DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE
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Debashis Ghosh
Professor
debashis.ghosh[at]ece.iitr.ac.in
Research Interests

Biosketch
Educational Details
Professional Background

Research
Projects
Publications
Patents
Books
Collaborations

Honours and Awards
Honors
Memberships

Teaching Engagements
Teaching Engagements

Students
Supervisions
Associate Scholars

Miscellaneous
Events
Visits
Administrative Positions
Miscellaneous
Research Interests
Communication Systems & Signal Processing, Cognitive radio & Sensor networks, Image & video processing, Computer vision & pattern recognition
BioSketch
Educational Details
MNIT (erstwhile MREC), Jaipur
1993
B.E., Electronics & Communication Engg.
IISc, Bangalore
1996
M.Sc. (Engg.), Electrical Communication Engg.
IISc, Bangalore
2000
Ph.D., Electrical Communication Engg.
Professional Background
Professor
26 Nov 2015 - Present
IIT Roorkee
Associate Professor
20 Jun 2008 - 25 Nov 2015
IIT Roorkee
Senior Lecturer
28 Jun 2006 - 27 Jun 2008
Multimedia University, Malaysia
Visiting Faculty
01 Jul 2003 - 30 Jun 2004
NUS, Singapore
Assistant Professor
04 Jan 2000 - 18 Jun 2006
IIT Guwahati
Senior Lecturer
15 Nov 1999 - 03 Jan 2000
IIT Guwahati
DAAD Research Fellow
12 Apr 1999 - 03 Nov 1999
University of Kaiserslautern, Germany
Research
Projects
TOPIC START DATE FIELD DESCRIPTION FINANCIAL OUTLAY FUNDING AGENCY OTHER OFFICERS
"Omni-directional night surveillance system" 01 Mar 2007 Video Surveillance MYR 20,000 UNITELE, Malaysia Dr. C.K. Lu
"Sign language recognition for deaf communication" 01 Jul 2009 Gesture Analysis ₹ 4,00,000 IITR
"Automatic biometric verification using image processing techniques" 01 Jan 2014 Biometrics ₹ 3,55,000 Newgen Software Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
"Agricultural information systems for ICT" 01 Apr 2014 Information & Communication Technology ₹ 71,32,000 Railtel-IITR Center Prof. D. Singh, Prof. S. Garg
"Pose-invariant audio-visual speech processing for continuous speech recognition in noisy environments" 01 Jun 2016 Audio-Video Signal Processing € 4,825 DAAD Germany
"Computer-aided sign language teaching-learning tool for the education of hearing impaired children in India" 01 Aug 2017 Gesture Analysis ₹ 31,62,000 DST Prof. Pyari M. Pradhan
"Design methodology for hot swappable redundancy in signal processing electronics" 01 Oct 2017 Signal Processing ₹ 9,50,000 DRDO
"Robust sign recognition for hearing impaired in low resolution, variable lightening and variable background condition " 01 Sep 2019 Gesture Analysis ₹ 3,00,000 TEQIP-III, UTU, Uttarakhand Prof. Brij Mohan Singh, COER, Roorkee, Uttarakhand
"RF-DSP co-design techniques for energy/spectral efficient massive MIMO/carrier aggregation in 5G communication " 01 Apr 2019 5G Communication ₹ 54,12 ,000 SERB, DST Prof. Meenakshi Rawat, Prof. Amalendu Patnaik, Prof. Manav Bhatnagar (IITD)
"Audio-visual attitudinal prosody and its connection to hand gestures " 01 Jan 2020 Audio-Video Signal Processing € 10,610 DFG, Germany Prof. Hansjoerg Mixdorff (Berliner Hochschule für Technik, Germany)
"On-chip implementation and energy-efficient processing of ECG signals for early detection of cardiovascular diseases" 01 Jan 2022 DSP Architecture ₹ 39,71,000 SERB, DST Prof. Bishnu P. Das
"Detection, early warning, and deterrence of wildlife species involved in human-wildlife conflict” 13 May 2022 Wireless Video Sensor Networks ₹ 40.00.000 Divyasampark iHub Roorkee Prof. P. Vinod
“Development of software for authentication of audio-video footage” 31 May 2022 Audio-Video Signal Processing ₹ 40,32,000 DFSS, MHA Prof. P. Vinod
"Design & development of video reenactment-based tool for speech therapy" 01 Sep 2024 Speech and Video Processing Rs. 53.98 Lacs Dept. of Science & Technology (DST) Prof. Vinod Pankajakshan
"Development and real-time implementation of electro-optical imaging algorithms on GPGPU based platform" 09 Jan 2025 Video Architecture Rs. 9.8 Lacs DRDO




