Prof Srikant Srinivasan is Dean of Academics and a Professor at Plaksha University. Before joining Plaksha, he was an Associate Professor and Associate Dean (Courses) at IIT Mandi. He also held research and teaching positions at Iowa State University, including work in materials informatics and high-throughput plant phenotyping. He earned a PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Purdue University.
- Ramalingaswami Re-Entry Fellowship, Department of Biotechnology
- Outstanding Dissertation in Magnetism Award, American Physical Society
- Student Innovator Award for developing nanomagnet-based computing devices
Prof Srinivasan’s research spans computing and electrical engineering, with work in precision agriculture, advanced nanoelectronics, and beyond-CMOS computing. His work on nanomagnet-based computing explored alternatives to traditional silicon transistors.
Areas of work:
- Precision agriculture
- Computer vision and machine learning
- IoT systems
- Nanoelectronics and beyond-CMOS devices
- FarmerZone: a multi-institution collaboration led by Prof Srinivasan as Principal Investigator, delivering agricultural advisories to farmers across multiple Indian states.
- Sponsored research projects related to precision agriculture at IIT Mandi.