Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering
Degree
Specialization
University/Institute Name, Year
Ph.D
Communication
Anna University,
2019
M.Tech
Computer and Communication
Anna University,
2007
B.E
Electronics and Communication Engineering
Periyar University,
2003
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Channel Estimation
MIMO OFDM
OFDMA systems
Basic Electronics
Electron Devices
Analog Electronics
Electronic Circuits
Linear Integrated Circuits
Analog and Digital Communication
Data Communication and Computer Networks
Computer Organization and Operating Systems
Communication Theory
Antenna and Wave Propagation
Satellite Communication
Cellular Mobile Communication
Telecommunication and Switching Networks
Television Engineering
2004-2005: Guest Lecturer, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Government College of Engineering, Salem
2007-2010: Lecturer, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering Department, Vinayaka Mission’s Kirupananda Variyar Engineering College, Salem.
2010-2020: Assistant Professor, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering Department, Vinayaka Mission’s Kirupananda Variyar Engineering College, Salem.
2010-2020: Assistant Professor, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering Department, Vinayaka Mission’s Kirupananda Variyar Engineering College, Salem.
2024-2026: Professor and Head, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Malla Reddy Engineering College, Secunderabad.
2026 to Till date: Associate Professor, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Vadapalani Campus, Chennai.
1. Syed Jalal Ahmad, N.Manikanda Devarajan, G.S.K.Gayatri Devi, “Multi criteria Decision making by Sensor Fusion Driven Smart Home Appliances”, Application No.202241038489 A, Date: 15/07/2022 (Under Examination).
2. Dr.N.Manikanda Devarajan, Mr.SukhavasiSuman, Dr.M.C.Rao, Dr.P.Jayaprada, Nandyala Siva Nagendra, Adabala Siva SarapakaraRao, Dr.P.SankaraRao, “Enhanced Crop or Weed Detection Using CNN”, Application No. 202441057895 A, Publication Date: 09/08/2024.
6. R.Akshitha, S.Saisumanth, S.Bhaskar, M.Suprathika, V.John Moses, Dr.G.S.K.Gayatri Devi, Dr.N.Manikanda Devarajan, Dr.A.Pradeep Kumar, Dr.M.Nithin Varma “Security System and Operating Method Thereof”, Application No. 202141059673 A, Date: 31/12/2021.
7. N.Manikanda Devarajan, A.Geetha, Shreya Mauleshbhai Oza, A.Mary Francina, S.Chandrashekar, S.V.Vijaya Karthik, P.Rajasekar, M.Sravanthi, Kamal Alaskar, G.Appasami, Rajdeep Singh, C.A.Kishore S Peshori, “Intelligent Real-Time Sensor's Data for Automated Decision Making in an IoT-Based Smart Home”, Application No.202141034881 A, Date: 13/08/2021.
Journal Publications:
1. S.K.Mastan Sharif, Rajasekhar Butta, Dhulipalla Venkata Rao, G.L.N. Murthy, N.Manikanda Devarajan, “Improved LSTM-Squeeze Net Architecture for brain activity detection using EEG with improved feature set”, Biomedical Signal Processing and Control, ISSN 1746-8094, Volume 101, February 2025, 107222, Impact Factor: 4.9 (SCI, Scopus).
2. T.Sreelatha, M.Maheswari, G.Ravi, N.Manikanda Devarajan, M.Arun, “Efficient octagonal compression of multimedia data using using LZW-OMCA compressor for secured data transmission”, Journal of Intelligent and Fuzzy Systems, IOS Press, ISSN: ISSN: 1875-8967, Vol. 45, No. 6, PP. 11135-11147, 2023, Impact Factor: 1.737 (SCI, Scopus).
3. A Helen Victoria, N.Manikanda Devarajan, R Saravanakumar, Kripa Sekaran, Charanjeet Singh, Vemuri Suneetha, “Spectral efficiency enhancement by hybrid pre-coding technique for reconfigurable intelligent surfaces-based massive MIMO systems under variable CSI”, Soft Computing, Springer, ISSN: 1433-7479, 2023, Impact Factor: 4.1 (SCI, Scopus).
4. N.Manikanda Devarajan, S.Thenmozhi, K.Jayaram, R.Saravanakumar, “Performance Analysis of Low Power Interference Cancellation Architecture for OFDM System”, Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing, ISSN: 2326-005X, Vol. 32, Issue 2, 2021, PP. 1167-1178, Impact Factor: 1.647 (SCI, Scopus).
