abhishek.sarkhel@nitm.ac.in
9485177039
https://nitmeghalaya.irins.org/profile/101591
1. Ph.D, Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur, 2018
2.ME, Birla Institute of Technology and Science Pillani,2009
3. B.Tech, West Bengal University of Technology,2006
1. Organization: National Institute of Technology Meghalaya, Assistant Professor (AGP-6000/- Under 3 Tier) (August 2013-February 2018)
2. Organization: National Institute of Technology Meghalaya, Assistant Professor (Grade II) (February 2018-December 2023)
3. Organization: National Institute of Technology Meghalaya, Assistant Professor (Grade I) (December 2023 to till this date)
Sl No |
Project Title |
PI/ Co-PI |
Funding
Agency |
Grant
Amount |
Duration |
Start Date |
Status |
|
1. |
Design and Development of
Intelligent Reflecting Surface for Ubiquitous Connectivity among IoT Enabled
Devices |
PI |
Department of Telecommunications
(DoT) |
|
3 Years |
March,2025
|
On-going |
|
2. |
Design and Development of Controller
Unit of Intelligent Reflecting Surface for 6G Wireless Networks |
Co-PI |
Department of Telecommunications
(DoT) |
Rs-35.968 Lakhs |
3 Years |
March,2025
|
On-going |
|
3. |
Smart Agriculture: AI-Driven Soil
Parameter Monitoring for Organic Farming in Meghalaya |
Co-PI |
NECTAR |
Rs. 7.0875 Lakhs |
1 Years |
August 2025 |
On-going |
|
4. |
UAV Assisted Soil Moisture Content
Determination through 5G Network |
Co-PI |
Department of Telecommunications
(DoT) |
Rs. 1 CR |
5 Years |
October 2023 |
On-going |
|
5
|
AI-Empowered
Advanced Wireless Communication Systems |
Co-PI |
DST sponsored FIST Level - 1 |
Rs-80 Lakhs
|
5 Years |
September
2021 |
On-going |
|
6. |
Compact Antenna System for
High-Speed Device to Device Communication |
PI |
TEQIP-III |
Rs-1.99 Lakhs |
2 Years |
March 2022 |
Completed |
International Journals:
1. Sunanda Mukhopadhyay, Abhishek Sarkhel, Partha Pratim Sarkar, Satyendra Singh Yadav, Passive metasurface reflector for 6G wireless signal coverage enhancement in indoor environment: Design and experimental demonstrations, Physical Communication, Volume 71, 2025
2. Moirangthem Santoshkumar Singh, Jeet Ghosh, Soumendu Ghosh, & Abhishek Sarkhel (2025). A compact dual-polarized triple-band antenna for implantable Biotelemetry applications. Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications, 39(9), 1018–1034.
3.Soumendu Ghosh, Megh Sainadh Patinavalasa, Abhishek Sarkhel and Saptorshi Ghosh, "Wideband Superstrate-Loaded Metasurface-Based Multifunctional Polarization Converters," in IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, vol. 24, no. 6, pp. 1337-1341, June 2025.
4.Moumita Bose , Ashim Kumar Biswas , Abhishek Sarkhel , Aparna Kundu and Ujjal Chakraborty. "An implantable ISM band antenna for biomedical application." Frequenz (2023): 1-21.
5. Jeet Ghosh, Rahul Dutta, Abhishek Sarkhel, and Qammer H. Abbasi. "Design of miniaturize flexible wideband frequency selective surface for electromagnetic shielding application." Waves in Random and Complex Media (2022): 1-21.
6. Rahul Dutta, Jeet Ghosh, and Abhishek Sarkhel. "Planar Frequency Selective Surface-Based Switchable Rasorber/Absorber for Airborne Application." IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters 21, no. 9 (2022): 1842-1846.
7. Soumendu Ghosh, Jeet Ghosh, Moirangthem Santoshkumar Singh, and Abhishek Sarkhel. "A Low-Profile Multifunctional Metasurface Reflector for Multiband Polarization Transformation." IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs (2022).
8. Moirangthem Santoshkumar Singh, Sourav Roy, Jeet Ghosh, Ujjal Chakraborty, Soumendu Ghosh, and Abhishek Sarkhel. "Design and Analysis of Compact Dual-Band Antenna System for Scalp and Skin Implantation." Progress in Electromagnetics Research C 125 (2022).
9. Soumendu Ghosh, Sourav Roy, Ujjal Chakraborty, and Abhishek Sarkhel. "An ELC meta-resonator inspired wideband wearable MIMO antenna system for biotelemetry applications." Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications 36, no. 8 (2022): 1113-1129.
10. Moirangthem Santoshkumar Singh, Jeet Ghosh, Soumendu Ghosh, and Abhishek Sarkhel. "Miniaturized dual-antenna system for implantable biotelemetry application." IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters 20, no. 8 (2021): 1394-1398.
11. Sourav Roy, Ashim Kumar Biswas, Soumendu Ghosh, Ujjal Chakraborty, and Abhishek Sarkhel. "Isolation improvement of dual-/quad-element textile MIMO antenna for 5G application." Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications 35, no. 10 (2021): 1337-1353.
