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Employer

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To

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Assistant Professor

National Institute of Technology Meghalaya

11-08-2014

Till date

Ph.D. thesis

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Thesis title: “CMOS compatible MEMS structures for pressure sensing applications”

Supervisor: Dr. B.S. Panwar, Professor, Centre for Applied Research in Electronics (CARE), Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi

M.Tech. thesis

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Thesis title: “Design and fabrication of micro sensor for absolute pressure based on front side lateral etching technology”

Supervisor: Dr. Jamil Akhtar, Chief Scientist & Head, Sensors and Nanotechnology Group, Central Electronics Engineering Research Institute (CEERI), Pilani, Rajasthan

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Project title

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Development of High Sensitivity CMOS-MEMS Integrated Pressure Sensor and System for Space Application (Ref: ISRO/RES/3/807/18-19)

Project type

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Sponsored Project

Funding agency

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Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), Department of Space,Government of India

Project investigators

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Dr. Pradeep Kumar Rathore, NIT Meghalaya (PI)

Dr. P. Rangababu, NIT Meghalaya (Co-PI)

Dr. Jaspreet Singh, SCL Chandigarh (Co-PI)

Funding amount

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INR 32,46,000/-

Status

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On-going

2

Project title

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Design and Development of Highly Sensitive Non-Conventional Ring Channel Shaped MOSFET Based Current Mirror Integrated Pressure Sensors (Ref: DST/TDT/DDP-36/2021)

Project type

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Sponsored Project

Funding agency

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Department of Science & Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology,Government of India

Project investigators

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Dr. Pradeep Kumar Rathore, NIT Meghalaya (PI)

Dr. P. Rangababu, NIT Meghalaya (Co-PI)

Prof. B.S. Panwar, DIT University (Co-PI)

Dr. Jaspreet Singh, SCL Chandigarh (Co-PI)

Funding amount

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INR 44,93,601/-

Status

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On-going

3

Project title

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Vetting of DPR for the project setting up of Tribal Research Institute at Chidere (Babadam), West Garo Hills (Ref: PW/CE/BD/58/2020/2)

Project type

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Consultancy Project

Funding agency

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Office of the Chief Engineer, P.W.D (Buildings), Government of Meghalaya

Project investigators

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Dr. C. Marthong, Dr. M.L. Patton, Dr. H.M. Kalita, Dr. D.K. Sarma, Dr. R.S. Das, Dr. S. Debbarma, Dr. P.K. Rathore

(All investigators are from NIT Meghalaya)

Funding amount

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INR 31,46,000/- (Consultancy Charges)

Status

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Completed

4

Project title

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Fabrication and characterization of n-channel and p-channel MOSFET based Current Mirror Integrated Pressure Sensors (Ref: CeNSE/PE_Shashi/2018)

Project type

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INUP - Research Project

Funding agency

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Indian Nanoelectronics Users Program (INUP), Institute of Science, Bengaluru (IISc) / Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY)

Project investigators

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Mr. Shashi Kumar (PhD Student, NIT Meghalaya)

Dr. Pradeep Kumar Rathore (Supervisor, NIT Meghalaya)

Funding amount

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--

Status

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Completed

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Project title

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AI Empowered Advanced Wireless Communication Systems (Ref:SR/FST/ET-I/2020/689)

Project type

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Sponsored Project – FIST DST Project

Funding agency

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Department of Science & Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology,Government of India

Project investigators

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Dr. P. Rangababu, Dr. A. Dandapat, Dr. Ch.V. Ramarao, Dr. P. Saha, Dr. A. Sarkhel, Dr. S. Bandari, Dr. S.S. Yadav, Dr. S. Majumdar, Dr. B. Pushpa Devi, Dr. S.S. Devi, Dr. P.K. Rathore

(All investigators are from EC Department, NIT Meghalaya)

Funding amount

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INR 80,00,000/-

Status

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On-going

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Project title

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Development of On-chip MEMS Pressure Sensor based Tensiometer for Agriculture(Ref: EE-9/2/2021-R&D-E)

Project type

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Sponsored Project - Chips to Startup (C2S) Programme

Funding agency

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Microelectronics Development Division, R&D in Electronics Group, Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology

Project investigators

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Dr. P. Rangababu, NIT Meghalaya (PI)

Dr. Pradeep Kumar Rathore, NIT Meghalaya (Co-PI)

Dr. Shubhankar Majumdar, NIT Meghalaya (Co-PI)

Funding amount

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INR 1,10,98,000/-

Status

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On-going

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Project title

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Development of current mirror integrated cantilever and bridge based sensors for low mass sensing applications

Project type

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INUP - Research Project

Funding agency

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Indian Nanoelectronics Users Program (INUP), Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay) / Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY)

