<p>Dr. Sanjay Nalbalwar has earned his Ph.D. in 2008 from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi. With nearly 36 years of teaching experience and 20 years of Research and publication experience, he is currently serving as Professor and Head of the Department of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering at Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University (DBATU), Lonere, Raigad, Maharashtra, India.</p>
<p>His research interests include Signal and Image Processing, Multirate Signal Processing and Wavelets, Stochastic Process Modelling, and Quantum Computing. Dr. Nalbalwar has published around 150 research papers in national and international conferences and over 125 papers in reputed national and international journals. He is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers (India), Fellow of IETE, Senior Member of IEEE, and a Member of ISTE and CSI. He has authored four books in the areas of Signal Processing and Communication. One of his books is published by AICTE and made it available in 12 Indian languages by AICTE. He has two patents to his credit and two patents are in pipelines.</p>
<p>Dr. Nalbalwar has successfully organized six international conferences sponsored by Springer&nbsp; and edited all six proceedings and four national conferences sponsored by IETE also edited entire proceedings. He has conducted more than 25 workshops and faculty development programs of one or two weeks durations. He has guided 20 Ph.D.&nbsp; and over 75 postgraduate students, and is currently guiding 12 research scholars. He has received five state- and national-level awards.&nbsp;</p>
<p>He is a Member of the Editorial Board of IETE Journal of Research(Taylor and Francis), Associate Editor of IEEE SPS, JAET (Asia Pacific Science Press), Science Journal of Circuits, Systems and Signal Processing (Science PG) and the International Journal of Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology and Computer Engineering (VPH). He has also been a reviewer for several high-impact journals, such as the Elsevier Journal of Biomedical Signal Processing and Control. Dr. Nalbalwar is involved with multiple other editorial boards. Editor for the book series Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing (Springer).</p>
<p>In addition to his academic and research contributions, Dr. Nalbalwar holds several key administrative positions at DBATU, including Dean (Academics), Faculty of Engineering and Technology; Head, Department of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering; Director, Information and Communication Technology; Director &amp; CEO, DBATU Forum of Innovation, Incubation and Enterprise (Section-8 Company); and Director, Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC). He has been Chairman of the Board of Studies (BoS) in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering since 2010 and serves as Coordinator for NEP, AISHE, TBT in Marathi. He is instrumental in implementation of NEP 2020 in letter and spirit at DBATU campus and its 103 affiliated institutes. He is also working on Governing body and Academic Council of the various affiliated colleges. BOS Member of various Universities and Autnomus Colleges. He has been working on Academic Council, Executive Council, Fianance Committee, Building and&nbsp; Works committee, Planning &amp; Monitoring Board, Board of Deans, Scrutiny Committee, Selection Committee etc Bodies and&nbsp; Committees of the University.</p>
<p>He was appointed as a Performance Auditor for NIT Kurukshetra and IET Bundelkhand, and also served as a mentor to Government College of Engineering, Banswara, and the College of Engineering, Vallabh Vidyanagar, for three years under the TEQIP-III project of the MHRD ended in 2021. He has been working on various committees of AICTE, UGC, MHRD, NAAC etc as an expert. He has been instrumental in translation of 90 Technical books in Marathi Language as state coordinator by AICTE. Reason for leaving the University is his is retiring on 31st July 2026.</p>