About Ashish Dutta

Prof. Ashish Dutta obtained his PhD in Systems Engineering from Akita University, Japan, M.Tech from Jadavpur University and B.Tech from NIT Calicut. From 1994 to 2000 he was with the Bhabha Atomic Research Center, Mumbai where he worked on telemanipulator design and control for nuclear applications. Since 2002 he is with the department of mechanical engineering at IIT Kanpur, India. He was also a visiting professor in Nagoya University, Japan in 2006 and is currently a visiting professor at Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan (2015 - ). His research interests are in the areas of humanoid robotics,motion planning in 3D, intelligent control systems and rehabilitation engineering.Prof. Dutta has also served as advisory board member of ISRO Chandrayan II Lunar mission (2009), member of Task force on AI of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry (2017), Secretary of The Robotics Society of India (2011-2017), member Bureau of Indian Standards (Robotics Section), Chairman India-South Korea robotics working group (2013-) , Chairman IEEE Robotics and Automation section (UP, UK section), etc.