Pathipati Srihari

Designation:

Associate Professor

Date of Joining at NITK:

Friday, June 21, 2013

Professional Experience:

I.Teaching Experience:

Sl No.	Institution Name	Position Held	Start Date	End Date
01	National Institute of Technology Karnataka , Surathkal, Mangalore-575025	Associate Professor	07 October 2023	Till Date
02	National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal, Mangalore-575025	Assistant professor-AGP 8000	05 May 2018	06 October 2023
03	National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal, Mangalore-575025	Assistant professor-AGP 6000	21 June 2013	04 May 2018
04	DIET, Anakapalle (Dt.), Andhra Pradesh-531002	Associate Professor and HOD	17 September 2006	15 June 2013
05	GITAM College of Engineering, Visakhapatnam- 530045	Assistant professor	15 September 2004	07 May 2006
06	GMR Institute of Technology, Rajam-AP-532127	Assistant Professor	19 January 2004	14 September 2004
07	NBKR Institute of Science and Technology, Vidyanagar, Nellore-AP-524413	Lecturer	04 October 2000	31 March 2001

II. Industry Experience:

Sl No.	Industry Name	Position Held	Start Date	End Date
01	Sri Shasha Prayathi Technologies PVT. LTD. (SSPTL), NITK STEP, Surathkal, Mangalore-575025	Co-founder and Director	19 February 2020	Till Date

III Research Experience:

Sl No.	Industry Name	Position Held	Start Date	End Date
01	McMaster Univeristy, Hamilton, Canada	Visiting Professor	14 May 2014	10 July 2014

Contact Details

E-mail:

srihari.js[at]gmail.com

srihari[at]nitk.edu.in

Faculty (author) Identifiers

Academic Background

Ph.D.(ECE) - Andhra University, India, 2012.
M.S(CE&SP) – University of Plymouth, England, UK, 2002
B.Tech. (ECE) – Sri Venkateswara University, India, 2000

Areas of Interest

I. Research Interests:

(a) Radar Waveform Design, Radar Signal Processing, Radar Target Tracking, and Radar Antennas

(b) VLSI Digital Signal Processing Algorithms and FPGA Implementation of radar algorithms

(c) milli metric Wave Radar Sensors, ADAS Systems, Prototype Radar Harware Development and Navigational Systems

II Subjects Taught:

Sl No.	Academic Year	Odd Semester	Even Semester
01	2025-2026	EC202 Analog and Digital Communications (Two Sections)	EC-806 Digital Design Using FPGAs
02	2024-2025	EC102 Circuits and Systems (Two Sections)	EC-806 Digital Design Using FPGAs
03	2023-2024	EC102 Circuits and Systems (Two Sections)	EC394 Communication Systems
04	2022-2023	EC 472 Principles of Modern Radar and Advanced Techniques EC836 Radar Signal Processing	EC-806 Digital Design Using FPGAs
05	2021-2022	EC836 Radar Signal Processing	EC209 Control Systems

Significant Projects

I. Consultancy Projects:

1. Study of Sea Clutter and External Interference and Mitigation Techniques for High Frequency Surface Wave Radar: Electronics and Radar Development Establishement(LRDE), Bangalore

Status: Completed Duration: One year ( 2024) Project Cost: Rs. 9,67,600/-

2. Algorithm to Reduce Measurement Errors Due to Sea Surface Multiupath and Sea Clutter-Funding Agency: Electronics and Radar Development Establishement(LRDE), Bangalore

Status: Completed Duration: One year ( 2021-2022) Project Cost: Rs. 9,44,000/-

3. Study and Simulations of track before detect schemes for radar - Funding Agency: Electronics and Radar Development Establishement(LRDE), Bangalore

Status: Completed Duration: One year ( 2020-2021) Project Cost: Rs.6,49,000/-

4. Automatic Bias Estimation Technique for 2D/3D Survillance Radar Using Netwroked radar Data-Funding Agency: Central research Laboratory(CRL)-Bharath Electronics Limited, Bangalore

Status: Completed Duration: One year ( 2019-2020) Project Cost: Rs.8,26,000/-

5. Study of Various Bias Estimation Techniques for Multi Sensor Multi Target Tracking- Funding Agency: Resarch Centre Imarat (RCI), Hyderabad

Status: Completed Duration: Three years ( 2017-2020) Project Cost: Rs.9,75,000/-

6. Study of Optimal Pulse Compression radar Waveforms suitable for Sea and Ground Clutter-Funding Agency: Resarch Centre Imarat (RCI), Hyderabad

Status: Completed Duration: One year ( 2016-2017) Project Cost: Rs.9,77,500/-

II. Sponsered Resarch Projects:

1. Sigma Delta Space Time Adaptive Processing for GMTI for AESA Radar- Funding Agency: Electronics and Radar Development Establishement(LRDE), Bangalore

Status: Completed Duration: Two years ( 2018-2020) Project Cost: Rs.9,63,000/-

2. Development and Performance Evaluation of Efficient Tracking Algorithms for Phased Arrary Radars in The Presense of Electronic Counter Measures. Funding Agency: Department of Science and Technology (DST) under ECR grant.

