Control and Information Sciences

V. I. George is currently serving as a Professor and Head, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Mar Baselios Christian College of Engineering & Technology, Peermade, Kerala. He earned his bachelor’s in electrical power engineering from Mysore University (1983) and his master’s in instrumentation and control engineering from the National Institute of Technology (NIT), Calicut (1987). He has a Ph.D. in robust control of dynamic systems from NIT Tiruchirappalli (2004). He has served as the National Vice President of System Society of India (2005-2007) and National Vice President of ISSE (2014-2017). He has authored over 100 technical research papers that have been published in peer-reviewed national and international journals. He has served as a member of the board of studies for various academic programs. Over his academic career, he has received several grants from agencies such as DST, DRDO, ISRO and AICTE. Santhosh KV is presently working Associate Professor in the department of instrumentation and control at Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal and Dy. Director of Research (Technical) at Manipal Academy of Higher Education. He received bachelor's and master’s degrees from VTU, Belgaum, and a Ph.D. from the National Institute of Technology (NIT) Silchar. His research interest is in sensors. He has published over 100 publications in peer-reviewed journals and delivered several technical talks. He is serving as a reviewer and editorial board member for several peer-reviewed journals. S. Lakshminarayanan is currently serving as the Director of the Institute of Applied Learning Sciences and Education Technology at the National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore. He earned his bachelor’s in chemical engineering from BITS Pilani (1988) and his master’s in chemical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras (1991). He has a Ph.D. in process control from the University of Alberta, Canada (1997). Due to extensive academic and industrial experience, he has developed deep expertise in machine learning, artificial intelligence, multivariate time series analysis, model-based advanced process control and biomedical applications. In August 2020, he was awarded the Public Administration Medal by the Government of Singapore.

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