The Department of Electronics Engineering leads pioneering research tackling key challenges and advancing knowledge in areas like 6G, Terahertz communications, photonics, silicon chips, and solar research. Our faculty and scholars work on projects of national importance, often supported by top funding agencies and industry collaborations, with a focus on achieving technological self-reliance.


Sl.No.

Project Name

Funding Agency

Name of PI/Co.PI

Sanctioned Amount

(Lakhs)

Duration

1

Development of lab-scale quantum fiber network, and design of plug-and-play photonic integrated modules for its transmitter & receiver towards secure 6G communication

The Department of
Telecommunication
(DoT), Ministry of
Communication, New Delhi

PI- Dr. Mrinal Sen, Department Of Electronics Engineering, IIT ISM Dhanbad
Co-PI: 1) Dr. Mukul Kumar Das, 2) Dr. Debjani Mitra,
All from Department Of Electronics Engineering, IIT ISM Dhanbad

283.26 

2025-28

2

Silicon Photonic Chip based N x N Photonic Switches for 6G and Beyond

The Department of
Telecommunication
(DoT), Ministry of
Communication, New Delhi

PI- Dr. Devendra Chack, Department Of Electronics Engineering, IIT ISM Dhanbad
Co-PI (External): 1) Dr. Anil Prabhakar, IIT Madras

2) Dr. Deepa Venkitesh, IIT Madras 3) Dr. Mukesh, IIT Indore

198.38 

2024-27

3

NeTS Small NSF-DST Modernizing Underground Mining
Operations with Millimeter-Wave Imaging and
Networking

NSF-DST

Co.-PI- Dr. Ravi Kumar Gangwar, Department Of Electronics Engineering, IIT ISM Dhanbad

190.58 

2024-27

4

Capacity building for human resource development in Unmanned Aircraft System (Drone and related Technology)

MIETY New Delhi

PI- Dr. Ravi Kumar Gangwar, Department Of Electronics Engineering, IIT ISM Dhanbad

Co-PI-1) Dr. Samrat Mukhopadhyay, Department Of Electronics Engineering, IIT ISM Dhanbad ,        2) Dr. Jaisingh Thangaraj, Department Of Electronics Engineering, IIT ISM Dhanbad

150.91 

2022-27

5

Ultra-Low Power Neuromorphic Spiking Architecture for Assistive Smart Glass

MEITY,New Delhi

PI- Dr. Rajeev Kumar Ranjan, Department Of Electronics Engineering, IIT ISM Dhanbad
Co-PI-Dr. Manodipan Sahoo, Dr. Rahul Bhattacharya, Dr. Jitendra Kumar, Dr. Kaushik Mazumder. Department Of Electronics Engineering, IIT ISM Dhanbad

86 

2023-28

6

Bandwidth Adaptive RF Power Amplifier Modeling for Cross Bandwidth Testing
 

Analog Devices India Private Limited, Bangalore

PI- Dr. Rahul Bhattacharya, Department of Electronics Engineering, IIT ISM Dhanbad
 

4.05 

2024-25

7

TeraHertz  Communication: Prototype Development and Algorithm Design

The Department of
Telecommunication
(DoT), Ministry of
Communication, New Delhi

PI- Dr. Himanshu Bhusan Mishra, Department of Electronics, IIT(ISM) Dhanbad
 

55.70 

2024-27

8

Development of Quantum Algorithms for Next
Generation Wireless Communication Systems

The Department of Telecommunication (DoT), Ministry of Communication, New Delhi

Pi- Dr. Samrat Mukhopadhyay, Department of Electronics
Co-PI: 1) Dr. Jitendra Kumar, 2) Dr. Himanshu
Bhusan Mishra, Department Of Electronics Engineering, IIT ISM Dhanbad

70.44 

2025-28

9

Development of planar microwave sensor for adulteration detection

IIT (ISM) Dhanbad (FRS Grant)

PI- Dr. Prashant K varshney, Department Of Electronics Engineering, IIT ISM Dhanbad

15 

2023-26

10

Demonstration of Graphene FET Fabricated on hBN/SiO2/Si Stack and Exploration of Role of Defects on Device Characteristic

