Motivated Teaching Professional with approximately Ten years teaching and research experience in Electronics and Communication Engineering.

Academic and Research Qualifications

• Post-doctorate, School of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Nanyang Technological University (NTU) Singapore, (2019-2020).
• Ph.D. (Adaptive Framework for Analysis and Classification of Electroencephalogram Signals), Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing (IIITDM), Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India (2019).
• ME (Digital Communication), Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET) DAVV, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India with 74.86% (2015).             
• BE (Electronics and Communication), Samrat Ashok Technological Institute (SATI), Vidisha, Madhya Pradesh, India with 74.53% (2008).             
• Higher secondary, Boy’s Higher Secondary Sironj, with 82.2% (2003).
• High school, Saraswati Sishu Mandir Sironj, with 65% (2001).

UGC-NET and GATE

• Qualified, UGC NET (Electronic Science) with 63.43% (2015).
• Qualified, GATE (Electronics and Communication) Seven Times (2009-2015) with Good Scores.

Research Interests

Artificial intelligence, Adaptive signal processing, Non-stationary signal analysis and detection (Biomedical, Speech, Seismic, and Fault etc.), and optical imaging.

Employment History

• Assistant Professor, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Delhi Technological University (DTU), Delhi, 06 July 2020 to continue.
• Research Fellow, School of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Nanyang Technological University (NTU) Singapore (2019-2020).
• Assistant Professor, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Medicaps University, Indore (2010-2015).
• Assistant Professor, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Sanghvi Innovative Academy, Indore (2009-2010).
• Lecturer, Lakshmi Narain College of Technology, Indore (2008-2009).

Student Supervision

• Ph.D. Scholar: 03 (pursuing)
• M.Tech: 01 (completed), 01 (pursuing)
• B. Tech: 09 (completed), 04 (pursuing)

Sponsored Project

To setting up Inclusive Technology Business Incubator (i-TBI) at Delhi Technological University, Delhi has been received Rs.499.97 lakh support under NIDHI i- TBI program of DST.