Project investigators

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Ms. Menuvolu Tetseo (PhD Student, NIT Meghalaya)

Dr. Pradeep Kumar Rathore (Supervisor, NIT Meghalaya)

Funding amount

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Status

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Accepted in August 2023

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Thesis / Project Title

Student Name (Roll Number / Enrolment Year)

Year of Award

Ph.D. Thesis

1

A Study on Design and Implementationof CMOS-MEMS Integrated Piezoresistive Pressure Sensors

Shashi Kumar (P16EC004)

2021

2

Flexible Electronics based Sensors

Gaurav Kumar (2021)

On-going

3

Semiconductor / MEMS Devices and Technology

Eswararao Boddepalli (2021)

On-going

4

MEMS Sensors

Menuvolu Tetseo (2021)

 On-going

5

MEMS Sensors

Kalpana Gogoi (2022)

On-going

M.Tech. Thesis

1

Design & development of CMOS-MEMS integrated current mirror based MOSFET embedded pressure sensor

Shashi Kumar (T14EC018)

2016

2

Design and simulation of MEMS based piezoresistive accelerometers

BijenKambam(T15EC014)

2017

3

MEMS based FET Capacitive Pressure Sensor

Anirban Kar(T16EC004)

2018

4

A MEMS based non-invasive piezoelectric sensor for detection of lung and oral cancer

Diptarup Bhattacharya

(T16EC001)

2018

5

MEMSbased Blood Glucose Measurement Sensor

Deepak Kumar (T16EC008)

2018

6

Temperature compensation for piezoresistive pressure sensor

Shubham Sanjay Thupkar

(T17EC003)

2019

B.Tech. Project

1

MEMS Based Piezoresistive Pressure Sensors

MahipGahlot(MU11EC21);
Vikas Kumar (MU11EC28)

2015

2

Design Of CMOS Based Current Mirror Pressure Sensor

Swapnil Aswal (B12EC016); DwigbijoyChurchung (B12EC011); Rakesh Kumar Meena (B12EC013)

2016

3

MEMS based capacitive accelerometer

Aman Kanwar (B13EC005); Nihal Bisen (B13EC012)

2017

4

Development Of Sensor Based System For Landslide Detection

Wanbor Dhar  (B14EC013);

KhiakuparJyndiang (B14EC002)

2018

5

Development Of IOT Based Temperature Controlled Chamber For Testing MEMS PressureSensor

Invareency Nongkhlaw (B15EC007); PynsuklinJyndiang (B15EC002)

2019

6

CMOS-MEMS Integrated Pressure Sensing Structure Based On Current Mirror Sensing Technique

Asutosh Behera (B16EC017); Bhukya Kumar (B16EC027)

2020

7

Flexible Electronics based Sensors

SakshayKedia (B17EC035); Shashi Ranjan (B17EC028);

PynbiangborlangLyngwarapthap (B17EC002)

2021

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CMOS-MEMS Integrated Pressure Sensors

Taramatta Poorna Pramod (B19EC024); Lalith Datta Konda (B19EC029)

2022

Under-graduate (UG) courses

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Basic Electronics, Electronic Devices, Electronic Circuits, Microelectronics, Digital Logic Design, Introduction to MEMS & Microsystems, Microsensor Technology, Signals and Systems, Physics of Semiconductor, Network Analysis

Post-graduate (PG) courses

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Physics of Semiconductor, Introduction to MEMS & Microsystems

Journal publications:

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P.K. Rathore, J. Akhtar, Fabrication of a membrane type double cavity vacuum sealed micro sensor for absolute pressure based on front-side lateral etching technology, Sensor Review, Vol. 31, Issue No. 1, pp.41-46, 2011. (https://doi.org/10.1108/02602281111099071)

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P.K. Rathore, P. Varshney, S. Prasad, B.S. Panwar, Finite element method based absolute pressure sensitivity optimized membrane type double cavity vacuum sealed piezoresistive sensor, Sensor Review, Vol. 33, Issue No. 4, pp. 352-362, 2013. (https://doi.org/10.1108/SR-05-2012-645)

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P.K. Rathore, B.S. Panwar, CMOS-MEMS based current mirror MOSFET embedded pressure sensor for healthcare and biomedical applications, Advance Materials Research, Vol. 647, pp.315-320, 2013. (https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.647.315)

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P.K. Rathore, B.S. Panwar, J. Akhtar, A Novel CMOS-MEMS Integrated Pressure Sensing Structure Based On Current Mirror Sensing Technique, Microelectronics International Journal, Vol.32, Issue No.2, pp.81-95, 2015. (https://doi.org/10.1108/MI-11-2014-0048)

