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Prof.PRASHANT KUMAR VARSHNEY

Designation: Assistant Professor

Department: Electronics Engineering

Email: pkvarshney[at]iitism[dot]ac[dot]in

Contact Number:

Office Number: +91-326-223-5383

Personal Page: Under Construction

About Me: An enthusiastic, highly skilled, resilient, collaborative and adaptive learner, researcher and academician in the field of RF & Microwaves Engineering, ready to commence versatile academic roles and responsibilities bestowed on me, in an endeavour to flourish my skills, help the fellow research fraternity and serve the institution.

Research Interest: SIW Based Microwave Planar Sensors,Metamaterial Inspired Microwave Sensors For Various Applications, EM Characterization Of Dielectric And Magnetic Materials, Portable And Hand-held RF Measurement Systems, Non-destructive RF Testing

Curriculum
Vitae
Publications

Teaching

Courses Taught

Course no. & Title

Level (UG/PG)

No. of Times

Academic session(s)

ECD508 – Microwave Devices and Circuits

PG (3-0-0)

1

2021-22 (WS)

ECD401 – Antenna and Wave Propagation

UG (3-0-0)

1

2021-22 (Summer)

ECC202 – Signals and Networks

UG (3-1-0)

4

2022-23 (MS), 2023-24 (MS & Summer), 2024-25 (MS)

ECC205 – Signals and Networks Lab

UG (0-0-2)

4

2022-23 (MS), 2023-24 (MS & Summer), 2024-25 (MS)

ECC309 – Microwave Engineering Lab

UG (0-0-2)

4

2022-23 (WS), 2023-24 (WS), 2024-25 (WS), 2025-26 (WS)

ECD541/ NECC509 – Microwave Measurements

PG (3-0-0/3-1-0)

2

2022-23 (WS), 2025-26 (MS)

ECC307 – Microwave Engineering

UG (3-0-0)

3

2023-24 (WS), 2024-25 (WS), 2025-26 (WS)

NECC538 – RF Circuits and Networks Simulation Lab

PG (0-0-3)

2

2024-25 (WS), 2025-26 (WS)

NECC526 – Microwave Measurements Lab

PG (0-0-3)

1

2025-26 (MS)

Academics

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)                                                                                                   

                          Department: Electrical Engineering

                          Institute: Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India

                          Performance: 9.0 CPI (on a scale of 10)

Master of Technology (M.Tech.)                                                                                                  

                          Department: Electrical Engineering

                          Institute: Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India

                          Performance: 8.08 CPI (on a scale of 10)

Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.)                                                                                      

                          Department: Electronics Engineering

                          University: Aligarh Muslim University (A.M.U.), India

                          Performance: 9.095 CPI (First Division with Honours)

Senior Secondary School Certificate (SSSC)/Class XII                                                  

                          University: Aligarh Muslim University (A.M.U.), India

                          Performance: 88.25% (First Division – Distinction in all subjects)

Secondary School Certificate (SSC)/Class X                                                                        

                          University: Aligarh Muslim University (A.M.U.), India

                          Performance: 87% (First Division – Distinction in all subjects)

Position

Assistant Professor                                                                                                                       April 2022 – Present

Department of Electronics Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (ISM) Dhanbad, India

Visiting Assistant Professor                                                                                                  February 2022 – March 2022

Department of Electronics Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (ISM) Dhanbad, India

Graduate Student Researcher                                                                                           June 2015 – January 2022

Microwave Imaging and Material Testing Laboratory, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India

Awards and Honors

  • Technical Session Chair in 2nd IEEE International Conference on Electrical, Electronics, Communication and Computers (ELEXCOM) held at IIT (ISM) Dhanbad, India during 20-22nd Dec. 2025.
  •  Special Session Organizer and Technical Session Chair in 5th International Conference on Multimedia, Signal Processing and Communication Technologies (IMPACT 2022) held at AMU Aligarh, India during 26-27th Nov. 2022.
  • Reviewer for several IEEE and non-IEEE Journals and Conferences.
  • Finalist for the Best Paper Award for the paper titled “Microstrip line loaded simple ELC resonator sensor for dielectric characterization” authored by Anush Kapoor, Prashant Kumar Varshney (Presenter) and M. Jaleel Akhtar, in IEEE MTT-S International Microwave and RF Conference (IMaRC) held at IIT Bombay, India during Dec. 13-15, 2019.
  • Travel grant of $1500 from IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society (MTT-S) for attending chapter chair meeting during Asia Pacific Microwave Conference (APMC) held in Singapore in Dec. 2019.
  • Best Paper Award for the paper titled “A high Q substrate integrated waveguide resonator for microwave sensing of low loss materials” authored by Prashant Kumar Varshney (Presenter) and M. Jaleel Akhtar in 2019 International Conference on Electrical, Electronics and Computer Engineering (UPCON) held at AMU Aligarh, India during 8th to 10th Nov. 2019.
  • Session Chair in 8th Asia-Pacific Conference on Antennas and Propagation (APCAP) held at Incheon National University, Incheon, South Korea during Aug. 4-7, 2019.
  • Travel, accommodation and conference registration support from the organizers to attend 8th Asia-Pacific Conference on Antennas and Propagation (APCAP) held at Incheon National University, Incheon, South Korea during Aug. 4-7, 2019.
  • Financial support from Dean, Academic Affairs and Dept. of Electrical Engineering, IIT Kanpur for presenting papers in several international conferences during the PhD. duration.
  • Institute Assistantship (on a monthly basis) from Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Govt. of India during the entire Doctoral as well Master’s Programme from August 2014 till July 2021.
  • Qualified prestigious Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) exam in 2014 for pursuing Post-graduation with an All India Rank of 879 among over 2.1 lakhs candidates in Electronics and Communication Engineering discipline.

