Dr. Rizwan Ahmed
Assistant Professor
Specialization
Signal and Image Processing, Geoinformatic
rizwan.ansari@thapar.edu
Specialization
Signal and Image Processing, Geoinformatic
- Name: RIZWAN AHMED ANSARI
- Designation: Assistant Professor II
- Email/Contact No.: rizwan.ansari@thapar.edu, rizwan.vjti@gmail.com / 9892981696
- Research Area: Signal and Image Processing, Geoinformatics
- Educational Qualification:
Degree |
Discipline |
Institute/University |
Year of Award |
PhD |
Satellite Image Processing |
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay |
2017 |
M. Tech. |
Electronics Engineering |
Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute, Mumbai |
2010 |
B.E. |
Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering |
Mumbai |
2006 |
- Academic experience/Industrial Experience:
Position Held |
Name of Organization |
Period |
Nature of Work |
|
From |
To |
|||
|
NASA postdoctoral researcher |
North Carolina Central University, USA |
March 2024 |
January 2026 |
Research and Teaching |
|
Associate Professor |
Symbiosis Institute of Technology, Pune |
August 2022 |
February 2024 |
Teaching PG and UG courses |
|
Senior Technical Lead |
Prodapt Pvt. Ltd. |
January 2022 |
July 2022 |
Directed and managed the development of a machine learning framework for fault management in telecom networks |
|
Assistant Professor |
Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute, Mumbai |
December 2018 |
December 2021 |
Teaching UG and PG courses, research |
|
Fulbright Fellow |
North Carolina Central University, USA |
August 2019 |
July 2020 |
Research and Teaching |
|
Assistant Professor |
K J Somaiya College of Engineering, Mumbai |
December 2017 |
December 2018 |
Teaching UG and PG courses |
|
Assistant Professor |
Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute, Mumbai |
August 2010 |
December 2017 |
Teaching UG and PG courses, research |
|
Lecturer |
Fr. C. R. Institute of Technology, Navi Mumbai |
July 2007 |
July 2008 |
Teaching UG courses |
|
Adhoc Lecturer |
A C Patil College of Engineering, Navi Mumbai |
July 2006 |
May 2007 |
Teaching UG courses |
- Research Profile:
- SCI publication: 30
- Scopus Publications: 40
- Others Publications: 7
- Conference Publications: 36
- Book/Book Chapters: 02
- Patents: (only numbers) -
- Publication Link: https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?hl=en&user=UPfrE-QAAAAJ&view_op=list_works
- Current membership in professional organizations: Member IEEE, Life member Indian Society of Remote Sensing
- Awards and Honors:
● NASA postdoctoral fellow, USA March 2024-January 2026
● Fulbright Fellow, USA, August 2019 – July 2020
● Best Teacher Award, VJTI, Mumbai, 2017–2018
● Best Teacher Award, VJTI, Mumbai, 2016–2017
● Favorite Teacher Award, VJTI, Mumbai, 2011–2012
● Excellence in Teaching Award, VJTI, Mumbai, 2010–2011
- Service activities (within and outside of the institution): Filed survey conducted to Ashville, North Carolina on November 14, 2024, to collect drone imageries to analyze impacts of Hurricane Helene
- Personalized Profile: (related link required)
- Personal Webpage: https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?hl=en&user=UPfrE-QAAAAJ&view_op=list_works
- LinkedIn: https://orcid.org/my-orcid?orcid=0000-0002-4246-2559
- Scopus/Research Gate/Inflibnet etc: https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=56539415500