NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, KURUKSHETRA

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  1. Name and Date of Birth: RAJOO PANDEY

DOB: 05-10-1968

  1. Department, PresentDesignation with Date:

Department.: Electronics & Communication Engg.

Designation: Associate Professor (since01-07-2007)

  1. Highest Qualification (with year and institution):

Qualification: Ph.D.

Year: 2002

Institution: I.I.T. Roorkee

  1. Total experience (in years):
  2. Teaching: 20 years
  3. R & DOrganization/Industry: NIL
  4. Total Number of Research Publications (excluding paid journals) / Books etc.:

(Provide detailed list separately for complete and last 5 years as Annexure-I)

  1. Journals:

i)International:11

ii)National:03

  1. Conference/Seminar/Symposia etc.:

i)International:18

ii)National:07

  1. Books/Monographs / Manuals(including year & publisher)

Book Chapter:01

  1. Total number of awards / recognition / honoursincluding Membership / Fellowship of Professional Societies etc.:

(Provide detailed list separately for complete and last 5 years as Annexure-II)

  1. Number of Patents Awarded / Filed:NIL

(Provide detailed list separately for complete and last 5 years as Annexure-III)

  1. Number of Ph. D. theses supervised / co-supervised:

(Provide detailed list separately for complete and last 5 years as Annexure-IV)

  1. Completed: NIL
  2. In progress: 03
  1. Number of M. Tech dissertations (supervised / in progress):

(Provide detailed list separately for complete and last 5 years as Annexure-V)

  1. Completed: 14
  2. In progress: 03
  1. Details of Sponsored RD Projects in Tabular Form:NIL

(Details for last 5 years with funding agency, duration, and amount)

  1. Academic / Administrative Contributions at Department / Institute Level:

(Provide detailed list separately for complete and last 5 years as Annexure-VI)

  1. Areas of Current Interest, Research Activities, and Future Plans of Academic and Research activities:

(Provide detailsof each as Annexure-VII)

  1. Research collaboration with brief outcome (within country and abroad):NIL

(Provide details as Annexure-VIII)

  1. Any other information:

(a) Served as Associate Editor in the Editorial Board of:

Neural Processing Letters (Springer), 2009-2011

(b) Served as Reviewer in:

(i)EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing

(ii)Neural Processing Letters (Springer)

(iii)Neural Computation and application (Springer)

(iv)International Journal of Neural systems (World Scientific)

(Signature of the Head of the Department with Seal)

Date:

ANNEXURE-I

PUBLICATION

  1. JOURNALS

(i)International

  1. Rajoo Pandey, Awadhesh Kumar Singh and Umesh Ghanekar, ”Local pixel statistics based impulse detection and hybrid color filtering for restoration of digital images” AEÜ-International Journal of Electronics and Communication, vol., pp., June 2011.
  1. Umesh Ghanekar, Awadhesh Kumar Singh and Rajoo Pandey, “Random Valued Impulse Noise Removal in Color Images Using Adaptive Threshold and Color Correction” ACEEE Int. J. on Signal and Image Processing, vol. 01, no. 03, pp6-8, Dec. 2010.
  1. Arvind Kumar and Rajoo Pandey, “Blind Estimation of Carrier Frequency Offset in Multicarrier Communication Systems” ACEEE Int. J. on Security, vol. 01, no. 03, pp.50-52, Dec. 2010.
  1. Umesh Ghanekar, Awadhesh Kumar Singh and Rajoo Pandey, “A Contrast Enhancement-Based Filter for Removal of Random Valued Impulse Noise,” IEEE Signal Processing Letters, vol. 17, no. 1, pp. 47-50, Jan. 2010.
  1. Arvind Kumar and Rajoo Pandey, “A Bandwidth Efficient Method for Cancellation of ICI in OFDM Systems” AEÜ-International Journal of Electronics and Communication, vol. 63, pp. 569-575, June 2009.
  1. Vrinda Gupta and Rajoo Pandey, “Data Fusion and Topology Control in Wireless Sensor Networks,” WSEAS Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 4, no. 4, pp. 150-172, April 2008.
  1. Arvind Kumar and Rajoo Pandey, “An Improved ICI Self-Cancellation Scheme for Multi-Carrier Communication Systems” International Journal of Computer Science and Engineering, vol.2 no. 1, pp. 1-4, 2008.
  1. Arvind Kumar and Rajoo Pandey, “ICI Cancellation in OFDM Mobile Communication Systems” International JournalHIT Trans. on ECCN, vol.1, no. 4, pp. 205-216, 2006.
  1. Rajoo Pandey, “A Feedforward Neural Network for Blind Equalization with PSK Signal,” Neural Computing & Applications, vol.14, no.4, pp. 290-298, Dec. 2005.
  1. Rajoo Pandey, “Fast Blind Equalization Using Complex-Valued MLP,” Neural Processing Letters, vol. 21, no.3, pp. 215-225, 2005.
  1. Rajoo Pandey, “Complex Valued Recurrent Neural Networks for Blind Equalization,” International Journal of Modelling and Simulation, vol. 25, no. 3, pp.182-189, 2005.