Status: Completed Duration: Three years (2016-2019) Project Cost: Rs.13,10,000/-

Supervision of Ph.D

I. Total PhD Students Guided:

Number of PhDs Completed: 09

Number of PhDs Ongoing: 01

II. Best PhD Thesis Awards and Other Recognitions:

1. Mr. Bethi Pardhasaradhi received a best PhD desertaion Award from IEEE Communications Society joint chapters under IEEE India Council GraTE-7 2023 edition

2. Mr. Ashoka Chakravarthi Mahipathi was one of the finalist for best PhD desertaion award from IEEE Communication Society joint chapters under IEEE India Council GraTE-7 2025 edition

3. Ms. Achala G received best PhD presentaion award in the ECE Track at PhD Colloquium organized by IEEE Mangalore Sub-Section in 2025

III. Deatils of the PhD Students:

Sl. No.	Name of PhD Student	Title of the PhD Thesis	Year of PhD Awarded	Remarks
01	Ms.Ashwitha K Shetty			On-going
02	Ms.Achala G	Performance Assessment, and FPGA Implementation of Channel Codes for Improving Information Integrity in Data Storage Systems	Submitted
03	Mr.Bobbili Naga Balarami Reddy	Distributed Fusion of Optimally Quantized Local Estimates for Bandwidth Constrained Environments	Submitted
04	Dr. Ashoka Chakravarthi Mahipathi	Optimum Waveform Design Approaches for a cooperative Radar-Communication System	2024
05	Dr. Kumuda D K.	Application of Machine Learning Algorithms for Detection and Tracking of Multiple Targets based onExperimental Data Acquired using Radar Sensor Operating in the 77 GHz Band	2024
06	Dr. Srinath Gunnari	Detection and Tracking of Radar Targets with In-Band Communication Interference for random spectrum sharing	2023
07	Dr.Prurshothmma T L	Development of Novel Techniques for Passive RADAR with Waveform Design, Tracking, and Sequential Fusion	2023
08	Dr. Bethi Pardhasaradhi	Development of GPS Spoofing and Anti-Spoofing Algorithms in Data Association and Target tracking frameworks	2022
09	Dr. Raghu Jayaramu	Track stitching and Un-switching Algorithms for Multiple Target Tracking	2018
10	Dr.Gnane Swaranadth Satpathi	Efficient Tracking Algorithms with Phased Array radars in the presence of electronic counter measures	2017

Significant Publications

I. Number of Citations and Other Impact Metrics from Various Scientific Data Bases:

As on 01 May 2026, the following are the research publications impact metrics across various world wide scientific data bases:

Data Base	No. of Publications	No. of Citations	Metrics-1	Metrics-2
IEEE Xplore	92	440	Total journal Paper full text down loads: 23,938	Total Conference Paper full text downloads: 17,936
Scopus	95	603	h-index =13
Google Scholar	108	803	h-index =15	i10-index =26
Research gate	170	729	h-index =15	Research Interest Score: 449.1

II. Patents Granted

1. An Indian patent has been granted for the innovation titled " Channel Codes for Enhancing Integrity of Information Storage in NAND Flash Memories" by the Indian Patent office with patent No. 527568 on 15 March 2024. Patentee: National Institute of Technology Karnataka and Innovators are : Mr. Achala G, Prof. Shripathi Acharya and Dr. Pathipati Srihari

III. International Journals

1. Achala G, U Shripathi Acharya, Pathipati Srihari and Linga Reddy C., " On the design and implementation and evaluation of Euclidean Geometry Quasi-cyclic LDPC codes for NAND flash memories" IEEE Open Journal of Communication Sysytems- Accepted on 03 May 2026

2. Ahmed B., Yash Shah, Sohom Bhattacharjee, Pathipati Srihari, Choon Sik Cho " Measurement of Time-Invariant Range–Angle Maps in Frequency Diverse Array Radar Using USRP" IEEE Sensors Journal, March 2026, Vol.26, Issue-06

3. Jayaramu Raghu, Bethi Pardhasaradhi, Pathipati Srihari, Kiruba Rajan T. " Comprehensive Track Unswappinng for Improved Tracker Performance" IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, October 2025, Vol-61, Issue-05

4. Achala G, U Shripathi Acharya, Linga Reddy C. and Pathipati Srihari " FPGA Implementation of SSRS Codes for NAND Flash Memory Device " IEEE Access, September 2024, Vol. 12

5. Ashok Mahipathi, Bethi Pardha saradhi, John D'souza, Paramananda Jena, Pathipati Srihari, Zhou Zing, and Linga reddy C "Communication aided Target State Estimation in a Cooperative Radar Communication Sysyem" IEEE Transactions on Radar Systems, September 2024, Vol. 02

6. Ashok Mahipathi, Bethi Pardha saradhi, John D'souza, Purushothma T L, Pathipati Srihari, Zhou Zing, and Linga reddy C "A Survey on Waveform Design for Radar-Communication Convergence" IEEE Access, May 2024, Vol.12

7. Ashok Mahipathi, Srinath G, Bethi Pardhasaradhi, John D'Souza, Paramananda Jena, and Pathipati Srihari, "Optimum wavefporm Selection for Target State Estimation in the Joint Radar Communication System" IEEE Open Journal of Signal Processing, January 2024, Vol. 05

8. Achala G, Shripathi Acharya, and Pathipati Srihari, " On the Design of SSRS and RS Codes for Enhancing the integrety of Information Storage in NAND Flash Memories" IEEE Access, July 2023, Vol.11 (Impact factor 3.9)

