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Prof. A Prakasa Rao

Associate Professor

Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering

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Room No: ECE229 +91-870-2462441 aprao@nitw.ac.in Bio Sketch

    Key Notes

    • Journal(s): 16
    • Conference(s): 14
    • Book Chapter(s): 1
    • PhD: Current - 8  Awarded - 3
    • Event(s) Organized:  Workshop - 5  FDP - 2

    31

    PUBLICATIONS

    11

    DOCTORAL STUDENTS

    Research Areas

    Smart Antennas, EDC, Communications, and Image Processing
    EDUCATION QUALIFICATION
    Degree Institute Year
    Doctor of Philosophy NITW 2018
    COURSES HANDLED
    Course L-T-P Credit Degree Level
    Pulse and Switching Circuits(EV302) 3-0-0 3 UG
    Satellite Communications(EC416) 3-0-0 3 UG
    Analog and Digital Communications(EV351) 3-0-2 4 UG
    Analog & Digital Communication systems(EC382) 3-0-0 3 UG
    Analog Communications(EC302) 3-0-0 3 UG
    Information Theory and Coding(EC36032) 3-0-0 3 PG
    Electronic Devices and Circuits(EC101) 3-0-0 3 UG
    Electronic Devices and Circuits(EC1104) 3-0-0 3 UG
    Essentials of Communication Systems(ECM11) 3-0-0 3 UG
    Information theory and coding(EC5313) 3-0-0 3 PG
    Optimization Techniques(EC5116) 3-0-0 3 PG
    Smart Antennas for 5G communications(EC5368) 3-0-0 3 UG, PG
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    PUBLICATIONS
    Journal(s)
    Design and Analysis of Compact Dual Band 4-Port MIMO Antenna for 5G 28/38 GHz Millimeter-Wave Communication, By Ch Sudharani, Amara Prakasa Rao, Journal of Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves, Journal of Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves, vol.46, pp.1-23, 2025
    Design of Metamaterial Based Circularly Polarized Antenna for Anti-Drone Applications, By Suhkdas ahirwar, Amara Prakasa Rao, and Mada Chakravarthy, Defence Science Journal, Electronics & Communication Systems, vol.75, pp.371-378, 2025
    A Compact Wideband High isolation Elliptical Slot Loaded Two-Port MIMO antenna for 5G n77/n78/n79 Band Applications, By Ch Sudharani, Amara Prakasa Rao, IETE Technical Review, IETE Technical Review, vol.42, pp.651-664, 2025
    Dual polarized firelight-shaped 4 Port MIMO antenna using connected defected ground for 5G Sub-6 GHz applications, By Ch Sudharani, Amara Prakasa Rao, Physica Scripta, Physica Scripta, vol.100, pp.065534, 2025
    Concentric elliptical antenna array synthesis using sine cosine algorithm for reducing the sidelobe level, By Nageswar Rao Thadikamalla, Amara Prakasa Rao, Taylor & Francis, IETE Technical Review, vol.41, pp.672-682, 2024
    Synthesis of elliptical cylindrical antenna array using craziness particle swarm optimization for suppressing sidelobe level, By Nageswar Rao Thadikamalla, Amara Prakasa Rao, Taylor & Francis, Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications, vol.38, pp.1592-1604, 2024
    Optimizing Elliptical Cylindrical Antenna Array for Improved Wireless Communication Using Novel PSO Algorithm, By Nageswar Rao Thadikamalla, Amara Prakasa Rao, World Scientific, Journal of Circuits, Systems and Computers, vol.33, pp.1-10, 2024
    Synthesis of Concentric Circular Antenna Array Employing Jaya Algorithm, By Nageswar Rao Thadikamalla, Amara Prakasa Rao, Taylor & Francis, IETE Journal of Research, vol.70, pp.6156-6166, 2024
    Development and Performance Study of Mutually Coupled Parasitically Loaded 5G Antenna for Sub-6GHz Applications, By Ch Sudharani, Amara Prakasa Rao, Sensing and Imaging, Sensing and Imaging, vol.25, pp.38, 2024
