Committee – CICT 2024

Committees and List of Experts

CICT-2024: Eighth IEEE International Conference Jointly organized by CFIIITs at IIIT-Allahabad UP India

Patrons

Prof. Mukul Sharad Sutaone – Director, IIIT Allahabad
Prof. Bhartendu K. Singh – Director, IIITDM Jabalpur
Prof. S. N. Singh – Director, IIITM Gwalior
Prof. M. V. Kartikeyan – Director, IIITDM Kancheepuram
Prof. D V L N Somyaluju – Director, IIITDM Kurnool

General Chair

Prof. U S Tiwary, IIIT-Allahabad
Prof. Neetesh Purohit, IIIT-Allahabad

International Advisory Committee

Experts from India:

All Patrons as mentioned above
Prof. Manindra Agrawal, Director IIT-Kanpur
Prof. Ajit Chaturvedi (Former Director IIT-Roorkee)
Prof. Anupam Shukla, Director SVNIT Surat
Prof. P K Jain, Director NIT Patna
Prof. Unnat Pandit, Controller General Patents, Design and Trade Marks
Prof. Rajiv Tripathi, Former Director MNNIT Allahabad
Prof. Sarat Kumar Patra, Director NIT Agartala
Prof. Ashutosh Kumar Singh, Director IIIT-Bhopal
Prof. Dharmendra Singh, Director IIIT-Vadodara
Prof. N. V. S. N. Sarma, Director IIIT-Tiruchirapalli
Prof. C C Tripathi, Director NITTTR Bhopal
Prof Manas Mandal, IIT Kharagpur (Former DG-DRDO)

Expert from Foreign Nations:

Prof. Anish Arora, Ohio State University, USA
Prof. Sokratis Katsikas, NUST Norway
Prof. Gaurav Sharma, University of Rochester USA
Dr. George C. Alexandropoulos, University of Athens, Greece
Prof. Adão Silva, University of Aveiro, IT, Portugal
Dr. Xingwang Li, Henan Ploytechnic, China
Prof. Yuming Jaiang, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
Prof. Faissal El Bouanani, University of Rabat, Morocco
Prof. Arafat Al-Dweik, Khalifa University, UAE
Dr. Dinh-Thuan Do, School of Engineering, University of Mount Union, Ohio, USA
Dr. R. Ramachandra, NUST Norway
Prof. Vincenzo Piuri, University of Milan, Italy
Prof. Akhtar Kalam, Victoria University, Australia
Prof. Wang Gang, HUT HEFEI China
Prof. Skander Belhaj, Univ of TUNIS El-Manar
Dr. Jong-Hoon Kim, Kent State University, Ohio USA
Prof. Dmitrii Kaplun, Saint Petersburg Electrotechnical University “LETI”, Russia
Prof. Alexander Dvorkovich, MIPT Russia
Prof. Vjatscheslav Antciperov, Kotel’nikov Institute of Radio Engineering and Electronics of Russian Academy of Science Moscow
Prof. Jian Song, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

CFIIITs Steering Committee

Prof. Aditya Trivedi, IIITM Gwalior (Chair)
Prof. K V Arya, , IIITM Gwalior
Dr. Wilfred, IIITM Gwalior
Prof. Shekhar Verma, IIIT-Allahabad
Prof. Neetesh Purohit, IIIT-Allahabad
Dr. Rajat Singh, IIIT-Allahabad
Dr. Satish Singh, IIIT-Allahabad
Prof. Praveen Kondekar, IIITDM Jabalpur
Prof. Dinesh Kumar , IIITDM Jabalpur
Dr. Matadeen Bansal, IIITDM Jabalpur
Dr. Manohar Parihar, IIITDM Jabalpur
Prof. M Sreekumar, IIITDM Kancheepuram
Prof. Masilamani V, IIITDM Kancheepuram
Dr. Priyanka Kokil, IIITDM Kancheepuram
Dr. K Krishna Naik, IIITDM Kurnool
Dr. Naresh Babu, IIITDM Kurnool

