Welcome to Spirelab

Postdoctoral Fellow

veerababudha[AT]iisc.ac.in

   Dr. Veerababu Dharanalakota has been working in the area of Acoustics and Vibration for the past 8 years. He obtained his masters degree from the Department of Mechanical Engineering, IISc Bengaluru and PhD degree from the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, IIT Hyderabad. Prior to joining PhD program, he worked as an Assistant Manager, R&D, Bajaj Auto Limited, Pune, India. He published his research work in top-notch journals in acoustics such as JASA, ASME JVA and NCEJ, and obtained awards of international repute from the Acoustical Society of America, and International Institute of Noise Control Engineering. He is currently a life member of Acoustical Society of India and Associate Member of Acoustical Society of America. His expertise includes Applied Mathematics, Numerical Modeling (FEM), Programming and Experimental Techniques in Acoustics and Vibration. Currently, he is working on the acoustic modeling of human pulmonary system in the SPIRE laboratory in the Department of Electrical Engineering, IISc Bengaluru, India.

Postdoctoral Fellow

deekshithag[AT]iisc.ac.in

   I am Deekshitha G from Gods own country, Kerala. I am a Postdoctoral Fellow at SPIRE Lab in IISc Bangalore. I completed my PhD from APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University at Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology, Kottayam, Kerala. Prior to that I have worked as a project fellow at Centre for Advanced Signal Processing (CASP) in the Department of ECE, RIT Kottayam, Kerala. My research interests include speech signal processing, speech recognition, deep learning, & machine learning.

anwesharoy[At]iisc.ac.in

   I am an M.Tech. (Research) student in the department of Electrical Engineering at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. I completed my B.Tech. in Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering in 2019 from IIEST, Shibpur. Currently, at SPIRE lab, I work on improving air-tissue boundary segmentation in real-time magnetic resonance imaging videos using speech articulator specific error criterion. I trained in Nazrulgeeti and classical music for ten years and I also have a knack for instruments like guitar and harmonium, and for exploring new songs in different languages.

My main motivation in life is:
“If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?” -Albert Einstein

abhishekkum1[AT]iisc.ac.in

   I am Abhishek Kumar, currently pursuing M.Tech in Artificial Intelligence at Indian Institute of Science. I completed my B.Tech in Electrical Engineering from IIT Ropar in 2017. After that I worked at Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. and Airports Authority of India before joining IISc. I love to do sketching. I also enjoy playing cricket and badminton.

knavneet[AT]iisc.ac.in

   I live in Chandigarh and pursued B.E. in Electronics and Electrical Communication Engineering from Punjab Engineering College. I graduated in 2015 and prior to joining IISc, I worked as a digital ASIC design engineer in Semiconductor Laboratory (ISRO). Currently, I am working at Spire lab, IISc in the domain of speech synthesis.

prajeshd[AT]iisc.ac.in

   I completed my B.E. from L.D. College of Engineering, Ahmedabad in Electrical Engineering discipline. After graduation I worked in Torrent Power Ltd. in Ahmedabad for 6 months. My final year project in MTech is "What does head motion during speech reveal?".

abhishek1[AT]iisc.ac.in

   I work in audio visual speech related field. I am currently pursuing M.Tech. in Artificial Intelligence from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. I belong to the SPIRE lab, headed by Dr. Prasanta Kumar Ghosh. I worked at Axtria as an Analyst, before joining IISc. I have done my B.Tech. in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (batch of 2016). I have also done a type-2 fuzzy set research in the area of pattern recognition and computer vision at Hanyang University.

atulraj[AT]iisc.ac.in

   I have done my B.Tech from JSS Academy of Technical Education, Noida in Electronics and Communication. Currently I am enrolled in MTech Artificial Intelligence at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. My academic interests include Machine Learning and Speech Processing. I love mathematics and in my free time I like playing guitar.

kunalsah@iisc.ac.in

   I am, Kunal Sah, currently pursuing M.Tech (Course Work) in Computer Science and Automation at Indian Institute of Science. I completed my B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering from Haldia Institute of Technology, West Bengal in 2020. My academic interests include Machine Learning, Automatic Speech Recognition and Natural Language Processing. I love to play cricket. In my free time, I like to read articles related to International Affairs.

BITS Pilani, Goa Campus

   I'm from Chennai, Tamilnadu. And currently work as a Project Assistant @SPIRE lab. Received my B.E(Hons.) in Mechanical Engineering from BITS Pilani in 2018. I did my schooling at Maharishi Vidya Mandir S.S.S, Chennai. My hobbies include playing video games and watching football.