    A dual-band meandered line antenna loaded with metasurface for wireless applications, By J Ashish, Amara Prakasa Rao, Taylor & Francis, Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications, vol.38, pp.1770-1778, 2024
    Design of a Low Profile Broadband Spiral Antenna with a Cross-Slot UC-EBG Reflector, By Sukhdas Ahirwar, Amara Prakasa Rao, and Mada Chakravarthy, Springer, Wireless Personal Communications, vol.139, pp.83-105, 2024
    Synthesis of concentric circular antenna array for reducing the sidelobe level by employing sine cosine optimization algorithm, By Nageswar Rao Thadikamalla and Amara Prakasa Rao, Wiley , International Journal of Numerical Modelling: Electronic Networks, Devices and Fields, vol.37, pp.e3272, 2024
    Design of a broadband mode compressed high gain dipole antenna with artificial magnetic conductor as a reflector, By Sukhdas Ahirwar, Amara Prakasa Rao and Mada Chakravarthy, Indian Academy of Sciences, Sadhana, vol.48, pp.1-11, 2023
    Design of a Low Profile Archimedean Spiral Antenna using Compact Defected Ground Structure as a Reflector, By Sukhdas Ahirwar, Amara Prakasa Rao, and Mada Chakravarthy, Defence Science Journal, Electronics & Communication Systems, vol.73, pp.572-581, 2023
    A Dual Band CRLH Metamaterial-Inspired Planar Antenna for Wireless Applications, By Asish J, and A Prakasa Rao, RADIOENGINEERING, RADIOENGINEERING, vol.31-1, pp.15-22, 2022
    A Dual Band AMC Backed Antenna for WLAN, WiMAX and 5G Wireless Applications, By Ashish J, and A Prakasa Rao, ACES, The Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society Journal, vol.36, pp.1209-1214, 2021
    Conference(s)
    Optimal Synthesis of Concentric Elliptical Antenna Arrays Using Evolutionary Computing Techniques By Nageswar Rao T, Prakasa Rao A, Ch Sudharani, 2025 IEEE Wireless Antenna and Microwave Symposium (WAMS), 2025
    Enhanced Isolation Hexagonal UWB MIMO Antenna for Next-Gen Wireless Communication By Sravan Kumar T, Prakasa Rao A, 6th IEEE India Council International Subsection Conference (INDISCON 2025), 2025
    Return Loss and Bandwidth improvement of Circular ring antenna for 5G Sub-6GHz N77,N78 and, N79 band applications By Sudharani Ch and A Prakasa Rao, 14th International Conference on Computing Communication and Networking Technologies (ICCCNT), 2024
    Optimized Timed Linear and CAA Design and Beam Steering with Harmonic Pattern Synthesis Using Stochastic Optimization By Nageswar Rao T, Prakasa Rao A, 2024 IEEE 21st India Council International Conference (INDICON), 2024
    Optimizing Ultra-Low Sidelobe Level Radiation in Concentric Circular Array Antennas Using Evolutionary Algorithms By Nageswar Rao T, Prakasa Rao A, 2024 IEEE Microwaves, Antennas, and Propagation Conference (MAPCON)-Hyd, 2024
    Return Loss and Bandwidth improvement of Circular ring antenna for 5G Sub-6GHz N77, N8 and, N79 band applications By Ch Sudharani, Prakasa Rao A, 2024 15th International Conference on Computing Communication and Networking Technologies (ICCCNT), 2024
    Design of a High Gain Low Profile Dipole Antenna using EBG ground plane as Reflector By SukhDas Ahirwar and A Prakasa Rao, ICETE_ECE_7481, UCE, 2023
    Frequency Reconfigurable Antenna with Partial Ground for WLAN, WiMAX, C-band, and Sub6GHz Wireless Communications By Ch Sudharani, A Prakasa Rao, 2023 14th International Conference on Computing Communication and Networking Technologies (ICCCNT), 2023
    Design and Analysis of Fractal Antenna Geometry for Wideband Applications By V Mahesh Naik and A Prakasa Rao, ICETE_ECE_7481, UCE, 2023
    A CSRR based dual band antenna for WLAN/WiMAX/sub-6 GHz 5G applications By J Ashish and A Prakasa Rao, ATMS 2022 , 2022
