keyurkm45@gmail.com 9979792074

Department General Secretary

Saksham Bhatia dgsec@ee.iitb.ac.in 99772986594

Department Cultural Secretary

Shashank Inge i.mandar15@gmail.com 9405485305

Department Sports Secretary

Vipin Shukla (boys) vipinshuklaiitb@gmail.com 8181959006

Rupali Vinayak (girls) rupalivinayak14@gmail.com 7387247854

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 EE ISCP Team
Rushikesh Shinde rushikesh.santosh.shinde@gmail.com 9768431794

Akhil Gakhar akhil.gakhar@gmail.com 8146877785

Anuraag Tummanapally tummanapally.anuraag@gmail.com 8087982290

Hitesh Kurapati hitesh.kurapati460@gmail.com 8985849594

Romil Jain romiljain94@gmail.com 9768157048

Abhishek Modani abhishek.modani@gmail.com 9892075010

Shrikant Charthal shrikantcharthal@gmail.com 7276299550

Gajendra Malviya 14gajendra.malviya@gmail.com 9911266483

Chaitanya Swaroop chaitanyaswrp@gmail.com 9411859891

Keyur Mistry keyurkm45@gmail.com 9979792074

Harshal Gokhale hdgokhale1995@gmail.com 8379866011

P T Cherishma ptc1904@gmail.com 7842390965

Vipin Shukla vipinshuklaiitb@gmail.com 8181959006

Abhinish Anand abhinishanand14@gmail.com 8870539911

Rajul Jain rajulj53@gmail.com 9584367360

Payal Lathi payalllathi@gmail.com 8308830942

Mahera Mulla maheramulla95@gmail.com 8624982821

Irina Merin Baby irina22merin@gmail.com 9400810113

Prathmesh Sawant prathmesh.vsawant@gmail.com 9029221015

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 EE Office Contact Persons
Madhumati Shetty madhus@ee.iitb.ac.in (022)2576-7401
Santosh S. Kharat santoshk@ee.iitb.ac.in (022)2576-7402
Tanvi D. Shelatkar tanvi@ee.iitb.ac.in (022)2576-7402

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