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

Professor Sanket Patel is proudly working for the School of Engineering and Applied Science of Ahmedabad University. He is also a founder and director of Sensegood Instruments Private Limited and its subsidiary Sensegood Space and Defence Electronics. He designed and developed technologically advanced the world’s most affordable color spectrophotometers, colorimeters, whiteness and yellowness testers, and Agtron analyzers. 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 successfully executed state, national and international level collaborative research projects as the Principal Investigator. He has demonstrated his entrepreneurial skills by developing numerous commercially successful electronic products. He has good capabilities in the end-to-end product development process.

Sanket S Patel did his PhD in Electronics from Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology (DA-IICT), Gandhinagar in 2014. He served in various teaching positions at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Gandhinagar and DA-IICT. He currently owns one Patent, and has more than fifteen research publications in IEEE, Springer, and Wiley. He received the 2014 IEEE award for his doctoral research, awarded by Dr. M. Ponnavaikko, the IEEE India chairman at that time. He is in the reviewing committees of various conferences, journals, startup evaluations, and international research fellowship programs.

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

The instruments division manufactures the world’s most affordable and technologically advanced Color Spectrophotometers. Sensegood Instruments is India’s only and the World’s fourth manufacturer of instruments of its kind. Some of the features that the instrument has, are not available in any of the other instruments in the world. 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 many century-old companies 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, 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/

Innovations and Developments

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

• 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

Development of a low cost technology for material characterization (Role: PI)
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)
Agency: Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB)
Multidisciplinarity: Mechatronics, Sensors, Algorithms

Development of technology solutions for the salt pan workers of Nana Rann of Kutch (Role: PI)
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.

Granted Patent

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

Award

• 2014, 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

• 15+ research publications in IEEE, Springer, and Wiley

• Sensors, Instruments and Experimentation
• Electronics and Magnetic Circuits and Devices
• Basic Electronics
• Embedded Systems
• Modern Industrial Sensors
• Microwave Transistor Circuits & Systems
• Electronics Workshop

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 Relationship Committee
• Infrastructure & Facilities Management Committee (IFMC): Representation of all the disciplines
• Ph.D. Admissions
• Admissions Outreach 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 in Engineering" with specializations in: Multi-disciplinary experimental research, Industry 4.0 Sensors & Automation Systems, Sensor Applications, Technology solutions for industry and society, Applied AI ML, Image processing, Embedded Systems, Internet of Things, Intelligent Transportation System, ADAS, Spectrophotometry, Mechatronics, Antenna Design & Development, Active and Passive RF and Microwave Circuits and Systems, Microwave Integrated Circuits, Instrumental methods of chemical analysis, Non-destructive material characterization, Ecology with technology, Electric Vehicle battery optimization, Battery management and cooling, Solar, Clean energy, Climate change, Green hydrogen

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