Vice-Chancellor

Contact Details:

Phone No: 02140275040 (Direct) ; 02140275101 (VC Secretary)

Email: [email protected];  [email protected];  [email protected]

Colonel Professor Karbhari Vishwanath Kale is currently working as a Vice-Chancellor, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological Unviersity (DBATU), Lonere-Raigad, a state Technological University of Maharashtra State. He also served as the Vice-Chancellor of Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU) more than a year (additional charge). He worked as a Senior Professor of CSIT in the Department of Computer Science and Information Technology, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University (BAMU), Chh. Sambhajinagar. Recently he has conferred with honorary Colonel degree by the Ministry of Defence, Govt. of India. He served many prestigious position like Director, Board of College and University Development (BCUD), Director, University Network & Information Center (UNIC), Head of the Department of Computer Science and Information Technology of BAMU, Chh. Sambhajinagar. He has acted as the President of the ICT Section of the Indian Science Congress Association during 2015–2016, under the Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India. He has served on various state level committees like Perspective Development Plan, Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA), Higher Education Policy, New University Act, Drone Taskforce Committee, Monitoring and evaluating committee of Avishkar, Higher and Technical Education, Government of Maharashtra and many more. He is a pioneer of Multimodal Biometrics and Remote Sensing Data Analysis in the region and established the state-of-art Multimodal Biometrics Research Laboratory (MBRL) as a unique national level Laboratory, RS and GIS, Pattern Recognition and as a center of excellence in teaching and research in biometrics and advance Image processing technology in university. He has more than 36 years of experience in research, innovation and teaching at UG, PG and PhD level. He has published more than 370 National and International research articles, 06 books and 23 book chapters in the reputed journal publishers. The current total impact factor of his research is more than 24, with h-index of 28, i10-index of 84 and citation more than 2500. He has recently granted 02 Australian & 02 Indian patent alongwith other 6 Indian Patent Published. He has been invited to deliver numerous plenary lectures, invited talks, and to chair sessions at symposia, workshops, and conferences at both national and international levels. He has successfully supervised over 40 Ph.D. students in Computer Science and Engineering, with several others currently working under his guidance. His research interests span a wide range of areas, including Remote Sensing and GIS, Geospatial Technology, Multimodal Biometrics, Image Processing, Pattern Recognition, Computer Vision, Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Big Data Analytics, and the Internet of Things (IoT). He has served as Editor-in-Chief, Editor, and Reviewer for various esteemed international and national journals. He has successfully mobilized research funding amounting to crores from prominent agencies such as DST, UGC, RUSA, Media Lab, and MeitY. These funds have been instrumental in augmenting and establishing state-of-the-art research laboratories at the university through major Research & Development projects Some of the noteworthy outcomes and technology transfers include the development of the KVK Multimodal Biometric Database, recognized nationally and internationally, as well as open-source tools for processing and analyzing hyperspectral data. Other contributions include regional crop spectral signatures, tools for drought analysis, crop disease analysis, and vegetation indices, along with the Heart Rate Variability (HRV) system. He has developed and designed new algorithms and methods for fingerprint, face, palm, iris, and other biometric modalities, along with creating a multimodal biometric recognition system. Additionally, he has developed techniques for analyzing the spectral signatures of remotely sensed data. Professor Kale has received numerous academic honors and professional distinctions. He has served as an expert member on various state and national-level institutes and contributed to several committees at both state and national levels. He has worked on various committees at both state and national levels, including the Management Council, Executive Committee, Senate, Academic Council, Research and Recognition Committee (RRC), etc. He has also been involved with various statutory authorities of other universities, serving in different capacities such as Chairman and Member. He has been honored and conferred with several prestigious awards and recognitions at both national and international levels, including the National Geospatial Faculty Fellow Award by FOSSEE, Government of India, ICT Researcher of the Year 2016, ACS Digital Disruptors Award, the SEARCC International Award, the Pearcey Foundation Award (Australia), the Vijay Shree Award, a One-Time Research Fellowship from the UGC, the International Amazing Idea Award by the SAI International Organization (USA) during its international conference in London, the IACSIT Excellent Paper Award, Research Professor Award for the year 2016-17 by BAMU and many more. Additionally, his achievements have been featured in Who's Who in the World of USA. He is a fellow, life member, and active member of numerous international organizations, including INNS-IEEE, OGC, IACSIT, IAENG, Signal Processing Society, Communications Society, Computer Society, Geoscience and GRSS, Green-ICT Community, IoT Community, and Life Sciences Community. He is also affiliated with several national organizations such as CSI, IPA, IUPRAI, ISCA, SIGAI, C-DAC, IAO, IETE, SSARSC, and many others. Additionally, he served as the Chairman of the Aurangabad Regional Center for IETE. He is a visionary, enthusiastic, and highly dedicated teacher and researcher who has developed innovative mechanisms for teaching, learning, and evaluation. He was also nominated as one of the Top 100 Professionals of 2017 by the International Biographical Centre, Cambridge, England. Presently, he has successfully organized two Guinness World Records events, coordinated three G20 Flagship Programs at Savitribai Phule Pune University, and led numerous administrative and academic reforms. He has introduced cutting-edge technological programs aligned with NEP 2020 at DBATU. To strengthen research activities and infrastructure across the main campus, regional offices, and sub-centers, he established a cutting-edge 5G Technology Lab, developed sports facilities, and upgraded overall infrastructure. He introduced the innovative DBATU Vice-Chancellor Research Fellowships to support researchers and established strong industry connections and institutional linkages through MoUs with national and international organizations. He played a pivotal role in effectively implementing NEP 2020 and fostered a culture of startups, innovation, technology transfer and entrepreneurship by supporting ventures through the University Incubation Centre.
He is committed and consistently works with the motto of 'ICT for Sustainable Society.'