Events

Indian Women and Mathematics

IWM Annual Conference 2024

Department Research Committee - Department of Mathematics

Organised a two day Symposia on "Insights into Research Pathways in Mathematics" at BITS Pilani Goa Campus

AWARDS & HONOURS

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY ACTIVITIES

NATIONAL LEVEL ADVISORY COMMITTEES

INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIONS

AWARDS & HONOURS

The Infosys Prize 2013 for Engineering and Computer Science, Infosys Science Foundation awarded for Prof. Rao's "wide-ranging contributions to nanoscale electronics, for insightfully integrating chemistry with mechanics and electronics to invent new functional devices, and for innovation and entrepreneurship in creating technologies and products of societal value."
2005 "Dr. Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize in Engineering Sciences" presented by the Hon'ble Prime Minister, Govt.of India (S.S.Bhatnagar Prize) (the highest scientific award for researchers in India)
2020 IEEE Electron Device Society (EDS) Education Award "for educational leadership and establishing Nanoelectronics research programs in India." (the highest global award given annually by the IEEE Electron Devices Society for Education)
H. H. Mathur Award for Excellence in Research in Applied Sciences, IIT Bombay (2012)
Prof. C.N.R. Rao Bangalore INDIA NANO Science Award (2016)
J.C.Bose National Fellowship, 2016 JC Bose National Fellowship
Techno-Visionary award from the Indian Electronics & Semiconductor Association (IESA) (2020).
Outstanding Higher Education Stalwart of the Year, Issued by the Economic Times, June 2024.

Champion - "Women Empowerment & Diversity in India" awarded by His Excellency Naor Gilon, Israel's Ambassador to India (2022)

Distinguished Fellow, Foundation for Advancing Science and Technology (FAST) India (https://fast-india.org/) (2022-current)
DRDO Academic Excellence Award (2017) awarded by the Hon'ble Minister of Defence, Govt. of India
2019, ACCS-CDAC Foundation award, Bangalore.
Shri Om Prakash Bhasin Award for the year 2018 Shri Om Prakash Bhasin Award
Telangana State Award for Science & Technology, awarded by the Chief Minister of the state on the Telangana Formation day (2016).
The National Academy of Sciences, India (NASI)-Reliance Industries Platinum Jubilee Award for Application Oriented Research for Physical Sciences, 2014 (NASI)-Reliance Industries Platinum Jubilee Award
Prof. Meghnad Saha Memorial Lecture Award for 2021 from National Academy of Sciences, India.
Prof. M.G.K. Menon Lecture Award from the National Academy of Sciences India (2018)
2010 "DAE-SRC Outstanding Research Investigator" award from the Department of Atomic Energy-Science Research Council (DAE-SRC), an apex body of DAE, Govt. of India.
2009 Indian Semiconductor Association's (ISA) TechnoMentor Award
'Swarnajayanti Fellowship' Award (2003-04), Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India (Swarnajayanti Fellowship) (this prestigious fellowship is instituted by Govt. of India in 1997 to mark 50 years of India's independance)
IIT Bombay "Industrial Impact Award" in 2008 for undertaking research work that caused maximum industry impact
2016 VASVIK Award in the category of Information & Communications Technology
Fellow, IEEE (Elected in 2017 "for his contributions to CMOS System-on-Chip technologies") (IEEE USA)
Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), Trieste, Italy (TWAS)
Fellow, Indian National Science Academy (INSA), New Delhi (Indian National Science Academy)
Fellow, Indian Academy of Sciences (IASc), Bangalore (Indian Academy of Sciences)
Fellow, The National Academy of Sciences, Allahabad (The National Academy of Sciences)
Fellow, Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) (Indian National Academy of Engineering)
Fellow- IETE & Invited Member-Society for Cancer Research and Communication (www.scraci.com)
Editor, IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices (2003-2012) (IEEE T-ED Editorial Board)
Member, Editorial Advisory Board, ACS Nano Letters, 2020-2022 (IF: 12.26)
Editor, Applied Physics Reviews (American Institute of Physics) (2023-25) (IF: 19.16)
2008 'The Materials Research Society of India (MRSI)-ICSC Superconductivity & Materials Science Prize' (presented at the 19th Annual General body meeting of the MRSI by Dr. R. A. Mashelkar, President, MRSI)
2007 IBM Faculty Award (IBM Faculty Award)
Best Research Paper Award, Global Interposer Technology (GIT) Workshop: Design, Technologies, Applications, Markets and Manufacturing Infrastructure, November 14-15, 2011, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia USA (decided by an eminent jury of industry professionals)
(a) IETE M.N.Saha Memorial Award for the best application oriented paper in 2004 in a IETE journal; (b) Best paper award, 2005 IMAPS India National conference; ( c) Best Research Paper award, 2008 Intel Asia Academic Forum, Taiwan
Over 480 Research Publications in refereed International Journals and International Conference Proceedings (Over 200 publications in IEEE Transactions and other reputed journals), 49 patents/patent applications (18 issued US parents) & Over 200 keynote & invited talks at various international conferences, workshops, academic institutions and industries all over the world in the area of Electron Devices/Nanoelectronics.
Listed in the "Who's Who in Nanotechnology in Europe and India", prepared by the European Commision Framework Programme INCO - International Scientific Cooperation, 2007
Chief Investigator, ("Centre of Excellence in Nanoelectronics") project @ IIT Bombay
Prof. Rao interacts closely with semiconductor industries such as Intel, IBM, Infineon, International Rectifier Corporation,IMEC, Texas Instruments etc., and has many ongoing industry sponsored projects in the area of Silicon CMOS devices. Prof. Rao's work on fringing field effects in high-k gate dielectric MOSFETS & circuits is widely cited by the industry, while his work on Lateral Asymmetric Channel (LAC) devices has been successfully applied in reducing the sub-threshold leakage in mobile devices. Prof. Rao is founder of two deep technology startups which have successfully commercialized products which are available in the market. Please visit: "NanoSniff.com" & "Soilsens.com" for more details.

