Adrish Banerjee

Adrish Banerjee is a Next Generation Broadcasting Chair Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IIT Kanpur). Since 2004, he has held academic roles ranging from Assistant Professor to full Professor, with visiting appointments at institutions including the Asian Institute of Technology, Politecnico di Torino, and Chung-Ang University.

Education:

• PhD in Electrical Engineering (2003), University of Notre Dame, USA
• M.S. in Electrical Engineering (1998), University of Notre Dame, USA
• B.Tech (Hons.) in Electronics & Electrical Communications Engineering (1996), IIT Kharagpur, India

Research Interests:

Adrish Banerjee’s research lies at the intersection of wireless communications, signal processing, and green communication systems. His work spans cognitive radio networks, energy harvesting, error control coding, and visible light communications. He has also contributed to emerging areas such as molecular communications, aiming to bridge theoretical advances with practical system design for next-generation wireless systems.

Research Trends:

His recent publications emphasize energy-efficient communication, secure transmission in untrusted relay networks, and resource optimization in cooperative cognitive radio systems. These works are foundational to the development of 5G and beyond technologies, integrating sustainability and spectrum efficiency.

Awards & Honors:

• Next Generation Broadcasting Faculty Chair (2019–2022)
• IETE Prof. K Sreenivasan Memorial Award (2016)
• P. K. Kelkar Research Fellowship (2013–2016)
• Young Engineer Award, IEI India (2009)
• Microsoft Research India Outstanding Young Faculty Award (2009)
• Erasmus-Mundus MERIT Visiting Professor Scholarship (2008)

Grants & Projects:

He has led or co-led numerous sponsored projects, including:

• Indigenous 5G Test Bed design (Ministry of Communications, ₹425.49 lakhs)
• Green Communications for 5G (Qualcomm USA, $5000)
• Cooperative Spectrum Sensing for Military Radio (₹9.8 lakhs)
• Indo-UK Advanced Technologies Centre collaboration on heterogeneous wireless access networks (₹57.69 lakhs)

Research Group & Labs:

He leads a research group based in ACES-305 at IIT Kanpur, focusing on advanced communication systems. His lab is equipped for research in wireless systems, signal processing, and energy-efficient communications.