Shiban received Bachelor of Engineering degree in Electrical Engineering from Regional Engineering College, Srinagar, Kashmir in 1977, Master of Technology degree in microwave engineering in 1979 and PhD degree in the same field in 1983 from the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, in India. He is currently an Honorary Professor at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. His research interests include RF MEMS, high frequency wireless communication, microwave engineering, microwave passive and active circuits, device modelling, millimetre and sub-millimetre wave IC design, body area networks, flexible and wearable electronics, medical applications of sub-terahertz waves, EMI/EMC suppression techniques and reconfigurable microwave circuits including miniaturized antennas.
He has successfully Completed 38 major sponsored projects, 52 consultancy projects and 61 technology development projects. He has authored/co-authored 630 research Papers, 23 state-of-the art books, 4 book chapters and 2 e-books. He holds 26 patents, 6 copyrights and one Trademark. He has guided 30 Ph.D. theses and more than 120 master’s theses.
Shiban is a Life Fellow of IEEE and Fellow of INAE and IETE. He is currently serving as the Chief Editor of IETE Journal of Research. From 2012 to 2014, he served as Distinguished Microwave Lecturer (DML) for IEEE MTT-S. Previously, he served as Speaker Bureau Lecturer for IEEE MTT-S. He is currently a Distinguished Lecturer (DL) of EMC society for 2 years (2024-2025). He participated in the Distinguished Microwave Instructor (DMI) workshop as a speaker in 2023 and in Intersociety Distinguished Instructor Workshop (DWI) as a speaker in 2024. In addition to serving as an AdCom member of the IEEE MTT Society from 2010 to 2018, he is currently a member of the Society’s Awards, Nominations & Appointments, Intersociety committee and Education Committees. Prior to this, he served for over a decade as regional coordinator for R-10. He is recipient of numerous awards including IEEE MTT Society Distinguished Educator Award -2014, Lifetime Achievement Award-2023 from the IETE, India and Lifetime Achievement Award -2024 from the BES, India.
