About SWAMINATHAN R

Dr. Swaminathan joined IIT Indore as an Assistant Professor after working as a Research  Fellow at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) Singapore. Earlier, he completed his PhD from IIT Kharagpur. He is also associated with Center of Futuristic Defense and Space Technology (CFDST), Center for Electric Vehicle and Intelligent Transport Systems (CEVITS) at IIT Indore. He is currently serving as a CEO of IITI Advanced Centre for Entrepreneurship (ACE) Foundation (i.e. Incubation Centre of IIT Indore) and Professor-in-Charge of Centre for  Entrepreneurship Education and Development (CEED), IIT Indore. He is the author or co-author of more than 60 reputed journal and IEEE conference publications. Further, he has also secured four funded research projects as a Principal Investigator (PI) from DST-SERB and CSIR, as well as completed two consultancy projects for Airtel and Danish Management, Denmark (consulting firm for India-European Union standardization project) with a total valuation of more than Rs 80 Lakhs. His current research interests include but not limited to Efficient design of Space-air-ground integrated networks (SAGIN) for 6G communication, Unmanned-Aerial-Vehicle (UAV)-assisted free space optics (FSO) communication, Intelligent Receiver Design using Machine Learning Techniques, Intelligent-Reflecting-Surfaces (IRS)-aided FSO and RF communications for 5G and 6G Wireless Systems, etc. He has been recently honored as Exemplary Reviewer for IEEE Communications Letters, 2021, by IEEE Communications Society and elevated to IEEE Senior Member since April 2023.