M.S. Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Bangalore

   I am a 2019 Electronics and Instrumentation engineering graduate from M.S. Ramaiah Institute of Technology. My areas of interest lie in signal processing, machine learning and their applications in music and speech analysis. Prior to joining Spire Lab, I worked on designing and prototyping embedded systems for Healthcare Simulation System pertaining to endoscopy. I enjoy writing, learning to play music and revisiting satirical comic illustrations in B.P Lathi Dsp book as recreation.

M.S. Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Bangalore

   I am Shaique Solanki, a resident of Mumbai, Maharashtra. I have recieved my B.E in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from M S Ramaiah institute of Technology. I currently work as a Research Assistant at the SPIRE Lab. My interests lie in the subject of Power Electronics with new-found interest in the fields of Signal Processing, MEMS technologies and Android Development. I am also very keen to learn and apply the concepts of Machine Learning during my time at Spire Lab. I have also worked as an Hardware Engineer with the Global Repair and Overhaul Engineering(GROE) team of Honeywell Aerospce. In my free time, I usually find myself playing a lot of games, reading about different fighter aircrafts and reading books on War Strategies.

M.S. Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Bangalore

   Jeevan K, a 2020 Electronics & Communication Engineering graduate from MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology with a broad range of interests; a few highlighted ones include programming, visual arts, graphic design and AI. Most of his time in SPIRE lab is used to explore signal-processing and machine-learning, its implementation in hardware and software to assist research and solve real-world problems. Listening to math-rock, drawing with black ink and reading non-fiction are some of his coping mechanisms. Oversampling his way through. Doesn't talk much :')

  PS: Everything is a signal—in dire need of processing.

National Institute of Technology, Srinagar

   Abhayjeet Singh is a graduate of Computer Science and Engineering from the National Institute of Technology, Srinagar. His fields of research are Machine learning, Neural Networks and their applications to solve real world problems. He has been a research intern at IIT Delhi and IIIT Delhi, working on projects in Computer Vision, Machine Learning and Deep Learning. He has also worked as an intern in SPIRE Lab, where his project was Prediction of Articulatory Motion in different rates.

Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi

   Dr. Sharmistha Chakrabarti is a Research Associate in SPIRE Lab, IISC Bangalore. She has done her PhD in Linguistics from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi. Before coming to IISC Bangalore, she had been working with Central Institute of Indian languages, Mysore. she has also worked as an analyst with the office of the Registrar General of India, language Division, Ministry of Home Affairs, Kolkata. Her area of interest includes Phonetics,Phonology, Language Documentation, and Neuro Linguistics.

IIIT RK Valley

   I am Navaneetha holding a bachelor's degree in the stream of Electronics and Communication Engineering. In my final year, I worked on Air tissue boundary segmentation in rtMRI videos using SegNet at Spire Lab, IISc. I am currently working on Speech to Facial Muscle Activity Prediction and vice versa. I want to explore and elaborate my knowledge in Machine learning.

M S Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Bangalore

   My name is Sandhya Badiger. I am a Medical Electronics Engineer from M S Ramaiah Institute of Technology batch of 2020. I have worked on a project called PFT (Pulmonary function test) graph digitiser before and am currently working on finding the correlation between breath sounds recorded at mouth and lungs. My interests lie in subjects of Biomedical Image Processing, Digital Signal processing and few concepts of Machine Learning. My hobbies include painting and photography.

Kerala Technological University

   I am Betty Kurian, hailing from Pathanamthitta, Kerala. I have completed M Tech in Signal Processing in 2017 from Kerala Technological University. I have been working as a Research officer in All India Institute of Speech and Hearing, Mysore for 2 years and also have worked as a Project Fellow in Centre for Advanced Signal Processing Lab, RIT Kottayam. My areas of interest are in speech and signal processing. I often spend my leisure time reading books and listening to music.

RV College of Engineering, Bengaluru

   I am Pooja, currently working as a Project Assistant in SPIRE lab, IISc. I have received my masters degree in Biomedical Signal Processing and Instrumentation (Batch 2020). I secured 1st rank and Gold Medal. I carried out my masters project titled "Development of an Integrated Digital Stethoscope and ECG Acquisition System" at MIISKY Technovation, Pvt Ltd, Bengaluru. My interest lies in Signal processing, wireless communication and MEMS technology. I want to gain sizable exposure and utilize this opportunity for the advancement of my skills.

M S Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Bangalore

   Sathvik Udupa obtained his Bachelor`s degree in Electronics and Communications Engineering at Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Bangalore in 2019. He works on speech recognition and synthesis as part of RESPIN and SYSPIN projects. He is keen on machine learning research towards building intelligent systems by leveraging data from different modalities. His hobbies include reading novels, playing chess, following esports etc.

Sri Krishnadevaraya University

   I am Sandhya Aravinda, basically from Bengaluru. I have completed my graduation of M.com from Sri Krishnadevaraya University. I was a Core Support team member of the IISc SAP S/4 HANA providing support services on SAP Sourcing and Procurement Module to the faculty and Administration staff of the institute. Presently working as a Project Associate for the Project RESPIN in the Electrical Engineering Department.

