Rate My Professor Raj Parthiban

Professor Rajendran Parthiban serves as Professor and Deputy Dean (Education) in the Faculty of Engineering at Monash University, affiliated with the Department of Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering. He obtained his Bachelor of Engineering with first class honours in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the University of Melbourne in 1997 and his Doctor of Philosophy in optical networks, titled Modeling and Analysis of Optical Backbone Networks, from the same institution in 2004. Between 1998 and 2000, he worked at Akbar Brothers Pvt. Ltd. in Sri Lanka, where he computerized many company functions. In 2004, he joined the ARC Special Research Centre for Ultra-Broadband Information Networks (CUBIN) at the University of Melbourne to conduct research on new and cost-effective optical network architectures for future Internet traffic. Parthiban joined Monash University Malaysia as a lecturer in the School of Engineering in 2006. He progressed through significant leadership roles, including Chair of the Photonics, Semiconductor and Communications Technology Research Strength, Discipline Head of Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering from July 2009 to July 2010, Deputy Head of School (Education) of the School of Engineering from August 2010, and Deputy Head of School of the School of Information Technology from August 2014 to June 2021. He was a Professor at the School of Engineering until July 2022, then relocated to Monash University Australia as Associate Dean (Education) in the Faculty of Engineering in July 2022, advancing to his current role as Deputy Dean (Education).

His research specializations include optical networks, visible light communications, vehicular communications, Internet of Things, grid/cloud/fog computing, and engineering education. Parthiban has over 100 journal and conference publications, with key works such as LED Based Indoor Visible Light Communications: State of the Art (IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials, 2015), Evolution of WDM optical IP networks: A cost and energy perspective (Journal of Lightwave Technology, 2009), Laser-Diode-Based Visible Light Communication: Toward Gigabit Class Communication (IEEE Communications Magazine, 2017), and Dimming schemes for visible light communication: the state of research (IEEE Wireless Communications, 2015). He has obtained external research grants worth over A$800,000 and supervised eighteen PhD students and two Master's students to completion. Among his honors are multiple Pro-Vice Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence in Teaching (2007 sole winner, 2008, 2009, 2010), Research (2011, 2012), and Administration (2009, 2011) from Monash University Malaysia, as well as a Teaching Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning from the Australian Learning and Teaching Council in 2008. He holds memberships as a senior member of IEEE and Optica, and a member of Engineers Australia.