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Prof. Himansu Shekhar Pradhan

Assistant Professor Gr-I

Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering

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Room No: 309 +91-870-2462425 hsp@nitw.ac.in Bio Sketch

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    • Journal(s): 28
    • Conference(s): 17
    • Book Chapter(s): 3
    • PhD: Current - 2  Awarded - 2

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    Research Areas

    Biomedical Sensors
    Channel modelling in FSO system
    Distributed Acoustic Sensing
    Fiber Optic Sensors
    Fibre-optic technology for biomedical sensors
    Free Space Optical Communication
    Next generation communication networks
    Optical Communication
    SPR Based Biomedical Sensors
    Structural Health Monitoring using Fiber Optic Sensors
    EDUCATION QUALIFICATION
    Degree Institute Year
    Doctor of Philosophy Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar 2017
    Master of Technology National Institute of Science and Technology Berhampur 2009
    Bachelor of Engineering Orissa Engineering College Bhubaneswar 2006
    COURSES HANDLED
    Course L-T-P Credit Degree Level
    Computer Architectures(EC316) 3-0-0 3 UG
    Analog Communications(EC302) 3-0-0 3 UG
    Elements of Communication Systems(ECM04) 3-0-0 3 UG
    Information Theory and Coding(EC36032) 3-0-0 3 PG
    Optical Switching and Networks(EC426) 3-0-0 3 UG
    Analog & Digital Communication systems(EC382) 3-0-0 3 UG
    5G communications(EC5364) 3-0-0 3 PG
    Wireless optical communication(EC5311) 3-0-0 3 UG, PG
    Optical Networks(EC5362) 3-0-0 3 PG
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    PUBLICATIONS
    Journal(s)
    Smart Contract implementation on Network Sharing for 6G wireless networks, By Roopa Vuppula, Himansu Shekhar Pradhan, Springer, Annals of Telecommunications, vol.80, pp.39-62, 2025
    Performance enhancement of a long range BOTDA based DFOS for multi-parameter sensing in marine environment using 1D-CNN algorithm, By Himansu Shekhar Pradhan, S. K. K. Vempati, IEEE, IEEE Sensors Journal, vol.25, pp.4620-4632, 2025
    Exploring Blockchain and Artificial Intelligence for next generation wireless networks, By Roopa Vuppula, Himansu Shekhar Pradhan, IEEE, IEEE Journal of Communications and Networks, vol.27, pp.386-411, 2025
    Deep Learning Based Intelligent Spectrum Sensing in Cognitive Radio Networks, By Roopa Vuppula, Himansu Shekhar Pradhan, Taylor & Francis, IETE Journal of Research, vol.70, pp.8425–8445, 2024
    Emerging Technologies for Fiber-Optic-Based Sensors in Biomedical Domain: A Review and Recent Developments, By B. R. Sahana, Himansu Shekhar Pradhan, IEEE, IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, vol.73, pp.1-32, 2024
    Numerical Investigation of Ag-Franckeite-Barium Titanium-BP Based Highly Performed Surface Plasmon Resonance Sensor for Virus SARS- CoV-2 Detection, By Vasimalla Yesudasu, Himansu Shekhar Pradhan, Rahul Pandya, et al, Springer, Plasmonics, vol.19, pp.167-198, 2023
    Characterization of a high performance PCF-SPR sensor for biomedical applications, By Himansu Shekhar Pradhan, Bentham Science Publishers, Current Analytical Chemistry, vol.19, pp.585, 2023
    A Highly Improved Long-Range BDTS for Nuclear Reactors using Hybrid Algorithm, By Himansu Shekhar Pradhan, P. Mahajan, N. Vislawath and V. Prasad, IEEE, IEEE Sensors Journal, vol.23, pp.21269-21278, 2023
    Titanium Dioxide-2D Nanomaterial Based on the Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR) Biosensor Performance Signature for Infected Red Cells Detection, By Vasimalla Yesudasu, Himansu Shekhar Pradhan, Rahul Pandya, et al., Springer, Plasmonics, vol.18, pp.1725, 2023