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY ACTIVITIES/EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBERSHIPS

Member, Editorial Advisory Board, ACS Nano Letters, 2020-2022 (IF: 12.26)
Associate Editor, Applied Physics Reviews (American Institute of Physics) (2023-25) (IF: 19.16)
Member, Governing Council, Indian National Science Academy (INSA) (2019-2021)
Founder-member of CII Innovation Movement, Expert Committee on CII Industry Innovation Index, 2021
Member, IEEE EDS Education Award Committee (2022-2023)
Member, Governing Council, Indian Academy of Sciences,(2022-2024)
Editor, IEEE Journal on Flexible Electronics (2021-2024)
Member, Governing Council, Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) (2019-2024)
Member, Governing Council, The National Academy of Sciences India (NASI) (2019-2021)
Vice-President, Materials Research Society of India (2015-2018)
Editor, IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices (2004-2012)IEEE T-ED Editorial Board
Member of the International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM) technical subcommittee "Characterization, Reliability, and Yield", (2008 & 2009)
Member, Conference Executive Committee, Bangalore India Nano event (since 2012)
Session Chair, "Strain Optimization & Performance", International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM), San Francisco, CA, December 15-17, 2008
Judge, 2010 Graduate Student Award (GSA) Sub-Committee, MRS Fall Meeting 2010, Boston, Nov 29-Dec 3, 2010
Chair, Technical Programme Committee, 2023 IEEE Applied Sensing Conference 2023 IEEE APSCON Conference
Vice-Chair, IEEE Asia-Pacific Regions/Chapters Subcommittee (2007-2010))
Distinguished Lecturer (DL), IEEE Electron Devices Society (EDS) IEEE-EDS Distinguished Lecturer Program)
Lead Editor, Materials Research Society (MRS), "Nanofunctional Materials, Nanostructures and Nanodevices for Biomedical Applications II", Symposium Proceedings, Fall Meeting, 2010, Boston, MA, USA
Editor, NanoTrends - http://www.nstc.in/journal*
Editor, IETE Journal of Education (2008-2011)
Honorary Editor, IETE Journal of Research in the area of "Electronics Devices & Components" (2007-2010)
Editor, VSI Vision, VLSI Society of India (2005-2007)
Consulting Editor, ICFAI Journal of Nanotechnology
Panel member, IEEE Electron Devices Society (EDS) Industry Short Course program (IEEE-EDS Industry Short Course Program)
Chairman, IEEE AP/ED Bombay Chapter (2003-2004)
Member, Executive Committee, IEEE Bombay Section (2005-2006)
Member, Executive Committee, IETE Bombay Section (2002-2003)
Member, IEEE Electron Device Society (EDS) Membership Committee (2006-2007)
General Chair, 9 th International Workshop on Nano-mechanical Cantilever Sensors (NMC 2012)
Chairman, Organizing Committee, 2nd INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON ELECTRON DEVICES AND SEMICONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGY (IEDST 2009), June 1-2, 2009, Mumbai, India (www.ee.iitb.ac.in/iedst)
Chairman, MEMS/NEMS Committee, 2nd Asia Symposium & Exhibits on Quality Electronic Design (ASQED 2010, 2011 & 2012)
Co-convener, Local Organizing Committee, International Conference on "Nano Science & Technology" (ICONSAT 2010), February 17-20, 2010, Mumbai
Chairman, Organizing Committee, 17 th International Conference on VLSI Design, Mumbai, 2004
Chairman, Organizing Committee, 2005 IMAPS India National Conference on "Microelectronics & VLSI"
Chairman, Organizing Committee, 14 th International Workshop on Physics of Semiconductor Devices (IWPSD), Dec 16-20, 2007, Mumbai (IWPSD 2007)
Co-chair, Organizing Committee, International Conference on Nanotechnology & Health Care Applications (NateHCA - 07), Oct 11-13, 2007, Mumbai
Member, Emerging Applications and Technologies (EA&T) sub-committee, Asian Solid-State Circuits Conference (Asian Solid-State Circuits Conference)(2006-2008)
Publicity Co-chair, Nano-Net 2006: International Conference on Nano-Networks, Lausanne, Switzerland, September 14-16, 2006
Member, Technical Program Committee, (Chairman, Technology Sub-committee), 20 th International Conference on VLSI Design, January 6-10, 2007, Bangalore
Member, Technical Program Committee, 2007 ACM/IEEE International Symposium on Low Power Electronics and Design (ISLPED' 06), Portland, USA, August 27-29, 2007
Member, Technical Program Committee, IEEE VLSI Design & Test Symposium (VDAT) (2007-2009)
Organizing/Advisory committee member for various national/international conferences/workshops held in India
Reviewer for multiple International Journals / IEEE Transactions & Conferences.
Member, Program Committee, 24th International Conference on VLSI Design and 10th Conference on Embedded Systems (VLSI 2011), Chennai, India, Jan 2-7, 2011

