Alakesh

About Me

Hi, I am Alakesh Kalita, currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Computing at IIT (ISM) Dhanbad. Before this, I was a Lecturer at Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD). I also worked in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the National University of Singapore, Singapore as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow. I obtained my Ph.D. from the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India, and received the Innovative Student Projects Award 2022 (equivalent to Best Thesis) from the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) for my Ph.D. thesis. I am a Senior Member of IEEE.

I love to play Badminton, Cricket, Football, and Video Games (sometimes).

Recent News

19-03-2026: Mr. Rakesh (Doctoral student) received the IndiaAI PhD Fellowship.
14-01-2026: Conference Paper Accepted in IEEE WCNC 2026.
31-12-2025: Article accepted in IEEE Engineering Management Review.
27-10-2025: Received Research Grant from TiHAN, IIT HYD 2025.
03-03-2025: Article accepted in IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials, IF: 46.7.
17-02-2025: Received ANRF's Prime Minister Early Career Research Grant 2025.
05-02-2025: Conference Paper Accepted in IEEE NCC 2025.
18-11-2024: Article Accepted in IEEE Internet Computing Journal.
19-08-2024: Joined IIT (ISM) Dhanbad, India.
17-07-2024: Paper accepted in VTC-Fall'2024, USA.
20-05-2024: Delivered a keynote at IEEE 99th Vehicular Technology Conference, Workshop 7, Singapore.
20-05-2024: Article Accepted in IEEE Consumer Electronics Magazine
04-04-2024: Elevated to IEEE Senior Member
19-03-2024: Article Accepted in IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics
11-03-2024: Article Accepted in IEEE IoT Journal
05-03-2024: Two papers Accepted in IEEE VTC 2024
20-02-2024: Received an offer to join IIT Dhanbad as Assistant Professor
27-12-2023: Article Accepted in IEEE IoT Journal
26-10-2023: Joined SUTD as Lecturer
25-09-2023: Three papers accepted in IEEE FNWF 2023
10-02-2023: Received Best Thesis Award from INAE, India
01-01-2023: Article accepted in IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing
17-05-2022: Defended my Ph.D. Thesis at IIT Guwahati, India
25-04-2022: Joined NUS, Singapore as Research Fellow
27-01-2022: Submitted my Ph.D. Thesis at IIT Guwahati, India
01-01-2018: Joined IIT Guwahati, India as a Ph.D. Scholar

Opportunities !!!

Hi, I am looking for motivated students to join at various levels, such as Masters and PhD, preferably with a background in Computer Science. Interested candidates are welcome to email me. Details of PhD admission process are available here.

Research Interest

Internet of Things
Wireless Networks
Performance Evaluation of IoT Protocols
Congestion Control in Next-Gen Internet
Edge Computing
Deep Reinforcement Learning Techniques in Computer Networks

Education

2018-2022: Ph.D. (CSE, Internet of Things) from IIT Guwahati, India
2014-2016: M.Tech. (CSE) from Assam Central University, Silchar, India
2008-2012: B.Tech. (CSE) from Assam Don Bosco University, India
2008: Higher Secondary, 10+2 (Science) from AHSEC, Assam
2006: HSLC, 10+0 (General, Adv. Maths) from SEBA, Assam

Work Experience

2024-Present: Assistant Professor, IIT (ISM) Dhanbad, India
2023-2024: University Lecturer, ISTD Pillar, SUTD, Singapore
2022-2023: Post Doctoral Research Fellow, NUS, Singapore
2020-2022: Senior Research Fellow, IIT Guwahati, India
2018-2020: Junior Research Fellow, IIT Guwahati, India
2017-2017: Junior Research Fellow, IIIT Guwahati, India
2017-2017: Lecturer, Nalbari Polytechnic, Assam India
2016-2017: Research Scientist, NEHU, Meghalaya, India
2012-2013: Assistant Product Manager, STFC, India

