
Dr. Smitha Gayathri D
Designation: Associate Professor
Area of specialization : VLSI Design
Date of Joining BNMIT: 04-10-2023
Nature of Association (Regular/Contractual/Adjunct) : Regular
E-mail Id: smithagayathrid@bnmit.in
No. of years of Experience: 16 years
Qualification
| Degree | Institution | Year of Passing |
| Ph.D | RVCE, VTU, Belagavi | 2023 |
| M.Tech | Adhiyamaan College of Engineering | 2014 |
| B. E | Bangalore College of Engineering and Technology Bangalore | 2006 |
Experience: 16 Years
| SI. No. | Designation | Institution | Duration |
| 1 | Associate Professor | BNMIT, Bangalore, India | 04.10.2023 –TILL PRESENT |
| 2 | Asst. Professor | RNSIT, Bangalore, India | 14.03.2022 to 30.09.2023 |
| 3 | Asst. Professor | DBIT, Bangalore, India | 27.07.2017 to 24.02.2022 |
| 4 | Asst. Professor | Adhiyaman College of Engineering | 06.06.2014 to 15.07.2017 |
| 5 | Lecturer | Oxford College | 04.07.2011 to 18.05.2012 |
| 6 | R& D Engineer | AGS Company (IRA. Pvt. Ltd) | 15.11.2006 to 28.10.2009 |
College Level:
- AICTE ATAL Faculty Development Programme – 2026: Successfully secured sanction for an AICTE ATAL Faculty Development Programme for offline conduction in 2026 and served as the Programme Coordinator, responsible for planning, coordination, resource-person management, and overall execution of the programme.
- Best Performer Award – BNMIT (2023–24): Received the Best Performer Award from B.N.M. Institute of Technology (BNMIT) in recognition of outstanding performance and contributions during the academic year 2023–24.
- Industry Collaboration – GTTC: Initiated the collaboration with Government Tool Room and Training Centre (GTTC) and served as the Single Point of Contact (SPOC) at BNMIT for facilitating industry-oriented training, technical programs, and skill development activities.
- Industry Collaboration – NIELIT Calicut: Initiated the collaboration with NIELIT Calicut and served as the SPOC at BNMIT for academic-industry skill development initiatives and technical training programs.
- NIELIT-Funded Technical Boot Camp: Organized a Five-Day Offline Boot Camp on “RTL, IP Integration & SoC Sign-off” in association with NIELIT, funded by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), at BNMIT.
- C2S EDA Tool Access: Initiated the process for providing free access to EDA tools under the Chips to Startup (C2S) programme at BNMIT to facilitate hands-on learning and VLSI design activities for students and faculty.
- ATAL and ANRF FDP Initiatives: Applied for and initiated proposals for AICTE ATAL Faculty Development Programmes (FDPs) and ANRF-supported FDP programmes in emerging areas of technology.
- Industry–Academia Technical Interactions: Organized and facilitated technical talks by industry experts from leading semiconductor and technology companies, including Qualcomm, Intel, AMD, and other reputed organizations, to provide students with industry exposure and insights into current technological trends.
- Samsung Innovation Campus – IoT: Served as a faculty member/resource person for the Samsung Innovation Campus IoT programme, contributing to lecture delivery and technical training.
Department Level:
- Coordinator for MATLAB Chapter
- Coordinator for Tessolve Semiconductor placement activity.
- Coordinating for ISRO project from ECE Department.
- Coordinator for Mathwork and MATLAB coordinator
- Semester Elective allotment process
- R&D activity Monitoring
- IA Marks Entry Monitoring
- Class Teacher
- Lab Incharge
- NSDC – VTU Internship Program for Final Year Students – Technical Ambassador for VLSI Course
Awards and Achievements
- Received Best Performer award from BNMIT for the academic year 2023-24.
- Research paper received award– The Bangalore ComSoc chapter, Protsahan 2nd Edition, was launched to recognize contributions in the Communication Sector by granting awards to any paper published.
- The 46th Series of Student Project Programme 2022-23, Students Project Proposal approved by sponsorship by KCST Project, Project Title Low Latency Microcontroller based on FPV.
Editorial/Technical/Reviewer:
- REVIEWER for AICTE Sponsored IEEE International Conference on Networks, Multimedia and Information Technology (NMITCON) is organized at Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology, Bengaluru INDIA during 1st and 2nd September 2023 in association with IEEE Bangalore Section.
- REVIEWER for AICTE Sponsored IEEE International Conference on Ambient Intelligence Knowledge Informatics and Industrial Electronics (AIKIIE-2023) organized by Rao Bahadur Y. Mahabaleswarappa Engineering College Ballari, 02-03 November 2023.
- REVIEWER for 2nd IEEE International conference on Intelligent and Innovative Technologies in Computing, Electrical and Electronics organized by Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, BNMIT Bengaluru during 24th and 25th January 2024.
