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{{Infobox scientist<br />
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| birth_place = India<br />
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| fields = {{ublist | [[Communications engineering]] }}<br />
| workplaces = {{ublist | [[Indian Institute of Science]] | [[AT&T Labs]] | [[Broadcom]] | [[Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories]] }}<br />
| alma_mater = {{ublist | [[IIT Madras]] | [[California Institute of Technology]] }}<br />
| doctoral_advisor = [[Andrea Goldsmith (engineer)|Andrea Goldsmith]]<br />
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| known_for = Studies on [[wireless networks]]<br />
| awards = {{ublist| 2010&nbsp;[[Indian National Academy of Engineering|INAE]] Young Engineer Award | 2014&nbsp;[[National Academy of Sciences, India|NASI]]-Scopus Young Scientist Award | 2016&nbsp;[[EE Times]] Featured Engineer | 2016[[Physical Research Laboratory|PRL]] Hari Om Ashram Prerit Vikram Sarabhai Research Award | 2017&nbsp;[[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize]] }} <br />
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'''Neelesh B. Mehta''' is an Indian communications engineer, inventor and a professor at the Department of Electrical and Communications Engineering of the [[Indian Institute of Science]] who studies [[wireless networks]].<br />
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== Biography ==<br />
[[File:IISc-Admin-building.jpg|thumb|left|Indian Institute of Science]]<br />
Neelesh Mehtha was born on 9 January 1975.<ref name="Brief Profile of the Awardee">{{Cite web |url=http://ssbprize.gov.in/Content/Detail.aspx?AID=531 |title=Brief Profile of the Awardee |date=2017-10-21 |publisher=Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize |access-date=2017-10-21}}</ref> He won the [[Indian National Mathematical Olympiad]] at the state level in 1991 and the next year, he was selected for the [[National Talent Search Scholarship]] which helped fund his undergraduate work at the [[Indian Institute of Technology, Madras]] from 1992 to 1996.<ref name=StanfordBio>{{Cite web |url=http://wsl.stanford.edu/~nbm/ |title=Biographical Information - Neelesh Mehta |date=2017-11-09 |website=Stanford University |access-date=2017-11-09}}</ref><ref name=INAE>{{Cite web |url=http://expert.inae.in/index.php/neelesh-b-mehta |title=INAE Experts - Neelesh B. Mehta |date=2017-11-09 |website=Indian National Academy of Engineers |access-date=2017-11-09}}</ref> He earned his MS in engineering in 1997 from [[California Institute of Technology]] and won the AT&T World Leadership Award in the process.<ref name=StanfordBio/> He continued at the institution for his doctoral studies under the guidance of Andrea Goldsmith of [[Stanford University]] and after securing a PhD in electrical engineering in 2000, he started his career in 2001 as a research scientist at [[AT&T Labs]].<ref name=StanfordBio/><br />
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Mehta's stay in the US would last till 2007 during which period, he also worked with [[Broadcom]] (2002–03) and [[Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories]] (2003–07).<ref name=INAE/> He returned to India in September 2007 to take up the position of an assistant professor at the Electrical Communication Engineering Department of the [[Indian Institute of Science]] where he was appointed associate professor since 2011.<ref name=IIS>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ece.iisc.ernet.in/~nextgenwrl/Neelesh.html|title=Neelesh B Mehta |website=Indian Institute of Science |access-date=2018-11-20}}</ref> His has focused on [[energy harvesting]] wireless networks, [[Interference (communication)|interference]] modeling and co-operative communications, with special focus on the design, invention, and performance analysis of various technologies.<ref name=IIS/><ref name=Interview>{{Cite web |url=https://www.eeweb.com/featured-engineers/interview-with-dr-neelesh-b-mehta |title=Interview with Dr. Neelesh B. Mehta |date=17 May 2016 |website=EE Web |access-date=2017-11-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Andreas F. Molisch|title=Wireless Communications|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=877tFGeQo5oC&pg=PR29|date=6 February 2012|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=978-1-118-35568-8|pages=29–}}</ref><br />
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Mehta is a former member-at-large of the [[IEEE Communications Society]] (2014–15) and served as the director of corporate publications during 2012–13.<ref name="Member-at-large">{{Cite web |url=http://www.comsoc.org/files/About%20Comsoc/BOG/1964-2015.pdf |title=Member-at-large |date=2017-11-09 |website=IEEE Communications Society |access-date=2017-11-09}}</ref> He has been associated with three of its journals, [[IEEE Transactions on Communications]], IEEE Wireless Communication Letters and [[IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications]], serving as the executive editor of the last mentioned.<ref name=IIS/><br />
