Dr. Somak Bhattacharyya

The development of radio communication in India began in the early 20th century, marked by the first experimental broadcast in 1923 by the Radio Club of Bombay. In 1927, private broadcasters began operations, which were later nationalized to form All India Radio (AIR) in 1936. AIR played a pivotal role in disseminating news, education, and entertainment across the country. Post-independence, advancements in technology led to the expansion of radio services, including the introduction of FM broadcasting in 1977. The liberalization of the 1990s allowed private FM stations to flourish, transforming the radio landscape. Recent innovations include digital radio and online streaming, ensuring radio remains a vital communication medium in India.

Biography:

Dr. Somak Bhattacharyya has received Honours in Physics from Scottish Church College, Kolkata in 2003. Next to it, he has received both Bachelor of Technology and Master of Technology from Institute of Radiophysics and Electronics in University of Calcutta in 2006 and 2008 respectively. He had carried out the M.Tech thesis in Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope of Tata Institute of Fundamental Research. He is the recipient of University gold medal due to securing first position in M.Tech. He had also served as a Lecturer in Academy of Technology in 2009. He received his PhD degree in 2015 from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India. He had continued as Senior Project Engineer (Ad-hoc) in the Department of Electrical Engineering in Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur for a brief period of 6 months after which he had joined Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering at Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad in December 2015. Since 2016 December, he was working as Assistant Professor in the Department of Electronics Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi where he is currently serving as Associate Professor since September, 2023. He has published more than 50 International Journals and 100 reputed peer-reviewed International and national conference proceedings. He has received the prestigious Young Scientist Award from International Union of Radio Sciences (URSI) three times: Electromagnetic Theory Symposium 2013 in Hiroshima, Regional Radio Science Conference 2015 in New Delhi and Asia Pacific Radio Science Conference 2016 in Seoul. Owing to his contributions in the area of radio sciences, URSI has conferred him honorary lifetime membership. He has served as potential reviewers to more than 100 journals including IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Wave Propagation, IEEE Antennas & Wireless Propagation Letters, IEEE Microwave and Wireless Component Letters, IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, Electronics Letters, Nature Scientific Reports etc. He has organized 2020 URSI Regional Conference on Radio Science (URSI-RCRS 2020) in IIT (BHU) Varanasi where nearly 300 delegates were present all over India. Dr. Bhattacharyya is an IEEE senior member and has been elected as Life Fellow of The Optical Society of India. He has been elected as the Associate Fellow of West Bengal Academy of Science and Technology as well as Fellow of IETE and Antenna Test and Measurement Society (ATMS), India. He served as the coordinator of IEEE Region 10 in the Young Professional Group of MTT Society during 2021-23. He has been inducted in the technical program committee of IEEE MTT Society and the only representative from India to be included in the Speakers Bureau program. Under his guidance, IEEE MTT Society Student Branch Chapter IITBHU Varanasi has received the prestigious Outstanding Chapter Award in 2022. Recently, he has received the innovation award in Microwave field-2021 from IEEE AP-MTT Joint Chapter, Gujrat Section. Very recently, he has been conferred with IETE-Smt. Manorama Rathore Memorial Award 2022 and Outstanding Section Volunteer Award 2022 from IEEE UP Section. He is the Honorary Associate of Institute of Astronomy Space and Earth Science (IASES), Kolkata  and has been recently honored as Young Alumni Achiever from Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur in July 2024. He has also been enlisted in the Travelling Lecturer of Optica. His current areas of interest lie in metasurface, periodic structures, opto-microwave devices, microwave photonics etc.  

Email:

Address:Department of Electronics Engineering, IIT(BHU), Varanasi, , Varanasi, India, 221005