Details of Service

INSA Senior Scientist (Jan 2015 till date) and Adjunct Faculty (Dec 2014 till date),
Consciousness Studies Program,
National Institute of Advanced Studies, IISc Campus

Honorary Professor,
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
September 2011 till date

Vice Chancellor,
Defence Institute of Advanced Technology,
Deemed University, Girinagar, Pune
March 2008 – August 2011

Professor,
Dept of Computer Science and Automation, IISc, Bangalore
July 1986 – July 2011

Convener,
Computational Neurobiology Group, IISc, Bangalore
April 2003 – March 2008

Associate Professor,
IISc, Bangalore
October 1983 – June 1986

Assistant Professor,
IISc, Bangalore
April 1980 – September 1983

Systems Programmer,
IISc, Bangalore
April 1976 – March 1980

Senior Research Assistant,
IISc, Bangalore
October 1971 – March 1976

Significant Contribution made as Vice Chancellor at DIAT, Pune

At the Defence Institute of Advanced Technology, he has been directing the unique academic, research, and training activities in the broad areas of defence science and technology, with a wide spectrum of participation of senior officers from DRDO, Army, Air Force, Navy, Indian Ordnance Factories, Directorate General of Quality Assurance, public and private sector organisations, several friendly foreign countries such as Ethiopia, Burma, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Singapore, Malaysia and civilian students from general public. His specific initiatives to strengthen defence education and research at this University are in the areas of initiation of collaborative efforts at the Internatonal level, organisation of several long and short courses and International Conferences of specific relevance to Indian defence forces and organisations, nurturing a conducive research environment in the areas of defence science and technology, and initiation of new Postgraduate programs of relevance to defence technologies such as cyber security, materials science and engineering for defence applications. The University offers only Master’s and Doctoral programs; other than a number of short and long courses for armed forces and defence scientists/technologists.

Guidance of Students for Research Conferments

Research Publications