Sankar K. Pal

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Sankar Kumar Pal is the Director of the Indian Statistical Institute in Calcutta. He founded the Machine Intelligence Unit in 1993, and the Center for Soft Computing Research: A National Facility in 2004 at the institute. He received a Ph.D. in Radio Physics and Electronics from the University of Calcutta in 1979, and another Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering along with DIC from Imperial College, University of London in 1982.

His areas of research interests include fuzzy sets and uncertainty analysis, artificial neural networks for machine intelligence, pattern recognition, image processing, data mining, genetic algorithms, rough sets, and soft computing. He has worked on hybrid intelligent systems like rough fuzzy hybridization.

[edit] Fellowships and awards

Fellow, The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (Fellow, IEEE), USA.
Fellow, The International Association for Pattern Recognition (Fellow, IAPR), USA.
Fellow, Third World Academy of Sciences (FTWAS), Italy.
Fellow, Indian National Science Academy( FNA), India.
Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for the year 1990 in Engineering Sciences.
Jawaharlal Nehru Fellowship for the year 1993.
Hari Om Prerit Vikram Sarabhai Research Award for the year 1993 in Electronics /Telecommunication / Informatics /Automation.
NASA Space Act Tech Brief Award from NASA Inventions and Contributions Board, U.S.A., 1993.
1994 Outstanding Paper Award from IEEE Neural Networks Council (USA).
Patent Application Award from NASA, Invention and Contribution Board, USA, 1995.
Distinguished Speaker of IEEE Computer Society (USA) for Asia Pacific Region, 1997.
Ram Lal Wadhwa Gold Medal for the year 1997 from IETE, India.
Om Prakash Bhasin Award for the year 1998 in Electronics & Information Technology.
G. D. Birla Award for Scientific Research for the year 1999.
Khwarizmi International Award (1st winner) from the Islamic Republic of Iran, 2000.
FICCI Award for the year 2000-2001 in Engineering and Technology.
P.C. Mahalanobis Birth Centenary Award (Gold Medal) for lifetime achievements and contributions in Science and Technology, from the Indian Science Congress Association 2005-06.