Ms. Aiswariya Raj is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering at the Federal Institute of Science and Technology (FISAT). She completed her B.Tech in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology, Kottayam, and her M.Tech in Signal Processing from the College of Engineering, Thiruvananthapuram. She has been serving at FISAT since January 2011 and is currently pursuing her Ph.D. at the School of Engineering, Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT).
With over a decade of teaching experience, she has handled a wide range of core undergraduate and postgraduate courses including Signals and Systems, Network Theory, Solid State Devices, Analog Circuits, Digital Signal Processing, Digital Communication, Digital Image Processing, Control Systems, and Embedded Systems. She is recognized for her strong conceptual foundation, student-centric teaching methodology, and ability to effectively bridge theoretical knowledge with practical implementation.
Her areas of interest include Image Processing, Computer Vision, Digital Image Forensics, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, and Outcome-Based Education (OBE). She actively contributes to academic and institutional development through curriculum design, project mentoring, organizing workshops and faculty development programmes, and fostering industry–academia collaborations. She is committed to nurturing innovation, critical thinking, and technical excellence among students while continuously engaging in professional growth and lifelong learning.
| Degree |
Specialization |
Institute |
University |
Year of completion |
| PhD |
Digital Image Forensics |
SoE, |
CUSAT |
Pursuing |
| M.Tech |
Signal Processing |
College Of Engineering, Thiruvananthapuram, |
University of Kerala |
2010 |
| B.Tech |
Electronics and Communication Engineering |
Rajiv Gandhi Institute Of Technology, Kottayam |
M.G University |
2008 |
| Designation |
Institution |
from(year) |
To(year) |
| Assistant Professor (Senior Grade) |
FISAT |
2025 |
To till date |
| Assistant Professor(Spl. Grade) |
FISAT |
2019 |
2025 |
| Assistant Professor |
FISAT |
2011 |
2019 |
| 1 |
UGC NET Qualified in December 2014 |
| 2 |
Gate Qualified in February 2015 |
| (a) |
Present Responsibilities |
| 1 |
IQAC Working Committee Member from Department of ECE |
| 2 |
NBA Coordinator of Department of ECE |
| 3 |
PAC Committee member of Department of ECE |
| 4 |
DQAC committee member of Department of ECE |
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Papers in Journals |
| 1 |
Raj, Aiswariya, and Deepa Sankar. “A texture descriptor of the camera fingerprint for source camera model and device identification.” International Journal of Intelligent Systems Technologies and Applications 22.2 (2024): 213-235. |
| 2 |
Nivya C Prem, Aiswariya Raj “ Glaucomatous Image Classification Using Wavelet Based Energy Features ”. International Journal of Advanced Research Trends in Engineering and Technology . II, Special Issue X, March 2015 , pp 750 – 754. ISSN 2394-3777 (Print) ISSN 2394-3785 (Online) |
| 3 |
Sayana Sivanand, Aiswria Raj “ Color Image Segmentation Using MDS-Based Multiresolution Nonlinear dimensionality Reduction Model and Fuzzy C-means Clustering ”. International Journal of Scientific & Engineering Research . Volume 4, Issue 8, August-2013 , pp 1848 – 1853 ( ISSN 2229-5518) |
| 4 |
K.R, Aiswarya Raj “ Enhancement and Edge Extraction of Satellite Images International Journal of Scientific & Engineering Research , Volume 4, Issue 9, September-2013 , pp 886-892 ( ISSN 2229-5518) |
| 5 |
Neena K A, Aiswariya Raj, Rajesh Cherian Roy “ Image Enhancement based on Stationary Wavelet Transform, Integer Wavelet Transform and Singular Value Decomposition ”. International Journal of Computer Applications , Volume 58– No.11, November 2012 , pp30-35 (0975 – 8887) |
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Papers in Conferences |
| 1 |
Meenu Mathew; I. K. Gayathri; Aiswariya Raj “An efficient distributed TCNPR method for wireless sensor networks”. International Conference on Energy, Communication, Data Analytics and Soft Computing (ICECDS) 2017. |
| 2 |
S. Krishna; Aiswariya Raj; I K Gayathri “Delay optimization in mantes using Knapsack and genetic algorithm”. International Conference on Energy, Communication, Data Analytics and Soft Computing (ICECDS) 2017. |
| 3 |
Susan Thomas; I. K. Gayathri; Aiswariya Raj “Joint design of Dijkstra’s shortest path routing and sleep-wake scheduling in wireless sensor networks ” International Conference on Energy, Communication, Data Analytics and Soft Computing (ICECDS) 2017. |
| 4 |
Aiswariya Raj, Deepa Sankar,’’Counter Forensics : A New PRNU based Method for Image Source Anonymization, IEEE International Conference on Electrical, Computer and Communication Technologies, Coimbatore 2019. |
| 5 |
Raj Aiswariya, and Deepa Sankar. “NOW-LBP GLCM Feature as the Texture Descriptor of the Camera Fingerprint in Image Forensics.” 2022 IEEE 19th India Council International Conference (INDICON). IEEE, 2022. |
| 6 |
Raj Aiswariya, and Deepa Sankar. “Comparison of Deep Learning Networks for Source Camera Identification.” 2022 4th International Conference on Advances in Computing, Communication Control and Networking (ICAC3N). IEEE, 2022. |
| 1 |
Attended 6 Day FDP on GPU Programming on Distributed Deeplearning with pytorch: Scaling and Optimization. Organized by Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering in association with ISTE Chapter FISAT, on 7,8,9 and 21, 22, 23 August 2025. |
