FACULTY PROFILE INTRODUCTION Mr. Parminder Singh Reel B.E., M.S. (Essex, UK), Chevening Scholar

Designation: - Lecturer Specialization: - Image and Video Processing, Multimedia Communication and its Applications.

Contact Information:- L-214, ECED Thapar University, Patiala-147004

Punjab,

E-mail:- psreel[AT]thapar.edu psreel[AT]ieee.org Contact No. :- 91-9463251174 (M)

PERSONAL PROFILE Father’s Name: - Mr. Raghbir Singh Reel. Wife’s Name: - Ms. Smarti Kotwal. Date of Birth: - 12th Jan 1980

AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS 2009 Golden Jubilee Project Award, by DRDO, India

HP – Innovate 2009 Finalist Appreciation Award, by Hewitt Packard, India

2005 Employee of the Month Award, by Reed Employment Ltd, UK

2003 – 2004 British Chevening Scholarship, by British Council & FCO, UK.

2002 – 2003 National Award for Best B.Tech Project for the year 2002 by ISTE, India.

National Award for Engineering Design for the year 2002 by ISTE, India.

Award of Special Mention, at Techfest 2002, IIT, . QUALIFICATIONS 2003 - 2005 MS in Telecommunication & Information Systems (First Class) University of Essex, United Kingdom (With British Chevening Scholarship) Project/Dissertation: Watermark Insertion in low bit rate videos

1998 – 2002 BE in Electronics & Communication Engineering (5th in Univ. Merit) Barkatullah University, India. Project/Dissertation: Wavelet Based Personnel Identification System. Won National Award in year 2002

1997 – 1998 All India Senior School Certificate Examination, Campion School, India.

1995 – 1996 All India Secondary School Certificate Examination, Campion School, India.

PROJECTS UNDERTAKEN 2009 Low Cost Outdoor Unmanned Aerial Imaging System. Design has won Rs. 3, 50,000/- from DRDO & Rs.2, 00,000/- grant by Thapar University

Bit Error Rate based First Read Rate Analysis of Low Grade 2D Barcode

2006 – 2007 Case Study: C2E Learning in Technical Education 2003 – 2005 Analysis of Effect of Video Watermarking Techniques on Compression 2000 – 2002 Biometrics based System for Personnel Identification This Project won National Award for year 2002.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2007 – Till date As Lecturer at ECED, Thapar University, Patiala, India

2005 – 2006 As Information Technology Administrator / Developer at Sodexho Defence Services, Colchester, UK

2005 As Information System Developer at Essex Equipment Services, Colchester, UK

2003 – 2005 As Technical Supervisor at GBN Kiloforce Ltd, Colchester, UK.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND EXTRA-CURRICULAR EXPERIENCE:

• Lab In charge – Video Image Processing Lab, ECED • Department Coordinator for NJIT-TU Collaboration. • Faculty - Technical Associate of Thapar International Cultural fest “Saturnalia”. • Faculty - Technical Associate of Thapar International Techfest “Aranya”. • Co-Coordinator of Industry Attachment Programme for last 2 years. • Reviewer for Hindawi Publishers. • Associate Editor of International Journal of Learning, CG Publisher • In-depth experience of administrative responsibilities while working at Sodexho Defence Services and Essex County Council, UK. • Active Member of Explore UK Society at University of Essex, UK • Active Member of Indian Culture Society at University of Essex, UK. • Active Member of Various Technical Societies as IEEE, IEE, ISTE etc. • Actively participated in NSS and all Annual Function Programmes. • Participation in All Inter Collegiate Quiz Contest at NIT, Bhopal. • Member of Publicity and Discipline Committee of the Annual Function of UIT, Bhopal. • Tutor for Various Electronics related Subjects for engineering students of various semesters. • Recognition Reward for participation in Pulse Polio Immunization Programme organized by Rotary International.