Research Publications

International Journals

1. Sachin Taran, Varun Bajaj, GR Sinha, Kemal Polat, “Detection of sleep apnea events using electroencephalogram signals”. Applied Acoustics, (2021), 181, 108137. Impact Factor: 2.440, ISSN No.: 0003-682X.
2. Himanshu Pant, Hitesh Kumar Dhanda, and Sachin Taran. "Sleep apnea detection using electrocardiogram signal input to FAWT and optimize ensemble classifier." Measurement (2021): 110485. Impact Factor: 2.791, H-index: 70, ISSN No.: 0263-2241
3. Ankit Dutta, Subnear Kour, and Sachin Taran. “Automatic Drowsiness Detection using Electroencephalogram Signal”. Electronics Letters, (2020). Impact Factor:1.343, H-index: 137, ISSN No.: 1350-911X
4. Sachin Taran and Varun Bajaj. “Sleep Apnea Detection using Artificial Bee Colony Optimize Hermite Basis Functions for EEG Signals”. IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation & Measurement, 69 (2), (2020):  608 - 616. Impact Factor: 3.067, H-index: 100, ISSN No.:0018-9456
5. Sachin Taran, Prakash Chandra Sharma, and Varun Bajaj. “Automatic sleep stages classification using optimize flexible analytic wavelet transform”. Knowledge-Based Systems, 192, 2020: 105367. Impact Factor: 5.101, H-index: 94, ISSN No.: 0950-7051
6. Sachin Taran and Varun Bajaj. “Drowsiness Detection using Adaptive Hermite Decomposition and Extreme Learning Machine for Electroencephalogram Signals”. IEEE Sensors Journal 18, no. 21 (2018): 8855-8862. Impact Factor: 3.076, H-index: 100, ISSN No.: 1530-437X
7. Sachin Taran and Varun Bajaj. “Emotion Recognition from Single-Channel EEG Signals Using A Two-Stage Correlation and Instantaneous Frequency-based Filtering Method”. Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, 173(2019):157-165. Impact Factor: 3.424, H-index: 83, ISSN No.:0169-2607
8. Sachin Taran, Varun Bajaj, Dheeraj Sharma, Siuly Siuly, and Abdulkadir Sengur. “Features Based on Analytic IMF for Classifying Motor Imagery EEG Signals in BCI Applications”. Measurement 116, (2018): 68-76. Impact Factor: 2.791, H-index: 70, ISSN No.: 0263-2241
9. Sachin Taran and Varun Bajaj. “Motor Imagery Tasks-based EEG Signals Classification using Tunable-Q Wavelet Transform”. Neural Computing and Applications, (2019): no 31(11), 6925-6932. Impact Factor: 4.664, H-index: 57, ISSN No.: 0941-0643
10. Sachin Taran, Varun Bajaj, and Dheeraj Sharma. “Robust Hermite Decomposition Algorithm for Classification of Sleep Apnea EEG Signals”. Electronics Letters 53, no. 17 (2017): 1182-1184. Impact Factor:1.343, H-index: 137, ISSN No.: 1350-911X
11. Sachin Taran and Varun Bajaj. “Rhythm-based Identification of Alcohol EEG Signals”. IET Science, Measurement & Technology 12, no. 3 (2017): 343-349. Impact Factor: 1.895, H-index: 43, ISSN No.:1751-8830
12. Shalu Chaudhary, Sachin Taran, and Varun Bajaj. “Convolutional Neural Network Based Approach Towards Motor Imagery Tasks EEG Signals Classification”. IEEE Sensors Journal, 19, no. 12 (2019): 4494-4500. Impact Factor: 3.076, H-index: 100,ISSN No.: 1530-437X
13. Sravani Chada, Sachin Taran, et al.. “Flexible Analytic Wavelet Transform Based Features For Physical Action Identification Using SEMG Signals”. Innovation and Research in BioMedical engineering, (2019/7). Impact Factor:1.069, H-index: -, ISSN No.:1959-0318
14. Shalu Chaudhary, Sachin Taran, and Varun Bajaj,SiulySiuly. “A flexible analytic wavelet transform based approach for motor-imagery tasks classification in BCI applications”. Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, (2020): 105325.Impact Factor: 3.424, H-index: 83, ISSN No.: 0169-2607
15. Anala Hari Krishna, et al., and Sachin Taran, “Emotion Classification using EEG Signals Based on Tunable-Q Wavelet Transform”. IET Science, Measurement & Technology, 13 (3), (2018): 375-380.Impact Factor: 1.895, H-index: 43, ISSN No.:1751-8830
16. Saad Ahmad, Shubham Agrawal, Samta Joshi, Sachin Taran, et al.. “Environmental sound classification using optimum allocation sampling based empirical mode decomposition”. Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, (2019): 122613. Impact Factor: 2.500, H-index: 141, ISSN No.: 0378-4371
17. Fatih Demir, Varun Bajaj, Melih C Ince, Sachin Taran, Abdulkadir Åžengür “Surface EMG signals and deep transfer learning-based physical action classification”. Neural Computing and Applications, (2019): 1-8. Impact Factor: 4.664, H-index:67, ISSN No.: 0941-0643
18. Varun Bajaj, Sachin Taran, Smith K Khare, Abdulkadir Sengur, “Feature extraction method for classification of alertness and drowsiness states EEG signals”. Applied Acoustics, (2020), 163, 107224. Impact Factor: 2.297,  ISSN No.: 0003-682X.
19. Sachin Taran and Varun Bajaj, and Siuly Siuly. "An optimum allocation sampling-based feature extraction scheme for distinguishing seizure and seizure-free EEG signals." Health information science and systems 5, no. 1 (2017): 7. ISSN No.: 2047-2501
20. Sravani Chada, Sachin Taran, Varun Bajaj. “An efficient approach for physical actions classification using surface EMG signals”. ”. Health Information Science and Systems 8, no. 1 (2020): 3. ISSN No.: 2047-2501
21. Nagineni, Sukumar, Sachin Taran, and Varun Bajaj. "Features based on variational mode decomposition for identification of neuromuscular disorder using EMG signals." Health information science and systems 6, no. 1 (2018): 13. ISSN No.: 2047-2501
22. Varun Bajaj, Sachin Taran, and Abdulkadir Sengur. "Emotion classification using flexible analytic wavelet transform for electroencephalogram signals." Health information science and systems 6, no. 1 (2018): 12. ISSN No.: 2047-2501
23. Sachin Taran and Varun Bajaj. "Clustering Variational Mode Decomposition for Identification of Focal EEG Signals." IEEE Sensors Letters 2, no. 4 (2018): 1-4. ISSN No.: 2475-1472
24. Varun Bajaj, Sachin Taran, and et al. “Robust Approach based on Convolutional Neural Networks for Identification of Focal EEG”. IEEE Sensors Letters3, no. 5 (2019): 1-4. ISSN No.: 2475-1472
25. Sachin Taran and Dhiraj Nitnaware, “Performance Evaluation of 802.15. 3a UWB Channel Model with Antipodal, Orthogonal and DPSK Modulation Scheme”. IJ Wireless and Microwave Technologies 1, (2016): 34-42. ISSN No.: 2076-1449
26. Sachin Taran and Dhiraj Nitnaware, “The Performance Evaluation of 802.15.3a UWB Channel Model with Different Rake Receiver Finger of Maximal Ratio Combiner Scheme”. International Journal of Computer Applications 122, no.14 (2015): pp 32-37, ISBN: 973-93-80888-13-7. ISSN No.:0975 - 8887

