DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE
Awards & honors and News
Awards & Honors and News
2026-2027:
β€’ πŸ“’ ECE Deptt, IIT Roorkee is organizing a seminar/workshop on β€œQuantum Computing for Secure Quantum Communications” on 22 May 2026 at the ECE Conference Room. πŸŽ“ The session will be delivered by Harshit Gupta from qBraid and will include discussions on quantum computing, secure quantum communication, and a hands-on platform demonstration.
β€’ πŸŽ‰ The Department congratulates Prof. Ekant Sharma and his ECE research team on the successful commercialization of their patented Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface (RIS) technology for next-generation 5G/6G wireless applications. πŸ‘ We extend our best wishes for continued success in research, innovation, and industry collaborations.
β€’ The Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering at IIT, Roorkee congratulates Dr. Avirup Dasgupta and Dr. Anshul Jaiswal on being recognized as Outstanding Young Faculty for 2026 πŸ‘.
β€’ ECE, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee hosted a Hardware Hackathon on April 18, 2026 with Texas Instruments and AMSCD Lab under Prof. Saravana Kumar M; 32 students (UG & M.Tech) participated using the ASLK-Pro kit πŸ”§. πŸ† Winners: πŸ₯‡ Mrityunjay Srivastava & Sarvagya Jain | πŸ₯ˆ Ishan Ankit Vankatesh & Deenank Sharma; 🌟 Special Mentions: Ekanjot Singh Sandhu, Akshay Jaiswal, Majji Babu, Syed Asim, Parth Sunil Pawar, Tadepalli Hari Krishna Vansi.
β€’ Congratulations to Smriti Keshri (ECE, IIT Roorkee) on receiving a Student Travel Grant (STG) for IEEE WCNC 2026, Kuala Lumpur, to present her paper under the guidance of Prof. Meenakshi Rawat.

2025-2026:
β€’ Congratulates Prof. Tharun Kumar Reddy and Srikiereddy Dhanunjay Reddy on the grant of their patent titled β€œA System and Method for Depression Stage Detecting Human-Computer Interaction (Patent no. IP 584231, Dt: : 20.03.2026)

β€’ The Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering (ECE), IIT Roorkee, extends its sincere congratulations to Mr. Chandan Gupta (M.Tech VLSI) and Mr. Siddhant Kumar (M.Tech Terahertz Communication and Sensing) on their selection for the HORIBA India PG Awards for the academic year 2025–26.

β€’ Mr. Kunal (guided by Prof. Sanjeev Manhas) and Ms. Anamika Singh (guided by Prof. Avirup Dasgupta and Prof. Sourajeet Roy) from the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, IIT Roorkee, received the Best Student Presenter Award at EDTM 2026 for the outstanding quality and contribution of their research work. πŸŽ“