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srijan-kumarIIT-KGP alumnus, Prof. Srijan Kumar ('13), named to 'Forbes 30 Under 30 in Science'

The KGP Chronicle (January 3, 2022)

Forbes 30 Under 30--Alumnus Prof. Srijan Kumar

IIT Kharagpur alumnus, Prof. Srijan Kumar has been included in Forbes 30 under 30 in Science, Class of 2022!

Prof. Kumar is an Assistant Professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He is a specialist in AI, ML, and Data Science. In his attempt to make the internet a safer place he is involved in developing Data Science and Machine Learning solutions to combat fraudsters, trolls, and other malicious entities. His research has influenced Twitter’s Birdwatch platform. It is also implemented by Flipkart.

An alumnus of the 2013 batch from the Computer Science and Engineering Department of the Institute, Prof. Kumar went on to pursue his Masters and a Ph.D. from the University of Maryland, College Park. He said that he is ever grateful to the teachers at the Computer Science Department. He specially
conveyed his gratitude to his mentor Prof. Partha Pratim Chakrabarti. He also thanked Prof. Niloy Ganguly and Prof. Animesh Mukherjee for introducing him to Machine Learning and Data Science. (Access the original article) (Forbes profile)