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INFORMATION FOR PROSPECTIVE DOCTORAL STUDENTS AND POST-DOCTORAL RESEARCHERS

I am looking forward to work with prospective post-doctoral researchers and as a supervisor with prospective Ph.D. students who

1) are highly motivated and hard-working

2) have an interest in at least one of the following research areas - 

Image & Video Processing (Example Publication: https://doi.org/10.1109/TCSVT.2021.3113559), 

Computer Vision (Example Publication: https://doi.org/10.1109/TAI.2023.3278650), 

Deep Learning (Example Publication: https://openaccess.thecvf.com/content/CVPR2021/html/Kar_Zero-Shot_Single_Image_Restoration_Through_Controlled_Perturbation_of_Koschmieders_Model_CVPR_2021_paper.html)

3) have sufficient knowledge of relevant basics, such as probability and random processes, functional analysis, linear algebra, optimization, statistical machine learning, etc. 

4) have excellent coding (especially python) and technical paper writing skills

5) have the willingness to work in collaboration with others (you might be required to work with my Indian /foreign collaborators)

6) have a few quality publications in related areas (mandatory for prospective post-docs; not mandatory, but preferred for prospective Ph.D. students)

If you are interested to work in our research group, please apply for the PDF or Ph.D. program @ IIT-Kharagpur.

For Ph.D, go here:  https://www.iitkgp.ac.in/phd-admission .

Choose Electronics and Electrical Communication Engineering (E&ECE) as the department. If you are called (physically) for the selection process, you will have to provide 'Vision and Intelligent Systems (VIS)' as your preferred specialization among the options given. Selection for the interview is usually based on a written test, which assesses your knowledge in engineering mathematics and fundamentals of subjects related to the specialization. You may encounter a few GATE-type questions related to the basics of VIS specialization (like Probability and Random Processes, Signals & Systems) and may also be tested in coding skills, programming logic and analytical reasoning. While applying you may choose:

• "Ph.D with Individual Fellowship" option. This allows you to choose your supervisor (me!) and also the precise area of work. You also get a contingency fund and more. To avail this option you will have to secure the fellowship first. To my knowledge, some opportunities are:

  • Prime Minister's research fellowship (direct entry channel) - https://www.pmrf.in/guidelines

  • UGC-NET (Junior Research Fellowship) - https://ugcnet.nta.nic.in/information-bulletin/ [Subjects: Electronic Science, Computer Science and Applications]

  • Inspire Fellowship under Assured Opportunity for Research Careers (AORC) - https://online-inspire.gov.in/Account/INSPIREProgramme

• "Ph.D with Institute Assistantship" option can be readily availed. But you need to be absolutely clear in mentioning your preferred supervisor (me!) whenever it is asked for, before or/and after the acceptance to the department's Ph.D program. One can apply for the enhanced Prime Minister's research fellowship in the first year.

• "Ph.D through sponsored research projects" option can be availed if you are already a research fellow in a sponsored research project where your supervisor (me!) is one of the official investigators.

Alternatively,  choose The Centre for Excellence in Artificial Intelligence (CAI) as the department.  While applying the "Ph.D with Institute Assistantship" option must be chosen. If you are selected and if you wish, you may get the opportunity to work with me in collaboration with another eminent faculty member of our institute.

For PDF, please go here: https://www.iitkgp.ac.in/pdf. You must have a background in Electronics & Communication / Electrical / Computer Engineering for your application to be considered by our Electronics and Electrical Communication Engineering (E&ECE) department (and by me!). You can also consider individual post-doctoral funding from agencies such as SERB (https://serbonline.in/SERB/npdf) to avoid such restrictions.

You may inbox me your CV after submitting your  PhD / PDF application. 

*I do not provide any internships. So, please do not contact me for an internship.*