DEPARTMENT : INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Faculty Achievements 2024-25

Sr. No. Achievement
1 Dr. Hariram Chavan served as a panel member of the Selection Committee for the Interview of Assistant Professor in IT/CSE(IOT)/CSE-DS/AIML/CE at SVKM’s Dwarkadas J. Sanghvi College of Engineering on 5th August 2024.
2 Dr. Hariram Chavan served as an External Examiner for the “ME Project Evaluation at Solapur University on 16th August 2024.
3 Dr. Hariram Chavan served as an expert speaker for Offline Short Term Course in “Artificial Intelligence(Multidisciplinary)” under RUSA from July 29 to August 3, 2024 organized by UGC Madan Mohan Malaviya Teacher Training Centre(MMTTC) earlier known as Human Resource Development Centre, University of Mumbai.
4 Dr Vijaya Pinjarkar was invited as a Guest Speaker to deliver a session on the topic ‘The future of blockchain technology – its opportunities and challenges’ on Friday, 30/08/2024 at Usha Mittal Institute of Technology, SNDT Women's University, Mumbai.
5 Dr. Harsh Namdev Bhor served as a resource person for the High-Performance Computing Awareness Workshop, organized in collaboration with AICTE and CDAC, at Universal College of Engineering, Vasai, Thane, on September 24, 2024.
6 Dr. Harsh Namdev Bhor served as a resource person for the High-Performance Computing Awareness Workshop, organized in collaboration with AICTE and CDAC, at SKN Sinhgad College of Engineering, Korti, Pandharpur, on Aug 31, 2024.
7 Dr. Harsh Namdev Bhor served as a resource person for the High-Performance Computing Awareness Workshop, organized in collaboration with AICTE and CDAC, at LoGMIEER, Loknete Gopinathji Munde Institute of Engineering Education & Research, Nashik, on Aug 27, 2024.
8 Dr. Harsh Namdev Bhor served as a resource person for the High-Performance Computing Awareness Workshop, organized in collaboration with AICTE and CDAC, at Atma Malik Institute of Technology & Research, Mohili, Shahapur, on Aug 09, 2024.
9 Mrs. Sarita Rathod, presented a paper titled, “Tool for Ground Personnel Monitoring” 9th International conference on ICT for Sustainable Development Conference Venue: Hotel Vivanta Panji, Goa, India, 8th - 9th, August 2024, Publication partner, Springer, Springer Nature.
10 Mrs. Sudeshna Baliasingh’s paper was accepted for publication, paper ID - IJCVR- 204155, titled “ECG Compression using Decomposition Techniques for Smart Healthcare System” in Inderscience Publishers, Scopus indexed.
11 Mrs. Sudeshna Baliasingh, presented a research paper titled “An Ensemble Technique for Cardiac Data Compression in Smart Healthcare System” at the 4th International Conference on Computing, Analytics and Networks (ICAN 2024) jointly organised by Chitkara University Punjab and Andhra Pradesh on September 24th 2024.
12 Mrs Sudeshna Baliarsingh completed a NPTEL online certification course on Electrocardiogram - Interpretation and Application in Clinical Practice July-August 2024.
13 Ms. Reshma Rasal has certified as a Coach of AI for Youth Program in India on May 29, 2024.
14 A proposal submitted by Dr. Radhika Kotecha, Professor and Head of the Department of Information Technology, has been selected for the establishment of the ‘Aero Vision Drone Lab’ under a joint initiative of AICTE and AVPL International. The lab will be set up with an investment of INR 50 Lakhs by AVPL. As part of this initiative, the AVPL team visited the institute for a detailed discussion on December 21, 2024.
15 Dr. Hariram Chavan has conducted Expert Session : Case Study on Research in Mobile Database, ISTE-approved Two-Week Short-Term Training Program (STTP) on “Research Insight in Multi-Disciplinary Domains,” organized by SAKEC Research Centre on 15th November 2024 at 10.00 am.
16 Dr. Hariram Chavan has conducted Expert Session on “GALE-Generative AI for Learning Experiences”, FDP on Empowering educators with Generative AI : Shaping the future of learning on 28th November 2024, from 2pm - 5pm organized by B. K. Birla College, Kalyan Empowered Autonomous Status, Affiliated to University of Mumbai, College of Excellence Status by UGC, Reaccredited by NAAC (4 Cycle) with A++ Grade (CGPA – 3.51).
17 Dr. Hariram Chavan has judged for 19th Aavishkar: Inter-Collegiate / Institute / Department Research Convention (Zonal Round).
18 Dr. Reena Lokare has published a research paper on “Transparent Precision: Explainable Artificial Intelligence Empowered Breast Cancer Recommendations for personalized treatment in Scopus indexed journal-IAES International Journal of Artificial Intelligence for Volume 13, No.3 on September 2024.
19 Ms. Sarita Rathod has judge for “KJSIT Campus Hackathon 2024” which was conducted on September 09, 2024, Project competition cell and The Institution of Innovation cell, by K.J.Somaiya Institute of Technology, Sion, Mumbai.
