Message from

General Chairs

It is a great pleasure to welcome you to the maiden edition of IEEE

International conference on Microwaves, Antennas and Propagation (MAPCON)
being held at Hotel The Leela Bhartiya City, Bengaluru, India. MAPCON is a joint
flagship conference of IEEE AP-S and IEEE MTT-S in India and organized, this
year, by the IEEE MTT/AP Society Bangalore Joint Chapter. IEEE MAPCON was
conceived by merging two flagship conferences InCAP and IMaRC of Indian
Antenna Community and IEEE MTT-S respectively. MAPCON provides an
opportunity for academic researchers, students, practicing engineers, and industry
experts to interact and exchange ideas on topics relevant to the current trends in
Antenna Technology. Experts from India, USA, Canada, Europe, Isreal, Japan,
Taiwan and other countries will be attending MAPCON 2022.
The conference received huge number of submissions and the TPC has selected
a good collection of papers that will be presented during the conference with43 oral
sessions and 4 poster sessions. The conference also has invited eminent speakers
for Plenary, Keynote and TEDx Talks, who will share the excitement of their new
findings. Focus of the conference is on Innovations in Antennas, Microwaves and
Propagation with special focus on Space and Defence related technologies.
Dedicated sessions and a workshop is arranged on the same. An industry exhibit is
also organized in which more than 30 industries and 4 selected startups are
participating to showcase their product and recent developments in antenna and
microwave technologies. 8 Special sessions on6GTechnology,Antenna Arrays,
Defence Radar Technology, Measurements, GaN MMIC, SIGHT, YP and WiEM
are organized with an aim to provide the latest information on future technologies
and encourage participants to develop technologies for the benefit of Humanity. We
are pleased that 700+delegates will be able to congregate andshare their knowledge
and expertise at a single platform.
It would not be possible to organize a conference of such a magnitude without
the help of some committed individuals. MAPCON 2022 is particularly indebted to
the Chief Patrons, Patrons, MAPCON EC Co-Chairs, TPC Chairs, Reviewers,

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Chairs and members of Finance, Publicity, Publications, Sponsorship, Web and
several other committees. We convey our gratitude to the eminent Plenary,
Keynote, TEDx, workshop and panel speakers. Last, but not the least, our sincere
thanks to MAPCON Executive Committee and IEEE AP/MTT Joint Chapter
ExeComfor all their support.
MAPCON2022 has initiated several path breaking initiatives for the benefits of
Students/YPs/WiE/Members/Startups/Members viz. (1) M.Tech/B.Tech Student
Connect Program, (2) Student Authors Travel Grant, (3) Start-up Initiative, (4)
Mentor-Mentee Initiative, (5) Job Opportunities portal, (6) upto 50% subsidized
registration fees for Students/AP-S/MTT-S/IEEE Members, (7) upto 20% Early
Submission advantage discount to authors who have submitted their manuscript
well ahead of paper submission deadline to helped TPC to perform quality review
and (8) Free Accommodation to all the Student Delegates, (9) Identifying
Academic and Media Partner, (10) Establishment of Centre of Skill Development
in Antennas and Microwaves
The conference has been made possible due to the generous support of our
sponsors, ANSYS, APC Technology/Wolfspeed, Renesas, MVG, Paras, Anritsu,
Micross, DMC, Centum, Sabic, R&S, JV Micoronics, ICON Electromatic, Airbus,
Albatross, Maury Microwave, Fastech, Fine-line, Pacemaker Solutions,Satcome
Technologies , SSD Polymers, WavePro, IEEE AESS, Cadence, Jyoti Electronics,
AMP, IEEE AP-S and IEEE MTT-S. We sincerely thank all of them for their
invaluable support.
We sincerely hope that all the delegates will have a wonderful time in the
conference where each one will be able to make new friends, re-new old
acquaintances and get technically enriched in this wonderful garden city of
Bengaluru. Please make time to visit several historical sites with your friends and
family that are around Benguluru. The organizing committee will make sure that
your stay during the conference is pleasant and comfortable and see you all soon!

Puneet Kumar Mishra

Mrinal Kanti Mandal
General Chairs, IEEE MAPCON 2022

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Challenges and Opportunities of Decarbonization in the
Global Electric Power Sector
Saifur Rahman, 2023 IEEE President & CEO and Professor,
Director, Virginia Tech, USA
Dec 13, 2022, GBR-1, 18.30-16.50 Hrs

Abstract: A rising level of greenhouse gas emissions, its effect on life and property,
food production and human productivity on the planet are raising alarm bells in the
civil society, among policymakers and industry leaders. At the same time, there is a
tension between industrializednations and emerging economies about the
approach to global decarbonization efforts in theelectric power, transportation,
ICT, buildings, agriculture and the manufacturing sectors. This presentation
addresses the causes and effects of carbonization and mitigation opportunities.
Amajor focus is placed on the carbon produced through electricity production, as it
is responsible for roughly 30% of carbon emissions globally. The challenge of
decarbonization in this sector can be addressed using a portfolio of solutions with
low-carbon generation ( includingrenewables & nuclear), carbon capture and
sequestration, storage, cross-border electricitytransfer and advanced technology
focusing on energy efficiency.

Professor Saifur Rahman is the founding director of the

Advanced Research Institute at Virginia Tech, USA where he
is the Joseph R. Loring professor of electrical and computer
engineering. He also directs the Center for Energy and the
Global Environment. He is a Life Fellow of the IEEE and an
IEEE Millennium Medal winner. He is the 2022 IEEE
President-elect and was the president of the IEEE Power and
Energy Society (PES) for 2018 and 2019. He was the
founding editor-in-chief of the IEEE Electrification
Magazine and the IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy.
He has published over 150 journal papers and has made over five hundred
conference and invited presentations. He is the founder of BEM Controls, LLC, a
Virginia (USA)-based software company providing building energy management
solutions. He has conducted several energy efficiency, blockchain and sensor
integration projects for Duke Energy, Tokyo Electric Power Company, the US
National Science Foundation, the US Department of Defense, the US Department
of Energy and the State of Virginia. He has a PhD in electrical engineering from
Virginia Tech.

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"Technology Evolution in RF Communication"
Dr. Aniruddha Mukhopadhyaya,
Field Chief Technologist Ansys, Inc., USA
Dec 13, 2022, GBR-1, 18.50-19.10 Hrs,

Abstract : Modern Aerospace and Défense assets require multiple reliable

communication links to Ground Stations, Satellites and other moving assets to
ensure the success of the mission. It also requires a radar/sensing system which can
track and update the multiple targets around it. Similar requirements and
constraints are applicable to space communication / awareness. In parallel since
1988, the telecom industry is going through exponential growth in wireless
technology (2G to 5G/6G, WLAN) to provide connectivity to massive networks.
These requirements have led to the development of new technologies such as
cognitive, AESA, Software defined radios, etc. It has entailed the development of
new technologies from the component level to the system of systems level. This
TEDx talk is going to cover the challenges and opportunities in digital integration
and verification of communication systems and how digital transformation is
influencing measure of effectiveness up to mission level.

Bio : Anirudh is the Field Chief Technologist Ansys, Inc.,

Canonsburg, PA. In his current role, Anirudh engages with
Ansys Enterprise Customer Executives on technology
related to Digital Transformation Initiatives. The digital
engineering technologies include Model Based Systems
Engineering, open collaboration ecosystem, and Machine
Learning based data driven decision tools. With a PhD in
Mechanical Engineering and decades of professional
experience, Anirudh is domain expert for multiple industry
segments focusing on improving productivity, and efficiency
in engineering design analysis across globally distributed teams. His current role
emphasizes on developing and implementing technology adoption strategy to
accelerate product design and process integration enabling continuous design
change practices in aerospace, automotive and high-tech industries.

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Engineering Indian space program
Dr. M Annadurai, Former Director, URSC/ISRO and Vice President, Tamil Nadu
State Council for Science and Technology
Dec 13, 2022, GBR-1, 17.10-17.30 Hrs,

Abstract : Testing moments of Indian space program from concept to

commercialization will be brought out in this talk.

