Man cannot discover new oceans until he has courage to lose sight of the shore - Anon 

Dr. Sanjay Singh

Principal Scientist and Group Head, 

Advanced Information Technologies Group

CSIR – Central Electronics Engineering Research Institute (CSIR-CEERI)

(Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Govt. of India)

Pilani – 333031, Rajasthan, India.

Phone No.: +91-9887435675(M)+91-1596-252214(O) / +91-1596-242294(F)

Email: sanjay.csirceeri@gmail.com / sanjay@ceeri.res.in 

Areas of Research Interest

• Algorithms: Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence

• System Design: VLSI based Hardware Accelerators, Prototyping with FPGAs

• Design Methodologies: Embedded Implementations using GPUs, CPUs, and FPGAs

Professional Career

Scientific Leadership/ Managerial Responsibilities 

• July 27, 2022  – Present: Group Head, Advanced Information Technologies Group, CSIR-CEERI 

• July 27, 2022  – Present: Nodal Scientist, Institute IT Cell Activities, CSIR-CEERI 

• May 23, 2022 – March 31, 2025: Mission Project Coordinator, CSIR Mission Mode Project on "AI-enabled Technologies and Systems (AITS)" 

(Total Project Activities: 18; Total Project Budget: 2348.70 Lakhs; Number of Participating CSIR Labs: 15) 

• March 2020 -  February 2023: Chief Investigator, MeitY Funded Mutli-institutional Project "Resource Constrained AI"  

(Leading Institute: CSIR-CEERI, Participating Institutes: IIT Indore, IIT Jodhpur, and IIIT Allahabad)

• October 2020 – Present: Sub-theme Vertical Nodal Scientist, Digital Health and Digital Diagnostics Sub-theme Vertical, CSIR Healthcare (HCT) Theme 

• April 2021 – Present: Sub-vertical Nodal Scientist, CSIR Societal Portal for Digital Health and Digital Diagnostics Sub-vertical

• June 03, 2019 – August 10, 2020: Group Head, Cognitive Computing Group, CSIR-CEERI 

• December 2021 –  Present: Coordinator, Implementation of Automated Employee Attendance Management System in the Institute, CSIR-CEERI 

Research

• Sept. 23, 2018 – Present: Principal Scientist, Advanced Information Technologies Group / Cognitive Computing Group, CSIR-CEERI, Pilani, India

• Sept. 23, 2014 – Sept. 22, 2018: Senior Scientist, Cognitive Computing Group / IC Design Group, CSIR-CEERI, Pilani, India

• Sept. 23, 2011 – Sept. 22, 2014: Scientist, IC Design Group, CSIR-CEERI, Pilani, India

• Feb. 03, 2009 – Sept. 22, 2011: Scientist Fellow, IC Design Group, CSIR-CEERI, Pilani, India

• Nov. 14, 2007 – Feb. 02, 2009: Project Fellow, IC Design Group, CSIR-CEERI, Pilani, India

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• Sept. 01, 2022 – Sept. 16, 2022: Visiting Researcher, School of Information and Data Sciences, Nagasaki University, Japan

• Sept. 02, 2019 – Sept. 18, 2019: Visiting Researcher, Digital Monozukuri (Manufacturing) Education Research Centre, Hiroshima University, Japan

• June 11, 2017 – July 01, 2017: Visiting Researcher, High Speed Computer Vision and Robotics Laboratory, Hiroshima University, Japan

Teaching

• Feb. 15, 2021 – Present: Associate Professor, Engineering Sciences, Academy of Scientific & Innovative Research (AcSIR), India

• March 10, 2014 – Feb. 14, 2021: Assistant Professor, Engineering Sciences, Academy of Scientific & Innovative Research (AcSIR), India

• Dec. 18, 2017 – March 14, 2018: Designated Associate Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Hiroshima University, Japan

Administrative Responsibilities 

@ CSIR/CSIR-CEERI

• Member, Standing Publications, Ethics and Scientific Vigilance Committee (SEC), CSIR-CEERI [February 14, 2023 – Present]

• Member, Equipment Prioritization Committee, CSIR-CEERI [April 2023 – Present]

• Member, Safety Committee, CSIR-CEERI [April 2023 – Present]

• Member, Manpower Development Committee, CSIR-CEERI [April 2023 – Present]

• Member, Budget Monitoring Committee, CSIR-CEERI [July 2022 – Present].

