About Me

I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at IIT Gandhinagar. Prior to this, I held engineering and research positions at Amazon Lab126 (Wireless Technology Group) from 2022-2024, and Samsung Research America (Standards and Mobility Innovation Lab) from 2020-2021. I graduated with a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Virginia Tech, where I was affiliated with the Wireless@VT Research Group, advised by Dr. Jeffrey H. Reed and Dr. Vuk Marojevic. I have made several research contributions in the areas of 4G/5G PHY layer security, protocol design, spectrum sharing, radar sensing, and localization. I served as an Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology from 2021-2023.

Current Research Interests

1. 6G Cellular Technologies
2. Localization
3. Radar Sensing
4. Machine Learning for Wireless Communications

Contact

Raghunandan M. Rao
e-mail: raghunandan.rao(at)iitgn(dot)ac(dot)in
Address: Room 323C, Academic Block 13, IIT Gandhinagar, Palaj, Gujarat, 382355, India
phone: +91-7923952641
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