Bio: Dr Mylswamy Annadurai, famed as the "Moon Man

of India", Vice President, Tamil Nadu State Council for
Science and Technology is the space scientist of International
repute, has held various responsibilities like Director ISRO
satellite Centre, Prog Director Mangalyaan, Project Director
Chandrayaan -1&2 and Chairman, Board of Governors,
National Design and Research Forum. Holding a Masters
and PhD in Engineering, Dr Annadurai led more than 3000
scientists and engineers as Director, ISRO Satellite Centre.
He has contributed for more than 60 satellites made in India
during his 36 years of illustrious career at ISRO. Notable among them being
Chandryanna-1 and Mangalyaan-1 India's first Moon and Mars missions in the
capacity of Project Director and Programme Director for the respective missions.
Dr Annadurai has led many international forums on Space science and technology,
to name a few, Chairman, working group of the whole in United Nations Comittee
for Peaceful use of Outer Space, co-chair Asia-Pacific Space Forum, Co-chair Indo
German Joint working team for Space Coperation, Indo-French Joint working
team for Space Coperation. He has written 5 books, authored many research papers
in the area of satellite technology and holds 10 patents.Dr. Annadurai has been
bestowed with Padma Shree award in 2016 for Science and Technology from
Govt.of India, RajyotsavaPrashasti award for Science in 2008 from Govt. of
Karnataka, IEI-IEEE(USA) Engineering Excellence award 2016, Space Systems
award, 2009 from American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics, USA along
with many national and international awards, fellowships and recognitions. Dr
Annadurai's achievements in satellite technology have been highlighted in text
books ofTamilnadu state Board of Education. Dr Annadurai, after his
superannuation spends his time guiding the students in the innovative projects of
social relevance

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Millimeter Wave Integration and Packaging Strategies
using Antenna-in-Package
Rashaunda Henderson, Professor,
University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson TX
Dec 13, 2022, GBR-1, 13.30-14.00 Hrs

Abstract: Affordable and high performance front end modules (FEMs) have been
identified as key research challenges for millimeter wave communications. While
the design of active components and sub-systems has been explored by many
research groups, there is still a need to provide integration and packaging strategies
that can meet system requirements and not inhibit the performance obtained at the
wafer level. This poses challenges on the front-end modules (FEM) to deliver
innovative packaging solutions which can fulfill the FEM integration requirements
to maximize performance. Antenna in package (AiP) is a key technique that will
enable the realization of 6G FEMs. The talk will discuss AiP solutions from a multi-
disciplinary research team from University of Texas at Dallas. The talk will
highlight the design, modeling, and characterization of planar antennas integrated
into enhanced quad flat no-lead (eQFN) packages in WR8 (90GHz-140GHz) and
WR5 (140GHz-220GHz) frequency bands. Further, the design, modeling, and
simulation results of chip-to-package transitions, transmission line structures, and
antenna feed elements are discussed. The simulated bandwidth and gain of the
integrated antennas is compared with their standalone versions. To facilitate
accurate design of the antennas and packaging transitions, high frequency material
characterization is needed. This work will include results on the dielectric
properties of the packaging substrates and over mold materials utilized in the
frequency ranges mentioned. A workflow to characterize fatigue failure under
board level vibration will be introduced. Simulation results indicating the potential
locations of the solder failure under vibration will also be presented. Validation of
simulation results is conducted using fringe projection to directly measure the
vibration mode when a printed circuit board (PCB) is under vibration.

Bio: Rashaunda M. Henderson received the BSEE degree

from Tuskegee University in 1992 and the MS and PhD
degrees, also in electrical engineering, from The University
of Michigan, Ann Arbor, in 1994 and 1999, respectively. She
joined Motorola Semiconductor Product Sector in Tempe,
AZ and worked as a research and development device
engineer focusing on passive circuits integration in the
microwave and mixed-signal technology labs for wireless

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embedded systems. She joined The University of Texas at Dallas in 2007 as an
Assistant Professor in the Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer
Science. She is now a Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering
Department and Interim co-Department Head. Dr. Henderson is co-founder of the
High Frequency Circuits and Systems Laboratory, which facilitates millimeter-
wave design and development of components, circuits and integrated packages and
antennas for wireless communication systems. She has co-authored more than 100
journal and conference papers focusing on packaging and integration for high
frequency applications. Dr. Henderson is a Senior Member of the IEEE and the
2022 President of the IEEE Microwave Theory and Technology Society (MTT-S)
Administrative Committee. She is passionate about educating the next generation
student and encouraging them to seek careers in science, technology, engineering
and mathematics.

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A New Generation of Metasurface Antennas
Prof. Stefano Maci, University of Siena, 2023 President IEEE AP-SDec 13,
2022, GBR-1, 14.00-14.30 Hrs

Abstract:“Metasurface” (MTS) denotes a surface constituted at microwave

frequency by PCB or 3D printedelements small in terms of wavelengths that
collectively exhibits equivalent homogeneous boundaryconditions to any
interacting electromagnetic fields. MTSs have had and are having a strong
impactin Antenna applications. In the years 2000-2010 MTS for antennas were
essentially uniform in spaceand realized by periodic printed elements. This was the
first generation of MTS. In the secondgeneration (2010-2020), MTS for antennas
was constructed in such a way to change boundaryconditions in space and control
the scattered field. Today we are facing a transition to the thirdgeneration of MTS
antennas, where MTSs change boundary conditions in space and time, openingnew
perspectives in 5G communications and beyond. In this presentation, the evolution
of MTSantennas is described, with new ideas and examples. Emphasis will be
given on the use of reflectiveintelligent surfaces (RIS) for beyond 5G
communications.

Bio: Stefano MACI is a Professor at the University of Siena

since 97. The research interest of Prof Maciincludes high-
frequency and beam representation methods, computational
electromagnetics, largephased arrays, planar antennas,
reflector antennas and feeds, metamaterials and
metasurfaces.Since 2000, he was member the Technical
Advisory Board of 13 international conferences andmember
of the Review Board of 6 International Journals. In 2004 he
was the founder of theEuropean School of Antennas (ESoA),
a post graduate school that presently comprises 34 courseson Antennas,
Propagation, Electromagnetic Theory, and Computational Electromagnetics and
150teachers coming from 15 countries. Since 2004 is the Director of ESoA. Since
2010 he has beenPrincipal Investigator of 6 cooperative projects financed by
European Space Agency.Professor Maci has been a former member of the AdCom
of IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society(AP-S), associate editor of AP-
Transaction, Chair of the Award Committee of IEEE AP-S, andmember of the
Board of Directors of the European Association on Antennas and
Propagation(EurAAP). From 2008 to 2015 he has been Director of the PhD
program in Information Engineeringand Mathematics of University of Siena, and
from 2013 to 2015 he was member of the first NationalItalian Committee for
Qualification to Professor. He foundedand has been former Director of the

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consortium FORESEEN, involving 48 European Institutions. Hewas the principal
investigator of the Future Emerging Technology project “Nanoarchitectronics”
ofthe 8 th EU Framework program, and he is presently principal investigator of the
EU program“Metamask”. He was co-founder of 2 Spin-off Companies. He has
been a Distinguished Lecturer ofthe IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society (AP-
S), and EuRAAP distinguished lecturer in theambassador program. He was
recipient of the EurAAP Award in 2014, of the IEEE SchelkunoffTransaction Prize
in 2016, of the Chen-To Tai Distinguished Educator award in 2016, and of theURSI
Dellinger Gold Medal in 2020. He is President Elect of the IEEE Antennas
andPropagation Society 2022.His research activity is documented in 180 papers
published in international journals, (among which100 on IEEE journals), 10 book
chapters, and about 450 papers in proceedings of internationalconferences. The
papers he coauthored have been cited about 9000 times (h index 50, source:Google
Scholar).

