“Those who know, do. Those that understand, teach.” ― Aristotle
Ph.D. Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 2015
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 also served as the Editor of Institute of Smart Structures and Systems (ISSS)’s Newsletter.
Smart Mechatronics and UAV Lab
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
1. Design of an Economic, Portable, Compact, and Indigenous Instrument Setup for Measuring Sensing Characteristics of Thin Film Gas Sensors Debabrata Bej, Nilanjan Chattaraj, and Rishiv Sahu Review of Scientific Instruments
(Accepted)
SCIE
AIP
2024
2023
2. Investigation of Extreme Learning Machine based Fault Diagnosis to identify faulty components in Analog Circuits Suman Biswas, Gautam Kumar Mahanti, Nilanjan Chattaraj Circuits, Systems & Signal Processing
Accepted (In Press)
SCIE
2023
2023
3. Fabrication of a CO2 Gas Sensor Based on ZnO Thin Film from the Perspective of Sensing Vehicle Tailpipe-Emitted Pollution Debabrata Bej, Nilanjan Chattaraj, Rajat Mahapatra, Manas Kumar Mondal, Chiranjib Ghosh Journal of Electronic Materials, Springer
SCIE
Springer
2023
2023
4. Air Pollution from Vehicle-Tailpipe Emissions and Diagnostic Approaches through Cyber-Physical Platform - A Review (Accepted) Debabrata Bej, Nilanjan Chattaraj Microprocessors and Microsystems, Elsevier, (SCI)
SCIE
Elsevier
2023
2022
5. "Mechatronic Approaches to Synthesize Biomimetic Flapping-wing Mechanisms: A Review", Nilanjan Chattaraj, Ranjan Ganguli, International Journal of Aeronautical & Space Sciences (SCI), Springer, 2022, (Under Publication)
SCI
10.1007/s42405-022-00527-7
Springer
2022
2022
6. Infra-Narrow Band Mechanical Oscillation Measurement System using Gravity-Loaded Piezoelectric Transducer Nilanjan Chattaraj Journal of Vibration Engineering & Technologies.
Accepted (in Press)
SCI
Springer
2022
2022
7. An Assistive Interface Protocol for Communication between Visually and Hearing-Speech Impaired Persons in Internet Platform Harsh Dokania, Nilanjan Chattaraj Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology
SCI
Accepted, (In Press)
2022
2022
8. Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting by Utilizing Angular Speed Variation in High-speed Rotating Beams Arnab Roy Chowdhury, Soumyadeep Mondal, Aryan Kanu, Sanniva Bhattacharjee, Nilanjan Chattaraj, Nirmal Baran Hui Journal of Vibration Engineering Technologies, Springer
SCI
(Accepted), In Press
Springer
2022
2021
9. Experimental Investigation and Empirical Analysis of a Shape Memory Alloy Actuated Electromechanical Oscillator Nilanjan Chattaraj Journal of Vibration Engineering & Technologies, Springer
pp. 1-10
SCI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s42417-021-00405-8
Springer
2021
2021
10. “Design of a Distributed Compliant Mechanism using Spring-Lever Model and Topology Optimization for Piezoelectrically Actuated Flapping Wings” N. Chattaraj, G. K. Ananthasuresh, R. Ganguli, Journal of Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures,
Vol 28. Issue 2, pp. 118-126
SCI
2021
2018
11. “Multi-objective optimization of triple layer piezoelectric bender with a flexible extension using genetic algorithm" N. Chattaraj, R. Ganguli, Journal of Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures
Vol. 25, Issue. 9, pp. 785-793
SCI
2018
2018
12. “Performance improvement of a piezoelectric bimorph actuator by tailoring geometry” N. Chattaraj, R. Ganguli, Journal of Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures,
Vol. 25, Issue. 10, pp. 829-835
SCI
2018
2017
13. “Effect of self-induced electric displacement field on the response of a piezo-bimorph actuator at high electric field”, N. Chattaraj, R. Ganguli, International Journal of Mechanical Sciences,
vol. 120, pp: 341-348, 2017.
SCI
2017
2016
14. "Active filter driver for piezo-actuators for flapping-wing micro air vehicles.", N. Chattaraj, R. Ganguli, International Journal of Micro Air Vehicles,
vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 21-28
SCI
2016
2016
15. "Electromechanical analysis of piezoelectric bimorph actuator in static state considering the nonlinearity at high electric field." N. Chattaraj, R. Ganguli, Journal of Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures,
vol. 23, no. 7, pp. 802-810
SCI
2016
Conferences
ID
Details
Year
2024
1.