International Conferences

1. Sachin Taran, and Varun Bajaj. “Drowsiness Detection using Instantaneous Frequency based Rhythms Separation for EEG Signals.", 2nd International Conference on Information and Communication Technology (CICT 2018), IIITDM Jabalpur, India, IEEE, 2018.
2. Sachin Taran, Varun Bajaj, and Dheeraj Sharma. "TEO separated AM-FM components for identification of apnea EEG signals." 2nd International Conference on Signal and Image Processing (ICSIP 2017), NTU Singapore, pp. 391-395. IEEE, 2017.
3. Sachin Taran, Ravish Kumar Singh, and Dhiraj Nitnaware. "Effect of shadowing on 802.15. 3a UWB channel model." International Conference on Trends in Automation, Communications and Computing Technology (I-TACT-15), 2015, Bangalore, India, pp. 1-4. IEEE, 2015
4. Ravi, Sachin Taran, "Emotion Recognition Using Rational Dilation Wavelet Transform For Speech Signal." In 2021 7th International Conference on Signal Processing and Communication (ICSC), pp. 156-160. IEEE, 2021..
5. Anugya Pareta, Sachin Taran, Varun Bajaj, and Abdulkadir Sengur. “Automatic Environment Sounds Classification Using Optimum Allocation Sampling.” International Conference on Robotics and Automation Engineering (ICRAE), Singapore, Pages 69-73. IEEE, 2019.
6. Nagineni Sukumar, Sachin Taran, Varun Bajaj.” Physical actions classification of surface EMG signals using VMD.” International Conference on Communication and Signal Processing, ICCSP 18, Tamil Nadu India, Pages 715-719. IEEE, 2018.
7. Yadav, Pooja, Anchala Priya, Sachin Taran, Varun Bajaj, and Dheeraj Sharma. "Discrimination of alcohol and normal EEG signal using EMD." 4th International Conference on Signal Processing and Integrated Networks (SPIN), 2017, Noida, India, pp. 410-413. IEEE, 2017.

Book Chapters

1. Sachin Taran, Smith K. Khare, Varun Bajaj, and G. R. Sinha. " Classification of Motor-Imagery Tasks from EEG Signals using Rational Dilation Wavelet Transform." Modelling and Analysis of Active Biopotential Signals in Healthcare-Volume 2, 2020.
2. Sachin Taran, Smith K. Khare, Ravi, Varun Bajaj, and G. R. Sinha. " Classification of Alertness and Drowsiness States using the Complex Wavelet Transform based Approach for EEG Records." CRC Press book on " Analysis of medical modalities for improved diagnosis in modern healthcare”, 2020.
3. Smith Khare, Varun Bajaj, Sachin Taran, and G. R. Sinha. “Multiclass sleep stage classification using artificial intelligence based time-frequency distribution and CNN. In Artificial Intelligence-Based Brain-Computer Interface (pp. 1-21). Academic Press, 2022.

Google Scholar https://scholar.google.co.in/citationsuser=4v_5j2sAAAAJ&hl=en

        Citations : 890

        h-index : 18

        i10-index : 24

Honors/Awards/Recognition/Talks

• Research excellence award, at Delhi Technological University (DTU), Delhi (2021).
• Research excellence award, at Delhi Technological University (DTU), Delhi (2020).
• Chaired Technical Session-19 as Session Chair Organized at 2021 International Conference on Computational Performance Evaluation (ComPE) organized by department of Biomedical Engineering, North-Eastern Hill University (NEHU), Shillong, Meghalaya, India during 1^st – 3^rd December 2021.
• Chaired the Technical Session on A Track: Advances in Soft Computing for Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition in SoCTA-2021 organized at IIIT Kota.
• Deliver an expert lecture titled “Adaptive signal processing for non-stationary signal analysis and classification” in One-Week Online Faculty Development Program on the theme of “Machine Learning Applications in Signal Processing and Wireless Networks” held on December 20th-24th, 2021, organized by Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Delhi Technological University, Delhi, India.
• Program committee member of HISS 2021 (10^th International Conference on Health Information Systems).
• Served as reviewer of innovative ideas received under the INSPIRE Awards-MANAK for the year 2021-22.
• The outstanding reviewing contribution to 6^th International Conference on Soft Computing: Theories and Applications (SoCTA-2021) organized at IIIT Kota.
• Review Editor for Frontiers in signal processing.
• Journal Reviewers, IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems, IEEE Signal Processing Letters, IEEE Sensors Letters, Electronics Letters, IEEE Access, Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering.

