Arun Kumar Saurabh

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

Other Academic Achievements

Chair in Conferences:

Served as a Session Chair in track Communication II, IEEE International Conference on Electrical Electronics and Computing Technologies (ICEECT 2024), August 29-31, 2024, Greater Noida, India.

Served as a Session Chair in track Antenna, IEEE International Conference on Microwave, Antenna and Communication (MAC), October 04-06, 2024, Dehradun, India.

Served as a Session Chair in track Antenna, IEEE International Conference on Microwave, Antenna and Communication (MAC), June 27-29, 2025, MANIT, Bhopal, India.

Award and Honors:: Received the “Teaching Assistantship” fellowship during my Ph. D. program from the “Government of India”; Served as Vice-Chairperson, IEEE Antenna and Propagation Society Student Branch Chapter (APS-SBC), IIT (BHU), Varanasi [from July 2020 to July 2022]; Recipient of the SERB-PRISM Young Scientists International Travel Support (ITS), supported by the Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF), for presenting a research paper at the IEEE Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference (APMC-2024) held in Bali, Indonesia, during November 17–20, 2024. (Grant Amount: ₹1,09,133); Recipient of the IEEE SPACE 2025 Young Faculty Laureate Program, sponsored by the IEEE AESS & AP/MTT Bangalore Chapter, held in Bangalore from July 20–23, 2025. [Travel Support]

Conferences/ Workshops/Symposium/ Short-term Courses Organized:: FDP Coordinator: One-Week Online Faculty Development Program (FDP) on “Innovative Antenna Design for Next-Generation Wireless Systems: From Concept to Application,” jointly organized by the ECED, MNNIT Allahabad, in collaboration with the E&ICT Academy, NIT Patna, and supported by MeitY, Government of India, held from August 4–10, 2025. (Total funding: ₹1,90,000); FDP Coordinator: One-Week Online Faculty Development Program (FDP) on “Underwater Wireless Communication Networks: Concepts, Challenges, and Optimization,” jointly organized by the ECED, MNNIT Allahabad, in collaboration with the E&ICT Academy, NIT Patna, and supported by MeitY, Government of India, held from September 27 – October 03, 2025. (Total funding: ₹1,90,000)

On-going Projects:: Principal Investigator (PI): Project worth ₹58,44,480 (File No.: ANRF/IRG/2024/000618/ENS) titled “Design and Development of High-Gain, Wideband Beam-Steerable Reflectarray Antennas for 5G mm-Wave and 6G sub-THz Applications,” funded by the Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF), India. (Ongoing: March 24, 2025 – March 23, 2028); Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI): Approved project (File No.: ANRF/ARG/2025/011847/ENS) titled “Smart Metasurface-Enabled Circular Polarization Facilitating Dynamic Beam Control Optimized Antenna Design in mm-Wave Systems,” funded by the Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF), India. (Approved on December 18, 2025, for a duration of 3 years)

Projects Completed:: Principal Investigator (PI): Seed Grant project titled “High-Order Vehicular MIMO Antennas for IoV Applications: Design, Development, and Implementation Using Printed Monopole Antennas”, funded by MNNIT Allahabad, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India, with a grant of ₹5,00,000. (Completed: January 01, 2024 – December 31, 2025)

Expert Lectures:: Served as a Guest Speaker, delivering an expert talk in the One-Week Online Faculty Development Program (FDP) on “Smart Antenna Design for 6G Communication System,” jointly organized by the ECED, MNNIT Allahabad, in collaboration with the E&ICT Academy, NIT Patna, and supported by MeitY, Government of India, held from July 21–27, 2025.; Served as a Guest Speaker, delivering an expert talk in the One-Week Online Faculty Development Program (FDP) on “Drone Technologies and Intelligent Systems: Integrating AI, IoT, and Aerial Platforms,” organized by the ECED, Lendi Institute of Engineering and Technology Jonnada, Vizianagaram, held on December 16–21, 2025.; Served as a Subject Expert, delivering a talk in the Skill Development Program on “Electromagnetic Field Simulation and Analysis Using Ansys Electromagnetic Enterprise,” organized by the Defence Technology & Test Centre (DTTC), Lucknow, held on December 18–19, 2025.

Reviewer for Transactions / Journal / Conferences:: IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs; IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters; AEU International Journal of Electronics and Communications, Elsevier; Journal of Computational Electronics, Springer; IEEE Transactions on Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology; Radio Science