Dr. Gaurav Kumar Pandey received his M.Tech. degree in Communication Engineering from the National Institute of Technology Nagaland, India, in 2018 and his Ph.D. from the National Institute of Technology Silchar, India, in November 2025. His research focuses on secure and energy-efficient wireless communications in non-terrestrial networks, UAV-enabled communication frameworks, RF energy harvesting, reconfigurable intelligent surfaces, physical layer security, and optimization techniques. His work has led to high-impact contributions, including a comprehensive survey in IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials and publications in IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology and IEEE Internet of Things Journal. He is a recipient of a GATE fellowship and is actively engaged as a reviewer for top IEEE journals, including IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, IEEE Communications Letters, and IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, as well as for over 20 international conferences.

Research interests:

• UAV Communications
• Physical Layer Security
• Optimization techniques
• Machine Learning