NATIONAL LEVEL ADVISORY COMMITTEES

Chairman, Board of Governors, National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management (NIFTEM), Sonepat, India (http://www.niftem.ac.in/) (2022-2025)
Chairman, Council of Management, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre For Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Bangalore, India (https://www.jncasr.ac.in/) (2022-2025)
Chairman, Scientific Advisory committee, National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems (NM-ICPS), Department of Science & Technology, Govt of India (https://nmicps.in//) (2022-2025)
Chairman, Research Council, Defence Electronics Research Laboratory, DLRL DRDO, Govt of India, 2022-2025
Chairman, Working Group on Nanotechnology, Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, Govt of India, 2022-2024
Chairman, Expert Committee (PG colleges), Fund for Improvement of S&T Infrastructure in Universities & other Higher Educational Institutions (FIST), Department of Science & Technology, Govt of India, 2022-2025
Chairman, Expert Committee on Waste-to-Wealth standardization, Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs, Govt of India, (2023)
Chairman, National Coordination Committee, Prime Minister's Research Fellowship (PMRF) Programme for Doctoral students (2019-2021)
Chairman, Expert Committee to Review Charter of DRDO Labs, 2020
Chairman, Expert Advisory Group on Biomedical Device and Technology Development Programme, Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India (2020-2022)
Chairman, MHRD-DRDO Task force for "DRDO-Academia Interactions for Achieving Leadership in Futuristic Technologies", 2019
Chairman, Expert Group for evaluation and recommendation of various proposals for training and skill development, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Govt of India (2019-2022)
Distinguished Fellow, Foundation for Advancing Science and Technology (FAST) India (https://fast-india.org/) (Since 2022)
Member, Governing Council (2019-2021), C-DAC
Chairman, Research Council, Solid State Physics Laboratory, DRDO (2019-21)
Chairman, Industry Relevant R & D (IRRD) Scheme of SERB, Govt. of India (2018-2021)
Chairman, Research Council, Central Scientific Instruments Organisation (CSIO), Chandigarh (2017-2020)
Chairman, Governing Body, The Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences (CeNS), Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India (2018-2021)
Member, Scientific Advisory Board (SAB), Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) (2018-2021)
Chairman, Prime Minister's Fellowship Scheme for Doctoral Research (jointly operated by CII, DST and FICCI), Govt. of India (2017-2020)
Chairman, Nano Applications and Technology Advisory Committee (NATAG), DST Nano Mission, Govt. of India (2018-2020)
National Coordinator for Nanotechnology domain, IMPacting Research INnovation and Technology (IMPRINT-1), India (2015-17)
Co-Chairman, Indo-Taiwan Joint Committee on Science & Technology, Department of Science and Technology, Govt.of India (Ended)
Chairman, Nano Applications and Technology Advisory Group (NATAG) Proof-of-Concept Expert Committee (NATAG-POCC), Nano Mission, Govt. of India (Ended in 2022))
Vice-President, Materials Research Society of India (2015-2018)
Council Member, DST Nano Mission, Govt. of India (Ended in 2022)
Member, Research Council, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology (SCTIMST), Trivandrum, Kerala (2015-2017)
Member, Research Advisory Board, Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences, Bangalore (an autonomous institute under the DST, Govt. of India) (Ended)
Member, Planning & Development Advisory Committee (PDAC), Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), Govt. of India (Ended)
Member, Institute Governing Body, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences & Technology, Trivandrum (Ended)
Member, Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), Govt. of India (Ended)
Member, Expert Committee for "Development of Advanced Manufacturing Technologies (AMT)" under the Technology Systems Development Programme (TSDP), Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India (Ended)
Chairman, Working Group on Nanotechnology for North Eastern Region, Nanotechnology development programme of Department of Electronics & Information Technology, Govt. of India
Member, Industry Advisory Committee, Modified Special Incentives Package Scheme (M-SIPS), Electronics System Design & Manufacturing Sector, Ministry of Communications & IT, Govt . of India
Member, Board of Governors (BoG), Institute of Nano Science & Technology (INST), Mohali (Punjab)
Member, Governing Council, National Centre for Molecular Materials Research (NCMMR), Thiruvananthapur
Chairman, Innovation Council on Nanoelectronics, Department of Information Technology, Ministry of Communications & Information Technology, Govt. of India (since 2011)
Member, "Nano Applications and Technology Advisory Group (NATAG), NANO MISSION, Department of Science & Technology (DST), Govt. of India (2008-2012)
Member, Governing Council, International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy & New Materials (ARCI) Hyderabad (since 2012)
Member of Research Council, "Central Electronics Engineering Research Institute (CEERI), Pilani" (since 2010)
Member, Expert Committee, DST; India-U.S. Grand Challenge: Affordable Blood Pressure Measurement Technologies for Low-Resource Settings in India and the U.S
Member, Vision Group on Nanotechnology, an apex Advisory Body for promotion of Nano-Science and Technology in the State of Karnataka, Govt of India (since 2010).
Member, Core committee, National Semiconductor Vision 2020, Indian Semiconductor Association (ISA)
Member, "Working Group on Nanotechnology", Department of Information Technology (DIT), Ministry of Communication & Information Technology, Government of India (2005)
Member, Programme Advisory Committee (PAC), Electrical, Electronics & Computer Engineering, Department of Science & Technology (DST), Govt. of India (since 2007)
Member, Programme Advisory Committee (PAC), Bio-medical Engineering, Department of Science & Technology (DST), Govt. of India (since 2008)
Member, Programme Advisory & Review Committee (PARC-4), National Programme on Micro and Smart Systems (NPMASS), Govt. of India
Member, Academic and R&D Initiatives in the area of Info-Nano-Biotechnology for the 11 th Five Year plan, Govt of India
Member of Academic Planning, Advisory & Evaluation Boards of various Universities and Educational Institutions in India
Member/Chairman of various research project monitoring committees including the (i) Electronic Design Centre project, SAMEER, Chennai (ii) Nano-Metrology facility at the National Physical Laboratories, Delhi (iii) Nano-device Characterization project at VNIT, Nagpur (iv) Nano-scale MOSFET project at Punjab University (v) Explosive Detection project at SSPL, New Delhi etc.

INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIONS PAST/ONGOING INTERACTIONS/RESEARCH COLLABORATIONS:

(interactions that resulted in joint publications/projects/joint guidance of students)

Centre for Materials & Microsystems (Fondazione Bruno Kessler), Trento (TN), Italy (Current)
Max-Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz, Germany (Current)
McGill University, Quebec, Canada (Nano-mechanical sensors) (Current)
University of Alberta, Alberta, Canada (Sensors) (Current)
Georgia Insitute of Technology (Georgia Tech), Atlanta, USA (MEMS Packaging) (Current)
Applied Materials Corporation, USA (Bottom-up Approaches for Nano-scale CMOS) (Current)
Intel-(Circuit Research Lab) (high-k modeling, mixed-signal CMOS, Multi-gate MOSFETs) (Current)
Intel Mobile Commuincations, Munich, Germany (Input-Output high voltage devices, Ultra low power devices) (Current)
Tokyo Institute of Technology-Japan (Finfets) (Current)
Nanyang Technological University-Singapore (Organic Electronics) (Current)
University of Cambridge, UK (Sensors) (Current)
National Engineering School of Sfax, Tunisia (Current)
Universita della Calabria, Italy (High-k characterization for CMOS/Finfets) (2007-2010)
Johannes Kepler Universitat Linz , Austria (Organic transistors) (2012-2014)
IBM (Technology Aware Design Challenges) (2006-2014)
IMEC-Belgium (Multi-gate MOSFETs) (2010-2014)
University of Washington, USA (MEMS) (2008-2010)
International Rectifier Corporaton (Super-junction Power MOSFETs) (2005-2007)
National University of Singapore (High-k Dielectric Characterization) (2005-2008)
University of California -Los Angeles (Single Halo MOSFETs & Mixed signal CMOS) (1998-2006)
Yale University (JVD nitrides) (1999-2001)
Universitaet der Bundeswehr Munich-Germany (Vertical transistors) (2000-2005)

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Research Interest

Institute Contributions

BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus

Convenor, Departmental Committee on Academics (DCA) {September 2024 – Present}
Core Member, Teaching Learning Center, at Pilani Campus {October 2024 – Present}
Instructor, Practice School-1, (May-July 2024), Bengaluru.
Proctor, BITSAT {Vishakapatnam, May 2023}
Member, Departmental Research Committee (DRC) {September 2022 – August 2024}
Coordinator, Department Website {January 2021– August 2024}
Faculty In-Charge, Analytical Laboratory, Department of Chemical Engineering, {September 2020 – August 2024}
Member, Departmental Committee on Academics (DCA) {September 2020– August 2022}
Coordinator for Seminar/Webinar, Chemical Engineering, {September 2020-August 2022}
Proctor, BITSAT {Vijayawada, May 2019}
Instructor, Practice School-1, (May-July 2018), Nandi Group of Industries, Nandyal, A.P.
Member, Doctoral Advisory Committee [4 students] {2018-Present}
Faculty In-charge, Mechanical Unit Operations Laboratory {2018-2020}
Member, Departmental Committee on Academics (DCA) {September 2017– August 2018}
Member, Student Faculty Council (SFC)

Professional Society

Honorary Secretary, Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (IIChE), Pilani Regional Center {January 2020 – September 2022}
Life Member, Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (IIChE)

OBSERVATORY

The skies have inspired sages and scientists, poets and mathematicians alike, since time immemorial.
Now BITS Pilani, K K Birla Goa Campus has its very own eye to the skies.

Prof. V Ramgopal Rao, Vice Chancellor, BITS Pilani University inaugurated the Campus Observatory in
presence of Prof. Suman Kundu, Director, Goa Campus, Col S Chakraborty (Retd), Registrar, BITS Pilani
University, Dean, Administration of Goa Campus Prof. D. M. Kulkarni and several faculty and students on
2nd May 2023.

