Current Position 

Dean

• Thapar School of Liberal Arts & Sciences, Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology, India. 

Associate Dean

• Internationalization, Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology, India. 

Professor

• • • • Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering, Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology (TU), India. 

      • Thapar School of Liberal Arts & Sciences, Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology, India. 

I did 

      Post-doctorate from Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (with Prof. D. Fernando Díaz de María).

      Doctor of Philosophy from Jaypee University of Information Technology (with Prof. Sunil Vidhya Bhooshan).

      Master of Technology from Faculty of Engineering, Dayalbagh Educational Institute (with Prof. V . P. Pyara).

      Bachelor of Engineering from K N Modi Institute of Engineering and Technology in Electronics and Communication Engineering.

Past/Present Teaching & Research Experience

      Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology (TU), Patiala (2013-till date)

      Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M), Madrid (2012-2013)

      Jaypee University of Information Technology (JUIT), Solan (2005-2012) 

      Inderprastha Engineering College, Ghaziabad (2003-2005)

Short Term Courses

• 1. Entrepreneurship in Engineering, University of Groningen, Netherlands (February to March, 2016 and 2018).

  2. RUG VentureLab Weekend, University of Groningen, Netherlands (52 hours each in 2016 and 2018).

  3. 1 year Academic Practice and eLearning, Centre for Academic Practice and eLearning, Trinity College Dublin (2017). (Thapar Website)

  4. Embedded Systems & Applications, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi.

  5. French Language Course, Alliance Française de Delhi, New Delhi.

Professional Assignments

• • • Resource Person

      • 1. Medical Image Fundamentals, Forum for Doctors and Engineers, April 2022.

        2. Tools for Online Teaching and Learning, TU Patiala, August 2021.

        3. Expert Member, Syllabus Revision Workshop of B.Tech. (Electronics & Computer Engineering), J.C Bose University Of Science And Technology, YMCA.

        4. Professional Training on Open Source tool Scilab for Image and Video Processing, sponsored by IIT Bombay and AMU Aligarh, October 2020. 

        5. Workshop Series:  National Level Workshop on Engineering and Entrepreneurship: A step towards fulfilling dreams. 

        6. Latest Teaching Methodologies (Lecture Slides), Images

    • Invited Lectures

      • 1. Invited Speaker, Marching Ahead with Machine Learning VLSI Design Techniques and its Applications in AI/ML, AICTE Training and Learning (ATAL) Academy online FDP, AICTE, 15th-19th November, 2021.

        2. Panel Member, Discussion on A Paradigm Shift From Content Based to Outcome Based Education, August 2021.

        3. Invited Speaker, Leadership in AI enabled World, Young Business Leader's Academy, LM Thapar School of Management, 2021. 

        4. Expert webinar, Open Source LMS: {(no)pandemic} Teaching and Learning, December 2020

        5. Webinar on Writing Research Articles using LaTeX, June 2020.

        6. Invited talk on Introduction to Machine Learning at Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, May 2018.

        7. Invited talk on "Entrepreneurship and Machine Learning: The road ahead" organized by National Science and Technology Entrepreneurship Development Board, Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India, New Delhi at DB University.

        8. Invited talk at Faculty Development Program on Image Processing with MATLAB at CCET organized by National Technical Teachers Institute, 2017.

        9. Invited talk at IEEE R&D Expo on Introduction to Machine Learning at Jaypee University of Information Technology, 2016.

        10. Invited Talk, International Conference on Electronics, Communication and Information Technology, 2013.

        11. Invited Lecture at National Science Conference (Navodaya Vidhyalaya, Solan), 2012.

        12. Lectures on LaTeX (Special Session IUCEE summer school), 2012.

    • Chair

      • 1. Technical Program Committee, International Conference on Signal Processing & Electronic Design, 2026.

        2. Workshop Chair, 2020 International Workshop on Artificial Intelligence and Deep Learning methods for Human Centric Systems, Online

        3. Workshop Chair, 2019 International Workshop on Artificial Intelligence and Deep Learning methods for Human Centric Systems, Ireland

        4. Workshop Chair, 2018 International Workshop on Artificial Intelligence and Deep Learning methods for Human Centric Systems, Russia

        5. Steering Committee Member, 2013 IEEE ISPCC.

        6. Publication Chair, 2013 IEEE ISPCC.

        7. Chair, Recent Trends in Wireless and Video Processing, University of Harvard, Cambridge, USA, 2010.

        8. Session Chair 

           1. WSEAS Conference Corfu, Greece.

           2. 2013 IEEE ISPCC

           3. 2013 ICECIT

        9. Few of the Technical Program Committee memberships.

    • Other Assignments

      • 1. Consultant Ingenious Applications Private Limited

        2. Consultations at Engineering Design and Power Training Institute.

        3. UPTU Examination observer.

        4. Joined Teacher Induction Program at NITTTR, Chandigarh.

      • Memberships

        1. ACM member: 6020082