Technical Program Overview

The NCC 2026 technical program features specific talks and tutorials by renowned researchers and experts from academia and industry. The program includes comprehensive sessions covering the latest advancements in communications, signal processing, and networking.

Conference Schedule

26th February 2026
Time	Seminar Room - 2	Seminar Room - 1	Seminar Room - 3	Seminar Room - 5
9:00 AM-12:30 PM	Tutorial 1: Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces Debdeep Sarkar and Chandra R. Murthy, IISc, Bengaluru	Tutorial 2: Function-Correcting Codes B. Sundar Rajan, Indian Institute of Science	Tutorial 3: Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Jignesh S. Bhatt, IIIT Vadodara	Tutorial 4: AI/ML for 6G Wireless Communication Dr. Sudhan Majhi, IISc, Bangalore
12:30 PM-2:00 PM	LUNCH
2:00 PM-5:30 PM	Tutorial 5: Pinching-Antenna Systems (PASS) Zhiguo Ding and Dr. Vimal Bhatia, University of Manchester, UK; IIT Indore	Tutorial 6: Dynamic Spectrum Access Dr. Rahul Shrestha, IIT Mandi	Tutorial 7: Satellite System Simulation: Antennas, Scenarios, and Link Budget Aloob Thottassery and Chandra Amma Palanisamy, Mathworks	Tutorial 8: Non-Terrestrial Networks (NTNs) Prof. Vivek Ashok Bohara and Dr. Swaminathan Ramabadran, IIIT Delhi; IIT Indore

27th February 2026
Time	Auditorium - 1	Seminar Room - 2	Seminar Room - 1	Seminar Room - 3	Seminar Room - 5
9:00-9:30 AM	Opening ceremony
9:30-10:30 AM	Plenary Prof. Namrata Vaswani, Iowa State University Chair: Prof B S Rajan, IISc
10:30-11 AM	TEA BREAK
11:00 AM-12:45 PM	Invited Talks	Communication Track 1 5 papers	Network Track 1 5 papers	Image Processing Track 1 5 papers	Machine Learning for Communications Track 5 papers
12:45-2:15 PM	LUNCH
2:15-4:00 PM	Communication Track 2 5 papers	Coding Theory Track 6 papers	Sensing and Communication 4 papers	Signal Processing Track 1 5 papers	Biomedical Signal Processing Track 1 5 papers
4:00-4:30 PM	TEA BREAK
4:30-5:30 PM		Keynote Prof. Jayanthi Sivaswamy, IIIT Hyderabad Chair: Prof Sumohana Channappayya, IITH	Keynote Prof. Erol Gelenbe, IITIS-PAN Chair: Prof. Sibi Raj Pillai, IITB

28th February 2026
Time	Auditorium - 1	Seminar Room - 2	Seminar Room - 1	Seminar Room - 3	Seminar Room - 5
9:00-10:00 AM	Plenary Prof. Lajos Hanzo, University of Southampton Chair: Prof Adrish Banerjee, IITK
10:00-10:30 AM	TEA BREAK
10:30 AM-12:30 PM	Invited Talks	Quantum Track 5 papers	Performance Analysis of Wireless Systems Track 5 papers	Biomedical Signal Processing Track 2 5 papers	Speech Processing Track 1 5 papers
12:30-2:00 PM	LUNCH
2:00-4:00 PM	Beamforming and Wireless Power Transfer Track 4 papers	Image Processing Track 2 5 papers	Signal Processing Track 2 5 papers	Communication Track 3 5 papers	Antenna Track 1 4 papers
4:00-4:30 PM	TEA BREAK
4:30-5:30 PM	Panel 1: ISAC Moderator: Lajos Hanzo
7:00-10:00 PM	BANQUET DINNER

1st March 2026
Time	Auditorium - 1	Seminar Room - 2	Seminar Room - 1	Seminar Room - 3	Seminar Room - 5
9:00-10:00 AM	Plenary Prof. Francois Baccelli, INRIA Chair: Prof Ranjan K Mallik, IITD
10:00-10:30 AM	TEA BREAK
10:30 AM-12:30 PM	OFDM and Massive MIMO Track 5 papers	Biomedical Signal Processing Track 3 4 papers	Speech Processing Track 2 5 papers	RIS Track 5 papers	IoT Track 5 papers
12:30-2:00 PM	LUNCH
2:00-3:00 PM	Panel 2
3:00-3:15 PM	BREAK
3:15-5:00 PM		Optical Communication Track 4 papers	Network Track 2 5 papers	Antenna Track 2 5 papers
5:00-5:30 PM	TEA BREAK and CONFERENCE CLOSE