User:Dakshinaranjankisku

Dr. Dakshina Ranjan Kisku is an Indian Computer Scientist who has interest in Digital Image Processing, Biometrics, Pattern Classification, Computer Vision, Machine Learning and Affective Computing. Dr. Kisku born and brought up in Durgapur and did his schooling from David Hare Primary School for primary education and later from Kashiram Das Road DSP Boys' High School for secondary and higher secondary education. After clearing WBJEE, he took admission in Jadavpur University for studying BCSE (Bachelor of Computer Science & Engineering) course. From the same university he did his MCSE (Master of Computer Science & Engineering) and PhD (Engineering). Dr. Kisku is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at National Institute of Technology Durgapur, India. From March 2006 to March 2007, he was a Researcher at Porto Conte Ricerche in the Computer Vision Laboratory under the University of Sassari, Italy. From August 2005 to March 2006, he was as a Project Associate with the Biometrics and Computer Vision Group at Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India. Prior to joining NIT Durgapur he was working as a faculty member for several years at Asansol Engineering College, India and Dr. B. C. Roy Engineering College, India. Dr. Kisku has more than 100 research articles to his credit published in refereed conferences, journals and edited books. He has co-authored and edited 4 books on biometrics and homeland security. He is a recipient of the IEI Young Engineers Award for his contribution in Computer Engineering. Dr. Kisku is a Senior Member of IEEE (USA) and a Fellow of Royal Society for Public Health, London, U.K.