Dr. Anand received his Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA in 2015, and M.Tech. degree (distinction) in Electronics Design and Technology from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, in 2008. From 2008 to 2010, he worked as an Analog Design Engineer at Cosmic Circuits (now Cadence), Bangalore. His research focuses on wireline communication, frequency synthesizers and energy harvesters with an emphasis on energy efficiency.
Dr. Anand is a recipient of 2014-15 IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society Predoctoral Achievement Award, the 2015 Broadcom Foundation University Research Competition Award (BFURC), the 2015 M. E. Van Valkenburg Graduate Research Award from the University of Illinois, the 2013 Analog Devices Outstanding Student Designer Award, and the 2009 CEDT Design (Gold) Medal from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India. Dr. Anand serves as a Technical Committee Member of Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC).
