Rajesh Kandasamy

Mr. K. Rajesh

Editorial Board Member

Name: Mr. K. Rajesh

Designation: Assistant Professor

Affiliation:
Knowledge Institute of Technology,
KIOT Campus, Kakapalayam, Salem,
Tamil Nadu, India

Email: ✉️ [email protected]

Academic Profiles:

Professional Summary

Mr. K. Rajesh is an academician and researcher in Electronics and Communication Engineering with more than 12 years of teaching experience at Knowledge Institute of Technology, Salem. His research interests include VLSI Design, Hardware Security, Low Power VLSI Design, Testing of Digital Circuits, FPGA implementation, SoC Design, and embedded system applications. He has contributed to funded projects, patents, student mentoring, academic coordination, research publications, workshops, and technical training programmes.

Professional Experience

  • Assistant Professor
    Knowledge Institute of Technology, Salem
    May 2011 – Present
  • Total Experience: 12.2 Years
  • Teaching Experience: 12.2 Years

Academic Qualifications

Degree Specialization Institution Year
Ph.D. VLSI: Hardware Security Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences, Coimbatore Pursuing
M.E. VLSI Design Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, Sathyamangalam 2011
B.E. Electronics and Communication Engineering Sona College of Technology, Salem 2008

Areas of Interest

  • VLSI Design
  • Hardware Security
  • Low Power VLSI Design
  • Testing of Digital Circuits
  • FPGA Implementation
  • SoC Design
  • Digital Electronics
  • Microprocessor and Microcontroller
  • Embedded Systems
  • Cybersecurity

Research & Academic Highlights

Category Details
Research Publications 39 publications including international journals, national journals, international conferences and national conferences
Patents 2 granted patents in IoT-based healthcare monitoring and blockchain-based electronic health recording systems
Book Chapter Book chapter on deep learning AI and embedded cybersecurity defenses
Funded Project Guidance Guided student project selected for Rs. 9 lakh funding under MSME Innovative Scheme
Academic Contributions Organized FDPs, seminars, workshops, VLSI technical club activities and student project mentoring initiatives

Academic Responsibilities

  • SoC Design Vertical SPOC.
  • NBA Coordinator for Department of ECE.
  • NAAC Coordinator for Department of ECE.
  • Admission Incharge for Department of ECE.
  • Proposal Incharge for Department of ECE.
  • Faculty Incharge for IEEE Blended Learning Program for VLSI.
  • Class Advisor.
  • VLSI Technical Club Incharge.

Selected Contributions

  1. Guided student project selected for Rs. 9 lakh funding under MSME 4.0 Incubation Component.
  2. Mentored student projects for Quest Global Ingenium Contest and received People’s Popular Choice Award.
  3. Contributed to proposal writing for AICTE and SERB sponsored academic programmes.
  4. Organized FDPs and seminars on SoC design, VLSI design, AI integration in signal processing and EDA tools.
  5. Delivered hands-on training and workshops on VLSI Design Flow, Chip Design, Microwind, DSCH Tool and FPGA-based systems.
  6. Served as reviewer and session chair for national and international conferences.

Awards, Honors & Recognitions

  • Vivekananda Young Achiever Award, 2025–2026.
  • Appreciation Award from Quest Global, Bengaluru, 2025–2026.
  • Achiever Award for receiving Rs. 9 lakh funding from MSME 4.0 student project, 2024–2025.
  • Best Faculty Award for contribution in teaching-learning process, research, consultancy and administration, 2024–2025.
  • Appreciation Award from Niral Thiruvizha for student project mentoring, 2023–2024.
  • Young Faculty Achiever Award from Engineering Professional Society, 2018.
  • Achiever Awards from Knowledge Institute of Technology for project mentoring and funded academic activities.

Patents & Book Chapter

  • Cloud Based Healthcare Monitoring Systems using IoT – Granted.
  • Blockchain Based Electronics Health Recording Device Set – Granted.
  • Robust Forest Fire Early Warning using Deep Learning AI with Embedded Cybersecurity Defenses, in AI & ML in Cybersecurity.

Selected Publications

  • Comparative Performance Analysis of MTCMOS-Based Combinational Logic Circuits for Low-Power Applications.
  • Classification Segmentation and Visualization of Intracranial Hemorrhage in CT Brain Images.
  • IoT Harvest HUB: Transforming Agriculture Market.
  • Design and Implementation of Radix-4 Booth Multiplier with Adaptive Hold Logic.
  • A Robotic ARM based Chess Board for Visually Challenged People.
  • Aging Aware Radix-4 Booth Multiplier with Adaptive Hold Logic and Razor Flip Flop.
  • Petrochemical Level Indicator and Controller for Automation Industries using UTLP Kit.
  • FPGA Implementation of Low Power and High Speed Multiplier.

Professional Memberships

  • Life Member of Indian Society for Technical Education, Membership No. LM107416.
  • Life Member of Engineering Professional Society.

Last Updated: 26 June 2026