Rajanikanth N Kashi

Associate Professor

Rajanikanth N Kashi has an overall industry experience spanning 27+ years, covering both engineering and research. Prior to joining Dayananda Sagar University, he was working as a Principal Systems Engineer and Senior Technology Specialist at Honeywell Technology Solutions, Bangalore, in the Communications, Navigation, and Surveillance COE. At Honeywell his work encompassed both software development and systems engineering. Rajanikanth started his career with Bharat Electronics in the Military Communication Group where he worked as an R&D Engineer on V/UHF Transreceiver systems and GPS. After a brief stint with Wipro Systems working on the Asynchronous Transfer Mode (AT&T GTE Communication Systems project), he later moved to Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA), Bangalore, where he worked as a Scientist/Design Team Leader for the LCA Mission software.

He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Electronics, from the BMS College of Engineering, Bangalore, MSc (Engg), in Computer Science from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, and is currently in the final stages of completing his PhD in Computer Science from International Institute of Information Technology Bangalore (IIITB). He is an INCOSE Certified Systems Engineering Professional and is a member of the Aeronautical society of India, Computer Society, and the Institute of Navigation.

Rajanikanth holds four granted US patents and his current areas of research interest include: Multi-agent Systems, Formal Verification, Software Architecture & Design, Embedded Software, Avionics Systems, Unmanned Ariel Systems, Systems Engineering, AI in Avionics, and Verification/Validation of Autonomous Systems.