Rate My Professor Sabitha Ramakrishnan

Dr. Sabitha Ramakrishnan is a Professor in the Department of Instrumentation Engineering at Anna University, MIT Campus, Chennai, where she has served since 2019. Previously, she held the position of Associate Professor from 2016 to 2019, Assistant Professor (Grade III) from 2013 to 2016, and Assistant Professor (Grade II) from 2009 to 2013 in the same department. Her earlier career includes roles as Assistant Professor from 2007 to 2009, Senior Lecturer from 2006 to 2007 at Easwari Engineering College, Chennai, and Lecturer from 2001 to 2006 at B S Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science and Technology. She also serves as Nodal Officer for the Siemens Centre of Excellence at MIT Campus. Ramakrishnan earned her Ph.D. from Anna University in 2012, B.E. from Anna University in 1996 with first class and distinction along with the Anna University Gold Medal in Electronics and Communication Engineering, Diploma from Government Women's Polytechnic, Tharamani, Chennai in 1988 where she was the best outgoing student, and SSLC from St. Theresa's Girls' Higher Secondary School, Pallavaram, Chennai in 1985 with a National Merit Scholarship Certificate.

Her research interests encompass Wireless Sensor Networks, Signal Processing, and VLSI. Key contributions include publications on energy-efficient protocols for wireless sensor networks, such as 'Fuzzy logic-based transmission power control algorithm for energy efficient MAC protocol in wireless sensor networks' and 'Transmission power control using state estimation-based fuzzy logic for wireless sensor networks' (2017), with a total of 157 citations on Google Scholar. She has received the CTDT Innovation Award in 2021 from Centre for Technology Development and Transfer, Anna University; Best Paper Award at the 9th IEEE International Conference on Trends in Measurements and Automation (TIMA 2017); Best Paper Award at IEEE International Conference ICCCS 2014; and Appreciation Certificate from IEEE Madras Section in 2013. Ramakrishnan has contributed to academic governance as a Member of the Board of Studies for R2023, R2019, and R2015 regulations, and as Member Coordinator of the Departmental Consultative Committee in 2015.