Contact
- Affiliation: Communications, Networks and Signal Processing Group
- Phone:( 044) 2257 4401
- E-mail: davidk[at]iitm.ac.in
Education & Experience
Education
- Ph.D (EE) - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California.
- Ms (EE) - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California.
- B.Tech (EE) - IIT Madras.
Experience
- Department of Electrical Engineering (06/2002 - present)
- Head, Department of Electrical Engineering (08/2018 - present)
- Qualcomm Institute Chair Professor (03/2016 - present)
- Dean (Planning), IIT Madras (09/2011 - 09/2017)
- Head, Central Electronics Centre (08/2007 - 12/2008)
- Co-Chair, IIT Hyderabad - Special Task Force (06/2008 -12/2009)
- Chief Scientist, centre of Excellence in Wireless Technology (2008)
- Director (Research, Technology, and Patents)( 05/1994 - 06/2002)
- Electrical Engineer, Wireless Communications Group ( 12/1990 - 05/1994)
- GE Corporate R&D Center, Schenectady, NY, USA
- Ericsson Inc., Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
Awards & Patents
Honours / Awards
- IITM Alumni Association Award for Distinguished Service – Aug 2017
- Apr 2014 – Received the Srimathi Marti Annapurna Gurunath Award for Excellence in Teaching (Best Teacher Award of IIT Madras).
- Nov 2003 - Elected Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering.
- Nov 1999 – “Ericsson Inventor of the Year” award, the highest technical recognition within Ericsson.
Patents Awarded
- 32 US patents, 10 Canadian patents, 19 WIPO/European patents
- 1 Indian patent granted
- 1 Indian patent application
Students
Current Research Students
- Varughese Mathew (EE12D028) 2013 – present
- Krishna Kumar (EE14D003) 2014 – present (joint guidance with D. Jalihal)
- V. Lakshmi Narayanan, 2014 – present (joint guidance with Deepa Venkitesh)
- Tushar Golani (EE17D206) 2017 – present (joint guidance with S. Christopher)
- Tushar Golani (EE17D206) 2017 – present (joint guidance with S. Christopher)
- Swaminath M (EE17D205) 2017 – present (joint guidance with S. Christopher
- Narendra Deconda (EE18D200) 2018 – present
- Shubham Paul (EE19D407) 2019 – present
- S. J. Sreeraj (EE17D033) 2017 – present (joint guidance with D. Venkitesh)
Alumni
- PhD (3 Completed)
- M.S (4 Completed)
- M.Tech (62 Completed)
- B.Tech (26 Completed)
Publication & Research
Publication
- Journal papers - 27
- Conference papers - 84
- Books and Book Chapters - 2
- Journal papers - 11(2016-2021)
- Conference papers - 18(2016-2021)
Research Impact
- Google Scholar statistics
- One PhD completed, 8 PhDs in progress
- 20 M.Tech Theses
- 6 B.Tech and 12 Creative Engineering Projects