    Mathematical modeling and performance evaluation of BeRAN for 6G wireless networks, By Vuppula Roopa, Himansu Shekhar Pradhan, Springer, The Journal of Supercomputing, vol.79, pp.16479-16528, 2023
    Blockchain‐oriented location privacy preserving for cooperative spectrum sensing in 6G wireless networks, By Roopa Vuppula, Himansu Shekhar Pradhan, IET, IET Blockchain, vol.3, pp.74-97, 2023
    Modeling of a novel K5 prism-based surface Plasmon resonance sensor for urea detection employing Aluminum arsenide, By Yesudasu Vasimalla, Himansu Shekhar Pradhan, Springer, Journal of Optics, vol.52, pp.242-253, 2023
    Bimetallic-based SPR sensor for cancerous cell detection employing SnSe allotrope and tungsten disulfide, By 13. Vasimalla Yesudasu, Lokendra Singh, Himansu Shekhar Pradhan, et al., Elsevier, Hybrid Advances, vol.1, pp., 2022
    High Performance Fiber-Optic Based SPR Sensor for DNA Hybridization using Black Phosphorus-Tungsten Disulfide Hybrid Structure, By Yesudasu Vasimalla, Himansu Shekhar Pradhan, OPTICA, Journal of the Optical Society of America B (JOSA B), vol.39, pp.324, 2022
    Performance Enhancement of a Novel Surface Plasmon Resonance Biosensor Using Thallium Bromide, By Yesudasu Vasimalla and Himansu Shekhar Pradhan, IEEE, IEEE Transactions on NanoBioscience, vol.21, pp.206-215, 2022
    Modeling of a novel SCHOTT B270 prism based SPR sensor using Ag-Si-BP/MXene structure for detection of specific biological samples, By Yesudasu Vasimalla, Himansu Shekhar Pradhan, Springer, Optical and Quantum Electronics, vol.54, pp.612, 2022
    Performance Enhancement of FSO System using Modified Exponentiated Weibull Channel Model, By Himansu Shekhar Pradhan, Bentham Science, International Journal of Sensors, Wireless Communications and Control, vol.12, pp.379-386, 2022
    Sensitivity Enhancement of SPR Biosensor for Pseudomonas Bacterial Detection Employing Silicon-Barium Titanate Structure, By Yesudasu Vasimalla, Himansu Shekhar Pradhan, and Rahul Jashvantbhai Pandya, Optica, Applied Optics, vol.60, pp.5588, 2021
    Recent progress in surface plasmon resonance based sensors: A comprehensive review, By Yesudasu Vasimalla, Himansu Shekhar Pradhan, and Rahul Jashvantbhai Pandya, Elsevier, Heliyon-Elsevier, vol.7, pp., 2021
    Sensing accuracy enhancement of long range fiber optic temperature sensor using hybrid algorithm, By Himansu Shekhar Pradhan, IET, IET Science, Measurement and Technology, vol.15, pp.569, 2021
    A highly performed SPR biosensor based on bismuth ferrite-bromide materials-BP/graphene hybrid structure, By Yesudasu Vasimalla, Himansu Shekhar Pradhan, Springer, Optical and Quantum Electronics, vol.53, pp.1, 2021
    SPR performance enhancement for DNA hybridization employing black phosphorus, silver, and silicon, By Yesudasu Vasimalla, Himansu Shekhar Pradhan, and Rahul Jashvantbhai Pandya, OPTICA, Applied Optics, vol.59, pp., 2020
    Measurement of temperature and strain simultaneously with high spatial resolution for long sensing range, By Himansu Shekhar Pradhan, P. K. Sahu, IET, IET Optoelectronics, vol.13, pp., 2019
    Brillouin distributed strain sensor performance improvement using FourWaRD algorithm, By Himansu Shekhar Pradhan, P. K. Sahu, Elsevier, Optik-International Journal for Light and Electron Optics, vol., pp., 2016
    Brillouin Distributed Temperature Sensor Employing Phase Modulation and Optimization Techniques, By Himansu Shekhar Pradhan, P. K. Sahu, Elsevier, Optik-International Journal for Light and Electron Optics, vol., pp., 2015
    Characterisation of Raman Distributed Temperature Sensor using Deconvolution Algorithms, By Himansu Shekhar Pradhan, P. K. Sahu, IET, IET Optoelectronics, vol., pp., 2015