5. B.Sakthivel, K.Jayaram, N.Manikanda Devarajan, S.Mahaboob Basha, S.Rajapriya, “Machine Learning-Based Pruning Technique for Low Power Approximate Computing”, Computer Systems Science and Engineering, ISSN: 0267-6192, Vol. 42, Issue 1, 2021, PP. 397-406, Impact Factor: 1.486 (SCI, Scopus).
6. Stanly Jayaprakash, N.Manikanda Devarajan, Rocío Pérez de Prado, Sugumaran Subramanian, Parameshachari Bidare Divakarachari, “A Systematic Review of Energy Management Strategies for Resource Allocation in the Cloud: Clustering, Optimization and Machine Learning”, Energies, ISSN: 1996-1073, Vol. 14, Issue 17, 2021, PP. 5322(1-18), Impact Factor: 3.004 (SCI, Scopus).
7. N.Manikanda Devarajan, Dr.M.Chandrasekaran, “An Efficient and Low Power Impulsive Noise Suppressor Architecture for OFDM System”, Cluster Computing, The Journal of Networks, Software Tools and Applications, ISSN: 1386-7857, Vol. 22, PP. 12777–12783, 2018, Impact Factor: 3.458 (SCI, Scopus).
8. N.Manikanda Devarajan, Dr.M.Chandrasekaran, “Design and FPGA implementation of reconfigurable OFDM with improved PAPR”, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials-Rapid Communications (OAM-RC), ISSN: 1842-6573, Vol. 9, Issue. 5-6, 2015, PP. 561-566, June 2015, Impact Factor: 0.412 (SCI, Scopus).
9. G.Ravi, R.Gautham Krithick, P.Gopi, N.Manikanda Devarajan, “Traffic Information Acquisition System”, International Conference on Sustainable Materials and Manufacturing For Industry 5.0 (ICSMMI 2025), ISBN:978-0-7354-5397-5, AIP Conference Proceedings, 3418 (1): 070014, June 2026 (Scopus).
10. M.Manisha, G.Ravi, N.Manikanda Devarajan, “VLSI design of stochastic sequence based approximate multiplier design with LFSR”, International Conference on Sustainable Materials and Manufacturing For Industry 5.0 (ICSMMI 2025), ISBN:978-0-7354-5397-5, AIP Conference Proceedings, 3418 (1): 070015, June 2026 (Scopus).
11. J.Valarmathi, V.Varshaa, G.Ravi, N.Manikanda Devarajan, “GPS and GSM based heartbeat monitoring system”, International Conference on Sustainable Materials and Manufacturing For Industry 5.0 (ICSMMI 2025), ISBN:978-0-7354-5397-5, AIP Conference Proceedings, 3418 (1): 070021, June 2026 (Scopus).
12. Dudekula Abjeena, N.Manikanda Devarajan, “Optimized design of ultra-fast pipeline FIR filters through critical path evaluation and enhancement”, International Conference on Sustainable Materials and Manufacturing For Industry 5.0 (ICSMMI 2025), ISBN:978-0-7354-5397-5, AIP Conference Proceedings, 3418 (1): 070031, June 2026 (Scopus).
13. Badana Ashwini Priya, N.Manikanda Devarajan, “Theft control system for vehicle by using IoT”, International Conference on Sustainable Materials and Manufacturing For Industry 5.0 (ICSMMI 2025), ISBN:978-0-7354-5397-5, AIP Conference Proceedings, 3418 (1): 070039, June 2026 (Scopus).
14. G.Ravi, N.Manikanda Devarajan, S.Prabu, “Security and Privacy in Aerial-Aided Edge Computing Including Encryption and Authentication Mechanisms”, in Edge Computing and Aerial Platforms (eds S.Juneja, R.K.Dhanaraj and A.Juneja), ISBN:978-1-3943-3629-6, February 2026 (Scopus).
15. Manikanda Devarajan.N, Azhagiri.M, Arunkumar Madhuvappan.C, Thiruppathi.M, Malika.S, Vinod Kumar.D, “Assessing the Impact of Leaf Blight on Rice Production in India: An Emerging Challenge”, Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Evolutionary Computing and Mobile Sustainable Networks (ICECMSN-2025), ISBN: 979-8-3315-8242-5, IEEE Xplore, February 2026 (Scopus).
16. Manikanda Devarajan.N, Balakrishnan.S, Murali.G, Azhagiri.M, Brinda Devi.S, Vinod Kumar.D, “Revolutionizing Agriculture: AI-Powered Pest Control and Disease Management using CNNs”, Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Evolutionary Computing and Mobile Sustainable Networks (ICECMSN-2025), ISBN: 979-8-3315-8242-5, IEEE Xplore, February 2026 (Scopus).
