DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE
Awards & honors and News
Awards & Honors and News
2025-2026:
• Congratulates Prof. Tharun Kumar Reddy and Srikiereddy Dhanunjay Reddy on the grant of their patent titled “A System and Method for Depression Stage Detecting Human-Computer Interaction (Patent no. IP 584231, Dt: : 20.03.2026)

• 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.

• 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. 🎓🏆

• The Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering congratulates Mr. Vimal Kumar on winning First Prize in the 3 Minute Thesis (3MT) Presentation at the ECE Research Conclave held on 20th February 2026. Congratulations are also extended to his supervisor Prof. Akhilesh Mohan and the RF and Microwave Engineering community.
• 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
• Congratulations🏆, Akhilesh Kumar Savita, ECE department, IIT Roorkee, has been awarded a $1,000 USD Student Travel Grant for IEEE WCNC 2026 and will present his research in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (13–16 April 2026), co-authored with Tannu Singh under the guidance of Prof. Anshul Jaiswal.
• 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.
• 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. 🎓🏆 Read More...
• Mr. Vimal Kumar on winning First Prize in the 3 Minute Thesis (3MT) Presentation at the ECE Research Conclave held on 20th February 2026. Congratulations are also extended to his supervisor Prof. Akhilesh Mohan and the RF and Microwave Engineering community.
• Congratulations Mr. Malak Chakrborty, ECE Deptt, receiving the Best Poster Award (PhD CNSP) at ECE Research Conclave 2026. The team was also honored with the Best Hardware Demo Award for their innovative demonstration on AI-enabled adaptive beam steering using custom RIS.
• The Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, IIT Roorkee, achieved notable recognition at the 39th IEEE VLSI Design and 25th Embedded Systems Conference (VLSID 2026), one of the most prestigious platforms for semiconductor and system design innovation. Amandeep Singh, Dr. Anu Verma, Anshul Verma won the Best Digital IC Tapeout Award – VLSID 2026 under the guidance of Prof. Bishnu Das Prasad, while Dr. Dinesh Kushwaha received the Best Ph.D. Thesis Award –