National Institute of Technology Rourkela

राष्ट्रीय प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान राउरकेला

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BIOGRAPHY

Dr. Pankaj Kumar Sharma has received Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Indore, India in 2017. He received the B.Tech. degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Technical University (Formerly Uttar Pradesh Technical University), Lucknow, India, in 2009, and the M. Tech. degree from Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar, India, in 2013. He is currently working as an Assistant Professor of Electronics and Communication Engineering at National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Odisha, India. He was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the College of Information and Communication Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), South Korea during April 2017-August 2018. He received the prestigious "Brain Korea 21 Plus (BK21+)" postdoctoral research fellowship from National Research Foundation, Govt. of Korea for the period of September 2017-August 2018. He has further joined SKKU as a fully funded Visiting Postdoctoral Researcher during June 2019-July 2019. His research interests include cooperative networks, UAV Networks, satellite networks, and intelligent reflecting surfaces-enabled wireless networks, ambient backscatter communications. He is a reviewer for various IEEE journals and serves as technical program committee member for top IEEE conferences. He is a member of IEEE.

EXPERTISE INFORMATION

Research Group
  • Communication
Areas of Interest
  • Satellite and UAV Networks
  • RIS-assisted Wireless Networks
  • Backscatter Communications

Pankaj Kumar Sharma
पंकज कुमार शर्मा | ପଙ୍କଜ କୁମାର ଶର୍ମା Assistant Professor Grade-I & Warden (Vikram Sarabhai Hall of Residence)

Electronics and Communication Engineering

sharmap@nitrkl.ac.in

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SPONSORED PROJECTS

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DOCTORAL STUDENTS

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CONTINUING EDUCATION

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Pankaj Kumar Sharma

Assistant Professor Grade-I

Electronics and Communication Engineering

Room Number: EC-314

Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Sundargarh, Odisha, India - 769008

2017

Ph.D.
Electrical Engineering,
Indian Institute of Technology Indore, India

2013

M.Tech
Electronics and Communication Engineering,
Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar, India

2009

B.Tech
Electronics and Communication Engineering,
Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Technical University, Lucknow, India

Teaching Experience
  • Communication Systems, Statistical Signal Theory, Optimization Theory,  National Institute of Technology Rourkela,   07 Sep 2018 - Present
Post Doctoral Research Experience
  • UAV-Enabled Wireless Communications,  Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), South Korea,   01 Jun 2019 - 31 Jul 2019
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)-Enabled Wireless Networks,  Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), South Korea,   01 Apr 2017 - 31 Aug 2018
Laboratory Development
  • Wireless Communications and Aerial Networks Lab,  NIT Rourkela,   Wireless Communications Research Facility developed under grant from SERB, DST, GoI

Performance Evaluation and Optimization of UAV- Enabled Cellular Communication. SERB
  • Principal Investigator
  • 24
  • Completed   Sponsored

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GOOGLE SCHOLAR H-INDEX 18
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Total Publications: 33
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P. K. Sharma, D. Gupta, and D. I. Kim,"Outage performance of 3D mobile UAV caching for hybrid satellite-terrestrial networks", IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, IEEE 2021, 10.1109/TVT.2021.3089742       Article

P. K. Sharma, B. Yogesh, D. Gupta, and D. I. Kim,"Performance analysis of IoT-based overlay satellite-terrestrial networks under the interference", IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking, IEEE 2021, 10.1109/TCCN.2021.3052507       Article

P. K. Sharma and D. I. Kim,"Secure 3D mobile UAV relaying for hybrid satellite-terrestrial networks", IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol.19, no.4, pp.2770-2784, IEEE 2020, 10.1109/TWC.2020.2968296       Article

P. K. Sharma and D. I. Kim,"Random 3D mobile UAV networks: Mobility modeling and coverage probability", IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol.18, no.5, pp.2527-2538, IEEE, March 2019, 10.1109/TWC.2019.2904564       Article

P. K. Sharma, P., D., P., and A.,"Performance analysis of overlay spectrum sharing in hybrid satellite-terrestrial systems with secondary network selection", IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol.16, no.10, pp.6586-6601, IEEE, October 2017, 10.1109/TWC.2017.2725950       Article

Advanced Microelectronics Technologies and Systems (AMTS-2023) Electronics and Communication Engineering (Short-term Course)
  • Co-Coordinator
  • 06 Nov 2023 - 10 Nov 2023
  • Brochure
Emerging Technologies for 6G Communications Electronics and Communication Engineering (Short-term Course)
  • Co-Coordinator
  • 17 Jul 2023 - 21 Jul 2023
  • Brochure
Future Intelligent Network Toward 6G: Machine-Learning Approaches (FINT6G) Electronics and Communication Engineering (Workshop)
  • Co-Coordinator
  • 24 Jul 2022 - 30 Jul 2022
  • Brochure
Emerging Wireless Communications: 6G and Beyond Electronics and Communication Engineering (Short-term Course)
Strategies of Stress Free Healthy Life Electronics and Communication Engineering (Workshop)
  • Co-Coordinator
  • 07 Feb 2022 - 11 Feb 2022
  • Brochure
2nd International Conference on Advanced Communication Technologies and Signal Processing (IEEE ACTS-2021) Electronics and Communication Engineering (Conference)
  • Co-Coordinator
  • 15 Dec 2021 - 17 Dec 2021
  • Brochure

  • EC1000 : Basic Electronics Engineering {Theory}
  • EC314 : Digital Communication {Theory}
  • EC3501 : Principles of Communication Systems {Theory}
  • EC3502 : Digital Communication {Theory}
  • EC6502 : Advanced Wireless Communication {Theory}
  • EC6503 : Statistical Signal Theory {Theory}
  • EC6514 : Optimization Methods in Signal Processing for Communication Systems {Theory}
  • EC762 : Advanced Wireless Communication {Theory}
  • EC2700 : Basic Electronics Laboratory {Practical}
  • EC2705 : System Modelling and Design Laboratory {Practical}
  • EC3703 : Communication Engineering Laboratory {Practical}
  • EC3704 : Digital Communication Laboratory {Practical}
  • EC372 : Digital Communication Laboratory {Practical}

Ph.D. Students [4]
Wireless Communication.
Anuradha Verma
Enrolled: Jan 2020
Continuing
Supervisor
Wireless Communications
Sanjana Sahoo
Enrolled: Sep 2020
Continuing
Supervisor
WIRELESS COMMUNICATION
Mohammad Ali
Enrolled: Jan 2021
Continuing
Supervisor
Logistic regression Linear models for Classification
Pindi Durga Srinivas
Enrolled: Oct 2024
Continuing
Co-Supervisor

Awards And Honours
  • Received prestigious "Brain Korea 21 Plus" postdoctoral fellowship from National Research Foundation, Govt. of Korea for September 2017-August 2018.,   2017
  • Recipient of "International Travel Support" from Science and Engineering Research Board, Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India, for participation in IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC) 2016, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 23-27 May, 2016.,   2016
  • Awarded "Student Travel Grant" by EuCNC 2016 for participation in European Conference on Networking and Communications (EuCNC 2016), Athens, Greece, 27-30 June 2016. (Declined).,   2016
  • Awarded "International Travel Grant" by M.P. Council for Science and Technology, Bhopal for participation in European Conference on Networking and Communications (EuCNC 2016), Athens, Greece, 27-30 June 2016. (Declined).,   2016
Memberships / Fellowships
  • Member, IEEE Vehicular Technology Society,   2022
  • Member, IEEE Communications Society,   2017
  • Member, IEEE,   2017
  • Student Member, IEEE Communications Society,   2016
  • Student Member, IEEE,   2015