Technical Program Committee

Prof. U S Tiwary, IIIT- Allahabad (Chair)
All members of CICT steering committee
All members of editorial panels of regular/special tracks
Prof. Yogesh Chauhan, IIT-Kanpur
Prof. Y N Singh, IIT Kanpur
Prof. Kumar Vaibhav Srivastava, IIT Kanpur
Prof. Ganesh Ramakrishnan, IITB Mumbai
Prof. D. Manjunath, IITB Mumbai
Prof. Chockalingam, IISc Bangalore
Prof. A G Ramakrishna, IISc Bangalore
Prof Manav Bhatnagar, IIT-Delhi
Prof. Rajeev Kumar Singh, IIT-BHU, Varanasi
Prof. Manoj Kumar Meshram, IIT-BHU Varanasi
Prof. K P Ray, DIAT Pune
Prof T Srinivas IISc Bangalore
Prof. Bala Subramaniyan, IIT-Roorkee
Prof. Vimal Bhatia, IIT Indore
Prof. Ram Bilas Pachori, IIT Indore
Prof. Somanath Tripathi, IIT-Patna
Prof. Priyadarshi, IIT-Kharagpur
Prof Asheesh K Singh, MNNIT Allahabad
Prof Rajesh Gupta MNNIT Allahabad
Prof. M M Gore MNNIT Allahabad
Prof. R S Yadav MNNIT Allahabad
Prof. Neeraj Tyagi, MNNIT Allahabad
Prof. Vijaya Bhadauriya MNNIT Allahabad
Prof. Amit Dhawan MNNIT Allahabad
Prof. V S Tripathi MNNIT Allahabad
Prof. Yogendra Prajapati, MNNIT Allahabad
Prof. G C Nandi, IIIT- Allahabad
Prof. O P Vyas, IIIT- Allahabad
Prof. T. Lahiri, IIIT-Allahabad
Prof. Anupam. IIIT-Allahabad
Prof. Rajlakshmi, IIT Hyderabad
Dr. Amit Mishra, University of Capetown, South Africa
Dr. K C Ray, IIT-Patna
Dr. Kirti Dhwaj, IIT-Delhi
Dr. Rahul Meshram, IIT Madras
Dr. Vishal Kesari, Scientist-E, DRDO
Dr. Rahul Jaiswal, Analog Devices Ireland
Dr. Tanmay Manna, Nokia Bangalore
Dr. Arun Prakash MNNIT Allahabad
Dr Manish Tiwari MNNIT Allahabad
Prof. Suresh Sundaram of ECE, IIT Guwahati
Dr. Ritika Jain from IITM-Zanzibar campus
Dr. J. V. Satyanarayana (Scientist G, RCI Labs, Hyderabad
Dr. Anoop C. S. Govt Engg College, Kozhikode
Dr. Jerrin Thomas Panachakel College of Engg, Trivandrum
- Dr. Anshuman Shastri, Banasthali Vidyapeeth
Dr. Rajiv Singh, Banasthali Vidyapeeth
Prof. Shailly Sharma, Banasthali Vidyapeeth
Prof. Neelendra Badal, KNIT Sultanpur
Prof. Vishnu Sharma, GCET, Noida
Prof. Tanveer Siddiqui, Allahabad University
Dr. Devendra Singh Gurjar, NIT Silchar
Dr. Ranjay Hazra, NIT Silchar
Dr. Anshul Pandey, TII UAE
Dr. Om Jee Pandey, IIT BHU
Dr. Sourabh Solanki, NIT Warangal
Dr. Satish Tiwari, IIITDM Jabalpur
Dr. Ajay Dagar, VIT A.P.
Dr. Lakhan Sharma A.P.