• Member, Scientific Investigation Board (SIB), CSIR-CEERI [2021 – Present]

• Member, Technical & Purchase Committee/ Purchase Committee / Stores & Purchase Committee, CSIR-CEERI [June 2015 – Present]

• Member of Various Technical Sub Committees Related to Purchase [2017 - Present]

• Member, JRF/SRF/RA/Project Staff Selection/Extension Committees, CSIR-CEERI [2014 - Present]

• Member, Computer/IT/Network Committee, CSIR-CEERI [April 2019 – March 2023]

• Member,  Fact Finding Committees [2013, 2020, 2021, 2022 ]

• Member, Core Team for CSIR Societal Portal [ 2021-2022]

• Member, Screening Committee for Administrative Posts Recruitment at CSIR-CEERI [2022 - 2023]

• Member, Screening Committee for Technical Assistant and Technician Recruitment at CSIR-CEERI [2022]

• Member, Committee for Assessment of Work of Bill Section, CSIR-CEERI [2022]

• Member, Allotment Committee, CSIR-CEERI [April 2019 – March 2021]

• Committee Member for Evaluation of AI Enabled COVID-19 Detection Technology using Chest X-ray, submitted to ICMR by different Industries and Institutes [2021]

• Core Committee Member for Preparing and Updating CSIR-CEERI Roadmap Document (Available in Electronic and Print Form with CSIR-CEERI Library) [2017-18]

• Member, CEERI Senior Secondary School Management Committee [April 2013 – March 2017]

@ AcSIR

• Member, Academic Committee (AC), AcSIR at CSIR-CEERI [July 06, 2022 – Present]

• Member, Selection Committee for Admission of AcSIR's IDDP and PhD (Engineering) Students for August 2023 Session at CSIR-CEERI. 

• Member, Screening Committee for Admission of AcSIR's IDDP and PhD (Engineering) Students for August 2023 Session at CSIR-CEERI.

• Member, Selection Committee for Admission of AcSIR's PhD (Physical Sciences) Students for August 2023 Session at CSIR-CEERI. 

• Member, Screening Committee for Admission of AcSIR's PhD (Physical Sciences) Students for August 2023 Session at CSIR-CEERI.

• Member, Selection Committee for Admission of AcSIR's PhD (Engineering) Students for January 2023 Session at CSIR-CEERI.

• Member, Screening Committee for Admission of AcSIR's PhD (Engineering) Students for January 2023 Session at CSIR-CEERI.

• Member, Selection Committee for Admission of AcSIR's IDDP and PhD (Engineering) Students for August 2022 Session at CSIR-CEERI. 

• Member, Screening Committee for Admission of AcSIR's IDDP and PhD (Engineering) Students for August 2022 Session at CSIR-CEERI.

• Member, Selection Committee for Admission of AcSIR's IDDP and PhD (Engineering) Students for January2022 Session at CSIR-CEERI. 

• Member, Screening Committee for Admission of AcSIR's IDDP and PhD (Engineering) Students for January 2022 Session at CSIR-CEERI.

• Doctoral Advisory Committee (DAC) Member of AcSIR Ph.D. Students. 

@ Outside CSIR

• Expert Member, Board of Studies of Department of Electronics and Communication, University Institute of Engineering and Technology, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, India [October 2022 - Present]

• Member, JRF/SRF/RA/Project Staff Selection Committees, CSIR-NEERI [2021-22]

• Member, JRF/SRF/RA/Project Staff Selection/Extension Committees, BITS Pilani [2021]

Academic Details

• Ph. D. (2015)

  • Research Area: VLSI Design for Computer Vision 

  • Thesis Title: Hardware Accelerators for Automated Video Surveillance Systems

  • Supervisors: Dr. Chandra Shekhar, Distinguished Scientist & Former Director (From 2003-2015), CSIR-CEERI, Pilani, India and Dr. Anil Vohra, Professor, Electronic Science Dept., Dean Academic Affairs, Dean R&D, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, Haryana, India.

  • Institute/University: CSIR-Central Electronics Engineering Research Institute, Pilani, India (Degree Awarded by Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, Haryana, India).

• M. Tech. (2007)

  • Microelectronics & VLSI Design

  • Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, Haryana, India

  • First Position in University (Gold Medal)

• M. Sc. (2005)

  • Electronics (Microelectronics & VLSI Design)

  • Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, Haryana, India

  • First Position in University (Gold Medal)

• B. Sc. (2003)

  • Electronics and Computer Science

  • Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, Haryana, India.

  • First Position in College

  • Fourth Position in University in overall Science Stream (Total about 110 colleges under University)

Awards / Honors / Scholarships

• Raman Research Fellowship (2024-25): Raman Research Fellowship to conduct research on Lensless Imaging and Physics-Informed Neural Networks at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), Germany with host Prof. Vasilis Ntziachristos, Chair of Biological Imaging and Director of the Institute of Biological and Medical Imaging, Munich, Germany.

• CSIR-CEERI Foundation Day Research Excellence Award: Padma Bhushan Dr. Amarjit Singh Memorial Foundation Day Award for Excellence in Research (Team Leader), CSIR-CEERI, September 2022.

• Sakura Science Exchange Program Fellow, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Government of Japan, 2022.

• Best Research Paper Award, 10th International Conference on Frontiers of Intelligent Computing: Theory and Applications (FICTA), Mizoram, India, June 18 - 19, 2022.

• All India Third Rank (Team Leader of Ph.D. Students Team), Engineering Student Festival, 7th India International Science Festival (IISF), December 2021.

• CSIR-CEERI Foundation Day Technology Excellence Award: Padma Bhushan Dr. Amarjit Singh Memorial Foundation Day Award for Excellence in Best Technological Solution (Team Leader), CSIR-CEERI, September 2021.

• Best Research Paper Award, 8th International Conference on Frontiers of Intelligent Computing: Theory and Applications (FICTA), Surathkal, India, January 4 – 5, 2020.

• Second Prize (Team Leader of Master Students of AcSIR and Kurukshetra University) in INNOVISION-2019 Organized by Kurukshetra University Technology Incubation Centre (KUTIC). Oct. 15, 2019 to Feb. 15, 2020.

• Invited Member of Expert Group, Digital Monozukuri (Manufacturing) Education Research Centre of Monozukuri (Manufacturing) Creation Program, Hiroshima, Japan, 2018-22. 

• Sakura Science Exchange Program Fellow, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Government of Japan, 2017.

• Skoch Transformation Innovation Award for Smart Camera System Project, December 15, 2016

• Skoch Order-of-Merit Award for Smart Camera System Project, December 15, 2016

• IEEE Senior Membership Elevation, February, 2016

• CSIR Scientist Fellowship (2009-2011)

• National Merit Scholarship (2003-04, 2004-05)

• University Merit Scholarship (2000-01, 2001-02, 2002-03)

• National Level Educational Scholarship from Indian Defense Educational Society (1997-98, 2001-02, 2002-03, 2004-05, 2005-06, 2006-07)

• Merit Certificate from Indian Defense Educational Society during M. Tech. (2005-06, 2006-07)

• Gold Medal for First Position in University in M. Tech.

• Gold Medal for First Position in University in M. Sc. Honored by Governor of Haryana, A. R. Kidwai

• Second Position in State Level Electronics Quiz Contest, M.L.N. College, Yamunanagar. India. February 10, 2003

• First Position in Project Section in IT Mela, D.N. College, Hisar, India. January 28, 2003

• 100% marks in one paper of Mathematics in B. Sc. – II

• Merit Certificate for Meritious Position (In Top 10) in University during B. Sc. (2000-01, 2001-02, 2002-03) from Higher Education Department, Haryana

• Merit Certificate for First Position in College during B. Sc. (2000-01, 2001-02, 2002-03)

• Merit Certificate for Meritious Position in 10th from Haryana Development Authority, Narnaul, India

Collaborators 

• Prof. Idaku Ishii – Professor, Robotics Laboratory, Department of System Cybernetics, Graduate School of Engineering, Hiroshima University, Japan

• Prof. Santanu Chaudhury – Director IIT Jodhpur & Professor (On Lien), Electrical Engineering Department, IIT Delhi, India

• Dr. Aruna Tiwari – Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, IIT Indore, India

• Dr. Deepak Mishra – Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Engineering Department, IIT Jodhpur, India

• Dr. Bibhas Ghoshal – Assistant Professor in the Department of Information Technology at the Indian Institute of Information Technology Allahabad.

• CSIR-NAL, CSIR-NEERI, CSIR-CMERI, CSIR-IIP, and CSIR-IGIB

International Visits: R&D Collaboration 

• Nagasaki University, Japan

  • Visiting Researcher under Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) Funded Sakura Science Program: Exposure to ongoing research work at Nagasaki University, Japan and Exploration of Collaborative Research Opportunities.

  • Visit Funding – From Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) and Nagasaki University, Japan

  • Duration – September 01-16, 2022

• Hiroshima University, Japan

  • Participation in CSIR-HU Joint Symposium and Represented CSIR-CEERI

  • Visit Funding – From Hiroshima University, Japan

  • Duration – December 18-22, 2019

• Hiroshima University, Japan

  • Visiting Researcher in Digital Monozukuri (Manufacturing) Education Research Centre of Monozukuri (Manufacturing) Creation Program: Collaborative Research and Participation & Paper Presentation in International Conference SICE-2019

  • Visit Funding – From Hiroshima University, Japan

  • Duration – September 01-19, 2019

• Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), Taiwan

  • Exploration of possibilities of collaborative research projects

  • Visit Funding – From Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), India

  • Duration – August 20-26, 2018

• Hiroshima University, Japan

  • Visiting Faculty (Designated Associate Professor): Collaborative research work

  • Visit Funding – From Hiroshima University, Japan

  • Duration – December 16, 2017 to March 14, 2018

• Hiroshima University, Japan

  • Visiting Researcher under Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) Funded Sakura Science Program: Exposure to ongoing research work at Hiroshima University, Japan and Exploration of Collaborative Research Opportunities

  • Visit Funding – From Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) and Hiroshima University, Japan

  • Duration – June 11, 2017 – July 01, 2017

Professional Associations

• Senior Member, IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers), USA (February 2016)

• Member, IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers), USA (January 2011 - January 2016)

• Member, SSI (Semiconductor Society of India) (August 2013 - Present)