People

Our team at Nanolab

Faculty

Dr. Yogesh Singh Chauhan

Research:	Nanoelectronics Compact modeling of semiconductor devices (Bulk/SOI MOSFET, Multigate FET, Nanowire, UTBSOI and novel devices) SPICE Modelling of High Voltage/Power Semiconductor Devices (LDMOS, VDMOS, IGBT, HEMT etc.) BSIM model development and support (with BSIM Group at University of California Berkeley) Atomistic Simulation of Nanoscale Devices DC, CV and RF Characterisation of MOSFETs
Contact:	chauhan@iitk.ac.in
Links:	Personal Webpage

Research Establishment Officer

Dr. Praveen Dwivedi

Research:	Semiconductor Device Characterization
About Him:	Praveen Dwivedi (IEEE Senior Member) received the B.E. degree in electronics engineering from the Madhav Institute of Technology and Science, Gwalior, in 2011, the M.Tech. degree in electronics and communication engineering from Shiv Nadar University, Greater Noida, India, in 2014, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Indore, India, in 2019. He has been the Research Establishment Officer with the Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India, since December 2019. His current research interests include semiconductor device simulations, compact modeling of industry-standard models and On-Wafer characterization of DC IV, RF S-parameters, pulsed IV, load pull, and noise measurements.
Contact:	praveend@iitk.ac.in
Links:	Personal Webpage

Post-Docs

Dr. Jay Hind Kumar Verma

Research:	Device Modeling and Simulation
About Him:	Jay Hind Kumar Verma received the B.Sc. degree in Physics and M.Sc. degree in Electronics from Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Avadh University, Faizabad. He has submitted PhD thesis to department of Electronic Science, University of Delhi. His doctoral research was concerned with modeling and simulation of various gate all around MOSFETs.
Contact:	jayhind@iitk.ac.in

Dr. Imran Ahamed

Research:	Atomistic Simulation
About Him:	Imran has completed his bachelor’s and master’s in physics from AMU, Aligarh. He got his PhD from IIT Mandi in the field of computational condensed matter physics. During his PhD studies, he has been Simon’s visitor to International Center for Theoretical Physics, ICTP, Italy. His current research areas include first principle study of electronic and magnetic properties of 2D materials.
Contact:	imranad@iitk.ac.in
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Dr. Ahmad Khusro

Research:	Characterization and Modeling of GaN HEMTs
About Him:	Ahmad Khusro received the B.Tech. degree in electronics and communication engineering from Uttar Pradesh Technical University, Lucknow, India, in 2011. He completed his M.Tech. and Ph.D. from Jamia Millia Islamia (A Central University), New Delhi, India in 2015 and 2021 respectively. He also worked as a Visiting Researcher under the Visiting Student Research Program at Integrated Microwaves Packaging Antennas and Circuits Technology (IMPACT) Laboratory, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. His research interests include characterization and modeling (compact and machine learning) of GaN HEMTs for high frequency circuits and system design.
Contact:	akay3786@gmail.com

Ph.D. Students

Ashok P.

Research:	Growth and Fabrication of VO2 devices.
About Him:	He received his M.E VLSI Design from PSG Tamilnadu.. His M.E research work was Design of Tunnel FET by TCAD simulation. Currently, he is pursuing PhD degree in Microelectronics from IIT Kanpur electrical engineering Department. His current research work includes fabrication and characterization of insulator to metal transition materials, thin films and devices.
Contact:	ashok@iitk.ac.in

Ravi Goel

Research:	Compact Modeling of bulk MOSFETs.
About Him:	Ravi Goel has completed his M.Tech from NIT Hamirpur in VLSI Design. His research interest includes the modeling and characterization of advanced semiconductor devices. He currently works with the BSIM team for enhancing and updating the BSIMBULK model.
Contact:	gravi@iitk.ac.in

Raghvendra Dangi

Research:	Compact Modeling of GaN HEMTs.
About Him:	Raghvendra did his B. Tech from IET-DAVV Indore in 2014 and Masters in VLSI design from VNIT Nagpur in 2016. As a research scholar at IIT Kanpur, he is primarily focused on GaN based devices, especially trap related phenomena, their modeling and simulation.
Contact:	dangi@iitk.ac.in