RF Challenges in Integration of Airborne Early Warning &

Control System (AEW&C)
Dr. Rajlakshmi Menon, Director, CABS/DRDO
Dec 13, 2022, GBR-1, 14.30-15.00 Hrs

Airborne Early Warning and Control System (AEW&C) system is a system of

systems with Integrated systems that work in synchronization with each other to
provide a true force multiplier early warning capability. However, there are major
challenges. These challenges become multi-fold in the case of integration of
multiple RF systems onboard an aircraft with limited space, volume and power.
The operational frequencies of the systems onboard an AEW&C system typically
spreads from few MHz to tens of GHz. Effective realization and utilization of
AEW&C in an operational environment requires integration of large number of
antennas and external sensors. The mounting of antennae in a restricted space
should not only provide good Field-of-View (FoV) but with minimal interferences
between the systems. Measures are taken through spatial, temporal and spectral
diversity to mitigate the challenges. The effect of aircraft structure on the antenna
pattern and its impact on the performance of the system is another challenge to be
addressed during the design and development of large scale complex airborne
surveillance systems such as an Airborne Early Warning and Control system. Use
of Computational Electromagnetic (CEM) analysis techniques to optimize the
location for positioning the antennas on the aircraft fuselage provides a viable and
practical solution to the problem. The design of LRUs to meet the EMI/EMC,
Environmental Qualification standards are additional challenges faced by any
airborne system designer. Further, the design of long-range medium-PRF airborne

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pulse-doppler radar with low sidelobes is itself very challenging along with the
operation of SIGINT systems. In this address, the aspect of challenges in the
Design, Development and Integration of an Indigenous Airborne Early Warning
and Control System is described along with the practical solutions evolved to
realize, flight test and induct the system into the Services.

Dr K Rajalakshmi Menon, Outstanding Scientist/ Scientist

'H' has been appointed as Director CABS on 31 Dec 2021.Dr
K Rajalakshmi Menon joined CABS/DRDO in 1988 after
her MSc in Computer Science from University of Poona. She
further obtained her Masters in Engineering and
PhDIISc.She has made significant contributions in design
and development of Airborne Surveillance Systems. Her area
of expertise includes System Engineering of Complex
Systems, Command, Control, Communications, Computers,
Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR), Image Intelligence,
Guidance and Control, Battle Management, System Design and System Analysis
of Airborne Radars and EW sensors.As Team Leader for the Clutter
Characterisation Project, she was instrumental in integration and flight testing of a
radar on an aircraft for the first time in the country. She has played a pivotal role in
the design, development, integration, testing and delivery of indigenous Airborne
Early Warning & Control System (AEW&C). In the AEW&C Program, she took up
many leadership roles; as Deputy Project Director and Project Director for System
Engineering (SE), System Test and Integration Rig (STIR) andGround
Exploitation System (GES)and design & development of Command and Control
(C2) functions, viz., Threat Evaluation, Weapon Assignment, Intercept Control and
Guidance for Battle Management to enable Network Centric Operations of
AEW&C. The C2 functionalities meeting the IAF tactics has been developed for
the first time in the country. As, coordinator for indigenous datalinks development,
she has successfully demonstrated the communication capability between
AEW&C and Ground Exploitation System meeting the operational role. She rose
to the post of Associate Programme Director (AEW&C) in 2015 and led the System
Engineering, Mission System Integration and Flight Testing, which culminated
into induction of AEW&C system into IAF, in Initial Operational Capability (IOC)
configuration in Feb 2017. She led all the flight test campaigns of AEW&C from
2013 to 2017. As System Engineer of AEW&C, she applied the principles
successfully from concept to delivery, resulting in India becoming the fifth country
in the world to have an indigenous AEW&C system.After the successful induction
of AEW&C in IOC configuration, she led the design and development of Imaging
Radars for UAVs, Fighters, Satellites and manned platforms during her brief tenure

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at LRDE, Bangalore from Jul 2017 to Jan 2019, wherein introduced novel
technologies for developing very high resolution Synthetic Aperture Radar(SAR).
She was also the Associate Director at LRDE.Subsequently, as Associate Director,
CABS, she led various projects and programs on Air to Ground Surveillance,
specifically towards developing the technologies for Intelligence, Surveillance and
Reconnaissance (ISR). She has been the Project Director for ISR Project and
Program Director-Designate for Intelligence, Surveillance, Targeting and
Reconnaissance (ISTAR) Program for IAF and for a similar program for NTRO.
She is member of Institute of Council of System Engineers (INCOSE), Senior
Member IEEE and Chairperson, IEEE AESS, Bangalore Chapter, Fellow of IETE
and Life Member of Aeronautical Society of India(AeSI).She isa recipient of
Laboratory Scientist of the year Award in 2006, Technology Group Award in 2008
for Mission System Controller Development, DRDO Award for Path Breaking
Research for developing critical technologies for AEW&C in 2012, DRDO
Scientist of the year Award in 2015 and DRDO Technology Group Award for the
design and development of Intercept Control and Battle Management System for
AEW&C in 2018. She is also a recipient of Outstanding Women
Scientist/Technologist/ Engineer Award for2018 from Aeronautical Society of
India and Distinguished Alumni Award for 2019 from the prestigious Indian
Institute of Science. She is one of the 51 Women Achievers in STEM, all over India
and is profiled in e-book launched by Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) in
2021.

Probing the Universe using radio waves:

where engineering meets astronomy
Yashwant Gupta, Centre Director,
NationalCentre for Radio Astrophysics, Pune
Dec 13, 2022, GBR-1, 15.00-15.30 Hrs

Abstract : The demonstration of how to transmit and receive radio waves, first
done by Sir J.C. Bose in1894, led to the opening up of a new window to the
Universe. Radio astronomy involves tight interaction with many fields of
engineering, especially those relevant to MAPCON! India has a strong tradition in
this branch of astronomy, starting with Prof Govind Swarup who kicked off
activities in this area at TIFR in 1963. In this talk, we will trace the fascinating
story of radio astronomy and the engineering behind it, with special emphasis on its
growth and current status in India, ending with the frontline Indian facility -- the
Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT). The GMRT, a world class low
frequency radio observatory operational since 2002, consists of 30 fully steerable
antennas of 45 metre diameter each and can be used as an aperture-synthesis array

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for imaging, as well as a phased array to study compact radio sources such as
pulsars. It uses several interesting and innovative ideas and technologies. We have
recently completed a major upgrade of the GMRT that has improved its sensitivity
by a factor of three and has also made it a much more versatile instrument. This
upgrade, which employs some cutting edge new technologies, will keep the GMRT
at the forefront as one of the most sensitive facility in the 100 to 1500 MHz range
for the next decade or so. This talk will spotlight some of these multi-disciplinary
technological aspects of the GMRT, and also take a look into how it has improved
our understanding of the Universe, and what the future holds.
Bio: Professor Yashwant Gupta presently at the position of
Distinguished Professorin the Tata Institute of Fundamental
Research (TIFR), heads TIFR's National Centre for
RadioAstrophysics, located in Pune, as the Centre Director.
He obtained his M.S. and Ph.D. in Radio Astronomy from the
University of California, San Diego in 1990, after completing
his Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from IIT
Kanpur in 1985. Professor Gupta is known for his research on
pulsars (which are very rapidly rotating, highly magnetised
neutron stars) and the interstellar medium, as well as development of
instrumentation and signal processing techniques for radio astronomy. In
particular, he has contributed significantly to the building and running of the Giant
Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT) observatory -- a world class facility located
near Pune and operated by NCRA -- right from its conceptualisation to its recent
upgrade. He also spearheads India's participation in the Square Kilometre Array
(SKA) project -- an international collaborative project to design and build the next
generation global radio astronomy facility.He has published more than 175
research articles in international journals, and has also delivered several plenary
speeches and keynote addresses in several international and national level
meetings. He is a member of several professional bodies: the International
Astronomical Union (IAU), the International Union of Radio Science (URSI) and
also a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
(IEEE). He has also been elected to the main national academies of science and
engineering in India: INSA and INAE. For his contributions, Prof. Gupta has also
been honoured with a number of awards: in 2007, he was awarded the Shanti
Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology by the Council of Scientific
and Industrial Research, Governmentof India -- one of the highest Indian science
awards, for his contributions to physical sciences. Recently, in 2019, he and his
team have been awarded the ZubinKembhavi Award by the Astronomical Society
of India, for the work of the upgrade of GMRT. In 2022, he has been selected for the
Murli M. Chugani Memorial Award of the Indian Physics Association, for his
achievements in applied physics.

