The Founder
Dr. Bhaveshkumar C. Dharmani
PhD (ICT), DA-IICT Gandhinagar · Founder & AI Mentor, AIVidhya4Sarvam
Career Vision
Committed to Responsible AI Adoption
As we enter a new phase of the Industrial Revolution — the era of Generative AI — Dr. Dharmani is deeply committed to empowering communities to learn, upskill, and adopt AI responsibly and ethically for automation, employment, and entrepreneurship.
His vision is to build an interdisciplinary research ecosystem that blends mathematical rigour with technological vigour — integrating traditional expertise in Statistical Signal Processing, Machine Learning, and Biomedical Signal & Image Processing with the latest knowledge in Generative and Agentic AI to solve real-world industrial and societal challenges.
In the long term, he aspires to nurture rational, ethical thinkers with a strong scientific temperament — advancing a culture of research and innovation that remains deeply connected to both local contexts and global human needs.
26+
Years of Experience
20+
Research Papers
15+
Patents Published
400+
Training Hours Delivered
Technical Expertise
Deep Hands-On GenAI Stack
Practical experience — not just theoretical knowledge — across the modern AI engineering landscape.
GenAI & Agentic AI
Designed multilingual conversational AI systems and RAG pipelines for education and healthcare. Built agentic AI workflows integrating LLM orchestration, tool-calling, and automation frameworks. Mentored student projects on Generative AI, Agentic AI, and applied ML.
Research Background
PhD research on Large Scale near-Independent Blind Source Separation (LSnIBSS) at DA-IICT. Post-doctoral work at ISI Kolkata on Statistical Divergences for Robust Estimation. Supervised 1 PhD student to successful completion.
Career Journey
26+ Years of Teaching & Research
June 2026 – Present
Founder & AI Mentor
AIVidhya4Sarvam, Gandhinagar, Gujarat
Feb 2025 – Jun 2026
Professor (AI & Data Science)
Adani Institute of Digital Technology Management (AIDTM), Gandhinagar
Jul 2023 – Jan 2025
Professor & Head of Laboratory
School of Electronics & Electrical Engineering, Lovely Professional University (LPU), Punjab
Jul 2018 – Jul 2023
Associate Professor & Domain Head (Signal & Image Processing)
School of Electronics & Electrical Engineering, LPU, Punjab
May 2016 – Dec 2016
Visiting Scientist (Post-PhD)
Interdisciplinary Statistical Research Unit (ISRU), Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), Kolkata
Aug 2007 – Jan 2016
Full-time PhD Scholar
DA-IICT, Gandhinagar, Gujarat (CPI: 9.35/10)
May 2002 – Aug 2007
Senior Lecturer, Electronics & Communication
Dharmsinh Desai University, Nadiad, Gujarat
May 1996 – Apr 2002
Lecturer, Electronics & Communication
Dharmsinh Desai University, Nadiad, Gujarat
Recognition & Outreach
Mentorship, Awards & Community Engagement
- Advisor, KaggleX Fellowship Program Cohort 4 (Aug–Nov 2024) — mentoring BIPOC learners in data science
- Mentor, KaggleX BIPOC Mentorship Program, Cohort 3 (Aug–Nov 2023)
- NVIDIA DGX Station A100 awardee for maximizing reach of GPU Technology Conference (GTC) 2021
- Awarded NVIDIA Jetson Nano Developer Kit for AI awareness among students and faculty (GTC 2023)
- Honoured with Mentor Appreciation Award, LPU Division of Student Relationship (2022–23)
- Organising Secretary, 5th International Conference on Intelligent Circuits and Systems (ICICS 2023)
- Guest lecturer at Co-Design Workshop on Explainable AI, in collaboration with Nottingham Trent University, UK (Jun 2024)
- Delivered 54-hour summer school 'AI Odyssey: Mastering Deep Learning and Generative AI' (Jun–Jul 2024)
- Conducted 3-hour workshop 'Engineering Prompts for Productivity' for 40+ corporate professionals (Jan 2026)
Education
Academic Credentials
Jan 2016
PhD (Information & Communication Technology)
Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of ICT (DA-IICT), Gandhinagar, Gujarat
CPI: 9.35 / 10.0
Oct 1995
BE (Electronics)
Birla Vishvakarma Mahavidyalaya, Sardar Patel University, Vallabh Vidyanagar, Gujarat