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Swamy Baldev, Shukla Kaustub, SushantaGogai, Pradeep Rathore, RangababuPeesapati, Design and Implementation of Efficient Streaming Deblocking and SAO Filter for HEVC Decoder; IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics, Vol.64, No.1, pp.127-135, 2018. (DOI:10.1109/TCE.2018.2812518)

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Sasidhar M, Pradeep Rathore, RangababuPeesapati; Decimal Multiplication using Compressor based-BCD to Binary Converter; International Journal of Engineering Science and Technology (Elsevier),Vol. 21, No. 1, pp. 1-6, 2018. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jestch.2018.01.003)

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Shashi Kumar, Pradeep Kumar Rathore, B.S. Panwar, J. Akhtar, “Development of a Current Mirror Integrated Pressure Sensor using CMOS-MEMS Cofabrication Techniques”, Microelectronics International Journal, Vol. 35, No. 4, pp. 203-210, 2018. (https://doi.org/10.1108/MI-05-2017-0022)

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Shashi Kumar, GaddiellaDiengdohRopmay, Pradeep Kumar Rathore, PeesapatiRangababu, Jamil Akhtar, “Fabrication and Testing of PMOS Current Mirror Integrated MEMS Pressure Transducer”, Sensor Review, Vol. 40, No. 2, pp. 141-151, 2019. (https://doi.org/10.1108/SR-07-2019-0182)

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Shashi Kumar, GaddiellaDiengdohRopmay, Pradeep Kumar Rathore, PeesapatiRangababu, Jamil Akhtar, “Design and simulation of a novel dual current mirror based CMOS-MEMS integrated pressure sensor”, IET Science, Measurement & Technology, Vol.15, No. 3, pp. 268-278, 2021. (https://doi.org/10.1049/smt2.12028)

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Swamy Baldev, AnumandlaKiran Kumar, Pradeep Kumar Rathore, PeesapatiRangababu,, “A Directional and Scalable Streaming Deblocking Filter Hardware Architecture for HEVC Decoder”, ElsevierMicroprocessors and Microsystems, Vol.84, pp. 104029, 2021. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micpro.2021.104029)

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N.R. Pradhan, R.Mahule, P.K.Wamuyu, P.K. Rathore, A.P. Singh, “A Blockchain and AI Based Vaccination Tracking Framework for Coronavirus (COVID-19) Epidemics”, IETE Journal of Research, pp. 1-13, 2022. (https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03772063.2022.2058630)

Conference publications:

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S. Rabbani, P.K. Rathore, G. Ghosh, B.S. Panwar, MEMS structure for energy harvesting, COMSOL Conference 2010, Period -29-30 October 2010, Place -Bangalore, India, Page -1-5, 2010. (https://www.comsol.co.in/paper/mems-structure-for-energy-harvesting-8215)

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B.S. Panwar, P.K. Rathore, P. Varshney, S. Prasad, Modeling and Simulation of a Wideband PZT Micro-Cantilever Structure for Energy Harvesting, Indo-French Symposium on Sensors Technologies and Systems (IFS12), Period -March 1-4, 2012, Place -Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Page -48-49, 2012.

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P. Varshney, B.S. Panwar, P. Rathore, S. Ballandras, B. Francois, G. Martin, J.M. Friedt, T. Retornaz, Theoretical and experimental analysis of high Q SAW resonator transient response in a wireless sensor interrogation application, IEEE Frequency Control Symposium (IFCS-2012), Period -May 21-24, 2012, Place -Baltimore, Maryland, USA, Page -1-6, 2012. (DOI: 10.1109/FCS.2012.6243714)

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P.K. Rathore, B.S. Panwar, CMOS-MEMS based Current Mirror MOSFET Embedded Pressure Sensor for Healthcare and Biomedical Applications, International Conference on Biomaterial and Bioengineering (ICBB-2012), Period -December 19-20, 2012, Place -Hong Kong, China, Page -315-320, 2012.

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P.K. Rathore, B.S. Panwar, Design and optimization of CMOS-MEMS integrated current mirror sensing based MOSFET embedded pressure sensor, IEEE Multi-Conferences on Sensing and Control (MSC-2013), Period -August 28-30, 2013, Place -Hyderabad, India, Page -443-448, 2013. (DOI: 10.1109/CCA.2013.6662789)

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P.K. Rathore, B.S. Panwar, H.J. Pandya, High Sensitivity Square Ring Channel Shaped MOSFET Embedded Pressure Sensor Integrated with a Current Mirror Readout Circuitry, IEEE Sensors 2013 (SENSORS-2013), Period -November 3-6, 2013, Place -Baltimore, Maryland, USA, Page -1066-1069, 2013. (DOI: 10.1109/ICSENS.2013.6688395)