Awards and Achievements

Received Annual Performance Bonus from NUS, Singapore for Post-doctoral research work, 2023.
Received the Innovative Student Projects Award from the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) for my Ph.D. Thesis, 2022.
Received Travel grant to attend ICDCN’2020 conference from IIT Guwahati, 2020.
Qualified UGC-NET (Assistant Professor) in CSE discipline, 2019.
Received Travel grant to attend COMSNETS’2019 conference from conference organizer and IIT Guwahati, 2019.
Received MHRD Scholarship for Ph.D. (2018-2022).
Bagged second prize in Regional Innovators Conclave conducted by the Government of Meghalaya for the SMART LIGHTING MODEL, Meghalaya, India, 2017.
Qualified GATE in CSE discipline, 2017.
Secured University Rank 2 (Silver Medalist) in M-Tech.
Received TEQIP-II Scholarship during M-Tech (2014-2016).
Bagged first prize in the line-follower robotics competition held at Assam University, Silchar, India, in 2016.
Awarded with Anandaram Boruah Student Award for performing the 10th standard board examination by State Government of Assam, 2016.
Secured First position in my school and examination centre in 10th standard board examination by State Government of Assam, 2006

Students' Achivements

Mr. Rakesh (doctoral student) received the IndiaAI PhD Fellowship from MeitY, GOI.

Academic & Administrative Responsibilities

Faculty-in-Charge of Training & Placement of Mathematics and Computing Department
Social Media Coordinator (Mathematics and Computing Department, IIT Dhanbad)

Professional Services

Membership

IEEE Senior Member (ID: 96688131)
IEEE Young Professionals
INAE Student Member

Reviewer

IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing
IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology
IEEE Internet of Things Journal
IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics
IEEE Engineering Management Review
IEEE Communications Standards Magazine
IEEE Transactions on Service Computing
IEEE Networking Letter
Wireless Communication and Networking (Springer)

Technical Program Committee Member

IEEE ICICSA-2023, NIT Silchar, Assam, India
IEEE PICom 2023, Special Session on Distributed Machine Learning for Edge/Fog Computing: Challenges and Future Directions
IEEE ICCINS-2023, Mylavaram, AP, India

Volunteer

Served as Session Chair for IEEE ANTS Workshop on Distributed Computing in 6G IoT Networks (6-DCIoT), IIT Guwahati, India.
An active volunteer in the organizing committee of the 3rd ISEA International Conference on Security and Privacy (ISEA-ISAP 2020) in IIT Guwahati from 27 Feb - 1 Mar 2020
An active member in the organizing committee in the workshop on "Internet of Things: It’s Inside Out" at NEHU, Shillong, Meghalaya from 12 May - 13 May 2017

Resource Person

Delivered a talk on "How to use Advanced ML Algorithms in Resource-Constrained IoT Networks" at the refresher course on "Artificial Intelligence & Internet of Things: The 4th Industrial Revolution" organized by IIT Patna, India, on 06 June, 2025.
Delivered a talk on "How to Set Up Resource-Constrained IoT Networks and Conduct Experiments" at FDP on "IoT: Recent Advances, Challenges, and Opportunities (IoT: RACO)" organized by EICT Academy IIT Roorkee and Brainware University, Kolkata, India, on 25-28 May, 2025.
Delivered a talk on "How Can We Make the Resource-constrained IoT Networks More Efficient and Use of LLMs in IoT Networks?" at the Workshop on IoT, Robotics and AIML Workshop -2024, IIIT Sricity, India, on 12 December, 2024.
Delivered a keynote on "How to make the resource-constrained IoT networks more efficient?" at the Workshop on LPWAN-Based LEO Satellite Communication for 6G: Challenges, Innovations, and Future Directions, VTC 2024, Marina Bay Sands Hotel located at 10 Bayfront Avenue, Singapore, on 24 June 2024.
Delivered an expert talk on "Internet of Things", for the Project based Industrial Training on Blockchain, IoT and Machine Learning using Python, jointly organized by Central Institute of Technology Kokrajhar and NIELIT Guwahati, Assam, India, on 4 August, 2022.
Delivered an expert talk on "A Tutorial on 6TiSCH IoT Network" at the workshop on "Recent Trends in Information Technology, Networking, Communication, and Healthcare" held in the department of CSE, Tezpur University, Assam, India, on 11-12 March 2023.