About Me

Hi! I am Karnish Tapadar, currently serving as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Shiv Nadar Institution of Eminence. I earned my Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India. Prior to that, I completed my M.Tech. in Computer Science and Engineering from the National Institute of Technology Durgapur, India, where I was awarded the Institute Gold Medal.

Announcement

I am actively looking for motivated B.Tech (OUR) and Ph.D. students interested in working in the areas of IoT Network Protocols, ML-assisted IoT networks for performance improvement, IoT Applications, and Edge Intelligence.

If you are interested, feel free to reach out via email.

Interested students may contact me with their CV for potential internship opportunities.

Research Interests

  • IoT Network Protocols
  • Edge Computing
  • Applications of ML/DL in IoT
  • IoT Applications
  • IoT Network Security
IoT Network

Education

  • 2025: Ph.D. (CSE, Internet of Things) from IIT Guwahati, India
  • 2018: M.Tech. (CSE) from National Institute of Technology Durgapur, India
  • 2014: MCS from Assam Central University, Silchar, India
  • 2012: BCS from Assam Central University, Silchar, India

Work Experience

  • 2025-Present: Assistant Professor, Shiv Nadar University, Greater Noida, India
  • 2018-2018: Assistant Professor, CV Raman Global University, Bhubaneswar, India
  • 2016-2016: Junior Research Fellow, Assam University, Silchar, India

Awards and Achievements

  • Received Travel grant Award to attend & present in COMSNETS’2024 conference from COMSNETS Organization.
  • Received Travel Grant from IIT Guwahati to attend and present at ICSTE 2023
  • Received Institute Assistantship for paper presentation at INDICON 2023
  • Received MHRD Scholarship for Ph.D. through GATE (2019-2023)
  • Qualified UGC-NET (Assistant Professor), in CS & IT discipline, 2018
  • Qualified GATE in CSE discipline, 2016
  • Institute Gold Medalist in M.Tech from NIT Durgapur
  • Received MHRD Scholarship during M-Tech through GATE (2016-2018)
  • Received Merit-cum-Means scholarship during MCS from ministry of Minority.
  • Bagged first prize in Teaching competition conducted by Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, India
  • Received Participation Certificate for workshop on Pedagogy Training for Teaching & Research Excellence (SERB-INAE)

Professional Services

Membership
  • ACM Member since January 2022 (ID: 7262559)
  • IEEE Member since December 2024 (ID: 99681062)
Reviewer
  • Journal of The Institution of Engineers (India): Series B (IEIB)
  • IEEE Internet of Things Journal
  • IEEE Access Journal
  • IEEE Sensors Journal
  • Research and Industrial Conclave (RIC) 2025, IIT Guwahati.
  • IEEE ICCINS-2023, Mylavaram, AP, India
Academic and Administrative Responsibilities
  • Revised and updated the course syllabus for CSD457: Internet of Things (IoT) in alignment with current academic and industry developments
  • Faculty Placement Coordinator of IT Department from July -December 2018 at CV Raman Engineering College
Organizer/Volunteer
  • Co-Organizer of Workshop on Networks and systems-2025 (WONS 2.0): The workshop featured invited speakers from academia to talk about the contemporary and pressing issues that need to be addressed in the area of wireless networks, Digital Twins, and Quantum-Based Communications.
  • An active volunteer of the Women Entrepreneurship development Organised by Assam University Silchar in collaboration with National Research Development Corporation in 2012
  • An active volunteer in the North-East Winter School on Graph Algorithms with special focus on Applications to Networks and VLSI Organized by ISI kolkata and Assam University Silchar