The “K. L. Thakral Best Paper Award of the IEEE International Symposium on Electronic Systems (IEEE – iSES)” has been established to commemorate the life of Dr. K L Thakral, founding chancellor of Oriental University Indore. He was also instrumental in establishing the IETE Sub Center at Indore.

The best paper will be awarded based on technical excellence. Other criteria such as innovation, contribution to the research community, technical originality, and clarity of writing will also be considered.

The award will include a cash prize of INR 5,000.

iSES 2021 – Best Paper Awards:

1) Title: Low Power Sorters Using Clock Gating
Authors: Preethi P and Mohan K g (Presidency University, Bangalore, India); Sudeendra kumar K (National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, India); Kamala Kanta Mahapatra (National Institute of Technology, India)

2) Title: VLSI Architecture of Sigmoid Activation Function for Rapid Prototyping of Machine Learning Applications
Authors: Binit Kumar Pandit (Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur, India); Ayan Banerjee (Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, India)

3) Title: An Automated MDD Detection System based on Machine Learning Methods in Smart Connected Healthcare
Authors: Geetanjali Sharma (Indraprastha University, India); Amit Joshi (Malviya National Institute of Technology, India); Emmanuel Shubhakar Pilli (Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur, India)

4) K L Thakral Best Paper Award
Title: A Novel System Architecture for Automated Field-Based Tent Systems for Controlled-Environment Agriculture
Authors: Dan Wagner, Arslan Munir and Mitchell L Neilsen (Kansas State University, USA)