Engineering Intelligence for The Real World

The Center for Artificial Intelligence Research (CAIR) at KLE Tech is dedicated to advancing cutting-edge AI research with a strong focus on real-world impact and societal relevance. Our multidisciplinary efforts span Edge AI for vision and language, High-Performance Computing (HPC) leveraging GPUs, FPGAs, and QPUs, and Data Science for actionable insights in healthcare and beyond.

CAIR serves as a catalyst for innovation—merging foundational research with practical deployment. By leveraging next-generation tools and fostering strategic partnerships with industry and academia, we are building a thriving ecosystem that promotes research excellence, experiential learning, and scalable AI solutions.

Our vision is to establish CAIR as a globally recognized hub for impactful and responsible AI research, where technology advances serve both industry and society.



Engineering Intelligence

Researchers at CAIR

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Name
Research Focus
1
Dr. Meena S M
Image Processing, Machine and Deep Learning
2
Dr. B S Anami
Image Processing, Machine and Deep Learning, NLP
3
Dr. V P Baligar
Medical Image Processing, Image Compression
4
Dr. Satyadhyan Chickerur
HPC, CFD, Deep Learning, Quantum Computing
5
Dr. Nirmala S.R
Biomedical Signal & Image Processing
6
Dr. Shivashankar Huddar
CFD, Sensors, AI
7
Dr. Shrinivas Desai
Medical Image Processing, Image Reconstruction, Low Dose Imaging
8
Dr. Suvarna Kanakaraddi
NLP, Medical Image Processing, Data Analytics
9
Dr. Shantala Giraddi
Medical Image Processing, Machine and Deep Learning
10
Dr. Uday Kulkarni
AI/ML, GenAI, Deep Learning, DNN Optimization
11
Dr. Sharada Shirgudikar
AIML, Agriculture domain
12
Dr. Sumaiya Pathan
AIML
13
Dr. Guruprasad Konnurmath
3D Modelling, Deep Learning
14
Mr. Satish Chikkamath
Speech Processing – Multilingual Verification
15
Ms. Kavita Chichadi
Coronary Artery Segmentation from CCTA Images
16
Mr. Sunil Gurlahosur
ML/DL, Neural Architecture Search, Model Optimization
17
Mr. Prashant Narayankar
Medical Image Processing, GenAI
18
Ms. Indira Bidari
Deep Learning, Change Detection, Segmentation
19
Ms. Neha Tarannum
AIML, Deep Learning
20
Mr. Anand Meti
Medical Image Processing, Deep Learning
21
Ms. Nagaratna Yaligar
Low Complexity Algorithms, Machine Learning
22
Ms. Vijayalakshmi Sajjanar
Medical Image Processing, Deep Learning
23
Ms. Uma Hiremath
HPC, CFD, Deep Learning
24
Channabasappa Muttal
Data Analytics
25
Arundati Aralimatti
Model Optimization
26
Preeti Y.R
Computational medicines - Bio modeling

Domains of Impact

01

Edge AI

02

High Performance Computing

03

Data Science

04

Cloud Computing