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Raghuvir Singh Tomar

rtomar@lnmiit.ac.in

Date of joining:

19-12-2005

Department:

Electronics and Communication Engineering


Summary

Prof. Raghuvir Tomar is an expert in electrical engineering, specializing in electromagnetic theory and microwaves. He completed his postdoctoral research at the University of Ottawa and holds a Ph.D. and M.Tech. from IIT Kanpur, along with a B.E. from MITS Gwalior. His career includes roles at Bolriet Technologies, Bell Northern Research, Northern Telecom, Nortel Networks, EMS Technologies, and NATEL Engineering, where he worked on advanced microwave and RF components. Since 2005, he has been associated with The LNM Institute of Information Technology, Jaipur, teaching and holding key administrative positions such as Head, Department of ECE and Dean of Research and Development.


Biography


Research Area

Electromagnetics and Microwave Engineering

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Prof. Raghuvir Singh Tomar

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Electronics and Communication Engineering

Education

Degree/DiplomaInstitute/ OrganizationYearBranch/Specialization
1Post Doctoral ResearchUniversity of Ottawa1986Electrical Engineering (Electromagnetic Theory and Microwaves)
2Ph. D. Doctor of PhilosophyIndian Institute of Technology Kanpur1983Electromagnetic Theory and Microwaves
3M. Tech. Master of TechnologyIndian Institute of Technology Kanpur1978Electromagnetic Theory and Microwaves
4B.E. Bachelor of EngineeringMadhav Institute of Technology and Science1975Electrical Engineering

Projects

Name of ProjectTotal Cost of ProjectFunding AgencyDuration FromDuration To
1SIGN LANGUAGE TO REGIONAL LANGUAGE CONVERTER4300000Department of Science and Technology, Government of India20192021
2System-Level Testing (including regulatory and complinace testing) of SATCOM transceivers for Inmarsat applications (EMS Technologies, Ottawa,, Ontario, Canada, 1999-2003)30000000EMS TECHNOLOGIES19992003
3Out-sourcing, design, build, and test of a 60W Multi-Carrier SATCOM L-band microwave amplifier with high linearity (EMS Technologies, Ottawa,, Ontario, Canada, 1999-2003)20000000EMS TECHNOLOGIES19992003
4Design, build, and test of a 12W SATCOM L-band microwave amplifier using Motorola and Ericsson Semi-Conductor devices (EMS Technologies, Ottawa,, Ontario, Canada, 1999-2003)20000000EMS TECHNOLOGIES19992003
5Design, build, and test of a L-band highly-linear SATCOM driver amplifier for Inmarsat applications (EMS Technologies, Ottawa,, Ontario, Canada, 1999-2003)10000000EMS TECHNOLOGIES19992003
6Design, build, and test of a L-band SATCOM power combiner for Inmarsat applications (EMS Technologies, Ottawa,, Ontario, Canada, 1999-2003)10000000EMS TECHNOLOGIES19992003
76-GHz Low-Noise Down-Converter Design (NORTEL Networks, Ottawa, Canada, 1996-1999)30000000NORTEL NETWORKS19961999
8Out-sourcing and detailed compliance-testing of OEM developed PCS1900 high-power diplexers (NORTEL Networks, Ottawa, Canada, 1996-1999)10000000NORTEL NETWORKS19961999
9Out-sourcing and detailed compliance-testing of OEM developed PCS1900 high-power diplexers, receive filters and multi-carrier power amplifiers (NORTEL Networks, Ottawa, Canada, 1996-1999)10000000NORTEL NETWORKS19961999
10Out-sourcing and detailed compliance-testing of OEM developed PCS1900 high-power multi-carrier power amplifiers (NORTEL Networks, Ottawa, Canada, 1996-1999)10000000NORTEL NETWORKS19961999
11Out-sourcing and detailed compliance-testing of OEM developed PCS1900 receive filters (NORTEL Networks, Ottawa, Canada, 1996-1999)10000000NORTEL NETWORKS19961999
1238GHz high-fidelity link demonstration (Northern Telecom, Limited,Montreal, Canada, 1992-1996)10000000NORTHERN TELECOM LIMITED19921996
13System-Level Testing of a Long-Haul C-band Microwave Radio Using 512-QAM Modulation Scheme (Northern Telecom, Limited,Montreal, Canada, 1992-1996)60000000NORTHERN TELECOM LIMITED19921996
14Design, build, and test of 3.5GHz-7.0GHz LO Buffer Amplifier using Harris GaAs MMIC foundary (Bell Northern Research, Ottawa,, Ontario, Canada, 1988-1992)20000000Bell Canada19881992
15Design, build, and test of 3.5GHz-7.0GHz LO Buffer Amplifier using Triquint GaAs MMIC foundary (Bell Northern Research, Ottawa,, Ontario, Canada, 1988-1992)20000000Bell Canada19881992
16Design, build, and test of a Control, Linearizing, and Modulating (CLAM) Board for High-Power Multi-Carrier Motorola Power Amplifier at 900MHz (Bell Northern Research, Ottawa,, Ontario, Canada, 1988-1992)20000000Bell Canada19881992
17Design, build, and test of a high-directivity 20-dB directional coupler for L-band applications (Bell Northern Research, Ottawa,, Ontario, Canada, 1988-1992)20000000Bell Canada19881992
18Design, build, and test of a L-band voltage-controlled phase shifter using varactor diodes and branchline coupler (Bell Northern Research, Ottawa,, Ontario, Canada, 1988-1992)20000000Bell Canada19881992
19Design, build, and test of low-loss 12GHz-18GHz Lange coupler (Bolriet Technologies Inc., Carleton Place, Ontario, Canada, 1986-1988)100000000Bolriet Technologies19861988
20Design, build, and test of low-loss fin-line couplers for 26GHz-40GHz frequency band (Bolriet Technologies Inc., Carleton Place, Ontario, Canada, 1986-1988)10000000Bolriet Technologies, Inc.19861988
21Design, build, and test of low-loss waveguide metal-insert filters using metallized plastic construction at 94GHz and 65GHz (Bolriet Technologies Inc., Carleton Place, Ontario, Canada, 1986-1988)10000000Bolriet Technologies, Inc.19861988
22Design, build, and test of microstrip spurline filter in X-band (Bolriet Technologies Inc., Carleton Place, Ontario, Canada, 1986-1988)10000000Bolriet Technologies, Inc.19861988

