Dr Tapan K Gandhi is working as Professor in the Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Cadence Chair Professor of AI and Automation, Joint Faculty in School of AI, IIT Delhi and adjunct faculty in the school of AI and data science, IIT Jodhpur. He received his Ph.D. fellowship from (Project Prakash, MIT, USA) and obtained his Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from IIT Delhi.
Following his Ph.D., he has spent couple of years as Postdoctoral Associate at MIT, USA. Dr Gandhi was also awarded an INSPIRE Faculty in the engineering & technology category of the Department of Science & Technology, Govt. of India. During this 5 years tenure, he is awarded as the excellent INSPIRE Faculty by DST, Govt. of India. His research expertise spans from Computational Neuroscience, Brain Imaging, Machine Learning, Cognitive Computing, Artificial Intelligence to Responsible Gaming.
He has published papers in top ranking journals like Science, Nature, PNAS, Current Biology, PloS Biology, IEEE Transactions. He has more than 250 publications in international journals and conference proceedings.
He has received many awards in India (including one from Ex-President of India, Dr Kalam) and abroad for his academic excellence and groundbreaking research. His research work is not only published in top-notch journals but also appeared in many popular presses including TIME magazine, the Boston Globe, the New York Times, MIT News, Harvard News, Wall street Journal and also in the SCIENCE Magazine. Dr Gandhi’s work was selected as cover page in SCIENCE Magazine in 2015. He has delivered many invited talks in National and International Universities like MGH, Harvard University, Yale University, Copenhagen University, University of Groningen, Sorbonne University. He has guided 17 PhDs and more than 40 master thesis and currently 15 PhD students are registered with him working at the interface of natural and artificial intelligence. Dr Gandhi’s lab is involved in various Govt. funded, International projects, and Industry consultancy. He has served as expert member (Task Force) in various research and strategic committees in Govt. of India, UNESCO and other organizations.
He has six patents and three technologies transfer to Ministry of Social Justice, Govt. of India. He has received many awards and fellowships like Platinum Jubilee YOUNG SCIENTIST award 2015 by National Academy of Science in INDIA and GYTI 2019 Award, Chair Fellow (iHUB DivyaSampark, Technology Innovation Hub, IIT Roorkee) and Abdul Kalam Technology Innovation National Fellowship. He is elected Fellow of both National Academy of Engineering (FNAE) and National Academy of Sciences (FNASc.). He is also elected Fellow of Industry Academy within the International Artificial Intelligence Industry Alliance (AIIA). Dr Gandhi is mentoring three start-ups; (1) CLUIX (https://www.cluix.in/), (2) JAROBLE (https://www.jaroble.com), (3) WinV (https://winv.in/).