Debatosh Guha


Debatosh Guha is an Indian Antenna Researcher and a Professor in the Institute of Radio Physics and Electronics at the Rajabazar Science College, University of Calcutta. He has been closely associated with the Electronics & Electrical Communication Engineering Department of Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur and served as HAL Chair Professor.

Overview

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Education

He received the B. Tech., M. Tech., and Ph. D. degrees in Radio Physics and Electronics from the Rajabazar Science College campus of University of Calcutta in 1987, 1989, and 1994, respectively. He joined the same Institute as an Assistant Professor in 1994 and is currently a full Professor.

Awards and Honours

Fellow, IEEE

Fellow, Indian National Academy of Engineering
Fellow, The National Academy of Sciences, India
Fellow, West Bengal Academy of Science and Technology
Fellow, Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers
IETE Ram Lal Wadhwa Award
IEEE AP-S Raj Mittra Travel Grant Award
URSI Young Scientist Award
Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund Prize

Published works

Book

Microstrip and Printed Antennas: New Trends, Techniques, and Applications, Wiley UK, 2011

Research

Defected Ground Structure first introduced to antenna application - to suppress cross-polar radiations & to reduce mutual coupling in planar arrays
New Bandwidth Widening Techniques for Dielectric Resonator Antennas using composite and hybrid geometries

Research and academic activities

His research interests include new modes and feeds for Dielectric Resonator Antennas, mode reconfiguration techniques for hybrid and composite DRAs, Defected Ground Structure integration technique for advanced planar antenna and arrays, and compact antennas for wireless applications.
He has been closely involved with IEEE and URSI activities. He served IEEE Kolkata Section as the chair and IEEE AP/MTT Kolkata Chapter as the founding Chair. In 2007, he introduced IEEE Applied Electromagnetics Conference as a major biennial International meeting in India and co-chaired its first three sessions in 2007, 2009, and 2011. In 2010, he established IEEE Indian Antenna Week as an annual International Antenna Workshop with fabulous support from the IEEE AP-Society and chaired the first two editions in Mayfair Puri and Hyatt Regency Kolkata. He has also been associated with the organisations of several international events including APCAP, EMTS, EUCAP, URSI-GASS, URSI AP-RASC.
He is an Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation and IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters.