Dr. Utpal Barman
Assam Skill University, Assam Down Town University, The Assam Kaziranga University
0000-0002-2000-5007
About
Dr. Utpal Barman is an accomplished academic leader, researcher, and innovator with over 14 years of experience in Computer Science and Engineering. He currently serves as an Associate Professor in the Department of Information Technology (AI-ML Discipline) at Assam Skill University (A Govt. of Assam University) and has previously held key roles such as Dean of Faculty at Assam down town University, Dean of Research, and Centre Head of the Centre of Excellence in Data Science and Simulation (COEDSS) at Kaziranga University.
Dr. Barman has successfully completed 9+ funded research and consultancy projects worth over ₹65 lakhs from agencies such as AICTE, CDB, and MHRD, and serves as Co-PI in the ₹4.85 crore DST NIDHI i-TBI project. He has guided 5 PhD scholars out of which one has awarded and One has submitted thesis. He has also guided a total of 15+ M.Tech theses, and 25+ B.Tech projects, and holds three patents in Agri-Informatics. His research expertise spans Agri-Informatics, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Data Science, and Computer Vision.
Beyond academia, he is the Co-Founder and Advisor of Somadhan AgriTech and Karengg Technologies. The Somadhan is a startup funded by AIC NeatEHUB, AAU-Jorhat.
HE has more than 50+ Journal papers and 20+ conference papers and book chapters. He also contributes globally as an Associate Editor for Information Processing in Agriculture (Selevier), Editor in Springer Nature, and JANS.
Driven by a passion for innovation and interdisciplinary collaboration, Dr. Barman continues to bridge research, industry, and entrepreneurship, mentoring the next generation of technology professionals and contributing to advancements in AI and AgriTech solutions.
Employment
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Assam Skill University Associate Professor2025 - Present
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Assam Down Town University Professor2023 - 2025
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The Assam Kaziranga University Associate Professor2022 - 2023
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Girijananda Chowdhury Institute of Management and Technology Assistant Professor2011 - 2022
Education
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Projects & Funding
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Publications (32)
- Context-aware AgriBot using dual intent and entity transformer and hybrid deep learning model Save
- Geotechnical Performance of Lateritic Soil Subgrades Stabilized with Agro-Industrial Waste: An Experimental Assessment and ANN-Based Predictive Modelling Save
- Machine learning approach to detect android malware using feature-selection based on feature importance score Save
- A Systemic Review of Pre-clinical Studies of Herbal Plants having Anti-Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome Activity: A PAN-India Study Save
- Smartphone Contact Imaging and 1-D CNN for Leaf Chlorophyll Estimation in Agriculture Save
- Innovative Approaches to Rice (Oryza sativa) Crop Health: A Comprehensive Analysis of Deep Transfer Learning for Early Disease Detection Save
- Deep Neural Network-Based Smart Grid Stability Analysis: Enhancing Grid Resilience and Performance Save
- ViT-SmartAgri: Vision Transformer and Smartphone-Based Plant Disease Detection for Smart Agriculture Save
- Illustration of maiden frequency control scheme of combined cycle gas turbine and doubly fed induction generator integrated distributed energy resources based isolated power system Save
- Triboinformatic Approaches for Composite Coatings on Titanium Alloys Save