Amar Kumar Nandan received an MS in IT from IIIT-Bangalore with a focus on networking and communication. He has work experience as a research assistant and teaching assistant. His areas of interest include green networking, video transmission, and wireless communication networks. He has published papers in these areas and holds a patent. He received several awards for his academic and research work.

1. Amar Kumar Nandan
Phone: +91-9019054471
Email: nandan.amar@ieee.org
Homepage: http://aknandan.co.nr/
Education
MS by Research in IT, IIIT-Bangalore.
Networking and Communication, CGPA : 3.75/4
B. Tech,C.V. Raman College of Engineering, Bhubaneswar.
E&TC, BPUT, 2009,CGPA : 8.2/10
Class XII, DAV Jawahar Vidya Mandir, Shyamli, Ranchi.
CBSE, 2004, 70.2 %
Class X, Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Lalmatia.
CBSE, 2002, 89.8 %
Academic Experience
Research Assistant, Wireless Network Lab, IIIT-Bangalore (6 Months)
Teaching Assistant, IP Multimedia Subsystem(IMS) (6 Months)
Area of Interest
Green Networking and Power Saving
Video Transmission/Streaming
Wireless Communication Network
Skill Sets Programing Language: C/C++/R/Matlab OS: Linux
Patent
Method and System of Transmitting Video Data to User Equipments in a Wireless Com-
munication Environment , Application No: 4528 /CHE/2011, Applied on December 22,
2011 to Indian Patent Office.
Publications
La-VoLTE: novel cross Layer optimized mechanism of Video transmission over LTE
for DRX, Accepted at VTC 2012 -Spring,
available at : https://sites.google.com/site/amarkumarnandan/publication/vtc2012
VP8 Video : Performance Evaluation, Modelling and Frame Size Prediction, 2011 (Best
Paper(3rd ) award at IEEE R10 PG student paper contest )
available at: https://sites.google.com/site/amarkumarnandan/publication/ieee-r10
Power Saving for Video Telephony over Broadband Wireless Access Network, Submitted to
WoWMoM 2012 ,
available at : https://sites.google.com/site/amarkumarnandan/publication/wowmom11
Feature Based Mutual Information Approach for Biomedical Image Registration, 2009,
available at: https://sites.google.com/site/amarkumarnandan/publication/ip
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2. Awards, & Fellowships
Best Paper Award (3rd ): 2011
• IEEE R10 Student paper contest
Nokia University Fellowship Program
• IIIT-Bangalore : 2010-11
Received Scholorship for continuing Research Work
1st prize in TECHNIQUE,IIT Guwahati.
• Autonomous Robotics Competition : 2007
Won the national level Robotics Competition. Designed an autonomous robot capa-
ble of avoiding obstacles, follow wall and search its path of motion. It was controlled
by microcontroller and sensors with on-board power supply.
2nd prize SPARX, ISM Dhanbad.
• Autonomous Robotics Competition : 2008
Robotics Competition for an autonomous path tracer robot controlled by 8 bit mi-
crocontrolle.
1st prize in VAASTUSASMITAM, SMIT.
• Technical Fest : 2008
Won the national level ROBOTICS competition. Designed a robot, capable of climb-
ing a rope without any external support.
Regional Research Laboratory,BBSR.
• Model Exposition : 2007
Qualified and participated in Model exposition. Designed an autonomous Robot
which is capable of moving over rough terrain.
2nd prize Jawahr Navodaya Vidyalaya, Cuttck.
• Science Exhibition : 2001
Designed a Safety Home.
Personal Information
Born on - Jan 1, 1987.
Gender - Male
Marital Status - Single
Languages known - English, Hindi, Oriya
Citizenship - Republic of India
Passport - Yes
Address- IIIT-Bangalore,
26/C, Electronics City,
Bangalore, Karnataka - 560100, India
Link: http://www.iiitb.ac.in/students/amar-kumar-nandan/
References
Prof. Debabrata Das, IIIT-Bangalore
Prof. Jyotsna Bapat, IIIT-Bangalore
Prof. Niladri Bihari Puhan, IIIT-Bangalore
contact available upon request
Last updated: April 3, 2012
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