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Dr. Mahendra Kumar Shukla

Dr. Mahendra Kumar Shukla

Assistant Professor

Email: mahendra@iiitm.ac.in


Address:

Room No. A-109, Department of IT, A Block, ABV-IIITM Gwalior


Personal Web Page: https://sites.google.com/view/mahendrakshukla/home


Dr. Mahendra Kumar Shukla

Biography

Dr. Mahendra Shukla received his Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Information Technology Allahabad, Prayagraj, India, in 2018. He worked as an Assistant Professor with the Department of ECE, The LNM Institute of Information Technology, Jaipur, India. Prior to that, he worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow with the Communications Theories Research Group, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada. His research interests include cooperative relaying, physical layer security, NOMA, energy harvesting, signal processing, and artificial intelligence. He also served as a TPC Member for several IEEE events, including IEEE WCNC, VTC. He is also a senior member of IEEE.

Other Details


 

Number of PhD Students Graduated: Ongoing

Number of M. Tech. Graduated: 10

Number of Publications: 34 (Journals), 23 (Conferences), h-index: 14, i10 index: 16

Number of Projects: 04

Number of Keynote/Invited Talks Delivered: 1

Academic Qualifications


 

Degree

Year

Subject

University/Institution

PhD

2018

Electronics and Communication Engineering

Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad

M. Tech.

2013

Computer Science and Engineering

ABV-Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management, Gwalior

B.Tech

2004

Electronics and Communication Engineering

GLAITM Mathura

Research Interests


 

Next Generation Networks, Cyber-physical systems, IoT, and low-power networking

Selected Publications


R. Kumar, Mahendra K. Shukla, V. Kumar and R. Tripathi, UAV-Enabled SAGIN: Investigating Multi-RIS Systems for Mixed FSO-RF Communication, IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, Oct. 2024.

  1. V. K. Bhardwaj, Abhisekh Singh, O. P. Sahoo, Mahendra K. Shukla, and O. J. Pandey, Attention-Guided Encoder-Decoder Design for Efficient RIS Phase Configuration in Time-Varying IoT Networks,  IEEE Transactions on Artificial Intelligence, Sept. 2025.
  2. Saransh Shanka, Divjot Singh, Anurag Badoni, Mahendra K. Shukla, O. J. Pandey, and Nadjib Aitsaadi Towards Robust IDS in Network Security: Handling Class Imbalance With Deep Hybrid Architectures,  IEEE Networking Letters, Sept. 2025.
  3. V. K. Bhardwaj, O. P. Sahoo, Mahendra K. Shukla, and O. J. Pandey, Fault-Resilient RIS Systems: Toward SINR-and Sum-Rate Maximization of IoT Networks Using ML Frameworks,  IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers, May 2025.
  4. Sankalp, Lata, G. Sondur, Mahendra K. Shukla, O. J. Pandey and M. Guillaud, Secure Communication in Gaussian Multiple Access Wiretap Channels: A Deep Learning and Friendly Jamming Approach,  IEEE Networking Letters, May 2025.
  5. H. Mishra, Mahendra K. Shukla, Priyanshu, S. Dengre, Y. Singh, and O. J. Pandey, A Lightweight Causal Sound Separation Model for Real-Time Hearing Aid Applications,  IEEE Sensors Letters, Feb. 2025.
  6. V. K. Bhardwaj, G. Mundada, O. P. Sahoo, Mahendra K. Shukla, and O. J. Pandey, SINR-Delay Constrained Node Localization in RIS-Assisted Time-Varying IoT Networks Using ML Frameworks,  IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, Feb. 2025.
  7. A. Kamble, H. Dalwadi, Mahendra K. Shukla, O. J. Pandey, and V. K. Singh, Medical Sensor Data Security: A DNN Framework for SOP Prediction in Two-Way Relay NOMA Systems, IEEE Sensors Letters, Jan. 2025..
  8. R. Kumar, Mahendra K. Shukla, V. Kumar and R. Tripathi, Dual-Hop Mixed FSO-RF Wireless Powered Relaying System: Performance Analysis With Nonlinear Energy Harvesting, IEEE Transactions on Green Communications and Networking, Oct. 2024.
  9. Aman Mishra, Yash Garg, Om Jee Pandey, Mahendra K. Shukla, Athanasios V Vasilakos, Rajesh M Hegde, A Novel Resource Management Framework for Blockchain-Based Federated Learning in IoT Networks, IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Computing, Jan. 2024.

Research Lab(s)


 

WireLess Network and IoT Lab

Competitive Grant(s)


 

Sl

Grant (Project/ Consultancy)

Funding Agency

PI/Co-PI

1

DST-SERB, Startup Research Grant (SRG) project (SRG/2023/001422) entitled "Design and Development of Intelligent Physical Layer Security Techniques for Wireless Health Monitoring Applications," Amount: 30.59 Lakhs.

DST-SERB

PI

2

Department of Telecom, Telecom Technology Development Fund (TTDF) project (TTDF/6G/214) entitled "Design and Analysis of a Semantic Learning-Based Architecture for End-to-End Communication with Resource Management," Amount: 1.615 Cr.

TTDF

Co-PI

3

Department of Telecom, Telecom Technology Development Fund (TTDF) project (TTDF/6G/203) entitled "Tackling Channel Estimation in 6G based ISAC System aided by Intelligent Reflecting Surface," Amount: 42.153 Lakhs.

TTDF

Co-PI

4

Development of AI-Driven Signal Processing

Techniques for Secure Wireless Healthcare Systems (AI-Heal)

INRIA, France

PI (Indian side)

Faculty Development / Management Development / Workshops / Conferences


 

SN

Title

Period

Sponsoring Organization

Venue

From

To

1.

Demonstration of 5G Use Case

15/01/2025

16/01/2025

TCIL

ABV-IIITM Gwalior

2.

Prof. Maxime Guillaud visit from Inria in the MARACAS team in Lyon, France

10/12/2024

13/12/2024

INRIA, France

ABV-IIITM Gwalior

3

Technological challenges in Digital Financial Inclusion

20/04/2024

21/04/2024

TIIC

ABV-IIITM Gwalior

4

TPC member for IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (IEEE WCNC-2025)

24/03/2025

27/03/2025

IEEE

Mico Milano Congressi, Milan, Italy

5

Organizing Chair (Exhibition) for IEEE 8th Conference on Information and Communication Technology (IEEE CICT 2024)

06/12/2024

08/12/2024

IEEE

IIIT Allahabad

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