Nupur Prakash

Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University

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Dr. Nupur Prakash is a pioneering researcher in the field of natural language processing and affective computing, with a particular focus on emotion-aware speech synthesis and human-computer interaction. Her most-cited work, "Word based emotion conversion in Hindi language" (2010, 4 citations), lays foundational groundwork for imbuing machine-generated speech with emotional nuance, addressing a critical gap in making human-robot and human-machine dialogues more natural and intelligible. By targeting the under-resourced Hindi language, Dr. Prakash’s contributions are especially significant for expanding affective computing to diverse linguistic communities, enabling more inclusive and expressive voice interfaces. Her research explores how lexical and prosodic features can be manipulated to convey emotions like happiness, sadness, and anger in text-to-speech systems. This work has implications for next-generation virtual assistants, educational tools, and therapeutic applications. Though early in her citation impact, Dr. Prakash’s focus on emotion conversion in a major world language positions her as a key voice in the drive toward emotionally intelligent, culturally-aware AI systems.