Dr. S. A. Akbar

Dr. S.A.Akbar

(Cyber Physical Systems, CSIR,CEERI,Pilani)

Adjunct Professor

Area: Communication Systems
Affiliation: Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Kattankulathur Campus, SRM Institute of Science and Technology (formerly known as SRM University)

Education

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R&D activities

• Robust controls for Singularly Perturbed Systems
• Process Automation and Real Time Process Simulation
• Advanced Electronics Systems, Sensor Interface, IoT, Instrumentation and Control
• Cyber Physical systems and AI based systems

Significant contributions in R&D

• In my research career, I have worked with interdisciplinary groups and developed excellent capability to work in a team and harnessed the team’s expertise and cross discipline knowledge inputs to successful products, which is demonstrated by the development of Real Time Process Simulator (RTPS) for Iron making Blast Furnace and the technology was installed and implemented in two integrated steel plants. Also developed smart interface and control read-out portable system for CSIR-CEERI designed and fabricated gas sensors and the technology was transferred to the industry. I had handled sponsored projects and have led groups with senior and younger scientists as well as large number of talented young professionals and motivated the groups for successful completion of projects and institutional activities. Co-ordinated interactions with other CSIR laboratories, external agencies that participated in the multi-institutional projects and have demonstrated communication skills and capabilities to handle challenging and demanding situations with poise.  I have expanded the scope and dimensions of R&D in the areas of Electronics, Instrumentation & Control through new projects.
• As a Head of Project Management and Business development and coordinator of Cyber Physical Systems area, played key role in developing a coherent R&D strategy that describes the scope, direction, purpose and ambitions in line with the institute’s business strategy. Identified the optimum technology portfolio in the area of electronics, smart sensors, IoT based embedded systems, microwave devices, renewable energy products to meet the needs of industry and also to maintain the business growth of the CSIR-CEERI.

Contributions in R&D management, Industry Interface and Business Development

• Established common research and technology development Innovation cum Incubation center at Jaipur to conduct high quality and relevant product-oriented research to meet specific industry requirements and also to disseminate first hand research information to MSMEs/Start-ups for product innovation.
• Organized R&D and industry meets at CSIR-CEERI to upgrade technology capabilities of MSMEs/Start-ups in the area of electronics, embedded systems, AI based healthcare smart devices, renewable energy products, automotive electronics by identifying technology requirements from the industry and users and also deliberated on the current technology gaps particularly in the area of automation of Gem stone industries in the state of Rajasthan and Gujarat. The leading industry associations actively participated.
• These continuous efforts resulted in increase in ECF of the institute and during 2017-18 the CSIR-CEERI achieved 3rd position in CSIR

Contribution to Academics

• As a faculty of AcSIR, teaching courses (Advances in Process Control, Process control techniques and platforms, Intelligent Instrumentation and Cyber Physical Systems) in Advanced Electronic systems Integrated M. Tech-PhD program. Actively involved in designing curriculum, preparing lecture notes, tutorials, tests / assignments and also mentoring & guiding students to carry out customer-oriented research and development projects.
• Member of Doctoral Advisory Committee (DAC) to monitor and review the PhD candidate’s progress
• Lectures delivered at reputed institutes:
  • A glimpse of the Blast Furnace Process models and Real Time Process Simulation, August 2008, Rashtriya Ishpat Nigam Ltd., Vizag.
  • A glimpse of the Blast Furnace Process models and Real Time Process Simulation, August 2008, Rashtriya Ishpat Nigam Ltd., Vizag.
  • Programmable Logic Controller based virtual process simulator for testing and tuning BF process models, September 2008, RDCIS (SAIL R&D).
  • Plant wide networking and real time interfacing in Steel Industry, March 2004, IIT-Kharaghpur.
  • Programmable Logic Controller based Process Automation, Uranium Corporation of India Limited (UCIL), September 2007, Jaduguda.
  • As a contribution towards upliftment of Science and Technology delivered two lectures on Electronics Science and Engineering (9th Feb, 22nd May 2012) under INSPIRE program at International Institute of Information Technology, Pune.

