Salil Prabhakar Explained

Salil Prabhakar from Delta ID Inc., Newark, CA was named a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in 2012^[1] for contributions to biometrics technology. He was named a Fellow of the Society of Photographic Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) in 2014 and a Fellow of the International Association for Pattern Recognition (IAPR) in 2012.

Salil Prabhakar cofounded Delta ID Inc in the San Francisco Bay Area in 2011.^[2] Prior to that he was part of the initial core Aadhar team as a bio-metric expert,^[3] and was Chief Scientist and Director of Engineering at Digital Persona Inc. in Redwood City. Salil Prabhakar completed his Ph.D. from Michigan State University in 2001. He graduated in Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) from Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi in 1996.^{[4] [5]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2012 elevated fellow. https://web.archive.org/web/20120215201114/http://www.ieee.org/documents/fellows_class_2012.pdf. dead. 15 February 2012. IEEE Fellows Directory.
2. Web site: Why biometrics are the key to driver authentication in connected cars. 7 February 2017 .
3. https://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2010/09/29/whos-who-in-nilekanis-uid-dream-team/
4. Web site: Stocks. Bloomberg News. 14 September 2023 .
5. Web site: IITBHUGlobal.org: The Chronicle: Dr. Salil Prabhakar (CSE 1996) sold his company, Delta ID, to Fingerprint Cards AB for $106 million . 21 November 2017 . 1 December 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171201031109/http://www.itbhuglobal.org/chronicle/archives/2017/03/dr_salil_prabha.php . dead .