National Institute of Technology Rourkela

राष्ट्रीय प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान राउरकेला

ଜାତୀୟ ପ୍ରଯୁକ୍ତି ପ୍ରତିଷ୍ଠାନ ରାଉରକେଲା

An Institute of National Importance

Faculty Profile

EXPERTISE INFORMATION

Research Group
  • Microwave and Radar
Areas of Interest
  • Microwave Engg, Microstrip Antenna, Metamaterials, Dielectric Resonator Antenna, Active Integrated Antennas, Fractal Antenna, RFID system, Bio-electromagnetics

Santanu Kumar Behera Professor

Electronics and Communication Engineering

skbehera@nitrkl.ac.in

0661 - 246 2462

140

PUBLICATIONS

4

SPONSORED PROJECTS

17

DOCTORAL STUDENTS

7

CONTINUING EDUCATION

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Santanu Kumar Behera

Professor

Electronics and Communication Engineering

Room Number: EC-334

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

2008

Ph.D.
Microwave and Antenna Engineering
Jadavpur University Kolkata

2001

M.E
Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering/Microwave Engineering
Jadavpur University Kolkata

1990

B.E
Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering
VSSUT Burla, Sambalpur

Teaching Experience
  • Professor,  NIT Rourkela. Odisha,   13 Feb 2020 - Till date
  • Visiting Associate Professor, Telecommunication Dept,  Asian Institute of Technology Bangkok, Thailand,   17 Aug 2018 - 02 Dec 2018
  • Associate Professor, EC department,  NIT Rourkela. Odisha,   01 Jul 2012 - 12 Feb 2020
  • Assistant Professor, EC department,  NIT Rourkela. Odisha,   01 Jul 2007 - 30 Jun 2012
  • Sr. Lecturer, ETC, DTET Odisha,  Government Polytechnic Dhenkanal,   18 Dec 2006 - 30 Jun 2007
  • Lecturer, ETC, DTET Odisha,  UCP Engineering School Berhampur/Government Polytechnic Dhenkanal,   02 May 1992 - 17 Dec 2006
Post Doctoral Research Experience
  • RFID System for Biomedical Applications,  Monash University Clayton, Victoria, Australia,   01 Feb 2018 - 31 May 2018
Laboratory Development
  • Anechoic Chamber,  Department of ECE, NIT Rourkela,   Antenna Measurement
  • Microwave and Antenna Design LaboratoryNIT,  Department of ECE, NIT Rourkela,   Antenna Simulation

Compact Hybrid Fractal Antenna Arrays for Missile Applications. DRDO
  • Principal Investigator
  • 36
  • Completed   Sponsored
Analysis of dielectric resonator antenna array . ISRO
  • Principal Investigator
  • 26
  • Completed   Sponsored
Consequence Analysis and Risk Assessment for Radiation Hazards in Integrated Test Range, Chandipur DRDO
  • Co-Investigator
  • 30
  • Completed   Sponsored
Analysis of Microstrip radiator using particle swarm optimization technique. ISRO
  • Principal Investigator
  • 36
  • Completed   Sponsored

Total Publications: 140

Y. K. Choukiker, S. Sharma, and S. K. Behera,"Hybrid fractal shape planar monopole antenna covering multiband wireless communications with MIMO implementation for handheld mobile devices", IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, vol.62, no.3, pp.1483-1488, IEEE, March 2014, 10.1109/TAP.2013.2295213       Article

N. S, S. K. Behera, and S. K. Patra,"A triple band-notched planar antenna for UWB applications", Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications, vol.27, no.9, pp.1178-1186, Taylor & Francis, June 2013, 10.1080/09205071.2013.803443       Article

N. S, S. K. Behera, and S. K. Patra,"A Compact planar diversity antenna for ultra-wideband application with band-notched function", Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, vol.55, no.4, pp.758-762, John Wiley & Sons, April 2013, 10.1002/mop.27435       Article

N. S, S. K. Behera, and S. K. Patra,"Planar ultrawideband fractal antenna with 3.4/5.5 GHz dual band-notched characteristics", International Journal of Signal and Imaging Systems Engineering, vol.6, no.1, pp.46-51, Inderscience, December 2013, 10.1504/IJSISE.2013.051507       Article

N. S, S. K. Behera, and S. K. Patra,"A triple band-notched planar monopole antenna for ultrawide band applications", Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, vol.54, no.2, pp.539-543, John Wiley & Sons, December 2011, 10.1002/mop.26581       Article

National conference on Intelligent Systems, IoT, and Wireless Communication for the Society (IIWCS-2024) Electronics and Communication Engineering (Conference)
Design & Simulation of Antennas and Microwave Devices (DSAMD-2023) Electronics and Communication Engineering (Short-term Course)
Design and simulation of Antennas and Microwave Devices (DSAMD) 2020 Electronics and Communication Engineering (Short-term Course)
Design & Simulation of Antennas and Microwave Devices Electronics and Communication Engineering (Short-term Course)
  • Co-Coordinator
  • 05 Jun 2019 - 10 Jun 2019
  • Brochure
Design & Simulation of Antennas and Microwave Devices Electronics and Communication Engineering (Short-term Course)
Design & Simulation of Antennas and Microwave Devices Electronics and Communication Engineering (Short-term Course)
Short Term Course On Design & Simulation of Antenna and Microwave Devices Electronics and Communication Engineering (Short-term Course)