Dissertations supervised

• M.Tech thesis completed: 27 nos. b) B.Tech reports completed: 20 nos. Students from Academy of CSIR (AcSIR), Birla Institute of Technology & Science-Pilani, Bengal Engineering and Science University (BESU), Howrah, National Institute of Technology (NIT), Jamshedpur, Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya (DAVV), Indore and other reputed institutes have successfully completed their thesis work in the area of classical, modern and Artificial Intelligence based controls and state-of-the-art embedded Electronic Systems. 
• Number of Ph. D: Three submitted and two in progress

Copyrights

• BF-Virtual Process Simulator Software (A user interactive computer code for generating virtual process signals to test variety of Blast Furnace Process model/modules), S. A. Akbar, S Mustafa, S. K.Chowdhury, Raj Ranjan Singh, Vinus Alice Lakra, D. C. Sau, S. K. Das, D. Bandyopadhyay. Copyright Registration No.: CR-67/2010.
• BF_Reduced Order_Raceway Model_PCI (A model-based computer code to characterize raceway phenomena with PCI in the Blast Furnace), D. C. Sau, Rina Kumari Sinha, Purnima Sinha, G. K. Mandal, S. A. Akbar, S. K. Das, D. Bandyopadhyay. Copyright Registration No.: CR-68/2010.
• A software code developed in VB.NET software to run Real time Process Simulator models/modules as Windows service (RTPS-WINSERV), Sourav Chowdhury, Kumari Samta, Rina Kumari Sinha, Anirudha Dey, D. C. Sau, S. A. Akbar, S. K. Das and , CR Ref: CR-0074/2011.
• A Graphic user interface software to display the trends of reduced order thermo-chemical and raceway model outputs (RTPS-GUI-REDUCED ORDER MODELS), Rina Kumari Sinha, Kumari Samta, Anirudha Dey, Sourav Chowdhury, D. C. sau, S. A. Akbar, S. K. Das and D. Bandyopadhyay, CR Ref: CR-0077/2011.
• Graphical User Interface (GUI) for displaying internal state of the Blast Furnace (BF) Version 1.0, S. A. Akbar, Rajnish Kumar, Aniruddha Dey, Rekha Chawda, G.K. Mandal, S. K. Das, D. Bandyopadhyay. Copyright Registration No.: CR-69/2010.
• A software for real time calculation of process parameter for assessing the internal state of the Blast Furnace (BF-REALTIME-PROCESSCAL-SOFT), G. K. Mandal, D.  Bandyopadhayay, S. S. Hegde , L. Panda, S. A.Akbar, S. K. Das, R. P. Goel,  S. Ganguly and P. Sandilya. CR-48/2008.
• A software for the k-step ahead prediction of Raceway Zone parameter (BF-REAL-PREDICTOR-SOFT)  S. A. Akbar, S. S. Hegde , M. Mohanasundaram, D. Bandyopadhayay, S. K. Das,  S. Ganguly and P. Sandilya. CR-49/2008.
• A software for prediction of irregularities in the Blast Furnace (BF-REALTIME-IRREGULARITY-SOFT), S. A. Akbar, S. Das, D. Bandyopadhayay, S. K. Das,  R. P. Goel , S. Ganguly and P. Sandilya. CR-50/2008.
• A dynamic model based computer code to characterise pulverised coal injection in the blast furnace (BF-PCI- SOFT-1), S. K. Das, Manisha Tiwari, S. A. Akbar, D. Bandyopadhyay, S. P. Mehrotra, CR Ref: CR-54/2008.
• BF Real time Graphical user Interface (GUI – SOFT), S. A. Akbar, A. Dey, P. K. Chhabra, S. S. Hegde, S. Das, G. K. Mandal, D. Bandyopadhayay, S. K. Das, S. Ganguly and P. Sandilya. CR-53/2008.
• A software for prediction of Raceway phenomena in the Blast furnace (BF-RACEWAY-SOFT), S. K. Das, M. Mohanasundaram, S. A. Akbar, S. S. Hegde, R. P. Goel and D. Bandyopadhayay: CR-43/2007.
• A model based computer programme to predict internal state of the Blast Furnace, S.K. Das, G. K. Mandal, M. Mohanasundaram, S. A. Akbar, R. P. Goel , D. Bandyopadhayay and S. P. Mehrotra. CR-46/2007.