Organizing Chair

Organizing Chair (Regular Tracks): Dr. Suneel Yadav, IIIT- Allahabad, Dr. Nabajyoti Mazumdar IIIT-Allahabad, Dr. Naveen Saini, IIIT-Allahabad
Organizing Chair (Special Tracks): Prof. Masilamani IIITDM Kancheepuram, Dr. Sonali Agrawal IIIT- Allahabad, Dr. Rekha Verma IIIT-Allahabad
Organizing Chair (Tutorials): Prof. Vrijendra Singh, IIIT-Allahabad, Dr. Bibhash Ghosal IIIT-Allahabad, Dr. Radhika Gour IIIT-Allahabad
Organizing Chair (Panel Discussions): Prof. T. Lahiri IIIT-Allahabad, Dr. Vijay Chaurasiya, IIIT- Allahabad, Dr Sunny Sharma IIIT-Allahabad
Organizing Chair (Symposiums): Dr. Manish Kumar, IIIT- Allahabad, Dr. Shantibhushan, IIIT-Allahabad, Dr. Amit Prabhakar IIIT-Allahabad, Dr. Kavindra Kandpal IIIT-Allahabad, Dr. Gaurav Srivastava IIIT-Allahabad, Dr. Sitangshu Bhattacharya IIIT-Allahabad, Dr. Anshu Anand, IIIT-Allahabad
Organizing Chair (Infrastructure): Dr Rajat Kumar Singh, IIIT-Allahabad, Dr. Shivram Dubey IIIT-Allahabad
Organizing Chair (Publication): Dr. Satish Singh, IIIT- Allahabad; Dr. Sunny Sharma, IIIT- Allahabad; Dr. Rahul Kala IIITM Gwalior, Dr. Matadeen Bansal IIITDM Jabalpur, Dr. Priyanka Kokil, IIITDM Kancheepuran
Organizing Chair (Website): Dr. Muneendra Ojha, IIIT-Allahabad, Dr. Suryaprakash IIIT- Allahabad, Dr. T. Pant IIIT-Allahabad
Organizing Chair (Sponsorship): Dr. Vineet Tiwari, IIIT-Allahabad; Dr. Shantibhushan IIIT-Allahabad, Dr. Sumit Upadhyay IIIT-Allahabad
Organizing Chair (Finance): Dr. Vijay Chaurasiya IIIT-Allahabad, Dr. Amarnath Yadav IIIT-Allahabad, Dr. Navjot Singh IIIIT-Allahabad
Organizing Chair (Workshop): Dr. Krishna Naik, IIITDM Kurnool
Organizing Chair (Exhibition): Dr. K P Singh IIIT-Allahabad, Dr. Prasanna Mishra IIIT-Allahabad, Dr. Mahendra Shukla IIITM Gwalior
Organizing Chair (Publicity): Prof. M Sreekumar, IIITDM Kancheepuram, Dr. Utkarsh Goel IIIT-Allahabad, Dr. Ashutosh Singh IIIT-Allahabad, Dr. Navjot Singh IIIT-Allahabad, Dr. Upendra Kumar IIIT-Allahabad