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Modeling Electromagnetic Phenomena in Large Quantum
Systems
Amir Boag, School of Electrical Engineering,
Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
Dec 13, 2022, GBR-1, 15.30-16.00 Hrs

Abstract: Density Functional Theory (DFT) is a common method for quantum

calculations that offers agood balance between accuracy and computational cost.
An important challenge in both
ground state and excited state DFT is the calculation of electrostatic and electro
dynamicinduced potentials, as well as the Fock exchange interaction. For the
ground state, we present an accurate scalar Green's function kernels to efficiently
evaluate the Hartree and Fockpotentials using a Fast Fourier Transform (FFT)
method to solve the Poisson equation. Wedemonstrate theefficiency of this method,
using hybrid and screened hybrid DFT, to studythe properties ofsilicon quantum
dots comprising over a thousand atoms (3 nm diameter). Inthe excited state,
electrodynamic fields are formally incorporated within time dependent Density
FunctionalTheory (TDDFT) by considering both induced scalar and vector
potentials. The Hamiltonian is described in both the Coulomb and Lorenz gauges,
and the advantages of the latter are outlined. Integral expressions are defined for the
retarded potentials of each gauge and a methodological approach to evaluating
these nontrivial expressions with a low computational cost is adopted. The faster
potential calculation senables the study of larger systems, such as nanoscale
antennas.
Bio: Amir Boag received the B.Sc. degree in electrical
engineering and the B.A. degree in physics in 1983, both
Summa Cum Laude, the M.Sc. degree in electrical
engineering in 1985, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical
engineering in 1991, all from Technion - Israel Institute of
Technology, Haifa, Israel.From 1991 to 1992 he was on the
Faculty of the Department of Electrical Engineering at the
Technion. From 1992 to 1994 he has been a Visiting
Assistant Professor with the Electromagnetic
Communication Laboratory of the Department of Electrical and Computer
Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. In 1994, he joined
Israel Aircraft Industries as a research engineer and became a manager of the
Electromagnetics Department in 1997. Since 1999, he is with thePhysical
Electronics Department of the School of Electrical Engineering at Tel Aviv
University, where he is currently a Professor.Dr. Boag's interests are in
computational electromagnetics and acoustics, numerically efficient algorithms

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for quantum-electromagnetic simulations, radarimaging, and design of antennas
and optical devices. He has published over 130 journal articles and presented more
than 290 conference papers on electromagnetics and acoustics.Prof. Boag is an
Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation. He is a
Fellow of the Electromagnetics Academy. In 2008, Amir Boag was named a
Fellow of the IEEE for his contributions to integral equation based analysis, design,
and imaging techniques.

Emerging Trends in Reconfigurable Antennas for

SATCOM Applications
Dr. Milind Mahajan, GD, ASG, SAC/ISRO Ahmedabad
Dec 13, 2022, GBR-1, 16.30-17.00 Hrs

Abstract : Reconfigurable antennas have become the need of the hour to provide
the flexibility in satellite communication. In this talk, what are different types of
Reconfigurable antennas , need of reconfigurability and fundamental concepts of
achieving beam reconfigurability are discussed. Advances and emerging trends in
technologies like holography based reconfigurable metasurface antennas, digital
beam forming reconfigurable antenna, active integrated miniaturized phased array,
ferro-electric property based reconfigurable antenna, Lens based antennas,
mechanically reconfigurable antennas etc. along with their applications are
discussed.
Bio : Milind Mahajan obtained his B.E . (electronics)
degree in 1991 from Marathwada University,Aurangabad
and M.Tech. degree in Microwave Engineering from I.I.T.,
BHU, Varanasi in 1993.
He received Ph.D. degree from D.D. University, Nadiad in
2015. He started his carrier inSpacecraft Payload Group of
Space Applications Centre, Ahmedabad from 1993. He is
currentlyworking as Group Director, Antenna Systems
Group. He has worked as guest Scientist atGerman Aerospace Centre (DLR) in
2001. He was the designer of shaped reflectors and DualGridded Reflector
Antennas, high power helix antenna, multiple beam antennas for the variousINSAT
and GSAT programs. His current areas of interests are metasurface based
reconfigurableantennas, contoured beam reflector antennas and digital beam
forming based antennas. Heheld many responsibilities as Deputy Project Director,
Comm. Payload Antenna Systems ofINSAT-4A/4B/4C,GSAT-5/5P GSAT-7/7A
and Advanced Communications Satellite , GSAT-11/19 projects. He has led the

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team to develop the antenna systems for navigation satellites, radarimaging
satellites and Chandrayaan-2 missions. He is recipient of Space Gold Medal of
Astronautical Society of India in 2005, ISRO's team excellence awards in 2007,
2008, 2015 and 2017. He has more than 50 publications in national/ international
journals and conferences and 5 national /international patents to his credit.

UWB Future 5G Transceivers & Wearable Electronics

Prof. John L. Volakis, Dean, Florida International University
Miami, FL 33174
Dec 13, 2022, GBR-1, 17.30-18.00 Hrs
Future communication links (future 5G) will require higher data rates, multiple beams,
and higher transmit/receive gains, in addition to smaller weight, cost, and power. With
the growing interest for reduced size platforms and the requirement for ultra-wideband
(UWB) performance to address multi-functionality, there is a strong need for UWB RF
front-ends with ultra flexible interfaces. The latter will include millimeter wave and
THz capabilities to enable increased spectral efficiency, multi-functionality and
security. Simultaneous transmit and receive (STAR) transceivers are also becoming a
focus for the coming decade. Further, in recent years, a variety of flexible fabric-based
electronics have been proposed. To this end, our team proposed a new class of
conductive textiles that have demonstrated unique capabilities in terms of flexibility,
durability and manufacturing-ease using standard automated embroidery machinery.
These electronic threads (E-threads) have the capability to generate fully embroidered
microwave circuitry that has the same electrical properties as traditional microwave
circuits printed on PCBs. As such, a new class of wearable devices that are fully
integrated and inconspicuously placed within clothing is possible.This presentation
will focus on innovative methods for handling UWB communications with RF front
end and back-end capabilities having historically low power and game-changing
frequency-independent operation. They will includelow power MIMO and
beamforming across large bandwidths, from MHz to millimeter wave bands.
Challenges in realizing future textile-based electronic devices, including wearable
wideband transceivers will be presented. Among them, reliable wearable interconnects,
chipsets that are less bulky and integrated with the textile circuitry, and manufacturing
challenges will be discussed.
John L. Volakis is the Dean of the College of Engineering and
Computing at Florida International University (FIU), and a
Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Dept. He
is an IEEE, AAAS, NAI, URSI and ACES Fellow. Prior to
coming to FIU, he was the Roy and Lois Chope Chair in
Engineering at Ohio State and a Professor in the Electrical and
Computer Engineering Dept. (2003-2017). He also served as the
Director of the Ohio State Univ. ElectroScience Laboratory for
14 years. His career spans 2 years at Boeing, 19 years on the

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faculty at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, and 15 years at Ohio State. At
Michigan he also served as the Director of the Radiation Laboratory (1998-2000).
Prof. Volakis has 39 years of engineering research experience, and has published over
450 journal papers, 950 conference papers, over 30 chapters and 31 patents. In 2004, he
was listed by ISI Web of Science as one of the top 250 most referenced authors, and his
google h-index=74 with over 29000 citations, among the largest in Engineering. He
mentored over 100 Ph.Ds/Post-Docs and has written with them 43 papers which
received best paper awards. He is one of the most active researchers in
electromagnetics, RF materials and metamaterials, antennas and phased array, RF
transceivers, textile electronics, millimeter waves and terahertz, EMI/EMC as well as
EM diffraction and computational methods. He is also the authors of 9 books, including
the Antenna Handbook, referred to as the “antenna bible.” His research team is
recognized for introducing and/or developing 1) hybrid finite method for microwave
engineering, now defacto methods in commercial RF design packages, 2) novel
composite materials for antennas & sensor miniaturization, 3) a new class of wideband
conformal antennas and arrays with over 30:1 of contiguous bandwidth, referred to as
tightly coupled dipole antennas, already garnering over 6 million citations, 4) textile
surfaces for wearable electronics and sensors, 5) battery-less and wireless medical
implants for non-invasive brain signal collection, 6) diffraction coefficients for material
coated edges, and for 7) model-scaled radar scattering verification methods.

