Faculty

Vision To shape and polish next-generation engineers for building safe and affordable future technologies.

Professor Sanket Patel is currently working at the School of Engineering and Applied Science of Ahmedabad University. He is also a founder of Sensegood Instruments Private Limited which has presence in 44 countries. Further, he is a consultant to Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL), Ministry of Defence for collaborative R&D in new technology areas related to Electronics Defence Systems. He has also carried out research at Space Application Centre (SAC), Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) where he successfully developed Ku-band satellite receiver front-end Microwave ICs which are deployed in OCEANSAT satellite. He has demonstrated his entrepreneurial skills by developing numerous commercially successful electronic products.

Sanket S Patel received the IEEE award for his doctoral research for the year 2014, awarded by Dr. M. Ponnavaikko, the IEEE India chairman of that time. He served in various teaching positions at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Gandhinagar and DA-IICT. He currently owns a granted Patent, and has numerous research publications in IEEE, Springer, and Wiley. He is in the reviewing committees of various conferences, journals, startup evaluations, and international research fellowship programs. He has successfully executed state, national and international level externally funded research projects as a Principal Investigator.

Dr Sanket S Patel is a Founder of Sensegood Instruments Private Limited and its subsidiary Sensegood Space and Defence Electronics.

Sensegood Instruments is India’s only and the world’s one of the largest manufacturer of Color Spectrophotometers. It is completely Made in India Patented Proprietary Technology with 20 years of exclusive rights. This division has a wide target market including plastics, textiles, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, paper, paint, food, and agriculture processing industries. Its customer base includes Hindustan Unilever Ltd HUL, Marico Ltd, Godrej, Jindal, Patanjali, Continental Coffee Ltd, Suhana Spices, Carborundum Universal cumi Murugappa Group, Weikfield, Hindustan Zinc Ltd Vedanta Group, IITs, leading universities, and many century-old conglomerates across the globe.

The space and defence division is into research and development of next-generation electronics systems for the Ministry of Defence and Ministry of Space, Government of India. Dr Sanket Patel is a consultant to Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) for Electronics Defence Systems development. He successfully developed Ku-band receiver front-end subsystems for ISRO’s OCEANSAT satellite.

Company's current operations: USA, UK, France, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Poland, Russia, Belarus, Greece, Argentina, Canada, Latvia, Wales, Australia, New Zealand, India, Israel, Egypt, South Korea, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Brazil, South Africa, Oman, Panama, Costa Rica, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Malaysia, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Nigeria, Thailand, Lebanon, Laos, Chile, China, Peru, and Philippines.

Website: https://sensegoodinstruments.com/

Ongoing Research Projects in the following and similar fields:
•    RF and microwave components – Microwave Integrated Circuits like; Low noise amplifiers, Power amplifiers, Active and passive mixers, Voltage controlled oscillators, Tunable filters, Attenuators, Isolators, Couplers, Phase shifters, and more at sub-systems and systems level.
•    Reconfigurable antennas, planar low profile antennas, adaptive antenna arrays, novel feed networks
•    Metamaterial based components
•    Frequency selective surfaces, absorbers
•    Microwave material characterization
•    Machine learning based design of pattern reconfigurable antennas and other RF & microwave components
•    Applied AI/ML, Computer Vision, Video Analytics
•    Sensor based systems

Other ongoing/completed externally funded projects:

Scalable Digitization of the Indian Classical and Folk Performing Arts (Role: PI) (Ongoing)
Agency: Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India
Multidisciplinarity: Real-time analytics in Performing Arts

Development of a low cost technology for material characterization (Role: PI) (Ongoing)
Agency: National Initiative for Developing and Harnessing Innovation, Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India
Multidisciplinarity: Agritech - Electronics technology for Agriculture

Development of universal color spectrophotometer technology (Role: PI)
Agency: Industries and Mines Department, Government of Gujarat
Multidisciplinarity: Electronics technology for Chemical, Plastics, Paper and Pharmaceutical industries – applications of spectrometry

