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• Ph. D. Antenna RTMNU (2018)
• M. Tech. ECE from RTMNU (2011)
• B. E.  ECE from PDYPCE, Pune University (2004)

• 2019 to till date – Assistant Professor IIIT Nagpur
• 2017 – 2019 – Assistant Professor BIT, Wardha
• 2017- 2009 --  Assistant Professor DMIETR, Wardha

• 1st Sem CSE – Electronics Devices and Circuits (2019-20)
• 5th Sem ECE – Analog and Digital Communication (2020-21)
• 6^th Sem ECE – Wireless Communication (2019-20, 2020-21)
• 8^th Sem ECE- Optical Communication (2019-20, 2020-21)

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Area of Research

• High Gain Antennas
• UWB Antennas
• Reconfigurable Antennas

Research Project

• Grant of Rs. 35 Lacs  received as Principal Investigator under SERB [Science and engineering Research board, Government of India ]for the research project titled  “Design and Development of High Gain Reconfigurable wideband Printed Antennas” ( OCT 2018- OCT 2021).
• Grant of Rs. 14 Lacs  received as Co-Principal Investigator under DST YASH Scheme  for the research project titled  “Design and Development of a Mobile App Interface and a Smart Wearable Device for Awareness, Tracking and Alerting the Citizens to inculcate Improved Risk Understanding” ( FEB 2021- FEB 2023).  

Reviewer for Journals / Conferences:

•  Journal of the Institution of Engineering (India):

Patent

• Patent title: Quad band antenna with frequency reconfigurable switching structure, Application Number details: 202221001914 ;  Role: Principle Investigator
• Patent title: Tri band high gain broadside frequency reconfigurable antenna for 5G and WiMax Applications, Application Number details: 202221020478 ;  Role: Principle Investigator

Journals

• Pandhare, R., Abegaonkar, M., & Dhote, C. (2022) “High Gain Frequency Reconfigurable Multifunctional Antenna for Modern Wireless and Mobile Communication Systems”. International Journal of RF and Microwave Computer-Aided Engineering- https://doi.org/10.1002/mmce.23385.
• Pandhare, R., Abegaonkar, M., & Dhote, C. (2022). UWB antenna with novel FSS reflector for the enhancement of the gain and bandwidth. International Journal of Microwave and
  Wireless Technologies, 1-16. doi:10.1017/S1759078721001781.
• Pandhare, R., Abegaonkar, M., & Dhote, C. (2022). High Gain Wideband and Multi-band On Demand Reconfigurable Antenna for Modern Wireless Application. International Journal of
  Microwave and Wireless Technologies. April-2022
• Rashmi A. Pandhare and Mahesh Pandurang Abegaonkar, "Inset-Feed Frequency Reconfigurable Compact E-Shape Patch with DGS," Progress In Electromagnetics Research C, Vol. 101, 119-132, 2020.
• Sagne, Dipika, and Rashmi A. Pandhare. "Design and Analysis of Inscribed Fractal Super Wideband Antenna for Microwave Applications." Progress in Electromagnetics Research C 121 (2022).

• Pandhare, Rashmi A., Fateh Lal Lohar, Chandresh Dhote, and Yogesh Solunke. "Design of FSS Based Radome Wall for Airborne Radar Application." Journal of Microwaves, Optoelectronics and Electromagnetic Applications 20 (2021): 855-869.
• Pandhare, Rashmi A., Prasanna L. Zade, and Mahesh P. Abegaonkar. "Miniaturized microstrip antenna array using defected ground structure with enhanced performance."Engineering Science and Technology, an International Journal 19, no. 3 (2016): 1360-1367.
• R. A. Pandhare, P. L. Zade, M. P. Abegaonkar. ” Harmonic Control by Defected Ground Structure on Microstrip Antenna array”. Indian Journal of Science and Technology, Volume 8(35), December 2015, pp. 1-0974-5645DOI:10.17485/ ijst/2015/v8i35/79640.
• R. A. Pandhare, P. L. Zade, M. P. Abegaonkar. ”Beam steering in microstrip patch antenna array using DGS based phase shifter at 5.2GHz” December16-18,2015. Published in IEEE Explore, 2015, pp. 239-243

