Dr. R Kishore Kumar

Assistant Professor, Fashion and Lifestyle Accessory (BDes)

Chennai Campus

Dr. R Kishore Kumar

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  • kishorekumar.ravi@nift.ac.in
  • Unit Incharge (UI)
  • VisioNxt Campus Coordinator (CC)
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Dr. R. Kishore Kumar is an Assistant Professor at the National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT), Chennai, and serves as an Unit Incharge for VisioNxt Unit, a research, innovation & academic unit under NIFT. He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur. With over a decade of academic and research experience, his expertise spans artificial intelligence, machine learning, deep learning, computer vision, speech processing, pattern recognition, and fashion technology. He develops AI-driven solutions for fashion forecasting, image analysis, visual intelligence, and data analytics, with a focus on applying advanced AI techniques to the fashion domain. His research focuses on generative AI, computer vision, multimodal learning, fashion colour and attribute trend analysis, and semantic image understanding. He has authored several research articles in leading international journals and conferences, including Computer Speech and Language, Pattern Recognition Letters, Circuits, Systems and Signal Processing, and Computer speech and language. Currently involved in various projects like Prakash silks, Myntra, ITAD etc. which includes developing AI frameworks for fashion attribute, colour recognition.