(ii)National

  1. Rajoo Pandey and U. Ghanekar, “Blind Equalization Using Neural Network in Nonstationary Environment,” Journal of Institution of Engineers, vol. 88, pp. 25-31, May 2007.
  1. Rajoo Pandey, “Blind Antenna Beamforming in DS – CDMA Systems Using Nonlinear Networks,” IETE Journal of Research, vol. 51, no. 1, pp. 69-74, 2005.
  1. Rajoo Pandey and J.K. Gautam, “Blind Equalization of Nonlinear Communication Channels Using Modified FLANN,” IETE Journal of Research, vol. 48, no. 2, pp. 127-132, 2002.
  1. CONFERENCES/ SEMINARS/ SYMPOSIA

(i)International

  1. Vrinda Gupta and Rajoo Pandey, “Investigating clustering algorithms in microsensor networks,” WCE-2011, 06-08 July, London, UK, 2011.
  1. Rajoo Pandey, “Random valued impulse noise detection using ANFIS for restoration of digital images” Int. Conf. IETET-2010, Kurukshetra, Oct. 14-16, 2010.
  1. Arvind Kumar and Rajoo Pandey, “A General Blind Estimation of Frequency Offset in OFDM Systems” Int. Conf. IETET-2010, Kurukshetra, Oct. 14-16, 2010.
  1. Rajoo Pandey and Umesh Ghanekar, “Local Image characteristics based Impulse detection for Filtering of Digital Images” Int. Conf. ACS 2010, Dec. 21-22, Trivandrum, 2010.
  1. Umesh Ghanekar, Awadhesh Kumar Singh and Rajoo Pandey, “Impulse Noise Removal from Color Images Using Adaptive Neuro-fuzzy Impulse Detector ” International Conference on Contemporary Computing (IC3-2010), 9-11 Aug. 2010, Noida, India.
  1. Arvind Kumar and Rajoo Pandey, “Selective ICI self-cancellation scheme for OFDM systems” Applied Computing Conference 2008, May 27-29, 2008, Istanbul, Turkey.
  1. Rajoo Pandey, “An Improved Switching Median Filter for Uniformly Distributed Impulse Noise Removal” CESSE2008, 25-27 April 2008, Rome, Italy.
  1. Arvind Kumar and Rajoo Pandey, “An improved self_ICI cancellation scheme for multi-carrier communication systems” Int. Conf. on Computer, Electrical and System Science and Engineering, CESSE07, 14-16 Dec 2007, Bangkok.
  1. Vrinda Gupta and Rajoo Pandey, “Data fusion and topology control in wireless sensor networks” Proc. 5th WSEAS Int. Conf. on Applied Electromagnetics, Wireless and Optical Communications (ELECTROSCIENCE’07), Tenerife, Spain, Dec14-16, 2007, pp. 134-139.
  1. Umesh Ghanekar, Awadhesh Kumar Singh and Rajoo Pandey, “A New Scheme for Impulse Detection in Switching Median Filters for Image Filtering” International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Multimedia Applications 2007, ICCIMA’07, Dec 13-15, 2007.
  1. Umesh Ghanekar, Awadhesh Kumar Singh and Rajoo Pandey, “Noise Removal From Images Using Adaptive Neuro –fuzzy Impulse Detector” Int. Conf. on IT’07, H. I. T. (W. B.) March 19-21, 2007, pp. 531-535.
  1. Arvind Kumar and Rajoo Pandey, “An Efficient ICI Cancellation in OFDM Systems by Frequency Offset Estimation” Int. Conf. on IT’07, H. I. T. (W. B.) March 19-21, 2007, pp. 326-329.