Goings-On

Moderator for the panel discussion on Career in Quantum at QISKIT FALL FEST- 2024, November 8-10, 2024, organized by BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus.
Reviewer, IEEE International Conference on Interdisciplinary Approaches in Technology and Management for Social Innovation (IATMSI-2025), IIITM Gwalior, March 06-08, 2025.
Reviewer, International Conference on Present Challenges and Innovations in Electrical Engineering (PCIEE-2024), 20-21 December 2024, Department of Electrical Engineering, Osmania University, Hyderabad.
Invited reviewer for IndusScience Journal, Int. J. of Sustainable Agricultural Management and Informatics (IJSAMI), 2024.
Judge, SIMIODE Challenge Using Differential Equations Models, SCUDEM VI 2023.
Judge, SIMIODE Challenge Using Differential Equations Models, SCUDEM VI 2022.
Reviewer for research projects, Military Technological College, Muscat, Oman.
Session Chair, 3^rd International Conference on Mathematical Modeling, Computational Intelligence Techniques and Renewable Energy, March 2022.
Judge, SIMIODE Challenge Using Differential Equations Models, SCUDEM VI 2021.
Session Chair, 2^nd International Conference on Mathematical Modeling, Computational Intelligence Techniques and Renewable Energy, February 06 - 08, 2021.
Published an article on COVID-19 data analysis and predictions on Sept 12 2020 in the Times of India.
Chairperson for a session on BioMedical Engineering –I at the International Conference on LSBE, Osaka, Nov 2013

Research Guide and Reviewer

External Reviewer to FORE Abhigyan, refereed (quarterly) journal of the ‘Foundation for Organisational Research and Education (FORE), New Delhi.
Guided two PhD students under Management domain. Both the students have defended their thesis.
Guided over 521 MBA students for their Dissertation Projects.
Mentored over 150 engineering students for their internship program
June 2018 - 2019: Associated with OMICS International Publishing Group as Reviewer for their Management Journal. Regularly reviewed international articles on subjects like financial management, banking, investment decisions, general management, social issues, governance, strategic management, etc.
June 2015-2019: Associated with Journal of Advances in Business Management (JADBM) as Reviewer and reviewed 21 research articles for the journal.

Administrative Responsibilities

Faculty in-charge, Computer Science Association (Jan 2023- till date)

Member, AUGSD Nucleus team (Nov 2024 - till date)

Member, Department Committee for Academics (Dec 2024 - till date)

Conference/ Meeting Organized

Details of the conferences/ meeting organized

Convener: International Conference on Functional Nanomaterials and their Applications in Sustainability, Environment, Energy, and Biotechnology at BITS Pilani, K K Birla Goa Campus 16-18th November 2024
Coordinator: National Technology Day (NTD)-2023 Celebration is being Organized by The National Academy of Sciences, India -Mumbai Chapter (NASI-MC) in association with BITS Pilani, K K Birla Goa Campus 19th May 2023.
Organized and Resource Person: International Webinar on "Innovations and Applications in. Materials Chemistry” organized by Dhempe College of Arts and Science, Goa India in Association with Meijo University Japan and BITS Pilani K K Birla Goa Campus on March 21, 2023.
National Advisory Board: First Online International Conference on Advanced 2D Materials (ICAM-2022) 09- 11 Jun 2022 Organized by : School of Engineering, Chennai
Member of International Advisory Committee: The International conference on Chemical Research in Materials and Biological Sciences (CRMBS-2019), at the Department of Chemistry, Assam University, 15^th- 16^th March 2019.
Member of Advisory Committee and Resource Person: International Conference on Nano-materials for Environmental Applications’ (NEA-2019) at Goa Science Centre, Miramar, 6^th- 7^th March 2019.
Member of Local Advisory Committee and Session Chair: DAE – BRNS Biennial Symposium on Emerging Trends in Separation Science and Technology (SESTEC – 2018) at Birla Institute of Technology & Sciences (BITS), KK Birla Goa Campus from 23^rd -26^th May, 2018.
Member of Core organizing Committee: The National Metallurgist Day & Annual Technical Meeting (NMD-ATM) 2017 by Indian Institute of Metals (IIM) Mumbai Chapter in partnership with IIM Goa & IIM Pune chapters at Birla Institute of Technology & Sciences (BITS), KK Birla Goa Campus from 11th – 14th Nov 2017.
Member of Local Organizing Committee: International Symposium on Integrated Functionalities (6th ISIF 2017) under the aegis of prestigious Material Research Society of India (MRSI) at Shangri-La’s Eros Hotel, New Delhi, India from 10-13 December 2017.
Coordinator: Recent Trends in Chemistry: Students’ Meet at BITS Pilani, KK Birla Goa Campus, 26^th February 2017.
Chairman: 2^nd National Conference on New Frontiers in Chemistry From Fundamental to Applications (NFCFA 2015) at BITS Pilani, KK Birla Goa Campus, 28-29 January, 2017.
Convener: Symposium on Recent Advancements in Chemical Sciences and RSC Research Scholar Meet-2016 at BITS Pilani, KK Birla Goa Campus 13^th November 2016.
National Advisory Committee member: International Conference on Chemical Engineering and Advanced Polymeric Material at BIT, Mesra, Ranchi from 18th to 20th August, 2016
Chairman: 2^nd Indo- UK International Workshop on Advanced Materials and their Applications in Nanotechnology (AMAN 2016) in collaboration with Univ of Leeds, UK at BITS Pilani, KK Birla Goa campus January 11- 12, 2016.
Chairman: National Conference on New Frontiers in Chemistry From Fundamental to Applications (NFCFA 2015) BITS Pilani, KK Birla Goa Campus, 18 -19 December 2015.
Chairman: Indo- UK International Workshop on Advanced Materials and their Applications in Nanotechnology (AMAN 2014) in collaboration with Univ of Leeds, UK BITS Pilani, KK Birla Goa campus May 17- 19th 2014
Advisory Committee Member: The 3rd Annual Conference of the Toxinological Society of India and 1st International Conference on “Biology of Natural Toxins (TSICON 2013) BITS Pilani KK Birla Goa campus 18- 21st December 2013.