9. Ashok Chakravarthi, Srinath G., Srinath G., John D'Souza, Paramananda Jena and Pathipati Srihari, "Constrained radar waveform optimization for a cooperative radar-communication system , Physical Communication, Elsiver (Impact factor: 2.2 ) Vo.57, April 2023

10. Srinath G., Bethi Pardhasaradhi, Ashoka Chakravarthi, Prashanth Kumar, Pathipati Srihari, Linga reddy C., "Performance Analysis of Spectrum Sharing Radar in Multipath Environment" IEEE Open Journal of the Communication Society, Vol. 4 pp-922-935, Febravary 2023 (Impact factor: 7.9)

11. Kumuda D.K., Vandana G S, Bethi Pardhasaradhi, B S Raghavendra, Linga Reddy C, Pathipati Srihari, "Multitarget Detection and Tracking by Mitigating Spot Jammer Attack in 77-GHz mm-Wave Radars: An Experimental Evaluation" IEEE Sensors Journal, December 2022, Vol.23, pp: 5345- 5361 (Impact factor : 4.3)

12. Bethi Pardhasaradhi, Srinath G., Raghu J, and Pathipati Srihari, "Position estimation in Indoor using Networked GNSS Sensors and a range Azumuth Sensor" Information Fusion, Elsiver, Vol.89, January 2023 (Impact factor: 18.6)

13. Prushothamma T. L., Bethi Pardhasaradhi, and Pathipati Srihari, "Sequential Fusion based Approach for Estimating Range Gate Pull-Off Parameter in a Networked Radar System: An ECCM Algorithm " IEEE Access, Vol-10, June-2022, Pages: 70902-70918 (Impact factor: 3.9)

14. Bobbili Naga Balarami Reddy, Bethi Pardhasaradhi, Srinath G., , and Pathipati Srihari, " Distributed Fusion of Optimally Quantized Local Tracker Estimates for Underwater Wireless Sensor Networks" IEEE Access- Volume-10, April 2022, Pages :38982-38998 (Impact factor: 3.9 )

15. Bethi Pardhasaradhi, Srinath G., Vandana G.S., Pathipati Srihari, and Aparna P., " GNSS Spoofing Detection and Mitigation in Multi-receiver configuration via Tracklets and Spoofer Localization" IEEE Access- Volume-10, March 2022, Pages: 42014-42028 (Impact factor: 3.9 )

16. Srinath G., Bethi Pardhasaradhi, Prashanth Kumar H., and Pathipati Srihari, "Tracking of Radar Targets with In-band Wireless Communication Interference in RadComm Spectrum Sharing" IEEE Access-Vol-10, March 2022, pages: 31955-31969 (Impact factor: 3.9 )

17. Srinath G., Prashanth Kumar H., Pathipati Srihari, Tharmarasa R., Kirubarajan T., " Coherent Radar Target Detection With In-Band Cyclostationary Wireless Interference" IEEE Access- Vol-10, January 2022, pages:11173-11190 (Impact factor: 3.9 )

18. Bethi Pardhasaradhi, Pathipati Srihari, and Aparna P., " Navigation in GPS Spoofed Environment Using M-Best Positioning Algorithm and Data Association" IEEE Access- Vol-9, March 2021, pages:51536-51549 (Impact factor: 3.9 )

19. Bethi Pardhasaradhi, Pathipati Srihari, and Aparna P., " Spoofer-to-Target Association in Multi-Spoofer Multi-Target Scenario for Stealthy GPS Spoofing" IEEE Access- Vol-9, July 2021, pages: 108675-108685 (Impact factor: 3.9 )

20. Raghu J, Pathipati Srihari, Ratnasingam Tharmarasa, and T. Kirubarajan, " Comprehensive Track Segment Association for Improved Track Continuity" IEEE Transactions on Areospace and Electronic Systems (ISSN: 1557-9603), 2018 (Impact factor: 4.4 )

21. Gnane Swarnadh Satapathi, Pathipati Srihari, " Rough Fuzzy Joint Probabilistic Association for Tracking Multiple Targets in the Presence of ECM" Expert Systems with Applications, Elsevier Journal, 2018 (Impact factor: 8.665)

22. Gnane Swarnadh Satapathi, Pathipati Srihari, " STAP-based approach for target tracking using waveform agile sensing in the presence of ECM". Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering, 43(8):4019–4027, 2018 (Impact factor: 3.08 )

23. Gnane Swarnadh Satapathi, Pathipati Srihari, "Soft and Evolutionary Computation Based Data Association Approaches for Tracking Multiple Targets in the Presence of ECM" Expert Systems with Applications, Elsevier Journal, Vol.77, pp:83-104, July,2017 (Impact factor: 8.665 )

24. Gnane Swarnadh Satapathi, Pathipati Srihari, "Waveform Agile Sensing Approach for Tracking Benchmark in the Presence of ECM using IMMPDAF" Radioengineering Journal, Vol. 26, No. 1, April 2017 (Impact Factor: 0.947 )

IV. International Conferences

1. Aswitha K Shetty, Madhusudhan Goud, Krishnamoorthy K., Choon Sik Cho and Pathipati Srihari " High-Gain Compact CPW-Fed Antenna for UHF FOPEN Radar Systems " 2025 IEEE Microwave, Antennas and Propagation Conference (MAPCON) , 14-18 December 20235