IIT (ISM) FRS Grant

PI- Dr. Jeevesh Kumar, Department Of Electronics Engineering, IIT ISM Dhanbad

20 

2024-26

11

Development of 2D Material-Enhanced Silicon Photonic Devices for High-Performance Point-to-Point Optical Communication

Prime Minister Early Career Research Grant (PM-ECRG) by the Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF)

PI- Dr. Swati Rajput, Department Of Electronics Engineering, IIT ISM Dhanbad

67.629 

2025-28

12

Harnessing the Harmonics in Sequential Load Modulated Balanced Amplifiers for Efficiency and Linearity Enhancement for 5G/6G Applications

Prime Minister Early Career Research Grant (PM-ECRG) by the Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF)

PI- Dr.Y. Mary Asha Latha, Department Of Electronics Engineering, IIT ISM Dhanbad

69.232 

2025-28

13

Memristor based Multilayer Neural Networks (MNN) and its application in Neuromorphic System

CSIR, New Delhi

PI- Dr. Rajeev Kumar Ranjan, Department Of Electronics Engineering, IIT ISM Dhanbad

20.4 

2023-26

14

Development of ceramic dielectric material potentially viable for microwave devices

DST

PI- Dr. Ravi Kumar Gangwar, Department Of Electronics Engineering, IIT ISM Dhanbad

50.82 

2024-25

15

Critical Analysis, Design, EM Modelling & Optimization of millimeter wave planar antenna

DRDO

PI- Dr. Ravi Kumar Gangwar, Department Of Electronics Engineering, IIT ISM Dhanbad

14.53 

2024-25

16

ChalPV: Chalcogenide-Perovskite (BaZrS3) based Photovoltaic Devices

DST

PI- Dr. Jitendra Kumar (INSPIRE), Department Of Electronics Engineering, IIT ISM Dhanbad

25 

2023-28

17

Design and Development of Substrate Integrated Waveguide based Selfmultiplexing Antennas for 5G communication systems

CRG Grant, SERB, DST, New Delhi

PI- Dr. Santanu Dwari, Department Of Electronics Engineering,IIT ISM Dhanbad

56.75 

Approved

18

Design and Development of Frequency Stable and High Q-Factor Optoelectronic Oscillator Assisted by Microwave Photonic Techniques

DRDO

PI- Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Raghuwanshi, Department Of Electronics Engineering, IIT ISM Dhanbad

30.77 

2022-25

19

Design of a webserver-based hybrid physiological sensor with optical cloth for real-time health specialist care

SCP Grant, DST (SERB)

PI- Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Raghuwanshi, Department Of Electronics Engineering, IIT ISM Dhanbad

40.16 

2022-27

20

Generation of high chirp rate dual chirp microwave waveform in Ku band using novel microwave photonic techniques for high performance radar application

DST (SERB)

PI- Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Raghuwanshi, Department Of Electronics Engineering, IIT ISM Dhanbad

33.84 

2022-25

21

Multi-Carrier Waveforms for intelligent Reflecting Surface (IRS) assisted Next-Generation Wireless Communication Systems

DST(SERB) CRG Grant

PI- Dr. Himanshu Bhusan Mishra, Department Of Electronics Engineering, IIT ISM Dhanbad

19.8 

2023-26

22

Development of spectrally efficient low complexity fast sparse channel estimation algorithms for orthogonal time frequency space (OTFS) modulation scheme

DST (SERB) MATRICS Grant

PI- Dr. Himanshu Bhusan Mishra, Department Of Electronics Engineering, IIT ISM Dhanbad

6.6 

2023-26

23

Multi-Carrier Waveforms for Intelligent Reflecting (IRS) assisted Next-Generation Wireless Communication Systems

DST (SERB)

Co-PI- Dr. Samrat Mukhopadhyay, Department Of Electronics Engineering, IIT ISM Dhanbad

36 

2022-25

24

Smart Radio Environments: Implementation and Deployment for Targeted UseCase

IIITB COMET Foundation, Bangalore

PI- Dr. Samrat Mukhopadhyay, Department Of Electronics Engineering, IIT ISM Dhanbad

50.81 

2022-26

25

Development of Integrated Photonic Devices Incorporating Silicon Plus Photonics for Next-Generation Optical Communication

DST Inspire

PI- Dr. Swati Rajput, Department Of Electronics Engineering, IIT ISM Dhanbad

35 

2023-28