Biographical note

Dr. Iti Saha Misra is presently holding the post of a Professor in the Department of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India. She was the immediate past Head of the same department. After the completion of PhD in Engineering in the field of Microstrip Antennas from Jadavpur University (1997), she is actively engaged in teaching since 1997. She has 25+ years of research experience in the field of Wireless/Mobile Communication, Microwaves, Microstrip Antennas, Numerical Computational Methods, and Computer Networks. She has developed the Broadband Wireless Communication Laboratory in the Department of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering of Jadavpur University to carry out advanced research work in wireless communication domain. She is the coordinator of Communication Specialization in the Department of ETCE for post graduate course. She is the recipient of prestigious Career award for Young teachers by All India Council for TechnicalEducation (AICTE) in 2004, obtained IETE Gowri memorial award in 2007 in the best paper category for the topic of “4G networks: Migration to the Future”, co –author of several best paper awards in the wireless communication domain. She has supervised 20 doctoral research students and 50 theses at master’s level in the field of Mobile Communication and Antennas. Under her supervision, two PhD students received the Young Scientist Award from IEEE URSI

International Radio Conference in the year 2014 and 2015 consecutively. Her current research interests are in the areas of Cognitive Radio Networks, VoIP and video Communication over Cognitive platform, Wireless Body Area Networks (WBAN), Low Cost and Energy Efficient IoT Solutions, Call admission control and packet scheduling for wireless and BWA Networks, Radio Resource Management for 5G networks, Channel allocation in Macro/Femto Networks, Mobility Management, Network Architecture and Protocols etc. She has authored more than 210 research papers in refereed Journals and International Conferences and has filed several patents. She is the author of widely acclaimed text book on “Wireless Communication and Networks: 3G and Beyond” published by McGraw Hill. She has supervised several projects from Govt. of India like, DST FIST, DST PURSE, UGC-UPE, AICTE etc. She has visited NTRC Laboratory at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Jan 2006 for one month under TEQIP program of Jadavpur University. She is the Senior Member of IEEE, Present ComSoc Chairperson, Kolkata Chapter, the founder Chair of Women in Engineering Affinity Group, IEEE Kolkata Section. Under her leadership, WIE Affinity Group won the WIE Year of the Award in 2007 and IEEE ComSoc Kolkata Chapter won the 2015 and 2017 Chapter Achievement Award. She has served as the Reviewer of several SCI Indexed Journals such as IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communication, IEEE Transaction of Antenna and Propagation, Journal of Wireless Networks, Springer, European Transaction on Telecommunications, Wiley, IEEE Journal APWL, International Journal of RF and Microwave Computer-Aided Engineering etc. along with several IEEE International conference papers.

Dr. Tamal Chakraborty is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, FIEM, Garia, Kolkata. Prior to this he was the assistant Prof. of BITS Pilani Campus. He has received his Ph.D. (Engg.) degree as DST INSPIRE Fellow from the Department of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering, Jadavpur University, India. He was awarded the University Medal for his M.Tech. degree from Jadavpur University and has received his B.Tech. degree in Computer Science and Engineering from West Bengal University of Technology, Kolkata. He is the recipient of the IEEE Young Scientist Award (1st Prize) 2015 and also the Best Paper Award in ACM International Conference 2012. He has also received the Best Volunteer Award 2017 from IEEEComSoc Society, Kolkata Chapter, India. He has published several SCI and SCI-E Indexed Journal papers (IEEE, Elsevier, Academy Publishers), 16 conference proceeding papers (IEEE, Springer, ACM) and 2 book chapters (Springer). He has attended and delivered several presentations in International Conferences (India, China, Mauritius, Bangladesh), Forums and Invited Talks on upcoming research prospects and applications. His research interests include Wireless Communication and Networking, Voice over IP, Quality of Service studies, Cognitive Radio Networks, Test-bed Prototype Design and Implementation, Intelligent Transportation Systems, Pervasive Computing and related emerging areas in Computing and Communication, where he has filed several patents. He is an IEEE Member and has served as the Reviewer of several SCI Indexed Journals (including the IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communication, Journal on Selected Areas in Communication, IEEE Systems Journal, Computer and Electrical Engineering Journal Elsevier, etc.). As part of his cocurricular activities, he is a literary enthusiast with publications in International Literary Magazines and also an active quizzard holding the 2nd rank in the National Quiz Competition held by Petroleum Conservation Research Association, Government of India.

Dr. Ramjee Prasad, Fellow IEEE, IET, IETE, and WWRF, is a Professor of Future Technologies for Business Ecosystem Innovation (FT4BI) in the Department of Business Development and Technology, Aarhus University, Herning, Denmark. He is the Founder President of the CTIF Global Capsule (CGC). He is also the Founder Chairman of the Global ICT Standardisation Forum for India, established in 2009. GISFI has the purpose of increasing of the collaboration between European, Indian, Japanese, North-American and other worldwide standardization activities in the area of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and related application areas.

He has been honored by the University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Italy as a Distinguished Professor of the Department of Clinical Sciences and Translational Medicine on March 15, 2016. He is Honorary Professor of University of Cape Town, South Africa, and University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

He has received Ridderkorset af Dannebrogordenen (Knight of the Dannebrog) in 2010 from the Danish Queen for the internationalization of top-class telecommunication research and education.

He has been Project Coordinator of several EC projects namely, MAGNET, MAGNET Beyond, eWALL and so on.

He has published more than 40 books, 1000 plus journal and conference publications, more than 15 patents, over 100 PhD Graduates and larger number of Masters (over 250). Several of his students are today worldwide telecommunication leaders themselves.