About Me

I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, IIT Jammu. Before that, I was a C.V. Raman Post-Doctoral Fellow in the Department of Electrical Communication Engineering, IISc Bangalore, India. I obtained my PhD and MS degrees from the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India. My research interests include software-defined networks, network function virtualization, network security, and 5G network slicing.

My full CV is available here.

Recent News

  • Congratulations, Shivank! for the acceptance of your paper in SPCOM 2024.

  • Call for Book Chapter “Edge-Enabled 6G Networking Foundations, Technologies, and Applications” to be published by Springer Nature is out. See here for details.

  • “Availability-Aware VNF Placement for uRLLC Applications in MEC-Enabled 5G Networks” got accepted for presentation in IEEE ANTS 2023.

  • I have been elevated to Senior Member, IEEE.

  • Our proposal to set up a 5G use case lab at IIT Jammu under the scheme “100 5G Use Case Labs” by the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), Govt. of India has been selected for funding.

Openings

I have one project position vacant funded by SERB, Govt. of India. The scholarship will be as per the norms. Email me your CV with the subject “CV for Project position”. The candidate has the opportunity to enroll in the PhD degree program as per the rules and regulations at IIT Jammu.

I am looking for candidates interested in pursuing PhD in systems and networking. Email me your CV with the subject “CV for PhD position”.

If you are looking for an internship in the area of next-generation networking (5G and beyond), Email me your CV with the subject “CV for Internship position”.

Work Experience

  • Assistant Professor, Dept. of CSE, IIT Jammu (Dec. 2022 – Present)
  • C. V. Raman Post-Doctoral Fellow, Dept. of ECE, IISc Bangalore, India (Jan. 2021 – Dec. 2022)
  • Post-Doctoral Researcher, CNI, IISc Bangalore, India (Dec. 2020)
  • Research Engineer, INRIA Sophia Antipolis and Nokia Bell Labs, France

Education

  • PhD, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India (2015 – 2020)
  • MS (by Research), Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India (2012 – 2015)
  • BTech (ECE), West Bengal University of Technology, India (2007 – 2011)