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Optical Communication, Optoelectronics and Photonics, Numerical Modelling, Nonlinear Optics, RF and Microwaves, Optical Networks, Solar Energy.
Dr Vijay Janyani is a Professor in Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering (ECE) at Malaviya National Institute of Technology (MNIT) Jaipur. He is also the Ex-Head of the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering (2020-2022), and Ex-Head of the Head of Materials Research Center, MNIT Jaipur (2018-2020). He obtained B.Engg and M.Engg degrees from MREC (now MNIT), and PhD from University of Nottingham, UK under Commonwealth Scholarship. He has been conferred a Career Award for Young Teachers (CAYT) by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE, New Delhi), Government of India, and Derrick Kirk Prize of University of Nottingham for excellence in research.
In his teaching and research career of more than two and half decades, he has been Investigator of a number of funded research projects (both national and international) in the area of Optical Communication and Photonics, sponsored by reputed organisations like DRDO, DST, JSPS, SERI etc. He has successfully completed the Indo-UK consortium project UKIERI which was a major multi-Institutional project in the domain of Microstructured Optical Fibers, as Coordinator from MNIT. He has been a Host Scientist for Visiting Fellows under C V Raman International Fellowship for African Researchers, administered by Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India, and Host Scientist for Visiting Researchers under RTF DCS Fellowship Scheme for Scientists of Developing Countries, administered by NAM S&T Center, Government of India. He was also seconded by MHRD, Govt of India under the Faculty Secondment Scheme to AIT, Bangkok for a semester to teach advanced PG courses.
On the administrative side, he has held various key positions such as Associate Dean (Research & Consultancy), Associate Dean (International Affairs) and Head of Hte Department at MNIT Jaipur. He also served as Coordinator-Campus Wide Networking (CWN), Nodal Officer-National Knowledge Network (NKN) and Coordinator-Global Initiative of Academic Networks (GIAN). He has been member of various level committees such as Board of Studies, Senate, Selection Committees, Review Committees of various Universities, and an expert/member on the panel of important Government bodies like UPSC, NPIU, DST, AICTE, RBSE, SPFU, NCERT etc. He has been the Chairman of IEEE Rajasthan Subsection during 2018-2019 (two years). He has published more than 180 research papers in reputed journals and conferences, and a number of book chapters. He has supervised eleven PhDs till date and currently eight are underway. He has been member of Technical Program Committee of many IEEE conferences, and reviewer or editorial board member of reputed journals like IEEE/Elsevier/IET/Springer/Hindawi. He is on the panel of Distinguished Traveling Lecturer Program of reputed international societies like SPIE (USA) and OSA (USA) under which he has delivered many invited talks across the globe on recent advances in photonics and related technologies. He has extensively travelled to countries like Austria, Bolivia, Canada, China, Czech Rep, Denmark, Egypt, France, Hong-kong, Indonesia, Japan, Netherlands, Poland, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand, Tunisia, UK, Ukraine, USA to deliver talks, present research papers or in connection with other research /academic activities. He is a Senior Member of IEEE USA, Member of IEEE Photonics Society, Member of IEEE COMSOC, IEEE NTC, Life Fellow of the Optical Society of India (OSI-India), Life Fellow of Institution of Engineers (India), Senior Member of OSA (USA), Senior Member of SPIE (USA) and Life Fellow of Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (IETE) India. His current research interests include fiber optics and communication, photonics, optical networks, numerical modeling, nonlinear photonics, photonic crystal based photovoltaic and devices and all-optical systems.
