Birla Institute of Technology Mesra
Technical AI Site for the multicentric AI-based anemia detection and analysis study in pregnant women.
Site Overview
The Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra serves as the technical AI site for the DeepScience anemia research project. BIT Mesra was established in 1955 and is one of India’s leading technical institutions, with a strong academic and research foundation in engineering, science, and technology.
Within this project, the BIT Mesra CSE team contributes to data preprocessing, clinical image analysis, peripheral smear image processing, numeric laboratory data modeling, multimodal deep learning, model evaluation, explainable AI, website support, and digital deployment planning. The technical team works closely with clinical, pathology, and public health collaborators to develop AI models that are technically robust, interpretable, and clinically meaningful.
The role of BIT Mesra is to translate approved clinical images, microscopic smear images, and numeric laboratory data into validated deep learning-based prediction models for anemia detection, severity assessment, and anemia classification in pregnant women. The Department of Computer Science and Engineering provides the technical environment and expertise required for AI model development, experimentation, validation, and future digital health implementation.
Team
Technical AI team supporting data preprocessing, deep learning model development, multimodal analysis, explainable AI, validation, and website/digital platform development for the DeepScience anemia study.
Dr. Partha Sarathi Bishnu
Principal Investigator
Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering,
Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra
Dr. Partha Sarathi Bishnu provides technical leadership for AI model development, machine learning strategy, data analysis planning, and validation of the deep learning-based anemia prediction system. His research interests include machine learning, deep learning, medical informatics, data mining, clustering, and intelligent data analysis.
Dr. Vandana Bhattacharjee
Co-Principal Investigator
Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra
Dr. Vandana Bhattacharjee is Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra. She has extensive teaching and research experience in machine learning, deep learning, image classification, disease prediction, and healthcare-oriented AI research. In the DeepScience anemia project, she contributes to technical guidance, deep learning model development, medical image analysis, disease prediction modeling, research supervision, and technical review.
Mr. Deepanshu Baghel
Project Research Scientist-I (Non-Medical)
Ph.D. Scholar, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, BIT Mesra
Mr. Deepanshu Baghel is a Ph.D. Scholar in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at BIT Mesra and is working as Project Research Scientist-I Non-Medical in the ICMR-funded DeepScience anemia project. His work focuses on data preprocessing, deep learning experimentation, clinical and microscopic image analysis, numeric data modeling, multimodal AI pipeline development, explainability support, website development, and technical implementation.