IUPRAI in ICVGIP 2025

IUPRAI- Doctoral Dissertation Award Program

IUPRAI (Indian Unit of Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence) - Doctoral Dissertation Award program has been established to recognize and encourage excellence in research and writing by doctoral candidates in the areas of Computer Vision, Computer Graphics, Image Processing and Pattern Recognition. IUPRAI -Doctoral Dissertation Award are presented biannually at the ICVGIP (Indian Conference on Computer Vision, Graphics and Image processing) conference. The award for 2024-2025 will be conferred during the ICVGIP 2025 Conference, to be held during December 19-21, 2025 at IIT Mandi.

IUPRAI - Doctoral Dissertation Awards are presented biannually at the ICVGIP (Indian Conference on Computer Vision, Graphics and Image Processing) conference. The award for 2024-2025 will be conferred during the ICVGIP 2025 Conference, to be held during December 19-21, 2025 at IIT Mandi. The award will consist of an appropriately worded citation and a cash prize.

Eligibility Criteria for Applicants

All candidates who have defended their thesis between 1st October 2024 and 30th September 2025 are eligible to apply. The dissertation must be in any one of the following areas:

Computer Vision
Image Processing
Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning
Computer Graphics

The dissertation must have been submitted for a doctoral degree in a recognized University/Institution only in India. Only English language versions of the thesis will be accepted.

Nomination Process

The deadline for nomination is December 10, 2025. Each nomination should be forwarded by the thesis advisor (not the student). The nomination should be one zipped file from the thesis advisor, which should include (all information will be kept strictly confidential):

Title of the dissertation
Name of the student
Date of submission and date of defense
University/Institution where the dissertation is submitted
Area of the dissertation - IP / PR & ML / CV / CG
List of publications (only reviewed journals and conferences/workshops etc. — state impact factor or Rank/h5-index, for each case, if available) out of the dissertation.
Electronic version of the thesis and its synopsis
Nomination letter (specifically for this award, not an open one) by the thesis advisor highlighting significance of the thesis. This letter must also include:
- Name, address, and phone number of the advisor
- Name, mailing address, and email address of the candidate

Each nomination must be mailed as a single zip file by the research supervisor, before December 10, 2025 to the address:

[email protected], [email protected]

Important Dates

Submission deadline: December 10, 2025

Review Process

The nomination letter, list of publications and summary of the thesis will be used in the initial screening phase to shortlist dissertations for subsequent in-depth evaluation.

A screening committee will shortlist the theses from among the nominations. Shortlisted dissertations will be reviewed based on:

Technical depth and significance of the research contribution
Potential impact on theory and practice
Quality of presentation

IUPRAI-ICVGIP will form a committee of 3–5 experts each year for shortlisting and selection. The process will be finalized before the ICVGIP conference, and the award will be announced at the event.

The decision of the committee will be final, and no requests for review or revision will be entertained.

Award Committee

A. N. Rajagopalan (IITM) - Chair
Sumantra Datta Roy (IITD) - Member
Anoop M. Namboodri (IIITH) - Member
Swagatam Das (ISI Kolkata) - Member