IITKGP
Looking for motivated Ph.D. candidates in the research areas of Sensors and Interfacing Electronics; MEMS; Energy Harvesting; Autonomous Navigation; and Structural Health Monitoring. | Looking for motivated Ph.D. candidates in the research areas of Sensors and Interfacing Electronics; MEMS; Energy Harvesting; Autonomous Navigation; and Structural Health Monitoring. | Looking for motivated candidates for a Junior Research Fellow position in an ISRO sponsored exciting project in the area of navigation system. Interested and potential candidates are encouraged to apply through the institute portal as per following link. Last date for application: 23rd February 2023. https://erp.iitkgp.ac.in/SRICStaffRecruitment/Login.jsp?ref_no=IIT/SRIC/R/HGI/2023/101 | Looking for motivated candidates for a Junior Research Fellow position in an ISRO sponsored exciting project in the area of navigation system. Interested and potential candidates are encouraged to apply through the institute portal as per following link. Last date for application: 23rd February 2023. https://erp.iitkgp.ac.in/SRICStaffRecruitment/Login.jsp?ref_no=IIT/SRIC/R/HGI/2023/101 | Looking for motivated candidate for Summer Internship 2022. Interested students may fill the following form link and send the updated CVs on or before 8th June 2022. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdhIv4W_Bso0ehZ2lutkrVcixFY6vgnZmsogtFBtCaLz3bsAQ/viewform?usp=sf_link | Looking for motivated candidate for Summer Internship 2022. Interested students may fill the following form link and send the updated CVs on or before 8th June 2022. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdhIv4W_Bso0ehZ2lutkrVcixFY6vgnZmsogtFBtCaLz3bsAQ/viewform?usp=sf_link | Looking for motivated students for a Junior Research Fellow position in a SERB sponsored project in the area of Energy Harvester. Interested and potential candidates are encouraged to apply through the institute portal as per following link. Last date for application: 28th March 2022. https://erp.iitkgp.ac.in/SRICStaffRecruitment/Login.jsp?ref_no=IIT/SRIC/R/EHH/2022/101 http://www.iitkgp.ac.in/temporary-jobs | Looking for motivated students for a Junior Research Fellow position in a SERB sponsored project in the area of Energy Harvester. Interested and potential candidates are encouraged to apply through the institute portal as per following link. Last date for application: 28th March 2022. https://erp.iitkgp.ac.in/SRICStaffRecruitment/Login.jsp?ref_no=IIT/SRIC/R/EHH/2022/101 http://www.iitkgp.ac.in/temporary-jobs |

Research Areas

Research Interests: Energy Harvesting; Piezoelectric, Electromagnetic, Triboelectric and Solar; Sensors and Interfacing Circuits; Sensor Fusion and its Applications; GNSS-INS Integrated Navigation System; MEMS & Microsystem; Embedded Systems; Robotics; Structural Health Monitoring; Biomedical Instrumentation; Electrostatically actuated micro and nano structures, Modeling, Design and Fabrication of Microstructures.
  • Novel GNSS-INS Integration Scheme with UKF-Based Dynamic IMU Calibration and Dual-layer Design for Reliable Navigation by Ajaykrishna R., Mukherjee B. IEEE Sensors Letters 10 1-4 (2026)
  • Design and Optimization of High-Performance Through Hole Based MEMS Energy Harvester Using PiezoMUMPs by Biswal P., Kar S. K., Mukherjee B. Journal of Electronic Materials 50 375-388 (2021)
  • SSHI and Analog MPPT Integration based Self-Powered Interfacing Circuit for Piezoelectric Vibration Energy Harvester by Kumrawat A., Khan S. , Mukherjee B. , N H S. IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers 1-11 (2025)
  • Self-powered pressure monitoring system with novel switching techniques using piezoelectric energy harvester by Biswal P., Mukherjee B. , Kar S. K. Measurement 257 118926-118926 (2025)
  • An Integrated Dual Control Framework for Self-Sustained Single-Stage Solar Energy Harvesting System in Intelligent Air Ventilation Application by Mahato M., Mukherjee B. Energy & Buildings 344 1-16 (2025)
  • Performance Improvement of a Self-powered P-SSHI based Piezoelectric Energy Harvester by Tuning the Switching Delay and Inversion Factor by Khan S., Kumrawat A. , Mukherjee B. Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments 75 1-8 (2025)
  • A Self-powered Accelerometer using Circular hole Piezo Energy Harvester for Acceleration and Vibration Analysis by Biswal P., Mukherjee B. , Kar S. K. IEEE Sensors Letters 8 1-4 (2024)
  • Design and analysis of triboelectric energy harvester with an application in self-powered smart mask by Khan S., Mukherjee B. Journal of Electrostatics 129 1-13 (2024)
  • High sensitivity and low volume based piezoelectric MEMS acceleration sensor using PiezoMUMPs by Biswal P., Kumar M. , Kar S. ., Mukherjee B. Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics 34 1-17 (2023)
  • Analysis of Static Charge Induced Pull-in of an Electrostatic MEMS by Kumar M., Mukherjee B. , Sen S. Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation 96 1-14 (2021)
  • Co-Principal Investigator

Ph. D. Students

Mukunda Mahato

Area of Research: Interfacing circuit for Hybrid Energy Harvester

Udit Narayan Bera

Area of Research: Sensor and interfacing circuit design