  2. Arvind Kumar and Rajoo Pandey, “ICI Cancellation in OFDM Systems by Equalization of Interference Coefficients” IEEE Int. Conf. on Signal and Image Processing, IEEE-ICSIP-06, Hubli, Karnataka, Dec. 7-9, 2006.
  1. Rajoo Pandey and Umesh Ghanekar, “ Fuzzy Filtering algorithms for Image Porcessing: Performance Evaluation of Various Approaches,” Int. Conf. on Cognition and Recognition, ICCR05, Mysore, Dec. 2005.
  1. Rajoo Pandey,“Blind Antenna Beamforming using Networks with Complex Activation Functions,” Int. Conf. On Communications, Devices and Intelligence Systems, CODIS – 2004, pp. 179-182, Jan. 8-10, 2004.
  1. Rajoo Pandey, “MIMO Blind Equalization Using Hybrid Neural Network,” Int. Conf. On Emerging Technology, ICET – 2003, KIIT, Bhubaneswar, Dec. 19-21, 2003.
  1. Rajoo Pandey and J.K. Gautam, “Blind Signal Separation in Order Specified by Stochastic Properties,” Int. Conf. On Communication, Computers & Devices ICCCD – 2000, I.I.T. Kharagpur, Dec 14 – 16, 2000.
  1. Rajoo Pandey and J.K. Gautam, “On the Selection of Nonlinear Activation Functions for Blind Source Separation Using Neural Networks,” Int. Conf. On Advances in Computing and Communications ADCOM-99, I.I.T. Roorkee, Dec 20-22, 1999.

(ii)National

  1. Vrinda Gupta and Rajoo Pandey, “Performance analysis of clustering communication protocol for sensor networks,” National Conf on Latest Advancements in Science, Engineering and Research, 26-27 May, pp. 228-231, Bathinda, INDIA, 2011.
  1. Bhupender and Rajoo Pandey, “ A hybrid filter with impulse detection for removal of random valued impulse noise from color videos,” 4th National Conference on wireless Communication and VLSI Design, Gwalior, INDIA. May 2011.
  1. Arvind Kumar and Rajoo Pandey, “Self-ICI Cancellation Scheme and Zero-Forcing Equalization for OFDM Systems” National Conf. on Recent Advances in Process Control and Instrumentation Engineering, RAPCIE-06, Kurukshetra Feb. 2006.
  1. Arvind Kumar and Rajoo Pandey, “Performance Evaluation of ICI Cancellation Schemes for OFDM Systems,” National Conf. On Wireless Communication and Sensor Networks, WCSN-2005, IIIT Allahabad, March 5-6, 2005.
  1. Rajoo Pandey and J.K. Gautam, “A Complex Valued Multilayer Feedforward Neural Network for Blind Equalization,” National Conf. on Communication, NCC-2001, I.I.T. Kanpur, Jan 27-28, 2001.
  1. Rajoo Pandey and J.K. Gautam, “RBF Based Nonlinear Estimator for Blind Equalization of Communication Channels,” National Conf. On Advances in Electronics, pp. 179-183, ELCTRO- 2001, BHU Varanasi, Jan 4 - 6, 2001.
  1. Rajoo Pandey and J.K. Gautam, “Blind Separation of Sources: A Survey of Neural Network Approaches and Pertinent Issues,” Nat. Symp. On Information Technology, Chandigarh, Feb 11-12, 1999.
  1. BOOKS/ MONOGRAPHS/ MANUALS

