Bharati Workshop | Computational Neuroscience Lab, IIT Madras | Online

Prof. V. Srinivasa Chakravarthy obtained his BTech from IIT Madras, MS /PhD from the University of Texas at Austin. He received postdoctoral training in the neuroscience department at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston. The Computational Neuroscience Lab (CNS Lab) that he heads works on developing models of the basal ganglia, spatial navigation, stroke rehabilitation, and neurovascular coupling. He is the author of two books in neuroscience. He is the inventor of a novel script called Bharati, a unified script for Indian languages.

Profile - Dr. V Srinivasa Chakravarthy

Dr Chandra Sekhar Vorugunti, completed his masters from Dhirubhai Ambani university, Gujarat. He worked in Infosys for 10 years. He completed his PhD from IIIT SriCity in the area of deep learning. During his PhD, he is a visiting scholar in IIT Madras, IIT Tirupati and IIT Indore. Post PhD, from 2020, he is working as Lead Computer Vision Engineer in leading product based company and works in real time Deep Learning products. He has close to 14 years of IT experience in various roles like lead engineer, AIML product consultant etc. He published more than 125 plus publications in premiere conferences like ICDAR, IJCB, WACV, CVPR‑W, ICCV‑W and journals like Neurocomputing, Neurocomuting and Applications. He is a regular speaker in ML, DL events by NIT, IIIT, where he conducted more than 100 plus sessions in IIITs, NITs.

Mr. Buddha Hari Kumar is working with Vignan's Institute of Engineering for Women, Visakhapatnam, affiliated with JNTU-GV as an Asst Professor in the Dept of Electronics and Communication Engineering. Earlier he worked as an Asst professor at WISTM, Visakhapatnam, affiliated with Andhra University as an Asst Professor in the Dept of ECE (2014-2022). He worked as an Assistant Professor in ASTRA, JNTU, Hyderabad for the period( 2011-2013). He is now pursuing a Part-Time Ph.D. Scholar, Dept of ECE, Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology (Deemed to be University), completed his M.Tech in ECE from Aurora Scientific and Technological Research Academy, JNTU, Hyderabad.

Pingili Vikram Kumar (विक्रम कुमार విక్రమ్ కుమార్), well known as vikram bhayyA in academic circles, is basically a science communicator. Was with bharatiscript.com project at IIT Madras till 2022. Worked in the industry as a DSP engineer for a short while. Served as faculty in Engg colleges for about 4.5 years. Visited 550+ schools & has been the resource person for signal processing / MATLAB / embedded systems/ Robotics workshops/ FDPs at 90+ colleges across the country. Given lecture cum demo sessions for over 250 hrs online. Taught mathematical magics & basic science demos to over 1 lakh students, teachers, and the general public. Concurrently does several activities such as mentoring/ supporting students in doing socially relevant projects.

I’m Balaraj Begari, a recent B.Tech graduate in Metallurgical and Material Science Engineering at IIT Madras. I currently work as a Software Developer at the Computational Neuroscience Lab, IIT Madras, where I develop full-stack applications and tools for research.

My work mainly focuses on backend development using Python and Django, along with frontend technologies like React.js and JavaScript. I also have experience working with databases (MySQL, Firebase), building REST APIs, and deploying applications on cloud platforms like AWS and Firebase.

I’m passionate about building scalable, efficient software solutions and always eager to learn and take on new challenges.

Dr. G. S. Patil is a lecturer in Speech and Hearing at the AYJNISHD Regional Centre, Secunderabad. He has been teaching and working in this field for 18 years. He holds an M.Sc. and a Ph.D. in Speech and Hearing, and completed post-doctoral work in Neuroscience. He is a Level C interpreter in Indian Sign Language and coordinates the Diploma in Teaching Indian Sign Language at AYJNISHD RC Secunderabad.

Ashwin worked as a Project Associate at the CNS lab for more than 2 years. His dream to help the clinical community motivated him to work on various projects on Stroke rehabilitation, Depression care and bridging the gap between the deaf and the hearing population. With the guidance of Prof. Chakravarthy, Ashwin has developed an AI detection tool for Mudrabharati, a novel finger spelling system for Indic scripts. Currently, he is pursuing PhD at the Department of Cognitive Science, IIT Kanpur where he is focussed on developing AI tools for enhancing Depression care in hospitals.