National Institute of Technology Rourkela

राष्ट्रीय प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान राउरकेला

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Faculty Profile

BIOGRAPHY

I am Dr. Sumit Saha, working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering at the National Institute of Technology Rourkela, India. My research area includes all aspects of semiconductor devices starting from material physics through device design and modeling, all the way to device-circuit co-design for a wide variety of applications. For more details visit my personal webpage at "https://sites.google.com/view/sumit-saha/home".

EXPERTISE INFORMATION

Research Group
  • VLSI and Embedded Systems
Areas of Interest
  • Semiconductor Devices: Design, Modeling & Analysis
  • Optoelectronics
  • Nanoelectronics
  • Nanophotonics
  • Semiconductor Nanostructures: Optical and Electronic Properties
  • Solar Cells
  • Machine Learning for Device Modeling

Sumit Saha
सुमित साहा / সুমিত সাহা Assistant Professor Grade-II

Electronics and Communication Engineering

sahas@nitrkl.ac.in

0661 - 246 2452

22

PUBLICATIONS

1

SPONSORED PROJECTS

3

DOCTORAL STUDENTS

2

CONTINUING EDUCATION

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Sumit Saha

Assistant Professor Grade-II

Electronics and Communication Engineering

Room Number: EC-427

Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Sundargarh, Odisha, India - 769008

2018

Ph.D.
Electronics Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology (ISM) Dhanbad

2014

M.Tech
Electronics and Communication Engineering
Indian School of Mines Dhanbad

2012

B.E
Electronics and Communication Engineering
The University of Burdwan

Teaching Experience
  • Electronics and Communication Engineering,  National Institute of Technology Rourkela,   19 Jun 2020 - Present
  • Electronics and Communication Engineering,  Chaibasa Engineering College (deputed by NPIU, MHRD, Govt. of India under TEQIP-III),   04 Jan 2018 - 18 Jun 2020

Investigation of narrow bandgap two-dimensional materials for the design of room temperature , broadband , mid and long-wave-infrared integrated photodetectors Science & Engineering Research Board(SERB)
  • Principal Investigator
  • 36
  • Running   Sponsored

Total Publications: 22

A. Sen, N. K. Sah, and S. Saha,"A comparative power & delay analysis of full adder designs in 90nm CMOS and 32nm & 5nm CNFET technologies", in 2024 IEEE International Conference of Electron Devices Society Kolkata Chapter (EDKCON), IEEE, February 2025, 10.1109/EDKCON62339.2024.10870835       Inproceedings

S. Chandra, R. Santosh, S. Saha, G., and V. Kumar,"Density functional theory calculation on electronic, elastic, and optical properties of ZnIn2Te4 and HgIn2Te4 defect-chalcopyrite semiconductors under different pressures", Brazilian Journal of Physics, vol.55, Springer, April 2025, 10.1007/s13538-025-01764-3       Article

E. A. Karoti and S. Saha,"Towards highly efficient and thermally stable 2T tandem solar cells using cesium based lead free perovskite top cell and CIGS based bottom cell", Journal of Optics, Springer, June 2025, 10.1007/s12596-025-02795-4       Article

J. Ajayan, S. Sreejith, M. Manikandan, W. Lai, and S. Saha,"Terahertz sensors for next generation biomedical and other industrial electronics applications: A critical review", Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, vol.369, no.115169, pp.1-20, Elsevier, February 2024, 10.1016/j.sna.2024.115169       Article

D. Soni and S. Saha,"Leakage power reduction and stability analysis of 5 nm node GAA CNTFET SRAMs", in Proceedings of Third International Conference on Computational Electronics for Wireless Communications, vol.2, Springer, lecture notes in networks and systems (lnns, volume 962), October 2024, 10.1007/978-981-97-1946-4_19       Inproceedings

Emerging Semiconductor Material, Device Technology, and Manufacturing Electronics and Communication Engineering (Short-term Course)
Advanced Microelectronics Technologies and Systems (AMTS-2023) Electronics and Communication Engineering (Short-term Course)
  • Co-Coordinator
  • 06 Nov 2023 - 10 Nov 2023
  • Brochure

  • EC1000 : Basic Electronics Engineering {Theory}
  • EC3001 : Semiconductor Devices {Theory}
  • EC6207 : Modeling and Circuit Simulators for VLSI Systems {Theory}
  • EC6301 : Industrial Instrumentation {Theory}
  • EC2700 : Basic Electronics Laboratory {Practical}
  • EC2701 : Circuit Simulation Laboratory {Practical}
  • EC2702 : Digital Electronics and HDL Laboratory {Practical}
  • EC2707 : Circuit Simulation Laboratory {Practical}
  • EC6273 : VLSI Devices and Process Simulation Laboratory {Practical}

Ph.D. Students [1]
Design and Modeling of Novel VLSI Devices
Kousik Bhunia
Enrolled: Jul 2023
Continuing
Supervisor
Executive Ph.D. Students [2]
Design and Development of 2D Material-Based Sensor Systems
Nandini Jonnakuti
Enrolled: Jul 2025
Continuing
Supervisor
Micro/Nano Electronics
Siripurapu Durga Madhuri
Enrolled: Jul 2024
Continuing
Supervisor

Awards And Honours
  • Received international travel support from Science and Engineering Board (SERB), Govt. of India for attending 14th International Conference on Intersubband Transitions in Quantum Wells (ITQW2017) from 10-15 September, 2017 at the "Marina Bay Sands" in Singapore.,   2017
  • GATE (Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering) Qualified.,   2017
  • Passed M. Tech with “Distinction” and achieved First Position in the class.,   2014
  • Awarded Gold Medal for securing First Position in M. Tech.,   2014
  • Secured First Position in B.E in ECE department and had achieved “Certificate of Honour” from University Institute of Technology, University of Burdwan, Burdwan, W. B.,   2012
  • Participated in three days Enterpreneurship Awarness Camp under the sponsorship of West Bengal State Council of Science and Technology and got Second Position in the concept about a Business plan competition.,   2009
  • Secured First Position in Higher Secondary Examination (12th) in school.,   2008
  • Recipient of MHRD scholarship on the basis of results in higher secondary level board examination by Govt. of India.,   2008
Memberships / Fellowships
  • Life fellow member of Optical Society of India (OSI). (Membership No. L. 795),   2015
  • Early career professional member of Optical Society of America (OSA). (Member No. 1150500),   2015
  • Early career professional member of SPIE, the International Society for Optics and Photonics. (SPIE ID. 3655124),   2015
  • Member of IEEE. (IEEE ID. 94145520),   2015