Regular tracks and respective Editorial Panel

Wireless Communication Technologies:
Editorial Panel: Dr. K Krishna Naik IIITDM Kurnool; Dr. Suneel Yadav IIIT-Allahabad, Dr. Matadeen Bansal, IIITDM Gwalior, Dr. Radhika Gour IIIT Allahabad, Dr Ranjan Hazra NIT Silchar, Dr. Vinay Bake, NIT Rourkela, Dr. Devendra, NIT Silcher, Dr Satish Tiwari, IIIT Jabalpur, Dr Mahendra Shukla IIITM Gwalior, Dr. Anshul Pandey, UAE Mowinet-IIITA, Dr. Abhishek Kumar, SoS Mowinet-IIITA, Dr. Preeti Kharwar, Vignan Univ Mowinet-IIITA, Dr. Neha Jaisawal, Mowinet-IIITA, Dr. Purnendu Pandey, Ghaziabad Mowinet-IIITA, Dr Shishupal, IIIT Nagpur, Dr. OM Jee Pandey, IIT BHU (More persons are to be added soon)
Computational Intelligence & Machine Learning:
Editorial Panel: Dr. K P Singh, IIIT Allahabad; Dr. Muneendra Ojha IIIT-Allahabad; Dr. Naveen Saini IIIT-Allahabad; Dr. Anjali IIITM Gwalior;(More persons are to be added soon)
Cloud and Big Data Management:
Editorial Panel: Dr. Manish Kumar IIIT Allahabad, Dr. Sanjeev B S; Dr. K M Pooja IIIT-Allahabad; (More persons are to be added soon)
Computer and Software Systems:
Editorial Panel: Prof. Pavan Chakraborty IIIT Allahabad, Dr. Sonali Agrawal IIIT-Allahabad; Dr. Anshu Anand IIIT-Allahabad; Dr. Navjot Singh IIIT-Allahabad; (More persons are to be added soon)
Speech, Biomedical, RADAR Signal Processing:
Editorial Panel: Dr. Rajat Kumar Singh IIIT Allahabad, Dr. Ashutosh Mishra IIIT Allahabad, Dr. Ratan Saha IIIT Allahabad, Dr. Ramesh Bhukiya IIIT Allahabad, Dr Shanti Chandra IIIT Allahabad; Dr. Anjali Gautam IIIT Allahabad, (More persons are to be added soon)
Image Processing:
Editorial Panel: Prof. Anupam IIIT Allahabad, Dr. Satish Singh IIIT Allahabad, Dr. Shivram Dubey IIIT-Allahabad; Dr. Mohammad Javed IIIT-Allahabad; (More persons are to be added soon)
Networks and Information Security:
Editorial Panel: Prof. Shekhar Verma IIIT Allahabad, Dr. Soumyadev Maity IIIT Allahabad (More persons are to be added soon)
Microelectronics for Information Communication Systems:
Editorial Panel: Prof. Manish Goswami IIIT Allahabad, Dr. Amit Prabhakar IIIT -Allahabad, Dr. Sitangshu Bhattacharya IIIT Allahabad, Dr. Sunny Sharma IIIT Allahabad, Dr. Prasanna IIIT Allahabad, Dr. Rekha Verma IIIT Allahabad, Dr. Kavindra Kandpal IIIT Allahabad, Dr. Gaurav Srivastava IIIT-Allahabad, Dr. Shantibhushan IIIT-Allahabad (More persons are to be added soon)
RF, Microwave, and THz Communication:
Editorial Panel: Dr. Amarnath Yadav IIIT Allahabad, Dr. Himanshu Maurya IIIT Allahabad (More persons are to be added soon)
Cyber-Physical Systems:
Editorial Panel: Dr. S. Venkatesan IIIT Allahabad (More persons are to be added soon)
Remote Sensing through Satellite/Drone imaging:
Editorial Panel: Dr. Pooja Mishra IIIT Allahabad, Dr. T Pant IIIT Allahabad, (More persons are to be added soon)
IoT, IIoT and Wireless Sensor Network Technologies:
Editorial Panel: Dr. Vijay Chaurasiya, Dr. Bibhash Gosal IIIT Allahabad, Dr. Nabajyoti Mazumdar IIIT-Allahabad; (More persons are to be added soon)
Robotics and Autonomous Vehicles:
Editorial Panel: Prof. G C Nandi IIIT-Allahabad, Prof. Shreekumar IIITDM Kanchipuram, Prof Pavan Chakraborty IIIT Allahabad, Dr. Surya Kumar IIIT-Allahabad, Dr. Rahul Kala IIITM Gwalior (More persons are to be added soon)
Explainable and Interpretable AI:
Editorial Panel: Prof U S Tiwary IIIT-Allahabad; Prof. Pritish Varadwaj IIIT Allahabad (More persons are to be added soon)
Semantic Communications:
Editorial Panel: Prof. Aditya Trivedi IIITM Gwalior, Dr. Mahendra Shukla IIITM Gwalior, Dr. Wilfred IIITM Gwalior; Dr. Naveen Saini IIIT-Allahabad (More persons are to be added soon)
Quantum Computation, Quantum Information, Quantum Communication
Editorial Panel: Dr. Srijit Bhattacharya IIIT-Allahabad, Dr. Sunny Sharma IIIT-Allahabad, Dr. Sanjai Singh IIIT-Allahabad, (More persons are to be added soon)

NOTE: As soon as a editorial Panel constitution is complete and its chairperson is chosen, it will be displayed here.