17. G.Murali, N.Manikanda Devarajan, D.Vinod Kumar, M.Azhagiri, M.Thiruppathi, V.Manojkumar, “Pixel-level Reconstruction Noisy Handwritten Characters Classification based on Deep Progressively Learning Model”, Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Mobile Computing and Sustainable Informatics (ICMCSI-2025), ISBN: 979-8-3315-2266-7, IEEE Xplore, February 2025 (Scopus).
18. S.Vaishnodevi, N.ManikandaDevarajan, G.Murali, D.Vinod Kumar, C.Arunkumar Madhuvappan, C.Siva, “Predicting Cervical Cancer using Advanced Machine Learning Algorithms”, 2nd International Conference on Sustainable Computing and Smart Systems (ICSCSS), ISBN:979-8-3503-7999-0, IEEE Xplore, August 2024 (Scopus).
19. S.Mathan Kumar, D.Vinod Kumar, G.Murali, C.ArunkumarMadhuvappan, N.ManikandaDevarajan, C.Divya, “An Analysis to Predict the Occurrence of Chronic Kidney Disease using Ensemble Learning Algorithms”, 2nd International Conference on Sustainable Computing and Smart Systems (ICSCSS), ISBN:979-8-3503-7999-0, IEEE Xplore, September 2024 (Scopus).
20. D.Vinod Kumar G.Murali, S.Kannan, N.ManikandaDevarajan, Abhijith Thomas, “Brain Tumor Detection and Classification Using Transfer Learning Models”, Engineering Proceedings, Volume 62, Issue no. 1, Page 1, ISSN:2673-4591, May 2024 (Scopus).
21. G.Murali, D.Vinod Kumar, S.Kannan, N.ManikandaDevarajan, Suresh Kumar Rajamanickam, “A Framework for Early Detection of Glaucoma in Retinal Fundus Images Using Deep Learning”, Engineering Proceedings, Volume 62, Issue no. 1, Page 3, ISSN:2673-4591, May 2024 (Scopus).
22. R.Sekar, N.Manikanda Devarajan, G. Ravi, B.Rajasekaran, S.Chidambaram, “Hybrid sparse and block-based compressive sensing algorithm for industry based applications”, International Journal of Enterprise Network Management, ISSN: 1748-1252, Vol. 15, No. 1, pp. 44–59, March 2024 (Scopus).
23. R.Saravanakumar, N.ManikandaDevarajan, S.Akshay, S.Kannan, N.Hemalatha, P.Parthiban, “An overview of hybrid electric vehicle battery charging stations using wind and solar energy for green India”, ISBN: 978-0-7354-4334-1, AIP Conference Proceedings, 2690 (1): 020016, March 2023 (Scopus).
24. Ravikumar, K.C., Chiranjeevi, P., Manikanda Devarajan.N, Kaur, C., Taloba, A.I., “Challenges in internet of things towards the security using deep learning techniques”, Measurement: Sensors, ISSN: 2665-9174, Vol. 24, 2022 (Scopus).
25. Gadigoppula Poojitha, Arutla Abhinav Reddy, Talapalli Vikas, R.Saiteja, N.Manikanda Devarajan, “Millimetre Wave MIMO-OFDM with Index Modulation: A Pareto Paradigm on Spectral-Energy Efficiency Trade-off” Journal of Engineering and Science, Vol 13, Issue 05, May 2022.
26. T.Sathies Kumar, T.Sheela, N.Manikanda Devarajan, Nune Sreenivas, “Smart Detection System for Detection of Various Diseases”, Journal of the Gujarat Research Society, ISSN: 0374-8588, Vol. 21, Issue 17, 2019, PP. 2265-2270.
27. G.Ramachandran, T.Sheela, G.Sureshkumar, S.Kannan, N.Manikanda Devarajan, G.Murali, “Artificial Intelligence in Medical Fields”, Research & Reviews: Journal of Medical Science and Technology, ISSN: 2319-3417 (Online), ISSN: 2349-1272 (Print), Vol. 8, Issue 1, 2019, PP. 1-3.
28. G.Murali, N.Manikanda Devarajan, R.Thirunavukkarasu, ” Iris Scanner in Airports”, International Journal of Scientific Research and Review, ISSN: 2279-0543, Vol. 7, Issue 9, 2018, PP. 506-508.
29. G.Suresh Kumar, T.Sheela, T.Muthumanickam, N.Manikanda Devarajan, “Waste Management using Internet of Things (IoT)”, International Journal of Scientific Research and Review, ISSN: 2279-0543, Vol. 7, Issue 9, 2018, PP. 509-512.
