Team

Led by distinguished researchers with decades of pioneering work

Lead

Prof. Biplab Banerjee
Principal Investigator

Prof. Biplab Banerjee

Associate Professor, CSRE, IIT Bombay

Prof. Subhasis Chaudhuri
Co-Principal Investigator

Prof. Subhasis Chaudhuri

Professor, EE, IIT Bombay

Prof. Avik Bhattacharya
Co-Principal Investigator

Prof. Avik Bhattacharya

Professor, CSRE, IIT Bombay

Executive Committee

Prof. Upendra V. Bhandarkar

Prof. Upendra V. Bhandarkar

Dean ACR, IIT Bombay

Prof. Shrikrishna Kulkarni

Prof. Shrikrishna Kulkarni

Dean R&D, IIT Bombay

Prof. P.J. Narayan

Prof. P.J. Narayan

Ex-Director, IIITH

Prof. K.V.S. Hari

Prof. K.V.S. Hari

IISc Bangalore

Dr. Vaibhav Rajan

Dr. Vaibhav Rajan

Google DeepMind

Ms. Neela Sawant

Ms. Neela Sawant

Dolby Research

Mr. Gibi Ponnachan

Mr. Gibi Ponnachan

Hudson River Trading India

Mr. Arnab Mandal

Mr. Arnab Mandal

Hudson River Trading India

Associated Faculties

Prof. Nived Chebrolu

CSE, IIT Bombay

Research Interests

Mobile Robotics, Autonomous Navigation, Perception and Learning for Robotics

Prof. Parthe Pandit

CMInDS, IIT Bombay

Research Interests

Machine learning, Deep Learning, Statistics, Optimization & Signal Processing

Prof. Arjun Bhagoji

CMInDS, IIT Bombay

Research Interests

Robust Machine Learning, Data Scarcity, Model Auditing

Prof. Rajbabu V.

EE, IIT Bombay

Research Interests

Database Science and AI in medicine and healthcare, Data Science and AI in power systems, IoT, Robotics and Automation, Image processing and analytics, Speech and audio processing, Vision and video analytics.

Prof. Karthikeyan Lanka

CSRE, IIT Bombay

Research Interests

Microwave Remote Sensing of Soil Moisture, Applied Hydrology

Prof. Suyash P. Awate

CSE, IIT Bombay

Research Interests

Medical image computing, Machine learning, Image analysis, Computer vision, Statistical modeling and inference

Prof. Soumyashree Kar

CSRE, IIT Bombay

Research Interests

Machine Learning, Plant Phenomics, Hyperspectral and Environmental Studies

Prof. Vikram M. Gadre

EE, IIT Bombay

Research Interests

Communication and signal processing, multiresolution and multirate signal processing, especially wavelets and filter banks: theory and applications

Prof. Vibhor Pandhare

ME, IIT Bombay

Research Interests

Digital Twins and Industrial AI; Data+Expert-driven Decision Support Systems; Self-Awareness in Cyber-Physical Systems; Distributed, Collaborative, Federated, and Transfer Learning

Prof. Pranay Sharma

CMInDS, IIT Bombay

Research Interests

Distributed Learning, Stochastic Optimization, Online and Reinforcement Learning, Deep Learning Theory

Prof. Pratik Jawanpuria

CMInDS, IIT Bombay

Research Interests

Machine Learning, Optimization, Optimal Transport, Deep Learning

Prof. Surya S. Durbha

CSRE, IIT Bombay

Research Interests

Geospatial AI, Geo Agentic Systems, Knowledge Representation in AI, Image Information Mining, IoT, Cloud Computing, Remote sensing, GIS

Prof. Abir De

CSE, IIT Bombay

Research Interests

Designing machine learning models and methods for structured objects, e.g., graphs and sets.

Research Team

Saikat Dutta

About

Saikat Dutta is a PhD scholar at IITB-Monash Research Academy, where he works with Dr. Biplab Banerjee and Dr. Hamid Rezatofighi. His research interests include vision-language models (VLMs) and foundational models and their applications in downstream tasks. Prior to his doctoral studies, he worked as a Data Scientist at LG Ad Solutions for two years. He completed his MS (by Research) in Computer Science and Engineering from IIT Madras, and obtained his BE in CSE from Jadavpur University.

Saikat Dutta

CMINDS, IIT Bombay

Title: Open-Vocabulary Segmentation using Foundational models.

Chaman Banolia

About

Chaman Banolia is a researcher works at the intersection of machine learning, deep learning, and remote sensing, with a specialized focus on hyperspectral imaging. My work centers on developing intelligent systems that extract actionable insights from complex, high‑dimensional data—driving innovation in sensing, environmental analysis, and AI‑driven decision support.

Chaman Banolia

CSRE, IIT Bombay

Title: Adversarial Attacks in Remote Sensing.

