• Satellite and Related Ground Station Antennas
• Antennas for Defense/Radar/Autonomous Vehicle and Aircrafts
• Antennas for 5G and Mobile Communication Systems
• Microstrip and Biomedical Applications
• EMI/EMC and ESD Systems
• Antenna Measurements—Near Field/Far Field/Compact Range
• Active and passive microwave devices,circuits, and systems
• Material technology for RF/Microwave

• ML for Wireless Communication
• Efficient Architecture for ML Training and Inferences in Communication
• Intelligent Signal Processing for Communication
• Data Analytics for Advanced Communication
• Software Defined Network (SDN) and Network Function Virtualization
• Content Centric Network (CCN)/ Information/Content centric networks (ICN)
• Network security and privacy
• 4G-Advanced and Beyond (5G, 6G)
• TeraHertz and Free Space Optics (FSO) communication
• Heterogeneous networks (HetNets)
• Block-chain in Communication
• Mobile Edge Computing
• Open-source initiatives in Communication
• Wireless adhoc and sensor networks
• Simultaneous Wireless Information, Power Transfer (SWIPT)
• Communication for rural and semi-urban regions
• Communication with wearable electronics and medical devices
• Indoor navigation and localization

• Communication and Storage Coding
• Coding Theory
• Coded and Distributed Computing
• Combinatorics and Information Theory
• Communication Theory
• Emerging Applications of IT
• Information Theory and Statistics
• Information Theory in Biology
• Information Theory in CS/DS
• Learning Theory
• Network Coding and Applications
• Network Data Analysis
• Network Information Theory
• Privacy in Information Processing
• Quantum Information Theory
• Shannon Theory

• Sensor Systems: Signals, Processing and Interfaces
• Sensor Design: Materials, Fabrication & Testing
• Sensors & their Applications in the following areas (but not limited to)
  • Aerospace
  • Biomedical & Healthcare
  • Automation
  • Automobile
  • Agriculture
  • Smart cities
  • Defence
  • Smart grids
  • Robotics
  • Smart Phones
  • Smart Environment
  • Safety
• Sensor Networks, IoT and related areas

• Smart IoT
• Cognitive Computing in IoT
• 5G Mobile networks
• Wireless sensor networks with Machine learning (ML)
• Embedded sensor networks with ML
• AI and ML in Adhoc networks
• Mobile computing resources management
• Edge computing for Mobile Adhoc and Sensor Networks
• Edge intelligence
• Fog computing and intelligence
• Intelligent edge computing
• Smart home networks
• Smart industrial IoT
• IoT for Environmental monitoring

• Analog and Mixed signal circuits and systems.
• Digital Integrated circuits and systems
• Communications circuits and systems
• Biomedical circuits and systems
• Education in circuits and systems
• Artificial Intelligence circuits and Systems
• Neuromorphic circuits and systems
• Artificial Intelligence in Agriculture

• Power system Dynamics
• Control
• Automation
• Power flow studies
• Renewables and Integration

• Vehicular Networks
• Vehicular Communication
• V2X and V2V
• Electric Vehicle, Vehicular Electronics
• Intelligent Transportation System
• Positioning, Navigation and Mobile Satellite System
• Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Communications,
• Telematics
• Autonomous Vehicle
• Electrical Vehicles
• Smart battery management
• Underwater communication
• Train to train communication
• Train to Satellite Communication
• LTE for high mobility
• mmWave (5G) in road transportation
• Traffic simulation
• Green corridor
• Smart road/transportation
• Freight tracking in logistic
• IoT solution in mobility

• Advances in Geosciences and Remote Sensing
• Antenna Systems for Futuristic Applications
• Biomedical Engineering for Humanities
• Communications
• Computing
• Connected Aircraft and Air Traffic Management
• Edge Intelligence and Networking
• Nanotechnology
• Photonics
• Power, Energy and Power Electronics
• Signal Processing
• Robotics
• Sustainability Challenges in Emerging Technologies
• Vehicular Technology and Autonomous Vehicle
• VLSI and Embedded Systems

Note: The author who will be presenting the paper (not necessarily the first author) must be a Woman.

• Innovating
• Business Models in New Technologies
• Evolving multi-sided business models
• Reverse innovation - from emerging to developed nations
• Intrapreneurship
• Creating
• Technology Forecasting
• Rapid technology evolution amidst collapsing business models
• Enhancing
• Technology Management in a post-office era
• New opportunities using technology and global networks
• Enriching
• IT in education Education for STEM
• Knowledge Management
• Sustaining
• Technology in Society
• Legal, Ethics, and Social frameworks
• Involving
• People and organizations Human Factors for Design

• Optical Sensors
• Microwave Photonics
• Photonic Signal Processing
• Bio- Photonics
• Optical communication and networking
• Quantum Communication
• Non- Linear Optics