2. Charitha Gadari, Bethi Pardha saradhi, Pathipati Srihari " Classification of Real and AI Generated Images Using Lightweight Deep Neural Networks" 2025 IEEE International Symposium on Smart Electronic Systems, 14-17 December 2025

3. Achala G, U Shripathi Acharya, and Pathipati Srihari " On the Design, Performance Assessment, and Implementation of Channel codes for improving information integrity in data storage systems" 2025 7th PhD Colloquium on Emerging Domain Innovation and Technology for Society (PHDEDITS), 10-12 December 2025

4. Ahmed B., Yash Shah, Sohom Bhattacharjee, Pathipati Srihari, Choon Sik Cho " FDA Beampattern Optimization with Nonlinear Frequency Offsets and Non-uniform Element Spacing " 2025 IEEE Asia Pasific Microwave Conference (APMC), 02-05 December, 2025

5. Snesha R Prasad, Vandana G S, and Pathipati Srihari " Comparative Analysis of CFAR Algorithms using 77GHz Radar Sensor Data in FPGA Driven Implementation" 2025 IEEE 2nd International Conference on Women in Computing (InCoWoCo), 14-15 November 2025

6. Aswitha K Shetty, Madhusudhan Goud, Krishnamoorthy K., Bethi Pardhasaradhi and Pathipati Srihari " A High-Gain Half-Bow-Tie Antenna with Tapered Slots for Foliage Penetration Radar Application " 2024 IEEE 21st India Council International Conference,19-21 December 2024

7. Pathipati Srihari, Vandana G S, Uday Kumar, Ashwin Nandagiri, Bethi Pardhasaradhi, Linga Reddy "FMCW Radar-Based Detection and Tracking of Drones Using DBSCAN Clustering and Extended Kalman Filter for Anti-Drone Defense Systems" 2024 IEEE 21st India Council International Conference,19-21 December 2024

8. Sreedev Sreekumar, Shashank S K, Pathipati Srihari, Vandana G S, Ashwin Nandagiri, Bethi Pardhasaradhi "FMCW Radar-Based UAV Detection and Tracking Using Transfer Learning" 2024 IEEE 21st India Council International Conference,19-21 December 2024

9. Vandana G S, Pathipati Srihari,Uday Kumar, Ashwin Nandagiri, Bethi Pardhasaradhi, Linga Reddy " Real-Time UAV Altitude Estimation and Data Transmission via mmWave Radar and Edge Computing" 2024 IEEE 21st India Council International Conference,19-21 December 2024

10. Shashank S K, Sreedev Kumar, Manjith Srijan M., Pathipati Srihari, Vandana G S, and Bethi Pardhasaradhi " Enhanced Intruder Detection Using mmWave Radar: A Spatiotemporal Clustering Approach for Robust Human Detection" 2024 IEEE 21st India Council International Conference,19-21 December 2024

11. Bethi Pardhasaradhi, Pathipati Srihari and Linga Reddy C., "Improved GNSS Anti Spoofing by Integrating Attribute Information into Measurement to Measurement Association Framework" 2024 IEEE 21st India Council International Conference,19-21 December 2024

12. Mohan Podi, Dayananda B N., Achala G., Pathipati Srihari, Bethi Pardhasaradhi, Linga Reddy C., " High-Speed Strassen Matrix Multiplication Accelerators for 2D Kalman Filter" 2024 IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Computing and Communication Technologies (CONECCT), 12-14 July 2024

13. Achala G, U Shripathi Acharya, and Pathipati Srihari "On the synthesis of Channel Codes for NAND flash devices in Space Application" 2024 IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Computing and Communication Technologies (CONECCT), 12-14 July 2024

14. Soma Anil Kumar, Achala G., Vandana G S., Pathipati Srihari, Bethi Pardhasaradhi, and Linga Reddy C., "Real-time Radar Imaging with Time Domain Correlation and Doppler Beam Sharpening" 2024 IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Computing and Communication Technologies (CONECCT), 12-14 July 2024

15. Sreedev Kumar, Shashank S K., Pathipati Srihari, Vandana G S, Bethi Pardhasaradhi, Linga Reddy C., " Adult and Child Classification using Automotive Radar for In-cabin Monitoring" 2024 IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Computing and Communication Technologies (CONECCT), 12-14 July 2024

16. Sai Prakash A, Vandana G S, Ashwin Nandagiri, Pathipati Srihari, Bethi Pardha Saradhi, Linga Reddy C. "Cyber Attacking Active FMCW Radar Signal AoA Estimation Using Passive FMCW Radar for ADAS Applications" 2024 IEEE 13th International Conference on Communication Systems and Network Technologies (CSNT), April 06-07,2024

17. Vishnu Prasad, Vandana G S, Ashwin Nandagiri, Pathipati Srihari, Bethi Pardha Saradhi, Linga Reddy C. "Automotive Radar Signal Authentication via Correlation and Power Spectral Density" 2024 IEEE 13th International Conference on Communication Systems and Network Technologies (CSNT), April 06-07,2024

18. Dayananda B N, Neetesh S., Achala G., Ashwin Nandagiri, Pathipati Srihari, Bethi Pardha Saradhi, Linga Reddy C. "Depth Information Fusion Using Radar-LiDAR-Camera Experimental Setup for ADAS Applications" 2024 IEEE 13th International Conference on Communication Systems and Network Technologies (CSNT), April 06-07,2024

