List of Research and Innovation Labs

Sl. No	Lab
1.	VTU Research Lab
2.	Computer Vision Lab
3.	Centre for Ophthalmic and Instrumentation Imaging
4.	Microsoft Innovation Lab
5.	Socio-tech Innovation Lab
6.	Airobotics Lab

List of Guides and their Research Specialization

Guide Name	Specialization
Dr. D. R. Ramesh Babu	Computer Vision and Image Processing
Dr. Krishnan R	Computer Vision and Image Processing Software Engineering
DR. AMUTHA S	Medical Image Processing. Big Data Analytics
Dr. Arbind Kumar Gupta	Rural healthcare, Image processing, Computer Vision,Pattern Recognition
Dr. Venkatesan S	Digital Image Processing, Pattern Recognition
Dr. Kusuma M	Brain Computer Interface
Dr. Shubha Bhat	Image Processing and Computer Vision

List of Faculty Members Registered for Doctorate Program and their Research Areas

Sl No	Faculty Name	Research Area	University /Registere d Year
1.	Mr. Prasad A.M.	Network Security	Jain
2.	Mrs. Rashmi S.R	Artificial Intelligence	VTU
3.	Mr. Ravichandra H	Big Data and Analytics	VTU
4.	Mrs. Monika P	Data Mining	VTU
5.	Mrs. Poornima A.B	Cloud Testing	VTU
6.	Mr. Harish Kumar N	Internet of Things	VTU
7.	Mrs. Anitha M	Image Processing	VTU
8.	Mrs. Swetha M.D	Medical Image Enhanced Processing	VTU
9.	Ms. Asnika. S	Instrumentation and Imaging	VTU
10.	Ms. Sahana Damale	Instrumentation and Imaging	VTU
11.	Mr. Arun Kumar N	Data Mining	VTU
12.	Mrs. Anupama Girish	Data Mining and Imaging	VTU
13.	Prameetha Pai	Image Processing	VTU
14.	Anil Sagar	Sentiment Analysis	VTU

Funded Projects:

Department has successfully completed 2 projects on Aerial Image Processing namely: Vision based navigation of Unmanned Air Vehicles (UAV) and Tracking multiple objects from UAV’s respectively, funded by Defense Research & Development Organization (DRDO) and another project on Medical Imaging funded by Vision Group on Science and Technology (VGST), Govt. of Karnataka.

Sl No	Name of the Granting Authority	Name of the Faculty	Grant Amount	Title	Status
1	ER&IPR, DRDO	Dr. Krishnan R Prof. Vindhya P Malagi	Rs. 22.07 Lakhs	Tracking Multiple Objects Under Occlusion in Aerial Image Sequences	Ongoing
2	ER&IPR, DRDO	1. Dr. Krishnan R 2. Dr. Amutha S	Rs. 21.20 Lakhs	Tracking Multiple Objects in Aerial Image Sequence from an UAV	Completed
3	ER&IPR, DRDO	1. Dr. D R Ramesh Babu 2. Prof. R amakrishna K A	Rs. 14.95 Lakhs	Vision Based WavepointNavigation of Unmanned Air Vehicles	Completed
4	VTU, Belgaum	1. Dr. Nandini C 2. Prof. Mohd. Tajuddin	Rs. 7.3 Lakhs	Gait Based Unauthorised Recognition For Covert Security System	Completed
5	DST	Dr. D R Ramesh Babu	Rs. 1,00,000	Rural Dashboard	Completed
6	DST	Dr. D R Ramesh Babu	Rs. 1,00,000	Mobile Home	Completed
7	DST	Dr. D R Ramesh Babu	Rs. 1,00,000	Automated Emergency Device	Completed
8	Karnataka state council for science and technology	Dr. Amutha Dr. Nandini	Rs. 7,000.00	“Farmfit’ - application for farmers to sell the crops directly to the customers & Automatic Localization of Backward Collision of Vehicles Using a Camera	Completed