Prof. Mukul S. Sutaone
Director,
IIIT Allahabad, Prayagraj (U.P.-India)
Ex-Vice Chancellor-COEP Tech.
University, Pune

In the capacity of Principal investigator of the "Center of Excellence in Signal & Image Processing", a World Bank funded project by MHRD-GoI (under TEQIP), Prof. Sutaone has been associated with the development and conversion of prototypes from mere Proof of Concept (PoC) to transferrable technologies. Some of such projects are ‘Video Stabilization for Cell Phones’ ‘Automated Inspection System for PCB fault detection’, ‘Density and Direction detection for Stampedes’, ‘Fake Currency Detection’, and 'Optimal Microphone Array for Audio beam-forming'.

With a handsome number of contributed and cited publications to his credit, a few granted patents and copyrights as well as multiple Govt./Corporate funded projects, he is an applauded resource person in many conferences, workshops and symposia, in the areas of Signal Processing, Next Generation Communication, Outcome based Education and Effective Deployment of National Education Policy, Prof. Sutaone is recipient of Prof. SVC Aiya IETE National Award for Excellence in Telecomm. Education.

Prof. Sutaone is recipient of Prof. SVC Aiya IETE National Award for Excellence in Telecomm.

Passionate on imbibing the culture of Entrepreneurship and Innovation in the youth of the society, Prof. Sutaone had been associated with establishment of Institute of Entrepreneurship, Leadership and Innovation at COEP, and as on date he is pursuing this mission in his role as PI of the initiative of the Ministry of Education, Govt. of India, titled ‘Capacity Building for Design & Entrepreneurship-CBDE’ at IIIT, Allahabad. An ardent believer of values and ethos in Bhartiya Knowledge Treasure, Prof. Sutaone carries a conviction that balanced confluence of knowledge, skills, attitude, values and ethics in the STEAM Education System in the HEIs, can transform the learner into a contributor for tomorrow’s Bharat as a World Leader.

Message from the Director

Greetings and a Warm Welcome to IIIT Allahabad!!

Education for an individual aims at enrichment, empowerment and enlightenment, infusing the skills of inquiry in the learner, which in turn illuminates the path of acquiring KNOWLEDGE, translating knowledge into WISDOM that leads to a perpetual journey towards TRUTH. When the humanity collectively tried to fight through a global pandemic, in last few years, an altogether changed World has evolved. In this brave new world, one is increasingly convinced that such empirical threat to the future of humanity can be successfully circumvented only through innovations in Sciences and Engineering, with their rapid translation to sustainable technology, however, within the spheres of humanity, ethics and symbiotic co-existence. Stellar accomplishments expand the frontiers of knowledge and scholarship every day, and that prompts an earnest need to train the next generation of leaders, technocrats and scientists who are not only technically skilled but morally attuned to identifying and solving problems that will take the nation forward.

IIIT-Allahabad, Prayagraj has always been uniquely poised and diligently working to tackle such challenges, as posed by time, technology and changing taste of learners, thereby strengthening itself to raise its stature and standard to the level-next, it deserves. The institute is perpetually prepared to welcome and reflect the radical changes in technological innovations into its teaching-learning and research. The academic character of the Institute is being serendipitously aligned with the vision carved by the National Education Policy 2020, which in turn, will be visible in its all-encompassing Undergrad, Masters, Research or Outreach programs, committing a distinct learning experience to the aspirants. In the era of collaborations and associations with organizations, industries and corporate, be it local, overseas or multi-national, IIIT-A is more than ready to offer a UNIQUE academic ambience, with its Multi/Inter/Trans-disciplinary curricular contents, for holistic development of a learner.

The Journey towards EXCELLENCE ever continues…Let’s traverse it together to PERFORM … to DEMONSTRATE….to CONTRIBUTE!!!

वीर्यं सह करवावहै। नौ अधीतम् तेजस्वि अस्तु |