Rajesh M. Hegde

Rajesh M. Hegde is a Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur. He holds a PhD in Computer Science from IIT Madras (2005), an M.E. in Electronics Engineering from Bangalore University (1988), and a B.E. in IT Engineering from Mysore University.

His research focuses on Machine Learning, AI, and multimodal systems, with applications in wireless networks, IoT, and speech/audio processing. Specific interests include federated learning, WSN, and information fusion for ASR/VR systems. His lab is located in ACES 203-204.

Publications predominantly explore signal processing techniques for multimedia and speech applications, showing consistent focus on feature extraction, multimodal fusion, and real-time system design across 15+ years of research.

Awards & Honors:

• P.K Kelkar Research Fellowship (2009-2013)
• Undergraduate design mentorship award, UC San Diego
• ISCA Grant at INTERSPEECH-ICSLP 2004
• IBM Best Thesis Award recommendation
• Teaching excellence commendation