KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS
- Recognized by ACM as a Distinguished Scientist in December 2014.
- Invited to serve as the Program Director in IT Research Academy (ITRA), Media Lab Asia, a division of the Department of Electronics & Information Technology, Government of India, October 2013
- Co-Founder ChiSquare Analytics (chisquareanalytics.com), 2013
- Elected Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) for technical leadership and exceptional contributions in applied research in the areas of wireless and wired communication networks (2007)
- Elected Fellow of the Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (IETE), 2007
- Invited to serve on the Governing Council/Sectional Committees of INAE & IETE
- Awarded the Sheshagiri Kainini Gold Medal, a certificate and cash award for the best Ph.D thesis in the division of Electrical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, for the year 1997
- Published more than 60 papers in reputed international Journals and Conferences
- Granted 12 US Patents in the areas of Wireless, Wired Networking and Security (uspto.gov)
- Over 1900 citations (Google Scholar)
- Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, 2006 - 2011
- Associate Editor, Journal of Wireless Networks (WINET), Springer, since 2006
- Book Editor, “Mobile, Wireless and Sensor Networks: Technology, Applications and Future Directions”, published by John Wiley, USA, March 2006 (amazon.com)
- Guest Editorship, IEEE Journal of Selected Areas in Communications special issues on
- “Recent Advances in Wireless Multimedia”
- “Security in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks”
- “Vehicular Communications”.
- Member of the Project Review and Steering Group (PRSG), Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Government of India, for several projects
- Founder member & Steering Committee Chair of COMSNETS conference and COMSNETS Association (A Not-For-Profit Association registered in Bangalore) in the area of Communications, Networking, Applications and Services
- Chairing the task force in “Technologies for the Health-Care Sector in India”, research study under the aegis of the Indian National Academy of Engineering, 2011.
- Regular speaker at several international and national conferences/workshops in the areas of Technology, Innovation, Higher Education
- Keynote/Invited/Tutorial speaker in several international forums in industries and universities world-wide
- Assistant Professor, Computer Science Dept, National University of Singapore, Singapore: 2003 – 2004 (While on Sabbatical from IBM Research)
- Adjunct Faculty, Computer Science & Engineering Dept, IIT Delhi, 1998 – 2005
- Visiting Faculty, Computer Science & Engineering Dept, IIT Kanpur, 2000 – 2002
- Senior Member, IEEE
- Awarded “Micro MBA” from IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, NY, 2005.
- PIC Chair for “Communications & Networking” area in IBM India Research Labs (Note that PIC stands for “Professional Interest Communities” within IBM Research)
- Coordinator of university relations, IBM India Research Laboratory, New Delhi.
