Curriculum Vitae
Name: M. Balakrishnan
Date of birth: 28th Aug. 1956
Address for correspondence:
Postal address: Deputy Director(Faculty), IIT Delhi, New Delhi 110016
Email: mbala@cse.iitd.ac.in
Telephone: 11-26591704 (office) 11-26863014 (res)
Facsimile: 11-26582153
Field(s) of specialization:
Behavioral and system level synthesis
System level design & modeling
Computer architecture
Hardware-software codesign
Embedded system design
Assistive devices for the visually impaired
Academic qualifications:
Ph.D.(EE) 1984 IIT Delhi
Thesis title : A Microprogram Generating system with Emphasis on Signal Processing Architectures)
B.E.(Hons.)(EEE) 1977 BITS,Pilani First rank in Engg. in 1977(CGPA : 9.77)
Positions held, Date of joining and the Institution (In reverse chronological order):
| Position | Period | Place |
| Deputy Director(Faculty) | July ’09 – present | IIT Delhi |
| Dean(PGS&R) | Sep. '06 – Aug. ‘09 | IIT Delhi |
| Head | Sep. '01 - Aug. '04 | Dept. of CSE, IIT Delhi |
| Professor | Aug. '97 – present | Dept. of CSE, IIT Delhi |
| Visiting Prof. | Aug '94 - Jul '95 | LS Informatik XII, Univ. of Dortmund |
| Associate Prof. | Apr '91 - July '97 | Dept. of CSE, IIT Delhi |
| Assistant Prof. | Dec '88 - Mar '91 | Dept. of CSE, IIT Delhi |
| Visiting Scientist | May '88 - Dec '88 | Institut fuer Informatik, Univ. of Kiel |
Assistant Prof. |
Sep '87 - May '88 |
Dept. of ECE, Syracuse Univ. |
Research Associate |
Sep '85 - Aug '87 |
Dept. of CIS, Univ. of Guelph |
Scientist |
May '77 - Aug '85 |
CARE, IIT Delhi |
Awards and fellowships:
Name of the body |
Year of award |
Nature of the award |
IIT Delhi Golden Jubilee Committee |
2010 |
Mentor Award |
Vasvik Award 2005 |
2008 |
Research that is industrially relevant |
SIGDA (given at DAC 2007) |
2007 |
TODAES 2007 Best paper Award |
DAAD, Germany |
1994 |
Konrad Zuse fellow |
NRDC, India |
1982 |
NRDC invention award |
BITS Pilani |
1977 |
Silver medal (I in Engg. 1977) |
NCERT and IARI |
1972 |
NSTS Scholarship (Agri. Engg.) Not accepted |
Birla Higher Secondary School |
1972 |
Best School Boy Award |
Professional Achievements and contributions:
- 16 journal, 63 refereed conference publications, one book chapter and two patents (List of publications in Annexures A, B, C and D)
- Research projects and consultancies from leading EDA/VLSI companies, reviewer for major international journals, member of key academic bodies (Annexure E)
- 8 PhDs and 3 MS(R) (Annexure F)
- 78 M.Techs. and 62 B.Tech projects supervised
- Many key initiatives in VLSI/Embedded systems education as well as higher education in general (Annexure G)
Key Outside IIT Delhi Memberships and Roles:
- Educational Institutions
- Member, BoG, NSIT Delhi (2005 - )
- Member, Academic Council, SMVDU, Jammu (2006 - )
- Member, Advisory committee of Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) Delhi (2008 - )
- Industry
- Chairman, Board of Directors, KritiKal Solutions India (Pvt) Ltd. TBIU Startup (2006 - )
- Director (Non-executive), TCIL (2009 - )
- Director (Non-executive), ITI (2009 - )
- Professional
- Steering Committee Member, VLSI Design (2006 - )
- Member, ACM India Council (2009- )
- Member, Research Advisory Council, CEERI, Pilani (CSIR laboratory) (2010 - )
- Member, Industrial Applications Working Group, MCIT, Govt. of India (2010 - )
- Member, Microelectronics Working Group, MCIT, Govt. of India (2010 - )
- Senior Member, IEEE
- Senior Member, ACM
Referees (detailed office/residence addresses or phone numbers on request):
Within IIT Delhi
Prof. Surendra Prasad, Director, IIT Delhi, New Delhi, 110016
(sprasad@ee.iitd.ac.in/ director@admin.iitd.ac.in)
Prof. Anshul Kumar, Professor, CSE Department, IIT Delhi, New Delhi, 110016
(anshul@cse.iitd.ac.in)
Prof. S.N. Maheshwari, Professor, CSE Department, IIT Delhi, New Delhi, 110016
(snm@cse.iitd.ac.in)
Outside IIT Delhi Within India
Prof. P.V. Indiresan, Ex- Director (IIT Madras) and Retd. Professor, IIT Delhi
(indiresan@gmail.com)
Prof. P.C.P. Bhatt, Retd. Professor, CSE Deptt., IIT Delhi
(bhatt_pcp@fastermail.com)
Prof. B.N. Jain, VC, BITS Pilani, Pilani, 333031
(bnjain@cse.iitd.ac.in)
Dr. Sanjiv Narayan, Vice President, Calypto Design Systems, NOIDA
sanjiv@calypto.com
Mr. V.B. Taneja, Retired Senior Director, MCIT, New Delhi
(vbtaneja@gmail.com)
Rangasayee R, Director, NIHH, Mumbai
rangasayee2002@yahoo.co.in
Outside India
Prof. Peter Marwedel, Department of Computer Science, University of Dortmund, Germany
(peter.marwedel@udo.edu)
Prof. Sharad Malik, Department of Electrical Engineering, Princeton University, USA
(sharad@princeton.edu)
Prof. Vishwani Agrawal, Aubrn Univrsity, USA
vagrawal@eng.auburn.edu
Prof. Nikil Dutt, Department of Computer Science, University of California,USA
dutt@ics.uci.edu
Dr. Adhana Hailey Adhana, Ex-State Minister of Education, Govt. of Ethiopia, Ethiopia
(now Advisor to Ministry of Education, Ethiopia)