
Vikrant Singh
Academic and research departments
Institute for Communication Systems, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering.Biography
Mr Singh is working as a Post Graduate Researcher at the Institute for Communication Systems, Home of the 5G Innovation Centre. He earned his Bachelor's degree from Pune University in 2008 in Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering and his Master's degree from the University of Surrey in 2019 in Electronics Engineering.
He has a decade of Industry experience in the field of Mobile Communications and has done extensive work in Huawei RAN and HetNet feature trials. He is a Huawei Certified Network Professional (HCNP) for LTE Networks. He has held several senior positions, including Chief Technical Support (TS), in various modernization projects in Huawei. During his tenure in Huawei, he played a crucial role in the successful delivery of two complex and pilot HetNet projects (6-sector deployment and U900 deployment using 3.8MHz bandwidth). He has also worked in Huawei Central Network Analysis & Core Team-India (CNAC) along with Huawei R&D team for RAN 15/16 feature trials and network-wide implementation during which he played a key role in the deployment of one of India’s first DC-HSDPA Network for Bharti Airtel-Chennai. He has also received several awards while working in the industry, some of them are; Huawei Future Star award, Huawei Star Performer award, Best Radio Network Optimizer award etc.