• R. A. Pandhare, P. L. Zade, M. P. Abegaonkar. “Dual Band Compact Microstrip Patch Antenna With Defected Ground Structure”, International Journal of Electronics & Communication Engineering & Technology (IJECET), Volume 6, Issue 9, Sep 2015, pp. 75- 81 ISSN Print: 0976-6464 and ISSN Online: 0976-6472. Journal Impact Factor (2016)=8.2691.
• R. A. Pandhare, P. L. Zade, M. P. Abegaonkar. “Miniaturized microstrip patch antenna array at 3.8 GHz for WiMax applications” journal of Electronic and communication engineering, Volume 10, Issue 6, Ver. I (Nov - Dec. 2015), pp. 20-24,e-ISSN: 2278-2834, pISSN: 2278-8735, Journal Impact
• R. A. Pandhare, P. L. Zade, M. P. Abegaonkar. “Compact Microstrip Patch Antenna Array with Defected Ground Structure for WiMax and UAV application”, International Journal of Electrical, Electronics and Data Communication, Volume 3, Issue 11. Nov. 2015, pp. 51-54,ISSN:2320-2084
• R. A. Pandhare, P. L. Zade, M. P. Abegaonkar. “Design of 4 Element Microstrip Patch Antenna with High Directive Gain”, International Journal of Advanced Research in Electronics and Communication Engineering ,Volume 5, Issue 5, May 2016, pp. 1263-1266 ISSN: 2278 – 909X.

Conferences

• Pandhare, R., Abegaonkar, M., Design of UWB Antenna for High Gain Using FSS Reflector, EEE INCAP-2021 at Jaipur during December 13-16, 2021.
• S J Vignesh; Rashmi A. Pandhare “ A Novel Dual Band Microstrip Patch Antenna for Ku / Ka Band Wireless Applications” 2020 IEEE International RF and Microwave Conference (RFM), 10.1109/RFM50841.2020.9344739 , Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
• Pranjal Wadhwa; Rashmi A. Pandhare “ Novel UWB Microstrip Patch Antenna with a FSS Unit Cell Structure for Gain Enhancement” 2020 IEEE International Conference on Communication, Networks and Satellite (Comnetsat), Batam, Indonesia.10.1109/Comnetsat50391.2020.9328975
• Rashmi A Pandhare1, Fateh Lal Lohar2 Design of Octagonal FSS Based Radome Wall for Broadband Airborne Application , 2 nd IEEE International Conference on Range Technology (ICORT-2021) organized by DRDO.
• R. A. Pandhare, P. L. Zade, M. P. Abegaonkar. “Frequency Reconfigurable Miniaturized Microstrip Patch Antenna Array with switchable Band using RF PIN Diode”, Proceedings of ICEMS-2016 -International Conference on Recent Trends in Engineering and Material Sciences, March 17-19, 2016, Jaipur, National University, Jaipur
• R. A. Pandhare, P. L. Zade, ”A review on performance Analysis of Microstrip antenna array using defected ground structure” Proceedings of 2nd International Conference on Emerging Intelligent Sustainable Technologies (ICEISTCON 2013- ISO 9001:2008 Certified Organization) Pune, March 23, 2013.
• R. A. Pandhare, P. L. Zade, “Performance analysis of Microstrip antenna array using defected ground structure”, Proceedings of International conference on Recent Trends in Engineering & Technology, Wardha, December 2014.
• V. V. Bhagavatula, R. Pandhare, A. Rathi and S. Veeraraghavan, "An implementation of 3D Angle-only tracking schemes for Airborne Radars," 2021 IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Computing and Communication Technologies (CONECCT), 2021, pp. 01-06, doi: 10.1109/CONECCT52877.2021.9622596.
• M. Malik, A. Kothari and R. A. Pandhare, "Network Slicing In 5g: Possible Military Exclusive Slice," 2022 1st International Conference on the Paradigm Shifts in Communication, Embedded Systems, Machine Learning and Signal Processing (PCEMS), 2022, pp. 48-52, doi: 10.1109/PCEMS55161.2022.9807927.

• PhD.

• M. Tech.

• 02 Projects

• B.E. / B. Tech.

• 12 Projects

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• Working  as a member in Admission Committee at IIITN
• Working as a Faculty Advisor ECE Batch 2019-20 at IIITN
   

• Invited talk on "Antenna for various Applications" in AICTE-MHRD sponsored Online Short-Term Training Programme (STTP) on “Design of Miniature Antennas for 5G and IoT Applications-DMAIA- 2020” from 10 August, 2020 to 15 August, 2020 at MVGR College of Engineering (A) Vizianagaram, Andhra Pradesh.

• Invited talk on “Microstrip antenna with DGS for IOT Application” in AICTE-Sponsored Online Short-Term Training Program (STTP) on “Antenna Design and Analysis Using Mathematical Solvers” from 29 th October -3 rd November at ADITYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT, TEKKALI (An Autonomous Institution) situated in Srikakulam Dist., of Andhra Pradesh

• Invited talk on “Antenna Design and Analysis” in AICTE -ISTE Refresher Programme titled Antenna: Design and Analysis organised during 7/12/2020 to 12/12/2020 at St. Xavier’s Technical Institute, Mahim Mumbai 400016

• Invited talk on “Antenna for IOT Application” in One Week STTP on “Emerging trends In Antenna Design” (ETAD-20) from 21^st December to 26^th December, 2020 at Yeshwantrao Chavan College of Engineering, Nagpur