Microwave – THz-wave Technology & Applications

– An Indian Perspective
Lalit Kumar INAE Expert Group MW-TW, CSIR-CEERI, Pilani, India
Dec 13, 2022, GBR-1, 18.00-18.30 Hrs
Abstract: The Microwave/millimetre-wave technology had taken strong root in the
country in 1895, when JC Bose pioneered the mm-wave wireless technology in India.
Ever since, there has been a widespread activity in this field and a robust eco-system
comprising of several academic institutes, R&D laboratories, test & measurement
facilities, public and private industries has been established in India. This has enabled
the country to achieve considerable success in theoretical research, indigenous design,
development of various microwave/mm-wave systems, sub-systems and components.
Some of the sub-areas wherein substantial achievements have been made include:
antennas, coaxial and waveguide passive components, GaAs active devices, MIC and
MMIC modules, RF-MEMS, high power vacuum electronic devices, solid-state
devices, TR-modules, microwave power modules, systems for civilian and defence
communications, satellite communications, deep-space communications; high
resolution space-borne imaging sensors, radiometers, scatterometers, altimeters,
weather radars, defence radars, missile guidance and electronic warfare systems;
microwave driven particle accelerators, intense x-ray sources for hyperthermia,
radiography and cargo scanners; microwave heating for drying and disinfection of
food, material processing, and area-sanitization; mm-wave plasma diagnostic and
microwave/ mm-wave plasma heating for fusion reactors (ITER & IPR-Tokamak) etc.

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Besides this, several initiatives have also been taken in the THz-wave domain, such as,
THz astronomical telescope, imaging system and short range high data rate
communication system etc. However, despite our successes in indigenous
development of several complex component, device and system technologies, the
translation of technology to market has been rather limited. Moreover, the
manufacturing base for special materials, components and devices is almost non-
existent with us, leading the local industry to be largely dependent on imports. It is also
difficult to find enough industry-ready engineers in-spite of a huge number of
electronics engineers graduating every year. Thus, there is a need to take a holistic
view of the microwave-terahertz-wave technology domain, which is so crucial for
national development. It is in this context that, the Indian National Academy of
Engineering has set up an expert group on, “Advanced Microwave-THz-wave
technology & Applications- Way ahead for India” _to evolve a position paper to serve
as a reference document for various stake holders and policy makers. The group is
involved in making a thorough assessment of the technology status and market
scenario in short- and long- term, identify the facilitating factors for growth of
indigenous technology and industry in this strategic area and propose intervention
measures. In this talk, a brief perspective on the MW-THz-wave Technology and
Applications in the Indian context will be presented on behalf of the expert group, with
a view to connect with the stake holders and the experts to gather further inputs on the
subject.

Bio: Lalit Kumar obtained Ph.D. from BITS, Pilani. He is

Chairman, INAE Expert group on 'Microwave-Terahertz-wave
Technology & Applications, CSIR-CEERI, Pilani; Adjunct
Professor, BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad; and Editor, IEEE-TED. He
was Director, MTRDC-DRDO, Bangalore; Chairman,
CEPTAM-DRDO, Delhi; Scientist, CSIR-CEERI, Pilani;
Research Fellow: University of Tuebingen, Philips, Hamburg
and Lancaster University; and AICTE_INAE Visiting
Professor at IITs and engineering institutes. He attended
leadership courses at IIMs, NIAS and Harvard University. His
contributions include: theory and CAD for electron-optical systems and microwave
structures; indigenous development of VEDs: TWTs, MBK, coaxial-magnetron,
MPM and transmitters; and research on: gyrotron, HPM devices, and vacuum-
microelectronic devices.Fellow: INAE and IETE; Fellow & Founder President (2005-
07) VEDA-Society; Senior Member, IEEE/EDS; Member: IPA, IVS, MSI, IEEE-EDS
TC-VED (2006-15), EXECOM-IEEE Delhi (2017-19), General Chair, IEEE-IVEC-
2011, Bangalore. Co-guest Editor, Special issue-IEEE-TED. Received: DRDO Agni
Award–2003 & 2013, IETE RL Wadhwa Award, IETE-IRSI-(83) Award, IETE-JC
Bose Award, and CEERI Best Project Award.

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Development of mmW/THz Sources
Dr. Madhumita Chakravarti, Director, CMSDS, DRDO
Dec 15, 2022, GBR-1, 8.30-9.00 Hrs

Abstract: Advancement in industry automation, bio-imaging, bio-sensing,

military applications have generated research interest in mmW and THz
technology. Development of mmW/THz solid-
state source with appreciable power is attracting attention of researchers due to
their important applications in short range terrestrial and airborne communication
including space-based communication. Some of the THz sources reported in the
literature are electron beam, optically pumped far-infrared gas lasers,
semiconductor QCLs, resonant tunneling diode, IMPATT diode and Gunn diode.
Cascaded frequency multipliers are also in use for high frequency generation.
These solid-state sources can be tuned to appropriate THz frequency. IMPATT
devices based on Si are reported to provide high power at different frequencies in
mm-wave window. But the power generated by these sources at THz is not
sufficient for intended applications. The researchers are therefore exploring solid-
state sources at THz frequency band which should be compact, cost-effective,
efficient and powerful. In this respect, the potentiality of IMPATT devices based on
WBG semiconducting materials such as SiC, GaN and type-IIb diamond as high-
power sources has been reported at THz frequencies.

Bio : Madhumita Chakravarti completed her B Tech and

M Tech degree from Instt. Radio Physics and Electronics,
Calcutta University. She worked in the field of
programmable and re-configurable Airborne RF Sensors for
various Air defence and Area Defence Missile programs of
DRDO. She has developed multi-function RF Chips for
indigenous development of sensors. The system designed by
her has been inducted to Indian Air Force and Indian Army.
Presently, she is serving as the Director of Centre for
Millimeterwave Semiconductor Devices and Systems (CMSDS), a DRDO lab in
Kolkata. She is recipient of Path Breaking Technology Award of DRDO in 2010
and in 2017. She received felicitation from State of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana
for developing MSMEs in 2015. She has received INAE Woman Engineer of the
Year Award 2021. Apart from this, she has served as secretary for IEEE Hyderabad
Section in 2015-16. She is founder Chair of IEEE MTT/AP/EMC Chapter, ad-com
member of MTT-s in 2009, founder member of WIE affinity group and founder
Chair of AESS Chapter in IEEE Hyderabad Section.

