Shiban Kishen Koul earned a BE degree in electrical engineering
from the Regional Engineering College, Srinagar, Jammu and
Kashmir, India, in 1977; an MTech in radar and communication
engineering in 1979; and a PhD in Microwave Engineering in
1983 at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi. He served
as Deputy Director (Strategy & Planning) from 2012 to 2016, and
Dr R. P. Shenoy Astra Microwave Chair Professor from 2014 to
2018 at the IIT Delhi. He is presently the Deputy Director (Strategy
& Planning and International Affairs) at the Indian Institute of
Technology, Jammu. He also served as the Chairman of M/S
Astra Microwave Products Limited, Hyderabad, a major company
involved in the development of RF and microwave systems
in India, from 2009 to 2019. His research interests include RF MEMS, high frequency wireless
communication, microwave engineering, microwave passive and active circuits,
device modelling, millimeter wave IC design, and reconfigurable microwave circuits
including antennas. He has successfully completed 36 major sponsored projects, 52 consultancy
projects and 58 technology development projects. He is author/co-author of 450
research papers, 10 state-of-the art books, and 3 book chapters. He holds 11 patents and 6
copyrights. He is a Life Fellow of the Institution of Electrical and Electronics Engineers,
USA (IEEE), Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE), and Fellow of
the Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (IETE). He is the Chief
Editor of the IETE Journal of Research and Associate Editor of the International Journal of
Microwave and Wireless Technologies, Cambridge University Press. He has delivered more
than 280 invited technical talks at various international symposia and workshops. He
served as the MTT-S ADCOM member from 2009 to 2018, is a Member of IEEE MTT
Society's technical committees on Microwave and Millimeter Wave Integrated Circuits
(MTT-6) and RF MEMS (MTT-21), and of the India Initiative team of IEEE MTT-S, Adviser
Education Committee, Membership Services Regional Co-coordinator Region-10, member
of the Sight Adhoc Committee MTT-S, and an MTT-S Speaker Bureau lecturer. He was a
distinguished microwave lecturer at IEEE MTT-S for the period 2012-2014, and a distinguished
microwave lecturer emeritus at IEEE MTT-S in 2015.
He is a recipient of a Gold Medal from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics
Engineers, Calcutta (1977); the S. K. Mitra Research Award from the IETE for the best
research paper (1986); Indian National Science Academy (INSA) Young Scientist Award
(1986); International Union of Radio Science (URSI) Young Scientist Award (1987); the top
Invention Award (1991) of the National Research Development Council for his contributions
to the indigenous development of ferrite phase shifter technology; VASVIK Award
(1994) for the development of Ka-band components and phase shifters; the Ram Lal
Wadhwa Gold Medal from the Institution of Electronics and Communication Engineers
(IETE) (1995); an Academic Excellence award (1998) from the Indian Government for his
pioneering contributions to phase control modules for Rajendra Radar; the Shri Om
Prakash Bhasin Award (2009) in the field of Electronics and Information Technology;
a Teaching Excellence award (2012) from IIT Delhi, an award for his contribution to the
growth of smart material technology (2012) by the ISSS, Bangalore; the Vasvik Award
(2012) for contributions made to the area of Information and Communications Technology
(ICT); the M. N. Saha Memorial Award (2013) from the IETE for the best application-oriented
research paper; and the IEEE MTT Society Distinguished Educator Award (2014).
G. S. Karthikeya gained his undergraduate degree in electronics
and communication engineering in 2010 from the Visvesvaraya
Technological University, Belgaum. He received a Master's degree
in microwave engineering from the University of Kerala in 2012.
He worked as an Assistant Professor in Visvesvaraya Technological
University from 2013 to 2016, where he established the Antenna
Architects' lab. He joined the Centre for Applied Research in
Electronics, IIT Delhi in January 2017 and defended his thesis in
December 2019. He has authored or co-authored more than 40
articles in peer-reviewed journals and conference proceedings.
He has also filed three Indian patents and two US patents. His
research interests include metamaterials, EBG structures, and
mmWave antennas for mobile terminals and base stations. He is a
member of the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society, and the Antenna Test & Measurement
society. He serves as the reviewer of ACES, IEEE Access and Cambridge's IJMWT. He has
participated actively in more than 15 workshops on antennas in India and abroad.
