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Dr. Vinod Patidar

University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Sir Padampat Singhania University, Mohanlal Sukhadia University, Apaji Institute of Mathematics and Applied Computer Technology

ORCID iD 0000-0002-1270-3454
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Professor Vinod Patidar holds prestigious Fellowships with IoP (UK), IET (UK), and IETE (India), and is an alumnus of the Executive Leadership Academy at UC Berkeley. He has also completed training in University Governance and Academic Leadership offered by Vrije Universiteit, Brussels, under the European Union’s ERASMUS+ LEAD2 Programme. With more than 25 years of experience (including 20 years post-PhD and 10 years as full professor) in teaching, research, and academic administration, he is an internationally recognized and award-winning researcher in the fields of Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos Theory, Modelling and Simulation, Chaos-based Cryptography and Image Encryption, Steganography, and DNA Cryptography. He has authored around 100 publications, which have collectively received over 4,950 citations, with an h-index of 24 and an i10-index of 40. His work has earned several accolades, including the Most Cited Paper Award from Image and Vision Computing (Elsevier) and the Editor’s Pick Outstanding Article Award 2022 from Frontiers in Applied Mathematics and Statistics (FAMS). Additionally, four of his research papers on chaos-based cryptography have appeared in the ScienceDirect Top 25 lists of most downloaded articles during various periods.
He has been a Visiting Scientist at the Helmholtz Institute for Supercomputational Physics, University of Potsdam, Germany and the International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste.
He has visited Germany, Italy, Greece, Canada, Nepal, Brazil, South Korea and United Kingdom for various academic/research purposes. He has been awarded various research & travel fellowships /grants/awards like DST Young Scientist Research Grant, SERB-MATRICS Grant, COSTED Travel Fellowship, CIMPA-ICPAM Travel Grant (twice in 2004 & 2010), DST International Travel Grant (twice in 2009 & 2012), CCSTDS Travel Fellowship, NBHM Travel Grant (twice in 2010 & 2011), Faraday Bursary (Faraday Institute, University of Cambridge), ICTP (Italy) Guest Scientist Grant, ICIAM Funding (twice in 2011 & 2015), ICM-2014 Nanum Travel Grant, ICM-2018 Open Arms Grant, CSIR Travel Grant, UGC Junior and Senior Research Fellowships, etc. Overall, he has mobilized around INR 5 Million for various research-related activities.

He is an Associate Editor of the Dynamical Systems Section of Frontiers in Applied Mathematics and Statistics (FAMS), Image Processing section of Frontiers in Signal Processing, Chaos Theory and Applications (CTA), Section Editor of Current Indian Science and a Reviewer of more than 45 international journals published by Elsevier, World Scientific, AIMS, AIP, IoP, IET, Springer, SPIE, IEEE etc. He is a Senior Member of IEEE, IEEE Signal Processing Society, IEEE Information Theory Society, IEEE Computer Society, International Association of Computer Science and Information Technology (IACSIT), International Association of Engineers (IAENG), Federation of Education Leaders and Administrators (FELA).

Employment

  • University of Petroleum and Energy Studies Professor
    2023 - Present
  • Sir Padampat Singhania University Professor
    2015 - 2023
  • Sir Padampat Singhania University Associate Professor
    2011 - 2015
  • Sir Padampat Singhania University Assistant Professor
    2008 - 2011
  • Apaji Institute of Mathematics and Applied Computer Technology Senior Lecturer
    2007 - 2008
  • Apaji Institute of Mathematics and Applied Computer Technology Lecturer
    2005 - 2007
  • MLS University Senior Research Fellow (UGC)
    2002 - 2004
  • MLS University Junior Research Fellow (UGC)
    2000 - 2002

Education

  • Mohanlal Sukhadia University PhD
    2000 - 2005

Projects & Funding

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Publications (104)