Debabrata
Bej, Nilanjan Chattaraj. (2024) Design of a portable, customizable device
with GPS integration to track location-specific real-time outdoor PM2.5
pollution. IEEE International Conference on Emerging Trends in Information
Technology and Engineering (ic-ETITE'24). February 22-23, 2024 (Accepted)
Vellore
2024
2022
2.Sanniva Bhattacharjee, Aryan Kanu, Arnab Roy Chowdhury, Soumyadeep Mondal, Nilanjan Chattaraj and Nirmal Baran Hui, "Low frequency Vibration Energy Harvester using Compliant Mechanism driven Piezoelectric Transformer", IoP International Conference on Sustainable Energy, Environment, and Green Technologies, pp. 1-12, 2022
Jaipur
2022
2022
3.Pawan Kumar, Nilanjan Chattaraj, "A Cyber-Physical RPM Variometer using MQTT Protocol for Real-time Continuous Data-Acquisition", IEEE International Conference on Connected Systems & Intelligence, August 31, September 1-2, pp. 1-9, 2022.
Trivandrum
2022
2022
4.Debabrata Bej, Nilanjan Chattaraj, "Scope of ZnO based gas sensors for sensing CO emission from vehicle tailpipe-A Short Review",IEEE MYSURUCON 2022
Mysore
2022
2022
5.Bodhisattwa Rakshit, Rounak Das, Nilanjan Chattaraj, "Detection-Accuracy Enhancement of COVID-19 from Multi-Class Lung Diseases by Instrumenting CLAHE Integrated Deep Learning Technique"IEEE International Symposium on Sustainable Energy, Signal Processing and Cyber Security, 2022
Odisha
2022
2021
6.Md M. Billah, N. Chattaraj, "Road Condition Detection Using Adaptively Chosen Deep Learning Model and Precautionary Special Guidance for Driver-Safety", IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Materials Engineering and Nano-Technology (IEMENTech), 2021
Kolkata
2021
2020
7.N. Chattaraj and R. Ganguli, “Enhanced Performance of Piezoelectric Bending Actuator by Material Redistribution”, IEEE International Symposium on Devices, Circuits and Systems(ISDCS), Kolkata, March 05 – 06, 2020
Kolkata
2020
2018
8.N. Chattaraj, "Shape-Memory Alloy Actuated Low Frequency Astable Electromechanical Multivibrator", IEEE Sensors, New Delhi, 2018
Delhi
2018
2015
9.N. Chattaraj, G. K. Ananthasuresh, R. Ganguli, "A distributed compliant mechanism for a piezo-actuated flapping wing ", 2nd international and 17th National Conference on Machines and Mechanisms, Kanpur, India, 16-19 Dec, 2015
Kanpur
2015
2015
10.N. Chattaraj, R. Ganguli, "Electromechanical analysis of tapered piezoelectric bimorph at high electric field", SPIE Proceedings of Behavior and Mechanics of Multifunctional Materials and Composites, San Diego, USA, vol. 9432, pp. 1-10, 2015
San Diego, USA
2015
2015
11.N. Chattaraj, R. Ganguli, "Multiobjective optimization of piezoelectric bimorph actuator with rigid extension", SPIE Proceedings of Active and Passive Smart Structures and Integrated Systems, vol. 9431, pp. 1-10, 2015
San Diego, USA
2015
2013
12.N. Chattaraj, R. Ganguli, "Electromechanical analysis of bimorph piezoelectric actuator to estimate optimal geometry for apping wing micro air vehicle", Indian Conference on Applied Mechanics, Chennai, India, 4th - 6th July, 2013
Chennai
2013
2012
13.N. Chattaraj, A. S. Dhar, "Random Access Analog Memory (RA2M) for video signal application", IEEE International Conference on VLSI Design, Hyderabad, India, pp. 39 - 44, 7th-11th January, 2012
Hyderabad
2012
2012
14.N. Chattaraj, R. Ganguli, "Modeling of artificial dragonfly wing, and comparison of structural properties for various wing with different vein materials and venation patterns", ACMFMS Proceedings of Mechanics of Functional Materials and Structures, Delhi, India, pp. 95-98, 2012, Narosa Publishing house - Delhi, ISBN: 978-81 8487-248-4
Delhi
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
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.
2022-2024:
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 Principal Coordinator of 6th Bootcamp on Unmanned Aerial Systems & Related Technology, organized by National Institute of Technology Durgapur, from 02-12-2024 to 06-12-2024. Supported by MeitY.
Organizing Principal Coordinator of 5th Bootcamp on Unmanned Aerial Systems & Related Technology, organized by National Institute of Technology Durgapur, from 30-09-2024 to 04-10-2024. Supported by MeitY.
Organizing Principal Coordinator of 4th Bootcamp on Unmanned Aerial Systems & Related Technology, organized by National Institute of Technology Durgapur, from 29-07-2024 to 02-08-2024. Supported by MeitY.
Organizing Principal 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 Principal 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 Principal 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 Principal 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 Principal 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 Principal 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
ERP