Sayantan Hazra
Associate Professor
sayantan.hazra@mahindrauniversity.edu.in
Dr. Sayantan Hazra is presently working as an Associate Professor at École Centrale School of Engineering, Mahindra University, Hyderabad.
His research interests are mainly in several areas of wireless communication systems including Resource-optimized interleaving-coding-modulation schemes in multimedia broadcasting standards (DVB-NGH, DVB-SH, ATSC 3.0) with 4G and 5G class signals; wireless channel modelling and signal processing in multi-carrier communication systems like 4G and 5G cellular systems. He is also involved in cross-domain research like cost-effective, and reliable Communication networks for Smart Grid Framework.
Dr. Hazra is a member of IEEE and IEEE Communications Society.
Ph.D.
- Ph.D. (Electronics & Electrical Engineering), 2014
Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
Thesis Title: Channel Modeling for Land Mobile Satellite Communications
M.Tech
- M.Tech (Specialization: Signal Processing), 2009
Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
CPI: 8.68/10.00
Thesis Title: Development of Efficient Modulation Techniques for Navigation Satellite Systems
B.Tech
- B.Tech (Electronics & Communication Engineering), 2007
University of Burdwan
CGPA: 79.6/100.0
August 2014 - Present
- Associate Professor, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, École Centrale School of Engineering, Mahindra University (August 2019 to present)
- Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, École Centrale School of Engineering, Mahindra University (earlier Mahindra École Centrale) (August 2014 to July 2019)
Courses taught (Theory + Lab):
Ph.D. courses: Statistical Signal Processing;
UG courses: Basic Electrical Engineering, Electronics, Probability Theory, Signals and Systems, Communication Theory-I and –II, Experimental Lab – I and – II.
2007 - 2013
- Teaching Assistant, Department of EEE, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
Patents:
2018
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Amrita Agnes, Arya K. Bhattacharya, and
Sayantan Hazra.
"System and method for accurately monitoring and computing ageing
life of a transformer in a smart grid framework".
US 2018-0003759 A1. Filed: 26.04.2017, Published: 01.04.2018. -
Arya K. Bhattacharya, Sayantan Hazra, and Amrita Agnes.
"System and Method for Loss of Life calculation for Ageing Assessment
of running Transformers in a Smart Grid Framework".
Filed: 30.06.2016, Published: 05.01.2018.
Journals:
2022
2012
Conferences:
2019
2017
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
(NB: accepted in IEEE TENCON 2009, but withdrawn due to reimbursement issues)
Invited Paper in National Conference/Workshop:
2011
S. Hazra and A. Mitra, “A New Single Distribution Model for Land Mobile Satellite Channels”, in IETE Zonal Seminar on Information and Communication Technology, Guwahati, India, August (2011).
Sponsored Research and Consultancy works:
- Project Title: Detailed Analysis and Optimization of running network assets in a Smart Grid Framework.
- Sponsoring Agency: Ministry of Energy, State of Ontario, Canada and Tech Mahindra.
- Name of investigators: Prof. Arya Kumar Bhattacharya (PI), Prof. J. L. Bhattacharya, Dr. Sayantan Hazra, Mahindra University (then MU), India.
- Sponsored Amount: 840,000 INR.
- Period: One year (2015-2016).
- Status: Completed.
- Project Title: Plug and Play IV curve tester for PV.
- Sponsoring Agency: Solar Equipment & Consumable Stream (SECS), SERD 2019, DST, Government of India.
- Name of investigators and industry partner: Dr. Sreedhar Madichetty (PI), Dr. Sayantan Hazra (Co-PI), Mahindra University, and Silov Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
- Sponsored Amount: 4.5 Million INR.
- Period: 2.5 years (January 2021 onwards).
- Status: Ongoing.
- Project Title: Design, development, and performance evaluation of
- interleavers and channel coders in DVB-SH and DVB-NGH systems
- with 5G signals.
- Principal investigator: Dr. Sayantan Hazra, Mahindra University, India.
- Sponsoring Agency: Seed grant from Mahindra University, India.
- Amount granted: 400 thousand INR (4 Lakhs Rs.).
- Period: 2.5 years (January 2020 – June 2021).
- Status: Ongoing.
Reviewer of international journals/research articles:
- IEEE Wireless Communications Letter (2013-present)
- IET Communications Journal (2014-present)
- Electronics Letters (2019 – present)
Achievements:
- Hazra was invited to chair a session in IEEE 15thInternational conference on Wireless and Mobile Computing, Networking and Communications (WiMob), Barcelona, 2019.
- Secured an all India rank of 349 in the EC stream of the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) 2007.
- MHRD (Ministry of Human Resource Development, India) Scholarship (2007-2013).
- M.Tech. project work was partly sponsored by Indian Space Research Organization, in 2008 – 2009.
