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Debidas Kundu

DST INSPIRE Faculty

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Analytical Techniques in Electromagnetics, Surface Electromagnetics, Frequency Selective Surface and Metasurface, Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface, Thin Electromagnetic Absorber, Scattering and Polarization Control of EM Wave

Award Institute Year Awarded
National Merit Scholarship MHRD, Government of India 2003
Certificate of Merit for High Rank in Secondary Examination West Bengal Board of Secondary Education 2005
Modeling Challenge Award Computer Simulation Technology 2015
DST-INSPIRE Faculty Award Government of India 2018
Young Scientist Award International Union of Radio Science (URSI)- Regional Conference on Radio Science (RCRS) 2020
Article on Research Activities as INSPIRE Faculty Published on DST, GOI Platforms. Link: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=1809168 Ministry of Science and Technology 2022
Young Scientist Award International Union of Radio Science (URSI)- General Assembly and Scientific Symposium 2023
Degree Subject University Year Studied
PhD. RF and Microwave Engineering IIT Kharagpur 2018
ME Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering IIEST Shibpur 2013
B. Tech Electronics and Communication Engineering WBUT 2011
Scheme Sponsoring Agency Other Faculties Year Sponsored
Low-Profile Frequency Selective Radome with Wide Absorption Band and Low In-Band Insertion Loss INSPIRE, DST 2019-2024
Design of a Streamlined Ablatable Radome for Airborne Applications AR & DB, DRDO Dr. H.S. Sonalikar, Dr. Sri Ram Shankar Rajadurai 2022-2025
Membership Details
IEEE, Member
Title Course Code Course Semester
Introduction to Electronics and Communication Engineering ECN 101 B. Tech Autumn
Fundamentals of Electronics ECN 102 B.Tech Spring
Linear IC Applications Lab ECN 351 B. Tech Spring
Microwave Lab ECN 530 M. Tech Autumn
Technical Communication ECN 391 B. Tech Autumn
Topic Scholar Name Status of PhD Registration Year
Frequency Selective Surfaces Priyanka Bajaj O 2019
Frequency Selective Surface (FSS) Design for Antenna Applications Deepak Kumar Sahoo O 2021
Course Name Sponsored By Date Participated
GIAN course on Millimeter-wave Antennas, Circuits and Systems MHRD, Govt. of India Nov 2017
Design of Microwave Antennas for Wireless Communication Applications CEP, IIT Kharagpur Aug 2017
Title Place Date Delivered
Planar Periodic Impedance Surfaces: Engineering and Applications IEEE Outreach Leadership Meet, IIT Kharagpur Oct 2019
Surface Electromagnetics: Avenues and Design Aspects Online Short-Term Course, IIIT Bhagalpur Dec 2021
Surface Electromagnetics: Avenues and Design Aspects Online Workshop, VIT-AP University May 2022
From Reflectarrays to Reconfigurable Metasurface Reflectors: Design Techniques and Analysis IEEE SBC, IIT Indore Oct 2022
Design Techniques and Analysis of Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces Electronic and Photonic Integrated Circuits Conference, SRM Amaravati Dec 2022

Patents

1. D. Kundu, A. Parameswaran, H. S. Sonalikar, D. Bhattacharya, and S. Gupta, “A Low Radar Cross Section Circularly Polarized Reflectarray” (202211057030).


Journals

17. A. Parameswaran, D. K. Sahoo, H. S. Sonalikar, D. Kundu, and A. Patnaik, “PSO-assisted design of a dual-polarized broadband switchable rasorber/absorber,” accepted in IEEE Trans. Electromag. Compt., 2023.

16. P. Bajaj, D. Kundu, and D. Singh, “Frequency selective surface-based electromagnetic absorbing structures: trends and perspectives,” accepted in Wireless Personal Communications, 2023.

15. D. Kundu, A. Parameswaran, H. S. Sonalika, D. Bhattacharya, and S. Gupta, “A low-RCS circularly polarized reflectarray antenna with a linearly polarized feed,” accepted in IEEE Trans. Antennas Propag., doi: 10.1109/TAP.2023.3269149, 2023.

