Swaprava Nath

Department of Electrical Communication Engineering

Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India
swaprava@gmail.com swaprava@ece.iisc.ernet.in M: +919448419311
http://swaprava.byethost7.com

Education

Master of Engineering (M.E.) in Telecommunication Engineering, Indian Institute of

Science, Bangalore, India 2008
CGPA: 7.2 out of 8.0

Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) in Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering, Ja-

davpur University, Kolkata, India 2006
CGPA: 9.34 out of 10

Higher Secondary Examination (10 + 2 Level), West Bengal Council of Higher Sec-
ondary Education, Kolkata, India 2002
Percentage of Marks: 91.4

Secondary Examination (10 Standard), West Bengal Board of Secondary Education,

Kolkata, India 2000
Percentage of Marks: 90.75

Awards and Achievements

• Bronze medal for securing the second highest aggregate of marks among all the courses of
the Bachelor of Engineering Examination 2006, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India, out of
approximately 800 students in 13 departments.
• Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE, Entrance test for graduate studies in Engi-
neering) 2006: All India Rank 34 out of approximately 40,000 candidates in Electronics and
Communication stream.
• State Level Joint Entrance Examination (WBJEE, Entrance test for undergraduate studies in
Engineering) 2002: Rank 25 (Engineering) out of approximately 80,000 candidates.
• Rank in Higher Secondary Examination (10 + 2 Level) 2002: 28 out of approximately 1,00,000
candidates.
Research Interests

• Wireless Sensor Networks

• Graph Theory related Networking issues (e.g. Connectivity, Capacity etc.)
• Game Theory and Mechanism Design
Major courses taken at Indian Institute of Science (M.E., Telecommuni-
cation Engineering Program)

Random Processes Information Theory and Coding

Communication Networks Detection and Estimation Theory
Digital Communication CDMA and Multi-user Detection
Advanced Digital Communication Wireless Mobile Communication Networks
Stochastic Processes and Queueing Theory Linear and Nonlinear Optimization

Major courses taken in Jadavpur University (B.E., Electronics & Telecom-

munication Engineering Program)

Electronic Devices Linear Algebra

Digital Communication Abstract Algebra
VLSI Circuits (Analog & Digital) Circuit Theory

Projects

Undergraduate 2006
Time Modulated Linear Antenna Array with Optimized Amplitude Distribution and Time Sequences
Outline: This is to realize variable amplitude time modulated linear arrays with both suppressed
sidelobes and sidebands. In conventional antenna arrays we give excitation to all antennas in array
simultaneously, whereas here we give excitation to selected antennas at a certain instant of time and
the time sequence is optimized using Simple Genetic Algorithm (SGA). The approach saves power
as all antennas are not excited at the same time, also results a low Side Lobe Level (SLL) and low
Side Band Level (SBL).
Supervisor: Prof. Bhaskar Gupta

Graduate 2008
Self Organization of Wireless Sensor Networks
Outline: A sensor network is defined as being composed of a large number of nodes which are de-
ployed densely in close proximity to the phenomenon to be monitored. Each of these nodes collects
data and its purpose is to route this information back to a sink. The network must possess self-
organizing capabilities since the positions of individual nodes are not predetermined. Cooperation
among nodes is the dominant feature of this type of network, where groups of nodes cooperate to
disseminate the information gathered in their vicinity to the user. The purpose of Self Organization
is to form the network out of the nodes that are deployed in a region meeting some performance
objectives, e.g. Low power consumption, high throughput, accurate localizing capabilities etc. In
this work we have provided a mathematical formalization of a widely used approximation of pro-
portionality between Euclidean Distance and Hop Count, and depending on that theory, proposed a
new node localization algorithm, that is shown to perform better than other localization algorithms.
Supervisor: Prof. Anurag Kumar
Publication

Conference:
• Swaprava Nath and Anurag Kumar, “Performance Evaluation of Distance-Hop Proportionality
on Geometric Graph Models of Dense Sensor Networks”, in Proceedings, Valuetools 2008,
ACM, October 21-23, 2008, Athens, GREECE.
• Swaprava Nath and Subrata Mitra, “Linear Antenna Array with Suppressed Sidelobe and
Sideband Levels using Time Modulation”, in International Conference On Computers And
Devices For Communication (CODEC 06), December 2006, Kolkata, INDIA.
Work Experience

• Working as Quality Assurance Engineer in the Edge Routing Business Unit (ERBU) of Cisco
Systems India Private Limited (2008-till date)
Computer Knowledge

Programming Languages: C
Operating Systems: Windows, Linux (Fedora Core 8, Ubuntu, FreeBSD, Solaris)
Typesetting: LATEX(This CV has been prepared using LATEX!)
Others: Data Structures, MATLAB

Reference

Anurag Kumar
Professor, Department of Electrical Communication Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Banga-
lore, 560 012, INDIA. Email: anurag@ece.iisc.ernet.in , Web: http://www.ece.iisc.ernet.in/∼anurag

Utpal Mukherji
Associate Professor, Department of Electrical Communication Engineering, Indian Institute of Sci-
ence, Bangalore, 560 012, INDIA. Email: utpal@ece.iisc.ernet.in , Web: http://www.ece.iisc.ernet.in/∼utpal

Rajesh Sundaresan
Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Communication Engineering, Indian Institute of Sci-
ence, Bangalore, 560 012, INDIA. Email: rajeshs@ece.iisc.ernet.in , Web: http://www.ece.iisc.ernet.in/∼rajeshs