AWARDS
Numerous Awards and Travel Grants are funded through the generous grants received from various senior members of the IEEE and WAMS. A unique opportunity for academic institutions and businesses to showcase their goods and innovations is also provided by WAMS. There are many sponsorship and exhibition options which are detailed on the conference website.
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Dr. Sudhakar Rao Award for Best Paper of WAMS 2024
Criteria : Selection shall be based on originality and potential application to an engineering product that is related to any of the three tracks of the symposium. The award shall be given to students or young professionals of age 40 years or below and the awardee shall be the first author of the accepted paper for oral presentation. The paper must be presented during the symposium to qualify for the award.
Award: The awardee shall be the first author of the paper and registered to the conference, will receive a cash prize of INR 30000, a plaque, a certificate and all the registered co-authors shall receive a plaque and a certificate.
Awardee
Jonathan Sauder
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Paper ID : 54
Title: Deployment Mechanisms for Reflectors, Booms, and Feeds Across JPL Missions and Technology
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Dr. Desmond Sim Award for Best Paper in Antenna Design for Mobile Devices
Criteria : The awardee shall be either an undergraduate/ post-graduate/research student and be the first author of an orally presented paper related to all tracks of the symposium.
Award: The awardee shall be the first author of the paper and registered to the conference, will receive a cash prize of INR 20000, a plaque, a certificate and all the registered co-authors shall receive a plaque and a certificate.
Awardee
Kirubakaran.S
Research Scholar, IIITDM Kancheepuram
Paper ID : 45
Title: Performance of Multiple Intelligent Reflecting Surfaces in RF and FSO Communication Systems
Co-Authors
M. D. Selvaraj
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Dr. C.J. Reddy Best Paper Award for Female Young Professionals Criteria
Criteria : The awardee shall be 40 years of age or younger and shall be the first author of a paper presented orally during the symposium in the antenna track.
Award: The awardee shall be the first author of the paper and registered to the conference, will receive a cash prize of INR 15000, a plaque, a certificate and all the registered co-authors shall receive a plaque and a certificate.
Awardee
Gaurangi Gupta
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Paper ID : 82
Title: Horn Feed Assembly Modification for INCUS
Co-Authors
Paolo Focardi
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Dr. C.J. Reddy Best Paper Award for Male Young Professionals Criteria
Criteria : The awardee shall be 40 years of age or younger and shall be the first author of a paper presented orally during the symposium in the antenna track.
Award: The awardee shall be the first author of the paper and registered to the conference, will receive a cash prize of INR 15000, a plaque, a certificate and all the registered co-authors shall receive a plaque and a certificate.
Awardee
Satish Kumar
NIT Durgapur
Paper ID :16
Title: Side Lobe and Side Band Reduction of Time Modulated Circular Antenna Array Using Novel Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm
Co-Authors
Gopi Ram, Durbadal Mandal, Rajib Kar
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Dr. Nacer Chahat Award for Best Antenna Paper from Industry Professional Criteria
Criteria : The awardee shall be an industry professional and be the first author of an accepted paper for oral presentation and having practical significance.
Award: The awardee shall be the first author of the paper and registered to the conference, will receive a cash prize of INR 10000, a plaque, a certificate and all the registered co-authors shall receive a plaque and a certificate.
Awardee
Sujit Behera
CSIR-National Aerospace Laboratories
Paper ID : 114
Title:Compact Ultra-Wideband Archimedean Spiral Antenna for Electronic Warfare System
Co-Authors
Om Ranjan, Balamati Choudhary, Raveendranath U. Nair
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Late Dr. Rakesh Mohan Jha Award for Best Student Paper in Antenna Track.
Criteria : The awardee (first author) should be a graduate or post graduate and the paper should be on antenna selected for oral presentation.
Award: The awardee shall be the first author of the paper and registered to the conference, will receive a cash prize of INR 10000, a plaque, a certificate and all the registered co-authors shall receive a plaque and a certificate.
