Dr. Srikant Srinivasan

Dr. Srikant Srinivasan

Associate Dean, Global Engagements, Plaksha University

Chair Associate Professor, Plaksha University

Area of Expertise:

IoT Systems Nanoelectronics

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About Dr. Srikant Srinivasan

Prior to joining Plaksha, Dr. Srikant Srinivasan was an Associate Professor in the School of Computing & Electrical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology, Mandi, where he was also the Associate Dean (courses). He graduated with a PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Purdue University, USA and was awarded an Outstanding Dissertation in Magnetism award by the American Physical Society, as well as a student innovator award for developing nanomagnet-based computing devices as an alternative to traditional silicon transistors.

Subsequently, he worked as a Post-doc, Data Scientist and later as an Adjunct Assistant Professor in interdisciplinary engineering domains such as materials informatics and high-throughput plant phenotyping at the Iowa State University, before joining IIT Mandi. At IIT Mandi, he was working on sponsored research projects related to precision agriculture and was also strongly involved in interdisciplinary curriculum design and execution for undergraduate students. Dr. Srinivasan was the PI for the multi-institution collaboration – FarmerZone, which delivers agricultural advisories to farmers across multiple states in India.

Awards

Dr. Srinivasan is a recipient of the Ramalingaswami Re-Entry Fellowship by the Department of Biotechnology, and currently serves as a program review committee member for DBT’s flagship program Biotech Kisan. He is also an advisor and equity holder in Arnetta Technologies Pvt Ltd, an incubatee of IIT Mandi.

Research Interests
  • Precision Agriculture
  • Computer Vision
  • Machine Learning
  • Beyond-CMOS devices
Past Associations
  • Associate Dean (courses), Indian Institute of Technology, Mandi
  • Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Mandi
  • Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Mandi
  • Adjunct Assistant Professor, Plant Sciences Institute, Iowa State University, USA
  • Post-doctoral Fellow/Data Scientist, Iowa State University, USA
Education
  • PhD in Electrical & Computer Engineering, Purdue University, USA
  • M.S. in Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Cincinnati, USA
  • B.Tech in Electronics & Communications Engineering, VNR-VJIET, JNTU - Hyderabad, India