Electronics and Communication Engineering

Faculty Details

Gautam Kumar Mahanti Professor (Higher Administrative Grade, HAG)
Joined the Institute in 1996
gkmahanti[dot]ece[at]nitdgp[dot]ac[dot]in
Education
  • Ph.D, Dept. of Electronics &Electrical Communication Engg.,
    Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India.
  • M.E, in Electronics System and Communication
    NIT, Rourkela, India.
  • B.E., in Electronics and Communication Engineering
    National Institute of Technology, Durgapur, West Bengal, India.
Work Experiences

[1] Professor(HAG,Higher Administrative Grade) continuing since 5th November 2019

[2] Professor (2010- 2019)

[3] Associate Professor(2006-2010)

[4] Lecturer/Senior Lecturer/Selection grade Lecturer (1990 to 2005)

Research Interest

Array Antenna Synthesis, Printed Antenna, Meta-heuristic Optimization, Signal Processing,Artificial Neural Network and Machine Learning,Microwave, Evolutionary Algorithms,Electromagnetics, Soft Computing

Projects
Title Investigator Co-investigator Sponsered Agency Duration Status

 

[1]Title: "Contoured beam synthesis for array antenna to obtain efficient footprint pattern with gain optimization" 

Funded by ISRO-IIT Kharagpur cell(KCSTC)

Fund sanctioned: Rs.9.53 lakhs by ISRO

Status:Completed

[2]Title :"Synthesis of satellite footprint patterns from planar array antennas by combination of Particle Swarm Optimization and Fast Fourier transform".

Funded by ISRO-IIT Kharagpur cell(KCSTC)

Fund sanctioned: 16.80 lakhs by ISRO

Status:Completed

[3] Title: Development of Microwave and Antenna laboratory(DST-FIST) (DST-FIST coordinator)

Status: Completed

[4] SMDP-II(Coordinator) Dept. of Information Technology, Govt. of India

Status:Completed

 

 

 

 

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Teachings

UG:

Soft Computing

Network Analysis and Synthesis

Engineering Electromagnetics

Analog Circuits

Basic Electronics

Analog and Digital Communication

Machine Learning

PG:

Advanced Antenna Synthesis

Artificial Intelligence and Soft Computing

UG / PG Students

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Doctoral Students

Dr. Somnath Patra

Dr. Somnath Patra

Ph.D student (Ph.D Completed in 2022)
Some Studies on Synthesizing Power Patterns in Time-Modulated Antenna Arrays using Evolutionary Algorithms
Dr. Somnath Patra

Dr. Somnath Patra

Ph.D student (Ph.D Completed in 2022)

Some Studies on Synthesizing Power Patterns in Time-Modulated Antenna Arrays using Evolutionary Algorithms

Dr. Bitan Misra

Dr. Bitan Misra

Assistant Professor, Techno International New Town
Optimal Synthesis of Elliptical and Hexagonal Antenna Array using Meta-heuristic Optimization Algorithms
Dr. Bitan Misra

Dr. Bitan Misra

Assistant Professor, Techno International New Town

Optimal Synthesis of Elliptical and Hexagonal Antenna Array using Meta-heuristic Optimization Algorithms

Dr. D. Jamunaa

Dr. D. Jamunaa

Ph.D degree awarded

Design of Phase Only Reconfigurable Array Antennas using Evolutionary Algorithms
Dr. D. Jamunaa

Dr. D. Jamunaa

Ph.D degree awarded


Design of Phase Only Reconfigurable Array Antennas using Evolutionary Algorithms
Dr. Jyotirmay Tewary

Dr. Jyotirmay Tewary

PRINCIPAL, BENGAL INSTITUTE OF POLYTECHNIC,BAKRESWAR THERMAL POWER STATION, SAGAR, BIRBHUM, W.B

Design of Multilayer Microwave Absorbers using Evolutionary Algorithms
Dr. Jyotirmay Tewary

Dr. Jyotirmay Tewary

PRINCIPAL, BENGAL INSTITUTE OF POLYTECHNIC,BAKRESWAR THERMAL POWER STATION, SAGAR, BIRBHUM, W.B


Design of Multilayer Microwave Absorbers using Evolutionary Algorithms
Dr. Hemant Patidar

Dr. Hemant Patidar

Assistant Professor,Dept. of Electrical and Electronics Engineering,Oriental University,Indore

Synthesis of Mutually Coupled Dipole Antenna Array using Evolutionary Algorithms.
Dr. Hemant Patidar

Dr. Hemant Patidar

Assistant Professor,Dept. of Electrical and Electronics Engineering,Oriental University,Indore


Synthesis of Mutually Coupled Dipole Antenna Array using Evolutionary Algorithms.
Dr. Jayavrinda V. Vadakkeprambil