(BOOK CHAPTER)

Title of the Chapter: Complex-Valued Neural Networks for Equalization of Communication Channels. (pages 168-193)

Title of the Book: Complex-Valued Neural Networks: Utilizing High dimensional Parameters

Editor: Tohru Nitta, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan

Publisher: Information Science Reference (IGI Global), USA

Year of Publication: 2009

PUBLICATION DURING LAST 5 YEARS

  1. JOURNALS

(i)International

  1. Rajoo Pandey, Awadhesh Kumar Singh and Umesh Ghanekar, ”Local pixel statistics based impulse detection and hybrid color filtering for restoration of digital images” AEÜ-International Journal of Electronics and Communication, vol., pp., June 2011.
  1. Umesh Ghanekar, Awadhesh Kumar Singh and Rajoo Pandey, “Random Valued Impulse Noise Removal in Color Images Using Adaptive Threshold and Color Correction” ACEEE Int. J. on Signal and Image Processing, vol. 01, no. 03, pp6-8, Dec. 2010.
  1. Arvind Kumar and Rajoo Pandey, “Blind Estimation of Carrier Frequency Offset in Multicarrier Communication Systems” ACEEE Int. J. on Security, vol. 01, no. 03, pp.50-52, Dec. 2010.
  1. Umesh Ghanekar, Awadhesh Kumar Singh and Rajoo Pandey, “A Contrast Enhancement-Based Filter for Removal of Random Valued Impulse Noise,” IEEE Signal Processing Letters, vol. 17, no. 1, pp. 47-50, Jan. 2010.
  1. Arvind Kumar and Rajoo Pandey, “A Bandwidth Efficient Method for Cancellation of ICI in OFDM Systems” AEÜ-International Journal of Electronics and Communication, vol. 63, pp. 569-575, June 2009.
  1. Vrinda Gupta and Rajoo Pandey, “Data Fusion and Topology Control in Wireless Sensor Networks,” WSEAS Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 4, no. 4, pp. 150-172, April 2008.
  1. Arvind Kumar and Rajoo Pandey, “An Improved ICI Self-Cancellation Scheme for Multi-Carrier Communication Systems” International Journal of Computer Science and Engineering, vol.2 no. 1, pp. 1-4, 2008.
  1. Arvind Kumar and Rajoo Pandey, “ICI Cancellation in OFDM Mobile Communication Systems” International JournalHIT Trans. on ECCN, vol.1, no. 4, pp. 205-216, 2006.

(ii)National

1. Rajoo Pandey and U. Ghanekar, “Blind Equalization Using Neural Network in Nonstationary Environment,” Journal of Institution of Engineers, vol. 88, pp. 25-31, May 2007.