Publications
"Fast codeword search algorithm for real time codebook generation in adaptive VQ"
1997
D. Ghosh and A. P. Shivaprasad | IEE, UK
Journal: IEE Proceedings - Visual, Image and Signal Processing Pages: 278 - 284 , Volumes: 144 ,
"An analytic approach for generation of artificial handprinted character database from given generative models"
1999
D. Ghosh and A. P. Shivaprasad | Elsevier
Journal: Pattern Recognition Pages: 907 - 920 , Volumes: 32 ,
"An architecture for motion estimation using one-dimensional hierarchical search block matching algorithm"
2002
P. N. Swamy, I. Chakrabarti and D. Ghosh | IEE, UK
Journal: IEE Proceedings – Computers and Digital Techniques Pages: 229 - 239 , Volumes: 149 ,
"Hand motion tracking and trajectory matching for dynamic hand gesture recognition"
2006
M.K. Bhuyan, D. Ghosh and P.K. Bora | Taylor & Francis
Journal: Journal of Experimental & Theoretical Artificial Intelligence Pages: 435 - 447 , Volumes: 18 ,
"Synthesis and animation of dynamic hand gestures for sign language generation"
2008
V. Verma and D. Ghosh | Freund & Pettman
Journal: Journal of Intelligent Systems Pages: 173 - 183 , Volumes: 17 ,
"Face recognition based on nonlinear feature approach"
2008
E.E.A. Abusham, A.T.B. Jin, W.E. Kiong and Debashis G | Science Publications, USA
Journal: American Journal of Applied Sciences Pages: 574 - 580 , Volumes: 5 ,
"Script recognition – a review"
2010
D. Ghosh, T. Dube and A.P. Shivaprasad | IEEE
Journal: IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis & Machine Intelligence Pages: 2142 - 2161 , Volumes: 32 ,
"An integrated approach to recognition of a wide class of continuous hand gestures"
2011
M.K. Bhuyan, P.K. Bora and D. Ghosh | World Scientific
Journal: International Journal of Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence Pages: 227 - 252 , Volumes: 25 ,
"Spectrum sensing for cognitive radios based on space-time FRESH filtering"
2014
R. Chopra, D. Ghosh and D.K. Mehra | IEEE
Journal: IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications Pages: 3903 - 3913 , Volumes: 13 ,
"A novel method for straightening curved text-lines in stylistic documents"
2014
B.M. Singh, A. Mittal and D. Ghosh | Springer
Journal: EURASIP Journal on Image and Video Processing
"Adaptive binarization of severely degraded and non-uniformly illuminated documents"
2014
B.M. Singh, R. Sharma, D. Ghosh and A. Mittal | Springer
Journal: International Journal on Document Analysis and Recognition Pages: 393 - 412 , Volumes: 17 ,
"Edge detection via edge-strength estimation using fuzzy reasoning and optimal threshold selection using particle swarm optimization"
2014
A. Khunteta and D. Ghosh | Hindawi
Journal: Advances in Fuzzy Systems
"Multi-oriented text extraction in stylistic documents"
2015
Brijmohan Singh, Rahul Sharma, Debashis Ghosh and Ankush Mittal | World Scientific
Journal: International Journal of Image and Graphics Volumes: 15 ,
"Dual-input dual-output RF sensor for indoor human occupancy and position monitoring"
2015
Brijesh Iyer, Nagendra Prasad Pathak and D. Ghosh | IEEE
Journal: IEEE Sensors Journal Pages: 3959 – 3966 , Volumes: 15 ,
"Multi-resolution mobile vision system for plant leaf disease diagnosis"
2016
Shitala Prasad, Sateesh K. Peddoju and Debashis Ghosh | Springer
Journal: Signal, Image and Video Processing Pages: 379 – 388 , Volumes: 10 ,
"FRESH filter-based spectrum sensing in the presence of cyclic frequency offset"
2016
R. Chopra, D. Ghosh and D. K. Mehra | IEEE
Journal: IEEE Wireless Communications Letters Pages: 124 - 127 , Volumes: 5 ,
"Performance evaluation of FRESH filter-based spectrum sensing for cyclostationary signals"
2016
R. Chopra, D. Ghosh and D.K. Mehra | Elsevier
Journal: Physical Communication Pages: 17 – 32 , Volumes: 20 ,