Publications

List Of Research Publications (only in Peer-reviewed Journals)

  1. S. Mukherjee, R Prabha, and P. K. Varshney, “Spatially arranged unevenly coupled CSRRs loaded highly sensitive microwave sensor for bio-fluids,” Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, vol. 68, no. 3, e70579, 2026.
  2. R. Prabha, and P. K. Varshney, “A novel innovative bi-complementary resonator coupled advanced substrate integrated waveguide sensor for angular positioning measurement,” Under minor revision in IEEE Sensors Journal.
  3. P. K. Varshney, A. Kapoor and M. J. Akhtar, “Highly Sensitive ELC Resonator Based Differential Sensor,” IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, vol. 70, pp. 1-10, Art no. 8004710, 2021.
  4. P. K. Varshney and M. J. Akhtar, "Permittivity Estimation of Dielectric Substrate Materials via Enhanced SIW Sensor," IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 21, no. 10, pp. 12104-12112, May 2021. 
  5. P. K. Varshney and M. J. Akhtar, "Substrate Integrated Waveguide Derived Novel Two-Way Rotation Sensor," IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 21, no. 2, pp. 1519-1526, Jan. 2021.
  6. A. Kapoor, P. K. Varshney and M. J. Akhtar, “Interdigital capacitor loaded electric-LC resonator for dielectric characterization,” Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, vol. 62, no. 9, pp. 2835-2840, Sep. 2020.
  7. P. K. Varshney, A. Sharma and M. J. Akhtar, “Exploration of adulteration in some food materials using high-sensitivity configuration of electric-LC resonator sensor,” International Journal of RF and Microwave Computer-Aided Engineering, vol. 30, no. 2, p. 22045, Feb. 2020.
  8. P. K. Varshney and M. J. Akhtar, “A compact planar cylindrical resonant RF sensor for the characterization of dielectric samples,” Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications, vol. 33, no. 13, pp. 1700-1717, Sep. 2019.
  9. N. K. Tiwari, A. K. Jha, S. P. Singh, Z. Akhter, P. K. Varshney and M. J. Akhtar, "Generalized Multimode SIW Cavity-Based Sensor for Retrieval of Complex Permittivity of Materials," IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, vol. 66, no. 6, pp. 3063-3072, June 2018.