CONFERENCES/ SEMINARS/ SYMPOSIA

(i)International

  1. Vrinda Gupta and Rajoo Pandey, “Investigating clustering algorithms in microsensor networks,” WCE-2011, 06-08 July, London, UK, 2011.
  1. Rajoo Pandey, “Random valued impulse noise detection using ANFIS for restoration of digital images” Int. Conf. IETET-2010, Kurukshetra, Oct. 14-16, 2010.
  1. Arvind Kumar and Rajoo Pandey, “A General Blind Estimation of Frequency Offset in OFDM Systems” Int. Conf. IETET-2010, Kurukshetra, Oct. 14-16, 2010.
  1. Rajoo Pandey and Umesh Ghanekar, “Local Image characteristics based Impulse detection for Filtering of Digital Images” Int. Conf. ACS 2010 Dec. 21-22, Trivandrum, India, 2010.
  1. Umesh Ghanekar, Awadhesh Kumar Singh and Rajoo Pandey, “Impulse Noise Removal from Color Images Using Adaptive Neuro-fuzzy Impulse Detector ” International Conference on Contemporary Computing (IC3-2010), 9-11 Aug. 2010, Noida, India.
  1. Arvind Kumar and Rajoo Pandey, “Selective ICI self-cancellation scheme for OFDM systems” Applied Computing Conference 2008, May 27-29, 2008, Istanbul, Turkey.
  1. Rajoo Pandey, “An Improved Switching Median Filter for Uniformly Distributed Impulse Noise Removal” CESSE2008, 25-27 April 2008, Rome, Italy.
  1. Arvind Kumar and Rajoo Pandey, “An improved self_ICI cancellation scheme for multi-carrier communication systems” Int. Conf. on Computer, Electrical and System Science and Engineering, CESSE07, 14-16 Dec 2007, Bangkok.
  1. Vrinda Gupta and Rajoo Pandey, “Data fusion and topology control in wireless sensor networks” Proc. 5th WSEAS Int. Conf. on Applied Electromagnetics, Wireless and Optical Communications (ELECTROSCIENCE’07), Tenerife, Spain, Dec14-16, 2007, pp. 134-139.
  1. Umesh Ghanekar, Awadhesh Kumar Singh and Rajoo Pandey, “A New Scheme for Impulse Detection in Switching Median Filters for Image Filtering” International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Multimedia Applications 2007, ICCIMA’07, Dec 13-15, 2007.
  1. Umesh Ghanekar, Awadhesh Kumar Singh and Rajoo Pandey, “Noise Removal From Images Using Adaptive Neuro –fuzzy Impulse Detector” Int. Conf. on IT’07, H. I. T. (W. B.) March 19-21, 2007, pp. 531-535.
  1. Arvind Kumar and Rajoo Pandey, “An Efficient ICI Cancellation in OFDM Systems by Frequency Offset Estimation” Int. Conf. on IT’07, H. I. T. (W. B.) March 19-21, 2007, pp. 326-329.
  1. Arvind Kumar and Rajoo Pandey, “ICI Cancellation in OFDM Systems by Equalization of Interference Coefficients” IEEE Int. Conf. on Signal and Image Processing, IEEE-ICSIP-06, Hubli, Karnataka, Dec. 7-9, 2006.

(ii)National

  1. Vrinda Gupta and Rajoo Pandey, “Performance analysis of clustering communication protocol for sensor networks,” National Conf on Latest Advancements in Science, Engineering and Research, 26-27 May, pp. 228-231, Bathinda, INDIA, 2011.
  1. Bhupender and Rajoo Pandey, “A hybrid filter with impulse detection for removal of random valued impulse noise from color videos,” 4th National Conference on wireless Communication and VLSI Design, Gwalior, INDIA. May 2011.

BOOKS/ MONOGRAPHS/ MANUALS

(BOOK CHAPTER)

Title of the Chapter: Complex-Valued Neural Networks for Equalization of Communication Channels. (pages 168-193)

Title of the Book: Complex-Valued Neural Networks: Utilizing High dimensional Parameters

Editor: Tohru Nitta, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan

Publisher: Information Science Reference (IGI Global), USA

Year of Publication: 2009

ANNEXURE-II

Fellowship of Professional Societies

  1. Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
  1. Lifetime Member, Institute of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (IETE)

ANNEXURE-IV

Ph. D. theses supervised / co-supervised

Completed:NIL

(In Progress)

S. No. / Name of Research Scholar / Topic / Registration No. / Date of Registration
1. / Umesh Ghanekar / Nonlinear Filtering Methods for Image Filtering / 2K051054 / 28-7-2005
2. / Arvind Kumar / Inter Carrier Interference cancellation in OFDM Systems / 2K051062 / 27-8-2005
3. / Vrinda Gupta / Data fusion and topology control in sensor networks / 2K08-NITK-PhD 1175 Ec / 07-03-2008

