Dr. Puja Acharya is an Associate Professor at IILM University. She has done B.Tech, M.Tech and Ph.D (Antenna Designing) in Electronics and Communication Engineering with more than 18 years of teaching experience. Her areas of interests in Embedded Robotics, Drone and Automation, Optical Communication, Antenna Designing and Micro Electronics. Grade A certified trainer in robotics from IIT Bombay and also headed the E-Yantra society registered from IIT Bombay. Build many labs of Electronics like Analog Electronics, Microwave Engineering, Digital Electronics, Communication Engineering, Embedded Systems, most recent Drone Lab. Many projects under her guidance have been selected for incubation, start-ups, and in KEIC. She has published many research articles in journals of international repute like IEEE, Elsevier and Springer. Her interests lie in design & development, curriculum development and project building. Perseverance, hard work and sincerity are my key attributes towards achieving the goal. She has mentored undergraduate, post graduate students and post-doctoral research scholar as supervisor.

She has served as Evaluator for AICTE Ministry of Education’s Innovation Cell School Innovation Contest: Junior Hackathon 2024-25 (2 lakh amount), Received 3 times DST, Haryana Grant for organizing National Technology Day 2023,2024.She is Certified and awarded  with “A” grade in Robotics, e-Yantra, IIT Bombay in the Task Base Challenge (2019).Certified DGCA, Govt of India approved Drone Remote Pilot License Certificate for Cat 1, VLOS, Class 1, UAS, 2023-B06/41

International Journals: SCI/Scopus Indexed

• K. Kumar, P. Acharya, S. Singh, D. Varshney, U. Mishra, Prawar, and A. N. Singh, “Analyse the performance characteristics of mild steel plates at varying weld parameters by using artificial intelligence approaches,” Welding International, pp. 1–12, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1080/09507116.2025.2495156
• K. Kumar, P. Acharya, S. Singh, D. Varshney, U. Mishra, Prawar, and R. Arora, “Optimization of bottom ash water slurry flow characteristics by using commercial additive,” WSEAS Transactions on Environment and Development, vol. 21, pp. 503–514, 2025, doi: 10.37394/232015.2025.21.41
•  P. Yadav, K. Kumar, P. Acharya, C. Singh, S. Singh, and D. Varshney, “Analysis of the performance characteristics of mild steel-based hydrodynamic journal bearings under varying conditions,” Industrial Lubrication and Tribology, 2025 https://doi.org/10.1108/ILT-03-2025-0114
• Rani, M., Vyas, B., Dahiya, V., & Acharya, P. (2025). Carbon emission benchmarking in university campus: Strategic development toward net zero transition. SSRG International Journal of Civil Engineering, 12(6), 190–200. https://doi.org/10.14445/23488352/IJCE-V12I6P115
• Kumar, K., Rustagi, P., Acharya, P., Singh, S., Varshney, D., Arora, R., & PRAWAR, C. S. (2025). Optimization of Process Parameters on Mild Steel Rotavator Blades. WSEAS Transactions on Systems, 24, 691-699. DOI: 10.37394/23202.2025.24.59 https://wseas.com/journals/articles.php?id=10935
• Chaudhary, R., Chaudhary, P., Singh, C., Kumar, K., Singh, S., Arora, R., Kaur, S., Vaarshney, D., Acharya, P. and Mishra, U., 2025. Automated Brain Tumor Detection Using Convolutional Neural Network. Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry https://doi.org/10.1002/bab.70060
• Prawar Chaudhary, Chintan Singh, Roobal Chaudhary, Kaushal Kumar, Mimansa Kandhwal, Preeti Rustagi, Puja Acharya, Gulab Singh Chauhan (2026) A Novel Domain Adaptation Framework for Wearable Human Activity Recognition Using Multi-Sensor Feature Alignment First published: 12 January 2026 https://doi.org/10.1002/bab.70119
• Rani, M., Acharya, P. & Vyas, B. Assessing per capita carbon footprint in university campus: methodology and strategy implications for emissions reduction. Sādhanā 50, 237 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12046-025-02885-w
• P. Acharya, J. Kumar, V. Dahiya et al., “Miniaturized omnidirectional satellite phone antenna inspired by meander line radiator and metamaterial integrated ground plane in “International Journal of Information Technology (2022) https://doi.org/10.1007/s41870-022-01069-7
• P. Acharya, V. Dahiya and Rahul. K. Anil “An Ultra-Wide Dual Band Metamaterial Based Miniaturized Rhombus Structured Patch Antenna for K and Ka-bands’’   Accepted in Elsevier “Materials Today -Proceedings” (2022) http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2022.09.492
• Rathi, K., Vyas, B., Acharya, P., Vyas, J., & Dixit, A. (2022). “Solar panels salvaging for safety & sustainability”. Materials Today: Proceedings, 69, 519-523. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2022.09.259
•  Puja Acharya, Shilpa Mehta “Designing and Simulation of High- k, N-channel MOSFET devices using Tina Pro” IOSR Journal of VLSI and Signal Processing (IOSR-JVSP) Volume 6, Issue 2, Ver. I (Mar. -Apr. 2016), PP 01-05, e-ISSN: 2319 – 4200. (DOI: 10.9790/4200-0603010105)
• Puja Acharya, Shilpa Mehta, Bhargava “Designing of IR Transmitter using Multisim and its applications”, International Journal of Innovations in Engineering and Management, Vol. 5; No. 1,2016, Pg. 175-177, ISSN: 2319-3344. 8-9TH April ,2016 (DOI)