National Advisory Committee member: Third Euro-India International Conference on Nanomedicine and Tissue Engineering August 9, 10 and 11, 2013 at Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala , India
Technical Chair: International Conference on Emerging Technologies: Micro to Nano 2013 (ETMN-2013) 23rd & 24th February 2013 BITS Pilani KK Birla Goa Campus.
Coordinator: DST- PAC meeting on INORGANIC CHEMIS TRY at BITS- Pilani, Goa Campus during 22nd & 23rd May, 2008. Funded by Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi.
Organizing Secretary: International Congress of Environmental Research ( ICER 08) BITS- Pilani Goa Campus , India , 18- 20 December 2 008, In collaboration with Journal of Environmental Research And Development.
Convener: The 8th workshop on biosensors and bioanalytical micro-techniques in environmental and clinical analysis Oct. 3-6, 2007 at BITS, Pilani-Goa Campus, organized in collaboration with IAEAC, Switzerland.
Organizing Secretary: Indo-Swedish Workshop on Biosensors for environmental analysis Feb. 21-23, 2006, at BITS, Pilani-Goa Cam pus sponsored by The Swedish Research Council, in collaboration with Lund University Sweden.

Conferences attended

Memberships

Memberships in Professional Societies

OTHER INFORMATION

INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE (VISITS AND COLLABORATION)

Year	Place & Institution Visited	Outcome
2006	CICERO, Oslo, Norway	Our research collaboration led to the following joint publication: “A macroeconomic analysis of adaptation to climate change impacts on forests in India” in Mitigation Adaptation Strategies to Global Change (2011)
2007	Bristol University, UK	Our research collaboration led to the following joint publication: “Assessing the mitigation potential of forestry activities in a changing climate: A case study for Karnataka” in Forest Policy and Economics (2010)
2008	Umea University, Sweden	Presented a paper titled “Impact of Climate Change on Indian Forests: A Short- and Medium-Term Assessment” in a conference organized by International Union of Forestry Research Organisations, FAO and the University of Umea
2012	CICERO, Oslo, Norway	Research collaboration on development of India module for Global Responses to Anthropogenic Change in the Environment (GRACE) model
2013	ICIMOD, Kathmandu	Offered hands on training on ‘Modeling impact of climate change’ to the participants of 2^nd WCRP CORDEX Workshop
2013	CICERO, Oslo, Norway	Our research collaboration led to the following joint publication: “Lost benefits and carbon uptake by protection of Indian plantations” in Mitigation Adaptation Strategies to Global Change (2017)
2014	Imperial College, London & London School of Economics	Development of Global Calculator pathways (http://www.globalcalculator.org/pathways); A manuscript titled “Modelling Carbon Mitigation Pathways - An Assessment of the Global Calculator” is now accepted for publication in the internal Journal of Energy Strategy Reviews
2015	United Nation’s University, Tokyo, Japan	First Author meeting for preparation of IPBES regional assessment report for Asia-Pacific
2015	Imperial College, London	Co-developed COP21 calculator https://ig.ft.com/sites/climate-change-calculator/)
2015	Thimphu, Bhutan	Attended Second Workshop on ‘Hindu Kush Himalayas Monitoring and Assessment Programme (HIMAP): Action to Sustain Global Asset’
2016	University of Brunei, Brunei	Conducted hands-on training on climate data analysis for the faculty and students of the University

