Christophe Fumeaux

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Christophe Fumeaux received his Ph.D. degree from ETH Zurich,  Switzerland, in 1997. From 1998 to 2008, he held various positions at the  University of Central Florida, the Swiss Federal Office of Metrology, and  ETH Zurich. From 2008 to 2023, he was a Professor with The University of  Adelaide. In 2023, he joined the School of Electrical Engineering and  Computer Science at The University of Queensland, as Chair Professor in  Optical and Microwave Engineering. His main research interests concern applied electromagnetics, antenna engineering, and the application of RF design principles  across the electromagnetic spectrum. 

Address:IEEE AP-S Distinguishey,The University Of Queenland,

Dr. Sudhakar Rao

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Dr. Sudhakar Rao is the President& CEO of RaoS Consultants LLC providing technical consultancy to various companies in USA, Canada, Europe, and India. Dr. Rao retired from Northrop Grumman Space Systems in 2022where he worked as the Senior Technical Fellow and provided technical leadership to all divisions of Northrop Grumman in the areas of antennas and payload development for key programs related to space, air, missile, and ground communications. In the past, he worked at Lockheed Martin, Boeing Satellite Systems, SparAerospace Ltd (now MDA), LRDE Bangalore & ECIL Hyderabad. Dr. Rao received B. Tech from REC Warangal, M.Tech from IIT Kharagpur, and Ph. D from IIT Madras. Over the past 42 years, he developed innovative antenna systems for 90 satellites and 10 air/vehicular/ground
systems. His work on development of radiation templates for complex satellite antenna patterns for interference analysis was adopted and recommended by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU)/CCIR in 1992 as the world-wide standard for satellite manufacturers and operators. He authored over 250 technical papers and was awarded 64patents (57US &7international) and 5 trade secrets. His fundamental work on the design of multiple beam antennas in 1999 has been used by satellite industry world-wide. He authored and co-edited three textbook volumes on “Handbook of Reflector Antennas and Feed Systems” that were published in June 2013 by the Artech House Publishers.
Dr. Rao is an IEEE Life Fellow, a Fellow of IETE, and a Life Fellow of WAMS Society. 

Address:IEEE Life Fellow, Fellow IETE, WAMSS Life Fellow President & CEO, RaoS Consultants LLC, USA,

Prof. Prabhakar Pathak

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Prabhakar H. Pathak received his Ph.D. (1973) from The Ohio State Univ.( OSU), in the Dept. of ECE where he later joined the faculty and became a Professor. Currently, he is Prof.Emeritus at OSU. He also served as an Adjunct Prof. at the Univ. of South Florida. He is
regarded as a co-developer of the Uniform Geometrical Theory of Diffraction (UTD). He has presented many invited lectures/short courses in the USA and abroad; also he has published 7 book chapters and several journal and conference papers. He also published a book on EM waves
entitled: Electromagnetic Radiation, Scattering, and Diffraction (authors: P.H. Pathak & R.J.Burkholder). He was an Assoc. Ed. for IEEE Trans. AP; an IEEE AP distinguished lecturer (DL) during 1991-1993; chair of the IEEE AP DL program (1995-2005); member of IEEE AP-S AdCom (2010). He received the 1995 IEEE AP Schelkunoff best paper award, the 1996 George Sinclair Award from the OSU ElectroScience Lab, the 2009 ISAP best paper award, the IEEE 3rd Millenium Medal from AP-S, and the 2013 IEEE AP-S Distinguished Achievement Award. He is a Life Fellow of IEEE and member of URSI Commision B.