Level | Type | Collaborator | Organization | Year |
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National | Project: Title of the project: Simulation Analysis and Implementation of Soft Decision Forward Error Correction Codes for High-Speed Free-Space/Satellite Optical Communication Funding Agency: ISRO, Department of Space Amount in Lacs (36.0604) Duration: 2023-2026 | Dr. Amit Kumar Garg | Indian Institute of Information Technology Kota | 2023 |
Title | Total Outlay (In Lacs) |
Year | Funding Agency | Role |
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FIST-2019 | 125.00 | 2020-2025 | DST | Co-PI |
Highly Localized, Coherent and Tunable Photon Source using Nonlinear Plasmonics and Elastomeric Actuator for Photothermal Therapy of Cancer Cells and Improved Detection in Bio-Sensing | 13.29 | 2020-2022 | India - Poland project (DST-International) | PI |
High Performance Thin Film CIGS Solar Cell for Portable Electronic Devices | 29.26 | 2019-2022 | DST SEED | PI |
Modeling and implementation of free space optical transceiver for next generation optical communication applications | 6.24 | 2016-2018 | INDIA-EGYPT SCIENTIFIC COOPERATION PROGRAMME | Co-PI |
Indo-Egypt Project on MODELING AND IMPLEMENTATION OF FREE SPACE OPTICAL TRANSCEIVER FOR NEXT GENERATION OPTICAL COMMUNICATION APPLICATIONS | 6.30 | 2016-2018 | Indo-Egypt Project (DST International) | PI |
Modeling and characterization of Lithium Niobate based optical devices using surface geometric techniques for their applications in Integrated Optical Circuits (IOCs). | 10.78 | 2015-2018 | INDIA-UKRAINE INTER-GOVERNMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY COOPERATION PROGRAMME | Co-PI |
Efficiency Enhancement in the thin film GaAs solar cell using Photonic Crystal as a back reflector | 39.60 | 2015-2018 | DST New Delhi | PI |
Design and Development of Micro-structured Optical Components for Photonic Integrated Circuit (PICs) applications | 4.56 | 2014-2016 | INDIA-JAPAN COOPERATIVE SCIENCE PROGRAMME (DST-JSPS) JOINT RESEARCH PROJECT | Co-PI |
Design and simulation of tunable photonic crystal structures for novel all optical applications | 15.64 | 2009-2012 | DRDO (Govt. of India) | Co-PI |
Design and Simulation of Tunable Photonic Crystal Structures for Novel All-Optical Applications | 15.64 | 2009-2012 | DRDO, New Delhi | PI |
Application Specific Research on Microstructured Optical Fibers | 395.00 | 2007-2011 | UKIERI (British Governement) | PI |
Career Award for Young Teachers | 10.50 | 2006-2009 | AICTE, New Delhi | PI |
SNo. | Type | Title | Event | Place | Schedule |
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1 | Talk | Overview of Optical Communication | AICTE (ATAL) Sponsored One Week Online FDP on Advanced Optical Access Networks and its Role in Smart Cities | Online - IIIT Kota | Nov-2020 |
2 | Talk | Gigabit Passive Optical Networks (GPON) | AICTE (ATAL) Sponsored One Week Online FDP on Advanced Optical Access Networks and its Role in Smart Cities | Online - IIIT Kota | Nov-2020 |
3 | Talk | Designing & Analysis of 40GBPS Optical Links | AICTE (ATAL) Sponsored One Week Online FDP on Advanced Optical Access Networks and its Role in Smart Cities | Online - IIIT Kota | Nov-2020 |
4 | Talk | Latency Awareness in Optical Access Networks | AICTE (ATAL) Sponsored One Week Online FDP on Advanced Optical Access Networks and its Role in Smart Cities | Online - IIIT Kota | Nov-2020 |
5 | Talk | Solar Photovoltaics: Fundamentals and Recent Advances | AICTE-AQIS sponsored Short Term Training Program (STTP) on “ Recent Advances in Nanophotonics" (RANPT-2020) organized by Swami Keshvanand Institute of Technology, Management & Gramothan, Jaipur (SKI | Online | Oct-2020 |
