About SWAMINATHAN R

Dr. R. Swaminathan (Senior Member, IEEE) is an Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Electrical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Indore. He earned his Ph.D. from IIT Kharagpur in 2016. From 2015 to 2019, Dr. Swaminathan served as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore, and later as a Visiting Faculty Member there in July 2023 and 2024. He joined IIT Indore as an Assistant Professor in 2019 and has been an Associate Professor since October 2023. Dr. Swaminathan has authored and co-authored over 100 research publications, including journal articles, IEEE conference papers, book chapters, technology disclosures, patents and a textbook. His research interests span Wireless Communications, Communication Systems, and Coding Theory.

 

He has received several notable recognitions, including the Best Research Paper Award at IIT Indore (2025) and being featured among the Top 2% Scientists in the World (2025) in a global study by Stanford University, USA. In 2021, he was recognized as an Exemplary Reviewer by the IEEE Communications Society, USA, for his outstanding contributions to IEEE Communications Letters. He was also honoured with the Gold Medal from the College of Engineering, Guindy, Anna University, for academic excellence. Dr. Swaminathan has delivered numerous invited talks on Entrepreneurship and Wireless Communications at premier engineering institutions. He actively contributes to the global research community as a reviewer for leading IEEE journals and as a Technical Program Committee (TPC) member for major IEEE conferences.