About the Author

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Brajesh Kumar Kaushik (SM'13) received the B.Tech. degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from D.C.R. University of Science and Technology, Murthal, Haryana, in 1994, the M. Tech. degree from Dayalbagh Educational Institute, Agra, India, in 1997, and the Ph.D. degree under AICTE-QIP scheme from Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, India, in 2007.He was with Vinytics Peripherals Pvt. Ltd., Delhi, as Research & Development Engineer in Microprocessor, Microcontroller, and DSP processor-based systems. He joined the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, G. B. Pant Engineering College, Pauri Garhwal, India, as a Lecturer in July 1998, where later he became an Assistant Professor from May 2005 to May 2006 and an Associate Professor from May 2006 to Dec., 2009. He is currently serving as an Associate Professor in the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, India. Dr. Kaushik has received many awards and recognitions from International Biographical Center (IBC), Cambridge, etc. His name has been listed in Marquis Who's Who in Science and Engineering and Marquis Who's Who in the World, USA. He is a Senior Member of IEEE and his current research interests includes high speed interconnects, low power VLSI design, carbon nanotube-based designs, organic thin film transistor design and modelling, and spintronics-based devices and circuits.