DR. VIMAL KUMAR SINGH YADAV

Assistant Professor
Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering
Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad, Prayagraj, India-211004
E-mail: vksyadav[at]mnnit[dot]ac[dot]in
Telephone: NA(O)

Other Academic Achievements

Keynote Address/Invited Talks in Conferences & Workshops:: Pitching Session for Yukti 2.0 (Yukti Innovation Challenge, 2023) at MoE IIC Regional Meet at BHU on project entitled “Micro-cantilever Printing Based Novel Process for Fabrication of Electronic Devices –IR2022-794997” on 07th February 2024.

Chair in Conferences:

Session Chair in 8th International Conference on Nanoelectronics, Computational Intelligence & Communication Systems (NCCS-2022) organised by (ISVE), Ranchi, 17-18 December 2022.

Session Chair in 7th International Conference on Microelectronics Computing & Communication Systems (MCCS-2022) organised by (ISVE), Ranchi, 09-10 July 2022.

Session Chair in 2nd International Conference on Nanoelectronics, Machine Learning, Internet of Things and Computing Systems (NMIC-2022) organised by Indian Society for VLSI Education (ISVE), Ranchi, 23-24 April 2022.

Session Chair in 7th International Conference on Nanoelectronics Circuits & Communication Systems (NCCS-2021) organised by Indian Society for VLSI Education (ISVE), Ranchi, 29-30 January 2022.

Session Chair in 2nd International Conference on Microelectronics, Communication Systems, Machine Learning & Internet of Things (MCMI-2021) organised by Indian Society for VLSI Education (ISVE), Ranchi, 23-24 October 2021.

Elevated to IEEE Senior Member Grade on Dec 01, 2023 [ID: 93826624]

Award and Honors:: Mentor and member of organizing committee for National Level Exhibition and Project Completion (NLEPC) for Jharkhand state organised by National Innovation Foundation (NIF), DST, Govt. of India, 22-23 March 2022.; SERB NPDF Fellowship (Approved) to carry out project at IISc, Bengaluru, India, 2021.; Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India Grant for 5 Years Ph.D. Program at IIT Guwahati, Assam (2014 to 2019).; Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India Grant for 2 Years M.Tech. Program at Tezpur University, Assam (2012 to 2014).; Winner of the Technical Quiz Competition during 2nd National Workshop on NEMS/MEMS and Theranostic Devices organized by Center for Nanotechnology, IIT Guwahati (21-22 March 2016); Member, Editorial Board, International Journal of Microsystems and IoT

On-going Projects:: Project Title: Fabrication of Photo-Activated Zinc Oxide-based Printed Schottky Diode Funding Agency: MNNIT Allahabad (Seed Research Proposal) Role: PI [Amount: 5 Lakhs, Year: 2023-24]; Project Title: AI enabled MEMS based Sensors Fabrication and Characterization (AMSFCF) Facility DST-FIST Level-3 [Amount: 178 Lakhs, Year: 2023] Honorable Mention: Contributed Significantly as Co-PI during the proposal write-up, design, submission and presentation including follow-ups with DST after project approval for amount sanction process and CNA alignment; As Co- Principal Investigator: Project Title: Aptamer based electrosensor for detection of NDMA impurity (a potential carcinogen) Funding Agency: DST-SERB (CRG/2023/002508) Amount: ~ 49 Lakhs, Year: 2024-2027; As Co- Principal Investigator: Project Title: Polyphenylenediamine/silver hybrid based non-enzymatic glutamate sensor Funding Agency: DST-SERB (CRG/2023/002036) Amount: ~ 30 Lakhs, Year: 2024-2027

