Research Interests

The NEST Lab focuses on research in intelligent systems enabling network technologies, services, and applications, including Internet of Things, Edge-Cloud Continuum, 5G and Beyond, Software-Defined Networking, Edge/Fog Networks, Ad-hoc Networks, Wireless Sensor Networks, and Game-Theoretic and Machine-Learning Applications.

The lab primarily focuses on simulation, analytical, and other experimental-based research.



NEST Research Group

Research Projects
Title Sponsoring Agency Role Period
Design and Development of an IoT-Enabled Artificial Intelligence-based Smart Financial Framework for Automatic Medical Insurance Risk Assessment IIT Bhilai Innovation and Technology Foundation Co-Principal Investigator 2025-2027
iHealth: IoT-Enabled Ancillary Support for Rural Health-Center IITI DRISHTI CPS Foundation Principal Investigator 2025-2026
Development of Real-Time Smart Traffic Management System for Urban, Rural, and Highways of Indore IIT Indore Principal Investigator 2024-2025
Application for Proof of Concept (POC) - Monitoring Agricultural Fields Using IoT-Enabled Drones Project SwaYaan - Capacity Building in Drone/UAS, C-DAC Hyderabad Co-Principal Investigator 2023-2024
Enabling Edge Computing for Software-Defined Internet of Everything (SD-IOE) IIT Indore Principal Investigator 2022-2024
DIStributed and Trustworthy Edge-Cloud architecture for future 6G-enabled Healthcare (DISTECH-6G) Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture Principal Investigator
(Indian Side)		 2022-2023