Gavax Joshi

Research:	Ga2O3 growth and Device fabrication.
About Him:	I have completed B.Sc (Electronics)[2006], M.Sc (Electronics) [2008] and M.Tech (Microelectronics) [2012] from VNSGU - Surat - Gujarat, Saurashtra University - Rajkot - Gujarat and IIIT Allahabad - U.P respectively. Post M.Tech I have 4 years of Teaching experience
Contact:	gbjoshi@iitk.ac.in

Ahtisham Ul Haq Pampori

Research:	GaN based RF Power Amplifier design, Device modeling and characterization
About Him:	Ahtisham is a doctoral student at IIT Kanpur, currently working on the characterization and modeling of GaN HEMT RF devices. His research focus embodies both modeling the devices and their applications in RF systems. Before joining IIT Kanpur, he served as an associate consultant at Frost & Sullivan in Malaysia with a particular focus on Cloud and Big Data verticals. He holds his Bachelor's degree in Electronics and Communications engineering from NIT Srinagar. Being a denizen of the Himalayas, he is highly inclined towards hiking , exploring new places and assimilating new cultures.
Contact:	ahtisham@iitk.ac.in
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Keshari Nandan

Research:	Atomistic Simulation of 2D materials.
About Him:	Keshari is currently pursuing the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering with IIT Kanpur, Kanpur, India. His current research interests include compact modeling and simulation of 2D FETs.
Contact:	keshari@iitk.ac.in
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Neha Bajpai

Research:	RF Circuit Design - LNA and PA.
About Her:	She did her B.Tech from Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology,Aligarh Muslim University in electronic engineering. Currently she is pursuing PhD degree in Microelectronics & VLSI, Electrical Engineering department at IIT Kanpur.
Contact:	bajpai@iitk.ac.in

Achintya Priydarshi

Research:	Atomistic Simulation - 2D and Ferroelectric materials.
About Him:	Achintya Priydarshi belongs to a very small village(Gauriya) of chitrakoot district, U.P. He did B.Sc. (Physics) from Ewing Christian College, University of Allahabad and M.Sc. (Electronics & communication) from School of Electronics, Devi Ahilya University Indore with specialization in VLSI. After his M.Sc he completed his M.Tech. In Nanotechnology from School of Nanotechnology Rajiv Gandhi Technical University Bhopal and joined professor Yogesh Singh Chauhan's group as a researcher at NANO LAB IIT Kanpur.
Contact:	achintya@iitk.ac.in
Links:	Personal Webpage

Mohammad Zaid

Research:	GaN based RF Circuit Design - LNA and PA.
About Him:	Mohd Zaid is currently a Ph.D. scholar at IIT Kanpur with his research mainly focused on GaN based RF circuit design and implementation ,power amplifier design to be more specific. He did his B.Tech from Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology,Aligarh Muslim University in electronic engineering and then he did M.Tech from the same college in the field of electronic circuits and system design. His M.Tech work included development of anti theft system for vehicles and fpga implementation of 32-bit RISC processor with improved performance.
Contact:	mzaid@iitk.ac.in

Nilesh Pandey

Research:	Ferroelectric Memories and Transistors
About Him:	He is currently enrolled as a Prime Minister's Research Fellow (2018) in the Department of Electrical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, INDIA. He received his B. Tech degree in Electronics & Communications from NIT Kurukshetra. His current research interest involves the physics and modeling of Ferroelectric and Ferromagnetic domain wall memories and dynamics. He is also the winner of IEEE-EDS Master's Fellowship (2019), committee member of IEEE-EDS Young Professionals (2020).
Contact:	pandeyn@iitk.ac.in
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Shivendra Parihar