- Reviewer for 2nd IEEE conference Organised by Kalpataru Institute of Technology, Tiptur, 26th -27th July 2024
- Reviewer for 2nd IEEE conference Organised by Malnad College of Engineering, Hassan, 17th -18th May 2024
- Reviewer for Engineering, Technology and Applied Science Research Q2 Journal
- REVIEWER for IEEE International conference on Software, System and Information Technology organized by Department of Computer Science Engineering and Information science Engineering, SSIT Tumkur during 18th and 19th October 2024.
Session Chair/ Judge: IITCEE-2024
Recognized Research Guide/Supervisor: Under VTU Belagavi
UG:
- VLSI Design
- Basic Signal Processing
- Circuit and Control System
- Engineering statistics and Linear algebra
- Antenna and Wave Propagation
- Field Theory/ Electromagnetic Waves
- Computer Organization
- Digital Communication
- Advance Communication lab
- BSP Lab
PG:
- CAD for Digital Systems
- RTL To GDS
- VLSI Physical Design
- VGST Proposals
- K-FIST- L1: Karnataka Fund for Infrastructure Strengthening in Science & Technology (K-FIST L1) Submitted VGST Proposal Application No. VRN/001037/22-23 VLSI TESTING AND VALIDATION LABORATORY
- Application For Faculty Development Programme (FDP)
Submitted VGST Proposal Application No. VRN/001037/22-23 Evolution of Electric Vehicles and Robotics in Agriculture.
- Application For Faculty Development Programme (FDP)
Submitted VGST Proposal Application No. VRN/000902/21-22 Smart Energy Management Using 1OT platform for Smart Cities.
- Research Proposal/Seminar Submitted–
Submitted VGST Proposal Application No. VRN/002359/20-21Recent Trends in Communication Systems: Data Transmission over Residential Powerline.
Patent
- Adaptive AI enhanced smart mirror for real time health diagnostic and AR Personalization, published Indian, 202541025334(Utility Patent)
- AI and Solar based Electric Vehicle Charging Station, Granted, 431218-001(Design Patent)
- Smart Helmet, Granted, 476651-001 (Design Patent)
International Journals :
- Full-Swing Gate Diffusion Input Based 32-Bit Arithmetic and Logic Unit: Design, Implementation, and Comparative Analysis, Journal of VLSI Circuits and Systems, ISSN: 2582-1458 Vol 8,No.1, 2026 (pp. 69–80),http://dx.doi.org/10.31838/jvcs/08.01.07
- PAPR Reduction in MIMO-OFDM Using Refracted OppositionBased Archerfish Hunting Optimization Algorithm, CYBERNETICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES, Volume 26, No 2, DOI: 10.2478/cait-2026-0017, Accepted: 01.03.2026. (Q2)
- “Hybrid radome lens structure for gain enhancement and angular radiation control in patch antenna arrays” Indian Journal of Engineering, Volume 23, Issue 59, January – June, 2026. DOI: https://doi.org/10.54905/disssi.v23i59.e7ije1713(Q4)
- “Energy efficient clustering and routing in wireless sensor network using random differential leader pool strategy with electric Eel foraging optimization algorithm”, Intelligent Engineering and System, DOI: 10.22266/ijiies 2025.0731.16(Q2).
- “Design of Patch Array Antennas for 5G Base station”, Journal of Electrical System, 20-3(2024): 9106-9115(Q4)
- “Optimal Impedance Matching System for Broadband PLC for Maximizing the Signal to Noise Ratio (SNR) and Data Rate” IJISAE, Vol.12 20s, 222–229,24/03/2024, ISSN 21476799. H-Index 9.(Q3)
- “Machine learning and Image Processing Techniques used for Development of Fasteners Sorting System” Intelligent Systems and Applications in Engineering, 11(10s), 529–534. Retrieved from https://ijisae.org/index.php/IJISAE/article/view/3308.(Q3)
- “Adaptive impedance matching system for broadband power line communication using RC-filters”, in Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12652-022-03738-8. (Q1 Journal)
- Research paper received award– The Bangalore ComSoc chapter, Protsahan 2nd Edition, was launched to recognize contributions in the Communication Sector by granting awards to any paper published.
- “Analysis of Impedance Matching Technique on Broadband Powerline Communication Network Topologies”, ICT Analysis and Applications, Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems 314, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-5655-2_85. (Q3 Journal)
- Presented paper” Adapting the Effect of Impulse Noise in Broadband Power-Line Communication” in International Conference on Cybernetics, Cognition and Machine Learning Applications (ICCCMLA 2021) on 21st and 22nd August 2021. Published in Springer Nature.
- Published Scopus Indexed Journal “Adapting the Effect of Asynchronous Impulsive Noise using Interleaving Based on Compound Signal Classification in Broad Plc” International Journal of Innovative Technology and Exploring Engineering (IJITEE) ISSN: 2278-3075, Volume-9 Issue-2, December 2019.
- Published” Broadband Transmission Over Residential Power Lines Employing Vdsl2: The Impedance Matching Analysis” International Journal of Advanced Research Trends in Engineering and Technology (IJARTET)Vol. 5, Special Issue 3, January 2018
- Published “Optical flow based Multiple object Detection and Tracking system in Static and Dynamic Environment” in International Organization of Scientific Research(IOSR) e-ISSN: 2278-2834,p- ISSN: 2278-8735.Volume 9, Issue 1 V (Feb. 2014), PP 09-16.
