R. K. Nagaria is working as Professor and Head in Electronics & Communication Engineering Department, Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology (MNNIT) Allahabad, Prayagraj (India). He received B. Tech. and M.Tech. degrees in Electronics Engineering from Kamla Nehru Institute of Technology (KNIT) Sultanpur, India, and Ph.D. (Engg.) from Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India. He has over 33 years of teaching UG, PG, and research experience. He has published over a hundred research papers in national and international conferences/journals. His name is enlisted in an exclusive directory Marquis Who’s Who in the world. He is also nominated for International Educator of the year award 2005, by International Biographical Centre, Cambridge, England. He has guided the thesis of more than thirty PG students and supervised twelve Ph.D. theses; presently, four research scholars are working under his supervision. His area of interest is Mixed-Mode/Analog Signal Processing, High-Speed Networks,and VLSI Design and Applications.
Vijay Shanker Tripathi received his B.Tech. from the J.K. Institute of Applied Physics and Technology, the University of Allahabad, in 1988. He did his M.Tech. and Ph.D. from Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad in 1999 and 2007, respectively. Presently, he is a Professor in the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering at MNNIT Allahabad. He has published more than 70 research papers in reputed refereed international journals and conferences. He has guided 07 Ph.D. scholars and more than 15 M.Tech. scholars. His area of specialization includes Antenna, SDR, and Non-invasive RF Sensors.
Yogendra Kumar Prajapati received his Ph.D. degree from the Electronics Engineering Department, Uttar Pradesh Technical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India, in 2010. He is currently an Associate Professor at Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India. Dr. Yogendra hasmade a significant contribution to experimental and theoretical research in the areas of Photonics. He has completed several R & D projects sponsored by government funding agencies such as DST, BRNS, etc. He has published more than 120 SCI research papers in peer-reviewed journals and 40 International Conference proceedings. He is a recipient of the Sir Visvesvaraya Young Faculty Research Fellowship Award 2016, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, New Delhi, India, and a teaching fellowship from Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University, Lucknow in 2007. Also, Dr. Yogendra is a recipient of the Young Scientist Award by DST, SERB New Delhi in 2014. His research interests include Optical Communication, Optical Fiber Sensors, Photonic Spin Hall Effect, and Fabrication and characterization of SPR sensors. He is an active reviewer of many scientific sensors-related journals, and Associate Editor of the IEEE Access and Frontiers in Physics- Optics and Photonics.
Carlos Ruiz Zamarreno is a Professor in the Electrical, Electronic, and Communications Engineering Department at the Public University of Navarra (UPNA), Pamplona-Iruña, Spain. Prof. Zamarreño received his M.S. degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and his Ph.D. in Communications from the Public University of Navarra (UPNA) in 2005 and 2009, respectively. He obtained a permanent position as Associate Professor at the Electrical, Electronic, and Communications Engineering Department at UPNA. In 2008, he was Visiting Scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Boston, MA, USA) under the guidance of Prof. Henry I. Smith. He also performed a post-doctoral research stay at Siemens AG (Munich, Germany) in the group of Prof. Maximilian Fleischer. He has also obtained research grants from the Bank of Santander and the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (José Castillejo) in 2013 and 2015, respectively, to perform a research stay at the Photonics Laboratories at Universidade Technologica do Parana (Parana, Brazil) in the group of Prof. Cicero Martelli. In 2013, he received the IEEE GOLD Award for his contributions to developing novel optical sensing waveguides based on micro- and nanostructured films. He is the author of more than 200 scientific journals and conference publications. He has participated in 20 different research projects with public and private entities.
