EXPERIENCE

13 Years

COURSES TAUGHT

At Under-Graduate level:

Data Structures and Analysis, Data Mining and Business Intelligence, Operating Systems, Analysis and Design of Algorithms, Computer Graphics, Database Management Systems, Machine Learning and Deep Learning.

At Post-Graduate level:

Soft Computing Methods, Artificial Intelligence, Research Methodology, Building Blocks of Artificial Intelligence, Bio-Inspired Artificial Intelligence

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Artificial Intelligence
• Weather Informatics
• Data Analytics
• Internet of Things

RECENT RECOGNITIONS

• Innovation Ambassador by Ministry of Education’s Innovation Cell for Year 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23
• Best Social Impact Project of the Year 2019 Award by Computer Society of India - Mumbai Chapter
• Software Development Award by Indian Society for Technical Education for Year 2020-21
• Smt. S. K. Somaiya Award for Promising Faculty - Higher & Technical Education for Year 2018-19
• EduTech Leadership Award during World Education Congress 2022.
• Grant of INR 2.53 Lakh from AICTE to organize Short Term Training Programs on “Leveraging AI for Healthcare” for researchers, industrialists, and academicians.
• Grant of INR 2.25 Lakh from AICTE and Ministry of Education’s Innovation Cell (MIC) for 05 IIC institutions under the Mentor-Mentee Program 2021-22.
• Project Mentor of Winning Team (Awarded First Prize - INR 1 Lakh) in National-level event Smart India Hackathon 2020 organized by AICTE and GoI.
• Project Mentor of Winning Team (Awarded Maker of the Year – INR 75K) in Asia’s Biggest Maker Gathering - Maker Mela 2020 organized by Riidl.
• Project Mentor of Winning Team (Awarded First Prize - INR 1 Lakh) in National-level event Smart India Hackathon 2022 organized by AICTE and GoI.
• Project Mentor of Winning Team (Awarded First Prize) in 15th Maharashtra State Inter-University Research Convention 2023 held at Savitribai Phule Pune University.
• Project Mentor of Winning Team (Awarded National Award for Best B.Tech. Project related to Sustainability) in ISTE Annual Student Convention 2022 by Indian Society for Technical Education.

RESEARCH & INNOVATION ACTIVITIES

• Research Projects Completed : 02 (in collaboration with India Meteorological Department)
• Ongoing Research Projects : 02
• Products Developed : 04 (offering Maintenance)
• Reviewer of Manuscripts for peer-reviewed International Journals: Expert Systems with Applications, Elsevier ; SN Computer Science, Springer ; Arabian Journal of Science and Engineering, Springer International Journal of Data Science and Analytics, Springer ; etc. indexed in Scopus and WoS.
• Reviewer of Manuscripts for International Conferences held in Asia, Europe, United States, etc.
• Recognized Ph.D. Guide for University of Mumbai.
• Doctoral Progress Committee Member of Ph.D. scholars at Gujarat Technological University, India.
• Examiner for Ph.D. Thesis Evaluation for C. U. Shah University, India.
• Convener of Institution’s Innovation Council (IIC) - a Ministry of Education, GoI Initiative (Recognized as one of Top Performing IICs for all years since inception).
• Extended Consultancy Services in Machine Learning for Ellipsis InfoTech, Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
• Delivered Expert Sessions on Artificial Intelligence, MATLAB Programming & Data Science.
• Organizer/Organizing Committee Member for several STTPs, National-level Events, Conferences, Hackathons, Seminars, Expert Talks, Webinars, Internships, etc.
• Judge in State level and National-level technical events.
• Participation in Industrial Training Programs, STTPs, FDPs, Workshops, Refresher Programs, Conferences, etc.
• Project Guided/Worked: 50+ live-projects / need-based projects / innovations / competition projects, etc.
• Published 02 Books and 30 Research Articles in Journals and Conference Proceedings of International Repute.

OTHER DOINGS

• Experience as Active Member of 22 Committees : IQAC, NIRF, ARIIA, Industry-Interaction, R&D, etc.
• Visited 14 countries : France, Italy, Israel, Jordan, Austria, Switzerland, Hungary, Singapore, etc. for personal and technical exposure.
• Life Member of Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE).