Ms. Amina Khan has been awarded the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in the School of Electronics and Communication Engineering at Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University (SMVDU), Katra, Jammu and Kashmir. Her research work focused on "Optimized Self-Configurable UAV-Assisted Network for Disaster Recovery and Management" and was carried out under the guidance of Dr. Sumeet Gupta, Associate Professor, and co-supervision of Dr. Sachin Kumar Gupta, Assistant Professor, School of Electronics and Communication Engineering.During her PhD program, Ms. Khan published four SCI/SCIE peer-reviewed international journal articles, one SCOPUS journal article, and one book chapter with a reputable publishing house. She also presented several papers at international and national conferences. Ms. Khan expressed her gratitude to The Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme (TEQIP-III) scheme for providing the fellowship during her PhD program. She also acknowledged the School of Electronics and Communication Engineering for providing her with all the necessary facilities and support for conducting her research work.Prof. (Dr.) Ravindra Kumar Sinha, Vice-Chancellor, SMVDU, Dr. Ajay Kaul, Dean, Faculty of Engineering, Dr. Manish Sabraj, Head, School of Electronics and Communication Engineering, and other committee members congratulated Ms. Khan on her achievement and wished her a bright future ahead.

Ms. Shagun Gupta declared qualified for the award of the Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Electronics and Communication Engineering by Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University (SMVDU), Katra.. She worked on the topic “On-Chip Tuberculosis Diagnostics,” under the supervision of Dr. Vipan Kakkar, Associate Professor, School of Electronics and Communication Engineering, SMVDU, Katra.

During her Ph.D., she has published 04 SCI/SCIE indexed in the peer-reviewed International Journals of repute and published 02 book chapters with a reputed publishing house.She has also presented many research papers in international and national conferences and is a recipient of FEMS Early Carrier Scientific Meeting Award at the 5th International Conference Microbial Diversity held at Catania, Italy. She has acknowledged UGC NET-JRF scheme for the fellowship provided to her during her Ph.D..

Ms. Haneet Kour has been declared qualified for the award of Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Electronics & Communication Engineering by Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University (SMVDU).The researcher worked on the title, “Green and Safe 5 G and Beyond 5G Wireless Networks" with Dr. Rakesh Kumar Jha, Faculty, School of Electronics and Communication Engineering.The candidate has published research papers indexed in IEEE Transactions, IEEE journals and has presented papers at international conferences at COMSNETS, IISc., Bangalore. She has also presented her work in Asia pacific Advanced Network (APAN-50, Hong Kong) world forum. Prof. (Dr.) R. K. Sinha, Vice-Chancellor, SMVDU, and other committee members congratulated the scholar and wished her a bright future ahead.

Dr Amit Kant Pandit, Faculty, SoECE, SMVDU chaired an online session in 6th International Conference on Green Computing and Engineering Technologies (ICGCET®) today.

The international conference is scheduled from 16th-18th September 2020 at Herzen State Pedagogical University, St Petersburg, Russia. The traditional face-to-face meeting was replaced by the online meeting due to a pandemic situation.The first online session was conducted through CISCO Webex app.

Dr. Pandit along with co-chair Dr. Bishwajeet Pandey, Birla Institute of Applied Sciences, Bhimtal Uttarakhand, and associated with Gyancity Research consultancy conducted the first session and an introductory talk.

The attendees across the world presented their work through an online meeting and recorded video presentations. The presentation and other videos are uploaded for public viewing on youtube channel for wider academic sharing.

The convener of the conference Prof. Jason Levy, University of Hawaii, USA. Prof. Geetam S Tomar, Director Birla Institute of Applied Sciences, Bhimtal, India, congratulated on the successful organizing the session.

Dr. Amit Kant Pandit thanked coordinators for arranging such academic meetings in difficult times.

Shubham Mahajan, Researcher, School of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University (SMVDU), has been declared qualified for the award of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Electronics and Communication Engineering. The candidate has worked on the topic, titled “Reduced Complexity Feature Selection Method for Multi-Level Thresholding in Image Segmentation” under the supervision of Dr. Amit Kant Pandit, Associate Professor, School of Electronics and Communication Engineering, SMVDU. He has published research works in SCI and Scopus indexed journals and presented papers at various international and national conferences. He received the IEEE Region-10 Travel Grant Award-2019, 2nd Runner up Prize in IEEE RAS HACKATHON-2019 (Bangladesh) and IEEE Student Early Researcher Conference Fund (SERCF-2020), Emerging Scientist Award-2021, IEEE Signal Processing Society Professional Development Grant-2021. Prof. R.K Sinha, VC, SMVDU, Dr. Ajay Kaul, Dean Faculty of Engineering, Dr. Manish Sabraj, Head of Department, SoECE, and other members of the committee congratulated the candidate and wished him a bright future ahead.

