Impact at a Glance
Honours & Awards
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126 June 20262026 IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence Invited as Session Chair and Speaker at the 2026 IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence
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12026IEEE Senior Member Elevated to IEEE Senior Member in November 2025 by the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society, recognising significant professional contributions to the field of computational intelligence.
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22025Best Research Paper Award – IIT Indore Foundation Day (17 Feb 2025) Awarded Best Research Paper 2025 at IIT Indore Foundation Day for the paper titled "Attention-guided generator with dual discriminator GAN for real-time video anomaly detection", published in Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, Vol. 131, 2024, 107830 (DOI: 10.1016/j.engappai.2023.107830). Co-authors: Rituraj Singh, Anikeit Sethi, Krishanu Saini, Sumeet Saurav, Sanjay Singh.
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32025AgriHub Recognised at Indore Gaurav Divas (31 May 2025) AgriHub: Innovation Hub for Agriculture at IIT Indore, established with support from MeitY and S&T MP, with AI/ML-based HPC technology center at POD 1E-201(A) IIT Indore, was recognised as a remarkable milestone during Indore Gaurav Divas on 31 May 2025.
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42025Featured in PRABHAV – IIT Madras National Coffee Table Book (IInvenTiv-2025) The Groundwater Management App developed by Prof. Aruna Tiwari and her team has been featured in the prestigious coffee table book "PRABHAV: From Idea to Impact", published as part of IInvenTiv-2025, an initiative by IIT Madras.
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52025AI Expert – MPSeDC Nomination (8 May 2025) Nominated as Expert in AI by Prof. Suhas S Joshi, Director IIT Indore, for an expert talk on "Artificial Intelligence" at the AI Workshop organised by MPSeDC under S&T MP at Kushabhau Thakre International Convention Center, Bhopal.
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62025MOU with C-DAC Pune Signed a Memorandum of Understanding with C-DAC Pune to leverage AI and High-Performance Computing (HPC) infrastructure for research and academic activities at IIT Indore under AgriHub.
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720247 Patents Filed (2 Granted) Two patents granted by the Indian Patent Office: (1) Sign Language Gesture Recognition System (2024); (2) Smart Road Asset Management System (2023). Five additional patents filed between 2024–2026.
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82024AgriHub – Rs. 15 Crore Research Funding (MeitY) Secured Rs. 14.98 Crore consortium project from the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY), Govt. of India for the AgriHub Innovation Hub for Agriculture (Oct 2024–Oct 2029).
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92022VPP Menon Gold Medal – PhD Student (10th Convocation, Aug 2022) PhD scholar Ms. Preeti Jha (under supervision of Prof. Aruna Tiwari) received the VPP Menon Gold Medal for the best Ph.D. dissertation work by a female student at the 10th Convocation of IIT Indore.
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10OngoingGuest of Honour – International IoT Conference Invited as Guest of Honour at an international conference on Internet of Things (IoT) and emerging technologies.
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11Ongoing500+ Master's Theses Examined Examined over 500 Master's theses including evaluations for University of York (UK), IIT Roorkee, IIT Delhi, BHU, MANIT Bhopal, and DA-IICT Gandhinagar.
Policy Making & Advisory Roles
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12026India-France RUSH High Level AI Symposium (18–19 Feb 2026) Invited talk on "AI Transforming Indian Agriculture" at the RUSH High Level Academic and Scientific Symposium (India-France), an international AI Summit event, New Delhi.
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22026Invited Policy Dialogue – ICARDA, Bhopal (30 Jan 2026) Participated in Thematic Dialogue on R&D and Climate Resilience at the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), Bhopal.
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32026Invited Talk – Technology-Led Governance for All, DST-MP & MeitY, New Delhi (15 Jan 2026) Delivered invited talk on "AI in Agriculture" at the event organised by Department of Science and Technology, Government of Madhya Pradesh, and MeitY, New Delhi.
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42025Invited Talk – ITCILO-UN (Italy), Bhopal (18–20 Nov 2025) Delivered invited talk on "AI Scope in Rural Development" at the United Nations International Training Centre of the ILO (ITCILO-UN), Italy, held at Bhopal campus.
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52025Invited Talk – Agriculture Innovation Summit 2025, Rajasthan (30 Oct 2025) Delivered talk on "Artificial Intelligence" at the Agriculture Innovation Summit 2025 organised by the Department of Agriculture, Government of Rajasthan, in collaboration with Elets Technomedia and eGov Magazine, Jaipur.
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62025Invited Panel Discussion – Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers' Welfare, Govt. of India (20–21 Jul 2025) Invited for a panel discussion on revolutionising agriculture by leveraging cutting-edge technologies and interdisciplinary research, organised by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare, Government of India.
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72025AI Expert – MPSeDC, S&T Madhya Pradesh (08 May 2025) Nominated as AI Expert by MPSeDC (Madhya Pradesh State Electronics Development Corporation) for AI policy advisory and development initiatives in Madhya Pradesh under S&T MP.
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82025Senate Nominee – Board of Governors, IIT Indore (07 Feb 2025) Appointed as Senate Nominee for the Board of Governors of IIT Indore.
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92025Woman Independent Director – MPPKVVCL, MP Power Unit (Second Term) (05 Jan 2025) Appointed as a Woman Independent Director on the board of M.P. Paschim Kshetra Vidyut Vitaran Company Limited — second term.
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102025Expert – Board of Studies, SGSITS Indore (01 Jan 2025) Appointed as an expert to the Board of Studies at Shri Govindram Seksaria Institute of Technology & Science (SGSITS), Indore.
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112024Member – PRSG Committee, MeitY, New Delhi (27 Nov 2024) Appointed as a member of the Programme Review & Steering Group (PRSG) committee constituted by MeitY, New Delhi.
Professional Memberships
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12025IEEE Senior Member Elevated to IEEE Senior Member, IEEE Computational Intelligence Society.
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2OngoingLife Member – Computer Society of India (CSI)
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3OngoingLife Member – Soft Computing Research Society (SCRS)