6 | Talk | Photonic Crystal based solar cell | STTP entitled Recent Trends in Optical Engineering (RTOE-2020) organised by Department of Electronics Engineering, SVNIT-Surat from 19th-24th Oct, 2020 | Online (Organised by SVNIT Surat) | Oct-2020 |
7 | Talk | Advancement in Photonic Crystal Solar Cell | One week STC on Recent Advancements in Optical and Wireless Communication Techniques | Online (Organised by Govt Engg College Ajmer) | Oct-2020 |
8 | Talk | Photonic Crystal based Solar Cells | One Week Online FDP on “Emerging Trends in Nanoelectronics (ETNE2020)” | RTU/SKIT (Online) | Sep-2020 |
9 | Talk | Nanotechnology Assisted Solar Cells | One Week Online Workshop on “Emerging Trends in Nanotechnology (ETNT2020)” | RTU/JECRC (Online) | Sep-2020 |
10 | Talk | Google Classroom | Workshop on Initiative of Digital Education for MNIT Faculty (TEQIP-III) | MNIT Jaipur | Jul-2020 |
11 | Talk | Online teaching using Google Classroom and Google Meet | Workshop on "Initiative of Digital Education for MNIT Faculty" from July 6 to 10, 2020 | MNIT Jaipur | Jul-2020 |
12 | Talk | Photonics: Applications beyond fiber optics | Invited Talk (Webinar) | PES College Bangalore (Online) | Jun-2020 |
13 | Talk | Solar Cells using nanotechnology for enhanced efficiency | STC on | MNIT Jaipur | Mar-2020 |
14 | Talk | Solar Cells using nanotechnology for enhanced efficiency | STC on "Ädvanced Functional Materials & Characterizations (AFMCA-2020)" | MNIT Jaipur | Mar-2020 |
15 | Talk | Solar Cells based on Photonic Crystals for High Efficiency | Invited Talk (SPIE VLP) | IIT Bombay, Mumbai | Feb-2020 |
16 | Talk | Photonic Crystal based Solar Cells | Invited Talk | Bangkok University, Bangkok | Jan-2020 |
17 | Talk | Photonic Crystal based Solar Cells | Invited Talk | UPM, Malaysia | Jan-2020 |
18 | Keynote | Materials Research Advances | Short Term Course on “Material Science & Engineering” | GWEC Ajmer | Dec-2019 |
19 | Talk | Photonic Crystal based Solar Cells | Invited Talk | Latvia University, Riga, Latvia | Oct-2019 |
20 | Talk | New Waves on Communications & Networks | Faculty Development Programme on New Waves on Communications & Networks (EICT Academy) | MNIT Jaipur | Mar-2019 |
21 | Talk | IEEE Student Branch Inaugural Event Lecture | IEEE Student Branch Inaugural Event Lecture | JECRC, Jaipur | Jan-2019 |
22 | Talk | Role of Optical Communication in Wireless Communication | Invited Talk | UCE, RTU Kota | Oct-2018 |
23 | Talk | Computation Techniques in Optics and Photonics | FDP Computation Techniques in Optics and Photonics (EICT Academy) | MNIT Jaipur | Aug-2018 |
24 | Talk | Photonic Crystal based Thin Film Solar Cells | Invited Talk | Technical University, Vienna, Austria | Jun-2018 |
25 | Talk | Photonic Crystal based Thin Film Solar Cells | Invited Talk | UPB, Cochabamba, Bolivia | Jun-2018 |
26 | Talk | Photonic Crystal based Thin Film Solar Cells | Invited Talk | Institute of Optics (CSIC),Madrid, Spain | Jun-2018 |
27 | Talk | Virtual Classrooms and Video Conferencing Infra at MNIT Jaipur with live demo | FDP on "ICT Tools & Technologies for Teaching Learning Process & Institutes” | MNIT Jaipur | Feb-2018 |
28 | Talk | Advances in Communication Technologies | FDP on Advances in Communication Technologies | MNIT Jaipur | Feb-2018 |
29 | Keynote | PHOTONIC CRYSTAL BASED NOVEL AND EFFICIENT DEVICES | VIII International Conference for Professionals and Young Scientists | Kharkiv, Ukraine | May-2017 |
30 | Talk | Photonic Crystal based Solar Cells for Improved Efficiency | Invited Talk | Utrecht University, Netherlands, Amterdam | May-2017 |
