Electronics and Communication Engineering

Faculty Details

Nilanjan Chattaraj Assistant Professor
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Joined the Institute in 2018
nchattaraj[dot]ece[at]nitdgp[dot]ac[dot]in
Education

 

“Those who know, do. Those that understand, teach.” ― Aristotle

 

 

Ph.D.       Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore,            2015

                (Advisor: Prof. Ranjan Ganguli, Prof. G. K Ananthasuresh)

M.S.         Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur,     2010

B.E.         National Institute of Technology Durgapur,    2005

 

Nilanjan Chattaraj is Assistant Professor in the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering of National Institute of Technology Durgapur. He is also an Associated Faculty Member of Center for Biomedical Engineering and Assistive Technology of National Institute of Technology Durgapur, and  Adjunct Faculty member of SP Jain School of Global Management. Prior to this, he worked as Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering of Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, and a Post-Doc Fellow in the Department of Aerospace Engineering of Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. He has also worked as Software Engineer Consultant in Motorola through Satyam Computer Services Ltd. He received B.E. in Electronics and Communication Engineering from National Institute of Technology Durgapur, M.S. from the Department of Electronics and Electrical Communication Engineering of Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur and Ph.D. from the Department of Aerospace Engineering of Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. His research interest includes Smart-materials based Sensors and Actuators, Structronics, Mechatronics, Soft-Robotics, Cyber Physical Systems following experimental approaches.   Dr. Chattaraj is also serving as the Editor-in-chief of "Sukshma", the Newsletter of Institute of Smart Structures and Systems (ISSS).

 

 

Work Experiences
 

2022 - Present      Assistant Professor, Grade-I,             National Institute of Technology, Durgapur

2018 - 2022          Assistant Professor, Grade-II,             National Institute of Technology, Durgapur

2016 - 2018          Assistant Professor,                            Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani

2015 - 2016          Postdoctoral Research Associate,      Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 

2005 - 2007          Software Engineer,                              Satyam Computer Services Ltd.

Research Interest
  • Smart materials based devices and Structronic Systems
  • Electromechanical Devices and systems
  • Embedded AI and Mechatronic Robotics
  • System Design and Product Development
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Projects

 

 

Title

Investigator

Co-investigator

Sponsered Agency

Duration

Status

1. Assistive Technology on multimodal disabilities

PI

 

TCS

2 Years

Ongoin

2. Design of a Smart Material based Soft Lower Limb Exoskeleton to Assist Soldier

 

Co-PI

DRDO

3 years

Ongoing

3. IoT based energy management system of a Microgrid with Vehicle to Grid (V2G) feature

 

Co-PI

DST

3 Years

Ongoing

 

 

Teachings
1. Structronics (ECO-840)
 
2. Mechatronics (ECO540)
 
3. Biomedical Instrumentation (ECE 724, ECO-740)
 
4. Measurements & Instrumentation (ECE-621)
 
5. Electronic System Design (ECS-752)
 
6. Embedded System (Cyber Physical Systems Approach) (EC-9045)
 
7. IoT
 
 

UG / PG Students

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Doctoral Students

Neha Kumari

Neha Kumari

Ph.D. Scholar
Piezoelectric Transducer
Neha Kumari

Neha Kumari

Ph.D. Scholar

Piezoelectric Transducer

Suman Biswas

Suman Biswas

PhD (2020-Ongoing)
Analog circuit testing and Machine Learning
Suman Biswas

Suman Biswas

PhD (2020-Ongoing)

Analog circuit testing and Machine Learning

Al mamun Sheikh

Al mamun Sheikh

PhD (2022-Ongoing)
Audio Signal and Machine Learning
Al mamun Sheikh

Al mamun Sheikh

PhD (2022-Ongoing)

Audio Signal and Machine Learning

Debabrata Bej

Debabrata Bej

PhD (2019-Ongoing)
Air Pollution from Vehicle-Tailpipe Emissions and Diagnostic Approaches through Cyber-Physical Platform
Debabrata Bej