• Design of Robotic Mechanisms
• Human-Robot Interaction & Interfaces
• Swarm Robotics
• Machine Learning and AI for Robotics
• Social and Affective Robots
• Drones and Drone Applications
• Humanoid Robots
• Nano and micro robotics
• Underwater robotics
• Robotics for defence applications
• Security and surveillance robotics
• Robotics in healthcare / medical industry
• Robotics for agriculture
• Image Processing, Vision and Recognition
• Controls and Supervisory systems
• Mobile Robots and Intelligent Autonomous Systems
• Mechatronics and Systems
• Modeling, Simulation and Architetcure
• Network Robotics

• Systems Thinking
• Engineering Systems-of-Systems
• Systems Architecture
• Model-Based Systems Engineering
• Systems Integration, Verification and Validation
• Engineering of new technologies in complex systems
• Safety Critical Systems
• Autonomous Systems
• Large-Scale Systems Integration

• Troubleshooting tools and Pre-Compliance Testing
• SI & PI Challenges in High speed Digital designs and Mitigation Techniques
• EMC Test facilities and Testing Methodology
• EMC Challenges in the Current era of IoT and 5G Technologies
• Understanding the Evolution From Traditional Pass/Fail Testing to Enhanced EMI Characterization
• Design issues & challenges with EMI/EMC in system on packages (SOPs)
• Customization in EMC measuring system
• Automotive mmWave Radar EMC Test Developments and challenges
• The Past, present and Future challenges in automotive EMC
• Challenges of the naval electromagnetic environment for the EMC Engineer
• Design limitations of powertrain electronics - Automotive EMC Challenges
• EMC & Functional Safety- Challenges and standards
• Challenges involved in present EMC Simulations and Solution ahead
• Design challenges in printed circuit boards for EMC Compliance
• System level EMC Evaluation of Radars
• Challenges in real world EMI/EMC problems and some novel techniques for meeting them
• EMC testing of whole aircraft
• Managing rolling stock EMC
• Harmonization of EMC-standards, needs and problems
• EMC/EMI Analysis of wireless communication network
• EMC and Functional safety requirements- Railway signalling application
• EMC compliance certification schemes in INDIA
• New EMC testing method for smart sensors during IC design process

• AI & ML
• Data Analytics
• High Performance Computing (HPC)
• 5G Communication Systems and Beyond
• Internet of Things (IoT),
• Circuits for Biomedical Application
• Antennas and Radar Systems,
• Renewable Energy Harvesting,
• TeraHertz (THz) Technology

• Impact of globalization
• Learning technology standards
• Fostering continuing professional development / Lifelong learning.

• Audio and Acoustic Signal Processing
• Speech Processing
• Natural language processing
• Graph Theory and Signal Processing
• Quantum Signal Processing
• Remote Sensing and Signal Processing
• Biomedical Signal and Image Processing
• Compressive Sensing, Sampling, and Dictionary Learning
• Sensor Array & Multichannel Signal Processing
• Signal Processing for Communication and Networking
• Image, Video and Multidimensional
• Signal Processing for Cyber Security
• Industrial Signal Processing
• Signal Processing for Education
• Information Forensics and Security
• Signal Processing for Smart Systems
• Machine learning in signal processing

• Radar Systems
• Ground Proximity Warning System
• Global Navigation Satellite System (GNNS)
• Navigation and Guidance of Drones
• Air Traffic Surveillance and Management
• Navigation, Guidance and Tracking of High-Speed Vehicles
• Missiles, Hypersonic vehicles

• Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution
• Renewable Energy Sources and Technology
• High Voltage Engineering, HVDC-FACTS
• Switching Circuits & Power Converters
• Power System Monitoring, Control and Protection
• Micro Grids& Distributed Generation
• Control Communication and Monitoring of Smart Grid
• Energy Storage System
• Applications in Hybrid electric vehicle
• Battery management systems

• Indigenous Devices for Healthcare Applications in Low Resource Settings
• Internet of Medical Things
• Data Analytics for Clinical Research
• AIML Applications in Diagnostics and Prognostics
• Critical Care Solutions for COVID-19
• Biomaterials and Implants
• Microbial Biosensors
• Biostatistics and Medical Informatics
• Point of Care Technologies for Healthcare
• Biomedical Imaging and Image Processing
• Multi-dimensional and multimodal Biomedical Signal visualization and processing

• Machine Intelligence
• Soft Computing
• Multi-agent systems
• Edge Control & Analytics
• Autonomous Vehicles
• Electric Vehicles
• IIOT and Controls
• Smart Manufacturing
• Process Control
• Hybrid Distributed Power & Microgrid
• Smart Buildings

• Data protection by design
• Data protection lifecycle
• Best practices to detect and avoid security breaches
• Novel data encryption techniques
• Data privacy laws, regulations & global scenarios
• Privacy awareness and education
• Protection of PII and sensitive data
• Threats to personal and organisational data privacy
• Effect of data privacy regulations on social networks
• Harmonisation of data privacy legislations
• Cyber attacks and their challenges
• Critical & emerging application areas of DPP such as finance & healthcare