I am a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECpE), Iowa State University (ISU), USA, and affiliated with the Center for Wireless, Communities, and Innovation (WiCI). My work contributes primarily to ARA: Wireless Living Lab for Smart and Connected Rural Communities [Part of the NSF Platforms for Advanced Wireless Research (PAWR) program], under the mentorship of Prof. Hongwei Zhang.
Prior to joining ISU, I completed my Ph.D. at the Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST), India, in 2021 under the guidance of Prof. B. S. Manoj. I obtained my master's and bachelor's degrees from the National Institute of Technology, Calicut (NITC) and Mahatma Gandhi University (MGU), India, respectively.
My research focuses on the design, development, and experimental evaluation of next-generation distributed cyberinfrastructures spanning cloud, edge, and wireless platforms.
[ Sep 2026 ] Our team has been awarded a $5.08M NSF VINES Track 2 grant for AgSlicing: Predictable RAN and Spectrum Slicing for Precision Agriculture. I will serve as Co-Investigator on this three-year project led by Iowa State University, in collaboration with the University of Virginia, Skylark Wireless, and Federated Wireless.
[ Sep 2026 ] IEEE Future Networks
International Network Generation Roadmap (INGR) Satellite Working
Group paper titled "Towards federated, green, and resilient 6G
non-terrestrial networks," is
now available in 
.
[ Apr 2026 ] "Demo: Experimental validation of limitations in TVWS spectrum sharing via the ARA wireless living lab," accepted in 2026 IEEE International Symposium on Dynamic Spectrum Access Networks (IEEE DySPAN '26), May 2026, Washington, D.C., USA.
[ Mar 2026 ] Paper titled "Revisiting TVWS for rural broadband: Policy insights from nationwide availability analysis and ARA field validation," accepted for publication in Proceedings of the 2026 IEEE International Symposium on Dynamic Spectrum Access Networks (IEEE DySPAN '26), May 2026, Washington, D.C., USA.
[ Feb 2026 ] Paper titled "AraOptical testbed: Design, field trials, and channel analysis of long-range FSOC system with COTS transceivers," accepted for publication in IEEE/Optica Journal of Lightwave Technology (IEEE JLT), February 2026.
[ Jan 2026 ] Poster titled "Demonstration of a 4.2km MISO free-space optical communication link using COTS SFP+ transceivers," accepted in SPIE Photonics West, San Francisco, CA, 17–22 January 2026.
