Faculty

Dr. Pooja Choudhary is an Assistant Professor in the School of Engineering and Technology at BML Munjal University, Gurugram. She earned her Ph.D. in Electronics and Communication Engineering from the Malaviya National Institute of Technology (MNIT), Jaipur, with fellowship from Sir Visvesvaraya Ph.D. Scheme sponsored by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India. She holds an M.Tech. in VLSI Design from Banasthali Vidyapith, where she carried out her dissertation at the IC Design Group, CSIR-CEERI, Pilani, and a B.E. (Hons.) in Electronics and Communication Engineering from the University of Rajasthan, Jaipur. She also holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Human Resource Management (PGDHRM) from Symbiosis Centre for Distance Learning (SCDL), Pune, and has qualified the UGC-NET in Electronic Sciences. She is an AWS Academy Educator. She has also been selected as a Mentor under the National Mission for Mentoring (NMM) by the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE), Ministry of Education, Government of India.

Dr. Choudhary has over 14 years of combined academic, research, and industry experience, including her tenure as a System Engineer at IBM India Pvt. Ltd. Her teaching and research expertise encompasses VLSI Design, Low-Power VLSI Design, Embedded Systems, Internet of Things (IoT), Edge Computing, Artificial Intelligence, and Approximate Computing.

Her research focuses on the design of energy-efficient digital hardware for IoT and edge computing applications, with particular emphasis on approximate arithmetic circuits, FPGA-based architectures, AI-enabled embedded systems, and smart sensing technologies. She has published research papers in reputed international journals and conferences published by IEEE, Springer, Elsevier, and other leading publishers. She also holds several granted and published patents in the domains of smart agriculture, IoT, healthcare, AI-enabled systems, and electronics manufacturing.

Dr. Choudhary has successfully supervised M.Tech. dissertations and has served as the Principal Investigator for a project funded by the MSME, GoI. She has also received BMU seed funding, and one of her research projects is supported by industry. In addition, she serves as a reviewer for reputed international journals and transactions, including those published by IEEE, Springer, and Elsevier. She is a member of IEEE, IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE), and the Institution of Engineers (India) [IE(I)]. Her research interests include VLSI Design, Approximate Computing, Embedded Systems, Internet of Things, and Edge AI.

She is committed to outcome-based education, experiential learning, innovation, entrepreneurship, and interdisciplinary research, with the goal of preparing students to address real-world engineering challenges through engaging teaching and meaningful mentorship.

• Graduation In: Electronics and Communication Engineering
• Graduation From: University of Rajasthan, Jaipur
• Graduation Year: 2008
• Graduation In: UGC NET Qualified
• Graduation From: Electronic Sciences
• Graduation Year: December 2015

• Post Graduation In: M. Tech VLSI Design (2011)
• Post Graduation From: Banasthali Vidyapeeth, Banasthali, Rajasthan
• Post Graduation Year: 2011
• Post Graduation In: PGD HRM (Grade-A)
• Post Graduation From: SCDL, Symbiosis, Pune, HRM
• Post Graduation Year: 2012

• Doctorate In: Electronics and Communication Engineering
• Doctorate From: Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur

• VLSI Design
• Embedded Systems
• Internet of Things
• Computer Architecture
• Power Electronics
• VLSI Test and Testability
• Low Power VLSI Circuits

• Approximate Circuits for Edge Computing
• Low-Power VLSI Design
• Internet of Things (IoT)
• Artificial Intelligence for Embedded Systems
• Digital Circuit Design
• Smart Agriculture and Precision Farming
• Hardware Accelerators and CORDIC Architectures
• FPGA-based System Design