Selected Publications

• Evolution of Lock-In Amplifier as Portable Sensor Interface Platform: A Review; Kaushal Kishore and S.A.Akbar, IEEE SENSORS JOURNAL, VOL. 20, NO. 18, SEPTEMBER 15, 2020
• A Dual-Differential Subtractor Based Auto-Nulling Signal Conditioning Circuit for Wide-Range Resistive Sensors, Kaushal Kishore ; Shahid Malik ; Maryam Shojaei Baghini ; S.A. Akbar; IEEE SENSORS JOURNAL, DOI: 10.1109/ JSEN.2019.2955015 , November 21, 2019
• Modeling, Simulation, and Implementation of Fast Settling Switched PI Controller for MOX Integrated Pt Microheater, Samarth Singh , Dharmendra Kumar Sharma , Kaushal Kishore, B.A. Botre and S.A. Akbar;  IEEE SENSORS JOURNAL, VOL. 18, NO. 20, pp 8549-8557 August, 2018
• Auto-clamping interface circuit for high electron mobility transistor-based heavy metal detection sensor, Kaushal Kishore, Nidhi Chaturvedi, SA Akbar, International Journal of Circuit Theory and Applications, VOL. 49, Issue 3, pp 864-877 March, 2021
• High-resolution current mode interface for MEMS piezoresistive pressure sensor, Kaushal Kishore, Santosh Kumar, Ravindra Mukhiya, S.A.Akbar, AEU- International Journal of Electronics and Communications, Volume 134, May 2021
• A Review of Multimodal Human Activity Recognition with Special Emphasis on Classification, Applications, Challenges, and Future Directions, Santosh Kumar Yadav, Kamlesh Tiwari, Hari Mohan Pandey, Shaik Ali Akbar, Knowledge-Based Systems Volume 223,  July 2021, Elsevier
• Implementation of Trigger Unit for Generation of High-Current-Density Electron Beam, Anand Abhishek, N. Kumar, U. N. Pal, B. Singh, and S. A. Akbar, IEEE Transactions on Electron Device, Pub Date : 2021-05-21 , DOI: 10.1109/ted.2021.3079290
• 3D mapping of indoor and outdoor environments using lidar based slam and gps mounted on a UAV, Himanshu Kale, B A Botre, Samarth Singh, S A Akbar and Murali Palla, Journal of Instrument Society of India,vol 48, no.1,2018
• Temperature control and readout circuit interface for Mox based NH3 gas sensor, Dharmendra Kumar Sharma, Rama Sai Vinay Dwara, B A Botre and SA Akbar, Microsystem Technologies, May 2017, Volume 23, issue 5, pp 1575-1583, Springer.
• A time domain bridge-based impedance measurement technique for wide-range lossy capacitive sensors, Shahid Malik, Kaushal Kishore, Tarikul Islam, Zubair Hassan Zargar, SA Akbar, Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, volume 234,October 2015, pp 248-262, Elsevier.
• A mathematical model to characterize effects of liquid hold up on bosh silicon transport in the dripping zone of a blast furnace”, S.K.Das, Amrita Kumari, D. Bandyopadhyay, S.A.Akbar, G.K.Mandal, Applied Mathematical Modelling, Vol. 35, pp 4208 – 4221, 2011.
• Study of response and robustness measures of mixed H2 / Hµ , LQG and H-infinity control for continuous-time singularly perturbed system”, S.A.Akbar, A.K.Singh and K.B.Datta, Elektrika-Journal of Electrical Engineering, vol.11, No.2, pp. 7-15,2009.
• Monitoring and Prediction of internal state of a Blast furnace using Real Time Process Simulator, S.A.Akbar, D.Bandyopadhyay, S.K.Das and R.P.Goel –Steel Tech Journal, vol. 3, No. 4, July 2009.
• Mixed H2 / Hµ Control of Continuous-time Singularly Perturbed System – State feedback Computations, S.A.Akbar, A.K.Singh and K.B.Datta, The Journal of  Central Power Research Institute, Bangalore, Vol. 5 No.1, pp. 89-100, March, 2009.
• Simulation and Implementation of PID and Fuzzy Logic Controller for Speed Control of BLDC Motor in Underwater Robotics Application,  Yogesh Biradar, Surendra Singh Patel, B A Botre, SA Akbar, Journal of Instrumentation Society of India, Vol. 46 No. 1, pp-36- 39, March 2016.
• Development of Embedded System for Estimation of Nitrogen in Soil Using Optical Photometry, Pallavi R. Bhendarkar,  B. A. Botre, Krishan Kumar, Rajesh Kumar Meena, S. A. Akbar, Journal of Instrumentation Society of India, Vol. 46 No. 1, pp-33-35, March 2016.
