Academic Qualifications
   
Oct 2012 Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science and Engineering, University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, Australia
Advisors: Prof. Sanjay Jha (UNSW)
               Mr. Diethelm Ostry (CSIRO ICT Center)
               [the co-inventor of High-speed Wireless LANs that forms the backbone of modern Wi-Fi standards]
Aug 2006 Bachelor of Engineering (B.E. First Class with Honours), Computer Science and Engineering, Sambalpur University (SU), India
(Degree awarded by: Biju Patnaik University of Technology (BPUT), Rourkela, India)
2001 Indian School Certificate Examination (I.S.C.E.), St. Patricks Higher Secondary (SPS) School, Asansol, India
1999 Indian Certificate for Secondary Education (I.C.S.E.), St. Patricks Higher Secondary (SPS) School, Asansol, India
   
Professional Experience
   
Nov 2012 - continuing Postdoctoral Fellow, Network Embedded Systems (NES) group, CSL, SICS Swedish ICT, Stockholm, Sweden
April 2013 Visiting Researcher, iMinds-IBCN, Universiteit Gent, Belgium
Nov 2012 - Feb 2012 Consultant, Red Lotus Technologies, Seattle WA, USA
Oct 2012 - continuing Visiting Researcher, NES group, Computer Systems Laboratory (CSL), SICS Swedish ICT, Stockholm, Sweden
Mar 2012 - Sep 2012 Research Assistant (casual), Networks Research Laboratory (NRL), CSE, UNSW, Sydney, Australia
Mar 2012 - Sep 2012 Visiting ICT Student, Sensor Networks group, Autonomous Systems (AS) Laboratory, CSIRO, Brisbane, Australia
Feb  2011 - Feb 2012 Research Intern, Sensor Networks group, Autonomous Systems (AS) Laboratory, CSIRO, Brisbane, Australia
Dec 2010 Visiting Researcher, School of Technology and Computer Science (STCS), TIFR, Mumbai, India
Nov 2009 - Dec 2009 Visiting Researcher, Networked Systems Research Program, NICTA ATP, Sydney, Australia
Mar 2009 - Nov 2010 Tutor (casual) , CSE, UNSW, Sydney, Australia
Sep 2008 - Aug 2011 ICT Student, Postgraduate Studentship, Wireless and Networking Technologies Laboratory (WNTL), CSIRO, Sydney, Australia
Jul 2008 - Aug 2012 Graduate Student Researcher, Networks Research Laboratory (NRL), CSE, UNSW, Sydney, Australia
Nov 2006 - May 2008 Senior Software Engineer, Project Delivery, Keane Inc., Bangalore, India
   
Academic and Professional Achievements
   
2013 Best Poster Award: The 10th European Conference on Wireless Sensor Networks (EWSN) 2013, Ghent, Belgium
2012 European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics (ERCIM) Alain Bensoussan Fellowship (now co-funded by the European Commission under the FP7 Marie Curie | Sucess rate (2012-2013 2nd round): 10/197 = 5.1 %
2011 Google CSE PhD Travel Prize: Courtesy of Google Australia
2010 Best International Indian Student Academic Achievement Award: ICA, UNSW, Sydney
2009 Best Student Paper Award: The 6th Annual CSIRO ICT Centre, Science and Engineering Conference, Sydney, Australia
2008 UNSW/CSIRO Research Scholarship: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia
2008 Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID), Australian Government Australian Leadership Award Scholarship (now a stream of Australia Awards).
Total award recipients in 2008: 150 (selected from 34 countries across the Asia-Pacific region)
Total award recipients from India in 2008: 5
2007 Team Member, Best Project Award Q4-2006: Keane Inc., Bangalore, India
The product was officially launched LIVE on July 30, 2007
   
Certifications/Trainings
   
2009 Leadership Development Program (LDP), Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID), Government of Australia
LDP is a requirement of the ALA program that consists of : (1) Core Modules: (a) Leadership Conference (b) Leadership Workshop; and (2) Optional Modules: (a) Coaching (b) Leadership Placement (c) Refresh Workshop.
2007-2008 Coding Best Practices | Email Etiquette | Achieving Excellence | Communicating Assertively | Leadership and Motivation | Goal Setting | Time Management | Negotiation Skills : Keane Inc., Bangalore, India
2007 C++ Certification: Brainbench, Chantilly V A  
2006 .NET Certification: Keane Inc., Bangalore, India
2005 VLSI Design and Related Software: NIT, Rourkela, India
   
Professional Activities
 
Tutorials COOJA/Contiki for Wireless Sensor Networks: A Tutorial : Robert Bosch Center for Cyber Physical Systems, IISc Bangalore 2013
Network Simulator Tutorial and Statistical Analysis of Simulation Results: part of Advanced Computer Networks @ UNSW 2012
   
Talks Acoustical Ranging Techniques in Wireless Networked Embedded Devices: Indian Institute of Science (IISc) 2012
Efficient Cross-Correlation Via Sparse Approximation in Sensor Networks: IPSN 2012
TWEET: An Envelope Detection Based Broadband Ultrasonic Ranging : MSWiM 2011
Improving the Coverage Range of Ultrasound-based Localization Systems: WCNC 2011
Characterization of Link Asymmetry in Wireless Sensor Networks: An Empirical Study: ICDCN 2011
Improving Distance Ranging and Resolution in Wireless Sensor Networks: NICTA 2009
Feature Calibration in Sensor Networks: AWSN, ISPA 2008 [Presentation on Request]
   
Technical Program
Committee		 IEEE RTSS 2013 (Wireless Sensor Networks Track) | IEEE SenseApp 2013 | REALWSN 2013 | IEEE DCOSS 2013 (Systems Track) | IEEE ISSNIP 2013 (Sensor Networks Track) |
   
Executive Committee Editor: The official IEEE NSW Section Newsletter 2012
Vice-chair: GOLD IEEE NSW Section 2011-2012
Chair: IEEE UNSW Student Branch 2011| Organized: IEEE Technologies of the Future (iToF 2011) Competition and Exhibition
CSE Representative: IEEE UNSW Student Branch 2010 | Organizing Committee: IEEE iToF 2010 Poster Competition
Vice-President: Indian Cultural Association: UNSW 2009-2010
Student Volunteer: IEEE WCNC 2010
   
Reviewer IEEE TMC 2012 | IEEE Communication Magazine 2012 | IEEE TMC 2011 | ISSNIP 2011 | IEEE ICC 2011 | NCC 2011 |
ELSEVIER Computer Communications 2010 | ICSPCS 2010 | IEEE TPDS 2010 | ISSNIP 2009 | ELSEVIER JPDC 2009 | EWSN 2009 | IEEE TMC 2008 |
   
Others Web-Admin, Networks Research Laboratory, CSE, UNSW, Sydney (2008-2012)
   
Media Coverage and News
   
2011 iToF 2011: IEEE NSW Section Newsletter  November  Issue  2011
2010 Best International Indian Student Academic Achievement Award ICA UNSW: India Link Sydney News
Live Radio Interview Voice of India (www.eastsidefm.org) Sydney: Sep. 05 2010
2009 Best Student Paper Award ICTCC: CSE News