| 2 |
Organized AICTE Training and Learning (ATAL) Academy sponsored Six Days FDP on “Innovations in 5G and 6G: Advancing Intelligent Wireless Communication Systems” 23-06-25 to 28-06-25 as Co coordinator. |
| 3 |
Attended 6 Day Online FDP on Exploring Language models ANNs to LLMs, organized by Department of Computer Science and Engineering, College of Engineering Perumon from April 28th to May 3rd 2025. |
| 4 |
Sucesfully completed the NPTEL course OBE and Accreditation (July – October 2025 12 week course) conducted by IISc Bangalore with a score of 97% (Topper in Top 1%) |
| 5 |
Participated in the Faculty Development Program on “How Teachers Can Make a Difference”organized by Teaching Learning Center (TLC) &Indian Institute of Technology Madras (PALS) held during November 06 – 08, 2024. |
| 6 |
Participated in 3 Day Seminar on Green Energy and Sustainability Combating Global Warning organised by the Research and Development Cell, FISAT from 20th to 22nd November 2024. |
| 7 |
Attended FDP on ML and DL Applications in Computer Vision, organized by Department of Electronics and Commnuication Engineering, ASIET on 30th January – 3rd February 2023 |
| 8 |
Attended One week international FDP on Advanced Research and Quality Publication organized by Department of Computer Applications from 29/08/2022 to 02/9/20222. |
| 9 |
Succesfully completed two day online FDP on Disaster Management organized by Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Mohandas College of Engineering Thiruvanathapuram on 27th – 28th November 2021 |
| 10 |
Participated in the Short Term Training Programme on “Image Forensics”, sponsored by TEQIP-III and organised by the Division of Electronics Engineering, School Of Engineering, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kochi in association with THDC Institute Of Hydropower Engineering And Technology, Tehri on 27th July – 1stAugust, 2020 |
| 11 |
Faculty Development Programme on Online workshop on Deep Learning for Computer Vision- A Practical Approach conducted by the Division of Electronics Engineering, School Of Engineering, Cochin University of Science and Technology conducted on 2nd – 5th November 2020 |
| 12 |
Participated in the online certification program Machine Learning through FOSS, organised and conducted by ICFOSS held from 21st May to 29th May 2020. |
| 13 |
Organized a one Day Faculty Development Programme on “Tools to Online Blended Learning”, 12 th December 2018. |
| 14 |
Faculty Development Programme on IoT Trends and Challenges. FISAT, 4th December 2018. |
| 15 |
Succesfully completed NPTEL online certification on Outcome based Pedagogical Principles for Effective Teaching. 4 week course February March 2018. |
| 16 |
Succesfully completed online certification on Teaching and Learning in Engineering(TALE) |
| 17 |
Faculty Development Programme on ROBOTICS and IoT – A Promise to the modern Era, FISAT, 16th – 20th July 2018. |
| 18 |
Faculty Development Programme on Signal Processing: From Fundamentals to challenges, Rajagiri School of Engineering and Technology, 9th – 13th July 2018. |
| 19 |
47th ISTE National Annual Convention, Saintgits College of Engineering, 27th – 29th January 2018. |
| 20 |
Two day workshop on Auduino board and robotics, 14th -15th December 2016. |
| 21 |
Four week Workshop on ICT enabled Teaching, conducted by IIT Bombay, May 2nd to July 10th 2016 |
| 22 |
Two week ISTE workshop on Engineering Physics , 4th to 18th December2015 . |
| 23 |
Two week ISTE workshop on Signals and Systems , January 2014 |
| 24 |
Short term training programme on Imaging Techniques. Division of Electronics Engg, SOE CUSAT, 17th – 21st June 2013 |
| 25 |
Two week ISTE workshop on Research Methodologies , 25th june – 4th july 2012. |
| 1 |
Served as the resource person for the Code the Economy: A 2 Day Hands on Workshop on Python for Economists organised by Skill Development Hub and Department of Applied Economics, CUSAT on 28th and 29th January 2026. |
| 2 |
Served as the resource person for the Workshop on Outcome Based Education organized by IQAC, KMEA Engineering College on 4th November 2023. |
| 3 |
Reviewer in the 11th International Conferenceon Smart Computing and Communications (ICSCC 2025) organised by Muthoot Institute of Science and Technology, 3rd to 5th July 2025 |
| 4 |
Reviewer for the 4th International conference on Signal Processing and Communication(ICSPC ’23) on 23rd and 24th March 2023 organised by Dept. of ECE, Karunya institute of technology and sciences, Coimbatore,Tamilnadu, India. May 2023 |
| 6 |
Resource Person for the session Introduction to Forensics, five Day Short Term Training Programme on “Image Forensics”, sponsored by TEQIP-III and organised by the Division of Electronics Engineering, School Of Engineering, Cochin University of Science and Technology conducted from July 27th to August 1st 2020. |
| 7 |
Resource Person for three Day Faculty Development Programme on “Tools to Online Blended Learning”, 8, 9 and 16th July 2019 at FISAT |
| 1 |
DIGITAL COMMUNICATION |
| 2 |
CONTROL SYSTEMS |
| 3 |
PRINCIPLES OF SECURE COMMUNICATION |
| 4 |
NETWORK THEORY |
| 5 |
SOLID STATE DEVICES |
| 6 |
ANALOG INTEGRATED CIRCUITS |
| 7 |
DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING |
| 8 |
SIGNALS AND SYSTEMS |
| 9 |
DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING |
| 10 |
INFORMATION THEORY AND CODING |
| 11 |
DESIGN ENGINEERING |
| 12 |
DISASTER MANAGEMENT |
| 13 |
ENGINEERING ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND IPR |