    High-performance Brillouin distributed temperature sensor using Fourier wavelet regularised deconvolution algorithm, By Himansu Shekhar Pradhan, P. K. Sahu, Elsevier, IET Optoelectronics, vol., pp., 2014
    150 km long distributed temperature sensor using phase modulated probe wave and optimization technique, By Himansu Shekhar Pradhan, P. K. Sahu, Elsevier, Optik-International Journal for Light and Electron Optics, vol., pp., 2014
    Conference(s)
    Adaptive Spectrum Sensing Performance Improvement using Meta Learning Mechanism in Dynamic Environments (Accepted) By Sagnik Dhar and Himansu Shekhar Pradhan, IEEE International Conference on Electrical, Electronics, Communication and Computers (ELEXCOM), 2025
    A High Performance Intelligent Spectrum Sensing under Low SNR in Cognitive Radio Networks using Hybrid Framework (Accepted) By Gouti Yogesh Kumar and Himansu Shekhar Pradhan, IEEE International Conference on Electrical, Electronics, Communication and Computers (ELEXCOM), 2025
    Performance Enhancement of 3D Indoor Terahertz Communication System via Software-Aided Signal Processing and OTFS (Accepted) By Bano Rashmi Shaik and Himansu Shekhar Pradhan, IEEE International Conference on Electrical, Electronics, Communication and Computers (ELEXCOM), 2025
    Design and Analysis of an Ultra-Sensitive Optical Fiber D-Shaped SPR Sensor for Biomedical application By Ramagiri Pallavi and Himansu Shekhar Pradhan, 15th International Conference on Computing Communication and Networking Technologies (ICCCNT), 2024
    Blockchain oriented Spectrum Sharing in Intelligent Wireless Networks By Vuppula Roopa and Himansu Shekhar Pradhan, 14th International Conference on Computing, Communication and Networking Technologies (ICCCNT), 2023
    Enhancement of PAPR Reduction Performance of Modified SLM technique using Moth Flame Optimization By Varun Proddaturi and Himansu Shekhar Pradhan, 14th International Conference on Computing, Communication and Networking Technologies (ICCCNT), 2023
    Temperature accuracy improvement of long-range RDS using Artificial Neural Network By Himansu Shekhar Pradhan, IEEE IAS Global Conference on Emerging Technologies (GlobConET), 2023
    A Deep Reinforcement Learning-Empowered Channel Allocation for Intelligent Wireless Networks By V. Roopa and H. S. Pradhan, First International Conference on Microwave, Antenna and Communication (MAC), 2023
    Blockchain-oriented Spectrum Detecting and Sharing Auction Paradigm for 6G Wireless Networks By Vuppula Roopa and Himansu Shekhar Pradhan, 20th India Council International Conference (INDICON), 2023
    A Highly Performed SPR sensor for Urea Detection Using Au-BeO-GaP Based structure By Yesudasu Vasimalla and Himansu Shekhar Pradhan, IEEE Fourth International Conference on Advances in Electronics, Computers and Communications (ICAECC), 2022
    Blockchain Based Spectrum Sensing for Secured Cognitive Radio wireless networks By Vuppula Roopa and Himansu Shekhar Pradhan, 11th International Conference on Communication Systems and Network Technologies (CSNT 2022), 2022
    Performance Enhancement of SPR sensor in NIR-Region for urea detection using MoS2-Dielectric materials-MoS2 Based Structure By Yesudasu Vasimalla and Himansu Shekhar Pradhan, Asian conference on Innovation in Technology (ASIANCON 2021), 2021
    Sensing resolution enhancement of long-range BDTS using D-SVD algorithm By Himansu Shekhar Pradhan, Anuhya Yallabandi and Namratha Appana, 10th International Conference on Computing, Communication and Networking Technologies (ICCCNT), 2019
    A Survey on the Performances of Distributed Fiber-Optic Sensors By Himansu Shekhar Pradhan and P. K. Sahu, International conference on Microwave, Optical and Communication Engineering, 2015
