Shiban Kishen Koul earned a BE degree in electrical engineering from the Regional Engineering College, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India, in 1977; an MTech in radar and communication engineering in 1979; and a PhD in Microwave Engineering in 1983 at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi. He served as Deputy Director (Strategy & Planning) from 2012 to 2016, and Dr R. P. Shenoy Astra Microwave Chair Professor from 2014 to 2018 at the IIT Delhi. He is presently the Deputy Director (Strategy & Planning and International Affairs) at the Indian Institute of Technology, Jammu. He also served as the Chairman of M/S Astra Microwave Products Limited, Hyderabad, a major company involved in the development of RF and microwave systems in India, from 2009 to 2019. His research interests include RF MEMS, high frequency wireless communication, microwave engineering, microwave passive and active circuits, device modelling, millimeter wave IC design, and reconfigurable microwave circuits including antennas. He has successfully completed 36 major sponsored projects, 52 consultancy projects and 58 technology development projects. He is author/co-author of 450 research papers, 10 state-of-the art books, and 3 book chapters. He holds 11 patents and 6 copyrights. He is a Life Fellow of the Institution of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, USA (IEEE), Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE), and Fellow of the Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (IETE). He is the Chief Editor of the IETE Journal of Research and Associate Editor of the International Journal of Microwave and Wireless Technologies, Cambridge University Press. He has delivered more than 280 invited technical talks at various international symposia and workshops. He served as the MTT-S ADCOM member from 2009 to 2018, is a Member of IEEE MTT Society's technical committees on Microwave and Millimeter Wave Integrated Circuits (MTT-6) and RF MEMS (MTT-21), and of the India Initiative team of IEEE MTT-S, Adviser Education Committee, Membership Services Regional Co-coordinator Region-10, member of the Sight Adhoc Committee MTT-S, and an MTT-S Speaker Bureau lecturer. He was a distinguished microwave lecturer at IEEE MTT-S for the period 2012-2014, and a distinguished microwave lecturer emeritus at IEEE MTT-S in 2015. He is a recipient of a Gold Medal from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Calcutta (1977); the S. K. Mitra Research Award from the IETE for the best research paper (1986); Indian National Science Academy (INSA) Young Scientist Award (1986); International Union of Radio Science (URSI) Young Scientist Award (1987); the top Invention Award (1991) of the National Research Development Council for his contributions to the indigenous development of ferrite phase shifter technology; VASVIK Award (1994) for the development of Ka-band components and phase shifters; the Ram Lal Wadhwa Gold Medal from the Institution of Electronics and Communication Engineers (IETE) (1995); an Academic Excellence award (1998) from the Indian Government for his pioneering contributions to phase control modules for Rajendra Radar; the Shri Om Prakash Bhasin Award (2009) in the field of Electronics and Information Technology; a Teaching Excellence award (2012) from IIT Delhi, an award for his contribution to the growth of smart material technology (2012) by the ISSS, Bangalore; the Vasvik Award (2012) for contributions made to the area of Information and Communications Technology (ICT); the M. N. Saha Memorial Award (2013) from the IETE for the best application-oriented research paper; and the IEEE MTT Society Distinguished Educator Award (2014). G. S. Karthikeya gained his undergraduate degree in electronics and communication engineering in 2010 from the Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belgaum. He received a Master's degree in microwave engineering from the University of Kerala in 2012. He worked as an Assistant Professor in Visvesvaraya Technological University from 2013 to 2016, where he established the Antenna Architects' lab. He joined the Centre for Applied Research in Electronics, IIT Delhi in January 2017 and defended his thesis in December 2019. He has authored or co-authored more than 40 articles in peer-reviewed journals and conference proceedings. He has also filed three Indian patents and two US patents. His research interests include metamaterials, EBG structures, and mmWave antennas for mobile terminals and base stations. He is a member of the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society, and the Antenna Test & Measurement society. He serves as the reviewer of ACES, IEEE Access and Cambridge's IJMWT. He has participated actively in more than 15 workshops on antennas in India and abroad.
