Advances in Systems, Control and Automation: Etaeere-2016

Dr. Avinash Konkani is a Healthcare Technology Management (HTM) professional, researcher and an author with strong educational, research and work experience in Biomedical, Clinical, Human Factors and Systems Engineering. He is Board of Certification in Professional Ergonomics (BCPE) certified Associate Human Factors Professional (AHFP) with more than 10 years of combined work experience as an assistant professor, research scholar and a clinical engineer. He received his Ph.D in Systems Engineering from the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan, USA. He obtained his Master's in Biomedical Ergonomic Engineering from Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio, USA and Bachelor's degree in Biomedical Engineering from Karnatak University, Dharwad, India. Prof. (Dr.) Rabindranath Bera received his B.Tech, M.Tech, and Ph.D degrees from the Institute of Radio Physics and Electronics, University of Calcutta, in 1982, 1985, and 1997, respectively. He has been working as a Professor and Dean, Head of the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Sikkim Manipal University, since 2004. In 34 years of dedicated service, he has completed major projects for the MIT, All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), Tata Iron and Steel Company (TISCO), Department of Science and Technology (DST), and others. He has published more than 150 journal articles and 85 conference papers. His areas of specialization include microwave/millimeter wave based broadband communication including 4G mobile, remote sensing using radar and radiometer, and advanced digital signal processing.  Dr. Samrat Paul received his Ph.D. in Energy (2012) and M.Tech in Energy Technology (2007) from Tezpur University, Assam. He is currently an Assistant Professor at the Department of Energy Engineering, North-Eastern Hill University (NEHU), Shillong. Before joining the NEHU, he served as an Assistant Professor at the Central University of Jharkhand's Centre for Energy Engineering. His research areas include the synthesis of nanomaterials for energy applications including catalytic biodiesel, biodiesel storage, etc. Dr. Paul received the Young Scientists Award from the Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA) and the Swarna Jayanti Puraskar Award from the National Academy of Sciences (NASI) (both in 2012).