Roy Paily

Dr. Roy P. Paily

Professor Electronics and Electrical Engineering

Professor, Centre for Nanotechnology

and Professor, School of Health Science and Technology

IIT Guwahati, Assam, India - 781039

Academic Qualification

  • Ph. D, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India, 2004
  • M. Tech, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India, 1996
  • B. Tech, College of Engineering Trivandrum, Kerala University, India, 1990

Professional Experience

  • Professor (Higher Administrative Grade) in Dept. of EEE, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati from 28-12-2021.
  • Professor in Dept. of EEE, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati from 21-04-2012.
  • Associate Professor in Dept. of ECE, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati from 09-08-2007 to 20-04-2012.
  • Assistant Professor in Dept. of ECE, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati from 22-07-2004 to 08-08-2007.
  • Project Officer for DRDO, ELOIRA and ISRO Projects at Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras from 07-04-1999 to 31-03-2004.
  • Senior Design Engineer in Magnetic Head Division of Hard Disk Drive Unit at JTS Technology from 13-03-1996 to 15-03-1999.
  • Lecturer at ECE Department SAK Engineering College, University of Bombay from 12-2-1992 to 23-07-1994.
  • Provisional Lecturer at College of Engineering, Trivandrum from 01-01-1991 to 30-04-1991.

Research Areas

  • Devices, MEMS and VLSI Circuits/System Design.

Memberships of Professional Bodies

  • IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) Senior Member
  • IETE (The Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers) Life Member
  • VSI (VLSI Society of India) Member
  • ISSS (Institute of Smart Structures and Systems) Member

Academic and Administrative Responsibilities at IIT Guwahati

  • Head, Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering, IIT Guwahati from 11-11-2020 to 11-02-2024
  • Head, Centre for Nanotechnology, IIT Guwahati from 14-06-2013 till 06-06-2018
  • Faculty in-charge, Technology Incubation Centre, IIT Guwahati (June 2008 – May 2010)
  • Coordinated M. Tech programme in VLSI Design specialization in EEE Department, IIT Guwahati
  • Faculty adviser for UG Students (2004-2008) in EEE Department, IIT Guwahati
  • Coordinated "Exposure of DIT's Research and Development initiatives in the area of Information Technology - North-East focus" 20th Oct 2011 at IIT Guwahati
  • Nodal Officer for Visvesvaraya PhD Scheme for Electronics & IT at IIT Guwahati, a Scheme of DeitY, Govt. of India (Dec 2014 – 12 April 2018)
  • Member of Departmental Postgraduate Programme Committee (DPPC), Department of EEE, IIT Guwahati (Dec 2015 – Dec 2017)
  • Member of Departmental Undergraduate Programme Committee (DUPC), Department of EEE, IIT Guwahati (January 2018 – February 2020)
  • Member of Departmental Postgraduate Programme Committee (DPPC), Department of EEE, IIT Guwahati (February 2020 – 11-11-2020)

Academic and Administrative Responsibilities outside IIT Guwahati

  • External Member, Board of Studies for ECE Department, NIT Manipur (November 2015)
  • External Member, Board of Studies for ECE Department, NIT Mizoram (June 2013)
  • External Member, Board of Studies for ECE Department, NEHU, Scillong (August 2019 – till date)
  • Member of Departmental Research Committee, ECE Department, NIT Arunachal Pradesh (August 2017 – till date)
  • Subject Expert in Electronics & Communication Engineering for Syllabi & Curriculum revision of MIT Imphal, 18 - 20 February, 2015
  • Member of the Council of Management Technology Incubation Centre, IIT Guwahati (November 2007 – March 2017)
  • Member of the Board of Governors, Technology Incubation Centre, IIT Guwahati (November 2007 – March 2017)
  • Member of the Management Commitee for Technology Development Board Grant to IIT Guwahati (April 2012 – March 2021)
  • Member of the Management Commitee for Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME) IIT Guwahati (April 2012 – till date)
  • Member of the Executive Counsel member of JSC Innovations Pvt. Ltd. IIT Guwahati (2020 – till date)