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Dr. Gangireddy Narendra Kumar Reddy
Dr. Gangireddy Narendra Kumar Reddy

Assistant Professor (Grade II)

Office Address:

Room number- 307 (Cabin B), Main Block, Department of ECE, NIT Calicut, Calicut, Kerala-673601

Contact no:

8008005843

Home Address:

3/21, B. Thippayapalli (village), Bhumayapalli (post), Khajipeta (mandal), Kadapa (district), Andhrapradesh- 516203.

  • Ph. D, School of Electrical Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India, 2022

  • B.Tech., Electronics and Communication Engineering, JNTUA College of Engineering Pulivendula, Andhra Pradesh, India, 2014

  • Educational Qualifications

    • Ph. D, School of Electrical Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India, 2022

    • B.Tech., Electronics and Communication Engineering, JNTUA College of Engineering Pulivendula, Andhra Pradesh, India, 2014

    Professional Experience

    • Worked as Senior Project Associate under the Nottingham Trent University research project RP285 titled ”EU Erasmus DIVERSASIA project – Embracing diversity in ASIA through the adoption of inclusive open practices” in the school of electrical sciences, IIT Bhubaneswar from 01.04.2022 to 31-07-2022.

    • Worked as Research Associate-I under the project of ”Development of an Affordable Wearable IoT-GPS Enabled Intelligent Vital Signs Monitor for Smart Health Monitoring Services” with grant support by Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), New Delhi, INDIA.” in the Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Palakkad from 12.10.2022 to 25-10-2022.

    • Worked as Adhoc faculty in IIIT Kottayam, Kerala from 26-10-2022 to 11-07-2023 .

    • Woking as Assistant Professor Grade-II in the Department of ECE, NIT Calicut, Kerala from 12-07-2023 to till date.

    Journals

     

    • S. K. Jose and N. K. R. Gangireddy, "Energy-Efficient Atrial Fibrillation Detection From Compressive Sensing-Based ECG Using a Lightweight CNN–BiLSTM Model for Resource-Constrained Wearable Health Monitoring Systems," in IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 26, no. 14, pp. 21098-21107,  July15, 2026, doi: 10.1109/JSEN.2026.3697094
    • S. K. Jose and N. K. R. Gangireddy, "A Digital Compressed Sensing Framework With Optimized Measurement, Quantization, and Sparse Recovery for IoT-Enabled Wearable Edge ECG Health Monitoring Devices," in IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, vol. 75, pp. 1-10, 2026, Art no. 4006510,
    • G. N. K. Reddy, M. S. Manikandan, N. V. L. N. Murty and Linga reddy Cenkeramaddi “Unified Quality-Aware Compression and Pulse-Respiration Rates Estimation Framework for Reducing Energy Consumption and False Alarms of Wearable PPG Monitoring Devices,” IEEE Access, ,vol. 11, pp. 41708-41740, May, 2023.
    • G. N. K. Reddy, M. S. Manikandan and N. V. L. N. Murty, ``Evaluation of Objective Distortion Measures for Automatic Quality Assessment of Processed PPG Signals for Real-time Health Monitoring Devices," IEEE Access, vol. 10, pp. 15707-15745, January, 2022.
    • G. N. K. Reddy, M. S. Manikandan and N. V. L. N. Murty, ``On-Device Integrated PPG Quality Assessment and Sensor Disconnection/Saturation Detection System for IoT/Smartphone Health Monitoring," IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, vol. 69, no. 9, pp. 6351-6361, Sept. 2020. 

