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Shiban K Koul

Shiban K Koul is currently an Emeritus Professor at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, and Mentor at IIT Jammu from 2018. Prior to this, he served as Deputy Director (Strategy and Planning) at IIT Delhi from 2012 to 2016. He also served as the Chairman of Astra Microwave Products Limited, Hyderabad from 2009 to 2019 and Dr R P Shenoy Astra Microwave Chair Professor at IIT Delhi from 2014 to 2019. His research interests include RF MEMS, high frequency wireless communication, microwave engineering, microwave passive and active circuits, device modelling, millimetre and sub-millimetre wave IC design, body area networks, flexible and wearable antennas, medical applications of sub-terahertz waves and reconfigurable microwave circuits including miniaturized antennas. He has successfully completed 38 major sponsored projects, 52 consultancy projects and 61 technology development projects. He has authored/co-authored 540 research papers, 16 state-of-the art books, 4 book chapters and 2 e-books. He holds 23 patents, 6 copyrights and one trademark. He has guided 26 PhD theses and more than 120 master’s thesis. Dr Koul is a Life Fellow of IEEE and Fellow of INAE and IETE. He is the Chief Editor of IETE Journal of Research, Associate Editor of the International Journal of Microwave and Wireless Technologies, Cambridge University Press. He served as a Distinguished Microwave Lecturer of IEEE MTT-S for the period 2012–2014. Recipient of numerous awards including IEEE MTT Society Distinguished Educator Award (2014); Teaching Excellence Award (2012) from IIT Delhi; Indian National Science Academy (INSA) Young Scientist Award (1986); Top Invention Award (1991) of the National Research Development Council for his contributions to the indigenous development of ferrite phase shifter technology; VASVIK Award (1994) for the development of Ka- band components and phase shifters; Ram Lal Wadhwa Gold Medal (1995) from the Institution of Electronics and Communication Engineers (IETE); Academic Excellence Award (1998) from Indian Government for his pioneering contributions to phase control modules for Rajendra Radar, Shri Om Prakash Bhasin Award (2009) in the field of Electronics and Information Technology, VASVIK Award (2012) for the contributions made to the area of Information, Communication Technology (ICT) and M N Saha Memorial Award (2013) from IETE. Email: [email protected]