The Department of Networking and Communications, School of Computing of SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, India is conducting the first edition of International Conference on Networking and communications (ICNWC 2026) on 6th – 8th April 2026.
In today’s world everything has become networked and all objects are well connected for exchange of data and controlling them using networking technologies. Now with the current development in Internet of things, Edge/Fog computing, communication technologies, this conference will act as a major forum for the presentation of innovative ideas, approaches, developments, and research projects in the area of Networking and Communications Technologies.
Important Dates
| Date | |
| Submission of Abstract | 25th January, 2026 |
| Submission of Full Paper | 31st January, 2026 |
| Authors Notification | 25th February, 2026 |
| Final Manuscript Due | 04th March, 2026 |
Registration Fee
| Indian Author | Non- IEEE members(₹) | IEEE members(₹) |
| Student ( UG / PG / Research Scholar) | 5000 | 4000 |
| Faculty / Academician | 6000 | 5000 |
| Corporate Sector / Others | 9000 | 7000 |
| Foreign Author | Non- IEEE members($) | IEEE members($) |
| Academic / Research Scholar / Corporate Sector | 230 | 180 |
Paper Submission
Authors are invited to submit the papers through icnwc.2026@srmist.edu.in by 31st January 2026. Submissions must be original and should not have been published previously or be under consideration for publication while being evaluated for this conference.
Accepted papers will be submitted for inclusion into IEEE Xplore subject to meeting IEEE Xplore’s scope and quality requirements.
Paper submission through icnwc.2026@srmist.edu.in
Members
CHIEF PATRONS
PATRONS
ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS
ADVISORY COMMITTEE
CONFERENCE CHAIR
GENERAL CHAIR
CONVENER
CO-CONVENERS
ADVISORY COMMITTEE
TECHNICAL COMMITTEE
CHIEF PATRONS
- Dr. T. R. Paarivendhar, Chancellor, SRMIST
- Dr. P. Ravi Pachamoothoo, Pro-Chancellor (Administration), SRMIST
- Dr. P. Sathyanarayanan, Pro-Chancellor (Academics), SRMIST
- Dr. R. Shivakumar, Vice President, SRMIST
PATRONS
- Dr. C. Muthamizhchelvan, Vice Chancellor, SRMIST
- Dr. S. Ponnusamy, Registrar, SRMIST
- Dr. Leenus Jesu Martin, Dean (CET), SRMIST
- Dr. B. Neppolian, Dean (Research), SRMIST
ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS
- Dr. Revathi Venkataraman, Professor & Chairperson, School of Computing, SRMIST.
- Dr. C. Lakshmi, Professor & Associate Chair, School of Computing, SRMIST.
- Dr. M. Pushpalatha, Professor & Associate Chair, School of Computing, SRMIST.
- Dr. M. Lakshmi, Professor & Head, Networking and Communications, SRMIST
- Dr. R. Annie Uthra, Professor & Head, Computational Intelligence, SRMIST
- Dr. G. Niranjana, Professor & Head, Professor & Head, Computing Technologies, SRMIST
- Dr.V.Kavitha, Professor & Head, Data Science and Business Systems, SRMIST.
ADVISORY COMMITTEE
- Dr. K. Porkumaran, Chairman, IEEE Madras Section.
- Dr. P. Sakthivel, Vice Chairman-Academics, IEEE Madras Section.
- Dr. R. Hariprakash, Secretary, IEEE Madras Section.
- Dr. S. Radha, Treasurer, IEEE Madras Section.
- Dr. D. Devaraj, Sr.Professor, Department of EEE, School of Electronics & Electrical Technology,Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education, Krishnankoil.
- Dr. S. Brindha, Professor, Department of ECE, Sri Sairam Engineering College, Chennai.
- Dr. PitPichappan, Senior Scientist, Digital Information Research Labs, Chennai.
- Dr. Wilfred Blessing N.R, Department of IT, College of Computing & Information Sciences, University of Technology and Applied Sciences, Ibri, Oman.
- Dr. Shabnam Mohamed Aslam, Department of Information Technology, College of Computer and Information Sciences, Majmaah University, Saudi Arabia.
- Dr. Lim Tien Sze, Associate Professor, Faculty of Engineering and Technology (FET),Multimedia University, Melaka.
- Dr. Valentina E. Balas, Professor of Automation and Applied Informatics, AurelVlaicu University of Arad, ROMANIA, Canada.
- Dr. JeyrajSelvaraj, Associate Professor, UMPEDAC, University Malaya.
- Dr.RamaSamy Naidu, King Faisal University, Government University under Ministry of Education, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
CONFERENCE CHAIR
- Dr.M.Lakshmi, Professor & Head, Networking and Communications, SRMIST
GENERAL CHAIR
Dr. K. Porkumaran, Chairman, IEEE Madras Section Principal, Sri Sairam Engineering College.
CONVENER
Dr. M. Thenmozhi, Professor, NWC, SRMIST
CO-CONVENERS
Dr.N.Krishnaraj, Professor, NWC, SRMIST
ADVISORY COMMITTEE
- Dr. P. Sakthivel, Vice Chairman-Academics, IEEE Madras Section.
- Dr. R. Hariprakash, Secretary, IEEE Madras Section.
- Dr. S. Radha, Treasurer, IEEE Madras Section.
- Dr. D. Devaraj, Sr.Professor, Department of EEE, School of Electronics & Electrical Technology,Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education, Krishnankoil.
