U. B. Desai

Uday B. Desai is an Indian academician and the founding director of Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad.[1][2] He is a Professor Emeritus in Electrical engineering and a Strategic Consultant for TSDSI (Telecom Standards Development Society of India). He served as the director of IIT Hyderabad from June 2009 to July 2019, and is credited for taking it to rank among the top 10 engineering colleges in India in the NIRF engineering ranking. He was mentor director of IIT Bhilai from May 2016 to February 2017 and mentor director for IIIT Chittoor 2013-2018.

Uday B. Desai
Born
India
NationalityIndian
Alma materJohns Hopkins University, University at Buffalo, IIT Kanpur
AwardsFellow, Indian National Science Academy
Scientific career
FieldsElectrical engineering
InstitutionsIndian Institute of Technology Hyderabad
WebsiteWebpage

Early life

Uday Desai received his B. Tech. degree from IIT Kanpur in 1974, did his M.S. from the State University of New York, Buffalo in 1976, and Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, U.S.A. in 1979, all in electrical engineering.[3][4]

Career

From 1979 to 1984 he was an assistant professor in the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department at Washington State University, Pullman, WA, U.S.A., and an associate professor at the same university from 1984 to 1987.

IIT Bombay

From 1987 to May 2009 he was a professor in the Electrical Engineering Department at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay. He was dean of students at IIT-Bombay from August 2000 to July 2002. He has held visiting associate professor's position at Arizona State University, Purdue University, and Stanford University. He was a visiting professor at EPFL, Lausanne during the summer of 2002. From July 2002 to June 2004 he was the director of HP-IITM R and D Lab. at IIT Madras.

Academic interests

His research interest is in Cyber physical systems, Internet of things, digital fabrication, wireless communication, cognitive radio, wireless sensor networks and statistical signal processing. He has been a coauthor of 9 research monographs an author of nearly 300 peered reviewed papers in international journals and conferences.

IIT Hyderabad

He was the director of IIT Hyderabad from June 2009 to July 2019. In his tenure, the institute was ranked in the top 10 in NIRF engineering ranking for four consecutive years. He focused more on research and innovation at IITH.[5] He is currently professor emeritus and a Strategic Consultant for TSDSI (Telecom Standards Development Society of India).

Awards and honors
  • Outstanding Alumni award from University of Buffalo in 2015
  • Distinguished Alumni Award from IIT Kanpur in 2016
  • Fellow of Indian National Science Academy (INSA)
  • Fellow of Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)
  • Fellow of The Institution of Electronic & Telecommunication Engineers (IETE)
  • Senior Member of IEEE
  • Recipient of J C Bose Fellowship
  • Excellence in Teaching Award from IIT Bombay for 2007

He is on the board of Tata Communications Limited and several educational institutes and government committees. He is a member on various boards and governing councils of several academic institutions and organizations. He is one of the founding members of COMSNETS and also Society for Cancer Research and Communication. He was the chair for IEEE Bombay Section 2006–2008. He was also on the Visitation Panel for University of Ghana.[6][7]

Interests
  • Cyber Physical Systems
  • AI
  • Wireless Communication
  • Signal processing
  • Wireless Sensor Networks
  • Adaptive signal processing
  • Information and Communication Technology for Socioeconomic Development
  • Image Processing and Computer Vision
  • Wavelets and Multiresolution analysis
  • Artificial neural networks
  • Biomedical Signal and Image Processing

Fellowships

References
  1. https://telanganatoday.com/iit-hyderabads-vigyan-jyothi-aims-to-achieve-gender-parity
  2. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/education/news/iit-h-mentors-35-girls-to-pursue-career-in-stem/articleshow/64179728.cms
  3. Electrical Dept, IIT Bombay (20 March 2009). "U. B. Desai". Ee.iitb.ac.in. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
  4. http://www.iith.ac.in/~ubdesai/
  5. http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/meeting-industry-needs-the-iith-way/article22432092.ece
  6. "Welcome to Uday B. Desai's Home Page". Iith.ac.in. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
  7. https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=KvjZYXwAAAAJ&hl=en
  8. The Year Book 2014 // Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi
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