Dr. Kanakavalli Harshasri
Assistant Professor
National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli
Office Address:
Room No. 202, 2nd Floor, Academic Building
Indian Institute of Information Technology, Sri City, Chittoor
630, Gnan Marg, Sri City, Satyavedu Mandal
Chittoor District - 517 646, Andhra Pradesh, India.
Academic Qualifications
Education:
PhD: Electronics & Communication Engineering
National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, India
Thesis Title: Design and Optimization of Metamaterial Inspired MIMO Antennas for Advanced Wireless Communication Applications
Research Areas of Interest
- Antenna Design (MIMO, Millimeter Wave, Reconfigurable & Miniaturized Antennas)
- Metamaterials and Metasurfaces
- RF and Microwave Engineering
- Optimization Techniques using ANN/DNN for Electromagnetic Design
- 5G/6G and IoT Wireless Communication Systems
Awards / Honours
Awards / Honours:
Awarded by the Government of Andhra Pradesh on October 15, 2018, for securing University Top Rank in M.Tech.
MHRD Fellowships
Received Ministry of Human resource development (MHRD) fellowship from Govt. of India during, M. Tech. (July 2016 - May 2018) and Ph. D. (Aug. 2020 - June. 2025).
Publications/Projects
Journals:
- Kanakavalli Harshasri, R. Pandeeswari and S. Gupta, "Metasurface-Inspired Circularly Polarized MIMO Antenna for 5G mmWave Applications," in IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, vol. 24, no. 2, pp. 434-438, Feb. 2025, doi: 10.1109/LAWP.2024.3502425.
- Kanakavalli Harshasri, R pandeeswari “Compact Electric-Inductive-Interdigital Capacitor Array MIMO Antenna with Enhanced Isolation by Metamaterial for Wi-Fi 5 & 6E Applications”, Engineering Research Express, vol. 7, no. 4, pp. 0453c4, Dec. 2025, Doi:10.1088/2631-8695/ae2bc.
- Kanakavalli Harshasri, R. Pandeeswari, Compact dual-band metamaterial antenna using deep neural network for next-generation wireless communication, Elsevier Optik, Volume 327,2025,172311, ISSN 0030-4026. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijleo.2025.172311.
Book Chapter:
- Harshasri. K, Pandeeswari, R. (2026). Metamaterial Reconfigurable MIMO Antenna for C-Band Application. In: Kumari, R., Nair, R.U., Gupta, N., Chaudhary, R.K. (eds) Handbook of Metamaterial Antennas, Measurement and Characterizations. Metamaterials Science and Technology, vol 2. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-0241-1_37-1
- Harshasri. K, Pandeeswari, R. (2024). A Compact Negative Index Metamaterial-Inspired 2 × 2 MIMO Antenna with Enhanced Isolation for Wi-Fi 7 Applications. In: Choudhury, B., Tewary, V.K., Kanth, V.K. (eds) Handbook of Nano-Metamaterials. Metamaterials Science and Technology, vol 1. Springer, Singapore. doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-0261-9_59-1.
- Budarapu, S.K., Harshasri, K., Kumar, Y.R., Naik, B.R. Design of Compact Microstrip Patch Antenna Using SRR Metamaterial for Wireless Applications. In: Tiwari, M., Maddila, R.K., Garg, A.K., Kumar, A., Yupapin, P. (eds) Optical and Wireless Technologies. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, 2022, vol 771. Springer, Singapore. doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-2818-4_37.
Conference Publication
- K. Harshasri, P. V. Babu and P. N. Rao, "Design of Compact C-Band Concave Patch Antenna for Radar Altimeter Applications," 2018 International Conference on Communication and Signal Processing (ICCSP), Chennai, India, 2018, pp. 0542-0546, doi. 10.1109/ICCSP.2018.8524261.
- K.Harshasri, Vinod Babu, P., Sankar Ponnapalli, V.A. Design of U-Shaped Multiline Microstrip Patch Antenna for Advanced Wireless Applications. In: Singh, P.K., Veselov, G., Pljonkin, A., Kumar, Y., Paprzycki, M., Zachinyaev, Y. Futuristic Trends in Network and Communication Technologies. FTNCT 2020. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 1396. Springer, Singapore. doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-1483-53.
Patents
Teaching
Contact Information
Address for Communication:
Room No. 202, 2nd Floor, Academic Building
Indian Institute of Information Technology, Sri City, Chittoor
630, Gnan Marg, Sri City, Satyavedu Mandal
Chittoor District - 517 646, Andhra Pradesh, India.



