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

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)

FDP Coordinator: One-Week Online Faculty Development Program (FDP) on “Frontiers in Antenna Research: From RF to THz Systems,” 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 May 26–31, 2026. (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): Project worth ₹93,68,976 (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. (Ongoing: June 8, 2026 – June 7, 2029)

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.

Served as a Guest Speaker, delivering an expert talk in the One-Week Online Faculty Development Program (FDP) on “Emerging Flexible and Stretchable Devices for Smart Healthcare,” 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 May 11–17, 2026.

Served as a Guest Speaker, delivering an expert talk in the One-Week Online Faculty Development Program (FDP) on “AI Driven Metamaterial Based Antenna Design for Defense, Space and Biomedical applications,” 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 May 18–24, 2026.

Served as a Guest Speaker, delivering an expert talk in the One-Week Online Faculty Development Program (FDP) on “Semiconductor Materials, VLSI Circuits and Their Applications in Advanced Communication Systems,” 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 June 22–28, 2026.

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

Scientific Reports

International Journal of Communication Systems (Wiley)

Other Significant Achievements:

Served as a Witness for the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between the E&ICT Academy, NIT Patna and MNNIT Allahabad for “Jointly Organizing Faculty Development Programme”.