Ms. Garima Chopra successfully defended her doctoral research, titled "Development of Algorithm to Overcome Security Threats in 5G Wireless Communication for Ultra-Dense Network" while working on “Security issues of Ultra-dense network for high-speed users”, in a Ph.D. External Viva, conducted on 21st May 2020, following the latest guidelines set by the UGC.

She has published 08 Sci-indexed journals including IEEE transactions. The candidate was working under the supervision of Prof. Sanjeev Jain &Dr. Rakesh Kumar Jha Senior Faculty, School of Electronics and Communication Engineering (SoECE), Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University (SMVDU), Katra.

Hon'ble Vice-Chancellor, SMVDU, Prof. RK Sinha, chaired the Committee and congratulated the scholar, and the supervisor(s). The researcher told that this research would help to achieve the objective of global security by properly protecting the information and this work can be potentially used for military and surveillance purposes. The other members of Committee were: Dean, Faculty of Engineering, Prof. E. Muthuswamy; Head, SoECE, Dr. K R Jha; Head, Mathematics Dr. Uday P. Singh; Heads of various other Schools of the University, and other faculty members and research Scholars.

The external examiner attended the Viva through Online Mode. The success of this Viva is also due to the fact that SMVDU is equipped with the latest IT related and lab infrastructure with state-of-art internet (wi-fi) connectivity spread across its massive campus in the lap of Trikuta hills.

Ms. Misbah Shafi has been declared qualified for the award of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Electronics and Communication Engineering by Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University SMVDU), Katra, J&K. The researcher has worked on the topic titled “Security Issues in 5G Wireless Communication Network”, under the supervision of Dr. Rakesh Kumar Jha and Dr. Manish Sabraj, Faculty, School of Electronics and Communication Engineering, SMVDU.The candidate has published research papers indexed in SCI/SCIE ranked journals and has presented papers at international conferences. The candidate has expressed her gratitude to the 5G and IoT Lab, School of Electronics and Communication Engineering, and SMVD University for providing all the facilities and necessary support for carrying out her research.Prof. (Dr.) R. K. Sinha, Vice-Chancellor, SMVDU, and other committee members congratulated the scholar and wished her a bright future ahead.

SMVDU Katra, December 2019. Mr. Shubham Mahajan, PhD Research Scholar, School of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University (SMVDU), attended the IEEE RAS HACKATHON in Dhaka- Bangladesh The event was funded by the IEEE Student travel grant where the student and his team Insurgent, comprising two students of Chittagong University of Engineering & Technology, Bangladesh, proposed the model of Next Generation Drones & Radio based Disaster Management on topic “Real Life Implementation of Robotics and Automation in Disaster Management”, which was awarded as 2nd Runner up. Previously, the candidate successfully attended the IEEE Signal Processing Winter School on MSP, IEEE RAS HACKATHON, and International Conference on Signal Processing, Information, Communication and Systems (SPICSCON 2019) from 28th November– 1st December 2019 at Dhaka- Bangladesh.

Dr. Amit Kant Pandit, the supervisor & Coordinator, SMVDU IEEE Student Chapter, congratulated the candidate. Dr. Kumud Ranjan Jha, HOD SoECE, and Registrar, SMVDU Prof. V K Bhatt wished that more students will bring laurels to the university. The Vice Chancellor, SMVDU, congratulated the candidate and the School for this success.

Dr Sachin Kumar Gupta, Faculty, School of Electronics & Communication Engineering, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University (SMDU), Katra has delivered an invited talk on “Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Assisted Network and its Security Issues & Challenges” in a Faculty Development Program on “Intelligent Computing and Communications” organized by Banasthali Vidyapith, Rajasthan, supported by the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India under the scheme Consolidation of University Research for Innovation and Excellence in Women (CURIE) during March 21-26, 2022. The talk was on UAV: Fundamental, Communication Models, Applications, and Future Perspective along with Security Threats and Its Counter measurements on UAV assisted ground network. The participants in the program were faculty members from different organizations in India.