"Object boundary detection using active contour model via multiswarm PSO with fuzzy-rule based adaptation of inertia factor"
2016
A. Khunteta and D. Ghosh | Hindawi
Journal: Advances in Fuzzy Systems
"An efficient low vision plant leaf shape identification system for smart phones"
2017
Shitala Prasad, P. Sateesh Kumar and Debashis Ghosh | Springer
Journal: Multimedia Tools and Applications Pages: 6915 – 6939 , Volumes: 76 ,
"Spectrum efficient power allocation schemes for OFDM cognitive radio with statistical interference constraints"
2017
Manoranjan Rai Bharti and Debashis Ghosh | Elsevier
Journal: Physical Communication Pages: 169 - 181 , Volumes: 24 ,
"Spectrum sensing for OFDM signals using pilot induced cyclostationarity in the presence of cyclic frequency offset"
2017
Ribhu Chopra, Debashis Ghosh and D.K. Mehra | Elsevier
Journal: Physical Communication Pages: 182 - 194 , Volumes: 24 ,
"An adaptive plant leaf mobile informatics using RSSC"
2017
Shitala Prasad, Sateesh Kumar Peddoju, and Debashis Ghosh | Springer
Journal: Multimedia Tools and Applications Pages: 21339 – 21363 , Volumes: 76 ,
"RF sensor for smart home application"
2018
Brijesh Iyer, Nagendra Prasad Pathak and D. Ghosh | Springer
Journal: International Journal of System Assurance Engineering and Management Pages: 52 – 57 , Volumes: 9 ,
"Robust stabilized visual tracker for vehicle tracking"
2018
Kamlesh Verma, Avnish Kumar and D. Ghosh | DRDO, India
Journal: Defence Science Journal Pages: 307 - 315 , Volumes: 68 ,
"Power allocation for multiuser precoded OFDM cognitive radio"
2018
Manoranjan Rai Bharti and Debashis Ghosh | Elsevier
Journal: Physical Communication Pages: 193 - 203 , Volumes: 30 ,
"Efficient embedded hardware architecture for stabilised tracking sighting system of armoured fighting vehicles"
2019
Kamlesh Verma, D. Ghosh, Rajeev Marathe and Avnish Kumar | DRDO, India
Journal: Defence Science Journal Pages: 208 - 216 , Volumes: 69 ,
"Agriculture-as-a-service"
2021
Shitala Prasad, Sateesh K. Peddoju and Debashis Ghosh | IEEE
Journal: IEEE Potentials Pages: 34 - 43 , Volumes: 40 ,
“Multiscaled multi-head attention-based video transformer network for hand gesture recognition”
2023
Mallika Garg, Debashis Ghosh and Pyari Mohan Pradhan | IEEE
Journal: IEEE Signal Processing Letters Pages: 80 – 84 , Volumes: 30 ,
"Spatially correlated multi-Pair massive MIMO relaying with Rician channel and phase shifts”
2023
Priya Gupta, Dharmendra Prajapati, Ekant Sharma and Debashis Ghosh | IEEE
Journal: IEEE Transaction on Vehicular Technology Pages: 4844 – 4850 , Volumes: 72 ,
“User fairness and QoS aware based effective resource allocation for downlink NOMA cellular systems”
2023
Priya Gupta and D. Ghosh | Springer
Journal: Wireless Personal Communications Pages: 991 – 1012 , Volumes: 131 ,
"Visual tracking in unstabilized real time videos using SURF"
2019
Kamlesh Verma, D. Ghosh and Avnish Kumar | Springer
Journal: Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing Pages: 809 – 827 , Volumes: 15 ,
"An effectual video compression scheme for WVSNs based on block compressive sensing"
2024
G.L. Priya and D. Ghosh | IEEE
Journal: IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering Pages: 1542 – 1552 , Volumes: 11 ,
"Energy conservation in WVSNs with multiview data streaming via joint encoding in measurement domain"
2024
G.L. Priya and D. Ghosh | IEEE
Journal: IEEE Sensors Letters Pages: 1 - 4 , Volumes: 8 ,
“A multi-modal framework for continuous and isolated hand gesture recognition utilizing movement epenthesis detection"
2024
Navneet Nayan, Debashis Ghosh and Pyari Mohan Pradhan | Springer
Journal: Machine Vision and Applications Volumes: 35 ,
“Development of an animation-based Indian sign language e-learning app for persons with hearing and speech impairment"
2024
