ICMOCE 2027 WiE Awards

Chief Patron

Director, IIT Bhubaneswar

Patron

Dean CE, IIT Bhubaneswar

Convener

Prof. D. Ghosh, IIT Bhubaneswar

Organizing Secretary

Prof. P. K. Sahu, IIT Bhubaneswar

Advisory Committee

Prof. Brian Cullum,
University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA
Prof. Yeon Ho Chung,
Pukyong National University, Korea (South)
Prof. Senthil Murugan Ganapathy
University of Southampton, UK
Prof. Xiaoying Zhuang,
Leibniz University Hannover, Germany
Prof. N N Murty
IIT Tirupati
Prof. Bijoy Krishna Das
IIT Madras, India
Prof. P K Biswas
IIT Kharagpur, India
Prof. Partha Roop,
University of Auckland, New Zealand
Prof. Sudhan Majhi,
IISc Bangalore, India
Prof. A R Harish,
IIT Kanpur, India
Prof. Vikram Gadre,
IIT Bombay, India
Prof. Krishnamachar Prasad,
Auckland University of Technology, NZ
Prof. Pyari Mohan Pradhan,
IIT Roorkee, India
Prof. Rohit Sinha,
IIT Guwahati, India
Prof. Arun Somani,
College of Engineering, Iowa State University, USA

ICMOCE-2027 Women in Engineering (WiE) Awards

The International Conference on Microwave, Optical and Communication Engineering (ICMOCE) 2027 is committed to promoting diversity and inclusion within the engineering community. In support of this commitment, we are pleased to announce the Women in Engineering (WiE) Awards. These grants aim to encourage and support the participation of women researchers (up to 15) at ICMOCE 2027, fostering a more inclusive environment.

Eligibility

Applicants must meet the following criteria:

Professional Status: Be a Master’s student, or full-time Ph.D. student (below the age of 28 years).
Conference Contribution: Be the first author and presenter of an accepted paper (oral or poster) at ICMOCE 2027.

Award Details

Provides up to a maximum of INR 2000/- as travel support (third-AC train/bus).
Provides a 20% registration fee waiver (subject to a maximum of INR 1600/-)..

Application Process

Applicants must submit the following documents:
- - Completed WiE Award Application Form (Click here).
  - Biography and Research Summary: A SOP (maximum 3 pages) detailing academic background, expected or completed graduation dates (for students), list of publications, and research-related awards.
  - Submitted Papers: Details of the submitted manuscript at ICMOCE 2025.
  - Endorsement Letter from an academic advisor, or department head: A letter confirming the applicant’s commitment to attend the conference and present at least one paper.

Selection Criteria

Applications will be evaluated based on:

Merit of the research work (quality of research idea presented in SOP).
Contribution to the conference theme and relevance to ICMOCE (as evident from CV).

Important Dates

- Application Deadline: 21 April 2027.
- Notification of Award: 25 April 2027.
- Award Disbursement: Within 3 weeks of completion of ICMOCE 2027.

Terms and Conditions

The awardee has to submit a report in the PDF format (minimum 5 pages) at the end of the conference describing
- One invited talk per day, and
- All papers presented in any one technical session of each conference day
Recipients must attend the full conference and actively participate in sessions and submit the report at the end of the conference.
Reimbursement will be processed only upon submission of original receipts on site at ICMOCE 2027.
Failure to attend the conference will result in the award being revoked.

Committees

General Chair

Dr. Debalina Ghosh

Technical Program Chairs

Dr. Prasant Kumar Sahu

Microwave Track Chairs

Dr. Debapratim Ghosh & Dr. Debalina Ghosh

Optical Track Chairs

Dr. Rajan Jha & Dr. Prasant Kumar Sahu

Communication Track Chairs

Dr. Pravas Ranjan Sahu, & Dr. Siddartha Borkotoky

Biosensing Track Chairs

Dr. Niladri Bihari Puhan & Dr. Himanshu P Padole

Data Science and AI Track Chairs

Dr. B N Patnaik, NIT Raipur

Publicity Chairs

Dr. Sayan Dey & Dr. Navjeet Bagga

IEEE Region 10 Outreach Chair

Dr. Subhranshu R Samantaray

Local Arrangements Chairs

Dr. Barathram Ramkumar, Dr. Soumya P. Das

Publications Chair