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Compact Circularly polarized antenna designs for RF
energy harvesting system
Dr. Nasimuddin, Institute for Infocomm Research, A-STAR, Singapore
Dec 15, 2022, GBR-1, 9.00-9.30 Hrs

Abstract: Global demand for energy has grown rapidly in recent years. To meet the
long-term demand of global energy, different techniques of wireless energy
harvesting were introduced. Harvesting RF energy is an alternative solution,
especially with the advances and popularity of wireless communication devices.
These communication devices are constantly transmitting RF energy, so RF energy
harvesting paves a way to utilize the abundant scattered electromagnetic (EM)
waves in our surroundings environment. The available EM waves (RF energy) can
be in any polarizations, such as elliptical, linear, or circular. By using an
appropriate receiving antenna, EM waves can be converted into electrical energy
for low-powered devices, and thus, there is much focus put toward RF energy-
harvesting (RFEH) systems, especially in the antenna designs. A CP antenna
enables the system to harvest RF energy regardless of the device orientation as well
as making the insensitive to polarization loss. The RF waves/energy that is found in
the surrounding area can exist in any orientation and phase alignment, so CP
antennas are more desirable for energy harvesting systems. A dual-feed structure
provides a wider 3-dB AR bandwidth compared to the single-feed CP antenna, but
it involves a bulky feeding system with a ground plane. For a single-feed CP
antenna with compact size, the slight perturbing of the radiator structure for the
single-feed configuration is required to excite two modes with a phase shift of 90°.
There are different perturbation methods for a square patch radiator, such as
truncated corners, slits, slots, and stubs, to generate CP radiation. This invited talk
presents an overview on the antenna design considerations for RFEH systems and
describes updates recent progress in the antenna technologies for RFEH. Compact
and low-profile CP antenna designs will be also presented in detail for RFEH
applications.

Dr Nasimuddin (M'2003-SM'2009) received his B.Sc.

degree in 1994 from Jamia MilliaIslamia, India, and his
M.Tech. (Microwave Electronics) and Ph.D. degrees in 1998
and 2004, respectively, from the University of Delhi, India.
Dr Nasimuddin has worked as a Senior Research Fellow
(1999-2003) in DST sponsored project and CSIR grant,
Senior Research Fellow in Engineering Science at
Department of Electronic Science, University of Delhi,

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India. He has worked as an Australian Postdoctoral Research Fellow (2004-2006)
in awarded Discovery project grant from Australian Research Council at the
Macquarie University, Australia. Currently, he is working as a scientist III at the
Institute for Infocomm Research, A-STAR, Singapore. He has published 220
journal and conference technical papers on microstrip-based microwave antennas
and components. Three US/SG patents have been granted and two filed on leaky
wave/RF energy harvesting/circularly polarized/grid antenna technologies. He has
edited two books and contributed a chapter to a book “Microstrip antennas”
published in 2011. His research interests include multi-layered microstrip-based
structures, antenna system research and development. DrNasimuddin is a Senior
Member of the IEEE and the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society. He was
awarded a Senior Research Fellowship from the CSIR, India in Engineering
Science (2001-2003); a Discovery Projects Fellowship from the Australian
Research Council (2004-2006); Singapore Manufacturing Federation Award (with
project team) in 2014, the Young Scientist Award from the International Union of
Radio Science (URSI) in 2005, and Exceptional Performance Reviewer Award
Certificate from the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society in 2019.He is an
Associate Editor of the International Journal of Antennas and Propagation and
various antennas/microwave/RF related journal's editorial broad member. He has
been members of organizing committees of several Antenna and Propagation
included IEEE APS 2021 related conferences, serving as Publication
Chair/Publicity Chair/Conference Secretary. He is the Chair of IEEE Singapore
MTT/AP Joint Chapter.

Building Uncooled Infrared Camera based on One Atom

Thick Graphene
Prof. Debashish Chanda, University of Central Florida, USA
Dec 15, 2022, GBR-1, 9.30-10.00 Hrs

Abstract: The talk will outline a novel strategy for uncooled, tunable,
multispectral infrared detection. Due to the low photon energy, detection of
infrared photons is challenging at room temperature. One atom thick graphene
offers an alternative mechanism bypassing material bandgap restriction. Further,
the ability of carrier concentration modulation on graphene via external voltage
offers dynamic spectral selectivity for “color” night vision/sensing. The
performance of preliminary demonstration compares favorably even with present
cryogenically cooled detection schemes paving the path for commercial
development of many applications from space exploration to healthcare.

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 Prof. Debashis Chanda is a Professor, jointly appointed
with NanoScience Technology Center, Dept. of Physics and
College of Optics and Photonics (CREOL), University of
Central Florida (UCF). Dr. Chanda received his PhD from
University of Toronto. His PhD work was recognized
in the form of several awards, including prestigious National
Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)
fellowship. Dr. Chanda completed his post-doctoral research
with Prof. John A. Rogers at Beckman Institute, University
of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Quite a few of this research works were
extensively covered by National Science Foundation news, BBC, Daily Mail,
NBC, Fox, Science Radio and other national/international media outlets. His
research has appeared on American Scientist magazine as focused article where it
was outlined how companies like Intel, Toshiba etc are trying to adopt some of the
printing techniques which were developed in his group. Dr. Chanda is a recipient of
the 2012 DOE Energy Frontier Research Center (EFRC) Solar Energy Future
Direction Innovation Proposal Award, 2013 NSF Summer Institute Fellowship and
International Displaying Future Award-2016 by Merck Germany, UCF Reach of
the Stars Award (2018)etc. Dr. Chanda's research has been supported by NSF, DoD,
DARPA, Florida Space Institute/NASA, Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin
etc. Apart from that Dr. Chanda is the founder of start-up, E-Skin Displays Inc., out
of his research in California.

Chipless RFID Technology

Giuliano Manara Dipartimento di Ingegneriadell'Informazione University of
Pisa, Pisa, ITALY
Dec 15, 2022, GBR-1, 10.00-10.20 Hrs
Abstract: Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) is a low-cost wireless
technology, enabling to engage, identify, locate, transact, and authenticate
products. RFID market has identified as a growing market of enormous potential
over the past few years. It is worth observing that most of RFID applications in
logistics and other areas can successfully develop in the market only if the cost of
RFID tags drops to a very low price. Standard RFID tags do contain chipsets, which
need to get the power required for their activation from the reader, through a
wireless power transfer procedure. In this context, chipless RFIDs represent an
alternative approach for identifying objects, authenticating and sensing. The basic
idea is to simplify the tag by removing any active circuit from it. Indeed, even if the
cost of chipped RFID tags is already low (about 10 eurocents when distributed in
large quantities), the removal of the microchip could make radio frequency labels
available at a sub-cent cost. In this respect, it is important to consider that chipless
tags fabrication is fully compatible with printed electronics low-cost
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manufacturing methods such as, for instance, screen printing, gravure, offset
lithography, and inkjet printing. Another important advantage of chipless tags is to
open the way of application of radio frequency labeling in extreme environments,
where electronics may not be used. Some application examples of chipless RFID
technology will be shown at the conference to the end of demonstrating its
potentiality.
Giuliano Manara received the Laurea (Doctor) degree in
electronic engineering (summa cum laude) from the
University of Florence, Italy, in 1979. He was first with the
School of Engineering of the University of Florence, Italy.
Then, in 1987 he moved to the University of Pisa, Italy,
where he is presently a Professor of Electromagnetics and
Microwave Techniques at the Department of Information
Engineering of the School of Engineering. Since 1980, he
has been collaborating with the Department of Electrical
Engineering of the Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, where, in the summer
and fall of 1987, he was involved in research at the ElectroScience Laboratory.His
research interests have centered mainly on the asymptotic solution of radiation and
scattering problems to improve and extend the uniform geometrical theory of
diffraction (UTD). In this framework, he has analyzed electromagnetic wave
scattering from material bodies, with emphasis on the scattering from both
isotropic and anisotropic impedance wedges. He has also been engaged in research
on numerical, analytical and hybrid techniques (in both frequency and time
domain), scattering from rough surfaces, frequency selective surfaces (FSS), and
electromagnetic compatibility. His research has also been focused onmicrowave
antennas with application to broadband wireless networks and on the development
and testing of new microwave materials (metamaterials) for electronic systems.
More recently, he has conducted research onelectromagnetic issues enabling the
development of the Internet of Things (IoT), with specific attention to antennas for
near-field applications and the analysis (theoretical and experimental) of Radio
Frequency Identification (RFID) systems.
Prof. Manara has authored more than 160 papers on qualified technical journals
with referees, and more than 250 papers presented at international conferences. He
was elected an IEEE Fellow in 2004 for “contributions to the uniform geometrical
theory of diffraction and its applications.” From August 2011 to August 2014, he
served as the International Chair of URSI (International Union of Radio Science)
Commission B – Fields and Waves. In this context, he was the General Chair of the
URSI Commission B International Electromagnetic Theory Symposium (EMTS),
held in Hiroshima, Japan, during May 2013. In 2017, he was elected an URSI
Fellow. Since August 2021, he has been serving as an URSI Vice-President.