Resource Persons for Keynote Addresses

Keynote address-1 : Padmashri Prof. Manindra Agrawal, Director IIT Kanpur Title will be updated soon (Coordinator: Dr. S Venkatesan, IIITA)
Keynote address-2 : Prof. Ing. Jurajn Gazda, Technical University of Kosice, Slovakia, ‘Autonomous mobility, powered by AI and edge computing’ (Coordinator: Dr. Suneel Yadav IIITA)
Keynote address-3 : Dr. Jong-Hoon Kim, Kent State University, Ohio USA Title will be updated soon (Coordinator: Prof. U S Tiwary IIITA)
Keynote address-4 : Prof. Anish Arora, Ohio State University, Ohio USA Title will be updated soon (Coordinator: Dr. Himanshu Mourya IIITA)
Keynote address-5 : Dr. Bharat Panchal, Ph.D. Title will be updated soon (Coordinator: Dr Vijay Chaurasiya IIITA)
Keynote address-6: Dr. Shyam Prabhakar Mardikar, CTO, Jio Title will be updated soon (Confirmation Awaited; Coordinator: Dr. Suneel Yadav)
NOTE: About 40-45 minutes lecture on a latest technology. Please click on the title to know more about it.

Resource Persons for Workshop

Workshop on Drone Technology and its Applications: Dr. Krishna Naik IIITDM Kurnool and team; Dr. Suneel Yadav IIIT Allahabad and his team
NOTE: There will be 6 sessions 2 hour each in the 3 day time. Click on title to know more about it.

Resource Persons for tutorials

Tutorial-1: Prof. Vikram Gadre, IITB Mumbai, Title (in the field of DSP) will be updated soon (Coordinator: Dr. Ramesh Bhukya)
Tutorial-2: Prof. Ajit Chaturvedi IIT Kanpur Title (in the field of wireless Communication) will be updated soon (Coordinator: Dr. Radhika Gour)
Tutorial-3: Expert name and title will be updated soon (Coordinator: Prof. Vrijendra Singh)
Tutorial-4: Dr. Jong-Hoon Kim, Kent State University (Coordinator: Dr. Suryaprakash)

Title: AI Engine Design for Human-Robot Interaction

Lead-Instructor (Remote):– Xiangxu Lin (ATR lab researcher, Computer Science, Kent State University)

Co-Instructor (In-person):- Nafiul Alarm (ATR lab researcher, Computer Science, Kent State University)

NOTE: About 150 Minutes Session With A Short Break In Between. Please click on the title of the Tutorial to know more about it.

Resource Persons for Panel Discussions

Panel-1 Reorientation of Information Technology (experts names will be notified soon): Prof. U S Tiway (Moderator)
Panel-2 Digital India: The next goals (experts names will be notified soon): Dr. Vijay Chaurasiya (Moderator)
NOTE: About 90 minutes Session: 40 Minutes Expert’s Views Sharing + 20 Minutes Cross Discussions Among Experts + 30 Minutes Interaction With Participants. Please click on the respective Panel to learn more about it.

Resource Persons for Exhibitions

Exhibition-1 (AI-ML based products): Dr K P Singh IIIT-Allahabad (Coordinator) + Another Coordinator from IIITDM Kancheepuram
Exhibition-2 (Microelectronics related products): Dr. Sunny Sharma IIIT-Allahabad (Coordinator) + Another Coordinator from IIITDM Kurnool
Exhibition-3 (Wireless Technologies related products): Dr Mahendra Shukla IIITM-Gwalior (Coordinator) + Another Coordinator from IIITDM Kancheepuram
NOTE: Manufacturers or their authorized dealers shall be invited for exhibition. About 1 Hour parallel sessions may be assigned to each exhibition, it will remain on for entire duration of the workshop though.