ANNEXURE-V

M. Tech. Theses Guided (Completed)

S.No. / Name of the Student / Roll No. / Topic / Year of Completion
1. / Vippin Basran / 401803 / Adaptive Beamforming in CDMA systems / 2003
2. / Manish Kumar Bhatt / 2K2801 / Study of fuzzy techniques for image enhancement / 2005
3 / Sangeeta / 799/03 / Implementation of stack filters for image filtering by using adaptive neural algorithms / 2005
4. / Rachit Gulati / 796/04 / Study and performance evaluation of coded OFDM systems / 2006
5. / Rakesh Sharma / 791/05 / Link adaptation in wireless OFDM systems / 2007
6. / Paras Chawla / 2315/06 / Power control in CDMA systems / 2008
7. / Shikha Goel / 2302/06 / Impulsive noise removal in multichannel images / 2008
8. / Vinay Kumar / 207313 / Contrast enhancement of digital images / 2009
9. / Karne Sathish Kumar / 207308 / Neuro-fuzzy techniques for removal of impulse noise from digital images / 2010
10. / Monika Singh / 208309 / Performance evaluation of various flltering schemes for removal of Gaussian noise in digital images / 2010
11 / Shweta Soni / 208347 / Pre-silicon validation of PCI Express / 2010
12 / Richa Garg / 209380 / Design of the analog near end loopback scheme for HVM testing of the Tx in high speed serial link / 2011
13 / Bhupender / 209328 / Impulse noise removal from digital vedios / 2011
14 / Sushant Miglani / 209322 / Lifetime maximization of clustered wireless sensor networks / 2011

M.Tech Theses Under Progress

15 / Sanjai Singh / 208308 / Wavelet Based Image Compression with SPIHT / To be submitted
16 / Babita / 209382 / Design of NAND Flash Interface I/O which meets all the specification of ONFI 2.3 / (submitted)Exam. to be held
17 / Manpreet Kaur / 208348 / FPGA Implementation of High Speed Secure Hash Function / To be submitted

M. Tech. Theses Guided (During Last 5 years)

(Completed)

1. / Rakesh Sharma / 791/05 / Link adaptation in wireless OFDM systems / 2007
2. / Paras Chawla / 2315/06 / Power control in CDMA systems / 2008
3. / Shikha Goel / 2302/06 / Impulsive noise removal in multichannel images / 2008
4. / Vinay Kumar / 207313 / Contrast enhancement of digital images / 2009
5. / Karne Sathish Kumar / 207308 / Neuro-fuzzy techniques for removal of impulse noise from digital images / 2010
6. / Monika Singh / 208309 / Performance evaluation of various flltering schemes for removal of Gaussian noise in digital images / 2010
7 / Shweta Soni / 208347 / Pre-silicon validation of PCI Express / 2010
8 / Richa Garg / 209380 / Design of the analog near end loopback scheme for HVM testing of the Tx in high speed serial link / 2011
9 / Bhupender / 209328 / Impulse noise removal from digital vedios / 2011
10 / Sushant Miglani / 209322 / Lifetime maximization of clustered wireless sensor networks / 2011

(Under Progress)

1 / Sanjai Singh / 208308 / Wavelet Based Image Compression with SPIHT / To be submitted
2 / Babita / 209382 / Design of NAND Flash Interface I/O which meets all the specification of ONFI 2.3 / (submitted)Exam. to be held
3 / Manpreet Kaur / 208348 / FPGA Implementation of High Speed Secure Hash Function / To be submitted

ANNEXURE-VI

Academic / Administrative Contributions at Department / Institute Level

Academic Contribution:

(i)Courses Taught:

(a)At PG Level: Digital communication, Information Theory and Coding, Digital Signal Processing, Neuro-Fuzzy Systems and Security Engineering

(b)At UG Level: Digital communication, Neuro-Fuzzy Systems, Analog Communication, Antenna and Wave Propagation, Microwave Engineering, Fields and waves, Circuits and systems, Control Systems, Digital electronics, Electronics Engg. Fundamentals etc.

(ii)Prof.-in-charge : 1.Digital Signal Processing Lab.

2.Communication Lab.

(iii)Contributed in Revision of scheme and Syllabi

(iv)Supervision of Ph.D.’s, M.Tech. Theses, UG and PG Projects

(v)Organized one Short term Courseon “Future Directions in Communication Systems” during Dec. 17-20, 2007.

(vi)Delivered expert lectures in STCs at NIT Kurukshetra and IIITM Gwalior