University of Madras

   I am Amala Nagireddi. Currently working as Program Manager in SPIRE lab, IISc Bangalore. I have completed my bachelors degree in commerce (B.Com) from University of Madras. I worked as accounts executive in Q-Pro Consultancy Services Pvt Ltd, in Chennai for 3 years and worked as secretarial assistant in the department of Electrical Engineering, IISc Bangalore for 4 years.

National Institute of Technology, Patna, India

   Saurabh Kumar received the B.Tech. degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from National Institute of Technology, Patna, India, in 2020. His research interests include deep learning and its application in the development of various speech-based technologies. In the past couple of years, he has explored several data augmentation and front-end feature enhancement techniques for developing robust speech recognition and speaker verification systems for children. Here, at the SPIRE Lab, he has been working towards the development of ASR systems and their resources for low-resource Indian languages.

   I am Shriramya S, currently working as a Project Assistant in SPIRE lab, IISc. I have received my Bachelor's degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering (Batch 2014). My interest lies in Web design and Development.

IIITDM Kancheepuram

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Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

    My name is and I am pursuing a B.E. degree in Chemical Engineering, from .I have a very keen interest in machine learning and deep learning. I love to read books during my free time, and also to learn new things and skills. Currently, I am doing an internship under Dr. Prasanta Kumar Ghosh on Accent conversion from Indian accent to American accent. My hobbies include playing Cricket, Travelling and Reading books.

National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli

    Hey, I am Anish a third-year undergrad student majoring in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli. I am a web developer and have a deep interest in Machine Learning and AI. I have worked as a research intern under Dr. G.V.V Sharma of IIT Hyderabad on a project related to NLP. I also watch a lot of movies and love to play Tennis.

National Institute of Technology Andhra Pradesh

    I am currently pursuing final undergraduate year(B.Tech) at in Electronics and Communication Engineering.My final year project is Joint Subcarrier assignment and power allocation in inband Fullduplex OFDMA network and also maximisation of Sum Rate using Hungarian Algorithm.I did Internship at IITH on Audio Signal processing using Icoboard and few arduino related projects.My aim is to learn nuances and devolop Communication industry.

Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education, Krishnankoil

    is a student of Electronics and Communication Engineering at the , Tamil Nadu. Currently, he is pursuing a B.Tech degree (second-year). As of now, he is working as a SRF in SPIRE Lab, Indian Institute of Science, under the guidance of Dr. Prasanta Kumar Ghosh. He is a Signal Processing and Machine Learning aspirant. He is also an NCC cadet under Army-wing. Listening to music and reading books are his hobbies.

Institute of Engineering and Technology, Lucknow

    Hey, my name is and I am a student pursuing electrical engineering from the . My research interest lies in the field of machine learning, signal processing, and control systems. In previous centuries, scientists like Fourier were able to solve complex mathematical problems but there still exist a vast number of unformulated problems that we encounter remaining unsolved. I believe that data analysis is the key, in fact, I call data analysis the new alchemy of this era :D. Some of my hobbies include reading about geopolitics and world history. I also like to play badminton.

KSIT, Bangalore

    I am , currently studying BE in Computer Science Engineering at . I have an interest in Artificial Intelligence, Machine learning and Computational biology. I am very keen and eager to enhance my skill sets and contribute positively in the application and development of new and existing technologies in different environments. My hobbies include Painting, Travelling and Reading books.

Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, Hyderabad campus

    My name is and I am pursuing a B.E. degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, from . Apart from my major degree, I am also pursuing a minor in Data Science. I have a very keen interest in machine learning and electronics. I love to read books during my free time, and also to learn new things and skills. Currently, I am doing an internship under Dr. Prasanta Kumar Ghosh on Speech-based prediction of severity of neurodegenerative diseases.

Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology, Patiala

    Naman is a pre-final year Undergraduate student. He likes to solve problems in Machine Learning related to speech,text as well as images. Working on Open Source projects and Kaggle is what excites him. In his free time, he can be seen watching or playing football.

National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra

    I am , currently a third year undergraduate studying Electrical Engineering at . I am interested in pursuing research in the field of Signal Processing and Communication. I am startled by how Machine Learning and Deep Learning have been contributing to almost every field whether it is robotics or biology. My hobbies include painting, dancing and watching Science fiction movies.

Bundelkhand Institute of Engineering and Technology (BIET), Jhansi

    is a second-year undergraduate pursuing Bachelors of Technology in Information Technology from . At present, he is working on the Kannada Text-to-Speech project. He has a strong interest in the fields of Machine Learning and Deep Learning.