Research:	RF FinFET Devices and Circuits
About Him:	He is currently associated with the MVLSI department as a Ph.D student. His primary research interests include the characterization and compact modelling of FinFETs for RF circuit design.His previous works were on different industry standard compact models such as BSIM4, BSIM-CMG and BSIM-SOI.
Contact:	sshiven@iitk.ac.in
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Abhishek Mishra

Research:	Modeling and Characterization of Phase Transition material-based RF Devices
About Him:	Abhishek Mishra is a doctoral student at IIT Kanpur. His primary work focuses on Phase Transition materials growth, characterization, their modeling. He is also exploring the applications of IMT materials in RF circuits. Abhishek received his B. Tech degree in Electronics & Communications from Jaypee Institute of Information Technology Noida and M. Tech in Embedded System Design from NIT Kurukshetra.
Contact:	mishrabk@iitk.ac.in

Anirban Kar

Research:	Modeling and Simulation of Nanosheet Transistors
About Him:	Anirban is a doctoral student at IIT Kanpur, currently working on the characterization and modeling of Nanosheet transistors and FinFETs. He is also working as a CMC sponsored BSIM developer in collaboration with University of California, Berkley, USA. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Electronics and Communications engineering from Bangalore University and a master’s degree in VLSI design from NIT Meghalaya. After graduating from Bangalore university, he had served as a Research & Development Engineer at Nokia Networks, Bangalore where he had worked on the design, development, and deployment of 4G LTE network. To know more you can always grab him for a coffee anytime.
Contact:	anirbank@iitk.ac.in

Tumu Ravi Chandra Reddy

Research:	GaN based RF Circuit Design
About Him:	Ravichandra Reddy migrated to Ph.D. from Masters at IIT KANPUR. Currently working on GaN HEMT based RF Circuit design. He holds his Bachelor’s degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from JNTU-A.
Contact:	crreddy@iitk.ac.in

Wajid Manzoor

Research:	MOSFET Modeling at Cryogenic Temperatures
About Him:	He is currently pursuing PhD in MVLSI. He received his B-tech in electronics and communications engineering from GCET Jammu and M-tech from University of Kashmir. His present research focuses on MOSFET modeling at cryogenic temperatures.
Contact:	wajid@iitk.ac.in

Ayushi Sharma

Research:	Modeling and Simulation of bulk MOSFET
About Her:	Ayushi Sharma is a Ph.D student at IIT Kanpur. She is currently working with the BSIM team in collaboration with University of California Berkeley, USA for the enhancement of the BSIM BULK model.
Contact:	sayushi@iitk.ac.in

Swetaki Chatterjee

Research:	Hardware Security
About Him:	Swetaki received his B.Tech degree in 2019 from Institute of Engineering and Management under the West Bengal University of Technology. He joined IIT Kanpur as an MS(R) student and fascinated by the world of research he converted to the Ph.D. program. His research interest includes emerging transistor technologies for unconventional computing applications such as hardware security, logic-in-memory, and in-memory-computing. Apart from research, he loves Football, Netflix, and Books.
Contact:	swetakic@iitk.ac.in

Shubham Kumar

Research:	Hardware Security
About Him:	Shubham Kumar is currently pursuing his doctoral degree at IIT Kanpur, India. His research interest is in Hardware Security and Neuromorphic Computing. He had joined IIT Kanpur as an MS(R) and then converted to a Ph.D. degree. He had completed his B.Tech degree from C.V.Raman college of engineering, Bhubaneswar, Odisha in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering in 2019. After that, he worked as a Systems Engineer at TCS, Kolkatta. Cricket, Movies, and traveling are some of his hobbies.
Contact:	shubhamp@iitk.ac.in

Mohammad Sajid Nazir

Research:	RF Modeling and Circuit Design
About Him:	Sajid is working at IIT Kanpur as PhD student. Before joining IIT Kanpur, he received bachelor's degree in Electronics and Communication from NIT, Srinagar. His research focus is on GaN Modeling, Characterization and Design of Circuits for RF applications.
Contact:	sajidspr20@iitk.ac.in
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Nisha Manzoor