    Brillouin distributed strain sensor performance enhancement employing FourWaRD algorithm By Himansu Shekhar Pradhan and P. K. Sahu, 12th International Conference on Fiber Optics and Photonics, 2014
    Suppression of stimulated Brillouin scattering using Optimization Techniques By Himansu Shekhar Pradhan and P. K. Sahu, 5th IEEE International Conference on Computers and Devices for Communication (CODEC), 2012
    Spontaneous Brillouin Scattering Based Distributed Fiber Optic Temperature Sensor Design and Simulation using Phase Modulation and Optimization Technique By Himansu Shekhar Pradhan and P. K. Sahu, Sixth IEEE International Conference on Sensing Technology (ICST), 2012
    Book Chapter(s)
    Brillouin Distributed Temperature Sensor Using Optical Time Domain Reflectometry Techniques By Himansu Shekhar Pradhan, P. K. Sahu, D. Ghosh and S. Mahapatra in Smart Sensors, Measurement and Instrumentation, Fiber Optic Sensors, Springer International Switzerland, International, 2017
    SNR Enhancement of Brillouin Distributed Strain Sensor using Optimized Receiver By Himansu Shekhar Pradhan and P. K. Sahu in Advanced Computing, Networking, and Informatics, Springer India, India, 2016
    Performance Enhancement of Brillouin Distributed Temperature Sensor Using Optimized Fiber By P. K. Sahu and Himansu Shekhar Pradhan in Intelligent Computing, Networking, and Informatics, Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, Springer India, India, 2014
    PROJECT / CONSULTANCY
    Brillouin scattering mechanism-based DFoS sensors and its mathematical modeling to design and validate the sensors for SHM of aircraft structures
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Type: Research
    Sponsor: ARDB, DRDO
    Project Cost (INR): 5644300
    Date of Commencement: 13-08-2025  
    Duration: 36 Months
    Status: Ongoing
    Performance Improvement of DFOS using signal processing Technique
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Type: Research
    Sponsor: NIT Warangal
    Project Cost (INR): 500000
    Date of Commencement: 01-08-2018   Date of Completion: 31-07-2020
    Duration: 23 Months
    Status: Completed
    RESEARCH FELLOWS / PhD STUDENTS
    Current PhD Students
    BUJUGUNDLA RAVINDER SAHANA
    Area of Research: Fiber-optic based biomedical sensor
    Sowmya B
    Area of Research: Spectrum sensing and sharing in next-generation wireless networks
    Previous PhD Students
    V. Roopa (2024)
    Area of Research: Block-chain Oriented Deep Learning based Dynamic Spectrum Access for Next Generation Wireless Networks
    Vasimalla Yesudasu (2022)
    Area of Research: Design and Analysis of High-Performance Surface Plasmon Resonance Based Optical Sensor for Biomedical applications
    CONFERENCE / WORKSHOP / SYMPOSIUM / SHORT TERM COURSE / FACULTY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME
    AWARDS AND ACCOLADES
    2025
    IEEE Senior Member
    Editorial Board Member
    2023
    IETE Fellow
    ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
    •  Member of Departmental Academic Committee (PG) (Continuing from August, 2025)
    •  PIC Student Competitions and Open Day (ECE Department) (Continuing from August, 2025)
    •  PIC of Summer Internship Program 2025 (ECE Department) (May, 2025 - July, 2025)
    •  M.Tech ACS Faculty Advisor (Continuing from July, 2024)
    •  Committee Member for Fixed Assets and Consumables Verification (September, 2023 - October, 2023)
    •  Wireless Communication Lab In-charge (Continuing from September, 2023)
    •  B.Tech III Year Faculty Advisor (July, 2019 - December, 2022)
    •  Communication Lab In-charge (July, 2018 - September, 2023)
    •  Ph.D. Program In-Charge (July, 2018 - June, 2019)
     Last updated on December 12, 2025