Dr. Jayavrinda V. Vadakkeprambil

Associate Professor Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology, Bangalore

Image Compression in the Wavelet Domain – An Extension Study
Dr. Jayavrinda V. Vadakkeprambil

Dr. Jayavrinda V. Vadakkeprambil

Associate Professor Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology, Bangalore


Image Compression in the Wavelet Domain – An Extension Study
Dr. Narendra Nath Pathak

Dr. Narendra Nath Pathak

Professor,Dept. of ECE,Dr.B.C.Roy Engineering College,Durgapur

Synthesis of Thinned Array Antenna using Soft Computing Techniques
Dr. Narendra Nath Pathak

Dr. Narendra Nath Pathak

Professor,Dept. of ECE,Dr.B.C.Roy Engineering College,Durgapur


Synthesis of Thinned Array Antenna using Soft Computing Techniques
Dr. R. Muralidharan

Dr. R. Muralidharan

Assistant Professor,Dept.of ECE, NUST,Muscat,Oman

Some Studies on Antenna Array Failure Correction Using Evolutionary Algorithms
Dr. R. Muralidharan

Dr. R. Muralidharan

Assistant Professor,Dept.of ECE, NUST,Muscat,Oman


Some Studies on Antenna Array Failure Correction Using Evolutionary Algorithms
Kailash Pati Dutta

Kailash Pati Dutta

Ph.D student (Sole Supervisor) (Ph.D Completed in 2022)

Kailash Pati Dutta

Kailash Pati Dutta

Ph.D student (Sole Supervisor) (Ph.D Completed in 2022)


Dr. Sujit Kumar Mandal

Dr. Sujit Kumar Mandal

Ph.D degree awarded in 2014(Completed)
Now working as an Assistant Professor in the dept. of ECE,National Institute of Technology(NIT),Durgapur
Some Studies on Synthesis of Time-Modulated Array Antenna using Evolutionary Algorithms.
Dr. Sujit Kumar Mandal

Dr. Sujit Kumar Mandal

Ph.D degree awarded in 2014(Completed)

Now working as an Assistant Professor in the dept. of ECE,National Institute of Technology(NIT),Durgapur

Some Studies on Synthesis of Time-Modulated Array Antenna using Evolutionary Algorithms.
Anirban Chatterjee

Anirban Chatterjee

Ph.D degree awarded in 2013(Sole Supervisor). (Completed)
Now working as an Associate Professor in the dept. of ECE,National Institute of Technology(NIT),Goa
Anirban Chatterjee

Anirban Chatterjee

Ph.D degree awarded in 2013(Sole Supervisor). (Completed)

Now working as an Associate Professor in the dept. of ECE,National Institute of Technology(NIT),Goa

Banani Basu

Banani Basu

Ph.D degree awarded in 2012(Sole Supervisor). (Completed)
Now working as an Assistant Professor in the Dept. of ECE,National Institute of Technology(NIT),Silchar
Banani Basu

Banani Basu

Ph.D degree awarded in 2012(Sole Supervisor). (Completed)

Now working as an Assistant Professor in the Dept. of ECE,National Institute of Technology(NIT),Silchar

Souvik Singha

Souvik Singha

Ph.D degree awarded in 2015(Sole Supervisor) (Completed)

Souvik Singha

Souvik Singha

Ph.D degree awarded in 2015(Sole Supervisor) (Completed)


Rohit Sharma

Rohit Sharma

Ph.D student ongoing

Rohit Sharma

Rohit Sharma

Ph.D student ongoing


Projects

Sl.No. Title Name of the PI Name of the CoPIs Funding Agency Amount (Rs.) Project Type Project Status Date of Initiation Date of Completion
1 Contoured beam synthesis for array antenna to obtain efficient footprint pattern with gain optimization Gautam Kumar Mahanti ISRO-IIT Kharagpur cell(KCSTC) 953,000 Sponsored Completed
2 Synthesis of satellite footprint patterns from planar array antennas by combination of Particle Swarm Optimization and Fast Fourier transform Gautam Kumar Mahanti ISRO-IIT Kharagpur cell(KCSTC) 1,680,000 Sponsored Completed
3 Development of Microwave and Antenna laboratory Gautam Kumar Mahanti DST-FIST Sponsored Completed
4 SMDP-II(Coordinator) Gautam Kumar Mahanti Dept. of Information Technology, Govt. of India Sponsored Completed