Research:	FDSOI Transistor Modeling
About Her:	She belongs to district Pulwama of Kashmir. She did her Bachelors from National institute of Technology Srinagar in Electronics and Communication Engineering. Currently, she is pursuing the PhD degree in Microelectronics & VLSI, Electrical Engineering department at IIT Kanpur.
Contact:	mnisha@iitk.ac.in

Shivendra Kumar Singh

Research:	RF Devices and Circuits
About Him:	Shivendra completed his M.Tech. from NIT Srinagar in 2020 and soon joined NanoLab for his Ph.D. degree. Apart from this he has worked as programmer analyst in Cognizant for about 2.5 years. His M.Tech. thesis was on developing a physics based compact model for 2-D material based FETs.
Contact:	shivendras20@iitk.ac.in
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Md Hasnain Ansari

Research:	ASM-HEMT GaN Model Development and Support
About Him:	He has completed B.Tech in Electronics and Communication engineering from Cochin University of Science and Technology and M.Tech in VLSI Design from IIT(ISM) Dhanbad. Currently, He is pursuing PhD in Microelectronics & VLSI, Electrical Engineering department at IIT Kanpur.
Contact:	hasnain20@iitk.ac.in
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Ateeb Naseer

Research:	Atomistic Simulation and Machine Learning
About Him:	Ateeb is a PhD scholar at NanoLab. He received his B-tech in Electronics and Communication Engineering from National Institute of Technology, Srinagar in 2020. His present research focuses on Atomistic Simulation and Machine Learning. Hailing from the mountainous region, he often goes on trekking and other thrilling adventures.
Contact:	ateeb20@iitk.ac.in
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Musaib Rafiq

Research:	Neuromorphic Computing
About Him:	Musaib received his B.Tech in Electronics and Communication Engineering from National Institute of Technology, Srinagar in 2020. He is currently enrolled as a PhD scholar.His current research focuses on neuromorphic computing platforms utilizing ferro-electric FETs. He also plays Basketball and had represented NIT, Srinagar at National levels.
Contact:	musaib20@iitk.ac.in
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Yawar Hayat Zarkob

Research:	BSIM-BULK Model
About Him:	Yawar is currently pursuing Ph.D. in the department of Electrical Engineering at IIT Kanpur. He received his Bachelor's degree in the field of Electronics and Communication Engineering from NIT Srinagar.
Contact:	yawarz21@iitk.ac.in

Aadil Bashir Dar

Research:	Compact Modeling
About Him:	Aadil Bashir Dar is currently a Ph.D scholar at Department of Electrical Engineering IIT Kanpur. He received his BTech degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from University of Kashmir and MTech degree in Microelectronics from NIT Srinagar. His current research interests are compact modeling and simulation of 2D FETs.
Contact:	aadil21@iitk.ac.in

Masters Students

Shatrunjay Prabhat

Research:	ML Based modelling and device simulation
About Him:	He is pursuing M.Tech in Microelectronics and VLSI at EE, IIT Kanpur. His thesis work includes Statistical RDF variability analysis of Nano Sheet FETs and NN based model implementation for prediction of threshold voltage. He has completed my B.Tech in Electrical Engineering from IIT(ISM) Dhanbad.
Contact:	sprabhat20@iitk.ac.in
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Ashish Phogat

Research:	Ferroelectric FETs
About Him:	Ashish is pursuing M.Tech. in Microelectronics and VLSI from IIT Kanpur. He completed his B.E. from BITS Pilani, Goa Campus in 2019 in Electrical and Electronics. His area of research is Modelling and Simulation of Ferroelectric FETs. His interests involve music, table tenis and learning new things.
Contact:	ashishp20@iitk.ac.in

Vinod Naik Bhukya

Research:	TBD
About Him:	NA
Contact:	vinodnaikb20@iitk.ac.in

Venkata Pruthvi Krishna

Research:	Modeling of GaN HEMTs at Cryogenic Temperatures
About Him:	He is enrolled as an MSR student with his main focus of research as Modeling of GaN HEMTs at Cryogenic Temperatures.
Contact:	pruthvik@iitk.ac.in