    Conferences

    • A. Sivanji and G. N. K. Reddy, "Atrial Fibrillation Detection Using FFT Magnitude Spectrum of PPG Signal with 1D CNN," 2025 IEEE Pune Section International Conference (PuneCon), Pune, India, 2025, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/PuneCon67554.2025.11379060.
    • A. Raj and G. N. K. Reddy, "ResNet-Based Deep Learning for Non-Invasive Blood Pressure Classification Using Filtered PPG Signals in Continuous Crew Health Monitoring," 2025 IEEE Space, Aerospace and Defence Conference (SPACE), Bangalore, India, 2025, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/SPACE65882.2025.11171111.
    • P. Shibu and G. N. K. Reddy, "CNN Based Plant Leaf Disease Detection Using Raw Leaf Images for Efficient Plant Health Monitoring in Agricultural IoT," 2024 IEEE International Conference on Signal Processing, Informatics, Communication and Energy Systems (SPICES), KOTTAYAM, India, 2024, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/SPICES62143.2024.10779936
    • F. B. E P and G. N. K. Reddy, "Machine Learning Based Lung Sound Analysis Using MFCC Features," 2024 IEEE International Conference on Signal Processing, Informatics, Communication and Energy Systems (SPICES), KOTTAYAM, India, 2024, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/SPICES62143.2024.10779841
    • G. N. K. Reddy, M. S. Manikandan and N. V. L. N. Murty, ``Integrated Data Compression and Pulse Rate Extraction Scheme Using Differential Coding for Wireless PPG Monitoring Devices", in  Proc. 13th Int. Conf. Industrail and Information System (ICIIS), IIT Ropar pp. 48-53. IEEE, 2018.
    • G. N. K. Reddy, M. S. Manikandan and N. V. L. N. Murty, ``Lightweight Compressed Sensing (CS) and Partial DCT Based Compression Schemes for Energy-Efficient Wearable PPG Monitoring Devices," in Proc. Int. Conf. Health, Instrumentation & Measurement, and Natural Sciences (InHeNce), pp. 1-6, IEEE, 2021. 
    • G. N. K. Reddy, M. S. Manikandan and N. V. L. N. Murty, ``Performance of Spectral, Autocorrelation and Peak Count Based PR Estimation Methods Under Normal/Abnormal PPG for Wearable Devices," in Proc. Int. Conf. Health, Instrumentation & Measurement, and Natural Sciences (InHeNce), pp. 1-6, IEEE, 2021.
    • G. N. K. Reddy, M. S. Manikandan and N. V. L. N. Murty, ``Predictive Coding With Simultaneous Extraction of Pulse and Respiration Rates From PPG Signal for Energy Constrained Wearable Devices," in  Proc. IEEE 4th Int. Conf on Bio-engineering for Smart Technologies (BioSMART 2021),  pp. 1-4, Paris, France, 8-10 December, 2021.
    • G. N. K. Reddy, M. S. Manikandan and N. V. L. N. Murty, ``Information Theoretic Metrics for Automatic Quality Assessment of Processed PPG Signals,” in Proc. IEEE 3th Int. Conf on Electrical & Electronic Engineering (ICEEE 2021), pp. 157-160, Bangladesh, 22-24 December, 2021. 
    • G. N. K. Reddy, M. S. Manikandan and Ram Bilas Pachori, “Automated Hilbert Envelope Based Respiration Rate Measurement from PPG Signal for Wearable Vital Signs Monitoring Devices,” in Proc. International Conference on Artificial Intelligence of Things Istanbul, Turkey, 29-30 December, 2022

          Courses Taught (July, 2023 - December, 2023)

    • EC3060D:  Computer Organization and Architecture
    • EC1001E:   Professional Ethics 
    • EC4092:     Seminar
    • EC1091E:  Practical Electronics

     

        Courses Taught (January, 2024- May, 2024)

    • EC1092E :  Digital Systems Lab
    • EC3023D:  Control Systems

     

    Courses Taught (July, 2024- December, 2024)

    • EC3013D: Digital Signal Processing
    • EC4061D: Biomedical Signal Processing
    • EC2091E    Analog Circuits Lab

     

    Courses Taught (January, 2025- May, 2025)

    • EC1011E    Electric Circuits and Networks
    • EC4061D    Biomedical Signal Processing

     

    Courses Taught (July, 2025- December, 2025)

    • EC3002E    Digital Signal Processing (Theory and Lab)
    • EC3069E    Biomedical Signal Processing

     

      Courses Taught (January, 2026- May, 2026)

    • EC2011E:  Foundations of Machine Learning (Theory and Lab)
    • EC3069E:  Biomedical Signal Processing

    Courses Teaching (July, 2026- December, 2026)

    • EC3002E :  Digital Signal Processing (Theory and Lab)

     

    Ph.D Thesis (Ongoing)

    1. Deep Learning Based Detection of Cardiac Arrhythmias Using Compressed ECG Signals for Wearable Health Monitoring ( Sajeev K Jose P240248EC)

    2. Blood Pressure Measurement using Compressive Sensing PPG signal for Wearable Health Monitoring (Dudekula Nayabrasool P250084EC )

    M.Tech Projects (Completed)

    1. Deep Learning Based PPG Signal Analysis for Automated Blood Pressure Prediction (Anish Raj M230967EC  )

    2. FPGA Implementation/Simulation of Configurable Ultrasound Pulsar Receiver Module, ( Chetan Nagaraj Patrad (M230679EC)  Guide: Dr. Anudeep V , Co Guide: Dr. G. Narendra Kumar Reddy )

    3. Deep Learning Based Human Emotion Recognition using EEG Signals (Govind Kumar M240808EC)

    4. VLSI Implementation of PPG Waveform Delineation Method for Energy Efficient Vital Sensing Divices ( Bikash Chandra Barik,  M241003EC)