Short Term Courses/Workshop/FDP Organized  

• Organized a One-Week Online Faculty Development Program on the theme of “Machine Learning Applications in Signal Processing and Wireless Networks” held on December 20^th to 24^th, 2021, organized by Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Delhi Technological University, Delhi, India.
• Coordinated two days IEEE Workshop on “Internet of Things (IOT): The Future Connectivity (28^th to 29^th October 2021)” jointly organized by IEEE-SA and Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Delhi Technological University, Delhi.
• Organized one day workshop on “Entrepreneurial Ecosystem and Start-up” at Delhi Technological University (DTU), Delhi in collaboration of DTU-IIF and IIC.                       

Short Term Courses/Workshop Training/Webinar Attended

• Completed Innovation Ambassador training (Foundation Level, Total 16 Sessions of 30 Contact hours) conducted by MoE's Innovation Cell & AICTE during the period from 30th June - 30th July 2021 in online mode.
• Participated in Reginal Meet “Institutions Innovation Council MoE’s Innovation Cell” held on 26^th July 2022 at Chandigarh University, Chandigarh. 
• Participated in one-week International FDP on “Computational Techniques for Electromagnetics” Organized by ECE, DTU, India in collaboration with Xiangshan Laboratory, Zhongshan Institute of CUST, China and ARK Infosolutions Pvt. Ltd, India during December 27-31, 2021.
• Participated in one-week FDP on “Wireless Sensors Networks and IOT” organized by Delhi Technological University and ATAL Academy.  
• Participated in one-week online Short-Term Training Program on “Recent Advances and Challenges in Computer Vision” held from 03rd Dec to 07th Dec, 2021 organized by Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering, Delhi Technological University, Delhi.
• Participated in a one-week online Indo-Spanish workshop on “Fundamentals of Medical Imaging” organized by department of Computer Science and Engineering, PDPM, IIITDM, Jabalpur during 27th September to 2nd October 2021.
• Participated in “One-day webinar on National Education Day” organized by Human Resource Development Centre, DTU Delhi.
• Participated in one day workshop on “Innovation And Startup Ecosystem Enablers From Region/ State/ National Level” held on June 23, 2021 organized by Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering, Delhi Technological University, Delhi.
• Faculty Development Program on “Nascent Methodologies, Challenges and Realms of Research” held from 03 to 07 October 2020 organized by Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Delhi Technological University, Delhi, India
• Three-days Design Workshop (2017) Organized at PDPM IIITDM Jabalpur.
• Two-week ISTE Workshop on Basic Electronics Conducted by IIT Bombay.                         
• Two-week ISTE Workshop on Control System Conducted by IIT Kanpur.                          
• Mission 10X Workshop Conducted by Wipro.
• Short Training on "Television Broadcasting" with Doordarshan.
• Major Training on “Fundamental of Communication from Basic to Advance using MATLAB” with Samrat Ashok Technological Institute Vidisha.

Institutional Governance responsibilities

• Coordinator, Delhi Technological University-Institute Innovation Foundation (DTU-IIF).
• Co-Convenor of Institute Innovation Council (IIC), DTU to plan and coordinate IIC activities in the university as per the Ministry of Education (MoE) mandate.
• Member Secretary, Re-assessment of NAAC Accreditation.
• Member Secretary, for filling Annual Quality Assurance Report (AQAR), AY (2020-21).
• Member Secretary, of a committee for Quarterly Performance Review of start-up companies incubated at DTU-IIF.
• Member of a committee to formulate the Innovation and Startup Policy for students and faculty at university level.
• Member, for the filling AQAR of NAAC, AY 2018-19 and 2019-2020.
• Expert within the Department of ECE, DTU for Comprehensive Examination of a PHD student.
• Coordinator, of IQAC and ISO Audit (2021-22) of ECE department.
• Member, of Internal Academic and ISO Audit (2019-20) committee of ECE department.
• Coordinator, for involving in community services through center for extension and filed outreach, DTU and conduction and evaluation of course namely, community Engagement mentoring school students (MSS).
• Coordinator, for handling MOOC courses (2020-21) at department level.
• Member, MOOC Course committee (2021-22) at department level.
• Member, conduction of NBA visit in ECE department.

Courses Taught

• Multi-rate Signal Processing (PG)
• Speech Signal Processing (PG)
• Speech Recognition (UG)
• Communication System (UG)
• Basic Electronics (UG)
• Signal and System (UG)
• Satellite Communication (UG)
• Digital Communication (UG)
• Cellular Mobile Communication (UG)
• Vocie Communication (UG)
• Data Communication (UG)
• Analog and Digital Communication (UG)
• Network Analysis and Synthesis (UG)
• Analog Electronics (UG)
• Electronic Devices and Circuits (UG)