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Address:IEEE Life Fellow Professor Emeritus, ElectroScience Laboratory, Ohio State University, USA,

Dr. Jonathan Sauder

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Jonathan Sauder received the B.S. degree in mechanical engineering from Bradley University,Peoria, IL, USA, in 2009 and the M.S. degree in product development engineering and the Ph.D.degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA,
USA, in 2011 and 2013, respectively.,He was involved in research and development roles for companies including Mattel, Microsoft, Monsanto, and technology startups. He began his career at JPL, Pasadena, CA, in 2014 as a Technologist. He was the Mechanical Engineering Lead on
the RainCube Spacecraft and responsible for infusing a new antenna technology, taking it from prototype to flight. He is currently a Senior Mechatronics Engineer with the Technology Infusion Group, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which seeks to bridge the technology readiness level (TRL) “valley of death” for innovative concepts. He is the Principle Investigator on a Phase I and Phase II NIAC study “Automaton Rover for Extreme Environments” and several deployable antenna research projects and also an Inventor of several patent pending deployable antennas. He is also a member of the NASA Engineering and Safety Center (NESC) Mechanical Systems Technical Discipline Teams (TDT) and a Lecturer of advanced mechanical design with the University of Southern California.

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Prof. Sim Chow-Yen-Desmond

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Prof. SIM Chow-Yen-Desmond was born in Singapore in Feb. 1971. He received a B.S. degree in electrical and electronic engineering from the University of Leicester, Leicester, UK, in 1998,and a Ph.D. degree in the radio system group from the University of Leicester, in 2003. Since
2003/07, he has been with the Feng Chia University, Taiwan, where he is currently a Distinguished Professor since 2017/08.He has served as a member of organizing committees of many conferences, such as General Chair/Co-Chair and TPC Chair/Member, etc. He was invited to serve as the Workshop/Tutorial/Invited/Keynote in many conferences. He has served as the Chapter Chair of the IEEE AP-Society, Taipei Chapter (2016/2017) and the founding Chapter Chair of the IEEE Council of RFID, Taipei Chapter (2017-2020). He received the IEEE APS Outstanding Reviewer Award (IEEE Transaction Antennas and Propagation) for eight consecutive years between 2014 and 2021. He also received the Outstanding Associate Editor Award from the IEEE Antennas Wireless and Propagation Letters in July 2018. Prof. Sim has recently been appointed as the Distinguished Lecturer of the IEEE AP-Society, serving from 2024 to 2026.

Address:Feng Chia University, Taiwan,

Dr. Amit Kumar Singh

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Dr. Amit Kumar Singh received a Ph.D. degree from the Centre of Applied Research in Electronics, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India, in 2018. He is currently an Assistant Professor with the Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Patna,India. He was Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Jammu, India from March 2020 to February 2022. From November 2018 to February 2020, he was a Post-doctoral Researcher with the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, South Korea. Dr. Singh is a recipient of Young Scientist Award-2021 for Excellence in Research by the International Union of Radio Science (URSI)USA in July 2021. He is a recipient of the Brain Korea-21 Fellowship 2019 for Excellence in Research. He is also a recipient of the GCORE-2019 Fellowship by Global Center for Open Research With Enterprise, KAIST, South Korea. He has authored or co-authored more than 25 international journal papers and 35 conference papers. He is serving as a Regular Reviewer in Journals such as IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility,IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, IET Microwaves, Antennas and Propagation,IET Electronics Letters, and the International Journal of RF and Microwave Computer-Aided Engineering (Wiley). His current research interests include mmWave antenna designs for 5G and Beyond, Metasurface and meta-antenna design, IRS for 5G and Beyond, easy deployable reflectarray antenna design for microsatellite application, microwave absorber, SDR, and SDR-based radars for detection and ranging.

Dr K Rajalakshmi Menon

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Dr K Rajalakshmi Menon began her career at DRDO in 1988 as a Scientist-B at CABS, then known as ASWAC, following her MSc in Computer Science from the University of Pune. She further pursued her Master's in Engineering and a PhD in Aerospace Engineering from the Indian Institute of Science. Dr K Rajalakshmi Menon advanced to the position of associate programme director (Airborne Early Warning and Control) in 2015, where she played a pivotal role in System Engineering, Mission Systerm Integration and Flight Testing. Her efforts led to the induction of the AEW&C system into the Indian Air Force in February 2017, making India the fifth country globally to have an indigenous Active  Electronically Scanned Array-based AEW&C system. She has also guided the design and development of Imaging Radars for UAVs, fighters, satellites and manned platforms.

