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Senior Assistant Professor with nearly 8 years of teaching, research, and academic leadership experience in Electrical and Computer Engineering. Expertise in FPGA-based system design, embedded systems, VLSI, digital signal and image processing, machine learning, and hardware acceleration. Ph.D. from NIT Srinagar with postdoctoral research experience at Fraunhofer HHI, Germany. Published 27+ peer-reviewed papers, secured over ₹22 lakh in competitive research funding, holds two granted Indian patents, serves as Coordinator for International Relations at VIT Bhopal University, and is an Editor for Scientific Reports. Committed to excellence in teaching, interdisciplinary research, and international collaboration.

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Education

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Ph.D. in Digital Image Processing 2020
National Institute of Technology (NIT) Srinagar, India

FPGA Implementation of a Memory and Hardware Efficient Wavelet-based Image Compression Technique. Research focused on FPGA architectures, image compression, and hardware acceleration.

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M.Tech. in Communication and Information Technology 2012
National Institute of Technology (NIT) Srinagar, India

Specialized in digital communication, image processing, embedded systems, and communication technologies.

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B.Tech. in Electronics and Communication Engineering 2009
University of Jammu, India

Developed a strong foundation in electronics, communication systems, digital circuits, microprocessors, and control systems.

Work & Experience

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Senior Assistant Professor September 2023 - Present
VIT Bhopal University, India

Teaching undergraduate and postgraduate courses, conducting research, supervising student projects, securing research funding, coordinating international collaborations, and contributing to curriculum development, accreditation, and academic administration.

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Postdoctoral Research Fellow August 2022 - July 2023
Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications (HHI), Berlin, Germany

Conducted research on FPGA-based hardware acceleration and next-generation video coding, collaborated with international research teams, and published high-impact research.

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Assistant Professor October 2021 - June 2022
SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, India

Taught undergraduate and postgraduate courses, supervised student projects, conducted research, and contributed to curriculum development and academic activities.

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Assistant Professor September 2018 - September 2021
Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University, Rajouri, India

Appointed under the Government of India–World Bank funded Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme (TEQIP-III). Taught undergraduate and postgraduate courses, established Digital Image Processing and VLSI laboratories, secured competitive research funding, supervised student projects, developed curricula, and contributed to accreditation, quality enhancement, and institutional development initiatives

Skills

Xilinx Vivado
95%
Xilinx ISE
93%
MATLAB
93%
Python
84%
C++
75%
VHDL
93%
Verilog HDL
70%
High-Level Synthesis (HLS)
48%
ModelSim
93%
Intel Quartus Prime
88%
PSpice
83%

Awards

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Indian Patent Granted – Low-Complexity Block Tree Image Coder (LCBTC) for Memory-Constrained Imaging Devices 2025
Granted Indian Patent (Patent No. 569309) for developing a low-complexity image compression algorithm for memory-constrained imaging devices.
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Indian Patent Granted – Multi-Tapping AC Voltage Cross-Transformer 2024
Granted Indian Patent (Patent No. 544940) for the design of a novel multi-tapping AC voltage cross-transformer.
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Postdoctoral Research Fellowship – Fraunhofer HHI, Germany 2022
Awarded a prestigious postdoctoral research fellowship at the Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications (HHI), Berlin, Germany, to conduct research on FPGA-based hardware acceleration for Versatile Video Coding (VVC).
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GATE Scholarship 2010
Qualified the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) in Electronics and Communication Engineering. Received GATE Scholarship from July 2010 to July 2012