1. P. Choudhary, L. Bhargava, “Designing of Approximate Multiplier Circuits for Data Processing Unit of IoT Devices.” SN Computer Science, Springer, 4, 506, 2023.
2. P. Choudhary, L. Bhargava, M. Fujita, and V. Singh, “LUT-Based Arithmetic Circuit Approximation with Formal Guarantee on Worst Case Relative Error.” In 24 th IEEE Latin- American Test Symposium LATS 2023, Veracruz, Mexico, March 21-24, 2023, pp. 1-2.
3. P. Choudhary, L. Bhargava, and V. Singh, “Approximate Adder Circuits: A Comparative Analysis and Evaluation.” In Proceedings of the International Conference on Paradigms of Computing, Communication and Data Sciences: PCCDS 2022, pp. 519-533. Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore, 2023.
4. P. Choudhary, L. Bhargava, M. Fujita, and V. Singh, “Synthesis of LUT Based Approximating Adder Circuits with Formal Error Guarantees.” Communications in Computer and Information Science, In VLSI Design and Test: 26th International Symposium, VDAT 2022, Jammu, India, July 17–19, 2022, Revised Selected Papers, pp. 435-449. Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland, 2022.
5. P. Choudhary, L. Bhargava, M. Fujita, V. Singh, “Approximating Arithmetic Circuits for IoT Devices Data Processing.” Elsevier: Computers & Industrial Engineering (CAIE), vol. 174, p. 108792, 2022.
6. P. Choudhary, L. Bhargava, V. Singh, “Approximate Computing: Evolutionary Methods for Functional Approximation of Digital Circuits.” Materials Today: Proceedings, vol. 66, pp. 3487-3492, 2022
7. Janu, Neha, Sunita Gupta, Meenakshi Nawal, and Pooja Choudhary. “Query-based image retrieval using SVM.” In International conference on emerging technologies in computer engineering, pp. 529-539. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2022.
8. Choudhary, M., Bhargava, L. and Periasamy, C., Effect of dielectric thickness on MgZnO Thin Film Transistor characteristics. Materials Today: Proceedings, 66, pp.3559-3562.2022.
9. P. Choudhary, L. Bhargava, M. Choudhary, and S. Singh, “An Era of Internet of Things Leads to Smart Cities Initiatives Towards Urbanization.” Digital Cities Roadmap: IoT-Based Architecture and Sustainable Buildings, pp. 319-350, 2021
10. P. Choudhary, L. Bhargava, V. Singh, M. Choudhary, and A. kumar Suhag, “A survey –Energy harvesting sources and techniques for internet of things devices.” Materials Today: Proceedings, vol. 30, pp. 52-56, 2020.
11. Agarwal, K.K., Choudhary, P., Jangid, H.K. and Kasera, A., 2017. Design and implementation of reversible carry look ahead adder and array multiplier. Int J Adv Res Basic Eng Sci Technol (IJARBEST), 3, pp.2456-5717. 2017.
12. Pooja Choudhary, Karmakar, Abhijit. “CORDIC Based Implementation of Fast Fourier Transform.” In 2011 2nd International Conference on Computer and Communication Technology (ICCCT-2011). 2011.

PATENTS:

1. Pooja Choudhry, Kiran Rathi, “A Device For Soldering Electronic Components By Reflow Soldering Technique and the Process Thereof”, Patent No.: 550865. Patent Granted on 24/09/2024
2. Pooja Choudhary, Ankit Agarwal, Praveen Kumar Jain, “Animal Health Monitoring System and Method” Application No.: 202311032112A, published and under examination from 28/7/2023.
3. Pooja Choudhary, Ankit Agarwal, Praveen Kumar Jain, Satendra Singh, “A Smart Irrigation System for Monitoring and Controlling Soil Quality and Environmental Parameters”, Application No.: 202311032570A, published and under examination from 28/7/2023.
4. Praveen Kumar Jain, Pooja Choudhry, Ankit Agarwal, Satendra Singh, Rukhsar Zafar, Swati Arora, Ankur Saharia, Neha Janu, Manju Choudhary, Pooja Jain , “Internet of Things (IoT) sensors-based system for child monitoring & method Thereof”, Patent No.: 2021104782. Patent Granted on 22/9/2021.
5. Durachman, Yusuf ; Binoj, J. S. ; Deshmukh, Radhika Gautamkumar ; Totewad, Narayan Dattatraya ; Agarwal, Ankit ; Choudhary, Pooja ; Jain, Praveen Kumar ; Singh, Satendra Isankar, Ram D.:Waghmare, Siddharth Anandrao, “Development of Smart Powering Technique Using AI Based Solar Tracking System”, Patent No.: 2021100736. Patent Granted on 07/4/2021.
6. Sharma, A. K. ; Upreti, Kamal ; Srivastava, Sanjay ; Vargis, Binu Kuriakose ; Singh, Jaspreet ; Choudhary, Pooja ; Kumar,Nishant; Jain, Praveen Kumar; Jain, Rituraj; Pandey, Bipin “Intelligent Robotic System to Automate Swab Test to Detect Covid-19 Disease”, Patent No.: 2021100596. Patent Granted on 31/3/2021
7. A. Iqbal, A. K. Suhag, A. Bhardwaj, P. Choudhary, “CNN Based Vowel Identification Using Four Channel EEG Datasets.” 2025 1st International Conference on AIML-Applications for Engineering & Technology (ICAET), Pune, India, 2025, pp. 1–6. doi: 10.1109/ICAET63349.2025.10932161.
8. P. Choudhary, A. Agrawal, S. Sharma, “Solid-State and AI-Driven Advances in EV Battery Ecosystems: Road to 2030.” 2025 IEEE 4th International Conference on Smart Technologies for Power, Energy and Control (STPEC), Goa, India, 2025, pp. 1–6. doi: 10.1109/STPEC66316.2025.11490757.
9. P. Choudhary, A. Tripathi, S. Sharma, S. Mahajan, “Efficient FPGA Implementation of the CORDIC Algorithm Using Approximate Adders.” 2025 5th International Conference on Electrical, Computer and Energy Technologies (ICECET), Paris, France, 2025, pp. 1–6. doi: 10.1109/ICECET63943.2025.11472505.
10. M. Jain, P. Choudhary, P. Dadheech, “HDL-Based 16-Point Fixed-Point FFT Processor with Dynamic Scaling for Numerically Robust Hardware Implementation.” 2026 13th International Conference on Computing for Sustainable Global Development (INDIACom), New Delhi, India, 2026, pp. 1–5. doi: 10.23919/INDIACom70271.2026.11525822.