• 3D mapping of indoor and outdoor environments using lidar based slam and gps mounted on a UAV, Himanshu Kale, B A Botre, Samarth Singh, S A Akbar and Murali Palla, Journal of Instrumentation Society of India, Vol. 46 No. 1, , March 2018.
• Design and Development of PID controller for Servo and DC motor-drive-system used in glass cleaning robot , Kota Solomon Raju, Sheetal Ds Rathod, Pramod Tanwar, Amit Patwardhan, Rabinder Henry and S.A. Akbar International Journal of Research in Robotic Applications (IJRRA),Vol. 1, No. 2, April 2012.
• “Microprocessor based Redox Potential monitoring and control system for ammoniacal leaching of sea nodules”, S.A.Akbar, N.V.Satyanarayana, S.G.N. Murthy, and R.K.Jana, Industrial Products Finder, vol. 24, pp.637-639, Annual 1995.
• “Automation in Metallurgical Process Industries- a recent trend and perspectives” L.N.Das, P.N.Mishra, N.V.Satyanarayana, S.A.Akbar, and S.G.N. Murthy, Special issue of the Journal of Instrument Society of India, vol.26, no.3, 1996.
• DS-C2T: A Dual-Slope Based Capacitance-to-Time Converter Circuit for Leaky Capacitive Sensors, K. Kishore, S. Malik, T. Islam, S. A. Akbar, and M. S. Baghini, Accepted for publication in IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement
• Analysis of Interleaved DC-DC Converter using ANFIS Control for EV Charging Applications,SK Ram, N Kumar, BK Verma, A Abhishek, R Ranjan, S Mishra, SA Akbar, Proceedings of 6th International Conference on Inventive Computation Technologies(ICICT), pages 374-378, 2021
• Review on Renewable Energy Based EV Charging System with Grid Support Functionality, Subhash Kumar Ram, Sachin Devassy, Brijendra Kumar Verma, Sukumar Mishra, SA Akbar,7th International Conference on Advanced Computing and Communication Systems (ICACCS), March 2021, Vol. 1, pp. 482-487, Publisher IEEE
• CCII Based Current Signal Interface for Piezoresistive Pressure Sensor, K. Kishore, S. Akbar, S. Santosh, R. Mukhiya, and A. Tanwar, in 15th IEEE India Council International Conference (INDICON), 2018.
• Analysis of Interleaved DC-DC Converter using ANFIS Control for EV Charging Applications, Subhash Kumar Ram, Navjot Kumar, Brijendra Kumar Verma, Anand Abhishek, Rishi Ranjan, Sukumar Mishra, SA Akbar, Proceedings of 6th International Conference on Inventive Computation Technologies (ICICT), January 2021, pp. 374-378, Publisher IEEE
• IoT Platform to augment Solar Tree as Smart Highway Street Light with Ambient Monitoring Capability, K. Kishore, B. Pesala, M. Santosh, S. C. Bose and S. A. Akbar,2019 10th International Conference on Computing, Communication and Networking Technologies (ICCCNT), Kanpur, India, 2019, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/ICCCNT45670.2019.8944430.
• Tunable Interface Electronics for HEMT based Sensor, Kaushal Kishore, SA Akbar ETMN Conference Proceedings, December 2019, SPPU, Pune
• “Mixed H2 / Hµ Control of Discrete-time singularly perturbed systems – State feedback Computations”, S.A.Akbar, A.K.Singh and Prof. K.B.Datta, Proceedings of International Conference on Energy, Automation, and Information Technology ; pp. 747-753; IIT-Kharaghpur; 2001.
• Leakage detection and prediction of location in a smart water grid using SVM classification, Shailesh Porwal, SA Akbar, SC Jain, Proceedings of International Conference on Energy, Communication, Data Analytics and Soft Computing (ICECDS), 2017, pp 3288-3292, IEEE Explore, DOI: 10.1109/ICECDS.2017.8390067.
• Chlorine decay modelling with contamination simulation for water quality in smart water grid, Mahak Vijay, SA Akbar, SC Jain, Proceedings of International Conference on Energy, Communication, Data Analytics and Soft Computing (ICECDS), 2017, pp 3336-3341, IEEE Explore, DOI: 10.1109/ICECDS.2017.8390078.
• Modeling and implementation of intelligent commutation system for BLDC motor in underwater robotic applications, S. S. Patel, BA Botre, K Krishan, K Kaushal, S Samarth, SA Akbar, Yogesh Biradar, KR Prabhu, Proceedings of International Conference on Power Electronics, Intelligent Control and Energy Systems (ICPEICES), July 2016, New Delhi, IEEE Explore,  DOI: 10.1109/ICPEICES.2016.7853695.