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 Special Session on 6G
Abstract: As 5G systems are getting deployed in major parts of the world,
academia and industry have initiated research activities towards conceptualizing a
6G communication system. In an overall sense, 6G vision is to make the world
hyper-connected: a world that presents rich-media content. On one hand,
exponential growth of cutting-edge technologies such as Next-gen Networks, AI,
IoT, Robotics are driving a directional shift in the industry. On the other hand, Tera-
Hertz Communication would entail enabling technologies: from newer materials
in wireless devices to larger antenna arrays in base stations. Intelligent Reflecting
Surfaces (IRSs) that tune the wireless propagation environment with an array of
IRS units are expected to play a critical area in 6G system design. Energy-
efficiency will further demand associated system improvement in IC and RF
technologies from ADC-DAC to low-loss antennas. In this panel, we will
deliberate upon the opportunities and challenges around 6G enabling technologies
as well as future standard development.

Session Chair: Dr. Aloknath De, FNAE, Exec Consulting Director and ex-CTO--
-Samsung India
Co-Chair: Prof. K J Vinoy, ECE Dept, IISc, Bangalore.

Invited Speakers:
Dr. Tushar Sharma, Renesas USA, "Shaping the 5G and Beyond Ecosystem in
India"
Dr. Kiran Mukkavilli, Qualcomm USA, "Technology Enablers and Roadmap to
6G"

Panel Discussion:
Moderator: Dr. Aloknath De, Samsung
Panelists: Dr. Tushar Sharma, Renesas
Dr. Kiran Mukkavilli, Qualcomm
Mr. Santhosh Kumar, TI *
Mr. Akshay Aggarwal, MediaTek

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Special Session on Session: GaN MMIC: Impact on
Strategic Systems
Future trends for next generation strategic systems require multifunctionality and
modularity like combining radar, communications, and electronic warfare in one
system. This higher level of functional integration improves system performance
through heightened awareness, improved responsiveness, and mission execution.
The use of gallium nitride (GaN) MMIC as key component enables higher
performance of systems meeting the requirements in small size with high power
and hence GaN MMIC areemerging as an alternative or replacement for laterally
diffused MOSFET (LDMOS) components. In most of next generation systems
GaN MMIC technology is being considered becauseof high power density, high
efficiency, wide bandwidth, and exceptionally long life. GaN on SiC has superior
properties like higher breakdown voltage; higher saturated electron drift velocity
and higher thermal conductivity. Hence GaN HEMTs also offer greater power
density and wider bandwidths compared to Si; GaAs; and GaN on Si transistors. As
shorter gate length GaAs and GaN transistors become available, coupled with
improved circuit design techniques, new devices are becoming available that can
perform comfortably to millimeter wave frequencies, opening new applications
that were hard to contemplate a decade ago. This session will briefly describe the
state of the semiconductor technology that is enabling these developments to
achieve optimum performance of devices, circuits and subsystems based on this
technology.
Session Chair: Dr S Christopher, Former Chairman of the Defence Research and
Development Organisation (DRDO). Presently professor in Electrical Science
Department at India Institute Technology, Madras.
1. GaN MMIC Technology and its impact on Design of Strategic Systems
-Keynote Address By Dr Suma Varughese, DG Med& Cos OS, Sc-H,DRDO.
2. Status of Indigenous GaN MMIC Technology by Dr D S Rawal, Sc-
G,SSPL,DRDO.
3. GaN MMIC Applications and Way Forward by Mr Anant Naik, CEO
GAETEC ,Sc-G .

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4. Development of Indigenous Process Design Kit for GaN MMIC by Mr
Samuder Gupta, Sc-G,SSPL.
5. Development of Indigenous GaN MMIC by Dr Meena Mishra, Sc-G,SSPL

GaAs and GaN MMIC s for strategic Applications

Dr Suma Varughese, Outstanding Scientist, Director General MED, CoS&CS
(MCC)

Gallium Arsenide (GaAs) and Gallium Nitride (GaN)-based technologies are

revolutionizing the modern defence RF and space application. The capabilities to
deliver high power, high frequency, high linearity, high efficiency and high
temperature performance renders it the most sought after device for applications in
advanced radars, data links, satcoms, etc. GaAs and GaN Monolithic Microwave
Integrated Circuits (MMICs) are key enablers for the ever shrinking defence and
space systems.GaN-based HEMT technology offers a significant advantage over
the existing gallium arsenide (GaAs) Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuits
(MMICs) due to the capability of GaN devices to operate at higher voltages owing
to very high breakdown fields associated with them. Additionally, the GaN devices
offer much higher impedance resulting in the requirement of less complex
matching networks in RF power amplifier integrated circuits. The low current
operation aided with a higher efficiency results in power saving and reduced costs
for cooling the system. Therefore, the GaN-based power amplifiers constitute the
heart of present day transceiver (T/R) modules in AESA (Active Electronically
Scanned Array) radars and communication systems.

Status of Indigenous GaN HEMT based MMIC Technology

D. S. Rawal, Solid State Physics Laboratory,Delhi, India
Advancement in III-N device technology have mainly taken place due to material
innovations that paved the way for the development of new generation of
microwave devices based on confinement of carrier in quantum well with superior
transport properties. Consequently AlGaN/GaN HEMT (High Electron Mobility
Transistor) based MMICs (Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuit) with
improved performance are being developed worldwide for high frequency, high
power, and broadband civil/military systems. Indigenous HEMT MMIC
technology is developed on 100µm thick, 75mm diameter SiC semi-insulating
substrate, to deliver RF power output ~ 5W/mm @28V for up to X-band
applications. The main technology breakthrough has taken place in HEMT device
design, epi-layer structure, improved S/D contacts, reduced gate length (< 0.2µm)
with gate engineering, innovative multi-finger field plate design and low parasitic
interconnection techniques using air-bridge metal cross overs/through substrate

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via-hole source grounds. Following device development, extensive device
characterization is done, Process Design Kit (PDK) specific to indigenous foundry
capability is developed and C/X band Power amplifier, Low noise amplifier and
Switch MMICs are designed and fabricated. The talk will mainly cover all the
important aspects of GaN HEMT device technology right from HEMT material
structure optimization, device design to unit process development on front
side/backside of wafer to fabricate active/passive component, characterization and
their integration including PDK development suitable for X-band MMIC
applications.

Development of Indigenous Process Design Kit for GaN MMIC

Mr Samuder Gupta,Sc-G,SSPL
SSPL has successfully developed process design kit for the indigenous GaN
MMIC technology process. This process design kit is required for MMIC design
involving power amplifiers, low noise amplifiers SPDT switches and
multifunctional MMICs in various frequency ranges. The kit contains passive and
active components required for the design.

Development of Indigenous GaN MMIC

Dr Meena Mishra, Sc-G,SSPL,DRDO
SSPL/GAETEC have successfully demonstrated GaN technology at C band, X
band and is presently working towards the development of Ku band
applications.130W discrete GaN power bar , GaN based C band X band 10W,20W
and 30W power amplifiers, C-Ku band and Ku band Power amplifiers and
multifunctional MMIC, low noise amplifiers SPDT MMICs have been
successfully demonstrated The RF characterisation has been carried out in all the
X band circuits in pulse mode and for C-Ku band and Ku band circuits in pulse
mode as well as CW mode. Out of these circuits C-Ku band power amplifier on
0.25 µm node , C-Ku band TR chip and Ku band TR chip based on 0.15 µm node are
the circuits designed with innovative techniques and are not off the shelf available
components.

