Biography:
Personal Life and Education:

• Dr. Dinesh K. Anvekar is a distinguished academic and industry professional with extensive experience in research, innovation, and teaching.He secured first rank and a state award in 1979 for achieving the highest marks in Electronics among all engineering universities in Karnataka.
• B.E. in Electronics, Bangalore University, July 1979
• M.E. in Automation, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore,Sept 1981
• Ph.D. in Microelectronics, IISc, Bangalore in 1990 and was awarded the Best Thesis Award.

Career:

He joined as a Scientific Officer at the ECE department, IISc in 1982 and served in that role until 1987, after which he became a Senior Scientific Officer (SSO) from 1987 to 1990. He was then promoted to Senior Scientific Officer (Selection Grade) on 10 March 1990 and continued in that position until 1996. On 16 March 1996, he was appointed as an Assistant Professor.

• Over 16 years of research and development experience at IISc (1982–1998).
• Senior Professor at RNS Institute of Technology (RNSIT), Bengaluru.
• Chief Technology Officer, Lab2Market (IISc startup).
• Director of Research and Development, Vijaya Vittala Institute of Technology (VVIT).
• Director of Entrepreneurship and Professor of Computer Science, CMR Institute of Technology (CMRIT).
• More than 18 years of teaching experience at IISc and other institutions.

Research Area:
• Wireless Sensor Networks
• Artificial Intelligence
• Embedded Systems
• Intelligent Automation
• Internet of Things (IoT)

Awards and recognitions/ Positions held:

• Led innovation initiatives at Honeywell Technology Solutions Lab.
• Certified Six Sigma Black Belt by Honeywell and the American Society for Quality (ASQ).
• Mentored over 300 Six Sigma Green Belt projects.
• Holder of 15 U.S. patents issued through IBM Solutions Research Center, AT&T Bell Labs, Lotus Interworks, and Nokia Research Center, Finland.
• Filed 100 patents in India within a span of 10 months (September 2014 – June 2015).
• Authored a book and published more than 55 technical research papers.
• Supervised over 40 undergraduate and postgraduate engineering projects and research students.
• Best Ph.D. Thesis Award from the Indian Institute of Science.
• Invention Report Awards from Nokia Research Center, Finland.
• Lucent Technologies (Bell Labs) Award for contributions to the Bell Labs Technical Journal.
• KAAS Young Scientist Award, Karnataka, India.
• Fellow, Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (IETE).
• Senior Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).