Prof. Nitin Saxena, Dean, Wadhwani School of Artificial Intelligence and Intelligent Systems

Prof. Nitin Saxena, the inaugural dean of the Wadhwani School of Artificial Intelligence and Intelligent Systems at IIT Kanpur, is a professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering. He holds the N. Rama Rao Chair Professorship at the institute and is also a J. C. Bose Fellow.

He obtained his BTech and PhD from IIT Kanpur in 2002 and 2006 respectively. He was a postdoctoral fellow at CWI, Amsterdam, and a Bonn Junior Fellow (W2 Professor) at Hausdorff Center for Mathematics, Bonn, before joining IIT Kanpur as a faculty in 2013.

Broad areas of Prof. Saxena’s research interests are Complexity, Algebra/ Geometry/Number Theory, Cryptography, and AI product-development for the local economy.

Prof. Saxena has numerous awards and recognition to his credit. He has received multiple national and international honours for his research contributions, including the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize, SwarnaJayanti Fellowship, Distinguished Alumnus Award IIT Kanpur, IIT Bombay South Asia Award, the coveted Gödel Prize, and the Fulkerson Prize. He is a fellow of all three Science Academies, namely, the Indian National Science Academy, Indian Academy of Sciences, and The National Academy of Sciences India, and also a fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering. Prof. Saxena has served in numerous institute-level committees in various capacities throughout his career at the institute. He is the founding Coordinator of Center for Developing Intelligent Systems (now, WCDIS).

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