Dr. Sumit Kumar Jha


Dr. Sumit Kumar Jha

Assistant Professor
Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering
Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad, Prayagraj, India-211004
E-mail: sumit-k[at]mnnit[dot]ac[dot]in
Telephone: 9335462773(O)

Other Academic Achievements

Chair in Conferences:

Session Chair, 3rd International Conference on VLSI, Communication and Signal Processing (VCAS 2020), MNNIT Allahabad.
Session Chair, 3rd International Conference on Emerging Frontiers in Electrical and Electronic Technologies (ICEFEET- 2023) at the Department of Electrical Engineering National Institute of Technology Patna (NIT Patna).
Sponsorship Co-Chair, 5th International Conference on VLSI, Communication and Signal Processing 2022 MNNIT ALLAHABAD, PRAYAGRAJ.
Tutorial Co-Chair, 6th International Conference on VLSI, Communication and Signal Processing 2023 MNNIT ALLAHABAD, PRAYAGRAJ.
Sponsorship Co-Chair, 6th International Conference on VLSI, Communication and Signal Processing 2023 MNNIT ALLAHABAD, PRAYAGRAJ.
Track Chair, Signal Processing, 5th International Conference on VLSI, Communication and Signal Processing 2022 MNNIT ALLAHABAD, PRAYAGRAJ.
Track Chair, Signal Processing, 4th International Conference on VLSI, Communication and Signal Processing 2021 MNNIT ALLAHABAD, PRAYAGRAJ.
Track Chair, Signal Processing, 3rd International Conference on VLSI, Communication and Signal Processing 2020 MNNIT ALLAHABAD, PRAYAGRAJ.
Session Chair, "S32 - Filters, Embedded Systems and Wireless Communication" in the 6th SCES-2020, organized by Department of Electrical Engineering, MNNIT, Co- sponsored by IEEE UP Section and IEEE Joint Society Chapter of IE/PEL/CS.

Conferences Attended for Presenting Paper:

Paper presented at 8th International Conference on Intelligent Technologies (ICIT – 2023), University of Matana, Jakarta, Indonesia.

Award and Honors:

Gold medalist (secured top position) in Master of Technology (Control systems), National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra, Haryana, India.
Received Research Scholars Travel Award by Indian Institute of Technology Delhi for attending 2017 IFAC World Congress, Toulouse, France.

Conferences/ Workshops/Symposium/ Short-term Courses Organized:

Worked as Printing & Publication Co-Chair in the 3rd International Conference on VLSI, Communication and Signal Processing (VCAS 2020), October 9-11, 2020, MNNIT Allahabad.
Worked as Printing & Publication Co-Chair in the 4th International Conference on VLSI, Communication and Signal Processing (VCAS 2021), September 24-26, 2021, MNNIT Allahabad.
Worked as Sponsorship Co-Chair in the 5th International Conference on VLSI, Communication and Signal Processing (VCAS 2022), 2022, MNNIT Allahabad.
Worked as Sponsorship Co-Chair in the 6th International Conference on VLSI, Communication and Signal Processing (VCAS 2023), October 12-14, 2023, MNNIT Allahabad.
Worked as Tutorial Co-Chair in the 6th International Conference on VLSI, Communication and Signal Processing (VCAS 2023), October 12-14, 2023, MNNIT Allahabad.

On-going Projects:

CORE RESEARCH GRANT (CRG), SERB Funded Project Titled "Design and development of ML based adaptive optimal control algorithms for efficient regulation of the Wheeled Robots for Disaster Response." Project Duration = 3 years (2023 onwards). Project Budget (approx.) = 26.29 lakh INR.

Expert Lectures:

Expert lecture on “Learning-based control” for the online Faculty Development Programme on “Recent Trends in Control System Engineering” jointly organized by Electrical Engineering Department and Electronics & ICT Academy, NIT Patna under the “Scheme of financial assistance for setting up of Electronics and ICT Academies” by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India.
EXPERT LECTURE FOR ONE WEEK WORKSHOP ON "ADVANCE COMPUTING TECHNOLOGIES" organized by DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE ENGINEERING, MNNIT ALLAHABAD.

Reviewer for Transactions / Journal / Conferences:

Reviewer for the following renowned International Journals: • Automatica, • IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics: Systems, • IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, • IEEE/CAA Journal of Automatica Sinica, • International Journal of Adaptive Control and Signal Processing, • Neurocomputing, • International Journal of Control, Automation and Systems, • International Journal of Control, • IFAC World Congress, • American Control Conference (ACC), • International Conference on VLSI, Communication and Signal Processing (VCAS).
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