Debabrata Bej

PhD (2019-Ongoing)

Air Pollution from Vehicle-Tailpipe Emissions and Diagnostic Approaches through Cyber-Physical Platform

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 Capacity building for human resource development in Unmanned Aircraft System (Drone and related Technology) (Multi Institute Project) Nilanjan Chattaraj Dr. Jayati Dey, Dr. Aritro Dey, Dr. Deepak Kumar MeitY Sponsored Ongoing 2022-09-26
2 Assistive Technology on multimodal disabilities Nilanjan Chattaraj Dr. Sujoy Kumar Saha, Dr. Moushumi Saha TCS 2,986,500 Sponsored Ongoing
3 Design of a Smart Material based Soft Lower Limb Exoskeleton to Assist Soldier Prof. S. S. Roy Nilanjan Chattaraj DRDO Sponsored Completed
4 IoT based energy management system of a Microgrid with Vehicle to Grid (V2G) feature Prof. Hitesh Mathur Nilanjan Chattaraj DST Sponsored Completed
5 AI, ML, Edge computing Optimized AudioAI for Android Prof. Subrata Nandi Dr. Nilanjan Chattaraj, Dr. Sujoy Kumar Saha SAMSUNG Sponsored Completed
6 Performance evaluation of open source LID, speaker diarization and speech enhancement algorithms Nilanjan Chattaraj Sujoy Dey, Suman Samui DRDO, Bangalore 2,998,380 Sponsored 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 Capacity building for human resource development in Unmanned Aircraft System (Drone and related Technology) (Multi Institute Project) Nilanjan Chattaraj Dr. Jayati Dey, Dr. Aritro Dey, Dr. Deepak Kumar MeitY Sponsored Ongoing 2022-09-26
2 Assistive Technology on multimodal disabilities Nilanjan Chattaraj Dr. Sujoy Kumar Saha, Dr. Moushumi Saha TCS 2,986,500 Sponsored Ongoing
3 Design of a Smart Material based Soft Lower Limb Exoskeleton to Assist Soldier Prof. S. S. Roy Nilanjan Chattaraj DRDO Sponsored Completed
4 IoT based energy management system of a Microgrid with Vehicle to Grid (V2G) feature Prof. Hitesh Mathur Nilanjan Chattaraj DST Sponsored Completed
5 AI, ML, Edge computing Optimized AudioAI for Android Prof. Subrata Nandi Dr. Nilanjan Chattaraj, Dr. Sujoy Kumar Saha SAMSUNG Sponsored Completed
6 Performance evaluation of open source LID, speaker diarization and speech enhancement algorithms Nilanjan Chattaraj Sujoy Dey, Suman Samui DRDO, Bangalore 2,998,380 Sponsored 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
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Awards and Recognitions
  • Received "Outstanding Reviewer" award for the IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement (TIM), IEEE Society, for the year 2023.
  • "Best Paper Award" in the IEEE and ACM collaborative International conference (ic-ETITE'24) on Emerging Trends in Information Technology and Engineering (ic-ETITE'24). February 22-23, 2024, for the Design of a portable, customizable device with GPS integration to track location-specific real-time outdoor PM2.5 pollution.
  • Received "Outstanding Reviewer" award for the IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement (TIM), IEEE Society, for the year 2022.
  • Received "Outstanding Reviewer" award for the IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement (TIM), IEEE Society, for the year 2021.
  • Received recognition as "Innovation Ambassador" by  the Ministry of Education's Innovation Cell,  Government of India, 2021
     