Awardee
Golla Ramyasree
Vignan's foundation for science technology and research
Paper ID :17
Title: Antipodal Vivaldi antenna array for 5G mmWave applications at 28 GHz
Co-Authors
Suman Nelaturi
Awardee
Sriya Kotta
Princeton University, RaoS Consultants LLC
Paper ID :233
Title: Reflector Antennas Design and Analysis Software
Co-Authors
Gaurangi Gupta
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Vitesse/CMi Award for Antenna Application Paper
This award is sponsored by Dr. Clency Lee-Yow, CTO, Vitesse/Custom Microwave Inc, Longmont, Colorado, USA.
Criteria : Selection shall be based on the antenna hardware application to satellite or ground communication systems. The paper must be presented orally during the conference and the awardee shall be the first author of the paper.
Award: The awardee shall be the first author of the paper and registered to the conference, will receive a cash prize of INR 20000, a plaque, a certificate and all the registered co-authors shall receive a plaque and a certificate.
Awardee
Ashutosh Kedar
Scientist F, DRDO Bengaluru
Paper ID : 29
Title: A Sparse Concentric Ring Antenna Array Design with Wide Scanning and Low Sidelobe Level
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WAMS Society Award for Best Student Paper Award in All Tracks
This award is sponsored by WAMS Society.
Criteria: The awardee shall be a UG, PG or Ph D student and shall be the first author of a paper (any of the three tracks) submitted and orally presented in WAMS 2024.
Award: The awardee shall be the first author of the paper and registered to the conference, will receive a cash prize of INR 10000, a plaque, a certificate and all the registered co-authors shall receive a plaque and a certificate.
Awardee
Atli Lemma Gebretsadik
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
Paper ID : 15
Title:A Three-Ray Path Loss Model with Polarization Effects for Indoor Single-Input Single-Output Millimeter-Wave Channel Modelling Applications
Co-Authors
Debdeep Sarkar
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WAMS 2024 Professional Excellence Award for Women in Engineering
Criteria: Professional women engineers that excelled in their careers and are known as “role models” to students and young professionals are considered for this award.
Award: The awardee shall receive a cash prize of INR 20000, a plaque and a certificate.
Awardee
Hema Singh
CSIR-NAL, Bangalore
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WAMS 2024 Best Paper in Wireless Track
Criteria: The award is presented to the best paper in wireless track.
Award: The awardee shall be the first author of the paper and registered to the conference, will receive a cash prize of INR 10000, a plaque, a certificate and all the registered co-authors shall receive a plaque and a certificate.
Awardee
Ashish Kumar Girmilla
National Institute of Technology Rourkela
Paper ID : 191
Title: A Frequency domain 8-bit chipless RFID tag for IOT and Sensor Applications.
Co-Authors
Priyabrata Sethy, Santanu Kumar Behera
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WAMS 2024 Best Overall Paper of all Tracks
Criteria: The award is presented to the best overall paper of all tracks.
Award: The awardee shall be the first author of the paper and registered to the conference, will receive a cash prize of INR 15000, a plaque, a certificate and all the registered co-authors shall receive a plaque and a certificate.
Awardee
Sangam Bhalke
Gallium Arsenide Enabling Technology Centre (GAETEC)
Hyderabad
Paper ID : 243
Title: Design of 3.3 GHz - 3.8GHz 5Watt High Power Amplifier using GaN HEMT Device
Co-Authors
Ravi Gugulothu, Sandeep Chaturvedi, Anant A Naik, Ramakrishna Dasari
Awardee
Pavan Kumar Beechiganapalli
ISRO
Paper ID :177
Title: High
Efficiency Small Reflector Antenna Design For Satellite
Application
Co-Authors
Krishnan Gopal, Venkata Sitaraman Puram, Chandra Sekhar Sri Harsha, Senthil Kumar Veluswamy
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WAMS 2024 Best Paper in Microwave Track
Criteria: The award is presented to the best paper in microwave track.
Award: The awardee shall be the first author of the paper and registered to the conference, will receive a cash prize of INR 10000, a plaque, a certificate and all the registered co-authors shall receive a plaque and a certificate.
Awardee
Co-Authors
Narendra.S
Deputy Manager at Product Development and Innovation Center, BEL
Paper ID : 35
Title:X-Band Rugged Remotely Monitored Controller Based High Power Amplifier
Kavitha V, Anupama RK
Awardee
Ragipindi Jitesh Reddy
Paper ID :122
Title: RF Front End
Combinational Filter for Airborne V/UHF Communication
System
Co-Authors
Kalyanarao Bolleddu
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WAMS 2024 Best Paper in Antenna Track
Criteria: The award is presented to the best paper in antenna track.