Expert Lectures:: Invited lecture on “Molecular Printing of Electronic Devices (Single Material Printed Micro-Resistors)” in one Week High-End workshop (KARYASHALA) on "Nanostructured Devices" sponsored by DST-SERB and organized by Department of Physics, Birla Institute of Technology Mesra (BIT Mesra), 13 December 2022.; Invited lecture on “Micro-Cantilever printing of Devices and simulation using TCAD” in One-week Hands-on Training Workshop on “Nanostructured Materials and Devices: Fabrication, Characterization and Applications”, organized by the Department of Physics, Birla Institute of Technology Mesra (BIT Mesra), Ranchi under the banner of DST-STUTI Program of Indian Institute of Technology (ISM) Dhanbad funded by Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India. 22 July 2022; Speaker in MATLAB Familiarization and Hands-On Workshop, Department of Electronics and Communication, Birla Institute of Technology Mesra, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India, 10-12 January 2022.; IEEE Webinar on “Printed Electronics-The Technology of the Hour”, jointly organized by IEEE Student Branches of Raghu Institute of Technology, Visakhapatnam and University College of Engineering, Vizianagaram (A), JNTU Kakinada, 08 May 2021.; Invited lecture on “Printed Micro-Resistors and Diodes” in One Week Outreach Program of Microelectronics & VLSI Design (MVD-2023), organized by Department of ECE & IIC BIT Mesra, from 15-19th May 2023.; Invited lecture on “Printed Electronics for IoT Applications” in BCST Sponsored National Workshop "Signal Processing for IoT based Communication" (NWSPIBS-2024) hosted by SHRI PHANISHWAR NATH RENU ENGINEERING COLLEGE ARARIA under Department of Science, Technology and Technical Education, Government of Bihar, 08-12th January 2024.; Invited Talk on “Application of Micro-cantilever Printed Electronics” in Certificate Course on Chip Design and FPGA System Design (CDFD-2024), Module 1, under the aegis of India Semiconductor Mission, coordinated by ISVE Ranchi and PRSU Raipur, from 5th to 9th February 2024.; Invited visit to Shiv Nadar University, Greater Noida on 15th and 16th February 2024 for collaborative research on modeling and TCAD based simulations of Thin Film Transistors and Printed Field Effect Transistors.

Reviewer for Transactions / Journal / Conferences:: Sensors (MDPI, Impact Factor: 3.847); Energy (MDPI, Impact Factor: 3.252); Journal of Materials Research and Technology (Elsevier, Impact Factor: 6.267); Applied Sciences (MDPI, Impact Factor: 2.838); Materials (MDPI, Impact Factor: 3.623); Molecules (MDPI, Impact Factor: 4.927); IETE Journal of Research (Taylor and Francis); INDICON 2023

Other Significant Achievements::  Member, Organizing committee for Research and Innovation Conclave, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology Mesra, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India, 28 February 2023.  Associate Editor, Quarterly E-Newsletter (titled as ECE Expedition), Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology Mesra, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India, w.e.f. 03.03.2023.  Member of Research Advisory Council (Product Development, Monitoring and Commercialization), Birla Institute of Technology Mesra, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India, 29 August 2022.  Member of committee for smooth function of Center of Excellence in Drone Technology (CoE-DT), Birla Institute of Technology Mesra, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India, 30 June 2022.  Member of Institute Innovation Council (IIC), Birla Institute of Technology Mesra, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India, 01 March 2022.  Mentor of UG B. TECH Students (for 2022, 2021, 2020 Batch)  Mentor and member of organizing committee for National Level Exhibition and Project Completion (NLEPC) for Jharkhand state organised by National Innovation Foundation (NIF), DST, Govt. of India, 22-23 March 2022.  Member of Departmental Internship/Project Assessment Committee, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology Mesra, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India, 01 December 2021.  Time-table Co-ordinator, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology Mesra, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India, 01 December 2021.  Member of Syllabus Formation/Revision Committee, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology Mesra, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India, 01 December 2021.  Member of the Organizing Committee for 6th National Workshop on NEMS/MEMS and Theranostic Devices organized by Center for Nanotechnology, IIT Guwahati, 1-3 December 2020.  Member of the Organizing Committee for 6th International Conference on Advanced Nanomaterial and Nanotechnology (ICANN 2019) organized by Center for Nanotechnology, IIT Guwahati, 18-21 December 2019  Member of the Organizing Committee for 5th National Workshop on NEMS/MEMS and Theranostic Devices organized by Center for Nanotechnology, IIT Guwahati, 21-23 February 2019  Chief Executive of Forum (CEF), RSF-EEE, 2017-18  IEEE Student Branch Member, GRA Cell Head, IIT Guwahati, 2016  IEEE Student Branch Member, GRA Cell, IIT Guwahati, 2015  NSS Leader for Sila Gopa Teaching Project, IIT Guwahati, 2015-2018  Leader of Teaching Project at Shankerdev Shishu Niketan, North Guwahati, Kamrup Rural, Assam operated by NOTEBOOK (NGO) in collaboration with NSS, IIT Guwahati, 2015-2016.; Instruments operated/handled  Material Printing System (MPS) (Make: BioForce Nanosciences)  DC Probe Station (Make: Lake Shore Cryotronics, Inc., CPX Series)  DC Probe Station (Make: EverBeing Int. Corp., Model: BD6)  Parametric Analyzer (Make: Keithley, Model: 4200A SCS)  Source Meter Unit (Make: Keithley, Model: 2461B)  Source Meter Unit (Make: GW Instek, Model: GSM -20H10)  Controlled Environment Chamber (CEC) with MFCs (Make: Alicat Scientific)  Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy (FESEM) [(Make: JEOL, Model: JSM-7610F]