19. Paramananda Jena, Ashutosh Singh, Vandana G S, Ashwin Nandagiri, Pathipati Srihari, Bethi Pardha Saradhi, Linga Reddy C. "MIMO-SAR Image Reconstruction Experiment Using Back-Projection Algorithm With Automotive Radar for ADAS Applications" 2024 IEEE 13th International Conference on Communication Systems and Network Technologies (CSNT), April 06-07,2024

20. Anoop Kumar A K, Dayananda B N, Achala G, Pathipati Srihari, Bethi Pardha Saradhi, Linga Reddy C. "Design of Barker-7 Radar Pulse Compressor Using DSP Architecture Minimization Techniques" 2024 IEEE 13th International Conference on Communication Systems and Network Technologies (CSNT), April 06-07,2024

21. Balarami Reddy B. N., Vandana G. S., Sreenivasula Reddy T., Bethi Pardhasaradhi, Pathipati Srihari "Improved Target Tracking and Fusion using Optimally Quantized Measurement Channels" 2023 IEEE Conference on Smart Electronic Systems, 18-20, December 2023

22. Sreelekha N., Vandana G S, Leela Rani V., G Harinatha Reddy, Bethi Pardhasaradhi, Pathipati Srihari "MTI Filter DSP Architectures in FMCW radar Framework for ADAS Applications" 2023 IEEE Conference on Smart Electronic Systems, 18-20, December 2023

23. Gopala Swamy B, G Harinatha Reddy, Bethi Pardhasaradhi, Pathipati Srihari, and U Shripathi Acharya "FPGA Accelerated Track to Track Association and Fusion for ADAS Distributed Sensors" 2023 IEEE Conference on Smart Electronic Systems, 18-20, December 2023

24. Aswitha K Shetty, Madhusudhan Goud, Krishnamoorthy K., and Pathipati Srihari "A Novel Compact Wideband Planar Antenna Design for FOPEN Radar Applications" 2023 IEEE Microwave, Antennas and Propagation Conference (MAPCON) , 10-14 December 2023

25. Soma Anil Kumar, Shobha Sundar Ram, and Pathipati Srihari "Bistatic Inverse Synthetic Aperture Radar Imaging of Automotive Targets at Millimeter Frequencies" 2023 IEEE International Radar Conference, 06-10, November 2023 held at Sydney, Australia

26. Dayananda B.N., Achala G., Pathipati Srihari, Kama Raju, Vandana G S., Bethi Pardhasaradhi, "A Multiple Llyods Approach for LiDAR Point Cloud Quantization and Communication" 2023 IEEE International Conference on Electronics,Computing and Communication Technologies (CONECCT), 14-16 July,2023

27. Sreelekha N., Vandana G S, Leela Rani V., T Sreenivasula Reddy, Kama Raju M., Pathipati Srihari "FPGA Implementation of Moving Target Indicator Filter for FMCW Radar Data" 2023 IEEE International Conference on Electronics,Computing and Communication Technologies (CONECCT), 14-16 July,2023

28. Ashoka Chakravarthi, Bethi Pardh Saradhi, John D'Souza, Pathipati Srihari, and Paramananda Jena "LPI-Based NLFM Radar Waveform Design for a Cooperative Radar-Communication System" 2023 IEEE International Conference on Electronics,Computing and Communication Technologies (CONECCT), 14-16 July,2023

29. Kumuda D.K., Pathipati Srihari, D. Seshagiri, Kama Raju M., and Bethi Pardhasaradhi "A Mutual Interference Mitigation Algorithm for Dense On-Road Automotive Radars Scenario" 2023 IEEE International Conference on Electronics,Computing and Communication Technologies (CONECCT), 14-16 July,2023

30. Kumuda D.K., Pathipati Srihari, D. Seshagiri, Rajesh Kumar P., and Bethi Pardhasaradhi "Clipping and Hampel Filtering Algorithm to Mitigate Mutual Interference for Automotive Radars" 2023 IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Computing, and Communication Technologies(CONECCT), 14-16, July 2023

31. D S L Praharshitha, Achala G, Shripathi Acharya, Bethi Pardhasaradhi, and Pathipati Srihari "DSP Architectures of Covariance Intersection Fusion Algorithm for Automotive Sensor Fusion" 2023 14th International Conference on Computing Communication and Networking Technologies, 6-8, July 2023

32. Gopala Swamy B., Bethi Pardha Saradhi, U Shripathi Acharya, Pathipati Srihari, Sreenivasula Reddy T, Ramesh Annavajjala " FPGA Accelerated Automotive ADAS Sensor Fusion" 2023 12th IEEE International Conference on Communication Systems and Network Technologies (CSNT), 8-9 April,2023

33. Vivaksha Mohalia, Pathipati Srihari, Sreenivasula Reddy T., Harinatha Reddy G, Bethipardha saradhi " A Modified Strassen Algorithm based DSP Accelerated 3D Kalman Filter" 2023 12th IEEE International Conference on Communication Systems and Network Technologies (CSNT), 8-9 April,2023

34. Bethi Pardha saradhi, Srinath G., Ashok Chakravarthi, Pathipati Srihari, Linga Reddy C., " A GNSS Position Spoofing Mitigation Algorithm using Sparse Estimation" 2022 IEEE 18th India Council International Conference (INDICON), 24-26, November 2022

