Indian Institute of Information Technology - [IIIT], Allahabad - List of Professors and Faculty

Dr. Rahul Kala- assistant professor at the Department of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics is one of the faculty members at IIIT Allahabad. He indeed is one of the finest of all. Here are something you should know about him -

• Dr. Kala completed his 5-year integrated B.Tech (IT) and M.Tech (IT) program from IIIT Gwalior. 
• Dr. Kala also has a Ph.D. in Cybernetics which is from the School of Systems Engineering, University of Reading, UK. 
• Pattern Recognition and Classification, Intelligent Vehicles and Intelligent Transportation System, Robotic Motion Planning were areas he had done extensive research in. 
• There are a good number of books and research papers written by him. 

Naturewise, Dr. Kala is one fine person who is so very humble and simple in his ways. Unless he doesn't have any lectures or meetings to attend, Dr. Kala arrives at his office around 9:00-9:30 AM and departs right at 9:00 PM in the night. 

He can be described as someone who is-

• Down-to-earth 
• Known for his candor amongst both his students and colleagues
• Extremely passionate about what he does. He learns at once and makes decisions accordingly
• Would always be seen either going through certain research papers, AI Books, Thesis, etc., and scribbling some technical formulae on the whiteboard in his office which no student would be able to decipher and wonder why even did they opt for Robotics in the first place. 
• Even if you decide to barge into his office unannounced, he would never mind that and would be ready to help you with your thesis or coding.
• Even if it is a teacher or even a student, he would always be a great mentor to them 
• You'd always find Dr. Kala wearing a smile and would never find him cranky. He is someone who would also lighten the mood of the class by cracking a joke 

To capsule everything about Dr. Kala, the point that I've tried to make is that you'll receive the best guidance and learning from him. His company is always appreciated. Whether it is anyone from their labs or lecture rooms- they'd always praise having Dr. Kala around. 

It would be completely wrong in saying that faculty is not good or not well educated. There are only a few teachers who lack spoken English skills. This is probably a great problem for students who do not understand Hindi and are more comfortable with English. If a teacher cannot speak English, it doesn’t mean that he/she is a bad teacher. Teachers anyways have more knowledge than us. 

Each faculty have a lot of potential and capabilities. There are a lot of other aspects in which they outshine. People stuck with a mindset of criticism will never appreciate their teachers, even if they teach well. 

Despite their poor English, they are good at speaking and understanding it and are always ready to help the students in whichever way possible. You can go to the professors and ask your doubts after the lecture is over. The faculty will definitely clear all your doubts, moreover, in English, in the language, you are comfortable in understanding.

All this is just because the mother tongue of most of the teachers and faculty members is Hindi and hence sometimes end up explaining the topic in Hindi. This doesn’t mean the teachers are bad at teaching.