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Asish Bera

Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science & Information Systems, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus

Artificial Intelligence, Computer Vision, Deep Learning, Human Action Recognition, Image Processing, Machine Learning
Office: Chamber 6120-D, New Academic Block,
Department of Computer Science & Information Systems,
Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani- 333031, Rajasthan. India.

Ongoing Projects

Advertisement for Junior Research Fellow (JRF) 
Prime Minister Early Career Research Grant funded by

Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF)

 

Applications are invited for eligible Indian citizens for the Junior Research Fellow (JRF) positions at Department of Computer Science and Information Systems, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus, Rajasthan, India as per the given details:

 

Project Details:

Project No.

ANRF/ECRG/2024/001743/ENS

Principal Investigator (PI)

Dr. Asish Bera, Assistant Professor, Dept of CSIS, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus, India

Title of the Project

Development of a Vision-Language Model for in situ Plant Health Diagnosis Using Visual and Soil Information

Project Description

The project aims to develop a Vision-Language Model (VLM) for multi-crop stress detection to support Indian farmers. The proposed method will analyse leaf images, integrate weather and soil data, and provide natural language explanations for agricultural stress diagnosis. It aims to be a cost-effective solution that will be deployed in a smartphone, and overall to improve crop production for economic growth.

No. of JRF Positions:

02

Duration: 03 Years

Project Fellowship

Rs. 37,000 per month for 1st and 2nd years.  Rs. 42,000 per month for 3rd year, as per ANRF norms. HRA (Accommodation) and other facilities will be provided as per Institute (BITS Pilani) norms.

Last Date of Application

30th June, 2025        

Benefits towards PhD

Selected candidates will be encouraged to pursue full-time PhD program as per Institute norms.

Essential Qualification

Master’s (M.E. / M.Tech. / M.Sc.) in CSE /IT /AI-ML /ECE or related fields with a minimum aggregate of 60% or 6.5/10 CGPA. Candidates currently appearing in the last semester of Master’s degree may also apply.

Candidates having Bachelor’s degree in aforementioned or related fields with good academic records or job experience may also apply.

Age

Preferably within 36 years. [Age may be relaxed for candidates with good records/experience]

Desirable Skills

Knowledge on Computer Vision, Image Processing, Machine Learning, Algorithm Design, and related Computer Science and Engineering subjects.

Coding skills in developing Deep Neural Networks, Large Language Models (LLMs) using Python, TensorFlow, and related to the application development required for the project.

Application Process

e-Mail to: asish.bera@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in along with your recent Resume and academic certificates with the subject-line: Application for JRF: ANRF-ECRG-001743

Selection Process

Shortlisted candidates will be communicated and invited to appear in an Online Interview.