Dr. Bhogeswara Rao Angara is an Assistant Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Mahindra University École Centrale School of Engineering. He completed his Ph.D. at IIT Madras. Before pursuing his Ph.D., he worked as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering at SRKR Engineering College, Andhra Pradesh.

• Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Ocean Engineering, IIT-Madras from 2018 to 2023

• M.Tech. (EEE Department), Control and Instrumentation, Delhi Technological University, 2015.

• B.E. (Electronics and Communication Engineering), S.R.K.R Engineering College (Andhra University), Bhimavaram, 2011.

Publications

• Angara, B. R., Shanmugam, P., & Sandhani, C. G. (2025). Evaluation of underwater optical wireless communication in the visible spectral domain. Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, 345(October 2024), 109562. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jqsrt.2025.109562

• Agara, B. R., Palanisamy, S. P., Xianqiang, H., & Andhani, C. H. G. O. S. (2024). Impact of sea surface waves and bubbles on water-leaving reflectance using Monte Carlo simulations. 32(26), 46677–46697.
• Rao Angara, B., Shanmugam, P., & Ramachandran, H. (2024). Influence of sea surface waves and bubbles on the performance of underwater-to-air optical wireless communication system. Optics and Laser Technology, 174(January), 110652. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optlastec.2024.110652
• Angara, B. R., Shanmugam, P., Ramachandran, H., & Sandhani, C. G. (2024). Performance Assessment of Underwater-to-Air Optical Wireless Communication System With the Effect of Solar Noise and Sea Surface Conditions. IEEE Access, 12(May), 79652–79666. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2024.3409424

• Angara, B. R., Shanmugam, P., & Ramachandran, H. (2023). Underwater Wireless Optical Communication System Channel Modelling With Oceanic Bubbles and Water Constituents Under Different Wind Conditions. IEEE Photonics Journal, 15(2), 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1109/JPHOT.2023.3258500
• B.R. Angara, P. Shanmugam, and H. Ramachandran, (2023), “Modelling the Light Scattering Properties of an Air Bubble Near the Critical Scattering Angle Region” 6th International Conference in Ocean Engineering, RWTH University, Germany. (Presented)

• Angara, B. R., Shanmugam, P., & Ramachandran, H. (2021). Inversion of volume scattering function for estimation of bubble size distribution in ocean waters. IEEE Access, 9, 135069–135078. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3115253

• V G Hariharasudhan, Bhogeswara Rao A, Palanisamy Shunmugam, “Experimental study of critical angle peak shift in bubble volume scattering function for different sizes”, 6th Biennial Conference, Particles in Europe, PiE-2018, Lisbon, Portugal,14-17 October 2018, pp. 79-84 https://www.sequoiasci.com/article/pie-2018-conference-preview/

• Mr. Bhogeswara Rao Angara is an Assistant Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at École Centrale School of Engineering, Mahindra University. (October 2023 – Present)

• Assistant Professor, Electronics and Communication Engineering, S.R.K.R Engineering college, Bhimavaram (July. 2015 – Dec 2017)

• Assistant System Engineer-Trainee, Tata consultancy Services, Hyderabad (Oct. 2011 – Aug. 2012)

Areas of Interest:

• Underwater Optical Wireless Communications
• Satellite –subsea optical wireless communications
• Ocean Optics
• Optical properties and characterization of Ocean particle systems
• The propagation of OAM beams in underwater environments
• Optical Remote Sensing