Projects

Sl.No. Title Name of the PI Name of the CoPIs Funding Agency Amount (Rs.) Project Type Project Status Date of Initiation Date of Completion
1 Contoured beam synthesis for array antenna to obtain efficient footprint pattern with gain optimization Gautam Kumar Mahanti ISRO-IIT Kharagpur cell(KCSTC) 953,000 Sponsored Completed
2 Synthesis of satellite footprint patterns from planar array antennas by combination of Particle Swarm Optimization and Fast Fourier transform Gautam Kumar Mahanti ISRO-IIT Kharagpur cell(KCSTC) 1,680,000 Sponsored Completed
3 Development of Microwave and Antenna laboratory Gautam Kumar Mahanti DST-FIST Sponsored Completed
4 SMDP-II(Coordinator) Gautam Kumar Mahanti Dept. of Information Technology, Govt. of India Sponsored Completed

Projects

Sl.No. Title Name of the PI Name of the CoPIs Funding Agency Amount (Rs.) Project Type Project Status Date of Initiation Date of Completion
Indexing

17

Google Scholar h-index

28

Google Scholar i10-index

14

Scopus h-index
Awards and Recognitions

iNational Scholarship holder

iiODA  fellowship for pursuing PG course in UK.

iii) Start up Mentor,Government of Jharkhand

iv) Member ,Board of Studies of ECE dept,Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology (VSSUT) ,Burla,Odisha

v) Senior Member IEEE,USA

viBest paper award in the proc. of Indian conference on Microwave, Antenna, Propagation and Remote sensing (InCMARS-2005), December 2005,Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India.

vii) Ph.D thesis examiner of NIT,Patna,NIT,Kurukshetra,BIT,Mesra,Andhra University,JNTU,Kakinada,KIIT University,VSSUT,Burla etc.

viiiProgramme committee member in Conference on Advances in Space Science and Technology, Kalpana Chawla Space Technology Cell, IIT, Kharagpur, January 14-16,2008.

ix) Co-chairman in National conference on Device, Intelligent systems and Communication and Networking (AEC-DISC2008), Asansol Engineering College, Asansol, 1st and 2nd August 2008.

x) Associate Editor and outstanding Reviewer of International Journal of Computer and Electrical Engineering (IJCEE), Singapore

xi) Editorial team member of Journal of Electrical and Electronics Engineering Research (JEEER), Academic Journals, Nairobi.

xii) Editorial board member of Journal of Communication Engineering and Systems, STM Journals

xiii) Editorial board member of International Journal of Electronics Communication and Computer Engineering

 xiv) Editorial board member of International Journal of Electronics and Communication Technology.

xv) Associate Editor of International Journal of Advanced Electronics and Communication Systems.

xvi) Technical program committee member IEEE International Conference On Recent Advances and Innovations in Engineering
(ICRAIE-2014) Poornima College of Engg., Jaipur, India  07-09, March-2014

xvii) M.Tech Thesis examiner of NIT Patna,NIT Rourkela,NIT Kurukshetra,IIT Dhanbad,KIIT University Bhubaneswar

xviii) Reviewer of DST-SERB Project

xix) Fellow of Institute of Engineers(India)

Administrative Responsibilities

[1] Continuing as Dean(Faculty Welfare) with effect from 23.02.2024

[2] Continuing as Chairman,Central Procurement Committee(CPC) with effect from 02.11.2023

[3] Continuing as Chairman, Reservation Roaster for non-teaching employees with effect from 05.12.2023

[4] Continuing as a member of BOG and Finance committee with effect from 09.02.2024

[5] Served as a Chief Vigilance Officer(CVO) of the institute from 25th February 2022 to 10th september 2023

[6] Served as a Staff Grievance Officer(SGO) of NIT,Durgapur from 24 th August 2020 to 27 th February 2022

[7] Served as Head of the Department of ECE(2010-2012 and 2007-2008)

[8] Served as Teacher-in-Charge of Examination(1998-2001)

[9] Served as Professor-in-Charge of Computer Center(2015-2016)

[10] Served as  Chairman of Doctoral Screening Committee of ECE dept.(2010-12)

[11] Served as PG Co-ordinator(Telecomm.) of ECE dept.

[12] Acted as a member of DSC in ECE and other departments

[13] Acted as a member of Standing Committee to confer honorary Ph.D degree  

[14] Acted as a Co-ordinator,DST-FIST project of ECE dept.

[15] Acted as a Co-ordinator,SMDP project of ECE dept.

[16] Acted as an Observer of JEE Main exam. ,UGC NET appointed by NTA,Govt. of India.

[17] Acted as member of selection committees at various reputed research/technical institutes

[18] Acted as an  expert member of NBA

[19] Served as a Working Chairman of 18 th Convocation(2022) of NIT,Durgapur

 

 

Contact

Mobile : +91-9434788107
Email : gautamkmahanti@gmail.com; gkmahanti.ece@nitdgp.ac.in


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