Dr. Pankaj Arora, SMIEEE
Assistant Professor, Room No. 2210-C (Faculty Division-II) ,
Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering,
Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani- 333031, Rajasthan. India.
M.S. and Ph. D. dual degree, IIT Madras (Chennai) - 2011 to 2016
B.Tech. in Electronics and Communication Engineering, NIT Silchar (Assam) - 2006 to 2010
Professional Experience:
Assistant Professor, Department of EEE, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus (September 2018-Till date)
Postdoctoral research fellow, Department of Applied Physics, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem (Israel) (November 2016- August 2018)
Visiting Assistant professor, Department of ECE, Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala (June 2016- October 2016)
Network Engineer, Ericsson India Global Services Pvt. Ltd., Gurgaon (July 2010- Jan 2011)
Professional Activities
Senior Member of IEEE, Life Member of OSI, Early Career Member of OSA, Early Career Member of SPIE, Member of American Chemical Society (ACS), Member of IEEE Photonics Society, Member of IEEE Electron Devices Society
Reviewer for Optics Express, IEEE Sensors, ACS Photonics, Computational Electronics, Nature Scientific Reports, Silicon, Plasmonics, Hybrid Advances, Optical & Quantum Electronics, Journal of Chemometrics and Intelligent Laboratory Systems, PIERS, IEEE ICM, and CICT-2020, VDAT-2023, ETMN-2024
Faculty in charge of the registration team for the SCNE-2019 Symposium at BITS Pilani
Session Chair for the 32nd IEEE ICM (International Conference on Microelectronics ), 2020, in Jordan
Convenor/Co-ordinator for the ATAL Sponsored five days FDP conducted at BITS Pilani
Responsible for PS-1 at IGCAR, CEERI Pilani, and Light Speed AI Labs in the year 2021
Main Panelist for judging the Prototype Projects Presentation for the Electronics category in APOGEE 2022
Faculty Supervisor from BITS Pilani for conducting BITSAT 2023 at Jaipur Center
Faculty Volunteer from the EEE department for Convocation -2021, Convocation-2023 and Convocation-2024
Faculty in charge of the Accommodation and Local Conveyance Team for the International Conference "VDAT-2023"
Faculty in charge of conducting the Analog Design Contest challenge in "APOGEE 2023"
Faculty in charge of conducting the Analog Design Contest challenge in "APOGEE 2024"
Main Panelist for judging the Prototype Projects Presentation for the Electronics category in APOGEE 2024
Session Chair for the International Conference on Nanostructured Materials and Nanocomposites (ICN- 2024), in Kottayam for the session "Synthesis & Characterization"
Responsible for PS-1 at CEERI Pilani and AlgoBulls Technologies Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai, in the year 2024
Session Chair for the International Conference on Composite Materials for Environment Protection & Remediation (ICCMEPR-2024), under the flagship of the Chemical Research Society of India in Bihar, for the session "Nanomaterials & Nanotechnology".
Part of the Convocation-2024 Team.
Responsibilities
Responsible for updating the EEE department website (2018-2024)
Responsible for compiling the Department's Annual Reports and IKA reports (September 2018-September 2024)
Faculty In-charge of "Sangam Cultural Association" at BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus, since September 2021
Faculty In-charge of SFC (Student Faculty Council) (2022-2024)
An active member of the Safety Committee of BITS-Pilani Campus since August 2024
Faculty representative from the EEE Department for the ACC (Academic Counselling Cell) BITS Pilani since September 2024.
An active member of the DCA (Departmental Committee on Academics)-BITS-Pilani Campus since September 2024.
Non-resident warden of Ashok Bhawan since September 2024.