20 Dr. Vijaya Umesh Pinjarkar Served as resource person at Webinar organised by Anuradha Engineering College, Chikhli Dist: Buldana, Maharashtra 443201 dated Sept 27, 2024, Topic: The Future of Blockchain Technology : Opportunity and Challenges.
21 Ms. Bhagyashree Ingle has successfully completed 12 Weeks NPTEL_AICTE Faculty Development Programme on Digital VLSI Testing organised by IIT Madras.
22 Ms. Bhagyashree Ingle has successfully completed 8 Weeks NPTEL_AICTE Faculty Development Programme on Introduction to Machine Learning organised by IIT Madras.
23 Dr. Hariram Chavan was invited as session chair for 2025 IEEE International Conference on Emerging Trends in Industry 4.0 Technologies (ICETI4T-2025) at SIES Graduate School of Technology (Autonomous), Nerul, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra – 400706 on June 7th 2025.
24 Dr. Hariram Chavan was invited as session Chair for an International Conference on Computing, STEM and Applied Sciences (ICCSAS-2025)’ organized by B. K. Birla College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Kalyan (Empowered Autonomous Status), on March 21, 2025.
25 Mr. Uday Rote has received an Appreciation Certificate for effort put in over the past several years since joining the institute, March 19, 2025, K. J. Somaiya Institute of Technology, Mumbai, India.
26 Dr. Mansing Rathod has received Appreciation Certificate for effort put in over the past several years since joined in the institute, March 19, 2025, K. J. Somaiya Institute of Technology, Mumbai, India.
27 Ms. Seema Yadav published a paper on SMOTEHashBoost: Ensemble Algorithm for Imbalanced Dataset Pattern Classification in Open Access IEEE Access Journal, April 08, 2025.
28 Dr. Vijaya U. Pinjarkar received the best paper award for a paper titled “Storage-As-A-Service Leveraging Blockchain Technology in Pursuit of SDG 9” at the 4th OPJU International Technology Conference on Smart Computing for Innovation and Advancement in Industry 4.0 organized by O.P. Jindal University is a private university located in Raigarh, Chhattisgarh, India, April 9-11, 2025.
29 Dr. Vijaya U. Pinjarkar served as the technical session chair at the international conference on advances in modern technology for research in the engineering field. held at SKN Sinhgad Institute of Technology and Science, Lonavala, India, on April 21-22, 2025.
30 Mrs. Nasim Shah has published a paper on “Optimized routing algorithm with AlexNet-ShuffleNet for plant leaf disease and infectious classification in IoT” is accepted for publication in an upcoming issue of “Journal of Neonatal Surgery (ISSN: 2226-0439)”.
31 Dr. Harsh Namdev Bhor published a paper on Achieving Enhanced Space Efficiency and Crash Resilience in Cloud-based Garbage Collection Systems for Optimized Resource Management, JINFORM SYSTEMS ENG, 10(28s), 1079 - 1105, Feb 2025. https://doi.org/10.52783/jisem.v10i28s.4994
32 Dr Harsh Namdev Bhor received Best Paper Award for Presented article Titled Unchaining Efficiency: Blockchain in Modern Supply Chain Management in International Conference on Futuristic Aspects in Science & Engineering (ICFAiSE-2025) to be held on February 06 and 07, 2025 organized by ICFAI University Jaipur.
33 Dr Harsh Namdev Bhor served as Session Chair in International Conference on Futuristic Aspects in Science and Engineering (ICFAiSE-2025) to be held on February 06 & 07, 2025 organized by ICFAI University Jaipur.
34 Dr. Reena Lokare published a paper on Enhancing Accessibility with LSTM-Based Sign Language Detection Systems. IAES International Journal of Artificial Intelligence 13, Vol. 14, No. 2, April 2025, pp.1355-1362. Indexing: Scopus.
35 Ms. Sarita Rathod was invited as session chair for 9th International Conference on Information and Communication Technology for Intelligent Systems, Bangkok, 4-6 April, 2025.
36 Ms. Trupti Patil has successfully completed the certification course “Entrepreneurship Essentials” conducted by NPTEL (IIT Kharagpur).
37 Ms. Archana Kshirsagar has successfully completed the certification course “Entrepreneurship Essentials” conducted by NPTEL (IIT Kharagpur).
38 Ms. Bhagyashree Ingle has successfully completed 12 weeks course (Jan-Mar 2025) on “Computer Networks And Internet Protocol” conducted by NPTEL (IIT Madras).
39 Ms. Bhagyashree Ingle has successfully completed 8 week NPTEL- AICTE (Jan-Mar 2025) FDP course on “CMOS Digital VLSI Design” conducted by NPTEL (IIT Madras).
40 Ms. Bhagyashree Ingle has successfully completed 8 week NPTEL- AICTE (Jan-Mar 2025) course on “CMOS Digital VLSI Design” conducted by NPTEL (IIT Madras).