UTC Telecom & Technology 2019

Apurva Mody
Chairman and President
WhiteSpace Alliance


Dr. Apurva N. Mody is the Founding Chairman of the Whitespace Alliance. As the Chairman of the WSA, Dr. Mody is responsible for the Vision, Direction and Execution of the various activities that WSA undertakes. These include technical, standardization (e. g. Wi-FAR™, WSAConnect™), regulatory outreach, market and business development, and overall growth of the WSA. Dr. Mody is the CTO of the United States National Spectrum Consortium. He is also the Chairman of IEEE 802.22 Working Group (WG) on Wireless Regional Area Networks (www.ieee802.org/22). The IEEE 802.22 (Wi-FAR™) technologies adopted by the WSA is designed to provide cost-effective broadband internet access in rural areas and developing countries which includes smart grid and Internet of Things (IoT) applications. Under Dr. Mody s leadership, the IEEE 802.22 WG is the recipient of the IEEE SA Emerging Technology Award. Dr. Mody received his Ph. D. in Electrical Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology. He is a world recognized expert on Spectrum Sharing, Dynamic Spectrum Access and WhiteSpace Communications. Dr. Mody has been a key contributor to many pioneering technologies and invited speaker at Government and Commercial events including the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) and the United Nations (UN). Dr. Mody has published more than 50 conference, journal publications, book chapters and is an author of more than 20 US and international patents. Dr. Mody is the Senior Member of the IEEE, President’ s Fellow while at Georgia Tech, Member of Tau Beta Pi and Eta Kappa Nu Honor Societies. Dr. Mody has also received the IEEE-SA Medal for his pioneering work on Spectrum Sharing and White Spaces to alleviate the digital divide.

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