Hema singh
Area of Expertise
Computational Electromagnetics, Stealth Technologies, Active RCS reduction, EM design and analysis of structures such as antennas, radomes, radar absorbing structures
Research Interests
Indigenous development of stealth technology based on Radar Cross Section (RCS) estimation and control, Radar Absorbing Structures (RAS), low RCS phased arrays, low RCS Electronic Warfare Antennas, and Active RCS reduction. Other areas of interest include EM analysis of propagation in an indoor environment, RCS estimation of electrically large structures, antenna-radome interactions, deep learning models for EM applications and THz technologies for high speed 5G/6G communication systems.
Academic_Qualification
Ph.D. (Electronics Engineering) from IIT BHU Varanasi in Year 2000.
Professional Experience
25 years experience in R&D and academia.
Chief Scientist & Associate Prof. (AcSIR) Jan. 2022 till date
Senior Principal Scientist & Associate Prof. (AcSIR) Jan. 2017 to Jan. 2022
Principal Scientist & Associate Prof. (AcSIR) Jan. 2012 to Jan. 2017
Senior Scientist & Assistant Prof. (MIS) Jan. 2009 to Jan. 2012
Scientist, CSIR-NAL, Bangalore Jan 2005 – Jan 2009
Lecturer in EEE, BITS Pilani (April 2001 –Dec. 2004)
Lecturer (Physics) PG College, Kashipur (Jan.1999 -Apr. 2001)
Publication (ORCID ID/ Googal Scholar ID/ IRINS ID/ Vidwan ID
15 books, 5 book chapter, 2 patents (filed), 7 software copyrights, 572 scientific research papers and technical reports
Awards and Honors
AeSI Fellow AeSI 2024
Distinguished Alumnus Award in Research IIT, BHU, Varanasi 2024 & Innovation
IEEE Professional Excellence Award for IEEE 2024 Women in Engineering
IEEE Women Technologist of the Year 2020
IEEE Bangalore Chapter 2020
IEEE Senior Member IEEE 2020
IETE-Smt Ranjana Pal Memorial Award IETE 2018
Best Woman Scientist Award (2007-2008) CSIR-NAL, Bangalore 2008
Patents
1. Patent filed through AR&DB, DRDO on “Low RCS Patch Array using Hybrid HIS-based ground plane” Application no. 202111048164, ERIP/IP/2001095/M/01, Ref.: PT/2020/15322, in September 2021.
Invention: Microstrip patch array with low radar cross section (RCS), and efficient radiation performance in terms of VSWR, return loss and gain.
2. Patent under process through DRDO ER&IPR on “A thin radar absorbing structure for planar/conformal X- band applications” in 2025.
Research Group
Centre for Electromagnetics (CEM), CSIR-NAL, Bangalore
