Communication Networks Research Group
Department of Electrical Engineering and Bharti School of Telecommunication
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
Hauz Khas, New Delhi 110016, India
Dr. Swades De
ProfessorDepartment of Electrical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
Email: swadesd@ee.iitd.ac.in
Contact: +91 11 2659 1042
Post-doctoral Fellows
| Name | Areas |
| Dr. Shiv Kumar |
Nov. 2025 - present Areas: Cooperative communication, spectrum sharing Email: shiv.iitrpr@gmail.com |
| Dr. Akash Kumar Mandal |
Jul. 2024 - present Areas: IoT networks, smart grid communications, network security, AI-aided modeling and optimizations Email: Akash.Kumar.Mandal@ee.iitd.ac.in |
Research Scholars
| Name | Areas |
| Smriti Sachdev |
August 2018 - present (Part-Time)
Areas: Energy Harvesting in Wireless Communication Email: eez188172@ee.iitd.ac.in |
| Srishti Sharma | July 2020 - present Areas : Optical Wireless Energy Transfer Email : eez208452@ee.iitd.ac.in |
| Neha Tiwari [Joint Supervisor: Prof. S. Dharmaraja] | July 2020 - present Areas : Channel modelling, Quantum Communication Email : bsz208010@dbst.iitd.ac.in |
| Amit Goel | July 2020 - present Areas : UAV communication Email : bsz208009@dbst.iitd.ac.in |
| Rajrshi Dubey | January 2021 - present Areas : Coexistence communication Email : bsz208705@dbst.iitd.ac.in |
| Kavindar Tiwari | July 2023 - present (Part time) Areas : Coexistence communication Email : eez238350@ee.iitd.ac.in |
| Urbi Basu | Dec. 2023 - present Areas : Email : eez238571@ee.iitd.ac.in |
M.Tech/MSR Students
| Name | Areas |
| Vikrant Thakur (Part-time, MSR) | Dec. 2022 Areas: IoT security Email: eey227587@ee.iitd.ac.in |
| Vinas Bilandi (Part-time, MSR) | Dec. 2022 Areas: IoT security Email: eey227583@ee.iitd.ac.in |
PhD
| Name | Current Position |
| Payali Das (2024) [Joint Supervisor: Prof. Shouri Chatterjee] | Post-doctoral researcher Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden |
| Akash Kumar Mandal (2024) | Principal Project Scientist IIT Delhi, New Delhi, India |
| Ashutosh Balakrishnan (2024) | Assistant Professor Telecom Paris, France |
| Sushmita Ghosh (2024) [Joint Supervisor: Prof. Shouri Chatterjee] | Software Engineer, R&D Tejas Networks Ltd., India |
| Anshul Thakur (2023) | Team Leader Center for Development of Telematics, India |
| Nancy Varshney (2023) | Assistant Professor BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, India |
| Mayukh Roy Chowdhury (2022) | Research Engineer Nokia Bell Labs, Bangalore, India |
| Vini Gupta (2021) | Assistant Professor Mississippi State University, USA |
| Suraj Suman (2020) | Assistant Professor Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Patna, India |
| Poonam Lohan (2019) [Joint Supervisor: Prof. Jun-Bae Seo] | Post-doctoral Researcher University of Ottawa, Canada |
| Priyadarshi Mukherjee (2019) | Assistant Professor IISER Bhopal, India |
| Sharda Tripathi (2019) | Assistant Professor BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus, India |
| K Kaushik (2018) | Research Engineer Encora, Bangalore, India |
| Deepak Mishra (2017) | Senior Lecturer School of EE&T, UNSW Sydney, Australia |
| Satyam Agrawal (2016) | Associate Professor Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Ropar, India |
| Ravikant Saini (2016) | Associate Professor Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Jammu, India |
| Chetna Singal (2015) | Researcher Inria - Centre de l'Université de Rennes, France |
| Mayur M Vegad (2013) [Joint Supervisor: Prof. Brejesh Lall] | Professor Department of Computer Science, BVM Engineering College, Gujarat, India |
| Priyatosh Mandal (2013) | Senior Research Engineer Centre for Development of Telematics, New Delhi, India |
| Bighnaraj Panigrahi (2012) [Joint Supervisor: Prof. B.S. Panda] | Senior Standards Delegate Nokia Standards Division, Bangalore, India |
Postdoctoral Fellows
| Name | |
| Dr. Subhankar Chatterjee | |
| Dr. Amina Girdher |
Nov. 2023 - Aug. 2025 LNMIIT, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India |
| Dr. Rathindra Nath Dutta |
Jan. 2024 - Mar. 2025 BIT Mesra, Ranchi, India |
MSR
| Name | Name |
| Himanshu (2024) | Sudheshna Biswas (2023) |
| Sidharth Kumar (2019) | Satish Kumar (2011) |
| Rahul Jain (2015) | Siddarth Sen (2010) |
| Prabhat Singh (2015) | H. Dogukan Cavdar (2006) |
| Ashutosh Rai (2012) | Komlan Egoh (2005) |
M.Tech
| Name | Name |
| Wadood Ahmad Khan (2020) | Putlur Hithesh Reddy (2020) |
| Chaynika Taneja (2017) | Anurag Gupta (2016) |
| Vikash Srivastava (2015) | Utkarsh Vaidya (2014) |
| Pooja Gupta (2013) | Riya Singhal (2012) |
| Priyanka Kawatra (2012) | S. D. Hemanth (2012) |
| Nitin Panwar (2011) | Ravindra Tonde (2010) |
| Kiran Gadwala (2010) | Kiran Dhamale (2010) |
| Nikhil Sinha (2010) | Lokesh Singla (2009) |
| Ramkishore Reddy (2009) | Rajnish Kumar (2009) |
| V. Vinay Kumar (2008) | Neha Gupta (2008) |
Dual Degree/B.Tech
| Name | Name |
| Sidharth Kumar (2017) | Udit Garg (2008) |
| Uma Parthavi Moravapalle (2012) | Srijan Srivastava (2008) |
| Aditya Kawatra (2008) | Tarun Soni (2007) |
| Pratik Pareek (2008) | Pratiroop Mehta (2007) |
| Gaurav Chaula (2008) |