Papers under publication Process
- “Machine learning and Image Processing Techniques used for Development of Fasteners Sorting System” Intelligent Systems and Applications in Engineering, 11(10s), 529–534. Retrieved from https://ijisae.org/index.php/IJISAE/article/view/3308.(Q3)
- “Optimal Impedance matching system for Broadband PLC for maximizing signal to noise ratio” EAI Endorsed Transactions on scalable Information system. Under Review (Q3)
- “Topology Estimation and Analysis of Broadband Plc Using SELT” International Conference on Communication Systems, ICOCS-2023, NIT PUDUCHERRY
International Conference IEEE:
- “Topology Estimation and Analysis of Broadband PLC Using SELT” International Conference on Communication Systems, ICOCS-2023, NIT PUDUCHERRY
- Methodology for Low Latency Microcontroller-Based FPV and its Comparative Study , International Conference on Sustainable Technology(ICST 2025) on February 19-20, 2025 at The National Institute of Engineering, Mysuru, India
- IOT based Health Monitoring System with Disease Prediction using ML, 9th International Conference on Communication and Electronics Systems(ICCES 2024) organised by PPG Institute of Technology, Coimbatore, India on 16-18, December 2024.
- Soil Nutrient Prediction and Crop Recommendation system: Conventional to Modern Methods of Soil NPK Sensing, 3rd IEEE conference IITCEE 2025 Organised by BNMIT, on 16th and 17th January 2025.
- Predictive and Preventive Fire Safety System, 3rd IEEE conference IITCEE 2025 Organised by BNMIT, on 16th and 17th January 2025.
- Mitigating Perceptual Drift in ROS2 LiDAR-Based SLAM During Wall-Parallel Motion, 4th IEEE conference IITCEE 2026 Organised by BNMIT, on 21st and 22nd January 2025.
- Home Confinement and Rehabilitation Monitoring Using Anklet Systems, 4th IEEE conference IITCEE 2026 Organised by BNMIT, on 21st and 22nd January 2025.
- Significance of Utilizing UVM for verifying complex Bridges in modern SOC designs, 4th IEEE conference IITCEE 2026 Organised by BNMIT, on 21st and 22nd January 2025.
- Smart Subsafe Passage Sentinel Ickecs 2026 Proceedings of 4th IEEE International Conference on Knowledge Engineering and Communication Systems
- Design and simulation of XOR, TSPC, and MUX based Hybrid phase detectors in 45nm CMOS, Ickecs 2026 Proceedings of 4th IEEE International Conference on Knowledge Engineering and Communication Systems
- Enhanced Stability and Leakage-Aware SRAM Design Using Sleep Transistor-Based MTCMOS Second International Conference on Next-Gen Semiconductor Devices, Materials and Smart Computing Applications(ICNGSMCA-2026)
- DFFAR-45: A Low-Power Double-Edge Triggered Flip-Flop with Asynchronous Reset for 45nm CMOS Technology Second International Conference on Next-Gen Semiconductor Devices, Materials and Smart Computing Applications(ICNGSMCA-2026)
- An Adaptive Clock Generator for high Performance FPGA Telemetry Simulators Second International Conference on Next-Gen Semiconductor Devices, Materials and Smart Computing Applications(ICNGSMCA-2026)
- DEVELOPMENT AND VERIFICATION OF Q-SPI VIP USING UVM Second International Conference on Next-Gen Semiconductor Devices, Materials and Smart Computing Applications(ICNGSMCA-2026)
- Analytical Modeling and Simulation of Gate-All-Around (GAA) TFET Biosensor with Fringe-Fields-Modulated Double-Gate Structure Second International Conference on Next-Gen Semiconductor Devices, Materials and Smart Computing Applications(ICNGSMCA-2026)
National Journals: 2
- Participated in National Conference on Frontiers in Communication and Signal Processing Systems and presented a paper entitled “A wireless System for the Tracking of Stolen Vehicles”
- Participated in IETE Student Forum CCCS 2K13 A Two days Nation level technical Symposium and presented a paper entitled “Development of Optical flow Based moving object detection and tracking system”
Book Chapter:
- Vehicular Powerline Communication, Digital Convergence in Intelligent Mobility Systems, Scrivener Publisher, Wiley.
- Defensive Strategies and Best Practices in Secure Blockchain Deployment, Scrivener Publishing, Wiley
- High performance Analog Circuit Design, Advanced Circuit Design, Scrivener Publisher, Wiley.
- Emotionally Intelligent Systems: Human Centered AI for Next-Gen Robotics, Scrivener Publisher, Wiley
Book:
- Fundamentals of Electrical and Electrnoics Circuits, ISBN 978-819725300, Hexgon5D Technologies Publisher.
Won Medals in Sports at College level in Shotput, Discus throw, Javelin Throw.
Runner Up in Throw ball ECE team.
- Hobbies: Reading Books, Travelling, Cooking
- Sports: Badminton, Throw ball
- Music: Listening to Indian classical music
- Others: Trekking, Driving