SMVDU Katra, December 2019. Mr. Shubham Mahajan, Ph.D. Scholar, School of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University (SMVDU), has been awarded with the prestigious IEEE Region 10 Travel Grant during the IEEE Signal Processing Winter School and International Conference on Signal Processing, Information, Communication and Systems (SPICSCON 2019) on 28th November 2019 at Dhaka- Bangladesh. The IEEE region 10 includes Asia and Pacific region, and the grant covered all cost to attend the industrial track and present the research work, where he would interact with different industry experts. He also proposed the model Next Generation Drones & Radio Based Disaster Management on topic “Real Life Implementation of Robotics and Automation in Disaster Management” in IEEE RAS HACKATHON which is to be awarded. The candidate thanked his supervisor, Dr. Amit Kant Pandit, and the Vice Chancellor, SMVDU, and their support and encouragements.

Mr. Vikram Kumar S/o Sh. Sodagar Shah has been declared qualified for the award of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Electrical Engineering by Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University (SMVDU). He has worked on the topic, titled "Modelling and Optimization of Bidirectional DC-DC Converter for High-Frequency Isolation of Power Conversion Systems" under the supervision of Dr Vipan Kakkar, Faculty, School of Electronics and Communication Engineering, SMVDU, Katra.

Ms. Soha Maqbool Bhat, M.Tech Research Scholar, working under the supervision of Dr Vipan Kakkar, Associate Professor, School of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University attended the 4th International Conference on "Recent Innovations in Computing (ICRIC)" organized by Central University, Jammu, in collaboration with Knowledge University, Erbil, Eotvos Lorand University and WSG University, Bydgoszcz, Poland from 8-9 June 2021 via virtual mode.

The theme of the Conference was: various innovation paradigms in system knowledge, intelligence and computing that may be applied to provide a realistic solution to varied problems in society, environment and industries.During the Conference, Ms Soha Maqbool Bhat presented a research paper, entitled “Quantum-dot Cellular Automata-based Design of 4x4 TKG Gate and Multiplier with Energy Dissipation Analysis”. The paper will be published in Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering (LNEE, Springer) with Scopus, DBLP, and other popular databases.

SMVDU Katra, May 2019. School of Electronics & Communication Engineering, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University (SMVDU), Katra, organised an industrial visit to Semi-Conductor Laboratory, Chandigarh, Department of Space, Government of India for its M. Tech. Students to focus on design, development, fabrication, assembly & packaging, testing and quality assurance of CMOS and MEMS devices for satellite and other various applications. This industrial visit was coordinated by Dr. Sachin Kumar Gupta, Faculty, SoECE & Ms. Shaivya Manhas, Faculty, SoEM, along with Mr. B. K. Bhatia, T&P Officer, SMVDU. The visit started with the brief profile of SCL by Mr. Sanjay Bhatnagar, Engineer' SF'-PPMD at Semi-Conductor Laboratory. He presented a short video clip pertaining to major contributions, achievements, and campus life of SCL. Later, he discussed the design process for fabrication of ICs, Mixed Signal and Analog ASIC Design, and Wide spectrum industry standard EDA tools. The students were taken to various labs which includes 8" Wafer Fabrication Facility (Clean Rooms of Class 1, 10, 100 and 1000 with controlled environmental conditions), Assembly & Packaging (Fine Pitch Bonding capability for pad size of 57µmx57µm and 65µm pitch, Low Temperature Process for packaging large dies, Multi-Chip Packaging Process for ASICs and sensor devices, MIC Packaging), Reliability & Quality Assurance (Facility for Environmental Test, Facility for Failure Analysis), etc. The industrial tour was very informative, enriching, and imparted a great learning experience to the students.

Read a paper titled, "Nearly omni-directional compressed multiband flexible and conformal dipole antenna" by Digvijay Singh, Kumud Ranjan Jha, and Satish K. Sharma in an SCI journal, titled "International Journal of RF and Microwave Computer-Aided Engineering".

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/mmce.22732

Paper link: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author/FZCRUIVCCNEIN6XSWINY?target=10.1002/mmce.22732