Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Krishan L. Khatri Cell: +92-333-2232657

P.E. (PEC No. ELECT/16010) Email: engrkrishan@yahoo.com
Member IEEE / EMB Society Krishan.lal@neduet.edu.pk
Member ISOC, Member Pak-US Alumni Assoc.
Former Fulbright Scholar
Former Member BoD Sami Foundation

PROFILE SUMMARY
Dr. Krishan L. Khatri, a former Fulbright Scholar, received his Doctor of Philosophy
(Ph.D) degree in Electrical Engineering from The University of Texas at Dallas,
Richardson, Texas, United States in August 2017, and has over 17 years’ experience in
industry and academia that also includes formal teaching and research.

Mr. Khatri received his Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical) from Mehran University of
Engineering and Technology Jamshoro, Sindh, Pakistan, in 1999, with 1 st Class, 1st
Position, and Master of Science in Electronic Engineering from Sir Syed University of
Engineering and Technology, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan in 2008, with CCGPA of 4.0 out of
4.0.

He worked as Lecturer in Electrical Engineering at NED University of Engineering and

Technology, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan from 2001 to 2002, and then worked as Engineer
and later as Senior Engineer / Manager with Pakistan Telecommunication Company
Limited from 2002 to 2010. He again started working as Assistant Professor in Electrical
Engineering at NED University of Engineering and Technology in 2011. In 2012, he joined
Quality of Life Technology Laboratory at University of Texas at Dallas as Ph.D student
researcher. His research interests are machine learning, artificial intelligence, health
informatics, data mining and analytics, communication systems, and automated systems in
disease prediction, diagnosis, prevention, and management. He has authored several
research articles in communication systems, and machine learning techniques. He has also
presented at two IEEE conferences in the United States.

He has over ten (10) years’ experience in telecommunication industry in Pakistan and
United Arab Emirates in technical and project management roles, and teaching experience
of over seven (7) years. He has taught various undergraduate and graduate courses
including Communication Systems, Wireless Communication, Basic Electrical
Engineering, Telecom Network Management, Call Center Management, Machine
Learning, and in other areas in Electrical, Electronic, and Telecommunication Engineering.

Mr. Khatri is recipient of Foreign Fulbright Scholarship for Ph. D in United States, Gold
Medal from Siemens Pakistan Engineering Company Limited, Silver Medal from Mehran
University, and Quaid-e-Azam Aligarh Scholarship for undergraduate studies.
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 ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION
The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas, USA August 2017
Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical Engineering
Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology Karachi, March 2009
Sindh, Pakistan
Master of Science Electronic Engg. (Telecommunication), CGPA 4 / 4;
Completed 2008
Pakistan Institute of Management, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan August 1999
Postgraduate Diploma in Project Management
Mehran University of Engineering and Technology Jamshoro, August 1999
Sindh, Pakistan
Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical), CCGPA 3.89/4, First Class First

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
NED University of Engineering and Technology-Karachi 2010 - Present
Electrical Engineering Department
Assistant Professor
 Taught graduate and under-graduate courses in Electrical and Telecom
Engineering
 Research in next generation networks and performance of multimedia applications

The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas, USA 2012-2017

Electrical Engineering / Quality of Life Technology Laboratory
 Research under Prof. Lakshman Tamil in health analytics, intelligent systems for
diagnosis, analysis, and decision support systems

Institute of Business Management (IoBM)-Karachi 2010 - 2011

Department of Telecom Engineering and Management
Senior Lecturer
 Teaching Masters/Executive level courses in Telecom Engineering and
Management
 Teaching Undergraduate courses in Electrical Engineering and Information
Technology
 Curriculum design and syllabus development for recently introduced Bachelors in
Engineering (Electrical) program including Labs development and experiment
design
Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited 2001-2010
Dev IP & MMBB South, Etisalat Sharjah, UAE, Transmission
Network Region Karachi, Switching and Transmission Karachi
Senior Engineer, Engineer, Assistant Divisional Engineer
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Worked at various technical management positions, mostly in Karachi, and for about six
months at Etisalat Sharjah, UAE under secondment/deputation. Started my career in PTCL
as Assistant Divisional Engineer (Proby) in June 2001, and after 6-months training at
Haripur, Hazara, Pakistan, posted in Switching and Transmission at Karachi. Re-
designated as Engineer in 2006 and posted in Transmission Region Karachi.