Award: The awardee shall be the first author of the paper and registered to the conference, will receive a cash prize of INR 10000, a plaque, a certificate and all the registered co-authors shall receive a plaque and a certificate.
Awardee
Abhishek Dutta
UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING & MANAGEMENT KOLKATA
Paper ID : 195
Title:A 28 GHz FSS Backed SIW Slotted Array Antenna with Ultra Reduced Sidelobes for Ground Surveillance & RADAR Applications
Co-Authors
S. Bag, D. Saha, K. Adikary, S. Chakraborty, M. Rahaman
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WAMS 2024 Best Poster Paper
(First Place)
Award: The awardee shall be the first author of the paper and registered to the conference, will receive a cash prize of INR 15000, a plaque, a certificate and all the registered co-authors shall receive a plaque and a certificate.
Awardee
AUTHORS
Munubarthi Chandrakanth, Ramesh Babu SSV Botcha, Dall Shaik Basha, Reddi Tanay Teja, Pasala Hemanth
Title: Smart Blind Glasses Using OpenCV Python
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WAMS 2024 Best Poster Paper
(Second Place)
Criteria: The award is presented to the best poster paper (second place).
Award: The awardee shall be the first author of the paper and registered to the conference, will receive a cash prize of INR 10000, a plaque, a certificate and all the registered co-authors shall receive a plaque and a certificate.
Awardee
AUTHORS
Arpana MK, Vipin kumar H, Venkatamuni T, Gowtham G
Title: X-band Waveform Generator with Calibration feature for Active Phased Array Radar
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WAMS 2024 Best Poster Paper
(Third Place)
Criteria: The award is presented to the best poster paper (third place).
Award: The awardee shall be the first author of the paper and registered to the conference, will receive a cash prize of INR 5000, a plaque, a certificate and all the registered co-authors shall receive a plaque and a certificate.
Awardee
AUTHORS
Gunjan J Paliwal, Arvind Kumar, Joydeep Sengupta
Title: Bandwidth Enhancement of SIW Cavity Backed Slot Antenna Using High-Order Radiation Modes
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Best Student Paper Award Under Ph. D Category
(First place)
Criteria: The award is presented to the best student paper award under Ph.D category (first place).
Award: The awardee receives cash prize of INR 15000, a plaque and a certificate.
Awardee
AUTHORS
Arya K M, Shiv Narayan, Raveendranath U. Nair
Paper id: 212
Title: A FSS- based Single Layer Reflective Polarizer for X/Ku- Bands
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Best Student Paper Award Under Ph. D Category
(Second place)
Criteria: The award is presented to the best student paper award under Ph.D category (second place).
Award: The awardee receives cash prize of INR 10000, a plaque and a certificate.
Awardee
AUTHORS
Sonu Jain, Mamta Devi Sharma, Namrata SAXENA, Ajay Kumar Yadav, Sarthak Singhal, Ritu Sharma
Paper id: 185Title: Design and Performance Evaluation of RF Energy Harvester for Wearable Sensor Nodes
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Best Student Paper Award Under Masters Category
(First place)
Criteria: The award is presented to the best student paper award under Masters category (first place).
Award: The awardee receives cash prize of INR 15000, a plaque and a certificate.
Awardee
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Best Student Paper Award Under Masters Category
(Second place)
Criteria: The award is presented to the best student paper award under Masters category (second place).
Award: The awardee receives cash prize of INR 10000, a plaque and a certificate.
Awardee
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Best Student Paper Award Under Bachelors Category
(First place)
Criteria: The award is presented to the best student paper award under Bachelors category (first place).
Award: The awardee receives cash prize of INR 15000, a plaque and a certificate.
Awardee
AUTHORS
Shiv Narayan , Gowri P, Ashvani Kumar, Arya KM, Raveendranath U Nair
Paper id: 71
Title: EM Design of Beam Steering Antenna using Active Frequency Selective Surfaces at 24 GHz
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Best Student Paper Award Under Bachelors Category
(Second place)
Criteria: The award is presented to the best student paper award under Bachelors category (second place).
Award: The awardee receives cash prize of INR 10000, a plaque and a certificate.
Awardee
AUTHORS
Pallavi U Sharma, Rajeshwari Hegde, Balamati Choudhury
Paper id: 213
Title: Study on Quantum Radars for Space Applications
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WAMS 2024 Best Woman Research Scholar Award
(First Place)
Criteria: The award is presented to the best woman research scholar (first place).
Award: The awardee receives cash prize of INR 15000, a plaque and a certificate.
Awardee
Vadlamudi Roja
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WAMS 2024 Best Woman Research Scholar Award
(Second Place)
Criteria: The award is presented to the best woman research scholar (second place).
Award: The awardee receives cash prize of INR 10000, a plaque and a certificate.
Awardee
Bhavya E . V
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Best WIE Paper Presentation by an Industry Professional
(First Place)
Criteria: The award is presented to the best WIE industry professional (first place).
Award: The awardee receives cash prize of INR 8000, a plaque and a certificate.
Awardee
Vishaka Pandharpure
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Best WIE Paper Presentation by an Industry Professional (Second Place)
Criteria: The award is presented to the best WIE industry professional (second place).
Award: The awardee receives cash prize of INR 5000, a plaque and a certificate.
Awardee
Sangeetha Balasubramaniam
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Young Professionals Excellence Award
Criteria: The award is presented to a young professional under the age of 40 who demonstrates a promising career path in the areas of Wireless, Antennas and Microwave Engineering.
Award: The awardee receives cash prize of INR 15000, a plaque and a certificate.
Awardee
Debdeep Sarkar
IISc Bangalore
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Outstanding Male Student Volunteer Award
Criteria: The award is presented to the outstanding male student volunteer.
Award: The awardee receives cash prize of INR 10000, a plaque and a certificate.
Awardee
Krishna Sahith Yandapalli
Chair, IEEE Student Branch,
Raghu Institute of Technology (A)
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Outstanding Female Student Volunteer Award
Criteria: The award is presented to the outstanding female student volunteer.
Award: The awardee receives cash prize of INR 10000, a plaque and a certificate.
Awardee
Sai Harshini Behara
Chair, IEEE AP-S Student Branch Chapter
Raghu Institute of Technology (A)
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Outstanding Organizer of WAMS 2024 Award
Criteria: The award is presented to the outstanding organizer of WAMS 2024.
Award: The awardee receives cash prize of INR 20000, a plaque and a certificate.
Awardee
Paladuga Satish Rama Chowdary
Dean Student Affairs,
Raghu Engineering College (A)
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Outstanding Contributor Award to Technical Program of WAMS 2024
Criteria: The award is presented to the outstanding contributor to technical program of WAMS 2024.
Award: The awardee receives cash prize of INR 20000, a plaque and a certificate.
Awardee
V. V. S. S. Sameer Chakravarthy
Professor, Raghu Engineering College (A)
32
WAMS 2024 Career Excellence Award in Engineering
Criteria: The award is presented to the professional engineer who excelled in their career with demonstrated contributions.
Award: The awardee receives a cash prize of INR 20000, a plaque and a certificate.
Awardee
Rajeev Jyothi
Director Technical, IN-SPACe Department of Space
33
YP Special Recognition Award
Criteria: The award is presented for Special Recognition of Young Professional for Technical & Leadership Contributions.
Award: The awardee receives a cash prize of INR 10000, a plaque and a certificate.
Awardee
Keerthipriya Sathish
Raman Research Institute, Bangalore
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IEEE REC SBC Best Application Paper
Criteria:The award is presented to the paper with best application and implementation.
Award: The awardee shall be the first author of the paper and registered to the conference, will receive a cash prize of INR 5000, a plaque, a certificate and all the registered co-authors shall receive a plaque and a certificate.
Awardee
Gembali Dinesh
Chair, IEEE PES Student Branch Chapter
Raghu Institute of Technology (A)
Paper ID : 31
Title: LoRa - Powered Smart Agriculture System for Monitoring and Controlling
Co-Authors
Akash Kumar Gupta, M. Nagaseshi Reddy , P. Durga Prasanna, M. Satya Varshini, K. Gowtham
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IEEE REC SBC Best Theoretical Paper
Criteria:The award is presented to the paper with best theoretical part and simulation results.
