and extraordinary contributions in Machine Intelligence, Fuzzy Logic, Soft Computing and Pattern Recognition. This has made India a leader in these disciplines in international scenario. He is a co-author of twenty one books and more than four hundred and fifty research publications. He has served/serving as editor in most of the well-known scientific journal in computer science and engineering (~25 international journals). He visited more than forty countries as a Keynote/ Invited speaker or academic visitor. According to Google Scholar, as of Sept 2022 Pal's work had been cited 35,000+ times. Awards and recognition SK Pal is the recipient of numerous awards including the 1990 Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize (which is the most coveted award in science in India), Padma Shri award in 2013 (which is the fourth highest civilian award in India), the 1999 G.D. Birla Award, 1998 Om Bhasin Award from the Prime Minister of India, 1993 Jawaharlal Nehru Fellowship, 2000 Khwarizmi International Award from the president of Iran, 2000-2001 FICCI Award, 1993 Vikram Sarabhai Research Award, 1993 NASA Tech Briefs Award (USA), 1994 IEEE Trans. Neural Networks Outstanding Paper Award (USA), 1995 NASA Patent Application Award (USA), 1997 IETE-R.L. Wadhwa Gold Medal, the 2001 INSA-S.H. Zaheer Medal, 2005-06 Indian Science Congress-P.C. Mahalanobis Birth Centenary Gold Medal from Prime Minister of India for Lifetime Achievement, 2007 J.C. Bose Fellowship of the Government of India, 2008 Vigyan Ratna Award from Science & Culture Organization, 2013 Indian National Academy of Engineering Chair Professor, 2015 INAE-S.N. Mitra Award, 2017 INSA-Jawaharlal Nehru Birth Centenary Lecture Award, 2018 INSA Distinguished Professorial Chair, 2020 National Science Chair of the Government of India, and 2021 AICTE Distinguished Chair Professor. He is an elected Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS), International Association for Pattern Recognition, International Fuzzy Systems Association, International Rough Set Society, Asia-Pacific Artificial Intelligence Association, Indian National Science Academy, National Academy of Sciences, India, Indian Academy of Sciences and Indian National Academy of Engineering. He is an elected member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts. Currently, he is the President of Indian Statistical Institute. References External links Official Homepage Publication list at Indian Academy of Sciences Biography at Yatedo Biographical Dictionary of Indian Scientists Publications at Google Scholar Living people 1950 births Artificial intelligence researchers Academic staff of the Indian Statistical Institute Indian computer scientists Fellow Members of the IEEE