Development of a system for implementation of Unified Grain Moisture Algorithm (Role: PI)
Agency: Developed in collaboration with Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA), US Department of Agriculture (USDA), USA
Multidisciplinarity: Agritech - Electronics technology for Agriculture

Development of a low cost Vector Network Analyzer (VNA) (Role: PI)
Agency: Mini-Circuits Technologies, USA
Multidisciplinarity: Electronics technology for analytical research

Development of a non-contact temperature monitoring system with universal control outputs for industrial processes (Role: PI)
Agency: Melexis Micro-electronic Semiconductors, Belgium
Multidisciplinarity: Electronics for Industry 4.0 automations

Design and development of novel Ku-band satellite receiver front-end Microwave ICs for India’s OCEANSAT satellite (Role: PI)
Agency: Space Application Centre (SAC), Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO)
Multidisciplinarity: Electronics for space applications (this technology is currently deployed in Indian weather satellite)

Development of intelligent pipeline leak detection and localization practices independent of prior leak history (Role: Co-PI) (Ongoing)
Agency: Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB)
Multidisciplinarity: Mechatronics, Sensors, Algorithms

Women Safety Research in Jaipur (Ongoing)
Agency: National Commission for Women, Government of India
Multidisciplinarity: Technology to solve the societal challenges

Women Safety Research in Rajkot (Ongoing)
Agency: National Commission for Women, Government of India
Multidisciplinarity: Technology to solve the societal challenges

Development of technology solutions for the salt pan workers of Nana Rann of Kutch (Role: PI) (Ongoing)
Agency: Self Employed Women's Association (SEWA)
Multidisciplinarity: Technology to solve the societal challenges

Apart from this, various grants were offered by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) India, IEEE India Council and IEEE Region 10 Young Professionals.

Innovations and Developments

Professor Sanket has designed and developed numerous commercially successful products over the years.

• 2024    Continuous design and development of novel industry focussed Antenna, RF and Microwave components
• 2022-23   Development of medical electronics systems
• 2021    Designed and developed the world’s most affordable yet technologically advanced universal color spectrophotometer – World’s only of its kind – Patented Technology
• 2020    Designed and developed -70°C to 400°C calibrated infrared temperature sensing instrument with versatile control outputs
• 2020    Designed and developed complete VHF Vector Network Analyzer (VNA)
• 2019    Developed an instrument and an algorithm for the real time analysis: Microwave material characterization and constituent parameter extraction 
• 2019    Designed and developed inline moisture sensor for dryers, mixers, and conveyors
• 2019    Designed and developed BLE enabled data loggers and indicators - IoT
• 2018    Designed and developed LoRa wireless sensor node network - IoT
• 2017-16    Designed and developed affordable and reliable moisture instruments
• 2015    Designed, developed and tested metamaterial resonator based VCO microwave IC - 5 (Manufactured at SAC)
• 2014    Designed, developed and tested Ku-band VCO microwave IC - 4 (Manufactured at SAC)
• 2014    Designed and developed Ku-band Mixer microwave IC - 3
• 2013    Designed, developed and tested three stage Low Noise Amplifier Microwave IC - 2 (Manufactured at SAC)
• 2013    Designed, developed and tested Ku-band Low Noise Amplifier Microwave IC - 1 (Manufactured at SAC)
• 2012-11    Designed, developed and tested many novel microstrip antennas – RF to GHz operating frequencies

Granted Patent

• Patel, Sanket S., “Variable Target Distance Compensation in Spectrophotometer”, Pat. 3,63,147, Mar 2021.

Award

• IEEE Award for the doctoral research in India – First in Doctoral category, Awarded by Dr. M Ponnavaikko, IEEE India chairman 2014.
• Ahmedabad University Chairman’s Award for Experiments to Advance Active Learning for the academic year 2022.