  • Achieved recognition for developing a Low-cost Semi-automatic AMBU Bag Pressurization System through the publication in "Science & Technology -efforts in India on COVID-19", by Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India, on 10th April, 2020 (Source) https://www.indiascienceandtechnology.gov.in/research/pranesh-automatically-pressurized-ambu-bag?field_area_id=2440
  • Won Best New Entrant Graduate Team award in 32nd International Student Design Competition on Distributed Logistics in an Urban setting Using Small Unmanned Aerial vehicles organized by American Helicopter Society, USA, 2015.
  • Certificate of merit under National Scholarship Scheme by West Bengal Board of Secondary Education in recognition of the high position secured in Secondary Examination, 1999
Administrative Responsibilities

2023-Present:

  • Member of the Governing Council of Institute of Smart Structures and Systems (ISSS),  Website: https://isssonline.in/

2022-Present:

  • Faculty in Charge of ECE Research and Development Lab, National Institute of Technology, Durgapur
  • Faculty in charge of Web development of ECE departmental website.
  • Editor-in-chief of Sukshma, The ISSS Newsletter. Institute of Smart Structures and Systems (ISSS),  Website: https://isssonline.in/

2021 - Present: 

  • Member of Centre for Digital Learning (CDL), National Institute of Technology, Durgapur2021 - Present:
  • Faculty advisor of Electronics and Communication Engineering Students' Society (ECESS), Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Durgapur

2020 - Present: 

  • Executive Committee member of Innovation and Incubation Cell, National Institute of Technology, Durgapur

​​​​​2019 - Present : 

  • Member of Networking and Computing Division, Computer Centre, National Institute of Technology, Durgapur
  • Departmental Representative of Institute's Annual Performance Report Committee, National Institute of Technology, Durgapur

2019 - 2022 : 

  • Faculty in Charge of Embedded System Laboratory, National Institute of Technology, Durgapur

 2017 - 2018  :  

  •   Faculty in Charge of Instrumentation Laboratory, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani
  •   Member of Departmental Research Committee, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani

 

Contact

Room - FF22

ECE Department

Email : nchattaraj.ece [at] nitdgp.ac.in

Miscellaneous

               

Conference/Workshops/Short term courses/Seminars Organized

  • Organizing Committee Member of the Student Contest event in International Conference on Micro, Nano And Smart Systems IC-MNSS 2024, 9th to 12th July 2024, IISc, Bengaluru < https://icmnss.in/ >
  • Organizing Coordinator of 3nd Bootcamp on Unmanned Aerial Systems & Related Technology, organized by National Institute of Technology Durgapur, from 10-01-2024 to 14-01-2024. Supported by MeitY.
  • Organizing Coordinator of 2nd Bootcamp on Unmanned Aerial Systems & Related Technology, organized by National Institute of Technology Durgapur, from 24-07-2023 to 28-07-2023. Supported by MeitY.
  • Organizing Coordinator of 1st Bootcamp on Unmanned Aerial Systems & Related Technology, organized by National Institute of Technology Durgapur, from 08-05-2023 to 12-05-2023. Supported by MeitY.
  • Organizing Committee Member of 2nd International Workshop on Societal Computing for the Internet of Things & You (SoCIeTY 2023), Co-located with ICDCN 2023, 7th January 2023
  • Organizing Coordinator of DST Sponsored Synergistic Training Program Utilizing the Scientific & Technological Infrastructure (STUTI), Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, National Institute of Technology Durgapur, 19th-25th September, 2022
  • Organizing Committee Member of 3rd Energy System Modeling and Optimization Conference (ESMOC 2021), December 5-7, 2022, NIT Durgapur, India
  • Organizing Coordinator of "Research Scholar Day-22", Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, National Institute of Technology Durgapur, 23rd September, 2022 
  • Organizing Coordinator of "Research Scholar Day-21", Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, National Institute of Technology Durgapur, 28th-29th December, 2021 
  • Organizing Committee Member of "1st International  Workshop on Societal Computing for the Internet of Things & You (SoCIeTY)" Co-located with ICDCN 2020, 4th January 2020
  • Organizing Coordinator of Summer course on "Robotics & AI", 24th June to 28th June, 2019

 

