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about the author
Lyla B. Das is Associate Professor, Department of Electronics Engineering, National Institute of
Technology Calicut (NITC), Kerala. She has a diverse mix of industrial, teaching and research experi-
ence spanning about 30 years. As a young graduate specializing in Electronics and Communications
from the College of Engineering, Trivandrum, Lyla B. Das joined Keltron Controls as Deputy
Engineer in 1981. She joined NITC (then Regional Engineering College, Calicut), as lecturer in 1985
and proceeded to complete her master’s degree in digital communications from the same college. Over
the years, she was successively elevated as Assistant Professor and then Associate Professor, a position
which she currently holds.
Keen to actively ...