Publications

• 20 research publications (IEEE, Springer, Wiley)

• Sensors, Instruments and Experimentation
• Electronics and Magnetic Circuits and Devices
• Basic Electronics
• Embedded Systems
• Modern Industrial Sensors
• Microwave Transistor Circuits & Systems
• Electronics Workshop
• Antenna design, development and testing
• RF and Microwave components design, development and testing
• High speed integrated circuits

Committees handled by Professor Sanket:

• Career Development Committee (CDC): Representation of School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS)
• IEEE: Counselor - IEEE Student Branch, Representation of Ahmedabad University
• Industry Relations Committee
• Infrastructure & Facilities Management Committee (IFMC): Representation of all the disciplines
• Ph.D. Admissions
• Admissions Committee
• Engineering Foundations Curriculum Revision Committee
• Engineering Projects Committee

• devzone Nordic Semiconductor, Norway
• Peers & Experts in STMicroelectronics, Switzerland
• Technical Community on Internet of Everything
• Technical Committee on Wearable Biomedical Sensors & Systems
• Antenna Test & Measurement Society, India
• IEEE Industry Applications Society
• IEEE Sustainable ICT Community
• IEEE Young Professionals
• IEEE Connected & Autonomous Vehicles 
• IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society
• IEEE Entrepreneurship
• IEEE Sensors Council
• IEEE Smart Cities Community
• IEEE Vehicular Technology Society
• IEEE Internet of Things
• IEEE Council on Electronic Design Automation
• IEEE Systems Council
• IEEE Nanotechnology Council
• IEEE Council on RFID
• IEEE Antennas & Propagation Society
• IEEE Microwave Theory & Techniques Society

PhD research positions in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India: Antenna, RF & Microwave, Microwave Integrated Circuits, Sensor instruments & applications, Applied AI ML, Image processing, Non-destructive material characterization, Climate change, Multi-disciplinary experimental research

Ongoing Research Projects in the following and similar fields:
•    RF and microwave components – Microwave Integrated Circuits like; Low noise amplifiers, Power amplifiers, Active and passive mixers, Voltage controlled oscillators, Tunable filters, Attenuators, Isolators, Couplers, Phase shifters, and more at sub-systems and systems level.
•    Reconfigurable antennas, planar low profile antennas, adaptive antenna arrays, novel feed networks
•    Metamaterial based components
•    Frequency selective surfaces, absorbers
•    Microwave material characterization
•    Machine learning based design of pattern reconfigurable antennas and other RF & microwave components
•    Applied AI/ML, Computer Vision, Video Analytics
•    Sensor based systems

Available Research Facility
VNA, spectrum analyzers, signal generators, high sampling rate digital oscilloscopes, data acquisition systems, full-fledged fabrication facility, rapid prototyping and more.

Financial Support
Ahmedabad University awards full tuition fee waiver and financial support to full-time doctoral students. The financial support could be either as either University Assistantship or University Fellowship, or from sponsored projects. We offer University Assistantships at INR 40,000 per month plus tuition fee waiver, and University Fellowships at INR 50,000 per month plus tuition fee waiver. (For latest information, check the links mentioned below)

Post PhD Opportunities: Building an entrepreneurship venture, Post-doctoral research, Joining a company of repute as a lead researcher, Academics in a leading university

If interested, write to: [email protected]

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Click here to view the Advertisement:  Research Positions at Ahmedabad University (2024) This call is open for the candidates who are willing to pursue PhD research, MTech Dissertation Thesis, BTech final year project, and Summer Internships under the supervision of Professor Sanket Patel.

Professor Sanket Patel, PhD
Associate Professor, School of Engineering & Applied Science (SEAS)
Office 224, GICT Building
Ahmedabad University
Commerce Six Roads, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad 380 009, Gujarat, India
Phone(O): +91 79 6191 1161
[email protected]