Experience

Name of OrganizationPost/DesignationDuration FromDuration To
1THE LNM INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY JAIPUR, INDIAProfessor20052023
2NATEL Engineering Co., Inc., California, United States of AmericaSENIOR ENGINEER20042005
3Communications Research Centre (CRC), Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaVISITING RESEARCHER20032004
4EMS Technologies (now Honeywell), Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaSENIOR RADIO FREQUENCY ENGINEER19992003
5NORTEL Networks, Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaSENIOR ENGINEER19961999
6Northern Telecom, St. Laurent, Montreal, CanadaSENIOR ENGINEER19921996
7Bell Northern Research (BNR), Limited, Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaMEMBER, SCIENTIFIC STAFF (MSS)19881992
8Bolriet Technologies, Inc. (BTI), Carleton Place, Ontario, CanadaRADIO FREQUENCY ENGINEER19861988
9MOTILAL NEHRU REGIONAL ENGINEERING COLLEGE, ALLAHABAD, INDIALecturer19841984
10BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE, PILANI, INDIALecturer19841984
11HARCOURT BUTLER TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE, KANPUR, INDIALecturer19781978

Publications

1M.V. Deepak Nair, R. Tomar, and P. Bhartia,, "Design, build, and test of compact Microwave Integrated Circuits using the latest commercially available 3D electromagnetic simulation tools,, "Design, build, and test of compact Microwave Integrated Circuits using the latest commercially available 3D electromagnetic simulation tools,, November 2023
2Shreyas Rao and Raghuvir Tomar, "A new MATLAB based microstrip filter design tool,, "International Journal of Wireless and Microwave Technologies (IJWMT), September 2023
3R. Garg, S. Singhal, M.V.D. Nair, R.Tomar, Rahul Kumar Garg, S. Singhal, M.V.D. Nair, R. Tomar “A Double-Leaf Shaped Four-Port MIMO Antenna for Ultra-Wideband Applications”, International Journal of RF and Microwave Computer-Aided Engineering, Wiley, 32(11), November 2022. doi: 10.1002/mmce.23349, International Journal of RF and Microwave Computer-Aided Engineering, November 2022
4R. Garg, S. Singhal, R. Tomar, Rahul Kumar Garg, S. Singhal, R. Tomar, “A CPW Fed Clown-Shaped Super Wideband Antenna”, Progress In Electromagnetics Research Letters, 99, 159-167, August 2021. doi:10.2528/PIERL21070502, Progress In Electromagnetics Research Letters., August 2021