  • EC200 : Fundamentals of Communication Systems {Theory}
  • EC201 : Analog Electronics {Theory}
  • EC2302 : Electrical and Electronic Measurements {Theory}
  • EC2502 : Electromagnetic Theory {Theory}
  • EC312 : Electromagnetic Theory {Theory}
  • EC315 : Foundations of Electronic Instrumentation {Theory}
  • EC332 : Electronic Instrumentation {Theory}
  • EC3505 : Microwave Engineering {Theory}
  • EC412 : Antenna Analysis and Synthesis {Theory}
  • EC416 : Microwave Engineering {Theory}
  • EC612 : Antenna Analysis and Synthesis {Theory}
  • EC616 : Microwave Engineering {Theory}
  • EC6401 : Microwave Devices and Circuits {Theory}
  • EC6402 : Antenna Analysis and Synthesis {Theory}
  • EC270 : Basic Electronics Laboratory {Practical}
  • EC2700 : Basic Electronics Laboratory {Practical}
  • EC367 : Product Development Laboratory – I {Practical}
  • EC368 : Product Development Laboratory – II {Practical}
  • EC378 : Microwave Laboratory {Practical}
  • EC378 : Mirowave Laboratory {Practical}
  • EC6471 : Microwave Circuits Design Laboratory {Practical}
  • EC679 : Antenna Design Simulation Laboratory {Practical}
  • EC679 : Antenna Design and Simulation Laboratory {Practical}
  • EC769 : Antenna Design & Simulation Labortory {Practical}
  • EC791 : Microwave Devices Laboratory {Practical}

Ph.D. Students [11]
DIELECTRIC RESONATOR ANTENNAS
Runa Kumari
Enrolled: Dec 2009
Graduated :  Jul 2014
Supervisor
RFID Antennas for Biomedical Applications
Tanmaya Kumar Das
Enrolled: Jul 2015
Graduated :  Jul 2021
Supervisor
Design of Chipless RFID Transponders for Retail and Healthcare Applications
Durga Prasad Mishra
Enrolled: Jul 2018
Graduated :  Jul 2023
Supervisor
METAMATERIALS
Sheeja K.L.
Enrolled: Dec 2009
Graduated :  Mar 2015
Co-Supervisor
Broadband Antenna
Natarajamani S
Enrolled: Oct 2008
Graduated :  Nov 2014
Supervisor
FRACTAL ANTENNA AND MICROWAVE
Yogesh Kumar Choukiker
Enrolled: Jan 2010
Graduated :  Oct 2014
Supervisor
Investigations on Reconfigurable Planar Antennas and Devices
Biswajit Dwivedy
Enrolled: Jan 2014
Graduated :  Sep 2019
Supervisor
Investigations on Hybrid Fractal Antennas for Defense Applications
Subhasish Pandav
Enrolled: Aug 2019
Thesis Submitted
Supervisor
Microwave and Radar Engg.
Priyabrata Sethy
Enrolled: Jul 2019
Continuing
Supervisor
Reconfigurable Fractal Antennas
Khushbu Patel
Enrolled: Aug 2021
Continuing
Supervisor
DEVELOPMENT OF COMPLETE RESILIENT RECONFIGURABLE FPGA WITH DEFECT TOLERANT CONTROLLER
Neelesh Biswas
Enrolled: Jul 2024
Continuing
Co-Supervisor
Executive Ph.D. Students [6]
Wireless Sensor Networks
Kothapalli Jhansi Rani
Enrolled: Sep 2020
Continuing
Co-Supervisor
Design and Analysis of Compact Antenna Array for 5G MIMO Systems
Santosh Kumar Nimmala
Enrolled: Aug 2020
Continuing
Co-Supervisor
SIGNAL PROCESSING
Guntuboina Radha Kumari
Enrolled: Sep 2020
Continuing
Co-Supervisor
Chipless RFID Tags/reader anteena
Susanta Kumar Samal
Enrolled: Sep 2020
Continuing
Supervisor
Fractal Antennas
Prasannajeet Mohanty
Enrolled: Oct 2020
Continuing
Supervisor
Chipless RFID Sensors
Rashmirekha Kalyani Mishra
Enrolled: Aug 2021
Continuing
Supervisor
M.Tech by Research Students [1]
Design and Analysis of Dual-linearly Polarized Dielectric Resonator Antenna Array
Ayaskanta Panigrahi
Graduated :  Jan 2016
Supervisor

Awards And Honours
  • Associate Editor, Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society Journal,   2021
  • Endeavour Executive Fellowship, Department of Education and Training, Government of Australia,   2018
  • Visiting Associate Professor to AIT Bangkok, Thailand duly seconded by MHRD, Government of India,   2017
Memberships / Fellowships
  • Fellow IETE,   2016
  • Fellow IE(India),   2016
  • Senior Member IEEE,   2015
  • Member IET,   2015
  • Member SEMCE(India),   2012
  • Member CSI,   2010