Prof. Rajeev Srivastava
Director [IIIT, Ranchi]
director@iiitranchi.ac.in

+91 651 2260031

Prof. Rajeev Srivastava is currently serving as the Director, IIIT Ranchi, Jharkhand (An Institution of National Importance under MoE, Govt. of India) since 16th May 2024. Prof. Rajeev Srivastava is a Professor (HAG) in the Dept. of Computer Sc. & Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi and currently on deputation as Director, IIIT Ranchi. He possesses 28+ years of teaching and research experience in various institutions of repute.

He served in various administrative capacities at IIT (BHU), Varanasi like the Dean (Resource and Alumni Affairs) (Dec’2020-Dec’2023), Head of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering (August’2017-December’2020), Head of the Centre for Computing and Information Services (CCIS) (January’2021- Dec’2023), Head, CCIS (Ex-officio) (August’2017-December’ 2020) and Chairman of Various Committees (like Investment Committee, Departmental Promotion Committee, Computer Unit (CCIS) Establishment Committee, PhD Admission Committee etc.) apart from various other key responsibilities.

He is a Fellow of Institution of Engineers (India) (FIE), Institution of Electronic and Telecommunication Engineers (FIETE), and Senior Member IEEE USA. He has published 210+ research papers in reputed international journals/ conferences, 05 research reference books, 22 book chapters, edited one (01) conference proceedings and 07 Indian patents (3 granted, 01 published and 3 filed). He successfully executed research projects funded by MoE, Govt. of India and DRDO, Govt. of India. 19 PhD Scholars have been awarded their degrees under his supervision, and 06 PhD scholars are currently working under his Supervision.

He serves as an Expert Member on different panels of various statutory bodies of Govt. of India like NBA, UGC, DRDO, UPPSC, UKPSC, BPSC, IITs, NITs, IIITs, Central/State universities and other reputed organizations. He is also the member of Senate, Academic Council, Board of Studies and Research committees of various Institutes/Universities. He is on the reviewer panel of many International Journals and Conferences. He is recipient of research publication awards by IIT (BHU) Global alumni association in 2010 and 2014 respectively. His biography was listed in Marquis Who’s Who in Science and Engineering, USA, 11th Edition, 2011-2012.

His research interests are in the areas of Image and Video Processing, Computer Vision, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning, Deep learning and Computational Bioinformatics.