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 Special Session on Array Antennas
(Session Chair: Prof. Prabhakar Pathak, OSU, USA)
1. Near-Field Focused Antenna Arrays for Short Range Communications and
Wireless Power Transfer, Prof. Giuliano Manara, Dipartimento di
Ingegneriadell' Informazione, University of Pisa, Pisa, ITALY
Abstract - Conventional wireless applications are often characterized by a large
distance in termsof wavelengths between the transmitting antennas and the
receiving antennas or scatterers, allowing the application of far-field
approximations, as well as standard antenna characteristicparameters.
Nonetheless, an increasing number of wireless systems have been recently
proposed, where the far-field condition is not met and specific coupling models and
ad-hoc antenna designcriteria must be necessarily adopted to the end of optimizing
system performance. As far as near-field applications are concerned, it is worth
mentioning wireless power transfer, near-fieldcommunications (NFC), radio
frequency identification, antenna measurements, non-destructivesensing, chip-to-
chip wireless links, biomedical applications, body-centric communications,
microwave imaging, among many others. This talk is aimed to present an overview
of the basic working principles of near-field focused antenna arrays and the main
design criteria proposed fornear-field shaping around the focal point. A brief
overview of the applications requiring such classof antennas is also provided.
Among others, specific attention will be given to RFID (RadioFrequency
IDentification) technology.

2. Dynamic Beam Forming and Modulation using a Reconfigurable Metasurface,

KJ Vinoy, Aritra Roy, Gouranga Dhaundia, Electrical Communication
Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru
Abstract: Reconfigurable meta surface scan be used with antennas for dynamic
beam forming and beam steering. These meta surfaces are designed by
incorporating switching components within subwave length unit cells. Recently,
our group has designed a meta surface and developed its controller for directly
modulating the data in the channel. This design employs a compact meta surface
unit cell with maximum difference between its switching states. Meandered line
segments whose resonant frequency is changed by switching a PIN diode
embedded in the unit cellON or OFF, have been employed for this design. The array
is placed directly in front of a microstrip antenna in its near field. Several
parametric studies have been conducted to design of this transmitarray metasurface
and aunique communication scheme has been demonstrated using this, where the
data is used to modulate the channel directly, unlike conventional approaches of
modulating the carrier. An extension of this configuration with a wideband antenna
may be employed for computational microwave imaging. Our recent research
indicates that the overall variation in the complex field for illuminating the imaged
object can be improved with some modifications to the primary radiator used with

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this transmitarray metasurface. A preliminary co-design approach for the antenna-
metasurfaceconfiguration for maximizing the overall performance will also be
presented.

3. Simultaneous Near- and Far-field Beam Radiations of Phased Array of

Antennas Excited by a Generalized Rotman Lens Beamformer for Vehicular
ADAS Application, Hsi-Tseng Chou, Shih-Kai Ho and Siddhartha Panigrahi
Smart cars with vehicular advanced driver assistance systems (ADASs) have
become animportant industrial trend. The functionality of ADASs is to detect the
surrounding targets atnear- and far distances to increase driving safety.
Conventional ADASs install several different sets of phased arrays of antennas that
are excited to produce high-directional gain with narrowbeamwidths, and low gain
with broad beam widths for long and short-range coverages, respectively. These
long- and short-range detections appear simultaneously in the front-viewcoverage
pointing directly to the vehicles' broadside lane and two adjacent side lanes. In this
case, the broadside far-field focused (FFF) beam is angularly narrow, while the
defocused beams for the two side-lane coverages are very broad. Thus, from a
system point of view, the ADAS simultaneously operate in three modes for front-
view coverage by alternatively exciting different antenna arrays for long- and
short-range detection purposes. Large antenna arrays may produce good radiation
characteristics of beam radiation, and inter-beam overlapping with dramatic
coverage cutoff to avoid detection ambiguity in the inter-beam overlapping region,
which may cause oversize when three large antenna arrays are used. To reduce the
system complexity, sharing a common lar ge antenna array appears to be the most
effective for compactness, which may produce multiple beams as the desired
operational modes by using a proper beamformingcircuit (BFC), such as the Butler
matrix, Blass matrix, Rotman lens, and Luneburg lens.
Conventionally available multi-beam BFC excites the common antenna array to
radiate eithersole FFF beams, or near-field focused (NFF) beams by using the
Luneburg lens or Rotman lens. These multi-beam BFCs are not applicable to the
ADAS systems that need to simultaneouslyproduce both far-field focused and
defocused beams with relative beam controllability fordifferent range detections. A
new Rotman lens BFC design is thus proposed in this paper, whichmay excite the
antenna array to radiate far-field focused, NFF (far-field defocused beam),
andshaped beams by selecting different beam ports of the BFC (referred to as the
different modes ofoperation). This new Rotman lens BFC was made possible by
generalizing the three designequations, arising from the equal-time-delay ray
propagations inside the BFC with respect to thethree different beam ports, to phase-
matching to the desired array excitations of different beams. This introduction of
excitation phase matching allows the excitations of the antenna array to berelative
arbitrarily specified for either FFF, NFF, or shaped beams, as required in the
ADASs for different range coverages. In other words, this new Rotman lens BFC
may produce arrayexcitations to radiate different beam characteristics of hybrid

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combining FFF, NFF, and shapedbeams by using the common set of antenna
arrays. This multi-beam design concept with FFF and NFF/shaped beam capability
is applied to design a practical antenna system for ADAS applications, especially
for transmitting (TX) antennas.
This antenna system consists of three TX antenna ports and four receiving (RX)
antenna ports for MIMO applications. The three TX antenna ports behave like the
three radiation modes of ADASs to provide a high-gain, narrow FFF beam for
broadside target detection inside the front lane and two NFF/shaped beams of
broad beam widths for short-range detections on both side lanes. On the other hand,
the four RX antenna ports allow the DSP of received signals to estimate the angle of
arrival (AoA). This antenna array has been realized by using various series-fed
column arrays of patch antennas to form the multi-beams. Both full-wave
simulation and measurement over the antenna array prototype were compared with
good agreements. The new Rotman lens BFC can also be applied to various
communication applications requiring flexible
4. Antenna-Platform Interaction Study in Phased Array Antennas,
Dr.AshutoshKedar, LRDE/DRDO
Phased array antenna systems (PAAS) for radars need to consider the effect of the
surrounding environment and the platform for mounting to correctly assess its
performance in the field scenario. This paper discusses these aspects of the design
and development of PAAS. A substrate integrated waveguide technology (SIW)
based U-slot microstrip patch antenna (SIW_MPA) is designed with wide beam
width and wide band performance and used for realizing the antenna array for
PAAS. The design cycle of PAAS includes the single element design (isolated),
element performance in array environment, followed by the effect of platform and
surrounding structures on array performance. A hybridization of finite element
method (FEM) and shooting bouncing ray (SBR) modules in electromagnetic
(EM) solver, Ansys HFSS are utilized to carry out the various simulations. The
results are quite informative and useful for mast mounted phased array antenna
systems.

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Shri. Rajeev Chandrasekhar

Union Minister of State for Ministry of Electronics
Information Technology and Skill Development and
Entrepreneurship

S. Somanath G. Satheesh Reddy Prof. Saifur Rahman

Secretary, DoS Secretary, DDR D President-Elect IEEE
Chairman ISRO Chairman, DRDO

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Director, URSC, ISRO Director, LRDE, DRDO IEEE MTT-S President

Sherry Hess Prabhakar H. Pathak Prof. John Volakis

WiM Chair, IEEE MTT-S Prof. Emeritus at OSU Florida International University

Prof. Giuliano Manara Prof. Stefano Maci Dr. Arun K Bhattacharyya

University of Pisa IEEE AP-S President-Elect Northrop Grumann

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Uni. Of Central Florida Director, CABS, DRDO Incheon National University

Prof. Amir Boag Prof. Jiro Hirokawa Dr. Madhumita Chakravarti

Tel Aviv University Tokyo Institute of Technology Director, CMSDS

Milind Mahajan
GD, ASG, SAC ISRO Ahmedabad

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LRDE DRDO, Bangalore IIT Roorkee URSC ISRO
Secretary IEEE AP-MTT
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IIST, Trivandrum

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