• A CCII-based relaxation oscillator as a versatile interface for resistive and capacitive sensors, Shahid Malik, Kaushal Kishore, Artee, S.A. Akbar, Tarikul Islam, Proceedings of 3rd International Conference on Signal Processing and Integrated Networks (SPIN), Feb 2016, Noida, India, pp 359-363, IEEE Explore, DOI: 10.1109/SPIN.2016.7566719.
• Design of fuzzy logic based controller with pole placement for the control of yaw dynamics of an autonomous underwater vehicle, SS Patel, K Kumar, BA Botre, SA Akbar, Proceedings of Annual IEEE India Conference (INDICON),December 2015, New Delhi, IEEE Explore, DOI: 10.1109/INDICON.2015.7443272
• Development of embedded system for carbon nano tube (CNT) based Ammonia (NH3) gas sensor, Dharmendra Kumar Sharma, Mayank Rajput, SA Akbar, Anil Kumar, Proceedings of Annual IEEE India Conference (INDICON), December 2015, New Delhi, IEEE Explore, DOI: 10.1109/INDICON.2015.7443803
• A simple analog interface for capacitive sensor with offset and parasitic capacitance, Shahid Malik, Tarikul Islam, Kaushal Kishore, Krishan Kumar, SA Akbar, BA Botre, Proceedings of Annual IEEE India Conference (INDICON), December 2015, New Delhi, IEEE Explore, DOI: 10.1109/INDICON.2015.7443586
• Small and medium range wireless electronic notice board using Bluetooth and ZigBee, DK Sharma, V Tiwari, K Kumar, BA Botre, SA Akbar, Proceedings of Annual IEEE India Conference (INDICON), December 2015, New Delhi, IEEE Explore, DOI: 10.1109/INDICON.2015.7443394
• Development of self-stabilizing 3-DOF-RRR camera system using fuzzy logic, DK Sharma, CP Sharma, SS Patel, BA Botre, SA Akbar, Proceedings of Annual IEEE India Conference (INDICON), December 2015, New Delhi, IEEE Explore, DOI: 10.1109/INDICON.2015.7443781
• A CCII-based wide frequency range square/triangular wave generator, S Malik, K Kishore, D Sharma, M Maharana, SA Akbar, T Islam, Proceedings of IEEE 2nd International Conference on Recent Trends in Information Systems, July 2015, Kolkata, IEEE Explore, pp 446-449, DOI: 10.1109/ReTIS.2015.7232920
• K-Means algorithms: An Unsupervised Clustering Approach using various Similarity/Dissimilarity measures, Surendra Singh Patel, Navjot Kumar, Aswathy J, Sai Krishna Vaddadi, SA Akbar, PC Panchariya, Proceedings of Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, Springer Nature and 4th International Conference on Intelligent Sustainable Systems (ICISS 2021), Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, India.
• Qualitative Analysis of Edible Oils using Low Field 1H NMR Spectroscopy and Multivariate Statistical methods, Aswathy J, Surendra Singh Patel, Navjot Kumar, Sai Krishna Vaddadi, SA Akbar, PC Panchariya, , Proceedings of Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, Springer Nature and 4th International Conference on Intelligent Sustainable Systems (ICISS 2021), Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, India.
• Institutional Electricity Load Forecasting using Classical and Intelligent Forecasting Techniques, Surendra Singh Patel, Amit Singh, Navjot Kumar, SA Akbar, PC Panchariya, 2018 15th IEEE India Council International Conference (INDICON), Coimbatore, India, 2018, pp. 1-5, doi: 10.1109/INDICON45594.2018.8987111.
• Classification of Various Ghee samples using Hard and Soft Clustering Techniques, Surendra Singh Patel,  Navjot Kumar, Amit Singh, Yoginder Kumar , Kailash Chander, PC Panchariya, SA Akbar, 4th International Toxicology Conclave (ITC) at CSIR-IITR, Lucknow, 2018.
• Development of Controlled Current Heating Module and Measurement System for Shape Memory Alloy, Poonam Jangid, B A Botre, Samarth Singh, H N Bhargav, and S A Akbar, ETMN Conference Proceedings, December 2019, SPPU, Pune
• AI Models for Prediction of Displacement and Temperature in Shape Memory Alloy (SMA) Wire, Akshay Krishna Sheshadri, Poonam Jangid, Samarth Singh, H N Bhargaw, B A Botre, S A Akbar and SAR Hasmi, ETMN Conference Proceedings, December 2019, SPPU, Pune
