Muralidhar Kulkarni received his B.E.(Electronics Engineering) degree from University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering, Bangalore University, Bangalore, M. Tech (Satellite Communication and Remote Sensing) from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur (IIT KGP) and PhD from JMI Central University, New Delhi in the area of Optical Communication networks. He has held the positions of Scientist in Instrumentation Division at the Central Power research Institute, Bangalore, Aeronautical Engineer in Avionics group of Design and Development team of Advanced Light Helicopter(ALH) project at Helicopter Design Bureau at Hindustan Aeronautics Limited(HAL),Bangalore, Lecturer (Electronics Engineering) at the Electrical Engineering Department of University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering, Bangalore and Assistant Professor in Electronics and Communication Engineering (ECE) Department at the Delhi College of Engineering (DCE), Delhi. He has served as Head, Department of Information Technology and Head, Computer Center at DCE , Govt. of National Capital territory of Delhi, Delhi. Currently, he is a Professor and HOD in the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering (ECE) Department, National Institute of Technology Karnataka (NITK), Surathkal, Karnataka, India.
Dr. Kulkarni‘s teaching and research interests are in the areas of Digital Communications, Fuzzy Digital Image Processing, Adhoc networks, Wireless Sensor networks and Optical Communication & Networks. He has published several research papers in the above areas, in national and international journals of repute. For various contributions his Biography has been listed in the Marquis, Who's Who in Science & Engineering (2008). He has also authored four very popular books in Microwave &Radar Engineering, Communication Systems, Digital Communications and Digital Signal Processing.