ITIM Associates (Pvt) Limited, Karachi Mar-Jun 2001

Quality Assurance
Software Quality Assurance Engineer
 Testing and technical writing for locally developed software
NED University of Engineering and Technology, Karachi, 2000-2001
Sindh, Pakistan
Department of Electrical Engineering
Lecturer
 Taught undergraduate engineering classes in Electrical and Electronic Engg.
departments in subjects Communication Systems, Computer Architecture
 Lab training in Electronics Engg. Lab for undergraduate students
StartTech Computer Academy, Hyderabad, Pakistan 1999-2000
Training Manager
 Designed organized and taught Computer and IT Short Courses.

RESEARCH WORK / PUBLICATIONS / CONFERENCES

1. K. L. Khatri and L. S. Tamil, "Early Detection of Peak Demand Days of Chronic

Respiratory Diseases Emergency Department Visits Using Artificial Neural
Networks," IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics, 2017 (Published /
DOI: 10.1109/JBHI.2017.2698418)
2. K. L. Khatri and L. S. Tamil, “Predicting Peak Emergency Department Admission
Days for Asthma in Dallas County using Random Forests Classification” in
BHI2017 International Conference on Biomedical and Health Informatics,
Orlando, FL, February 2017
3. K. L. Khatri and L. S. Tamil, “Forecasting Peak Hospital Admission Events for
Respiratory Diseases Based on Weather and Environmental Pollution Data” in 38th
Annual International Conference of IEEE’s Engineering in Medicine and Biology
Society, Orlando, FL, August 2016
4. K. L. Khatri and L. S. Tamil, “Predicting Peak Events of Asthma Emergency
Department Visits using Random Forests Classification” (Under Review for
possible publication in IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics)
5. K. L. Khatri and L. S. Tamil, “Application of Machine Learning in Forecasting
Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease retailed Hospital Emergency
Department Visits” (In Progress)

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6. A. S. Saand, K. L. Khatri, F. Memon, V. Jeoti, and R. N. Memon, “Source and
Relay Precoding Design for Dual-hop Multiuser Network”, International Journal of
Computer Science and Information Security, Vol 14, No. 8, August 2016
7. A. Shah and K. L. Khatri “Digital Interpolation Advantage of Statistical Time
Division Multipexer” Pakistan Journal of Engineering, Technology and Sciences
(PJETS), Vol. 1, No. 1, 2011
8. Supervised undergraduate thesis “Development of Traffic Analysis Software for
PSTN” of final year B.E (Electrical) students of NED University of Engineering
and Technology Karachi (2002-2003)

TRAININGS / WORKSHOPS / INSPECTIONS

 15-days course in New Technologies in Broadcasting by Voice of America

through United States Telecommunication Training Institute, Washington, DC,
USA, May 2010
 5-days Configuration of Alcatel ISAM (DSL Services) at KTC Karachi
 3-weeks orientation of Etisalat’s Integrated Service Network at Sharjah, Nov-
Dec 2007
 Attended SANOG Conference and Workshops/Tutorials on Routing, Security,
Data Centers, VoIP and Next Generation Telecom Technologies, 27-Aug to 04-Sep
2006
 Automation of Telecommunication Operations in PTCL at Karachi Telecom
College Karachi Pakistan, May-2007
 CDMA BSS Engineer’s Training by M/s Huawei Technologies Pakistan @ ICT
Islamabad Pakistan, 1-Aug to 2-Sept 2005
 Wireless Communication Technology and Policy by DGF-KTC, Korea
Information Strategy Development Institute @ Seoul Republic of Korea, 6-Jul
to 16-July 2005
 Next Generation Networks at Telecommunication Staff College@ Haripur,
Pakistan, 4-Apr to 8-apr 2005
 Wireless Rural Telecommunication Systems Planning and Infrastructure
Development by Telemobile Inc. at Torrance, CA, United States of America, 4-
Oct to 8-Oct 2004
 Satellite Communication Systems and Services by Intelsat Global Services Corp.
at Washington, DC, United States of America, 27-Sep to 1-Oct 2004
 Online Training in Next Generation Networks by DGF-KTC Republic of Korea,
5-Jul to 29-Aug 2004
 Traffic Fundamentals and Forecasting (PSTN) at ICT Islamabad, Pakistan, 26-
Dec to 30-Dec 2003
 Huawei TELLIN/FIN by M/s Huawei Technologies Pakistan @ ICT Islamabad
Pakistan, 26-May to 30-May 2003

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 MBA Level Courses (Principles of Management, Financial Accounting,
Managerial Communication) at Iqra University Karachi, Pakistan, Jun to Sep
2002

OTHER SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

 Freelance Writer and Researcher
 Strong analytical abilities and problem-solving skills
 Excellent written and verbal communication and report writing skills