Samrat Mukherjee

About

I am a PhD student at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, supervised by Prof. Biplab Banerjee, Prof. Subhasis Chaudhuri and Prof. Gemma Roig. I did my Master's from the Indian Institute of Technology Patna, working on AI for code.

Samrat Mukherjee

CMINDS, IIT Bombay

Title: Continual Learning in Computer Vision under varying level of supervision.

Hariseetharam Gunduboina

About

My research focuses on making vision-language models strictly reliable and adaptable. I work at the intersection of domain generalization and test-time prompt tuning, building topological regularizers and uncertainty-aware pipelines that prioritize robustness over mere accuracy. My goal is to deploy generalizable, scalable AI into dynamic, unseen environments, particularly within geospatial and remote sensing domains. Research Focus: Reliable Test-Time Prompt Tuning | Domain Generalization | Vision-Language Models | Geospatial AI Always open to discussing robust visual prompting, model calibration, and potential collaborations.

Hariseetharam Gunduboina

CSRE, IIT Bombay

Title: Reliable Test-Time Prompt Tuning for Robust Domain Generalization across Unseen Domains.

Aniket Junghare

About

Aniket Junghare is a PhD Researcher at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, pursuing an M.Tech–PhD program under the supervision of Dr. Biplab Banerjee in Artificial Intelligence for Remote Sensing. Prior to joining the lab, he worked as a Machine Learning Engineer after receiving his B.Tech from the National Institute of Technology, Trichy. His research focuses on foundation models for remote sensing, with an emphasis on self-supervised and multimodal representation learning for large-scale Earth observation data, aiming to capture spectral, spatial, and semantic information across heterogeneous sensing modalities. Through this work, he aims to develop scalable and generalizable models for large-scale Earth observation and geospatial understanding. Research Interests : Self-Supervised Representation Learning, Multimodal AI for Earth Observation, Computer Vision for Remote Sensing, Geospatial AI

Aniket Junghare

CSRE, IIT Bombay

Title: Self-Supervised and Multimodal Representation Learning for Remote Sensing.

Ankit Khivasara

About

Ankit Khivasara is currently pursuing his Ph.D. at Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, where his research focuses on deep learning–based change detection in remote sensing images. He also serves as a faculty member in the Department of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering at K J Somaiya College of Engineering and has over 12 years of academic experience. He completed his M.Tech in Electrical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee in 2011.

Ankit Khivasara

CSRE, IIT Bombay

Title: Change detection in Remote Sensing Images.

Md Aminur Hossain

About

I am a Scientist/Engineer-SE at the Space Applications Centre (SAC), ISRO, where I have been contributing since March 2017. My professional work focuses on Remote Sensing Data Processing for High-Resolution Satellites. Alongside my role at ISRO, I am pursuing a PhD at the Centre of Studies in Resources Engineering (CSRE), IIT Bombay, specializing in Computer Vision and Deep Learning. I hold an M.Sc. in Mathematics from IIT Kharagpur and a B.Sc. (Hons) in Mathematics from Barasat Government College (WBSU).

Md Aminur Hossain

CSRE, IIT Bombay

Title: Multi-Modal Foundation Models in Remote Sensing.

Amartya Ray

About

Exploring computer vision and deep learning

Amartya Ray

CSRE, IIT Bombay

Title: Learning from limited supervision.

Mohamad Hassan N C

About

PhD student at CMInDS, IIT Bombay, under Prof. Biplab Banerjee. Research areas include vision-language models, compositional zero-shot learning, and domain generalization.

Mohamad Hassan N C

CMInDS, IIT Bombay

Title: Robust few-shot adaption of Vision language models.

Aniket Thomas

About

Exploring the depths of Artificial Intelligence.

Aniket Thomas

CMInDS, IIT Bombay

Title: Continual Learning and Foundation Models.

Pankhi Kashyap

About

I am a research enthusiast in the field of deep learning, working on generalisation multimodal/multisource data.

Pankhi Kashyap

CSRE, IIT Bombay

Title: Multimodal AI for Remote Sensing.

Vivekananda Giri

About

PhD candidate at IIT Bombay working at the intersection of computer vision and multimodal AI, with a core focus on advancing multimodal learning for remote sensing image analysis.

Vivekananda Giri

CSRE, IIT Bombay

Title: Multi-modal learning in the context of remote sensing image analysis.

Vaibhav Rathore

About

I work on core problems in Machine Learning, Computer Vision, and Generalizable Recognition Systems — Domain Generalization, Generalized Category Discovery, Representation Learning, and Fine-Grained Recognition.

Vaibhav Rathore

CSRE, IIT Bombay

Title: Domain Generalization with Category Discovery.

Souparna Bhowmik

About

B.Tech in Electrical Engineering. Worked as software engineer at Accenture for 2 years before joining for PhD.

Souparna Bhowmik

CSRE, IIT Bombay

Title: Agentic AI.