Expert lectures

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1February2018Three Expert Lectures in a Short Term Course (STC) titled RECENT TRENDS IN MICROWAVE ENGINEERING held at Tehri (Uttarakhand, India) from 12th February 2018 to 16th February 2018. The lectures were titled as follows. 1. SATELLITE COMMUNICATION (SATCOM): AN INTRODUCTION TO LINK BUDGET CALCULATIONS 2. Microwave High Power Amplifiers (HPAs) for Satellite Communication (SATCOM) Applications 3. MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS (MMICs) The course was funded by Government of India. FEB 2018
2January2016Delivered four lectures in a Two-Week AICTE-sponsored Faculty Development Program/STC on Recent Advances in Microwave Engineering (January 6-8, 2016) at Madhav Institute of Technology and Science, Gwalior. JAN 2016
3January2015COMPUTATIONAL ELECTROMAGNETICS AND ITS APPLICATIONS IN REAL-WORLD RF/MICROWAVE CIRCUIT DESIGN talk delivered at the Indian Institute of Technology, Jodhpur, India (as Vanguard Speaker), January 27, 2015 JAN 2015
4March2015Gave five lectures to younger faculty in AICTE sponsored STP on RECENT ADVANCES IN MICROWAVE ENGINEERING during March 25-26, 2015 at MITS Gwalior. MAR 2015
5August2015RADIO FREQUENCY AND MICROWAVE CIRCUIT DESIGN EXAMPLES keynote address given to faculty and students at Global Institute of Technology, Jaipur, India, on 25th September, 2015, in the One-Day Workshop on Microwave and Wireless Communication. SEPT 2015
6March2012Delivered an invited talk titled 'The Important Role Played by Microwave Power Amplifiers in SATCOM System Design' in the WORKSHOP ON ANTENNA AND RF SYSTEMS organized by The LNM Institute of Information Technology, Jaipur, India, March 24-25, 2012. The other three invited speakers were from a) Defence Reserach and Development Laboratories (DRDL), Bangalore b) Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi and c) University of Kolkata. MAR 2012
7April2011INTERESTING MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DESIGNS USING CONVENTIONAL AND ADVANCED MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES invited talk at the National Conference on Recent Trends in Electronics & Communication Technology (ECOMM-11), S.D. Bansal College of Technology, Indore, India (April 8-9, 2011). APRIL 2011
8July2006MICROWAVE HIGH POWER AMPLIFIERS FOR SATELLITE COMMUNICATION a seminar presentation at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, July 11,2006. JULY 2006

Workshop attended

TypeMonthYearInformation
1TrainingJuly2020Successfully completed a one-hour long on-line course (after passing the end-of-course quiz with 100 % marks) titled HOW TO TEACH ONLINE EFFECTIVELY on July 4, 2020.
2TrainingJanuary2018Attended the 9th Edition of STARTUP MASTER CLASS held at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur during 27th January 2018 and 28th January 2018. The event was organized by the Entrepreneurship Cell of IIT Kanpur.
3TrainingApril2018Attended a Faculty Development Program (FDP) on Outcome Based Teaching Learning on April 21, 2018. The FDP was conducted by Dr. Tamali Bhattacharyya of IIT Kharagpur. The venue was LT-5, LNMIIT Jaipur.
4TrainingApril2016Attended "One-day Training-cum-Workshop on ISRO's Geo-portals for developmental planning and e-governance" organized by Birla Institute of Scientific Research (BISR), Jaipur
5TrainingApril2016Appointed a Member of the Board of Studies (BOS) of Madhav Institute of Technology and Science (MITS), Gwalior, India and attended a meeting of the aforementioned BOS on April 1st, 2016.
6TrainingMarch2015Attended one-day workshop on PLANAR ANTENNAS FOR SATELLITE & WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS organized by the Centre for Converging Technologies, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur
7TrainingDecember2015IEEE MTT-S International Microwave and RF Conference (IMaRC 2015), December 10-12, HYDERABAD, INDIA
8TrainingFebruary2014"Quality Initiatives in Technical and Higher Educational Institutions (in compliance with NBA and NAAC Accreditation", at Engineering Staff College of India (ESCI), Hyderabad, 11-13 February, 2014
9TrainingMarch2014ISSUES AND CHALLENGES IN THE FIELD OF ENGINEERING EDUCATION, a 2-hour Chat Show organized by the leading daily newspaper, RAJASTHAN PATRIKA, on 20th March, 2014, in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.
10TrainingDecember2013CONFERENCE ON ELECTRONICS, TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND COMPUTERS (CETC 2013) December 5th - 6th, 2013, Lisbon, Portugal
11TrainingDecember2013IEEE MTT-S International Microwave and RF Conference (IMARC2013), December 14-16, 2013, New Delhi, India
12TrainingMarch2010Selected to become a Fellow of The Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (IETE.
13TrainingNovember2008RECENT ADVANCES IN MICROWAVE THEORY AND APPLICATIONS, 2008 (MICROWAVE-2008), November 21-24, 2008, Jaipur, India
14TrainingDecember2006International Conference on Mathematical Modeling and Computer Simulation (ICMMACS), December 12-15,2006, Jaipur, India DEC 2006
15TrainingOctober2006National Conference on RECENT ADVANCEMENTS IN MICROWAVE TECHNIQUE & APPLICATIONS (MICROWAVE-2006), OCTOBER 6-8, 2006, JAIPUR, INDIA
16WorkshopSeptember2005'Cambridge Blue Book Man of the Year' Award by International Biographical Center (IBC), Cambridge, England,in recognition of services to Electrical Engineering
17TrainingDecember1996Selected to become a Senior Member of The Institution of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)