Ishita Akhter

Academic Advisor
Trinity College, The University of Melbourne

Melbourne, VIC

Contact me for

  • Mentoring
  • Sitting on boards or committees
  • Conference presenting
  • Opportunities to collaborate

Biography

Ishita is currently an Academic Advisor at Trinity College of The University of Melbourne, and a sessional academic staff at the Faculty of Engineering & IT for the same. She recently obtained her PhD from the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the University of Melbourne. Her thesis is titled Optimisation of small-cell deployment and backhaul network planning and dimensioning. She previously also served as Leading Tutor (Engineering) and Unit Leader (Coding) at Ormond College in 2020. She is a dedicated academic who shares a passion for quality teaching and has completed multiple teaching qualifications from Melbourne University. Besides academia, she has keen interests on reading, cultural activities and socialising. She has keen interests on psychology, pigeon fancying, and aviation incidents. She is also a certified Mental Health First Aider.