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P.K. Rathore, B.S. Panwar, CMOS-MEMS Integrated MOSFET Embedded Bridge Structure based Pressure Sensor, IEEE Annual IEEE India Conference 2013 (INDICON-2013), Period -December 13-15, 2013, Place -Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Page -1-6, 2013. (DOI: 10.1109/INDCON.2013.6725926)

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P.K. Rathore, B.S. Panwar, High Sensitivity CMOS Pressure Sensor Using Ring Channel Shaped MOSFET Embedded Sensing, 2014 IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Computing and Communication Technologies (CONECCT 2014), Period -January 6-7, 2014, Place -Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, Page -1-5, 2016. (DOI: 10.1109/CONECCT.2014.6740290)

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S. Kumar, P.K. Rathore, J. Akhtar, A comparative study on p- and n-channel MOSFET embedded pressure sensing structures integrated with current mirror readout circuitry, 2016 IEEE International Students’ Conference on Electrical, Electronics and Computer Science (SCEECS-2016), Period -March 5-6, 2016, Place -Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal, 2016. (DOI: 10.1109/SCEECS.2016.7509262)

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Diptarup Bhattacharya, Pradeep Kumar Rathore, Shubhankar Majumdar, “Non-Invasive Piezoelectric Sensor for Detection of Lung Cancer”, IEEE International Conference on Communication and Electronics Systems (ICCES 2018), Coimbatore, 15-16 October 2018, pp. 1-4, 2018. (DOI: 10.1109/CESYS.2018.8723897)

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Shashi Kumar, Pradeep Kumar Rathore, PeesapatiRangababu, “Sensitivity enhancement of current mirror readout circuit based piezoresistive pressure transducer using differential amplifier”, 17^thIEEE Sensors Conference, New Delhi, 28-31 October 2018, pp. 1-4, 2018. (DOI: 10.1109/ICSENS.2018.8589726)

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Shashi Kumar, Pradeep Kumar Rathore, PeesapatiRangababu, “Implementation of operational amplifier for the designing of novel piezoresistive pressure sensor”, 2018 IEEE 2nd International Conference on Smart Sensors and Application (ICSSA), Kuching, Malaysia, pp. 126-129, 24-26 July 2018. (DOI: 10.1109/ICSSA.2018.8535927)

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Shashi Kumar, GaddiellaDiengdohRopmay, Pradeep Kumar Rathore and PeesapatiRangababu, “An idea of implementing CMOS operational amplifier in summer configuration for the designing of highly sensitive pressure transducer”, 2019 IEEE 2nd International Conference on Innovations in Electronics, Signal Processing and Communication(IESC2019), Shillong, 1-2 March 2019. (DOI: 10.1109/IESPC.2019.8902445)

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Shashi Kumar, GaddiellaDiengdohRopmay, PeesapatiRangababu and Pradeep Kumar Rathore  , “ A stress-sensitive CMOS operational amplifier based pressure sensor with varying input and gain  ”,  2019 IEEE 9th International Conference on System Engineering and Technology (ICSET),  Selangor, Malaysia, 7 October 2019. (DOI: 10.1109/ICSEngT.2019.8906336)

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GaddiellaDiengdohRopmay,ShashiKumar,Pradeep Kumar Rathore, PeesapatiRangababu and Jamil Akhtar  , “A novel MEMS-based Blood Glucose Measurement Sensor using Twin-Cantilever Structure ”,  AIP Conference Proceedings - A two-day Conference on Flexible Electronics for Electric Vehicles (FlexEV-2020),  Jaipur, India, 5-6March 2020. (https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0031309)

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Shashi Kumar, GaddiellaDiengdohRopmay, Pradeep Kumar Rathore, PeesapatiRangababu and Jamil Akhtar  , “A Comparative Study on Sensitivity Enhancement of p-and n-channel MOSFET based Current Mirror Integrated Pressure Sensor Using Differential Amplifier ”,  AIP Conference Proceedings - A two-day Conference on Flexible Electronics for Electric Vehicles (FlexEV-2020),  Jaipur, India, 5-6March 2020. (https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0031312)

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Collaborator

Organization

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Prof. B.S. Panwar

IIT Delhi (Former) & DIT University Dehradun (Present)

2

Prof. Jamil Akhtar

CEERI Pilani (Former) & Manipal University Jaipur (Present)

3

Dr. Hardik Pandya

Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore

4

Dr. Jaspreet Singh

Semi-Conductor Laboratory (SCL), Chandigarh

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Dr. Peesapati Rangababu

National Institute of Technology (NIT) Meghalaya, Shillong

6

Dr. Kulwant Singh

Manipal University Jaipur

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Dr. Jagadeesh Chandra

Vignan's Institute of Information Technology, Visakhapatnam

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Dr. Gyanendra Singh

Dept. of Electrical & Instrumentation Engineering, Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology, Patiala

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Dr. Shashi Kumar

Senior Research Scientist, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay