Tributes to IEEE Applied Electromagnetic Conference, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India, 18—20 December 2013 [Conference Report]

September/October 2014 Iattended the fourth IEEE Applied Elec t romag net ic Con ference (AEMC) 2013, which was organized by the IEEE Antennas and Propagation (AP) and IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques (MTT) Chapter of the IEEE Kolkata Section and hosted by Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT), Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. The biennial AEMC was held in 2007, 2009, and 2011 in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. AMEC 2013 was the first time it was held outside Kolkata, in the historic and beautiful capital city of Odisha. The general chair was Prof. Rabin Mishra, Berhampur University, the local organizing chair was Prof. A.K. Sen, and the treasurer was Prof. S. Sahu, KIIT. The unique aspect of the conference was the presence of dignitaries from both the IEEE and KIIT. Prof. Raj Mittra was the honorary chair. He tirelessly patronized the conference from the beginning to the end, attending almost every session. Prof. Madhu Gupta, then president of IEEE MTT Society, delivered the keynote speech “Indian Nobel Laureate in Physics Dr. C.V. Raman.” Prof. Gupta, with his usual pedagogical presentation style, highlighted Raman’s biography, his contributions in optics in the beginning of 20th century, and the modern applications of his contributions to optics. The reception ceremony and cultural program, followed by an open-sky moonlit dinner, were held in the central auditorium of KIIT and Campus 9, respectively, on 18 December. The founder of KIIT and KISS, Dr. A. Samanta, hosted us with great joy and humility. Two bonfires were led by Prof. Mittra and Prof. Gupta in the open garden of Campus 9. The openarea dinner in the moonlit night, with students, dignitaries, and delegates from India, the United States, Australia, Canada, and many other countries, made a festive session. Following the dinner, we came back to our hotels at around 11:00 p.m. The famous Odissi dance was the main attraction of the reception night. The next AEMC 2015, to be held in the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati, Assam, India, was announced by the host, Prof. Ratnjit Bhattacharya, IIT Guwahati. The second day of the conference was full of very interesting oral sessions and a poster session after lunch. Two best paper awards were offered to Neeraj Kumar, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, for his paper, “Jacobi-Davids, on Iteration Tributes to IEEE Applied Electromagnetic Conference, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India, 18–20 December 2013