Dr. Munish Kumar

@mrsptu.ac.in

Associate Professor and Department of Computational Sciences
Maharaja Ranjit Singh Punjab Technical University

Dr. Munish Kumar


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I am currently working as an Associate Professor in the Department of Computational Sciences, at Maharaja Ranjit Singh Punjab Technical University, Bathinda, Punjab, INDIA. My research interests are Computer Vision, Forensic Document Analysis, Handwriting Recognition, Image Processing, Machine Learning, and Pattern Recognition.

EDUCATION

MCA, M.E., Ph.D., UGC-NET, GATE

RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS

Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence
190

Scopus Publications

11671

Scholar Citations

55

Scholar h-index

126

Scholar i10-index

Scopus Publications

RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Human activity recognition (HAR): techniques, applications, and future directions
    M Rani, M Kumar
    International Journal of Data Science and Analytics 22 (1), 73 , 2026
    2026
  • Efficient deep learning models for oral squamous cell carcinoma classification in histopathological images
    J Kumar, M Kumar, MK Jindal
    Scientific Reports , 2026
    2026
  • Efficient and Lightweight Deep Learning Approaches for Hyperspectral Image Classification: A Comprehensive Review
    V Kaur, MK Jindal, M Kumar
    Archives of Computational Methods in Engineering, 1-31 , 2026
    2026
  • Facial Emotion Recognition Using the Lightweight EfficientNetB3 Model with FER-2013 and CK+ Datasets
    M Kaur, M Kumar
    National Academy Science Letters, 1-8 , 2026
    2026
  • Hybrid CNN-BLSTM support vector machine architecture for E2E speech recognition
    JK Sandhu, M Kumar, A Singh
    International Journal of Speech Technology 29 (1), 7 , 2026
    2026
    Citations: 1
  • Fine-Tuning MobileNetV2 for Lightweight Facial Emotion Recognition: FER-2013 and CK+ Datasets
    M Kaur, M Kumar, S Dasi
    National Academy Science Letters, 1-8 , 2026
    2026
    Citations: 1
  • Punjabi Speech Corpus with Tonal Characteristics
    JK Sandhu, M Kumar, A Singh
    Artificial Intelligence for Next Generation Computing, Volume, 129 , 2026
    2026
    Citations: 1
  • Document forgery detection: a comprehensive review
    R Sukhija, M Kumar, MK Jindal
    International Journal of Data Science and Analytics 20 (5), 4385-4407 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 14
  • Forensic handwriting analysis: a hybrid classification framework for writer identification in Devanagari script
    M Sethi, M Kumar, MK Jindal
    Multimedia Tools and Applications 84 (27), 33183-33194 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 6
  • Intelligent transportation systems: filters and performance evaluation in image data decontamination
    S Tuteja, R Tonk, M Kumar
    Multimedia Tools and Applications, 1-13 , 2025
    2025
  • Transfer learning for human gait recognition using VGG19: CASIA-A dataset
    V Rani, M Kumar
    Multimedia Tools and Applications 84 (22), 25981-25995 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 7
  • Efficient Human Activity Recognition Using a Hybrid MobileNetV2-CNN Model
    M Rani, M Kumar
    National Academy Science Letters, 1-8 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 1
  • Gender classification based on handwriting using Gurmukhi characters and hybrid feature extraction techniques
    C Singla, R Maini, M Kumar
    Multimedia Tools and Applications 84 (19), 20823-20841 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 1
  • Lightweight Deep Learning Models for Facial Emotion Recognition: A Comparative Study
    M Kaur, M Kumar
    2025 7th International Conference on Signal Processing, Computing and … , 2025
    2025
  • MobileNet for human activity recognition in smart surveillance using transfer learning
    M Rani, M Kumar
    Neural Computing and Applications 37 (5), 3907-3924 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 18
  • Source Printer Identification Using Fusion of HOG, LBP, and DWT Features with SVM Classifier
    R Sukhija, M Kumar, MK Jindal
    International Conference on Intelligent and Secure Engineering Solutions … , 2025
    2025
  • Lightweight Deep Learning Model for Low-Light Human Activity Recognition: ARID v1.5 Dataset
    M Rani, M Kumar
    International Conference on Intelligent and Secure Engineering Solutions … , 2025
    2025
  • Human activity recognition: A comprehensive review
    H Kaur, V Rani, M Kumar
    Expert Systems 41 (11), e13680 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 56
  • Correction to: A convolution deep architecture for gender classification of Urdu handwritten characters
    ST Nabi, M Kumar, P Singh
    Multimedia Tools and Applications 83 (29), 72195-72195 , 2024
    2024
  • VGG16: Offline handwritten devanagari word recognition using transfer learning
    S Singh, NK Garg, M Kumar
    Multimedia Tools and Applications 83 (29), 72561-72594 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 11