    Power Pattern Synthesis of Time Modulated Circular Array Antenna Employing Optimization Algorithm By Nageswar Rao T and A Prakasa Rao, 8th IEEE International Symposium on Smart Electronic Systems (IEEE – iSES), 2022
    Comparative Study of Smart Antenna Beamforming and DOA Estimation for Next Generation Core Networks By Nageswar Rao T, and A Prakasa Rao, 2nd International Conference on Computational Electronics for Wireless Communications (ICCWC-2022), 2022
    A New Setup Vigorous DOA Method of Several Sources for gNB NG-Core Networks By Nageswar Rao T, and A Prakasa Rao, 2021 3rd International Conference on Advances in Computing, Communication Control and Networking (ICACCCN), 2021
    Design and Implementation of Compact Dual band U-slot Microstrip Antenna for 2.4 GHz WLAN and 3.5 GHz WiMAX Applications By Ashish J, and A Prakasa Rao, In 2019 International Conference on Smart Systems and Inventive Technology (ICSSIT), 2019
    Book Chapter(s)
    Comparative Study of DOA Estimation and Smart Antenna Beam Forming for Next-Generation Core Network By Thadikamalla Nageswar Rao, Amara Prakasa Rao in Networks and Systems, Springer, online, 2023
    PROJECT / CONSULTANCY
    RESEARCH FELLOWS / PhD STUDENTS
    Current PhD Students
    B Hemalatha
    Area of Research: Image Processing
    Ch Sudha Rani
    Area of Research: Antennas for mm Wave Communication
    K. Aruna Manjusha
    Area of Research: Biomedical and Image Processing
    N. Hemalatha
    Area of Research: Signal Processing
    N Shilpa
    Area of Research: Biomedical and Image Processing
    Padma Priya Akula
    Area of Research: Image Processing-ML
    T Sravan Kumar
    Area of Research: Antennas
    T Sridevi
    Area of Research: Antennas
    Previous PhD Students
    T Nageswar Rao (2025)
    Area of Research: Beamforming and Smart Antennas
    Sukhdas Ahirwar (2025)
    Area of Research: Antennas
    Ashish Junuthula (2023)
    Area of Research: Investigations on Multiband Metamaterial Antenna Design for Wireless Applications
    CONFERENCE / WORKSHOP / SYMPOSIUM / SHORT TERM COURSE / FACULTY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME / GIAN
    Electronic Devices and Circuits
    25-Aug-2008 → 06-Sep-2008
    Event Type: Workshop
    Role: Coordinator
    Funding Agency: MHRD-Govt of India
    Analysis and Design of Electronic Circuits
    29-Jun-2009 → 11-Jul-2009
    Event Type: Workshop
    Role: Coordinator
    Funding Agency: MHRD-Govt of India
    Optimization Techniques in Antenna Design
    25-Jun-2018 → 30-Jun-2018
    Event Type: Workshop
    Role: Coordinator
    Funding Agency: Electronics and ICT Academy
    Metamaterial Antennas and Optimization Techniques
    03-Dec-2018 → 08-Dec-2018
    Event Type: Faculty Development Programme
    Role: Coordinator
    Funding Agency: Electronics and ICT Academy
    Analog Electronics
    04-Jun-2013 → 14-Jun-2013
    Event Type: Workshop
    Role: Coordinator
    Funding Agency: MHRD-Govt of India
    Metamaterial Applications & Evolutionary Techniques
    22-Apr-2019 → 27-Apr-2019
    Event Type: Faculty Development Programme
    Role: Coordinator
    Funding Agency: Electronics and ICT Academy
    Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning using MATLAB/Python for Engineering and Biomedical Applications
    16-Aug-2023 → 22-Aug-2023
    Event Type: Workshop
    Role: Coordinator
    Funding Agency: MHRD-Govt of India
    ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
    •  PIC- Research schlors (Continuing from August, 2025)
    •  Departmental Academic Appeal Committee member (Continuing from June, 2023)
    •  Faculty In Charge_CII (December, 2021 - July, 2023)
    •  Associate Dean_Academic-UG (April, 2018 - May, 2020)
     Last updated on December 16, 2025