Navneet Nayan, Debashis Ghosh and Pyari Mohan Pradhan | Springer Nature
Journal: Cureus Journal of Computer Science Volumes: 1 ,
“Full-Duplex massive MIMO relaying over spatially correlated Rician channel with phase shifts”
2025
Priya Gupta, Malay Chakraborty, Ekant Sharma and Debashis Ghosh | IEEE
Journal: IEEE Transaction on Vehicular Technology Pages: 9967 – 9972 , Volumes: 74 ,
Books
Power Distribution Automation
Year: 2016 ,
B. Das (editor) | IET, UK
Contribution: Chapter 1: Communication system for distribution automation , Pages: 1 - 52 ,
Honors And Awards
Honors
Multimedia University, Malaysia
2007
Excellence in Teaching
MemberShips
IEEE
01 Jan 2000 - 18 Feb 2022
Member
IEEE
19 Feb 2022 - Present
Senior Member
Students
SuperVisions
Vision based dynamic hand gesture recognition for human computer interaction
22 Mar 2002 - 12 Oct 2007
Other Supervisors: Prof. Prabin Kr. Bora, Scholar: Manas Kamal Bhuyan
Text extraction in degraded and stylistic documents
26 Aug 2009 - 29 Apr 2012
Other Supervisors: Prof. Ankush Mittal, Scholar: Brijmohan Singh
Non-invasive detection of human vital signs using concurrent dual-band RF sensor
18 Jul 2011 - 01 Jun 2015
Other Supervisors: Prof. Nagendra P. Pathak, Scholar: Brijesh Iyer
Application of fuzzy logic and PSO in some image processing and analysis methods
16 Jul 2010 - 15 Feb 2016
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Ajay Khunteta
Mobile vision system for plant leaf analysis
21 Jul 2011 - 26 Feb 2016
Other Supervisors: Prof. Sateesh Kr. Peddoju, Scholar: Shitala Prasad
Adaptive techniques for cyclostationary spectrum sensing in cognitive radios
26 Dec 2011 - 14 May 2016
Other Supervisors: Prof. Daljit Kr. Mehra, Scholar: Ribhu
Energy efficient compressive data gathering in wireless sensor networks
30 Dec 2010 - 31 Jan 2018
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Prateek Dolas
Spectrum efficient power allocation for OFDM cognitive radio
09 Jul 2014 - 17 Sep 2018
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Manoranjan Rai Bharti
Target localization with video stabilization using visual feature tracking
01 Jan 2014 - 11 Mar 2020
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Kamlesh Verma
Throughput enhancement using resource allocation and massive MIMO technology in cellular system
28 Dec 2017 - 02 Feb 2024
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Priya Gupta
Multimodal approach to hand gesture recognition and synthesis
27 Dec 2017 - 04 Nov 2024
Other Supervisors: Prof. Pyari Mohan Pradhan, Scholar: Navneet Nayan
Compressive sensing-based data gathering in wireless visual sensor networks
16 Jul 2019 - 18 Dec 2024
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Priya G.L.
Vision-based deep-learning models for gesture synthesis and recognition
27 Dec 2017 - 06 Jun 2025
Other Supervisors: Prof. Pyari Mohan Pradhan, Scholar: Mallika
Miscellaneous
Visits
Ruhr University (RUB), Bochum, Germany
2016-06-01
DAAD Research Fellow (Senior Academics)
Berliner Hochschule fürTechnik (BHT), Berlin, Germany
2023-06-01
Invited Guest Researcher
Administrative Positions
Head of the Department
01 Mar 2016 - 31 Mar 2019
IIT Roorkee
Dy. Chief Advisor, Cultural Council
01 Jan 2012 - 31 Mar 2016
IIT Roorkee
Asstt. Program Coordinator, Bio-instrumentation
01 Jul 2006 - 03 Jun 2008
Multimedia University, Malaysia
Member, Academic & Corporate Planning Committee
01 Jul 2006 - 03 Jun 2008
Multimedia University, Malaysia
Member, Joint Industrial Training Program Committee
01 Jul 2006 - 03 Jun 2008
Multimedia University, Malaysia
Elected Member, Cluster Committee for Academic Promotion
01 Jan 2007 - 03 Jun 2008
Multimedia University, Malaysia
Chairman, Students' Cultural Board
01 Jul 2005 - 18 Jun 2006
IIT Guwahati
Faculty Advisor, Techniche
01 Jul 2002 - 31 May 2003
IIT Guwahati