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Sandeep Joshi | संदीप जोशी

Associate Professor, Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus

AI in Wireless Communications, B5G/6G Communications, Digital Signal Processing, Molecular Communications
Room No. 2210-I, Faculty Division-II,
Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering,
Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani- 333031, Rajasthan, India.

Sponsored Projects

  • Advanced Research Grant (ARG)-Mathematical Research Impact-centric Support (MATRICS)
    • Project Title: Bio-Inspired Computational Models for Molecular Communications: Modeling and Performance Analysis
    • Sponsoring Agency: Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF), Government of India
    • PI: Dr. Sandeep Joshi
    • Amount: ₹ 30 Lakhs
    • Duration: Apr. 2026 -- Apr. 2031
  • Armament Research Board (ARMREB), DRDO
    • Project Title: Design and Development of Advanced Flexible Textile Antennas for Military Communication Systems
    • Sponsoring Agency: Ministry of Defence, Government of India
    • Co-PI: Dr. Sandeep Joshi
    • Amount: ₹ 23.44 Lakhs
    • Duration: Mar. 2026 -- Mar. 2028
  • Cross Disciplinary Research Framework (CDRF)
    • Project Title: Distributed Learning in UAV swarms for 5G and Beyond Communication Networks
    • Sponsoring Agency: BITS Pilani
    • PI: Dr. Sandeep Joshi
    • Amount: ₹ 20 Lakhs
    • Duration: May 2026 -- May 2028
  • International Grant under UTFORSK 2024, Norway
    • Project Title: Sustainable AI Literacy in Higher Education through Multilateral Collaborations (SAIL-MC)
    • Sponsoring Agency: Norwegian Directorate for Higher Education and Skills (HK-dir)
    • PI: Dr. Sandeep Joshi
    • Amount: NOK three million (Approx. ₹ 2.2 Crore)
    • Duration: Jan. 2025 -- Dec. 2028
  • 5G Use Case Lab
    • Sponsoring Agency: Department of Telecommunications, Ministry of Communications, Govt. of India
    • PI: Dr. Sandeep Joshi
    • Amount: ₹ 1 Crore
    • Awarded: October 2023 
  • National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems (NMICPS) Grant
    • Project Title: A Ga2O3-HEMT Biosensor-Based Non-invasive, Intelligent, and Portable Diagnostic System
    • Sponsoring Agency: DST by iHUB Divyasampark, IIT Roorkee
    • Co-PI: Dr. Sandeep Joshi
    • Amount: ₹ 10 Lakhs
    • Duration: Oct. 2023 -- Dec. 2025
  • POWER Research Grant
    • Project Title: A Holistic Integration of NTNs for 5G and Beyond Wireless Communications: Connecting Anything, Anytime, Anywhere
    • Sponsoring Agency: SERB-DST, Govt. of India
    • C0-PI: Dr. Sandeep Joshi
    • Amount: 27. 32 Lakhs
    • Duration: Feb. 2024 -- Feb. 2027
  • Start-up Research Grant (SRG)
    • Project Title: Intelligent Reflecting Surface (IRS) Assisted 5G and Beyond Communications: Modeling, Design, and Analysis
    • Sponsoring Agency: SERB-DST, Govt. of India
    • PI: Dr. Sandeep Joshi
    • Amount: ₹ 30.84 Lakhs
    • Duration: Jan. 2022 -- Jan. 2024
  • Industrial Research Consultancy Project
    • Project Title: 5G Cellular Over-the-air (OTA) Scanner
    • Sponsoring Agency: Hughes Systique Private Limited
    • PI: Dr. Sandeep Joshi
    • Amount: ₹ 12.03 Lakhs
    • Duration: Jul. 2021 -- Nov. 2023
  • Additional Competitive Research Grant (ACRG)
    • Project Title: Device-to-Device Communications in 5G Cellular Networks: Channel Modeling and Performance Analysis
    • Sponsoring Agency: BITS Pilani
    • PI: Dr. Sandeep Joshi
    • Amount: ₹ 10 Lakhs
    • Duration: Feb. 2021 - Jan. 2023
  • Research Initiation Grant (RIG)
    • Project Title: Device-to-Device Communications in 5G and Beyond Networks: Performance Analysis
    • Sponsoring Agency: BITS Pilani
    • PI: Dr. Sandeep Joshi
    • Amount: ₹ 2 Lakhs
    • Duration: Sept. 2020 - Dec. 2022
  • Outstanding Potential for Excellence in Research and Academics (OPERA) Award
    • Sponsoring Agency: BITS Pilani
    • PI: Dr. Sandeep Joshi
    • Amount: ₹ 21 Lakhs
    • Duration: Aug. 2020 -- Jul. 2025