He earned a degree of PhD (after B.E and M.Tech) in wireless sensor network from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India under Prof. Rajarshi Roy . Prior to this he also worked on a project in BARC Mumbai. So far he has published 25 research papers in international conferences and journals, he has written 1 book chapter and developed 8 patent pending technologies. His name is listed in Marquis World's Who is Who (click here) and he is one of the finalist of Indian Mathematics Olympiad.
His entire career is in WSN starting from PhD and post PhD research. Apart from the revenue generation, he is looking for the social aspect of WSN. One of the theme areas of his solution is around green initiatives. The main objective of the green projects is to reduce the energy consumption thereby reducing the carbon emission. His philosophy is, “You can save the energy but someone should discover tell you, when and how?” He is building WSN systems which can provide these answers readily. He been the main architect of the Infosys-Elixir, a product for wireless sensor networking. One can read more about this product on Infosys website [click here] and in print media (click here).
Summarily, Dr. Kumar Padmanabh's research interests and expertise are in non-conventional wireless network and systems. It includes IEEE 802.15.4 standard based wireless personal area network. Particularly, he is dealing with Zigbee based standard and system.
Beyond Research Lab (Hobbies and Interests)
He is very active blogger and so far he has written around 300 technical and non technical articles on the blog. He is a voracious reader of fictions and he is a fictional and humorous author himself. He has written a book containing 15 short stories (fiction) and one novel in maithili language. He is the first maithili blogger among all netizens. His hindi blog (click here) has been widely applauded and attracted more than 10,000 readers around the globe. He is running a social organization "katek raas baat", which motovates young professional to write and read maithili literature.