Abstract :
Ajay K. Poddar graduated in Electronics and Communication Engineering from the National Institute of Technology-Calicut (NIT-C) India in 1990. He received a Master of Technology in Radar and Communication Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology - Delhi (IIT-D) India in 1996, and a Dr.-Ing in Engineering from Technical University - Berlin (TU-B) Germany in 2004. From 1990-2001, Dr. Poddar worked as a Senior Scientist in DRDO (Defense Research and Development Organization) India, associated with the development of Proximity RF and MW sensors and radar for vari ous applications. He was Visiting Professor (1999-2004) for post graduate students at University of Pune, India, and appointed as a Guest Lecturer (2009-to date) at the Technical University Munich, Germany. Dr. Poddar is currently working as a Chief Scientist at Synergy Microwave Corp., NJ, USA, responsible for design and development of state-of-the-art RF modules, such as oscillators, synthesizers, antennas, mixers, amplifi ers, fi lters, and MEMS-based RF components. He holds several dozen patents, and has published more than 200 technical papers in international conferences and professional journals, contributed as coauthor and chapter contributor of fi ve technical books, and is a reviewer of several journals, including the IEEE T-MTT, IEE TCAS, IEEE, IEEE UFFC, IET, and Electronics Letters. Dr. Poddar is a Senior Member of the IEEE, AMIE (India), and IE (India), an advisory board member of the Don Bosco Institute of Tech, Mumbai, India, and an active member of many volunteer societies for good cause and broader perspective of humanity. Dr. Poddar has received several awards (young scientist awards for the years 1999 and 2000, MW & RF Products awards for the year 2004, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013) for his contri butions in the fi eld of microwave signal sources for current and later-generation communication systems.
