Avinash R Vaidya

About Avinash R Vaidya

Professor and Intrapreneur with 15 + years of erudite experience in higher education management, admission process management, Digital Marketing, teaching, research, innovation and entrepreneurship development, infrastructure development and University formation processes.Inventor of Indian Patents 302835, 341129, 20••••••••00 and 20••••••••25+ publications of international repute with 450+ citations on Google Scholar and 350+ citations on SCOPUS.Teaching and research experience in modeling and analysis of antennas, RF, Microwave, patent filing. Hands-on experience in IE3D Electromagnetic simulator, CST Studio Suite, Laboratory and field measurements using Vector Network Analyzer, Spectrum Analyzer.Principal Investigator of various funded research and infrastructure development projects. Approved UG, PG and PhD (Engineering) teacher of Mumbai University.HoD of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering, Coordinator of AICTE IDEA Lab, Past president of the Institution\'s Innovation Council. Coordinator of NISP, YUKTI, Coursera, NIRF, ARIIA and Innovation Ambassador at Pillai College of Engineering.Actively involved in implementing PBL, add on courses, summer training, internships for students and faculty members, organizing workshops, FDPs, seminars, conferences and various competitions, online teaching-learning.In depth knowledge of accreditation processes (NBA, NAAC and AUTONOMY).Serving as Member of Board of Studies, Member of Department Advisory Board at various Institutions, Result Moderation Committee of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering (Data Science), Internet of Things Branch, Mumbai University.

Experience

1. Aicte Idea Lab Coordinator

   Pillai College Of Engineering

   Jan 2023 — Present

   AICTE-IDEA (Idea Development, Evaluation & Application) Lab is established at Pillai College of Engineering for encouraging students towards application of Science, Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) fundamentals with enhanced hands-on experience, learning by doing and even product visualization. As a common facility embedded in the institution, the IDEA Lab is making Engineering Graduates more imaginative and creative, besides getting basic training in the 21st century skills like - critical thinking, problem solving, design thinking, collaboration, communication, lifelong learning etc. IDEA Lab is empowering the students and faculty to “engage, explore, experience, express and excel”, addressing the need of new age learning. IDEA Lab is serving as an infrastructure for faculty to take up and promote multidisciplinary education and research. Faculty would be encouraged to get trained in these Labs and strive for creating problems/ projects/ internships in their own subjects/ disciplines and mentor the students.

Education

• Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay

  Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Antenna Design

  2010 — 2014

• Shri Guru Gobind Singhji Institute of Engineering and Technology, Vishnupuri, Nanded

  M.Tech., Electronics

  2007 — 2009

• PREC Loni, Pune University

  BE, Electronics

  2002 — 2007

Skills

• Algorithms
• Antennas
• Ie3d
• Higher Education
• Lab Development
• Matlab
• High Gain Wideband Antenna Design
• Antenna Measurements
• Programming
• Antenna Modeling
• Field Measurements Antenna
• Simulations
• Higher Education Administration
• Patch Antenna Design
• Ultra Wideband Antenna Design
• Testing
• Circularly Polarized Antenna Design
• Innovative Teaching
• Modeling
• Research
• Digital Image Processing