Prof. Satyabrata Jit of IIT BHU

Prof. S. Jit has earned his B.E., M.Tech. and Ph.D. degrees from the IIEST Shibpore (formerly BE College affiliated to the University of Calcutta), West Bengal in 1993; Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India in 1995; and Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) (formerly IT-BHU)), Varanasi, India in 2002 respectively. He has worked as Lecturer  at the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering of the G.B. Pant Institute of Engineering and Technology (formerly G.B.Pant Engineering College), Pauri-Garhwal during June 1995-April 1998. He joined the  Department of Electronics Engineering, IIT(BHU), Varanasi as Lecturer in April 1998 where he has been working as Professor since June 05, 2010 and Professor in HAG scale since June 05, 2016. Prof. Jit has served as the Coordinator/Director, Computer Center, BHU from February 2012 to March 2014 and  Head, Department of Electronics Engineering, IIT(BHU), Varanasi during April 08, 2015-May 08, 2018. He has also served as the Chairperson, Senate Post Graduate Committee (SPGC) of the IIT(BHU) for 2013-14 & 2014-15 academic sessions. He has also served as a Member of the Board of Governors of the HBTI, Kanpur and UPTTI Kanpur for a period of 3 years each. He has also worked as the Treasurer, IETE Varanasi Sub-Centre for more than 8 years.   He is presently serving as the Chairman, IETE Varanasi Sub-Centre.    

Prof. Jit has supervised 33 Ph.D. theses and  57 M. Tech theses. He has published more than 350 research papers in various peer reviewed international journals (including 91 IEEE  publications) and conference proceedings; 6 book chapters; and 4 patents (2 awarded and 2 under examination). He has coauthored a text book titled Millman’s Electronic Devices and Circuits, 4/e published by the McGraw-Hill Publishing Company, New Delhi with Jacob Millman and Christos C. Halkias as other two coauthors. He is one of the Editors of three books titled Advanced Optoelectronic Materials and Devices and Emerging Trends in Electronic and Photonic Devices & Systems both published by the Macmillan Publishers India Limited, New Delhi in 2008 and 2009 respectively and Advances in Microelectronics and Photonics from Nova Science Publishers, New York, USA in 2012. He has edited book volume titled 2D Nanoscale Heterostructured Materials published by the Elsevier in May, 2020. He has worked as one of the Guest Editors of the Special Issue on Narrow-Gap Semiconductors and Low-Dimensional Structures for Optoelectronic Applications (NAGAP) of the Scientific World Journal in 2014. He has delivered 85 invited lectures in various national and international conferences/workshops/Institutes/Universities.  His present research interests include the modeling and simulation of nanoscaled CMOS devices; nanostructured materials and devices for electronic, optoelectronic and gas sensing applications; Flexible Electronic Devices for Gas Sensing and Optoelectronic Applications, Solar Cells etc.
Prof. Jit has been elected as a Fellow of the West Bengal Academy of Science and Technology (WAST) in 2023. He has been conferred the IETE-Prof. SVC Aiya Memorial Award (2023) by the Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (IETE) in 2023. He is the recipient of the INSA (Indian National Science Academy) Visiting Fellowship in 2006 and  Postdoctoral Research Fellowship from the Optoelectronic Laboratory, Georgia State University, Atlanta, USA in 2007. He was awarded the BOYSCAST Fellowship of the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India for the year 2010-11 to carry out some advance research in the Max-Born-Institute, Berlin, Germany during Sept.-Dec, 2011. Prof. Jit is a Fellow of the IET, UK;  IETE, India;  and Institution of Engineers India. He is a Senior Member of the IEEE, USA. At present, Prof. Jit is working  as the Associate Editor of two  journals namely IET Micro & Nano Letters (an IET Publication with IF: 0.975) and Journal of Electronic Materials (a Springer publication with IF: 2.047). He is also an Editor of the IETE Journal of Research ( a joint publication of IETE & Taylor and Francis with IF: 2.333). 