Papers in conference abstract volumes / presented

  1. R. Pal, R. Prabha, and P. K. Varshney, “Microstrip line loaded diamond shaped structure embedded split ring resonator sensor for dielectric characterization,” presented in 2025 IEEE International Conference on Electrical, Electronics, Communication and Computers (ELEXCOM), Dhanbad, India.
  2. R. Prabha, G. H. Vinod, K. S. Gupta, and P. K. Varshney, “A novel modified hyrvnian shaped resonator loaded microwave rotation sensor for bio-medical motion tracking and monitoring,” presented in 2025 IEEE Microwave, Antenna and Propagation Conference (MAPCON), Kochi, India.
  3. R. Prabha, P. K. Varshney, and G. Murmu, “A Single Complementary Split Ring Shaped Fixed Frequency SIW Resonator for Rotation Sensing Application,” 2024 IEEE Microwave, Antenna and Propagation Conference (MAPCON), Hyderabad, India, pp. 1-5, 2024.
  4. R. Prabha, and P. K. Varshney, “Dual Slotted Complementary Rings Derived Substrate Integrated Waveguide Based Rotation Sensor for Enhanced Performance,” 2024 IEEE Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference (APMC), Bali, Indonesia, pp. 543-545, 2024.
  5. A. Kapoor, P. K. Varshney and M J Akhtar, “Microstrip line loaded simple ELC resonator sensor for dielectric characterization,” Proceedings, IEEE MTT-S International Microwave and RF Conference (IMaRC), Mumbai, India, Dec. 13 – 15, 2019.
  6. P. K. Varshney and M J Akhtar, “Supercoupling effect in substrate integrated waveguide loaded with mu-near-zero material and its potential application,” Proceedings, IEEE Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference (APMC), Singapore, Dec. 10 – 13, 2019.
  7. P. K. Varshney and M. J. Akhtar, “A high Q substrate integrated waveguide resonator for microwave sensing of low loss materials,” Proceedings, 2019 International Conference on Electrical, Electronics and Computer Engineering (UPCON), Aligarh, India, Nov. 8 – 10, 2019.
  8. P. K. Varshney and M. J. Akhtar, "Metamaterial Cell Loaded Substrate Integrated Waveguide sensor for Angular Displacement Measurement," Proceedings, 8th Asia-Pacific Conference on Antennas and Propagation (APCAP), Incheon, South Korea, pp. 169-170, Aug. 4 – 7, 2019.
  9. N. K. Tiwari, P. K. Varshney, S. P. Singh and M. J. Akhtar, "Shape Perturbed Tunable Planar RF Resonator for the Dielectric Measurement in wide frequency range," Proceedings, 8th Asia-Pacific Conference on Antennas and Propagation (APCAP), Incheon, South Korea, pp. 666-667, Aug. 4 – 7, 2019.
  10. P. K. Varshney and M J Akhtar, “Near Field Subsurface Microwave Imaging Using the Substrate Integrated Waveguide Based Planar Sensor,” Proceedings, IEEE MTT-S International Microwave and RF Conference (IMaRC), Kolkata, India, Nov. 28 – 30, 2018.
  11. N. K. Tiwari, P. K. Varshney, S. Paul and M J Akhtar, “CSRR loaded SIW Structure based Novel Dielectric Sensing Methodology for mm-wave 5G Communication Band,” Proceedings, IEEE MTT-S International Microwave and RF Conference (IMaRC), Kolkata, India, Nov. 28 – 30, 2018.
  12. N. K. Tiwari, P. K. Varshney, D. Mondal and M. J. Akhtar, "RF Sensor for Adulteration Detection of Liquid Silicone Used in Medical Industry," Proceedings, 18th IEEE Mediterranean Microwave Symposium (MMS), Istanbul, Turkey, pp. 313-316, Oct. 31 – Nov. 2, 2018.
  13. P. K. Varshney, N. K. Tiwari and M. J. Akhtar, “SIW cavity based compact RF sensor for testing of dielectrics and composites,” Proceedings, IEEE MTT-S International Microwave and RF Conference (IMaRC), New Delhi, India, Dec. 5 – 9, 2016.

Patents

  1. P. K. Varshney, and R. Prabha, “Folded substrate integrated waveguide derived specially designed microwave rotary sensor”, Indian Patent, granted, patent no. 579630, June 2025.

Projects & Activities

Sponsored Research Projects (External Funded)

Project Title

Budget (INR)

Funding Organization

Duration (status)

Role

Development of planar microwave sensor for adulteration detection

15 Lacs

IIT (ISM) Dhanbad (FRS Grant)

Oct. 2023 – Oct 2026 (Ongoing)

PI

Critical analysis, design, EM modelling and optimization of millimetre wave planar antenna

14,52,580/-

DRDO (CARS)

Jan. 2024 - June 2025

Co-PI

Development of innovative and cutting edge indigenous technologies for critical minerals exploration and smart/ sustainable mining

230 Lacs

ANRF - PAIR

July 2025 – July 2026 (Ongoing)

Co-PI

Membership of Scientific Societies

  • Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), (S’17 – M’22)                               
  • IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society (MTT-S)                                                
  • IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society (AP-S)                                                              
  • IEEE Council on RFID                                                                                                                 
  • IEEE Sensors Council                                                                                                                   
  • Institution of Electronics & Telecommunication Engineers (IETE), (M’23)                   

Other Academic and Administrative Activities

Institute level

  • Coordinator, Student Technology Clubs (NVCTI)                                                    Aug.2022 –Aug.2023
  • Faculty-In-Charge, Electronics and IoT Club (under NVCTI)                                   Apr. 2022 –Apr.2024
  • DPAC member, STC; E & IoT Lab – NVCTI                                                               Apr. 2023 –Apr.2024
  • Member, M.Tech. Admission cell                                                                             Oct. 2024 - Present

Department level

  • DUGC member, Dept. of ECE                                                                                        Nov. 2022–Oct. 2024
  • DFSC member, Dept. of ECE                                                                                         Mar. 2023–Nov.2024
  • DPAC member, Dept. of ECE                                                                                         Apr. 2023 – Mar 2025
  • Timetable Coordinator                                                                                                  Sept. 2023 – Present
  • Developed Signals and Networks Lab and Microwave Engineering lab and RF circuits and Networks Lab

Guidance

S. No.

Scholar Name

Thesis Title

Status (Year)

Remarks

1

Rachna Prabha

SIW based displacement sensor

Ongoing

Awarded with Ph.D. initiative grant (MAPCON 2023), IEEE SBC grant (MAPCON 2024)

2

Ramnaresh Pal

Metamaterial inspired microwave sensor

Ongoing

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