30. V.V.Shajil Ameer, N.Manikanda Devarajan, “Novel Vision Based Algorithm for Human Following Robot”, International Journal of Advanced Research in Management, Architecture, Technology and Engineering (IJARMATE), ISSN (Online): 2454-9762, ISSN (Print): 2454-9762, Vol. 3, Special Issue 12, PP. 36-40, March 2017.
31. J.Saravana Kumar, S.Kannan, N.Manikanda Devarajan, G.Suresh Kumar, “Congestion Control Framework In Wireless Multimedia Sensor Networks”, International Journal of VLSI and Embedded Systems-IJVES, ISSN: 2249-6556, Vol. 06, Article 06589, PP. 1545-1552, June 2015.
32. G.Suresh Kumar, S.Selvaraju, N.Manikanda Devarajan, Dr.T.Muthumanickam, “Smart Intelligent Tracking System for School Students Using GSM and GPS”, International Journal of Scientific Research in Science, Engineering and Technology (IJSRSET), ISSN (Online): 2394-4099, ISSN (Print): 2395-1990, Vol. 1, Issue 3, PP. 122-124, May-June-2015.
33. M.Manobala, N.Manikanda Deverajan, Dr.A.Nagappan, Dr.D.Vinod Kumar, “A Modified Design of FFT Architecture for Wi-Max OFDM Standards to Support both Variable Length and Multi-streaming”, International Journal of Innovative Research in Computer and Communication Engineering, ISSN: 2320-9801, Vol. 3, Issue 4, PP. 3835-3840, April 2015.
34. N.Manikanda Devarajan, Dr.M.ChandraSekaran, “A Survey on OFDM systems based on wavelets”, International Journal of Scientific & Engineering Research (IJSER), ISSN: 2229-5518, Vol. 5, Issue 2, PP. 1055-1058, February 2014.
35. G.Ramachandran, T.MuthuManickam, N.Manikanda Devarajan, S.kannan, V.Manikandan, S.Deepika, “Competence to energy consequence With self-power-driven sensor for assessing air Parameters”, GE-International Journal of Engineering Research (GE-IJER), ISSN: 2321-1717, Vol. 1, Issue 1, PP. 9-22, December 2013.
36. G.Ramachandran N.Manikanda Devarajan T.MuthuManickam, S.kannan, C.ArunKumar Madhuvappan, PM Murali, “Comparative Study and Implementation Mixed Level & Mixed Signal Simulation using Pspice and VHDL”, International Journal of Computational Engineering Research (IJCER) (ijceronline.com), ISSN: 2250-3005, Vol. 2, Issue 8, PP. 218-228, December 2012.
37. G.Ramachandran N.Manikanda Devarajan, R.Ramani, S.Kannan, “Design for Testability and Performance of Arithmetic Logic Circuits”, International Journal of Computational Intelligence and Informatics, ISSN: 2231-0258, Vol. 2, No. 3, PP. 230-235, Oct-Dec 2012.
Conference Presentation / Publication
1. G.Sumathi, N.Manikanda Devarajan, B.Rajasekaran, “Energy Management System”, International Conference on Sustainable Approaches for Green Computing, Economy & Environment – 9th to 11th December 2013 (Approved by Ministry of External Affairs and Home affairs), ISTE, IEEE & CSI Professional Societies, V.M.K.V. Engineering College, Salem.
2. T.Vengatbalaji, N.Manikanda Devarajan, T.Muthumanikam, “Intelligent Surveillance Systems For Object Detection”, International Conference on Sustainable Approaches for Green Computing, Economy & Environment – 9th to 11th December 2013 (Approved by Ministry of External Affairs and Home affairs), ISTE, IEEE & CSI Professional Societies, V.M.K.V. Engineering College, Salem.
3. P.Prabu, N.Manikanda Devarajan, T.Sheela, “Flame Image Processing Using Auto-Adaptive Edge Detection Method”, International Conference on Sustainable Approaches for Green Computing, Economy & Environment – 9th to 11th December 2013 (Approved by Ministry of External Affairs and Home affairs), ISTE, IEEE & CSI Professional Societies, V.M.K.V. Engineering College, Salem.
4. S.Selvaraju, B.Rajasekaran, N.Manikanda Devarajan, S.Akash Raj, “Embedded Based Water Distribution Rationally for Homes using RFID Technology”, International Conference on Recent advancement in Engineering & Technology, ISTE, IEEE & CSI Professional Societies, SSM College of Engineering, Komarapalayam.
5. N.Manikanda Devarajan, “PAPR Reduction Method for OFDM Transmission System”, International conference on “Modeling and Simulation”, Coimbatore Institute of Technology, Coimbatore, 27-29 August, 2007.
