Students & Mentorship

I supervise and co-supervise students at the Ph.D., M.S., M.Tech., and Dual Degree levels in the areas of sensor interface electronics, measurement science, biomedical instrumentation, and industrial sensing systems.

Ph.D. Thesis Supervision

I have supervised and co-supervised over 20 Ph.D. scholars. Doctoral alumni are currently or were previously associated with academic institutions, international research universities, national laboratories, and technology-driven industries.

Anoop C. S. (2014)
Magnetoresistance and Hall-Effect Based Angle Transduction and Signal Conditioning Techniques
Current/Past Organization: Faculty, Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram

Biswarup M. (2015, Joint)
Novel Capacitive and Magnetic Sensing Schemes for an Ophthalmic Anesthesia Training System
Current/Past Organization: Faculty, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi

Prasanth V. (2016)
Novel Direct Digital Converters for Capacitive Sensors
Current/Past Organization: Faculty, Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati

Ponnalagu R. N. (2017, Joint)
Design and Development of Advanced Interfacing Circuits for Resistive Sensors
Current/Past Organization: Faculty, BITS Pilani – Hyderabad Campus

Srinivas R. (2017, Joint)
Design and Development of Floating Wiper Resistive and Inductive Displacement Sensors
Current/Past Organization: Scientist, Wadhwani AI

Sreenath V. (2018)
Design and Development of Efficient Interfacing Circuits for Capacitive and Resistive Sensing Elements
Current/Past Organization: Faculty, Indian Institute of Technology Palakkad

Narendiran A. (2019)
Design and Development of Electric and Magnetic Field Based Sensors for Industrial Applications
Current/Past Organization: Researcher, University of Klagenfurt, Austria

Anish B. (2019)
Novel Readout Circuits and Applications for Inductive and Mutually Coupled Sensing Elements
Current/Past Organization: Researcher, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK

Sandra K. R. (2020, Joint)
Novel Magnetic Transduction Techniques and Signal Processing Approaches for Non-Contact Position Sensing
Current/Past Organization: Researcher, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands

Nimal J. K. (2020, Joint)
Advanced Ophthalmic Anaesthesia Training System Using Vision-Based Sensing Combined with Novel Magnetic and Capacitive Sensing Techniques
Current/Past Organization: Researcher, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK

Muthuvel P. (2021, Joint)
Design and Development of On-line Wear Debris Sensors for Condition Monitoring of Industrial Hydraulic and Lubrication Systems
Current/Past Organization: Scientist, National Institute of Ocean Technology, Chennai

Shenil P. S. (2021)
Design and Development of Non-Intrusive AC Voltage Measurement Probe and Interfacing Circuits
Current/Past Organization: Faculty, APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University, Kerala

Lakshmi A. (2021, Joint)
Design and Development of Advanced Interfacing Circuits for Capacitive and Capacitively Coupled Sensors
Current/Past Organization: Scientist, Daimler

Tejaswini K. K. (2021, Joint)
Design and Development of Non-Contact Conductivity Measurement Systems for Liquids using Capacitively and Magnetically Coupled Approaches
Current/Past Organization: Scientist, Halliburton

Jesma T. V. (2022)
Sensing Techniques and Systems to Aid Inductive Wireless Power Transfer in Electric Vehicles
Current/Past Organization: Faculty, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK

Anil Kumar A. S. (2023, Joint)
Development of Sensing Techniques and Strategies to Realize Electric and Magnetic Field Based Miniaturized Angle Sensors
Current/Past Organization: Researcher, The University of Edinburgh, UK

Harikumar Ganesan (2023, Joint)
Advanced Interfacing Techniques for Differential Inductive Position Sensors
Current/Past Organization: Scientist, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)

Neelakandan Mani (2024, Joint)
Development of Efficient Wearable Sensors and Systems Leveraging Machine Learning for Human Activity Monitoring and Recognition
Current/Past Organization: Scientist, Tech Mahindra

Harija Harikumar (2024, Joint)
Design and Development of Cantilever-Based Flow Sensors with Integrated Non-Intrusive Measurement Techniques
Current/Past Organization: Researcher, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany

Shubhanshu Sharma (2025)
Design of a Wearable Ground Impedance Sensor for Pathway Classification, Gait Analysis, and Navigation Assistance
Current/Past Organization: Scientist, Texas Instruments

Thomas P. Rajan (2025)
Design and Development of Advanced Sensing Schemes and Systems to Aid Wireless Charging of Electric Vehicles
Current/Past Organization: Faculty, APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University, Kerala

Debasrita Kar (2025, Joint)
Design and Development of Flexible Inductive Bend Angle Sensors for Soft Robotic Applications
Current/Past Organization: Researcher, RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany

M.S. Thesis Supervision

I have guided and co-guided M.S. thesis students working on sensor interface circuits, capacitive and inductive sensing systems, and energy harvesting.

