Mohan Anand

Biography

Prof. Anand Mohan, former Director of National Institute of Technology (NIT), Kurukshetra, Haryana has 41 years of rich experience in teaching, research, industrial R & D. He is currently working as Professor (HAG) in the Department of Electronics Engineering, IIT(BHU), Varanasi. He has made notable research contributions in the areas of robust watermarking, telemedicine, and fault tolerant digital system design. He has active research collaboration with Louisiana State University, USA and Multimedia University, Malaysia. Eleven students have been awarded Ph.D. degree under his supervision. Prof. Mohan has successfully completed eight sponsored projects funded by MHRD, AICTE and Ministry of Communication & Information Technology, Govt. of India, New Delhi. He has published 145 research papers in reputed international / national journals and conference proceedings and made two chapter contributions in books. Prof. Mohan has provided national level leadership to the defence related R & D activities as Chairman of Armament Sensors & Electronics (ASE) Panel under ARMREB, DRDO, Ministry of Defence, Govt. of India. As part of a doctoral research, he has developed a potential technology for application in ‘Neutron Detection Reader’ system for defence applications. He has been associated with several important academic and research advisory committees as Chairman of Ad-hoc committees of Software Technology Parks of India (STPI), DRDO laboratories, NAAC, and AICTE and Member of DST, UGC, and CSIR committees. Prof. Mohan has held several prestigious positions namely- Member, Executive Council, Banaras Hindu University and Mizoram University, Member of University Court of JNU, Central University Punjab (CUP), Bathinda and Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science and Technology, Murthal (Sonepat), Haryana, Visitor’s Nominee for IGNOU, Member of Governing Body of HBTI, Kanpur and IET, Lucknow; Chancellor’s nominee of Rajasthan Technical University, Kota; Member of Research Advisory Committee of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi. Prof. Mohan obtained UG, PG and Ph. D. degrees in Electronics Engineering from Banaras Hindu University. He is recipient of ‘Life Time Achievement Award’ conferred by Kamla Nehru Institute of Technology (KNIT), Sultanpur (2016). His co-authored research papers have merited Best Postgraduate Research Paper Award of Bintulu Development Authority, Malaysia (2012), awards of International Union of Radio Science, Belgium (2005), Institution of Engineers, India (2003), and Indian Science Congress (1999). Prof. Mohan is Fellow of Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (IETE), Fellow of Institution of Engineers (I), Member, IEEE, USA life member of Project Management Associates (PMA), New Delhi, and Life member of Indian Society of Technical Education (ISTE), New Delh

Research Interest

Digital Hardware, Microprocessor Engg. & Instrumentation