Tharaj Thaj received the B.Tech. degree in electronics and communication engineering from the National Institute of Technology, Calicut, India, in 2012, and the MTech. degree in telecommunication systems engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India in 2015. He is currently working toward a Ph.D. degree with the Department of Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering, Monash University, Australia. From 2012 to 2013, he was with Verizon Data Services India, Chennai, as a Software Engineer, focusing on network layer routing algorithms and protocols. From 2015 to 2017, he worked as a Senior Engineer with the Communication, Navigation and Surveillance (CNS) Department of Honeywell Technology Solutions Lab, Bengaluru. His current research interests include physical layer design and implementation of wireless communication systems for next-generation wireless networks.