    5. VLSI Implementation of Spectrogram for Edge AI Sound Analytics (Salini,  M240869EC)

    M.Tech Projects (Ongoing)

    1.Non-Invasive Blood Glucose Estimation Using PPG Signal with Machine Learning or Deep Learning (Godha Rudreshwar Goud,  M250773EC) 

    2. FPGA Implementation of Digital Compressive Sensing for PPG Based Cardiac Monitoring in Energy Efficient Wearable Devices (Devalapalli Sai Nikhil M251002EC )

    3. FPGA  Based Implementation of Cuffless Blood Pressure Estimation Using PPG Signals ( Penchala Shashank (M251034EC) 

    4. Hardware Accelerator for Biomedical Applications (Pedduri Shanthan(M250941EC))

     

     

     

    B.Tech  Projects (Completed)

    1. Deep Learning Based Multimodal Emotional Recognition ( B201013EC Padi Pranav Reddy,  B200985EC    Poluparthi Venkata Chandra Mani Kumar,  B200986EC    Pradeep Kumar Puchala,  B201030EC    Kota Abhishek )

    2. Deep Learning Based ECG Analysis ( B200979EC  Ganta Vamsi Satya Vishnu,  B200968EC Charugundla Sai Praneeth,  B201001EC  G Dhanesh,     B200955EC    Dumpala Keerthi )

    3. Development and Implementation of An AI Enhanced Advanced Driver Assistance System. (  B210600EC Akhil S Kumar,   B210748EC Aswankumar Satheesh,    B210599EC Johan C Binu,     B210604EC Sachin P Sm    B210762EC Singiri Varalakshmi )

    4. Deep Reinforcementt Learning Based Improvements In Collision Avoidance for UAV's (ANANY SINGH    B210666EC,   Chirag A    B210621EC,    Diya J    B210727EC,   Ashi S    B210602EC)

    5. Deep Learning Based Fetal Heart Rate Estimation from Noninvasive Abdominal ECG Signals  (G.Kedhareshwar    B220859EC,  G.Harshith Reddy    B220858EC, A.Bhoopathi    B220673EC, P.Gowtham  B221120EC, Pathivada Shashank    B220458EC)

    6. Deep Learning Based Classification of Arrythmia Using PPG Signals  (D.Apoorva    B220832EC,  G.Poojitha    B220296EC,  D.Sai Sudeepa    B220831EC,  D.Nikhil    B220259EC,  GV Kailash Nath    B210750EC)

    7.  Deep Learning Based Baby Cry Detection and Classification for Smart Infant Monitoring  (B230790EC  Althi Karthik,  B230486EC Patan Hurbanu Khanam,  B230505EC  Pudi Govardhan,  B231235EC Shaik Hadeesa, B230596EC Uggina Harshavardhan)

    8.  Design and Development of a Multiparameter Physiological Monitoring System Using PPG Signal ( B230548EC Sasubilli Venkata Sri Sai Manichandran, B230606EC Vathumilli Aravind,  B231318EC Vanjarapu Ranjith Kumar, B231344ECYaganti Venkata Rama Santhosh)

     

     

    Summer Internship -2025

    Name State Duration Topic
    Alluri Sivanji Tamil Nadu 1 month Detection of Atrial Fibrillation Using Frequency-Domain Enhanced PPG Signals via Deep Learning
    Asiya Jannah O.V Kerala 2 months Cuffless Continuous Blood Pressure Estimation using Photoplethysmography (PPG)
    Jacob Seenu Karnataka 1 month Study and Implementation of Basic Signal Processing and Machine Learning Algorithms
    Adhyayan Mahato Jharkhhand 2 months Deep Learning Based Respiratory Rate Measurement using PPG Signals
    Kumudini S Tamil Nadu 2 months Arrhythmia Detection from ECG Signals Using Convolutional Neural Networks
    Kavisha Sharma Gujarat 1 month
    Emotion Classification using Raw EEG Signals and Extracted Features with Deep Learning
     

     