International Conferences: Scopus Indexed

• M. Rani, B. Vyas, V. Dahiya and P. Acharya, “AI Driven Modeling of Scope 3 Carbon Emissions for Sustainable University Transportation,” 2025 International Conference on Intelligent and Cloud Computing (ICoICC), Bhubaneswar, India, 2025, pp. 1-7, doi: 10.1109/ICoICC64033.2025.11052158.
• Vatin, N. I., Joshi, S. K., Acharya, P., Sharma, R., & Rajasekhar, N. (2024). Precision Agriculture and Sustainable Yields: Insights from IoT-Driven Farming and the Precision Agriculture Test. In BIO Web of Conferences (Vol. 86, p. 01091). EDP Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1051/bioconf/20248601091
• Kankhva, V. S., Ikram, M., Bahl, A., Acharya, P., & Parik, K. (2024). Using the IoT Sustainability Assessment Test to Assess Urban Sustainability. In BIO Web of Conferences (Vol. 86, p. 01078). EDP Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1051/bioconf/20248601078
• Dmitrieva, E., Pathani, A., Pushkarna, G., Acharya, P., Rana, M., & Surekha, P. (2024). Real-Time Traffic Management in Smart Cities: Insights from the Traffic Management Simulation and Impact Analysis. In BIO Web of Conferences (Vol. 86, p. 01098). EDP Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1051/bioconf/20248601098
• Blinova, T., Singh, D., Kaur, N., Prasanna, Y. L., & Acharya, P. (2024). IoT-Driven Innovations: A Case Study Experiment and Implications for Industry 5.0. In BIO Web of Conferences (Vol. 86, p. 01071). EDP Sciences https://doi.org/10.1051/bioconf/20248601071
• Vafaeva, K. M., Dhyani, M., Acharya, P., Parik, K., & Ledalla, S. (2024). Glass-basalt-plastic materials for construction in temperate and Arctic climatic regions. In BIO Web of Conferences (Vol. 86, p. 01111). EDP Sciences https://doi.org/10.1051/bioconf/20248601111
• Valeriya, G., Kirola, M., Gupta, M., Bharathi, P., & Acharya, P. (2024). Evaluating the Impact of AI-Based Sustainability Measures in Industry 5.0: A Longitudinal Study. In BIO Web of Conferences (Vol. 86, p. 01058). EDP Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1051/bioconf/2024860105
•     P. Acharya, V. Dahiya and Rahul. K. Anil “An Ultra-Wide Dual Band Metamaterial Based Miniaturized Rhombus Structured Patch Antenna for K and Ka-bands’’   Accepted in Elsevier “Materials Today -Proceedings” (2022). http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2022.09.492
• Goyal, L., Mishra, A. A., Acharya, P., et al., (2023). “Design of Language Translator Headphone: The Future of Sustainable Communication”. In E3S Web of Conferences (Vol. 430, p. 01184). EDP Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202343001184
•   Kumar, S., Kumar, K., Singh, J., Acharya, et al., (2023). “Optimization of Sustainable Process Parameters of Friction-Stir Welding of Aluminium Alloy by Taguchi Method.” In E3S Web of Conferences (Vol. 430, p. 01179). EDP Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202343001179
• P. Acharya, J. Kumar and V. Dahiya, “A Novel Violin Type UWB Patch Antenna for X & Ku Bands using metamaterial: A Review,” 2022 2nd International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Signal Processing (AISP), 2022, pp. 1-6, Doi: 10.1109/AISP53593.2022.9760653.
•  P. Acharya, J. Kumar and V. Dahiya, “A Simple Miniaturized Flower Patch Antenna using Meander Lines for X & K Bands,” 2022 2nd International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Signal Processing (AISP), 2022, pp. 1-7, Doi: 10.1109/AISP53593.2022.9760557.
•  Acharya, Puja and Gupta, Neeraj, Designing and Simulation of Hardware Based Light Signal Transference in Visible Light Communication (February 24, 2019). Proceedings of International Conference on Sustainable Computing in Science, Technology and Management (SUSCOM), Amity University Rajasthan, Jaipur – India, February 26-28, 2019, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3358041.

Patents Published

• Indian Patent no. 202141022387 System for cash depositing and dispensing with auto sanitization functionality based on the internet of things.
• Indian Patent no. 202311043862 AI enabled security camera device to prevent initial level health issues from different kind viruses.
• UK Patent Design no. 6326351 A Portable Dongle for Cyber Security and Protection
• UK Patent Design no. 6341023 Solar-Powered Food Dehydrator for Post-Harvest Processing

Book Published-International /Scopus indexed Book Chapter

• P. Acharya and B. Vyas, “A Review Study on Advancement and Development of First Generation to Next Generation Optical Fibers “Lecture Notes Mechanical Engineering, Advances in Functional and Smart Materials, Springer, Singapore https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-4147-4_34
•  Bentham Press (WOS & Scopus): Nanomaterials Applicability in Blended Perovskites Solar Cell To commercialize Lead free, End of life-based Substitutes”, Nanoelectronics Devices: Design, Materials and Applications, 2023, 308-338. ISBN: 978-981-5136-63-0