31 | Talk | Modeling and Simulation of Next Generation Optical Networks | International Workshop on Modeling and Simulation of Next Generation Optical Networks | GWEC Ajmer | Mar-2017 |
32 | Talk | Photonic Devices and Systems: Recent Developments and Future Prospects | Invited Talk | Da-Yeh University, Taiwan | Dec-2016 |
33 | Talk | Photonic Devices and Systems: Recent Developments and Future Prospects | Invited Talk | National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan | Dec-2016 |
34 | Talk | Photonic Devices and Systems: Recent Developments and Future Prospects | Invited Talk | KMITL, Bangkok | Dec-2016 |
35 | Talk | Advancements in Nano-Electronics and Communications Technologies | National Conference on Advancements in Nano-Electronics and Communications Technologies (ANCT-2016) | SKIT Jaipur | Mar-2016 |
36 | Talk | Slow Light based Photonic Crystal Waveguides | Invited Talk | Hokusei Gakuen University, Hokkaido, Japan | Feb-2016 |
37 | Talk | Photonic Crystal Based Solar Cells | Conference on Advanced Materials and Processing (CAMP) | MNIT Jaipur | Dec-2015 |
38 | Talk | Recent trends in Optical Communication Networks | National Workshop on Recent Advances in Photonics and Optics (RAPO-2015) | Ajmer | Nov-2015 |
39 | Talk | Photonic Crystal Based Solar Cells | Invited Talk | University of Tunis, Tunisia | May-2015 |
40 | Talk | Gigabit Passive Optical Networks | Workshop during Research Week at GTU, Ahmedabad | GTU Ahmedabad | Mar-2015 |
41 | Talk | Recent Advances in Optical Networks | TEQIP sponsored Short Term Course on Recent Advances in Signal Processing and Communications | MNIT Jaipur | May-2014 |
42 | Talk | Photonic Crystal waveguides and fibers technology | Invited Talk | University of Tunis, Tunisia | Apr-2013 |
43 | Talk | Optical Networks for High Speed Data Access | National Conference on Recent Developments in Wireless and Optical Technologies | MNIT Jaipur | Oct-2012 |
44 | Talk | Recent Developments in Wireless and Optical Technologies | National Conference on Recent Developments in Wireless and Optical Technologies | MNIT Jaipur | Oct-2012 |
45 | Talk | Advanced Optical Fiber Communications | STTP on Recent Advances in Signal Processing and Communications | MNIT Jaipur | Sep-2012 |
46 | Talk | Recent Advances in Wireless and Optical Communication Systems | National Conference on Advances in Wireless and Optical Communication Systems (AWOCS-2012 ) | SKIT Jaipur | Mar-2012 |
47 | Talk | Advanced Optical and Wireless Communication Technologies | National Conference on Advanced Electronic and Wireless Communication Technologies (NCAEWCT-2012) | RCEW, Jaipur | Mar-2012 |
48 | Talk | Advances in Wireless and Optical Communication Technologies | National Conference on Advances in Wireless and Optical Communication Technologies-2010 | Poornima Engg College, Jaipur | Aug-2010 |
49 | Talk | Numerical Modeling and Methods in Photonics | National Conf. on Recent Developments in Engineering Mathematics and Information Technology (NCRDEM-IT 2009) | Poornima Engg College, Jaipur | Dec-2009 |
50 | Keynote | Photonic Crystals for Novel Applications in Integrated-Optic Communication Systems and Devices | International Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems Design | Paris, France | Jun-2009 |
51 | Keynote | Numerical Modeling and Methods in Photonics | National Conference on Innovations in Engineering & Technology (IET 2008) | Poornima College Jaipur | Sep-2008 |
52 | Talk | TLM Modeling Method for Optoelectronics | Invited Talk | University of Toronto, Canada | Jun-2003 |