PhD scholars

Pritam Pal 
E-Mail: ppritam@iisc.ac.in
Pritam Pal received B. Tech. degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering (EEE) from National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli (NIT-Trichy), India, in 2019. He was a senior engineer in Design for Testability (DFT) team of Samsung Semiconductor India R & D (SSIR), Bangalore, India (2019-2020). He is currently a Ph.D. Research scholar with Qu-ClaSSIC Lab, Department of Electronic Systems Engineering (DESE), Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, India. His research Interests include magnetic resonance sensors, analog and RF circuits, signal processing in embedded systems and precision instrumentation for portable sensors for industrial process monitoring, quality control and on-site healthcare diagnostics.

Koteswar Doddi 
E-Mail: kotesward@iisc.ac.in
Koteswar Doddi completed his B.Tech. (Hons.) in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering (E&TC) from the Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur (IIESTS), West Bengal in the Year 2021, and thereafter joined IISc to pursue PhD. During his coursework, he did an internship at STARC (a Unit of SITAR), Bangalore, for developing a mathematical model (focussed on MEMS photolithographic processes) for the industrial cantilever structures using the Coventor-ware software in 2019. This was followed by another internship at Synopsys, Inc, Bangalore in the domain of firmware developing Perl parsers, and RTL Codes for the SERDES (Serializer/ Deserializer) system in the year 2021. His primary research interests include analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits and systems Design, PCB prototyping, 2D materials-based device fabrication and modeling.

Anoop M. 
E-Mail: anoopm@iisc.ac.in
Anoop M completed his Bachelor of Engineering (BE) in Electronics and Communication at BMS College of Engineering, Bengaluru in the year 2022, and subsequently joined IISc to pursue PhD. He has worked as a student intern in the Input/ Output cell design team, Foundry group, Samsung Semiconductor India Research, Bengaluru. His primary research interests include analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits and systems design, PCB designing and development of reliable electronic systems for accurate time measurement.

Deepthi Kankanampati 
E-Mail: deepthia@iisc.ac.in
Deepthi completed her B.Tech. in Electronics and Communication Engineering (ECE) at Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT, Nuzvid) in 2023. Subsequently, she joined IISc to pursue PhD in the Department of Electronic Systems Engineering. During her B.Tech. final year, she did internship at Excel Max Technologies (Bengaluru) where she worked as an analog layout engineer. Her research interest is in analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits, as well as system design and PCB designing. Currently, she is working on solid-state nanopore-based DNA sequencing technology.

Salih Sulaiman 
E-Mail: salihs@iisc.ac.in
Salih Sulaiman has a master’s degree in VLSI Systems from NIT Tiruchirappalli and a bachelor’s degree in Electronics and Communication from Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala. Before joining IISc as a Ph.D. student in 2024, he served as a Junior Telecom Officer at BSNL and as an Assistant Professor at a Government Engineering College in Kerala. His research interests span Analog and Mixed-Signal IC design, FPGA-based system development, PCB design, and the development of robust and reliable electronic systems. He is currently working on the design and development of the Electronic Quantum Random Number Generator system.