6. N.Manikanda Devarajan, “Peak Power Reduction Method using Iterative Signal Processing for OFDM Transmission”, Second National conference on Recent Trends in Electrical, Electronics, Instrumentation and Communication Engineering, Mahendra Engineering College, Namakkal, 9th March, 2007.
Book Chapter publications
1. G.Ravi, N.Manikanda Devarajan, S.Prabu, “Security and Privacy in Aerial-Aided Edge Computing Including Encryption and Authentication Mechanisms”, in Edge Computing and Aerial Platforms (eds S.Juneja, R.K.Dhanaraj and A.Juneja), ISBN:978-1-3943-3629-6, February 2026 (Scopus).
Book Publications
1. Mazhar Hussain Shaik, N.Manikanda Devarajan, Masood Ahmad, Shaik Noor Mohammad, “Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces for 6G-Enabled Vehicle-to Everything Communication”, IGI Global Scientific Publishing, ISBN: 979-8-3373-7868-8, April 2026 (Scopus).
Organized Two days “Robotic Expo” under Ignite 2K26 an annual Techno Cultural Fest on 1st & 2nd April 2026 at Malla Reddy (MR) (Deemed to be University), Secunderabad.
Organized “VISHESH 2K25” an annual Inter College Project Expo on 24th & 25th September 2025 at Malla Reddy (MR) (Deemed to be University), Secunderabad.
Organized “VISHESH 2K24” an annual Inter College Project Expo on 27th & 28th September 2024 at Malla Reddy Engineering College, Secunderabad.
Organized Faculty Development Programme On “Enhancing Research Eco-System in the Campus” from 22nd to 26th August 2022 at Malla Reddy Engineering College, Secunderabad.
Organized One Day Workshop Entrepreneurship Awareness Program on 15th April 2019 at Vinayaka Mission’s Kirupananda Variyar Engineering College, Salem, Conducted by Salem Productivity Council, Salem.
Organized National Conference on Convergent Communication Technologies, Telemedicine Networking and Renewable Resources “NC2CT2NR2–2018” on April 4th, 2018 at V.M.K.V. Engineering College, Salem, Sponsored by IEEE Madras Section, Chennai.
Organized National Conference on Convergent Communication Technologies, Telemedicine Networking and Renewable Resources “NC2CT2NR2–2017” on March 31st & April 1st, 2017 at V.M.K.V. Engineering College, Salem, Sponsored by ICT Academy of Tamilnadu, ISTE TN & Pondy, IEEE Madras Section, IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society & BSNL, Salem.
Organized Fourth National Conference on Convergent Communication Technologies and Telemedicine Networking “NCCCTTN– 2016” on 13th April 2016 at V.M.K.V. Engineering College, Salem, Sponsored by ICT Academy of Tamilnadu, ISTE TN & Pondy, ISTE, New Delhi, IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society.
Organized Third National Conference on Convergent Communication Technologies and Telemedicine Networking “NCCCTTN– 2012” on 12th April 2012 at V.M.K.V. Engineering College, Salem, Sponsored by IEEE Madras Section & CSIR India.
Organized Second National Conference on Convergent Communication Technologies “NCCCT – 2010” on 5th & 6th August 2010 at V.M.K.V. Engineering College, Salem, Sponsored by IEEE Madras Section.
Organized First National Conference on Convergent Communication Technologies-09 “NCCCT – 2009” on 17th April 2009 at V.M.K.V. Engineering College, Salem.
Organized National level Refresher course for Technicians Titled “Creating SMARTT Technicians” held on 14th and 15th November 2008 at V.M.K.V. Engineering College, Salem.
Invited Talk:
Recourse Person for two days National Level Workshop on “IC DESIGN USING CADENCE VIRTUOSO AND ENCOUNTER TOOLS” held on 31th March 2016 & 1th April 2016 at V.M.K.V. Engineering College, Salem, Sponsored by IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society.
Session Chair in International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for Sustainable Development (ICAMSD 2025), organized at Malla Reddy Engineering College, Hyderabad held on 21th & 22nd February 2025.
Funding Received:
Received Funding to organize 6 days ATAL(AICTE Training and Learning) Faculty Development Program on “Empowering Defense Applications with Advanced VLSI Design” from 09/10/2023 to 14/10/2023 sponsored by AICTE with a funding of Rs.3,50,000/-.
Scientific Journal review Assignments:
The Journal of Supercomputing, Springer Nature
Discover Internet of Things, Springer Nature
Journal on Artificial Intelligence
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