Prof. (Dr.) Dhaval Pujara

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Dhaval Pujara received a BE degree in Electronics Engineering, an MTech degree in Electronics & Communications Engineering (Microwaves & Radar) from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT),Roorkee, and a Ph.D. degree from Nirma University. During the years 2007-2009, he was deputed to the Space Applications Centre (SAC), Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), Ahmedabad,India to research, ‘Antennas for Satellite Applications.Currently, Dr. Dhaval Pujara is serving as the Director, School of Technology, Pandit Deendayal Energy University (PDEU), Gandhinagar. Additionally, the Government of Gujarat appointed him as the Independent Director of the Dakshin Gujarat Vij Company Limited (a subsidiary company of Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Limited).

Prof. Pujara is a senior member of IEEE, USA, a life member of ISTE, a life member of the Institute of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (IETE), New Delhi, and a life member of the Institute of Engineers, India. He has more than 100 journal/conference papers to his credit. Prof.Pujara has visited several countries for academic and research work.Dr. Pujara has been invited by many reputed institutes, and industries to conduct the workshops/lectures. By now, he has delivered more than 300 invited talks on a variety of topics,including research, teaching skills, life skills, etc. He has a deep interest in areas like Quality in Higher Education, Accreditation, University Rankings, Outcome-based Education, etc.

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Address:Director, School of Technology, Pandit Deendayal Energy University, Gandhinagar,Gujarat,

Prof. SRIKANTA PAL

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Srikanta Pal, a national scholar in both class X and XII, received the B. Tech. with (first class) in ECE, REC Warangal (1990), M.E. (Univ. Gold Medalist) in Microwave Engineering, Jadavpur University (1992), and D.Phil., Oxford University, UK within two years’ time, 2003. Oxford rewarded him twice with the Merit award (2001, 2002). His seminal-transformative research is well read and applied which earned him the title of renowned world’s scientist, titled as “Telescope Trouble-shooter” and “Antenna Scientist”. Apart from his research he is also a popular teacher in the field of applied electromagnetics.  Prof. Pal worked both in research organizations and in academia. He served as an R&D engineer with BEL, Govt PSU, 1992- 2000; as Visiting Faculty (2003-05) at IIT Delhi, as Assistant Professor at IIT Roorkee (2005- 06); he has been in BIT Mesra since 2008, served as Head, ECE (2017- 20), and continuing there till date. Felicitated with “Jharkhand Seva Ratna” award 2023, “Bharat Seva Ratna” Award 2023, “Jharkhand Gaurav Samman” Award 2024 by His excellency, Governor of Jharkhand, Recipient of “Bharat Ratna Sir M Visvesvaraya Lifetime Achievement Award” 2024 by the Institute of Engineers (India)-Jharkhand State Chapter. Scientist Pal’s research is aired by Voice of America 2023 and is emplaced in Raj Bhavan, Ranchi. 

Dr. M. Chakravarthy

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Dr. M. Chakravarthy has obtained B.Tech (ECE) from JNTU College of Engineering, Kakinada and M.E (MRE) from University College of Engineering, Osmania University, Hyderabad and Ph.D from College of Engineering, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam. He joined DLRL as Scientist-B in 1989. He has designed and developed Multioctave band microwave EW antennas, radomes and antenna subsystems for tri services. Presently he is working as Scientist ‘G’ additional director of antenna wing of DLRL.