35. Bethi Pardhasaradhi, Purushotham L., Balarami Reddy B. N., Pathipati Srihari, and Linga Reddy C., " Robust Positioning and Grubbs Outlier Test for Navigation in GPS Spoofing Environment" 2022 IEEE 18th India Council International Conference (INDICON), 24-26, November 2022

36. Paramananda Jena, Vengada Rajan, Vandana G S., Pathipati Srihari "Design of MIMO-SAR for Millimeter Wave High Resolution Wide Swath(HRWS) Automotive Radar" 2022 IEEE 18th India Council International Conference (INDICON), 24-26, November 2022

37. Anoopkumar K A, Bethi Pardha Saradhi, Vandana G S, K Raja Rajeswari, and Pathipati Srihari "High Speed and Low Power DSP Architectures for Barker-13 Radar Pulse Compressor" 2022 IEEE 18th India Council International Conference (INDICON), 24-26, November 2022

38. Paramananda Jena, Vengada Rajan, Vandana G S., Pathipati Srihari " MIMO Synthetic Impulse and Aperture Radar(SIAR) for Anti-Stealth Applications" 2022 IEEE Microwave, Antennas and Propagation Conference (MAPCON) , 12-16 December 2022

39. Dayananda B N, Vandana G S, Bethi Pardhsaradhi, Pathipati Srihari "Real Time Vital Sign Monitoring System using AWR1642 Radar Module with Remote Access" 2022 IEEE Conference on Smart Electronic Systems, 18-22, December 2022

40. Bhargavi R., Anil Kumar A B, Bethi Pardhasaradhi, Sagar Krishna S., Pathipati Srihari " Experimental Evaluation of Various LFM Waveforms for FMCW Radar Applications" 2022 IEEE Conference on Smart Electronic Systems, 18-22, December 2022

41. Kavya T. S., Vandana G S., Pathipati Srihari, Leela Rani V., Bethipardhasaradhi, "DoA Estimation for Micro and Nano UAV Targets using AWR2243 Cascaded Imaging Radar" 2022 IEEE Conference on Smart Electronic Systems, 18-22, December 2022

42. Purushothamma L., Bethi Parfdhasaradhi, and Pathipati Srihari " Feasibility of Adopting 6G Frequencies for Transmitter of Opportunity by Passive Radar" 2022 IEEE Conference on Smart Electronic Systems, 18-22, December 2022

43. Sriharsha Nag T S., Vandana G S., Pathipati Srihari, Bethi Pardhasaradhi " SAR Imaging with Automotive Radar: Range Migration Algorithm, Experiment, and Future Directions in Automotive Vehicle" 2022 IEEE 7th International Conference on Recent Advances and Innovations in Engineering, 1-3 December 2022

44. Sriharsha Nag T S., Vandana G S., Pathipati Srihari, Bethi Pardhasaradhi " An Experimental Evaluation of MIMO-SAR Imaging with FMCW Radar" 2022 IEEE 2nd Mysuru Subsection International Conference (Mysurucon), 16-17 October 2022

45. Mohan Pudi, Bethi Pardha Saradhi, and Pathipati Srihari "FPGA Implementation of Tri-matrix Multiplication Accelerator using Circulant Matrices for Kalman Filters" 2022 IEEE 2nd Mysuru Subsection International Conference (Mysurucon), 16-17 October 2022

46. Vandana G S., Bethi Pardha Saradhi, and Pathipati Srihari " Intruder Detection and Tracking using 77GHz FMCW Radar and Camera Data" 2022 IEEE International Conference on Electronics,Computing and Communication Technologies (CONECCT), 8-10 July,2022

47. Pathipati Srihari, G S Vandana, and Raghavendra B. S " Measurement and Evaluation of Human Vital Sign using 77 GHz AWR1642 FMCW Radar Sensor" 2021 IEEE 18th India Council International Conference (INDICON), 19-21, December 2021

48.Pathipati Srihari, Vikas Kumar Devangan, M Anvith, Adithya Jayan, Medidi Anurag and Bethi Pardhasaradhi " Knowledge Aided Track Management: Multi-Target Tracking in the Presence of Electromagnetic Absorbers" 2021 IEEE 18th India Council International Conference (INDICON), 19-21, December 2021

49..Bethi Pardhasaradhi and Pathipati Srihari " Stealthy GPS Spoofer Design by Incorporating Processing Time and Clock Offsets" 2021 IEEE 18th India Council International Conference (INDICON), 19-21, December 2021

50.Paramananda Jena, A Vengadarajan and Pathipati Srihari " Design of Unimodular Long Length Polyphase Code for CW Radar for Doppler Tolerance" 2021 IEEE 18th India Council International Conference (INDICON), 19-21, December 2021

51.Purushottama L, Bethi Pardhasaradhi, Pathipati Srihari, and GVK Sharma, " Analysis of 5G New Radio Waveform as an Illuminator of Opportunity for Passive Bistatic Radar" 2021 national Conference on Communications (NCC), 27-30 July 2021

52. Pathipati Srihari and Vandana G S, " Experimental Study of 24GHz Sense2Gol Pulse Radar Sensor for Human Vital Sign Measurement" 2021 IEEE International Conference on Electronics,Computing and Communication Technologies (CONECCT), 9-11 July,2021