Biography:

Prof. S. Jit has earned his B.E., M.Tech. and Ph.D. degrees from the IIEST Shibpore (formerly BE College affiliated to the University of Calcutta), West Bengal in 1993; Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India in 1995; and Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) (formerly IT-BHU)), Varanasi, India in 2002 respectively. He has worked as Lecturer  at the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering of the G.B. Pant Institute of Engineering and Technology (formerly G.B.Pant Engineering College), Pauri-Garhwal during June 1995-April 1998. He joined the  Department of Electronics Engineering, IIT(BHU), Varanasi as Lecturer in April 1998 where he has been working as Professor since June 05, 2010 and Professor in HAG scale since June 05, 2016. Prof. Jit has served as the Coordinator/Director, Computer Center, BHU from February 2012 to March 2014 and  Head, Department of Electronics Engineering, IIT(BHU), Varanasi during April 08, 2015-May 08, 2018. He has also served as the Chairperson, Senate Post Graduate Committee (SPGC) of the IIT(BHU) for 2013-14 & 2014-15 academic sessions. He has also served as a Member of the Board of Governors of the HBTI, Kanpur and UPTTI Kanpur for a period of 3 years each. He has also worked as the Treasurer, IETE Varanasi Sub-Centre for more than 8 years.   He is presently serving as the Chairman, IETE Varanasi Sub-Centre.    

Prof. Jit has supervised 33 Ph.D. theses and  57 M. Tech theses. He has published more than 350 research papers in various peer reviewed international journals (including 91 IEEE  publications) and conference proceedings; 6 book chapters; and 4 patents (2 awarded and 2 under examination). He has coauthored a text book titled Millman’s Electronic Devices and Circuits, 4/e published by the McGraw-Hill Publishing Company, New Delhi with Jacob Millman and Christos C. Halkias as other two coauthors. He is one of the Editors of three books titled Advanced Optoelectronic Materials and Devices and Emerging Trends in Electronic and Photonic Devices & Systems both published by the Macmillan Publishers India Limited, New Delhi in 2008 and 2009 respectively and Advances in Microelectronics and Photonics from Nova Science Publishers, New York, USA in 2012. He has edited book volume titled 2D Nanoscale Heterostructured Materials published by the Elsevier in May, 2020. He has worked as one of the Guest Editors of the Special Issue on Narrow-Gap Semiconductors and Low-Dimensional Structures for Optoelectronic Applications (NAGAP) of the Scientific World Journal in 2014. He has delivered 85 invited lectures in various national and international conferences/workshops/Institutes/Universities.  His present research interests include the modeling and simulation of nanoscaled CMOS devices; nanostructured materials and devices for electronic, optoelectronic and gas sensing applications; Flexible Electronic Devices for Gas Sensing and Optoelectronic Applications, Solar Cells etc.
Prof. Jit has been elected as a Fellow of the West Bengal Academy of Science and Technology (WAST) in 2023. He has been conferred the IETE-Prof. SVC Aiya Memorial Award (2023) by the Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (IETE) in 2023. He is the recipient of the INSA (Indian National Science Academy) Visiting Fellowship in 2006 and  Postdoctoral Research Fellowship from the Optoelectronic Laboratory, Georgia State University, Atlanta, USA in 2007. He was awarded the BOYSCAST Fellowship of the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India for the year 2010-11 to carry out some advance research in the Max-Born-Institute, Berlin, Germany during Sept.-Dec, 2011. Prof. Jit is a Fellow of the IET, UK;  IETE, India;  and Institution of Engineers India. He is a Senior Member of the IEEE, USA. At present, Prof. Jit is working  as the Associate Editor of two  journals namely IET Micro & Nano Letters (an IET Publication with IF: 0.975) and Journal of Electronic Materials (a Springer publication with IF: 2.047). He is also an Editor of the IETE Journal of Research ( a joint publication of IETE & Taylor and Francis with IF: 2.333). 

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