• Consensus Algorithm based Two-Level Control Design for a DC Microgrid, Anand Abhishek, S. Devassy, S. A. Akbar, and B. Singh, IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Smart Grid and Renewable Energy (PESGRE2020), 2020, pp. 1-6 , Cochin, India
• Leak Detection in Smart Water Distribution Network, Pooja Choudhary, Ankita Modi, B A Botre, and S A Akbar, ETMN Conference Proceedings, December 2019, SPPU, Pune
• Development of Current, Speed and Torque Measurement System for Low Power Electric Vehicle Motion Control Applications, Aralika Sharma, Shivanand Pal, Prathmesh Mahalle, B A Botre and S A Akbar, ETMN Conference Proceedings, December 2019, SPPU, Pune
• Development of virtual humidity sensor system, S Malik, T Islam, AU Khan, M Rehman, SA Akbar, Proceedings of IEEE 2nd International Conference on Industrial Instrumentation and Control (ICIC), May 2015, Pune, IEEE Explore,  pp 155-158,  DOI: 10.1109/IIC.2015.7150729
• Real Time process simulation of the iron making blast furnace, S. A. Akbar, S. Ganguly, P. Sandilya and R. P. Goel, Proceedings of International Conference on the   state of   art in BF practice IIM & RSP; pp. E.5-1 - E.5-10, Rourkela, Dec. 2005.
• Process Modelling and Real time Simulation - tools for improving the performance of Iron making blast furnace, S. K. Das, S. A. Akbar and R. P. Goel, International seminar on Iron making technology and Raw materials, Kolkata, 1 -2, July 2005.
• Design and Simulation of H-infinity controller for a separately excited DC Motor, Sanjay Kumar, A.K.Singh and S.A.Akbar, Proceedings of International Conference on Microwave, Antenna and Remote Sensing ICMARS-2006, Sponsored by URSI and IEEE-GRS Society, USA, pp.30-36, India.
• Real Time Process Simulator- A modern day tool for monitoring and predicting Blast Furnace dynamics, S.A.Akbar, D.Bandyopadhyay, S.K.Das, S.K.Sinha and R.P.Goel; Proceedings of International Symposium on Future Technologies in Iron and Steel making-FIST 2006.
• An adaptive Fuzzy temperature controller for material processing applications, S.A.Akbar and L.N.Das, Proceedings of International Conference on Trends in Industrial measurement and Automation (Kothari’s Deskbook series), pp.269-273, 1996.
• Real Time Process Simulator- A technology for on-line monitoring and prediction of Blast Furnace dynamics, S.A.Akbar, A.Dey, S.Mustafa, R. Kumar, G.K.Mandal,D.C.Sau, S.K.Das and D.Bandyopadhyay, Proceedings of International Conference on Advances in the theory of Iron making and Steel making, pp. 68-75, December 9-11, IISc., Bangalore.
• Fuzzy Logic based depth control of an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle, Anirban Nag, S.S. Patel, S.A. Akbar, Proceedings in International Multi Conference on Automation, Computing, Control, Communication and Compressed Sensing (iMac4s-2013), pp.117-123, DOI: 10.1109/iMac4s.2013.6526393, 22-23rd March, 2013, Kerala, India.
• A Robust H-infinity Based Depth Control of an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle, Anirban Nag, S.S. Patel, Kaushal Kishore, S.A. Akbar, Published in International conference on Advance Electronic System (ICAES-2013), pp. No.68-73, Pilani, India. DOI: 10.1109/ICAES.2013.6659363.
• Performance Comparison of PID and Sliding Mode Controller for Speed Control of  DC Motor With Load Disturbances, Kuldeep Singh Gour, Tarkeshwar Dhote, Tarun Kumar, Niladri Sekhar Ghosh, S. A. Akbar, Proceedings of International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Applications in Engineering Technology and Sciences special issue, 6th April 2014, Volume 7, pp. 115-119, ISSN: 0974-3588.
• Design and Simulation of OFDM System for Underwater Acoustic Communication, Niladri Sekhar Ghosh, Tarkeshwar Dhote, Kuldeep Singh Gour, Tarun Kumar, S. A. Akbar, Proceedings of International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Applications in Engineering Technology and Sciences special issue, 6th April 2014, Volume 7, pp. 062-065, ISSN: 0974-3588, Rajkot
