PeopleofSuperintelligence

Researcher

C. V. Jawahar

Also known as C Jawahar, C. Jawahar

C V Jawahar is a computer vision researcher whose work includes pattern recognition and document image understanding. He earned a bachelor's degree at the University of Calicut, an M.Tech in 1994 and a PhD in 1998 at IIT Kharagpur, and joined IIIT Hyderabad's faculty in 2000. He directed IIIT Hyderabad's Foundations of AI/ML program in 2018 and became Dean of Research & Development in 2019. His work includes DocVQA, a dataset for visual question answering on document images, and a June 2026 project on AI-driven sign-language technologies. IAPR named him a Fellow in 2016 and ACM India gave him its OCCE Award in 2021; as of October 2026, he is a Professor and Amazon Chair Professor at IIIT Hyderabad.

Works
609
Citations
16,435
h-index
56

Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 15 October 2026.

Timeline

  1. 1994–2000

    Degrees and a move to IIIT

    He earns a bachelor's degree at the University of Calicut. He completes an M.Tech in 1994 and a PhD in 1998 at IIT Kharagpur. In 2000, he joins IIIT Hyderabad's faculty.

  2. 2016

    An IAPR fellowship

    IAPR names him a Fellow in 2016 for contributions to computer vision, pattern recognition, and document image understanding.

  3. 2018–2019

    AI/ML training and lab leadership

    He directs IIIT Hyderabad's Foundations of AI/ML program in 2018. In 2019, he becomes Dean of Research & Development and heads CVIT, the Machine Learning Lab, and the Executive Education Group.

  4. 2020–2021

    The DocVQA dataset

    He coauthors the DocVQA paper with Minesh Mathew and Dimosthenis Karatzas in 2020. Its dataset contains 50,000 questions on more than 12,000 document images, and the paper is accepted at WACV in 2021.

  5. 2021

    An OCCE Award

    In 2021, ACM India honors him with its Outstanding Contribution to Computing Education (OCCE) Award.

  6. 2024–2025

    Driving intention and gaze

    In 2024, his group presents “Early Anticipation of Driving Manoeuvres” at ECCV using its Driving Action Anticipation Dataset to study driver actions. In 2025, the group introduces Dashgaze, a dashcam-based dataset for driver-gaze estimation.

  7. June 2026

    AI for sign languages

    In June 2026, he is set to lead an ANRF-funded project on AI-driven sign-language technologies for the hard-of-hearing community.

  8. As of October 2026

    Professor and Amazon Chair

    As of October 2026, he is a Professor and Amazon Chair Professor at IIIT Hyderabad.

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  1. C.V. Jawahar (M. Tech '94, PhD '98) selected for ACM India Outstanding Contributions to Computing Education iitkgpfoundation.org. Checked 15 October 2026.
  2. Prof. C V Jawahar receives OCCE-2021 Award blogs.iiit.ac.in. Checked 15 October 2026.
  3. Chronological List of IAPR Fellows iapr.org. Checked 15 October 2026.
  4. Foundations of AI/ML program expands to Bangalore blogs.iiit.ac.in. Checked 15 October 2026.
  5. Prof. C V Jawahar appointed Dean, Research & Development blogs.iiit.ac.in. Checked 15 October 2026.
  6. [2007.00398] DocVQA: A Dataset for VQA on Document Images arxiv.org. Checked 15 October 2026.
  7. AI Advancements In The Mobility Space blogs.iiit.ac.in. Checked 15 October 2026.
  8. New Research Projects blogs.iiit.ac.in. Checked 15 October 2026.
  9. Jawahar C V - IIIT Hyderabad iiit.ac.in. Checked 15 October 2026.