53. Purushottama L, Pathipati Srihari, Bethi Pardhsaradhi, and Srinath G. "A Conceptual Framework for Knowledge Aided Passive Radar System" 2021 IEEE International Conference on Electronics,Computing and Communication Technologies (CONECCT), 9-11 July,2021

54. Ashoka Chakravarthi M, Srinath G, Pathipati Srihari, John D'Souza and Paramananda Jena "Nonlinear Frequency Modulated Waveform Optimization for a Cooperative Radar-Communication System" 2021 IEEE International Conference on Electronics,Computing and Communication Technologies (CONECCT), 9-11 July,2021

55. Kumuda D K, Aswitha K Shetty, Pathipati Srihari, D Seshagiri, Vishal Mahajan, and Peter Joseph "Multiple Target Detection using ΣΔ-STAP in the Presence of Airborne Clutter" 2021 IEEE International Conference on Electronics,Computing and Communication Technologies (CONECCT), 9-11 July,2021

56. D S L Praharshita, Bethipardhasaradhi, Pathipati Srihari, U Shripathi Acharya and GVK Sharma " High-Frequency and Low-Latency DSP Architecture for Information Matrix Fusion" 2021 IEEE International Conference on Electronics,Computing and Communication Technologies (CONECCT), 9-11 July,2021

57. Srinath G, Bethi Pardhasaradhi, Prashanth Kumar H, and Pathipati Srihari " Target Estimation Performance Improvement in Cooperative Radar and Communication system Spectrum Sharing" 12th International Conference on Computing Communication and Networking Technologies (ICCCNT), 6-8 July, 2021

58. Balarami reddy B N., Srinath G, Bethipardhasaradhi, and Pathipati Srihari " Quantized Directional Cosine measurements based Localization" 2021 10th IEEE International Conference on Communication Systems and Network Technologies (CSNT), 18-19 June,2021

59. Purushottama L, and Pathipati Srihari, " Comparative Analysis on Diverse Heuristic Based Joint Probabilistic Data Association for Multi-Target Tracking in a Cluttered Environment" Proceedings of the First International Conference on Computational Electronics for Wireless Communications, 11-12 June, 2021.

60. B Gopala Swamy, U Sripati Acharya, P Srihari, B Pardhasaradhi " Systolic-Architecture-Based Matrix Multiplications and Its Realization for Multi-Sensor Bias Estimation Algorithms" Advances in Communications, Signal Processing and VLSI,pp 263-272,January 2021.

61. Bethi Pardhasaradhi, Pathipati Srihari and Aparna P. "Stealthy GPS Spoofing: Spoofer Systems, Spoofing Techniques and Strategies" 2020 IEEE 17th India Council International Conference (INDICON), 10-13, December 2020

62. Bethi Pardhasaradhi, Pathipati Srihari and Aparna P. " Impact of Target Tracking Module in GPS Spoofer Design for Stealthy GPS Spoofing" 2020 IEEE 17th India Council International Conference (INDICON), 10-13, December 2020

63. Bethi Pardhasaradhi, Pathipati Srihari and Aparna P. " GNSS Intentional Interference Mitigation via Average KF Innovation and Pseudo Track Updation" 2020 IEEE 17th India Council International Conference (INDICON), 10-13, December 2020

64. Haritha G, Aparna P., Pathipati Srihari, and Gnane Swarnadh Satapathi " Analysis of real-time tracking filters implementation in FPGA" 2018 IEEE Distributed Computing, VLSI, Electrical Circuits and Robotics (DISCOVER) , 13-14 August, 2018

65. S Rohan Nagarad, A S Sourabh, U Sripathi Acharya, Pathipati Srihari, S Prasad ,and P H Rao "3-D radar imaging using extended 2-D range migration technique" 2017 IEEE Applied Electromagnetic Conference (AEMC), 19-22, December 2017

66. Naga Lakshmana Kumar K, Pathipati Srihari, Gnane Swarnadh Satapathi, GVK Sharma " A High Speed Complementary Pulse Compressor and its Implementation of FPGA " IEEE Radar Conference (Radarcon-2017), Seattle,USA May 8-12, 2017.

67. Pratik Laddha; Rathna Prasad; U. Sripathi Acharya; Pathipati Srihari; S. Prasad and P. H. Rao "Study of 2D localization using SIMO antenna" 2016 International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation (APSYM), 15-17 December,2016.

68. Gnane Swarnadh Satapathi, Pathipati Srihari, "All Neighbor Fuzzy Relational Data Association for Multitarget Tracking in the Presence of ECM" IEEE INDICON, held at IISc, Bengaluru during 16-18, December 2016.

69. V.V.S. Avinash Teja, S. Venkata Chaitanya, Uday Akula, Pathipati Srihari, and V.R. Sastry "Blast vibration signal analysis using S-transform" 2016 International Conference on Electrical, Electronics, and Optimization Techniques (ICEEOT),3-5 March,2016.

70. G.V.K Sharma, P. Srihari, K. Rajarajeswari, "MIMO Radar Ambiguity Analysis of Frequency Hopping Pulse Waveforms", IEEE Radar Conference (Radarcon-2014), held at Cincinnati, USA May 19-23, 2014.