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • A Survey of Deep Learning and Its Applications: A New Paradigm to Machine Learning
    S Dargan, M Kumar, MR Ayyagari, G Kumar
    Archives of computational methods in engineering 27 (4), 1071-1092 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 1638
  • Face detection techniques: a review
    A Kumar, A Kaur, M Kumar
    Artificial Intelligence Review 52 (2), 927–948 , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 598
  • Transfer learning for image classification using VGG19: Caltech-101 image data set
    M Bansal, M Kumar, M Sachdeva, A Mittal
    Journal of ambient intelligence and humanized computing 14 (4), 3609-3620 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 514
  • A Comprehensive Survey on the Biometric Recognition Systems based on Physiological and Behavioral Modalities
    S Dargan, M Kumar
    Expert Systems with Applications 143, 113114 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 488
  • Augmented Reality: A Comprehensive Review
    S Dargan, S Bansal, M Kumar, A Mittal, K Kumar
    Archives of Computational Methods in Engineering 30, 1057–1080 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 452
  • Self-supervised Learning: A Succinct Review
    V Rani, ST Nabi, M Kumar, A Mittal, K Kumar
    Archives of Computational Methods in Engineering 30, 2761–2775 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 413
  • A healthcare monitoring system using random forest and internet of things (IoT)
    P Kaur, R Kumar, M Kumar
    Multimedia Tools and Applications 78 (14), 19905–19916 , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 409
  • Face mask detection using YOLOv3 and faster R-CNN models: COVID-19 environment
    S Singh, U Ahuja, M Kumar, K Kumar, M Sachdeva
    Multimedia tools and applications 80 (13), 19753-19768 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 310
  • 2D object recognition: a comparative analysis of SIFT, SURF and ORB feature descriptors
    M Bansal, M Kumar, M Kumar
    Multimedia Tools and Applications 80 (12), 18839-18857 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 310
  • 2D-human face recognition using SIFT and SURF descriptors of face’s feature regions
    S Gupta, K Thakur, M Kumar
    The Visual Computer 37, 447–456 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 264
  • DS-CNN: A pre-trained Xception model based on depth-wise separable convolutional neural network for finger vein recognition
    K Shaheed, A Mao, I Qureshi, M Kumar, S Hussain, I Ullah, X Zhang
    Expert Systems with Applications 191, 116288 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 186
  • Content-based image retrieval system using ORB and SIFT features
    P Chhabra, NK Garg, M Kumar
    Neural Computing and Applications 32 (7), 2725-2733 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 173
  • An efficient technique for object recognition using Shi-Tomasi corner detection algorithm
    M Bansal, M Kumar, M Kumar, K Kumar
    Soft Computing 25 (6), 4423-4432 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 169
  • Underwater image enhancement using blending of CLAHE and percentile methodologies
    D Garg, NK Garg, M Kumar
    Multimedia Tools and Applications 77 (20), 26545–26561 , 2018
    2018
    Citations: 168
  • Improved object recognition results using SIFT and ORB feature detector
    S Gupta, M Kumar, A Garg
    Multimedia Tools and Applications 78 (23), 34157-34171 , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 137
  • Time series data analysis of stock price movement using machine learning techniques
    IR Parray, SS Khurana, M Kumar, AA Altalbe
    Soft Computing 24 (21), 16509–16517 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 134
  • Music mood and human emotion recognition based on physiological signals: a systematic review
    V Chaturvedi, AB Kaur, V Varshney, A Garg, GS Chhabra, M Kumar
    Multimedia Systems 28 (1), 21-44 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 129
  • Automatic vehicle detection system in different environment conditions using fast R-CNN
    N Arora, Y Kumar, R Karkra, M Kumar
    Multimedia Tools and Applications 81 (13), 18715-18735 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 124
  • Writer identification system for pre-segmented offline handwritten Devanagari characters using k-NN and SVM
    S Dargan, M Kumar, A Garg, K Thakur
    Soft Computing 24, 10111–10122 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 119
  • Plant species recognition using morphological features and adaptive boosting methodology
    M Kumar, S Gupta, XZ Gao, A Singh
    IEEE Access 7, 163912-163918 , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 118