12. Abhishek Sarkhel and Sekhar Ranjan Bhadra Chaudhuri. "Compact quad-band polarization-insensitive ultrathin metamaterial absorber with wide angle stability." IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters 16 (2017): 3240-3244.
13. Abhishek Sarkhel and Sekhar Ranjan Bhadra Chaudhuri. "Enhanced-gain printed slot antenna using an electric metasurface superstrate." Applied Physics A 122, no. 10 (2016): 1-11.
14. Abhishek Sarkhel, Debasis Mitra, and Sekhar Ranjan Bhadra Chaudhuri. "A compact metamaterial with multi-band negative-index characteristics." Applied Physics A 122, no. 4 (2016): 1-10.
15. Abhishek Sarkhel, Debasis Mitra, Sandip Paul, and Sekhar Ranjan Bhadra Chaudhuri. "A compact meta atom for dual-band negative permittivity metamaterial." Microwave and Optical Technology Letters 57, no. 5 (2015): 1152-1156.
16. Debasis Mitra, Bratin Ghosh, Abhishek Sarkhel, and Sekhar Ranjan Bhadra Chaudhuri. "A miniaturized ring slot antenna design with enhanced radiation characteristics." IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation 64, no. 1 (2015): 300-305.
17. Debasis Mitra, Abhishek Sarkhel, Olyvia Kundu, and Sekhar Ranjan Bhadra Chaudhuri. "Design of compact and high directive slot antennas using grounded metamaterial slab." IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters 14 (2014): 811-814.
International Conferences:
1. Sourav Roy, Soumendu Ghosh, Puspendu Bikash Saha, Moirangthem Santoshkumar Singh, Abhishek Sarkhel, and Soumya Pattanayak. "Design and Analysis of Low Cost Biodegradable Substrate Material for Microwave device Application." In 2021 IEEE Indian Conference on Antennas and Propagation (InCAP), pp. 614-617. IEEE, 2021.
2. Moirangthem Santoshkumar Singh, Sourav Roy, Soumendu Ghosh, and Abhishek Sarkhel. "Wearable textile based MIMO antenna for 5G Application." In 2021 IEEE Indian Conference on Antennas and Propagation (InCAP), pp. 159-162. IEEE, 2021.
3. Moirangthem Santoshkumar Singh and Abhishek Sarkhel. "Isolation Enhancement of Antenna Pair for Implantable Application." In 2020 URSI Regional Conference on Radio Science (URSI-RCRS), pp. 1-4. IEEE, 2020.
4. Abhishek Sarkhel and Sekhar Ranjan Bhadra Chaudhuri. "Design of miniaturized PIFA with magnetic resonator metamaterial loading." In 2015 IEEE Applied Electromagnetics Conference (AEMC), pp. 1-2. IEEE, 2015.
5. Abhishek Sarkhel and Sekhar Ranjan Bhadra Chaudhuri. "Design of a compact triple-band metamaterial absorber with wide angle of incidence using connected resonator topology." In 2015 International Conference on Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications (ICEAA), pp. 1239-1242. IEEE, 2015.
6. Abhishek Sarkhel and Sekhar Ranjan Bhadra Chaudhuri. Article: Magnetic Response of Rectangular and Circular Split Ring Resonator: A Research Study. IJCA Proceedings on International Conference on Communication, Circuits and Systems 2012 iC3S(3):8-12, June 2013.
Associated Research Laboratory:
1. Faculty In Charge of RF and Microwave Laboratory (2013 to till this date)
2. Faculty In Charge of Center of Excellence in Wireless Communication (2019 to till this date)
Laboratory Facility Developed:
1. RF Circuit Simulation Laboratory ( UG, PG & PhD)
2. RF Microwave Laboratory ( UG, PG & PhD)
3. Anechoic Chamber: Ongoing (PG & PhD)
SL No |
Conference/Workshop/Seminar |
Period |
Place |
National|International |
1 |
International Conference on Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications
(ICEAA) |
September 7-11, 2015 |
Torino, Italy |
International |
2 |
IEEE Applied Electromagnetics Conference |
December 18-21, 2015 |
IIT Guwahati, India |
International |
3 |
URSI Regional Conference on Radio Science ( URSI-RCRS) |
February 12-14, 2020 |
IIT BHU, Varanasi,India |
International |
4. |
Recent Trends in Microwave and Antenna Technology |
May-18-22, 2015 |
NIT Silchar, India |
National |
5. |
Indo-French Workshop on Microwave Nanotechnologies (MiNa) |
July 3-4, 2017 |
CeNSE, IISC Bangalore, India |
International |
6. |
2nd International Workshop on Metamaterial and its Applications |
July 17-23, 2021 |
IEEE APS JAIPUR Section |
International |
1. Wiley International Journal of RF and Microwave Computer Aided Engineering
2. Reviewer of IEEE Access
3. Reviewer of AEÜ - International Journal of Electronics and Communications, Elsevier.
4. Reviewer of The Journal of Engineering, IET.
IEEE |
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