Dr. Rajeshwari Hegde completed her Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics and Communication Engineering from National Institute of Engineering, Mysore, Master of Engineering in Electronics from BMS College of Engineering, Bangalore and PhD from University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering, Bangalore. Currently, she is working as a professor in the Department of Telecommunication Engineering, BMS College of Engineering, Bangalore. She served as Head of the Department during 2016-2019.
She has published more than 120 technical papers in reputed international and national conferences and journals and also won best paper awards for her papers presented in international conferences.
She is one of the 10 worldwide expert panel for reviewing BETA-Test phase of the Version 2 MSP430 Teaching ROM for Texas Instruments, Dallas, and the University of Beira Interior, Belgium.
She received 14.3 lakhs Rs from AICTE, New Delhi for her project proposal titled “Modernization of Signal Processing and Embedded Systems Lab” and as a co-investigator Rs 2 lakhs for the project “Analysis of Brain Signals to evaluate the effect of Meditation in controlling Negative Emotions using Intelligent Systems” under TEQIP Competitive Research Grant, VTU
She is one of the technical reviewers of various International conferences and journals. She is also one of the editorial board members of reputed international Engineering journals.
She received Prof Indira Parikh 50 Women Education leaders’ award on the occasion of World Education Congress held on July 5th 2018 at Taj Lands End Mumbai.
She also received RULA International award 2018 titled “Excellent Researcher” for her contribution to research and co-curriculum.
She received Dewang Mehta National Education award for her contribution to education in September 2018 at Taj Vivanta Bangalore
She received Havyaka Sadhaka Rathna for academic achievements in December 2018. She received IRSD preeminent Academic Leader award by Green ThinkerZ, India. She is guiding six research scholars under Visvesvaraya Technological University.