Award: The awardee shall be the first author of the paper and registered to the conference, will receive a cash prize of INR 5000, a plaque, a certificate and all the registered co-authors shall receive a plaque and a certificate.
Awardee
Dhupam Arun Kumar
Raghu Engineering College (A)
Paper ID : 210
Title:Multifunctional Polarization Transforming Metasurface for Multiband Applications
Co-Authors
Varsha Kavali, Veesam Rama Sesha Giri Rao, Varadapureddi Mohan, Talla Balaji
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IEEE REC SBC Best Design Paper
Criteria:The award is presented to the paper with best design and analysis.
Award: The awardee shall be the first author of the paper and registered to the conference, will receive a cash prize of INR 5000, a plaque, a certificate and all the registered co-authors shall receive a plaque and a certificate.
Awardee
Athul O Asok
IIT Palakkad
Paper ID : 148
Title: Medical Imaging using a Wideband, Conformal, Textile Antenna for Brain Tumor Detection
Co-Authors
Sukomal Dey
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IEEE REC SBC Best Paper in Wireless Track
Criteria: The award is presented to the best paper in Wireless Track under IEEE REC SBC.
Award: The awardee shall be the first author of the paper and registered to the conference, will receive a cash prize of INR 5000, a plaque, a certificate and all the registered co-authors shall receive a plaque and a certificate.
Awardee
Dattatreya Gopi
Raghu Engineering College (A)
Paper ID : 129
Title: Wrist Band Antenna for Wireless Body Area Network Applications
Co-Authors
Ravikumar Palla, K. Gunasagar, Kota Swetha, P. Rajesh, G. Jyothie
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Dr. Sudhakar Rao’s Award for Best Outgoing All-Round Female Student from Raghu Engineering college - Gold
Criteria: The award is presented to the First Best Female Student from REC for her All Rounder Performance.
Award: The awardee will receive a cash prize of Rs. 10000, a plaque, and a certificate
Awardee
Sai Harshini Behara
Chair, IEEE AP-S Student Branch Chapter
Raghu Institute of Technology (A)
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Dr. Sudhakar Rao’s Award for Best Outgoing All-Round Female Student from Raghu Engineering college - Silver
Criteria: The award is presented to the Second Best Female Student from REC for her All Rounder Performance.
Award: The awardee will receive a cash prize of Rs. 5000, a plaque, and a certificate
Awardee
Surabathula Srujana Keerthana
Vice Chair, IEEE AP-S Student Branch Chapter
Raghu Institute of Technology (A)
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Dr. Sudhakar Rao’s Award for Best Outgoing All-Round Female Student from Raghu Engineering college - Bronze
Criteria: The award is presented to the Third Best Female Student from REC for her All Rounder Performance.
Award: The awardee will receive a cash prize of Rs. 3000, a plaque, and a certificate
Awardee
Mallajosyula Maha Deva Kruthi
Chair, IEEE CS Student Branch Chapter
Raghu Institute of Technology (A)
42
Dr. Sudhakar Rao’s Award for Best Outgoing All-Round Male Student from Raghu Engineering college - Gold
Criteria: The award is presented to the First Best Male Student from REC for his All Rounder Performance.
Award: The awardee will receive a cash prize of Rs. 10000, a plaque, and a certificate
Awardee
Krishna Sahith Yandapalli
Chair, IEEE Student Branch,
Raghu Institute of Technology (A)
43
Dr. Sudhakar Rao’s Award for Best Outgoing All-Round Male Student from Raghu Engineering college - Silver
Criteria: The award is presented to the Second Best Male Student from REC for his All Rounder Performance.
Award: The awardee will receive a cash prize of Rs. 5000, a plaque, and a certificate
Awardee
Gembali Dinesh
Chair, IEEE PES Student Branch Chapter
Raghu Institute of Technology (A)
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Dr. Sudhakar Rao’s Award for Best Outgoing All-Round Male Student from Raghu Engineering college - Bronze
Criteria: The award is presented to the Third Best Male Student from REC for his All Rounder Performance.
Award: The awardee will receive a cash prize of Rs. 3000, a plaque, and a certificate
Awardee
Padala Lakshman
Chair, IEEE SPS Student Branch Chapter
Raghu Institute of Technology (A)