[[File:MIMO with building.png|thumb|235px|MIMO system]]<br />
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== Awards and honors ==<br />
Mehta received the Young Engineer Award of the [[Indian National Academy of Engineering]] in 2010.<ref name="INAE Young Engineer Award">{{Cite web |url=https://inae.in/inae-young-engineer-award/# |title=INAE Young Engineer Award |date=2017-11-10 |website=Indian National Academy of Engineering |access-date=2017-11-10}}</ref> The [[National Academy of Sciences, India]] elected him as a fellow in 2013;<ref name="NASI fellows">{{Cite web |url=http://www.nasi.org.in/fellows.asp?RsFilter=M |title=NASI fellows |date=2017-11-10 |publisher=National Academy of Sciences, India |access-date=2017-11-10 |archive-date=27 December 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101227133632/http://www.nasi.org.in/fellows.asp?RsFilter=M |url-status=dead }}</ref> a year later the academy would honor him again with the 2014 NASI-Scopus Young Scientist award.<ref name=INAE/> The same year, the [[Department of Science and Technology (India)|Department of Science and Technology]] selected him for the Swarnajayanti Fellowship, the tenure of the fellowship running until 2019.<ref name="Swarna Jayanthi Fellowship">{{Cite web |url=http://dst.gov.in/scientific-programmes/scientific-engineering-research/human-resource-development-and-nurturing-young-talent-swarnajayanti-fellowships-scheme |title=Swarna Jayanthi Fellowship |date=2017-11-02 |publisher=Department of Science and Technology |access-date=2017-11-02}}</ref> He became an elected fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering in 2015 and a Featured Engineer of [[EE Times]], the next year.<ref name=IIS/> He received one more award in 2016 in the form of Hari Om Ashram Prerit Vikram Sarabhai Research Award of [[Physical Research Laboratory]].<ref name=IIS/> The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research awarded him the [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize]], one of the highest Indian science awards in 2017.<ref name="10 scientists receive Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize">{{Cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/10-scientists-receive-shanti-swarup-bhatnagar-prize/article19758442.ece |title=10 scientists receive Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize |date=26 September 2017 |newspaper=The Hindu |access-date=2017-11-11}}</ref> The following year, Mehta became a laureate of the [[Asian Scientist 100]] by the ''[[Asian Scientist]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.asianscientist.com/as100/ |title=The Asian Scientist 100 |author= <!--Not stated--> |date= |website= |publisher= [[Asian Scientist]] |access-date= 13 March 2025 |quote= |language= }}</ref><br />
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== Selected bibliography ==<br />
=== Chapters ===<br />
* {{cite book|author1=[[Ekram Hossain]], Vijay K. Bhargava, Gerhard P. Fettweis (Editors)|author2=Neelsh B. Mehta, Chandra R. Murthy (Chapter authors)|title=Green Radio Communication Networks|date=5 July 2012|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-1-107-01754-2|pages=53–|chapter=PHY and MAC Layer Optimization for Energy-harvesting Wireless Networks}}<br />
* {{cite book |last1=Mehta |first1=Neelesh B |last2=Molisch |first2=Andreas F |editor1-last=Tsoulos |editor1-first=George |title=MIMO System Technology for Wireless Communications |date=2018 |publisher=CRC Press |isbn=9781351837903 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7n50DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT92 |language=en |chapter=Chapter 6: Antenna Selection in MIIMO Systems}}<br />
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=== Articles ===<br />
* {{Cite book |author1=Neelesh B. Mehta |title=GLOBECOM 2009 - 2009 IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference |author2=Sarabjot Singh |author3=Andreas F. Molisch |chapter=An Accurate Model for Interference from Spatially Distributed Shadowed Users in CDMA Uplinks |pages=1–6 |date=2010 |doi=10.1109/GLOCOM.2009.5425277|isbn=978-1-4244-4148-8 |s2cid=447899 }}<br />
* {{Cite journal |author1=Salil Kashyap |author2=Neelesh B. Mehta |title=SEP-Optimal Transmit Power Policy for Peak Power and Interference Outage Probability Constrained Underlay Cognitive Radios |journal=IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications |date=2013 |volume=12 |issue=12 |pages=6371–6381 |doi=10.1109/TWC.2013.111013.130615|s2cid=6503790 }}<br />
* {{Cite journal |author1=A. Karthik |author2=Neelesh B. Mehta |title=En Masse Relay Selection Algorithms for Multi-Source, Multi-Relay, Decode-and-Forward Cooperative Systems |journal= IEEE Transactions on Communications|date=2013 |volume=61 |issue=8 |pages=3170–3180 |doi=10.1109/TCOMM.2013.070213.120839|s2cid=819131 }}<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[3GPP]]<br />
* [[E-UTRA]]<br />
* [[LTE (telecommunication)|LTE]]<br />
* [[Radio propagation model]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
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