14. A. Parameswaran, A. A. Ovhal, D. Kundu, H. S. Sonalikar, J. Singh, and D. Singh, “A low-profile ultra-wideband absorber using lumped resistor-loaded cross dipoles with resonant nodes,” IEEE Trans. Electromag. Compt., vol. 64, no. 5, pp. 1758-1766, 2022.

13. D. Kundu, D. Bhattacharya, Ruchi, "A single-layer broadband reflectarray in K-band using cross-loop slotted patch elements," IEEE Access, vol. 10, pp. 13490-13495, 2022.

12. A. Parameswaran, H. S. Sonalikar, D. Kundu, “Temperature-dependent electromagnetic design of inhomogeneous planar layer variable thickness radome for power transmission enhancement," IEEE Antennas Wireless Propag. Lett., vol. 20, no. 8, pp. 1572-1576, 2021.

11. A. Parameswaran, D. Kundu, and H. S. Sonalikar, “A dual-polarized wideband frequency selective rasorber with low in-band insertion loss and high oblique incidence stability,” IEEE Trans. Electromag. Compt., vol. 63, no. 6, pp. 1820-1828, 2021.

10. D. Kundu, J. Singh, D. Singh, and A. Chakrabarty, “Design and analysis of broadband ultrathin reflective linear-to-circular polarization converter using polygon-based anisotropic-impedance surface,” IEEE Trans. Antennas Propag., vol. 69, no. 8, pp. 5154-5159, 2021.

9. D. Kundu, S. Baghel, A. Mohan and A. Chakrabarty, “Design and analysis of printed lossy capacitive surface based ultra-wideband low-profile absorber,” IEEE Trans. Antennas Propag., vol. 67, no. 5, pp. 3533-3538, 2019.

8. D. Kundu, R. K. Gayen, A. Mohan and A. Chakrabarty, "Moment method analysis of periodic array of thin conducting strips using waveguide simulator," J. Electromagn. Waves Appl., vol. 32, no. 3, pp. 363-370, 2018.

7. D. Kundu, A. Mohan, and A. Chakrabarty, "Design of ultrathin dual resonant reflective polarization converter with customized bandwidths," Appl. Physics A, vol. 123, no. 10, p. 621, 2017.

6. D. Kundu, A. Mohan, and A. Chakrabarty, "A compact ultrathin broadband absorber by reducing cross-polarized reflection from metal-backed anisotropic array," Microwave and Opt. Technol. Lett., vol. 59, no. 4, pp. 970-976, 2017.

5. D. Kundu, A. Mohan, and A. Chakrabarty, "Comment on `Wide-angle broadband microwave meta-material absorber with octave bandwidth'," IET Microwaves Antennas Propag., vol. 11, no.3, pp. 442-443, 2017.

4. D. Kundu, A. Mohan, and A. Chakrabarty, "Reduction of cross-polarized reflection to enhance dual-band absorption," J. Appl. Physics, vol. 120, no.20, p. 205103, 2016.

3. D. Kundu, A. Mohan, A. Chakrabarty, "Single layer wideband microwave absorber using array of crossed dipoles," IEEE Antennas Wireless Propag. Lett., vol. 15, no.99, pp.1589-1592, 2016.

2. L. B. Pratap, D. Kundu, and A. Mohan "Planar microstrip-fed broadband circularly polarized antenna for UWB applications," Microwave and Opt. Technol. Lett., vol 58, no. 5, pp. 1088-1093, 2016.

1. D. Kundu, A. Mohan, and A. Chakraborty, "Ultrathin polarization independent absorber with enhanced bandwidth by incorporating Giuseppe Peano fractal in square ring," Microwave and Opt. Technol. Lett., vol 57, no. 5, pp. 1072-1078, 2015.


Conferences

18. D. Kundu and S. Gupta, "A 1-Bit coding reconfigurable metasurface reflector for circularly polarized wave beam steering from linearly polarized incidence," URSI GASS 2023 (Accepted).