• A Low Cost Robust Digital Signal Analyser (DSO) for Measurement Applications, Dharmendra Kumar Sharma, Kaushal Kishore , Shahid Malik, Dheeraj  K. Singhal, Ashish Kumar, S.A. Akbar, proceedings of IEEE-International Conference: Electrical, Electronics, Signals, Communication & Optimization-EESCO, 24-25th January, 2015, Visakhapatnam,  India.
• Linear and Non-linear control strategy for Full bridge Buck Converter, Anand Abhishek, S.A. Akbar, proceedings of IEEE- International Conference: Electrical, Electronics, Signals, Communication & Optimization-EESCO, 24-25th January, 2015, Visakhapatnam, India.
• Multi obstacle identification using image processing technique, Priyanka Soni, Pramod Tanwar, Kota Solomon Raju, S.A.Akbar, Proceedings International conference on Advance Electronic System (ICAES-2013), Page No.160-165,  DOI: 10.1109/ICAES.2013.6659383, Pilani, India.
• Design and Development of Digital PID Controller for DC Motor Drive
  System Using Embedded Platform for Mobile Robot, Chandra Shekhar Gohiya, S S Sadistap, S A Akbar and B A Botre, IEEE 3rd International Conference on Advance Computing Conference (IACC),doi10.1109/IAdCC.2013.6514193, pp. 52-55, Feb 2013, Ghaziabad, India.
• Influence of Electrical Parameters on the specific energy consumption and quality of Ferro chromium produced in Submerged Arc Furnace, S.Ranganathan, K.M.Godiwalla, Paras Nath and S.A.Akbar, Electric Furnace Conference Proceedings-2000; pp. 617-623.
• H2 / Hµ Control of  Singularly Perturbed Systems – Gain Independent State Feedback Computations, S.A.Akbar, A.K.Singh and Prof. K.B.Datta, Proceedings of 24th National Systems Conference; pp 364-369 07-09 Dec. 2000, Bangalore.
• Design of Digital Filter to eliminate Metallurgical process noise, S.A.Akbar, G.S.Kumar, V.Gupta and L.N.Das, National Symposium on Instrumentation (NSI-24), February 2000, Goa.
• Advanced co-ordinated Feed forward Control Method (CFCM) for separately excited  D.C. Motor, S.A.Akbar, and A.K.Singh, Proceedings of  National Conference on Control, Communication and Information Systems, 23-24 January 2004, Goa. 
• Intelligent IBM PC Interface for Data Collection from Metallurgical Process Instruments, N.V.Satyanarayana, S.A.Akbar, S.G.N. Murthy, and L.N.Das, Proceedings of All India Conference on Applied Instrumentation, Roorkee, 1992.
• Process Automation and Control for Mineral Processing Industry, N.V.Satyanarayana, S.A.Akbar, S.G.N. Murthy, and L.N.Das, Proceedings of Automation in Process Industry, pp.43-51, Jamshedpur.
• Process Automation and trends in control strategies, S.A.Akbar, Proceedings of Workshop on Advances in Instrumentation for Metallurgical Industry and Research, pp. 22-29, NML-Jamshedpur,1997.
• Real time multi-channel weld thermal profile measurement system, S.A.Akbar, A.Seshu Kumar and R.N.Ghosh, National Symposium on Instrumentation (NSI-20), Instrument Society of India, September 1995, Hyderabad.
• Microprocessor based temperature monitoring and control system independent of the type of thermocouple, S.A.Akbar, N.V.Satyanarayana, and L.N.Das, Presented at National Symposium on Instrumentation-1991, Cochin.
• High accuracy temperature measurement and control in metallurgical processes, S.A.Akbar, N.V.Satyanarayana, and L.N.Das, National Symposium on Instrumentation-1992, Gauhati.
• Real Time Simulator in Steel-making operations- An advanced predictive and monitoring tool, S. A. Akbar, S.Ganguly ,P.Sandilya and R.P.Goel, National Convention on Turn Around in Steel Industry, February 2004,CMERI, Durgapur.
• PLC based Virtual Process Simulator for testing Blast Furnace Process Models /Modules, S.Mustafa, R. Kumar, S. K. Chowdhury, R.R Singh and S. A. Akbar, All India seminar on Instrumentation and Process Control, organized by Institution of Engineers, November 2009, Jamshedpur.
• Flow control for on-line leaching process for the extraction of strategic metals from sea nodules, S. A. Akbar, N. V. Satyanarayana, S.G.N. Murthy, and R. K. Jana, Proceedings of All India conference on Applied Instrumentation, Published by Institution of Engineers-1992, Roorkee.

