Raj Senani

Professor Raj Senani (born 14 March 1950), is an eminent academician and researcher in the field of Electronics Engineering. Apart from teaching various courses in the areas of Electronics and Communication Engineering, he has made original and novel contributions to the fields of Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing in the course of his research work. He is currently also the Director of Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology (NSIT).

Work

Research Work

Prof. Senani has 34 years of experience in conducting as well as supervising Research in the areas of Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing since 1977. He has authored/co-authored 120 research papers-all in reputed International Journals. His research papers have been widely referred by other researchers working in similar areas (Ref: Science Citation Index: over 1200 citations so far). A complete list of his publications can be found here.

Editorship and Reviewership of Journals

He has acted as Editor and Reviewer for many National and International Journals as listed below.

Editorship
  • Served as Honorary Editor, `Journal of the IETE’ (Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers) in the area of Circuits and Systems (1992–1995)
  • Served as Honorary Editor,` IETE Journal of Research’, in the area of Circuits and Systems (2007–2008)
  • Served as Associate-Editor-in-Chief for `Signal Processing-International Journal’ (SPIC),CSC Journals (2009-2010)
  • Serving as an Associate Editor for the `Journal on Circuits, Systems and Signal Processing’, published by Birkhauser Boston (USA) (2003-onwards)
  • Serving as a Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal: `Scientific Research and Essays’, Academic Journals
  • Serving as a Member of the EDitorial Booard of: `Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering’, Hindawi Publishers, 2009 onwards
  • Serving as Editor-in-Chief for: `Journal of Electrical and Electronics Engineering Research’ (Academic Journals), 2009 onwards
  • Serving as an Editor for `IETE Journal of Education’, India, 2008- onwards (had been a member of Editorial Board since 1990)
Reviewership

Has acted/ has been acting as Editorial Reviewer for the following International Journals:

  • IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems Part I: Regular Papers (USA)
  • IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems Part II: Transactions Briefs (USA)
  • International Journal of Circuit Theory and Applications (Ireland)
  • Microelectronics Journal (UK)
  • International Journal of Electronics (UK)
  • IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement (USA)
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  • IEE Electronics Letters (UK)
  • IEE Proceedings: Circuits, Devices and Systems (UK)
  • Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing (Netherlands)
  • ELEKTRIK: Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences (Turkey)
  • Circuits, Systems and Signal Processing (USA)
  • Computers and Electrical Engineering (USA)
  • ETRI Journal (Korea)
  • HAIT Journal of Science and Engineering (Israel)
  • IEICE Transactions (Japan)
  • IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics (USA)
  • Integration: The VLSI Journal (USA)
  • WSEAS Transactions (USA)
  • IET Proceedings: Microwave Antennas and Propagation (UK)
  • IEICE Electronics Express (Japan)
  • Radio Engineering Journal (Czech Republic)
  • World Applied Sciences Journal (WASJ)
  • Active and Passive Electronic Components (USA)
  • IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integrated (VLSI) Systems (USA)
  • Electrical Engineering: Archive fur Elektrotechnik (Germany)
  • Journal of Electrical Engineering (Romania)

He has also acted as reviewer for a number of International Symposia and Conferences, in the areas of Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing.

Teaching, Curriculum development and Laboratory development

Prof. Senani is a much revered teacher and has been rated as `Excellent’, in all students’ feedback reports, since 1993 . His current teaching interests are in the following areas:

  • Circuit Theory
  • Signals and Systems
  • Applications of Linear ICs
  • Active Network Synthesis Modern Filter Design
  • Current Mode Circuits and Signal processing
  • Bipolar and CMOS Analog Integrated Circuits
  • Analog VLSI Circuits and Systems
  • Chaotic Non-linear Circuits
  • Log domain and Square root domain circuits

He was responsible for introducing a number of courses in various UG and PG programs at M. N. R. Engineering College, Allahabad and NSIT. In 1989, he played in a key role in upgrading the syllabi of all existing BE programs at NSIT and developing the new BE (Instrumentation and Control Engineering) program. As Dean, PG Studies and Head Electronics and Communication Engineering (ECE), he led a team of faculty members in formulating and initiating new M. Tech. programs in specialized areas of ECE, Computer Engineering and Instrumentation and Control Engineering.

He was Faculty-in-Charge for the Basic Electrical Engineering Laboratory and Applied Electronics Laboratory, at M. N. R Engineering College, Allahabad, India. He established the `Linear Integrated Circuits' Laboratory at Delhi Institute of Technology, India and ‘Analog Integrated Circuits Lab’ and ‘Analog Signal Processing Research Lab’, at NSIT.

Administrative responsibilities

Prof. Senani has held many positions of responsibility at Departmental and Institutional level since 1990. He has served as the Head of various Departments at NSIT and has also acted as the Dean, Research, Academics, Administration and Post Graduate Studies. He has previously held the position of Director DIT/NSIT on two occasions (1996–1997; May 2003–January, 2004) and is currently the Director, NSIT from October 2008 till date.

Education

He obtained his bachelors degree from Harcourt Butler Technological Institute ( HBTI ) Kanpur and masters in Electrical Engineering from Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology (MNNIT), Allahabad University, India. While working as a lecturer the same college, he obtained his Ph.D. in the same subject in the late eighties.

Professional career

Soon after finishing his Ph.D., he was promoted to the post of Reader at MNNIT, Allahabad. In 1988, he joined as Assistant Professor in the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering at DIT, then at Kashmere Gate, New Delhi, India. It later shifted to Dwarka and was renamed as NSIT. He became full Professor in May 1990.He is presently working as the Director of NSIT.

Awards and Honours

He is a Senior Member of IEEE (USA) and Fellow of Institute of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (IETE) India. In 2008, he was elected as a Fellow of National Academy of Sciences (NASI), India for contributions to the field of Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing and Analog VLSI Circuits and Systems.

His biography has been included in several editions of the following publications of Marquis' Who's Who, USA:

  • Marquis Who’s Who in the World
  • Marquis Who’s Who in Science and Engineering
  • Marquis Who’s Who in Finance and Industry
  • Marquis Who’s Who in Asia.

as well as in a number of biographical compilations of American Biographical Institute, USA and International Biographical Center, Cambridge, England.