17. D. Kundu, M. K. Emara, L. Rufail, and S. Gupta, "Waveguide-Floquet mapping based on surface susceptibilities for metasurface unit cell characterization," URSI GASS 2023 (Accepted).

16. M. K. Emara, D. Kundu, L. Rufail, and S. Gupta, "Coupled resonator configuration for enhanced reflectarray magnitude and phase control," IEEE EuCAP 2023 (Accepted).

15. C. Chakraborty, D. K. Sahoo, D. Kundu, A. Patnaik, and A. Chakrabarty, "Capacity optimization in coding metasurface-based reconfigurable intelligent surface-aided MIMO," IEEE Microwave Antennas and Propagation Conference (MAPCON), 2022 (Accepted).

14. P. Bajaj, D. Kundu, and D. Singh, "A dual-polarized L-S-band frequency-selective rasorber with highly selective transmission response," IEEE Microwave Antennas and Propagation Conference (MAPCON), 2022 (Accepted)..

13. D. K. Sahoo, D. Kundu, D. Bhattacharya, and A. Patnaik, "Harmonic beam steering along both the cardinal planes using a dual-polarized space-time-coding digital metasurface," IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting (APS/URSI), 2022.

12. A. Parameswaran, H. S. Sonalikar, and D. Kundu, "Design of a dual-polarized notch band absorber with high band edge selectivity and broad absorption bandwidth," IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting (APS/URSI), 2022.

11. Ruchi, N. V. Kumar, N. N. Naik, D. Kundu, and M.V. Kartikeyan, “A rectenna for RF energy harvesting for application in powering IoT devices,” IEEE Wireless Antennas and Microwave Symposium (WAMS), 2022.

10. A. Ovhal, A. Parameswaran, D. Kundu, and H. Sonalikar, “Design of a wide-band circuit analog absorber using modified square loop loaded with lumped resistors,” IEEE Wireless Antennas and Microwave Symposium (WAMS), 2022.

9. P. Bajaj, D. Kundu and D. Singh, “Design of a narrowband and a wideband switchable absorber/reflector using an active frequency selective surface with embedded biasing network,” IEEE Wireless Antennas and Microwave Symposium (WAMS), 2022.

8. D. Kundu, D. Bhattacharya, D. Pathak, "Simultaneous transmission and reflection mode linear-to-circular polarization conversion using a single metasurface," IEEE Indian Conference on Antennas and Propagation (InCAP), pp. 591-594, 2021.

7. D. K. Sahoo, D. Kundu, D. Bhattacharya, and A. Patnaik, “A 1-bit coding reflective metasurface for beam steering along both the cardinal planes using dual-polarized incident waves,” presented in IEEE Indian Conference on Antennas and Propagation (InCAP), pp. 571-574, 2021.

6. D. Bhattacharya, D. Kundu, “An analytical approach for the generation of second-order Floquet-Bloch mode for anomalous reflection using metagratings,” presented in IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting, pp. 1529-1530, 2021.

5. D. Kundu, A. Mohan, and A. Chakrabarty, “Design of a high performance reflective linear to circular polarization converter with wide axial ratio bandwidth,” URSI Regional Conference on Radio Science (URSI-RCRS), pp. 1-3, Feb. 2020.

4. D. Kundu, A. Mohan, A. Chakrabarty, J. Singh and D. Singh, “An ultrathin linear-to-circular polarization converter with wide axial ratio bandwidth,” IEEE Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference (APMC) Singapore, pp. 929-931, Dec. 2019.

3. D. Kundu, A. Mohan and A. Chakrabarty, “Design of a conductive FSS based ultrathin absorber using impedance analysis method of equivalent circuit model,” IEEE Indian Conference on Antennas and Propagation (InCAP), 2018.

2. D. Kundu, A. Mohan, and A. Chakrabarty, “Ultrathin high-efficiency X-Band reflective polarization converter using sunken double arrowhead metasurface,” IEEE Asia Pacific Microwave Conference (APMC), 2016.

1. D. Kundu, A. Mohan, and A. Chakrabarty, “Thickness reduction of single layer circuit analog absorber,” IEEE Applied Electromagnetics Conference (AEMC), 2015.