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Upendra Kumar
Additional Responsibilities
Associate Dean of Student Welfare in IET Lucknow Since 2017 onwards and served as Associate Dean of Computer Application and Associate Dean of Student Welfare in AKTU Lucknow from 2022 to 2026.

Educational Qualifications

  1. Ph.D. (Computer Science & Engineering) under supervision of Dr. Tapobrata Lahiri, Professor, IIIT Allahabad, India in 2015 from AKTU Lucknow.
  2. M.Tech  from the Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad, First Honours, CGPI - 9.19/10.
  3. B.Tech from Uttar Pradesh Technical University, Lucknow, India, First Honours, 75.6 %.
  4. Intermediate (10+2) from G.I.C. Allahabad, India with First Division, 70.10 %
  5. High School (10th ) from G.I.C. Allahabad, India with First Honours, 78.60 %

UGC-NET and GATE:

  1. Qualified (Two times) UGC-NET December 2014, June 2015
  2. Qualified (Two times) GATE Feb 2006, Feb 2016.
Research Interest

Human Cognition inspired Models, Artificial Intelligence, Fractal and Chaos based Theory, Image Processing, Biomedical Signal Processing, Soft Computing, Pattern Recognition, Robotics and Embedded in C, Machine Vision, Deep Learning, Explainable AI, Cyber Security and Cryptography


Google Scholar
https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=1lDzWegAAAAJ&hl=en

Brief Profile:-


Dr. Upendra Kumar is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the Institute of Engineering & Technology (IET), Lucknow, India. He is also Associate Dean of Student Welfare in IET Lucknow since 2017 onwards and also served as Associate Dean of Student Welfare and Associate Dean of Computer Application in AKTU Lucknow for around 04 years. He has earned his Ph.D. in Computer Science & Engineering from Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University (AKTU), Lucknow in association with IIIT Allahabad in 2015, and his M.Tech. in Information Technology from the Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Allahabad, graduating with First Honours. Dr. Kumar’s research interests encompass Human Cognition-inspired Models, Artificial Intelligence, Explainable AI, Biomedical Signal and Image Processing, Deep Learning, and Cyber Security. He has around four years’ industrial experience in renowned organization in TCS. He has more than 16 years teaching and research experience. He has spearheaded several high-impact, government-funded research projects, including a ₹2.01 crore MeitY-funded (Govt. of India) initiative on cryptography and information security, a ₹1.61 crore ICMR-funded project on AI-driven chronic pain management and a 13.08 lacs UP-CST funded project on Indian Sign Language Gesture Recognition. He has published 40+ international and national journal research articles and 20+ book chapters. He has edited 02 books in CRC press, Tayler & Francis and 03 text books in reputed national publishers. He has around 05 published utility patents and 05 granted utility/design patents. He has been awarded “Best Teachers Award, 2022” in the overall performance category, by AKTU, Lucknow, India. He is a member of World Research Fellow of London (WRFL) run by Universal World Research Innovation Centre, London, UK since July 2025. He is also member of academia for constitution of advisory board for providing incubation services at STPI- UP (society under Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India) incubation center, since 24/06/2021.

Funded Research Projects:-


1) Cryptogrpahy, Strengthening research & education in Information Security, Information Security Education and Awareness (ISEA) Project Phase III, funded by Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India

for 05 years in coloboration with Indian Statistical Institute Kolkatta, IIIT Bhuwneshawar, ISM Dhanbad etc., funding amount INR 2.016 crore (Approx.)

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2) Artificial Intelligence-Driven Chronic Pain Management with Mobile App Integration for Empowering Primary Healthcare Physicians, funded by Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), New Delhi, India, for 03 years,

in coloboration with SGPGI Lucknow, AIIMS New Delhi, AIIMS Mangalagiri, CAS AKTU etc. funding amount INR 1.61 Crore (Approx.)


3) Development of Robust Sign Language and Hand Gesture Recognition System Using Image Processing and Machine Learning for Communication and Education of Hearing and Speech Impaired (HSI) people (Project ID-4204), funded by Council of Science and Technology, U.P., funding amount INR 13.08 Lakhs.

Ph. D. Supervision:

Awarded: 03
Ongoing: 03



M. Tech. Thesis Supervision:

Awarded: 21


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Specialization
Human Cognition inspired Models, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Deep Learning, Fractal and Chaos based Analysis, Image Processing, Biomedical Signal Processing, Soft Computing, Pattern Recognition, Robotics and Embedded in C, Machine Vision, Cyber Security, Steganography.
ORCID iD
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3792-7945
Interest
Human Cognition inspired Models, Artificial Intelligence, Fractal and Chaos based Theory, Image Processing, Biomedical Signal Processing, Soft Computing, Pattern Recognition, Robotics and Embedded