Achievements

I. Co-founded a Start-Up:

1. Co-founded a deep tech start-up: Sri Shasha Prayathi Technologies Pvt Ltd.(SSPTL), which is incubated at NITK Science and Technology Entrepreneurship Park (STEP)- company mainly focues on building prototype short range radar systems. The SSPTL was founded on 19 February 2020 and successfully completed six years of operation and few milestones are given below:

(a) Received an Innovation Award by the start-up for advancing Indian defense technology, innovation and self-reliance in the DRDO Industry Synergy meeting held at Bangalore during October 2025

(b) SSPTL has been awarded multiple innovative technology development contracts from defense research and development organisation (DRDO) in the open tendering process during last four financial years ( including the radar waveform generator and signal processror and MIMO based highspeed low form factor digital hardware development for cognative radar ect.) for short range radar applications.

(d) NITK faculty startup designs and tests radars | Mangaluru News - The Times of India

(e) (32) Post | LinkedIn

(f) (33) Post | LinkedIn

II. Fellowship:

Elected as a Fellow of Institution of Engineers (FIE) India in the year 2021.
Elected as a Fellow of Institution of Electronic and Telecommunication Engineers (FIETE) India in the year 2013

III.Senior Membership:

Elected as a Senior Member of Institution of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE), USA in the year 2010
Elected as a Senior Member of Association of Computing Machenary (ACM) in the year 2013 (Pathipati Srihari - Award Winner).
Valued member of IEEE for nineteen years and Senior member of IEEE for twelve years.
Senior member of the IEEE Signal Processing Society for thirteen years
Senior member of the IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Scociety for eleven years.

IV. Other Professional Membership:

Member, The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), UK
Life Member, Indian Society of Technical Education (ISTE), New Delhi

V. Best Paper Awards:

Track Level Best Paper Award for the Paper entitled " Adult and Child Classification using Automotive Radar for In-cabin Monitoring" 2021 IEEE International Conference on Electronics,Computing and Communication Technologies (CONECCT), 12-14 July,2024
IEEE Communication Society Bangalore Chapter Protsahan Award paper entitled "On the Design of SSRS and RS Codes for Enhancing the integrety of Information Storage in NAND Flash Memories" IEEE Access in 2023
IEEE Communication Society Bangalore Chapter Protsahan Award paper entitled "Multitarget Detection and Tracking by Mitigating Spot Jammer Attack in 77-GHz mm-Wave Radars: An Experimental Evaluation" IEEE Sensors Journal 2022
IEEE Communication Society Bangalore Chapter Protsahan Award paper entitled "Sequential Fusion based Approach for Estimating Range Gate Pull-Off Parameter in a Networked Radar System: An ECCM Algorithm " IEEE Access in 2022
IEEE Communication Society Bangalore Chapter Protsahan Award paper entitled "Distributed Fusion of Optimally Quantized Local Tracker Estimates for Underwater Wireless Sensor Networks " IEEE Access in 2022
IEEE Communication Society Bangalore Chapter Protsahan Award paper entitled "Navigation in GPS Spoofed Environment Using M-Best Positioning Algorithm and Data Association" IEEE Access in 2021
IEEE Communication Society Bangalore Chapter Protsahan Award paper entitled "Analysis of 5G New Radio Waveform as an Illuminator of Opportunity for Passive Bistatic Radar" 2021 national Conference on Communications (NCC), 27-30 July 2021
Over all Best paper Award for the Paper entitled "A Conceptual Framework for Knowledge Aided Passive Radar System" 2021 IEEE International Conference on Electronics,Computing and Communication Technologies (CONECCT), 9-11 July,2021
Track Level Best Paper Award for the Paper entitled "Nonlinear Frequency Modulated Waveform Optimization for a Cooperative Radar-Communication System" 2021 IEEE International Conference on Electronics,Computing and Communication Technologies (CONECCT), 9-11 July,2021
Track Level Best Paper Award for the Paper entitled " High-Frequency and Low-Latency DSP Architecture for Information Matrix Fusion" 2021 IEEE International Conference on Electronics,Computing and Communication Technologies (CONECCT), 9-11 July,2021

VI. Corporate Innovation Awards

1. Received second prize for the innovative idea presented at Sandisk Cerebrum-2025, Organised by Sandisk Design Centere, Bengaluru

2. Received first prize for the innovative idea presented at Innovation Bazar-2024, organised bt Western Digital India LTD held at Bangaluru

VII. International Awards:

Received IEEE Asia Pacific Outstanding Student Branch Counselor Award for the year 2010.

VIII. National Awards:

Received JNTU Kakinada Best Teacher Award for the year 2009
Received JNTU Kakinada Best Researcher Award for the year 2009

IX. Visting Professorship:

Worked as a Visiting Professor at McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada during 2014.
Visted Univeristy of Adger, Norway for research colloboration as part of Indo-Norway Research Project based upon a fully funded inviataion during December 2023.

X. International Research Colloborations:

1. McMaster University, Canada: Since 2014, active research colloboration in the area of target tracking and navigational systems have been carrying out resulting mutual joint publications and PhD student supervision and visiting student research opprtunities.

2. University of Adger, Norway: Since 2022, active research colloboration in the area of mmWave radar sensors and radar signal processing and machine learning approaches have been performing, resulting in signficant joint reputed international journal publications, Post-Doctoral research opprtunities ect.

3. Korean Aerospace Univeristy, South Korea: Since 2023, active research colloboration in the area of frquency diversity radar and related research areas have been happening yielding joint research publications.

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DR_SRIHARI_CV (9).pdf

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