- Dr. S. Brindha, Professor, Department of ECE, Sri Sairam Engineering College, Chennai.
- Dr. PitPichappan, Senior Scientist, Digital Information Research Labs, Chennai.
- Dr. Wilfred Blessing N.R, Department of IT, College of Computing & Information Sciences, University of Technology and Applied Sciences, Ibri, Oman.
- Dr. Shabnam Mohamed Aslam, Department of Information Technology, College of Computer and Information Sciences, Majmaah University, Saudi Arabia.
- Dr.Lim Tien Sze, Associate Professor, Faculty of Engineering and Technology (FET),Multimedia University, Melaka.
- Dr. Valentina E. Balas, Professor of Automation and Applied Informatics, AurelVlaicu University of Arad, ROMANIA, Canada.
- Dr. JeyrajSelvaraj, Associate Professor, UMPEDAC, University Malaya.
- Dr. RamaSamy Naidu, King Faisal University, Government University under Ministry of Education, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
TECHNICAL COMMITTEE
- Dr. Ganesan, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Oakland University, Rochester, MI 48309,USA.
- Dr. Priyadarshini Nanda, Senior Lecturer at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Australia.
- Dr. AnisSalwaMohdKhairuddin, Senior Lecturer, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Malaya, Malyasia.
- Dr. Abhishek Srivastava, Professor, Department of CSE, IIT Indore.
- Dr. M. D. Selvaraj, Professor, Department of ECE, IIITDM, Chennai, Tamilnadu.
- Dr. Madan Kumar Lakshmanan, Senior Scientist, Central Electronics Engineering Research Institute, CSIR, Chennai, Tamilnadu.
- Dr. VijayAnand, Assoc.Professor, Dept of IT, Government Engineering College, Barton Hill, Thiruvananthapuram.
- Dr. Kishore, Assoc.Professor, Department of ECE, SSN Engineering College, Chennai, Tamilnadu.
- Dr. Sasireka, Assoc.Professor, Department of Information Technology, SSN Engineering College, Chennai, Tamilnadu.
- Dr. A. Kandasamy, Professor, Department of Mathematical and computational Sciences, NIT Surathkal, Mangalore, Karnataka.
- Dr. Edna Elizabeth, Professor, Department of ECE, SSN engineering College, Chennai, Tamilnadu.
- Dr. K. Vivekanandan, Professor, Department of CSE, Puducherry Technological University, Puducherry.
- Dr. M. VenkatKirthiga, Assoc.Professor, Department of EEE, NIT Trichy, Tamilnadu.
- Dr.JohnBlesswin, Professor, Department of Computer Engineering, D.Y.Patil Institute of Technology, Pune.
- Dr. MarySairaBanu, Professor, NIT Trichy,Tamilnadu.
- Dr. M. Veeramanikandan, Data Scientist and Senior Consultant, EXL Technologies, Bangalore.
- Mr. VijayAnand, Chief IoT Architect, Capgemini, Chennai, Tamilnadu.
- Dr. Madan Kumar Srinivasan, Associate Vice President & Lead – Cloud Analytics and Patents, Accenture Innovation Hub, Accenture.
- Dr. C. N. Pushpa, Assoc. Professor, CSE, University Visveswaraya College of Engineering, Bangalore.
- Dr. R. Niruban, Professor, Department of EEE, Anna University (BIT Campus), Tiruchirappalli.
- Dr. C. R.Rene Robin, Professor & Dean (Innovation), Sai Ram Group of Institutions, Chennai.
- Dr. B. Surendiran, Associate Professor, Dept of CSE, National Institute of Technology Puducherry, Thiruvettakudy, Karaikal.
- Dr. N. Susila, Professor and Head, Department of Information Technology, Sri Krishna College of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore.
- Dr. B. Muthu Kumar, Professor, School of Computing, and Information Technology, REVA University, Bengaluru.
- Dr. JitendraPrajapati, Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, SoE, Shiv Nadar University, Uttar Pradesh.
- Dr. MadhurDeoUpadhayay, Associate Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, SoE, Shiv Nadar University, Uttar Pradesh.
- Dr. JigyasaBisaria, Chairperson, Geoinformatics, IIFM, Bhopal.
- Dr. G. Nagarajan, Professor (ECE) & Director (Accreditation and Academic Rankings), Puducherry Technological University, Puducherry.
- Dr. M. Islabudeen, Associate Professor, Department of CSE, Presidency University, Bengaluru.
- Dr. Sivaraman Eswaran, Senior Lecturer, Computing (Cyber Security), Curtin University Malaysia.
Conference Topics
Topics of Interest include, but are not limited to
- 5G and beyond networks
- Big data and machine learning for networks
- Cellular networks
- Cloud computing/mobile cloud computing
- Challenged Environments (underwater, underground)
- Cross-layer optimization and control
- Crowdsourcing
- CubeSats
- Cyber-physical systems
- Datacenter networking
- Dynamic spectrum sharing
- Energy efficiency in networks
- Edge and fog computing / networking
- Fault tolerance, reliability and survivability
- Information security and privacy
- Information-centric networking
- Interference management and mitigation
- Internet of Things
- Localization and location-based services
- Medium access control
- Mobile sensing and applications
- Mobility management and models
- Multimedia networking
- Network security and privacy
- Network virtualization
- Optical networks
- Overlay and peer-to-peer networks
- Quality-of-service and resource management
- Smart grid applications
- Social computing and networks
- Software-defined networking
- Vehicular networks
- Web applications and content distribution
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