Committee for Symposiums

PhD Symposium (ORAL mode): (Chief Guest will be notified soon) Dr. Manish Kumar IIIT-Allahabad (Chair), Dr Sunny Sharma IIIT-Allahabad, Dr. Javed IIIT-Allahabad, Dr. Naveen Saini IIIT-Allahabad
Patents Symposium (ORAL/POSTER mode): Prof. Unnat Pandit (Chief guest) Dr. Amit Prabhakar IIIT-Allahabad (Chair) More experts will be added soon
Start UPs Symposium (ORAL/POSTER mode): Sh. Hirnmay Mahanta CEO i-Hub Gujarat (Chief Guest) Dr. Wilfred IIITM Gwalior (Chair), Dr. Ashutosh Kumar Singh IIIT-Allahabad, Dr Shantibhusan IIIT-Allahabad, Dr. Seema Kushwaha IIIT-Allahabad, Dr. Shishupal IIIT-Nagpur, Dr. Krantisagar More Institute of Chemical Technology Mumbai, Dr. Anubhav Rawat, MNNIT Allahabad, More experts will be added soon
MTech Symposium (ORAL mode): (Chief Guest will be notified soon) Dr. Kavindra Kanapal IIIT-Allahabad (Chair), Dr. Gaurav Srivastava IIIT-Allahabad, More experts will be added soon
BTech Symposium (POSTER mode): (Chief Guest will be notified soon) Dr. Sitangshu Bhattacharya (Chair), + Another Chair from IIITDM Kancheepuram, Dr. Anshu Anand IIIT-Allahabad, More experts will be added soon

NOTE: Please click on the symposium’s title to know more about it.

Resource persons of Special Tracks

Digital Entrepreneurship Education: Prof. Mukul Sutaone Director IIIT-Allahabad (Chair), Sh. Hirnmay Mahanta CEO i-Hub Gujarat, Prof. S N Singh Director IIITM Gwalior, Prof. D V L N Somyaluju Director, IIITDM Kurnool, Prof Bhartendu K Singh IIITDM Jabalpur, Prof. M V Kartikeyan IIITDM Kancheepuram, Prof. Neetesh Purohit IIIT-Allahabad, Prof. Madhvendra Mishra (Coordinator), confirmation is awaited from a few more renowned experts.
Generative AI & Human Robot Interaction: Prof. G.C. Nandi IIIT Allahabad
Digital Transformation with Process Mining: Prof. O.P. Vyas IIIT Allahabad
ICT Applications to Humanities and Social Sciences: Prof. Vijaishri Tiwari IIIT Allahabad (Chair), Dr. Shailendra IIIT-Allahabad, Dr. Utkarsh Goel IIIT-Allahabad
ICT Applications to Business and Finance: Prof. Ranjit Singh IIIT Allahabad (Chair), Dr. Pragya Singh IIIT-Allahabad, Dr. Sudipta Das IIIT-Allahabad
ICT Applications to Marketing: Prof. Madhvendra Mishra IIIT Allahabad (Chair), Dr. Shashikant Rai IIIT Allahabad, Dr. Saurabh Mishra IIIT Allahabad
ICT Applications to Biology and Medical Sciences: Prof Krishna Mishra, IIIT Allahabad (Chair), Prof. Pritish Varadwaj, Dr. Sangeeta Singh IIIT-Allahabad (Coordinator), Dr. Sintu Samanta IIIT Allahabad, Dr. Amaresh Sahoo IIIT-Allahabad
ICT Applications to Agriculture: Dr. Pooja Mishra IIIT-Allahabad (Chair), Dr. Suneel Yadav IIIT-Allahabad, Dr Savitri Joshi IIIT-Allahabad,
ICT Applications to Prayagraj Mahakumbh2025: Dr. Sanjai Singh IIIT Allahabad (Chair), Dr. S. Venkatesan IIIT-Allahabad (Coordinator), Prof. Neetesh Purohit IIIT Allahabad
ICT applications to Science of Happiness: Prof. Manas Mandal IIT Kharagpur (Chair), Prof. Priyadarshi IIT Kharagpur, Prof. Vijaishri Tiwari IIIT Allahabad, Dr. Shrihari krishna Rekhi Center Vardha, Dr. Vineet Tiwari IIIT Allahabad (Coordinator), Dr. Ramesh Bhukya IIIT-Allahabad