Harish Kumar J. R.

Ph. D. (IISc), Fellow (SERB - TARE)


Associate Professor, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE)
Manipal - 576104, Karnataka, India

Research Experience

  • Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) - Teachers Associateship for Research Excellence (TARE) Fellowship
    Department of Electrical Engineering
    Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
    Topic - iCare: Artificial Intelligence Powered Solutions for Eye-care
    Supervisor- Prof. Chandra Sekhar Seelamantula

    Grant amount: Rs. 18,30,000

  • Infyuva Tech Solutions Private Limited
    Incubated at MUTBI, MAHE, Manipal.
    Winner Elevate - 2021 Idea2PoC Grant of Karnataka Startup Policy, KITS Dept. of Electronics, IT, Bt and S &T Govt. of Karnataka
    Project: “Point-of-care Diagnostics for Eye-care”
    Grant amount: Rs. 18,00,000

Research Collaborations

  1. Prof. Chandra Sekhar Seelamantula (Department of Electrical Engineering, IISc, Bangalore)
  2. Dr. Adithya Kumar Pediredla (Postdoctoral fellow, Carnegie Mellon University, USA)
  3. Dr. Ashwin Mohan (Research Lead of Chaithanya Eye Hospital, Thiruvananthapuram)
  4. Dr. Rohit Shetty (Narayana Nethralaya, Bangalore)
  5. Dr. Nikhil Narayan (Samsung Research, Bangalore)
  6. Prof. Pina Marzilliano (NTU, Singapore)
  7. Prof. T. J. M. Berendschot and Prof. Carroll A. B. Webers (University Eye Clinic, Maastricht University, The Netherlands)
  8. Dr. Yogish S Kamath, Dr. Rajani Jampala, and Dr. Neetha KIR (Department of Ophthalmology, Kasturba Medical College, MAHE, Manipal)
  9. Dr. Rajagopal K. V. and Dr. Jasbon Andrade (Department of Radiodiagnosis, Kasturba Medical College, MAHE, Manipal)
  10. Dr. Vivekanand U (ASRAM, Eluru, West Godavari, Andhra Pradesh)
  11. Dr. Shilpa Patil (Astha Super Speciality Eye Clinic, Bangalore)
  12. Dr. Preeti Gupta (Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Inst. Med. Sci. Lucknow)
  13. Dr. Apurv Bache (Department of Pediatrics, Kasturba Medical College, MAHE, Manipal)
  14. 64 Codon Pvt. Ltd. (formerly known as Greenle Life Sciences Pvt. Ltd.), Cochin

Professional Activities

  1. Member IEEE SPS
  2. Member ISTE
  3. Fellow SERB-TARE
  4. Reviewer for -
    • IEEE Transactions on Image Processing
    • IEEE Access
    • Expert Systems with Applications (Elsevier)
    • Scientific Reports (NATURE)
    • SPIE Electronic Imaging
    • Public Library of Science (PLoS) journals
    • IET Electronic Letters
    • Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience (Hindawi)
    • IEEE Region Ten Conference (TENCON)
    • Local Conferences

FDPs/STTPs Attended

  1. ISTE sponsored short term training program on ‘Statistical Modelling for Engineers and Researchers,’ JNNCE, Shimoga, January 9 - 20, 2006. (2 weeks).
  2. AICTE sponsored staff development program on ‘Digital System Design using FPGAs,’ MIT, Manipal, June 23 - July 07, 2007 (3 Weeks).
  3. MHRD/AICTE sponsored QIP-CEP ‘Summer Research Faculty Fellow Program - 2008,’ IIT, Delhi, from May 26, 2008 - July 04, 2008 (6 Weeks).
  4. ISTE/WIPRO sponsored ‘Mission 10X - High Impact Teaching Skills’ faculty development program - 2010, MIT, Manipal, Nov 29, 2010 to Dec 3, 2010 (1 Week).