Cyril Baby K. (2013)
Analog Front-End Circuit for Grounded Capacitive Sensors and Its Application to Non-Contact Ice Layer Detection
Current/Past Organization: VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd., Finland

Mohammed S. S. (2013, Joint)
Design and Development of a Novel Inductive Loop Sensor System Suitable for Heterogeneous Traffic
Current/Past Organization: RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia

Abhishek Ranjan (2014)
Development of a Capacitive Sensor and Capacitance to Digital Converter for Child-Left-Behind Warning System
Current/Past Organization: Ola Electric, Bangalore

Supriya V. T. (2014)
A Resistive Potentiometric Type Displacement Transducer with a Contactless Slide
Current/Past Organization: University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

Rohit Gupta (2017)
Novel Interfacing Circuits for Single Element Resistive Sensors
Current/Past Organization: Infineon Technologies

Vishal Jain (2018)
Design and Development of Self-Balancing Digitizers Suitable for Resistive Sensors Interfaced Through Wheatstone Bridge
Current/Past Organization: NXP Semiconductors

Sreevatsan S. (2019)
Novel Lift-Off Sensing Techniques for Eddy Current Defect Detection Probe
Current/Past Organization: Intel Corporation

Anil Kumar A. S. (2019)
Design and Development of Magnetic Sensors for Non-Contact Measurement of Angular Displacement
Current/Past Organization: The University of Edinburgh, UK

Deepak P. (2021)
Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting from Magnetic Coupled Vibrational Source
Current/Past Organization: Micron Technology

Fathima Iqbal (2025, Joint)
A Stain and Color-Independent Nitrite Concentration Sensing Scheme for Continuous Water Quality Monitoring
Current/Past Organization: Carl Zeiss AG

Sivasubramanian M. (2025)
Techno Commercial Feasibility of a Smart Water Bottle with Integrated Liquid Quality Sensing
Current/Past Organization: To join the Bajaj Group

M.Tech. / Dual Degree Thesis Supervision

I have guided M.Tech. and Dual Degree students across the following thematic areas:

Area 1: Sensor Interface Circuits
Noel Phlip, Patil Gopal Sambhaji, Vijay Verma, Piyush K., Shuvadeep Misra, Nandagopal R., Semeerali K., Sudhir K. S., Sooraj G., Saisree

Area 2: Biomedical Instrumentation and Applications
Muneer A., Krishna Moorthy S., Ambili A. R., Gashay Lewtie, Shahla K. P., Patwadkar Pradyumna Ravindra, Mekala S. L.

Area 3: Sensors and Systems for Industrial Applications
Induja S., Shenil P., Arjun R., Shekhar Y., Riteshpal S., Priyanka Reddy, Debjyoti Kumar Mandal, Dheeraj Kumar, Prakash S., Ashlesha Yerramsetty, Bharat Chandra Marada

Area 4: Sensors for Automotive and Transportation Applications
K. G. Teja, Akhil Nath C. K., Shashank A., Venkat Ramana N., Yash U. M., Pavan Sairam D.

Area 5: Sensors for Water Quality and Quantity Monitoring
Gaurav L., Subham K. S., Ashima N., Ashwani Kumar, Lakshmipriya, Bijoy K. P., Nenavath Veerendra Naik, G. S. Reddy, Meghna Kand, Vadapalli Siddharth Narayan, Sri Hari Charan Kammula

Area 6: Consumer Electronics Sensors
Hariharan Neel, Sravya G. S., Vivek G., Raaga Madhuri Dasi

Area 7: Wireless Power Transfer and Associated Sensors
Anish Babu, A. Raghavendra, Doulat Ram Yadav, Kiran K., Teja Vyas G., Elsadig M. A. A., Sevitha M.

Area 8: Energy Harvesting
Jerin Francis, Raja Paul, Rahul T., Ratheesh T. S., P. Thirupathi