D. R. Jahagirdar

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D. R. Jabagirdar received his BE in Electronics Engineering in 1990 from Govt. College of Engineering, Amravati University, Maharashtra, India. He received the MTech in Microwave Engineering in 1992 from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, West Bengal, India. He was a Research Assistant at Sponsored Research and Industrial Consultancy at IIT Kharagpur. Later, he joined Antenna Products Division of Electronics Corporation of India Ltd, Hyderabad. He obtained his PhD in 1997 from the Department of Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton, UK. He received a scholarship from the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission, UK, to pursue the PhD. He joined the Research Center Imarat,DRDO, Hyderabad, in May 2000. He won the Best Paper Award at the third IEEE High-Frequency Postgraduate Student Colloquium 1997 at the University of Leeds, UK, organized by the IEEE UKRI section. He received the Prof. S. K. Mitra memorial award for Best Research Oriented Paper from IETE in 2002. He received the Young Scientist Award at IETE-IRSI International Radar Symposium Bangalore in 2005. He also received the Laboratory Scientist of the Year Award for 2006. He received the DRDO Scientist of the Year Award in 2010 from
the Prime Minister of India. He is a Fellow of the IETE and a Senior Member of the IEEE,Antennas and Propagation Society, and Microwave Theory and Techniques Society. He is a member of URSI. His area of interest is microwave antennas and arrays for radars.

Dr. Sandeep Chaturvedi

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Sandeep Chaturvedi received his B.Sc. (Electronic) from A.P.S. University, Rewa (M.P.), India in 1995, M. Sc. (Electronics)from Dr. Hari Singh Gour University, Sagar (M.P.), India in 1997 , M. Tech (Instrumentation) from Devi Ahilya University, Indore (M.P.), India in 1999 and Ph.D in Microwave Engg from IIT Delhi. He joined the Gallium Arsenide Enabling Technology Center (GAETEC), Hyderabad, India’s only GaAs MMIC foundry, in Nov 1999, where he has worked in the areas of RF characterization of high frequency active and passive devices and MMICs, measurement automation, MMIC packaging and modeling and design of state of the art MMICs. He is currently Deputy General Manager and Head- MMIC Design Center in GAETEC. His current research interests and activities are in the field of device modeling, packaging and MMIC design on GaAs and GaN technologies. He has published more than 20 research papers in International journals and conferences. 

Dr.M.Muthukumar

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Dr.M.Muthukumar is a seasoned expert in RF & Microwave engineering with over 18 years of experience spanning advanced antenna design, TR modules, MMIC-based systems, and RF product development. His work encompasses the design, testing, and implementation of high-performance RF and microwave systems for Defence and Aerospace applications. He has contributed significantly to projects at premier organizations including HAL, Airbus Defence & Space, and Astra Microwave . He is the Co-Founder and Director of Atindriya Systems, an R&D-focused company developing next-generation Radar systems for Defence and Aerospace sectors.He holds a PhD in TR Modules and an M.Tech in RF & Wireless Technology, with advanced specialization in MMIC and Semiconductor Design from IISc-Bangalore. He has authored 14 peer-reviewed publications and holds one Indian patent in the field. His research interests include high-power solid-state RF amplifiers, phased array systems, wideband antenna design, and advanced microwave sub-systems for radar, EW, and communication platforms. He is also known for fostering cross-disciplinary collaboration and leading high-impact technology development programs within the Indian Defence ecosystem.

Dr. Nacer Chahat

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Nacer Chahat received a Master's degree in electrical engineering from the Ecole Superieur d‘ingenieurs de Rennes (ESIR), Rennes, France, in 2009; a Master's degree in telecommunication and a Ph.D. degree in signal processing and telecommunications from the Institute of Electronics and Telecommunications of Rennes (IETR), University of Rennes 1, Rennes, France, in 2009 and 2012, respectively. He is a Fellow of IEEE (USA). He has authored and coauthored more than 100 technical journal articles and conference papers, has written four book chapters, and also holds several patents. He also wrote the textbook entitled “CubeSat Antenna Designs” published by Wiley describing all of his innovative work on CubeSat antennas developed at JPL. He has developed key antenna technologies enabling new types of mission for Deep Space Exploration. He is co-inventor of the iconic deployable reflectarray used on the Mars Cube One (MarCO) mission, the world's first interplanetary CubeSat. He also co-invented the award-winning Raincube mesh reflector antenna used on the first active radar on a CubeSat. He also invented the Europa Lander antenna enabling direct communication from the surface of Europa (600 million km away), capable of surviving the harsh environment of icy moon of Jupiter.

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