Academic Experiences

• Chief Scientist and Head CPS, March 2018 continued, Cyber Physical Systems
• Chief Scientist and Head PMBD, March 2013 to February 2018, Project Management, Business Development and Technology Evaluation and transfer
• Scientist – F, October 2011 to February 2013, Electronic Systems, CEERI, Pilani
• Scientist – F, March 2007 to September 2011, Instrumentation & Electronics National Metallurgical Lab
• Scientist – EII, March 2002 to March 2007, Instrumentation & Electronics National Metallurgical Lab
• Scientist – EI, March 1998 to March 2002, Instrumentation & Electronics National Metallurgical Lab
• Scientist – C, March 1993 to March 1998, Instrumentation & Electronics National Metallurgical Lab
• Scientist – B, March 1988 to March 1993, Instrumentation & Electronics National Metallurgical Lab
• Electronic Engineer, February 1985 to March 1988, Project on VHF Meteor Wind Radar Science & Technology College, Andhra University
• 35 years of experience in the field of Electronics, Instrumentation & Controls, Cyber Physical systems and AI based systems.

Other Professional Experiences

• External examiner for B.Tech/M.Tech thesis, Department of Electrical and Electronics, National Institute of Technology, Jamshedpur.
• Visiting faculty at NIT-Jamshedpur during 2000-2001
• Chairman Purchase Committee, National Metallurgical laboratory, Jamshedpur.
• Member of Human Resource Group, National Metallurgical laboratory, Jamshedpur.
• Member of Standing Purchase Committee, National Metallurgical laboratory.
• Organized workshops and familiarization / hands-on training to industry personal for disseminating knowledge on Real Time Process Simulator.
• Planning, Management and Maintenance of quality system related to Electrical
• Instrument calibration
• Convener, International Conference on Advanced Electronic system (ICAES)
• As a part of Diamond Jubilee celebrations of the Institute, CSIR-CEERI, Pilani in   collaboration with BITS-Pilani and IEEE Delhi Section organised the ICAES-2013 during 20-23rd September, 2013 at CSIR-CEERI, Pilani.
• Familiarization training program on Real Time Process Simulator for RDCIS and BSP, Bhilai team, 25-26 September, 2008.
• Hands-on training program on off-line Blast Furnace process models and Real Time Process Simulator for end users, 13th December 2010.
• Member of Organizing committee of CSIR Programme on youth for Leadership in Science (CPYLS)
• Member of selection and assessment committees of various posts at NML and CGCRI, Kolkatta, CMERI, Durgapur in the area of Instrumentation and Control.
• Convener for the Workshop on Blast Furnace modeling and Real time simulation,
• 19-20 October, 2005, Bokaro Steel Limited (SAIL), Bokaro.
• Internal Auditor ISO-9001, National Metallurgical laboratory, Jamshedpur.
• Created closer group state of the art communication facility at NML and Pilot Plants and established Biometric Access Controls and Surveillance System at NML main Lab

Achievements and Awards

• V.A. Altekar award for the best Technology Transfer-2007 [Real Time Process Simulator (RTPS) for Iron Making Blast Furnaces
• Skoch Order of Merit for project based on internet of things namely, ‘Home server for internet connected devices.
• Academic Distinction: State Merit Scholarship
• Second Prize in National DST-AWSAR Award under the Ph.D. category (student) for popular scientific research writing on DC microgrids for year 2019.
• Best paper award - Development of Controlled Current Heating Module and Measurement System for Shape Memory Alloy, ETMN Conference 2019, SPPU, Pune
• Member of Board of studies, Department of Electrical and Electronics, National Institute of Technology, Jamshedpur
• Member of selection committee for recruitment of Engineers in CDAC, Noida
• Expert member in the area of Process Instrumentation & control for Scientific/Technical posts in UPSC, New Delhi
• Member of the Committee to prepare roadmap for Technology Outreach to MSMEs and advise Technology Centers on cutting edge technology, Constituted by MSME, Govt. of India
• Member of Working Technology Group (WTG)’ under the UNIDO-MSME Projects for Promoting Market Transformation for Energy Efficiency in MSMEs.
• Vishesh Rajabhasha Kirti award from Bharatiya Rajabhasha vikas Sansthan, Dehradun