• Lifetime Associate Member, Institution of Engineers (India)
• Member, IEEE and IEEE Women in Engineering

Professional Distinct

• Received grant of 15 lac for Project by MSME, GoI, July 2022.
• Received grant of 1Cr for developing Plant and Machinery by MSME, GoI.
• Received Application Award from SKIT M&G, Jaipur for publishing high quality research papers 2021-22, 2022-23 and 2023-24.
•  Fellowship for PhD. Under Visvesvaraya Ph.D Scheme, Meity, Govt. of India
•  Felicitated by MSME, Rajasthan on IP Yatra Day for project work under MSME.
• Successfully completed various courses on recent topics and subjects introduced by NPTEL SWAYAM.
• Received Certificate of Appreciation under Best performing Mentor for NPTEL Online Certification Course.
• Awarded by AICTE and Texas Instruments Award for MOOC course on Embedded Systems Design using MSP 430 and received 12 kits of Luchbox MSP430.
• Received DST funding to organize workshops on IPR, AI & IoT.
• Qualified CSIR-UGC NET 2015.
• Got Scholarship during M.Tech dissertation from CEERI, Pilani.
• Got II position in Merit in the M.Tech, Banasthali university.
• Mentor under the National Mission for Mentoring (NMM) by the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE), Ministry of Education, Government of India.
• Technical Mentor under the Entrepreneur-in-Residence (EiR) Cohort–2 Program at ACIC BMU Foundation.
• AWS Academy Educator
• SPOC – Chip to Startup (C2S) Programme, MeitY, Government of India

Project Funded

1. Proposal accepted for Plant and Machinery at SKIT, Jaipur, funding agency: MSME, Govt. of India, Amount sanctioned: 1 Cr. Date: 30/3/2023.
2. Project: IoT-AI based Smart Irrigation System, funded by MSME, Govt. of India, Amount Sanctioned: 15 Lakh. Date: 22/7/2022. Project Idea Proposal approved during 2nd PMAC Meeting of MSME Innovative Scheme & Announced by Hon’ble Prime Minister on the occasion of International MSME Day at Vigyan Bhawan on 30th June, 2022.
3. Project: Reflow Soldering Machine, funded by Dept. of ECE, SKIT M&G, Jaipur.
4. Project titled: “Smart Fertigation System” funded under BMU Seed Funding. Amount Scanctioned: 5 Lakh.
5. Industry Consultancy Project titled “Smart Dashboard-Based Process Logging and Quantity Verification for Spring Manufacturing” funded by COVENTRY COIL-O-MATIC, sanctioned Amount 1 Lakh
6. Mentoring Helektron.AI incubated under the ACIC-BMU EiR Cohort-2 program.
7. Designed and Developed IoT Trainer Kit.