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• Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada (2022).
• M. Tech. in VLSI Design from Shri Ramdeobaba College of Engineering and Management, Nagpur (2013).
• B.E. in Electronics Engineering from Shri Ramdeobaba College of Engineering and Management, Nagpur (2009).
• Diploma in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Shree Datta Meghe Polytechnic, Nagpur (2006)

• Nov. 2022 – Till date: Assistant Professor at IIIT, Nagpur
• Sep. 2021 – Dec.2021: Sessional Instructor at the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
• Sep. 2017 – Jul 2021: Teaching Assistant at the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
• Jul. 2014 – Dec. 2016: Assistant Professor at Shri Ramdeobaba College of Engineering and Management, Nagpur
• Nov. 2009 – Apr. 2011: Lecturer at Shri Ramdeobaba College of Engineering and Management, Nagpur

• 1^st Sem EEE & IIOT (2022-23)
• 2^nd Year Digital system design with Verilog (2021-22)
• 7^th Sem Mechatronics (2015-16, 2016-17)
• 6^th Sem Power Electronics (2014-15, 2015-16)
• 4^th Sem Electronic Measurements and Instrumentation (2014-2015, 2015-16, 2016-17)
• 3^rd Sem Electronic Devices and Circuits (2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17)

• AREA OF RESEARCH
  • MEMS design and fabrication
  • Microelectronic Fabrication
  • RF/Analog Mixed signal IC design
• RESEARCH PROJECT
  • MEMS ultrasonic sensors for anemometry applications on Mars.
  • Design of Broadband CMOS LNA and its performance improvement.

Patent

• Cascoded CMOS Low noise transconductance amplifier with enhanced noise and gain performance. Investigator: D. J. Dahigaonkar, Mayank B. Thacker, D. G. Wakde, P. N. Katolkar. Status: Indian Patent published on 2nd October, 2015, publication number: 40/2015, application number: 1560/MUM/2015.

Copyright

• Novel CMOS low noise amplifier for GPS reciever. Author: D. J. Dahigaonkar, Mayank B. Thacker. Status: Indian Copyright, registeration number: L-75875/2018, dt. 8th June, 2018.

Conference and Journals

• Mayank B. Thacker, Arezoo Emadi, D. A. Buchanan, “Design, development, and characterization of a Low frequency CMUT based anemometer”, IEEE Access, vol. 9, pp. 1127735-127741, 2021.
• Mayank B. Thacker and D. A. Buchanan, “Design and Characterization of low frequency Capacitive Micromachined Ultrasonic Transducer ( CMUT ),” 2020 IEEE Int. Conf. Syst. Man, Cybern., vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 2876–2881, 2020.
• D. Dahigaonkar, D. Khushalani, and Mayank Thacker, “A Low Voltage Narrowband CMOS Low-Noise Amplifier for L-1 Band GPS RF Receivers,” Int. J. Futur. Gener. Commun. Netw., vol. 13, no. 3, pp. 531–540, 2020.
• S. R. Wawarkar, R. Tawri, Mayank B. Thacker, and D. Dahigaokar, “gm Based CMOS LNA Linearization Techniques – A Comparison,” Helix, vol. 8, no. 6, pp. 4509–4518, 2018.
• P. Dwaramwar, P. Rahangdale, and Mayank Thacker, “A Highly Linear CMOS Low noise Amplifier employing post linearization technique,” in 2015 IEEE International Conference on Engineering and Technology (ICETECH 2015), 2015, Chennai, India.
• Mayank B. Thacker, M. Awakhare, R. H. Khobragade, and P. A. Dwaramwar, “Multi-standard highly linear CMOS LNA,” in Proceedings – IEEE International Conference on Electronic Systems, Signal Processing, and Computing Technologies, ICESC 2014, 2014, pp. 63–68.
• S. S. Bhoyar, Mayank B. Thacker, and P. K. Rahangdale, “12.3 dB Gain and 3.2 dB NF, Capacitive Cross Coupled Common Gate LNA,” in Seventh ISSS International conference on Smart materials, structures and systems (ISSS-2014), 2014, Bangalore, India.

• PHD
  • Nil
• PG
  • 03
• UG
  • Over 16

• Admission committee member at Shri Ramdeobaba College of Engineering and Management, Nagpur (Feb. 2015 – Dec. 2016)
• Departmental Training & Placement coordinator at Shri Ramdeobaba College of Engineering and Management, Nagpur (Jul. 2014 – Dec. 2016)
• Departmental exam committee member at Shri Ramdeobaba College of Engineering and Management, Nagpur (Jul. 2014 – Dec. 2016)
• Student society in-charge at Shri Ramdeobaba College of Engineering and Management, Nagpur (Jul. 2010 – Apr. 2011)
• Robotics workshop coordinator under national level event Technovision, 2010 at Shri Ramdeobaba College of Engineering and Management, Nagpur

Awards

• Faculty of graduate studies program completion scholarship, 2020-21 at University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.
• International graduate student scholarship (IGSS) 2017-18 at University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.
• International graduate student entrance scholarship (IGSES) 2016-17 at University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.