News
Dr. Prajwal Singh (PMRF Scholar) successfully defended his PhD thesis, Scalable Generative Vision and Neural Decoding: Connecting Machine and Human Perception.
Dr. Seema Kumari successfully defended her PhD thesis, Restoration and Analysis of 3D Point Clouds: Algorithms and Applications.
Appointed Independent Director at the Gujarat Industrial Investments Corporation (GIIC), Gandhinagar.
Lab papers accepted at IEEE ICIP 2026, ICASSP 2026, ISBI 2026, and WACV 2026 — see research for details.
Dr. Ashish Tiwari (PMRF Scholar, Qualcomm Innovation Fellow, Fulbright–Nehru Fellow) defended his PhD thesis and joined Dolby Laboratories.
Took charge as Head of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, IIT Gandhinagar.
Research Interests
Computer Vision, Image and Video Processing, Computer Graphics, Deep Learning, AI
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Education
Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay (2011) Thesis: Low Dynamic Range Solutions to the High Dynamic Range Imaging Problem. pdf Supervisor: Prof. Subhasis Chaudhuri (IIT Bombay Excellence in PhD Thesis Work Award, 50th Convocation, 2012).
M.Tech. in Biomedical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay (2006) Thesis: Computational Investigation of the Mechanism of Synaptic Integration in Neurons. Supervisor: Prof. Rohit Manchanda.
B.E. in Electronics and Communication Engineering, PSG College of Technology (2003).
Experience
Head, Department of CSE (September 2025 - Present) at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Gandhinagar.
Professor (November 2024 - Present) at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Gandhinagar.
Independent Director (March 2026 - Present) at Gujarat Industrial Investments Corporation (GIIC), Gandhinagar, Gujarat.
Independent Director (Jan 2024 - Jan 2026, May 2026 - Present) at Madhya Gujarat Vij Company Limited (MGVCL), Vadodara, Gujarat.
Chairman, JEE (September 2023 - August 2025) at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Gandhinagar.
Jibaben Patel Chair in Artificial Intelligence (May 2020 - November 2025) at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Gandhinagar.
Associate Professor (April 2018 - November 2024) at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Gandhinagar.
Assistant Professor (May 2013 - April 2018) at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Gandhinagar.
Assistant Professor (July 2012 - May 2013) at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Jodhpur.
Post-Doctoral Research Associate (August 2011 - June 2012) at Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore.
Microsoft Research India PhD Fellow (2007-2011) at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay.
Teaching Assistant at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay (2004-2011) - Biomathematics, Bioelectricity, Computational Methods, Communication Electronics Lab, Image Processing, Computer Vision.
Assistant Systems Engineer Trainee at TCS (July 2003-July 2004).
Open Positions
Students outside IITGN can refer to SRIP or Admission webpages and apply directly for an internship or a PhD under my guidance.