Prof. Madhav Ji Nigam

Profile

M. J. Nigam was born in Distt. Etawah, Utter Pradesh(U.P.), India in 1953 and resided there till 1971.He received the B.Tech. degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Regional Engineering College (now NIT), Warangal (A.P.), India in 1976, the M.E. degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering with specialization in Control & Guidance in 1978 and the research work leading to the award of Ph.D. degree in Electronics and Computer Engineering in 1992 from University of Roorkee, Roorkee, India. From 1979 to 1980 and 1980 to 1982, he was a faculty member in the Department of Electronics Engineering, M.M.M. Engg. College, Gorakhpur and Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University, India respectively.
In 1982, he joined the faculty of University of Roorkee (now IIT Roorkee), Roorkee, India in the department of Electronics and Computer Engineering and was promoted as Reader in 1989, Associate Professor in 1996, and professor in 2009 and Retired as professor in June 2018 from Electronics and Computer Engineering Department. Afterwards, he joined as professor & Head in Electronics and Communication Engineering Department, Jaypee University of Information Technology, Waknaghat, H.P. & continued till June 30, 2020.
His main research interest for the thrust area of Electronics and Computer Engineering is Guidance & Controls in Navigational Systems including high resolution real time intelligent Kalman State Estimator as well as Regulation, Tracking and Guidance for peace time work and industry.
High-resolution intelligent vision systems, smart/brilliant/Intelligent weapons like ICBM, real time adaptive filtering, smoothing and prediction are some of his allied topics of interest in the field of Guidance and Control. In both of these sub-areas, he has engaged his M.E. and Ph.D. students for active research work and novel approaches to the above fields. His one hundred and eighty research articles in the above areas have also been published/ presented in various reputed journals and Conferences.
In addition to teaching undergraduate and postgraduate students, twelve Ph.D. and fifty-seven M. Tech students have been supervised for their dissertations. He has also guided eight M.Phil. and fourteen B. Tech. students for their projects in various research areas of Electronics and computer engineering. He has also remained actively engaged in various important academic and administrative activities of the department as well as the Institutes.

Experience Summary
1. Professor& Head 2018-2020 Electronics and Communication Engineering Department, Jaypee University of Information Technology, Waknaghat, H.P., India.
2. Professor: 2009 - 2018, Electronics and Computer Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee (UA), India.
3. Associate Professor 1996 – 2009, Electronics and Computer Engineering Department, University of Roorkee (now known as IIT Roorkee), India.
4. Reader Oct.1989-April 1996, Electronics and Computer Engineering Department, University of Roorkee (now known as IIT Roorkee), India.
5. Lecturer Jan. 1982- Oct.1989, Electronics and Computer Engineering Department, University of Roorkee (now known as IIT Roorkee), India.
6. Lecturer Aug. 1980 - Jan.1982, Electronics Engineering. Dept., I.T., B.H.U.; taught various UG and PG courses
7. Lecturer March 1979-Aug.1980, Electronics Engineering Department, Madan Mohan Malviya Engineering. College, Gorakhpur (UP), India where he taught various undergraduate courses.
8. Director General in Roorkee Institute of Technology, Roorkee from Oct 2021 – Till Date

Director General

Message

I am pleased to inform you that Roorkee Institute of Technology is a fully equipped campus and offers courses at undergraduate & postgraduate levels in diverse disciplines.
Our Vision & Mission has always been a guiding force for me and my colleagues. The main focus of the institute is to be a recognised leader in Engineering & Science, Management & Research for excellence, empowerment through knowledge, innovation, societal relevance, and impact of its pursuits.
The Institute is imparting outstanding education and research programmes that provide various courses, individual and group projects in design and research which, combined with classroom study, will prepare the students for the professional practice of Engineering & Science , Management and Team Work.
The ultimate goal is to prepare undergraduate and postgraduate students for productive careers in industry, academia and government by providing an excellent environment for teaching, learning and research in the theory and applications of computing and information technology.
To keep pace with technology in RIT, as and when required, new technology oriented courses are introduced which help the students in their placements. Students are also involved in various extra-curricular activities for personality enhancement.
To achieve these objectives, teachers play the major role where the real task of a teacher is to provide basic skills, knowledge and research-work to improve creativity, all of which are necessary for success. Faculty members are committed in the growth of students by providing uncompromising standards of excellence in training the students, both in class rooms and hands-on activity sessions. They are involved in R&D activities, curriculum development and organising workshops, faculty development Programmes, conferences & symposia etc.
The institute has strong relationship with academic, research institutions and industries. It moves forward with an idea of strong commitment in building up competent programmes with resounding standards of distinction. The institute has well-set laboratories and an enriched collection of software covering a wide spectrum of applications.
I extend my best wishes to the students and faculty of our institute for creating knowledge and contributing to the growth of the institute and society.

Prof. Madhav Ji Nigam
Director General RIT