Dr. Sachin Chaudhari received his B.E.(Electronics) from Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology (VNIT), Nagpur, India in 2002; M.E.(Telecommunication) from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, India in 2004 and his D.Sc. (Tech) from Aalto University (formerly TKK), Finland in 2012. Between August 2004 and May 2007, he was with Esqube Communications, Bangalore, India, as a senior wireless communication engineer. During 2013-2014, he was a post-doctoral researcher at Aalto University. He joined the International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Hyderabad, India in Dec. 2014, where he is currently an Associate Professor.

Sachin's research interests are in the field of signal processing and machine learning for wireless communication and particularly, in the physical layer aspects of the internet of things (IoT), 5G, and cognitive radio. He is a senior IEEE member and the representative of IIITH to the Telecommunication Standards Development Society of India (TSDSI). He is the coordinator of the Center of Excellence on IoT for Smart Cities at IIITH, which is supported by the India-EU collaboration project, ETSI, and TSDSI. He is also actively involved in India's First Living Lab for Smart City Research at IIITH.