Specialisation:

Remote Sensing, Image Processing, Machine Learning

Major Professional Contributions:

* Established and developed "Control Systems" subject (when it was in its infancy in India) in all its facets at IISc., Bangalore during 1964-1976

* Instrumental in starting a ME degree programme at IISc in “Applied Electronics & Servomechanisms”, 1963
Visited USSR as Government of India delegate for setting up School of Automation at I.I.Sc., Bangalore, 1968, currently the Department of Computer Science and Automation (CSA) at IISc.

*Designed and fabricated for the first time in India, Gray scale and Color Drum Scanners for Computer Picture processing, which has subsequently won him and his group, a NRDC Award.

*Responsible for the upbringing of the National Remote Sensing Agency (now NRSC) in all its facets. Contributed to the development of infrastructure for remote sensing data reception and data processing for executing National and State level projects in many disciplines of Remote Sensing applications. Developed visual interpretation instruments for remote sensing data analysis that are widely used by various Govt. user departments. Contributed to the introduction of Remote Sensing and Digital Image Processing and their Applications in the curriculum at IPI Dehra Dun, eventually transforming it to IIRS, Dehra Dun. Instrumental in the establishment of the current INCOIS center (under MOES, Govt. of India) and ADRIN organization at Hyderabad.

*From November 1995 to April 2002, contributed to the establishment and growth of the Centre for Space Science and Technology Education in Asia and the Pacific (CSSTE-AP), Affiliated to the United Nations, at IIRS Dehra Dun and at SAC Ahmedabad India resulting in its recognition as a "Role Model Training Center" for Remote Sensing Applications in the Asia-Pacific region.

*Taught courses and conducted research in Image Processing and Machine Learning at Univ. of Hyderabad during 2002-2010

Consultancy Areas:

Digital Image Processing, Machine Learning (advisory role)

Sector Associated With:

Academia

Sectors Interested to Offer Service:

Educational / Academic institutions, R&D Organizations (advisory role)

Professional Experience

* Professor IISc Bengaluru 1970-77

* Director NRSA (currently NRSC), Hyderabad 1982- 96

* Distinguished Scientist (Secretary Grade--Govt. of India) & Director NRSA 1996

* Director CSSTEAP, affiliated to the United Nations, Dehradun 1995-2002

* Visiting Professor, Computer Science Dept., Univ of Hyd 2002-2010

* Distinguished Fellow IDRBT (RBI--Govt of India), Hyderabad 2011-2021

Keywords

* Remote Sensing

* Digital Image Processing

* Neural Networks

* Pattern Recognition

* Content Based Image Retrieval (CBIR)

* Multi spectral Data Analysis

* Machine Learning