    Summer Internship- 2026

    Sl. No Name of the intern Institute  Period of internship Topic
    1 Aditya Raj Bhushan Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, Tamil Nadu 17/05/2026 to 17/07/2026 EMG-Based Hand Gesture Recognition Using Machine Learning
    and Deep Learning Techniques
    2 Advait R Goverment Model Engineering College, Ernakulam, Keralam 18/05/2026 to 15/07/2026 Automatic Power Quality Disturbance Detection and Classification System
    3 Alan Cherian NSS College of Engineering Palakkad, Palakkad, Keralam 15/05/2026 to 15/07/2026 EMG-Based Hand Gesture Recognition Using Machine Learning
    and Deep Learning Techniques
    4 Anaranya Ghosh Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, Bhubaneswar, Odisha 12/05/2026 to 12/07/2026 EMG-Based Hand Gesture Recognition Using Machine Learning
    and Deep Learning Techniques
    5 Anugraha Jayakrishnan College Of Engineering Trivandrum, Thiruvananthapuram, Keralam 15/05/2026 to 12/07/2026 Arterial Stiffness Estimation Using PPG Signals
    6 C.V. Sai Sreeharshitha JNTUA College Of Engineering Pulivendula, Andhra Pradesh 07/05/2026 to 07/07/2026 Sleep Stage and Disorder Classification Using PPG Signals
    7 Dhandu Prathiha JNTU College of Engineering Pulivendula, Andhra Pradesh 07/05/2026 to 07/07/2026 ECG-Based Heart Rate Variability Analysis
    8 E Vismaya Government Engineering College Kozhikode, Kozhikode, Keralam 15/05/2026 to 15/07/2026 EMG-Based Hand Gesture Recognition Using Machine Learning
    and Deep Learning Techniques
    9 Eddala Teja JNTUA College Of Engineering Pulivendula, Andhra Pradesh 07/05/2026 to 07/07/2026 Sleep Stage and Disorder Classification Using PPG Signals
    10 Gowthami Kethari JNTUA College Of Engineering Pulivendula, Andhra Pradesh 07/05/2026 to 07/07/2026 Automatic Snoring Detection Using Respiratory Sound Signals
    11 Kenche Sudha Priya JNTUA College of Engineering Pulivendula, Andhra Pradesh 07/05/2026 to 07/07/2026 Automated Pineapple Disease Classification Using Deep Learning Models
    12 Lingutla Satwika JNTUA College of Engineering, Pulivendula, Andhra Pradesh 03/05/2026 to 26/06/2026 Automatic Snoring Detection Using Respiratory Sound Signals
    13 Mayur Jalan Birla Institute of Technology Off Campus Deoghar, Deoghar, Jharkhand 11/05/2026 to 11/07/2026 Automated Tomato Leaf Disease Detection
    Using Machine Learning and Deep Learning
    14 Palnati Hema Lakireddy Bali Reddy College of Engineering (LBRCE), Mylavaram, Andhra Pradesh 15/05/2026 to 14/07/2026 EMG-Based Hand Gesture Recognition Using Machine Learning
    and Deep Learning Techniques
    15 Rashi Jha Vellore Institute of Vellore, Vellore Campus, Tamil Nadu 14/05/2026 to 12/07/2026 Automatic Power Quality Disturbance Detection and Classification System
    16 Rudranshu Mishra Vellore Institute Of Technology , Vellore Campus, Tamil Nadu 14/05/2026 to 12/07/2026 Automatic Power Quality Disturbance Detection and Classification System
    17 Sai Pranav Sivalenka B V Raju Institute of Technology, Medak, Telangana 12/05/2026 to 10/07/2026 EMG-Based Hand Gesture Recognition Using Machine Learning
    and Deep Learning Techniques
    18 Sandipogu Harshitha JNTUA College of Engineering Pulivendula, Andhra Pradesh 07/05/2026 to 07/07/2026 ECG-Based Heart Rate Variability Analysis
    19 Shivamani Yama Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering and Technology, Hyderabad, Telangana 06/06/2026 to 07/07/2026 Pulse Rate Variability Analysis Using PPG Signals
    20 Surat Bhushan Dayalbagh Educational Institute, Dayalbagh, Agra, Uttar Pradesh 15/05/2026 to 12/07/2026 Automatic Power Quality Disturbance Detection and Classification System
    21 Tejovardhan Bandi Vignan's Lara Institute Technology And Science, Vadlamudi, Guntur District , Andhra Pradesh 23/05/2026 to 15/07/2026 Sleep Stage and Disorder Classification Using PPG Signals
    22 Unnikrishnan V S Sree Chithra Thirunal College of Engineering, Thiruvananthapuram, Keralam 15/05/2026 to 15/07/2026 Automated Rice Leaf Disease Detection Using Deep Learning and Transfer Learning
    23 Viswajith P College of Engineering Trivandrum , Trivandrum , Keralam 15/05/2026 to 15/06/2026 Pulse Rate Variability Analysis Using PPG Signals

     

    • Signal Processing (Denoising, Compression, Signal Quality Assessment and Feature Extraction
    • Energy-Efficient Strategies for IoT Enabled Health Monitoring
    • Artificial Intelligence Framework for Improving Diagnostic Accuracy and Reducing False Alarms
    • Compressed Sensing and Sparse Representation