Invited talks

  • "The Hardware Based Approach of Smart Healthcare System Embedded with IoT and AI/ML" in the Advanced Entrepreneurship and Skill Development Programme (A-ESDP), on “Smart Healthcare System using IoT and AI/ML” during 27th Feb -2nd Mar 2024, NIT Sikkim.
  • "AI in Embedded Systems" in FDP on "Artificial Intelligence and Its Application in VLSI", SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Delhi NCR Campus, Ghaziabad, India, on 11-01-2024 
  • "Embedded Mechatronis of UAV" in 3st Bootcamp on Unmanned Aerial Systems & Related Technology, organized by National Institute of Technology Durgapur, from 10-01-2024 to 14-01-2024. Supported by MeitY.
  • "Embedded Mechatronis of UAV" in 2st Bootcamp on Unmanned Aerial Systems & Related Technology, organized by National Institute of Technology Durgapur, from 24-07-2023 to 28-07-2023. Supported by MeitY.
  • "Embedded Mechatronis of UAV" in 1st Bootcamp on Unmanned Aerial Systems & Related Technology, organized by National Institute of Technology Durgapur, from 08-05-2023 to 12-05-2023. Supported by MeitY.
  • Adjunct Faculty at S P Jain School of Global Management to teach subject entitled "Embedded AI and Robotics", 2023                  
  • "Embedded Measurement System (EMS) and its adoption of AI & ML" in Synergistic Training Program Utilizing the Scientific & Technological Infrastructure (STUTI) programme organized by the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering of National Institute of Technology Durgapur, in collaboration with the Indian School of Mines (ISM, IIT) Dhanbad, 19th-25th September, 2022.
  • Appeared as panelist in "Sikhai Sampad" panel discussion, organized by News18 Bangla TV network on 10th August, 2022. 
  • "The assistive Robosapiens with human-like emotions: its fundamental and technological challenges" in International Symposium on Robotics in Industry, Agriculture, and Healthcare, jointly organized by Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur and Waseda University, on 9th and 10th April, 2022.
  • "Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) and IP management for start up" in "Workshop on Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) and IP management for start up" organized by Innovation and Incubation Council, National Institute of Technology Durgapur, 16th December, 2021
  • "IoT and IIoT associated to Biomedical Applications" in "Online Short Term Course on Internet of Things (IoT) Opportunities, issues and challenges for control and Biomedical Applications" organized by National Institute of Technology Jalandhar, 6th to 10th October, 2021.
  • "Industrial IoT" in Training course on Industry-Oriented Internet of Things (IoT) organized by CSIR-CMERI Durgapur and National Institute of Technology, Durgapur, 15th to 19th February, 2021
  • "Sensors and Actuators on Assistive Devices" in AICTE Training And Learning (ATAL) Academy Programme on "Robotics and Assistive Technology" organized by National Institute of Technology, Durgapur, 24th -28th November, 2020
  • "Mechatronics: The way of Giving Life to Robotics" in Robotics  lecture series organized by Department of Mechanical Engineering, Asansol Engineering College, Asansol, during 19th to Feb-23th Feb, 2020
  • "Industrial IoT and cyber manufacturing systems" in IoT Applications in Advanced Manufacturing Workshop organized by CSIR-Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute (CMERI), Durgapur, 3th to 4Th February, 2020
  • "Integration Methods of Sensors and Actuators with Mechanisms" in AICTE Training And Learning (ATAL) Academy Programme on "Robotics" organized by National Institute of Technology, Durgapur, 9th to 13th December, 2019

 

Professional Membership

  • Life Member of Institute of Smart Structures and Systems (ISSS)
  • Member of IEEE
 
Reviewers
  • Thin-Walled Structures, Elsevier
  • IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation & Measurement
  • IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
  • IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics
  • IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics
  • IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control
  • Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, Sage
  • Journal of Vibration Engineering & Technologies, Springer
  • Applied and Computational Mechanics
  • Applied Sciences, MDPI 

 


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