Sankar Kumar Pal

Sankar Kumar Pal
Prof. Sankar Kumar Pal in 2017
Born	1950 (age 75–76) Kolkata, India
Education	Rajabazar Science College University of Calcutta Indian Statistical Institute Imperial College London Post-doctoral: University of California, Berkeley; University of Maryland, College Park; NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston
Known for	Fuzzy neural network Soft computing Machine intelligence Pattern recognition
Awards	Padma Shri, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize
Scientific career
Fields	Computer science
Workplaces	Indian Statistical Institute

Sankar Kumar Pal (born 1950) is an Indian computer scientist. He has served as Director and is currently the president of the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), Kolkata. He is an ANRF Prime Minister Professor of the Government of India, currently hosted at IIIT Bhubaneswar.

His research includes pattern recognition, image processing, fuzzy neural networks, rough fuzzy hybridization, soft computing, granular mining, and machine intelligence. His work focuses on fuzzy set theory, neuro-fuzzy systems, and rough-fuzzy computing for uncertainty modelling, with applications in pattern recognition, image processing, machine learning, knowledge-based systems, and data mining. He founded the Machine Intelligence Unit in 1993 and the Center for Soft Computing Research in 2004, both at ISI.

He received the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize in 1990. In 2013, he was awarded the Padma Shri in Science and Engineering by the President of India for his contributions in machine intelligence.