2016	Department Environment, Canberra, Australia & CSIRO	Attended training on FullCAM model, GHG accounting model and developed a proposal to apply FullCAM model for India’s national GHG inventory in the AFOLU sector
2016	Department of Hydrology and Disaster Management, Nyi Pi Tow, Myanmar	Conducted hands-on training on climate data analysis to the scientist of the department and delivered a lecture titled “CMIP5 based climate change projections for India- its application for Impact assessment studies: challenges and opportunities”
2016	Imperial College, London	Co-developed a conference paper titled “Assessing the climate impacts of Chinese dietary choices using a telecoupled global food trade and local land use framework” to be presented in National Convention Center, Beijing, Oct. 24-27, 2016 (http://csis.msu.edu/content/telecoupling- global-land-project)
2017	United Nation’s University, Tokyo, Japan	Third Author meeting for preparation of IPBES regional assessment report for Asia-Pacific
2018	Research Institute for Humanity of Nature (RIHN), Kyoto, Japan	Presented our policy brief titled “Co-benefits of power sector decarbonisation for air quality and human health in India” to the Systems of Sustainable Consumption and Production Knowledge Action Network (SSSCP-KAN) meeting over 15- 16^th January, 2018 in RIHN, Tokyo & Presented the Annual Report for South Asia region office to the Regional Advisory Committee of the Future Earth
2018	Imperial College London & London School of Economics	We are working together to develop a joint research proposal between Imperial College, LSE and DCCC on Early Warning Systems. This visit was also be used to discuss a possible Policy Brief between the three institutions, i.e. IC, IISc and LSE
2019	Boston University, USA	Worked on the paper titled: China and India lead in greening of the world through land-use management
2020	IDDRI, France	BIICS-DDP Project titled: From NDCs to pathways and Policies: Transformative climate Action After Paris
2021	IIASA, Vienna	A consortium project titled “Resilience of Ecosystem Services provided by Intact and Sustainably managed Terrestrial ecosystems (RESIST)” led by IIASA, Vienna, Austria, with BITS Pilan Goa campus listed as a National member Organization partner (NMO), has been sanctioned on 7th July 2022.

POLICY OUTREACH TO GOVT. OF INDIA, STATE GOVTs. AND INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY

Supported Govt. of Goa and NABARD in development of SAPCC for Goa state (https://gsbb.goa.gov.in/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/SAPCC%207.pdf)
Contributed to India’s National GHG Inventory in form of its most recent Third National Contribution to UNFCCC (https://unfccc.int/documents/636235)
Contributed to Chapter 11 in ISFR, 2021 published by FSI, MoEFCC, Govt of India (https://fsi.nic.in/forest-report-2021-details)
Member to global 'Commission on Ecosystem Management' in ‘The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)’ for the Quadrennial Period 2017-2020 and again for the period of 2021-2025
Co-edited a special issue titled "Restoring Degraded Lands to Attain UN-SDGs” for the international journal "LAND"(Scopus citation index= 44): https://www.mdpi.com/journal/land/special_issues/degraded_land_UN- SDGs
Organised a workshop titled “Data and Tool for Climate Resilience Planning in South Asia” on 13-14 August, 2018 at Future Earth South Asia Regional Office, IISc, The workshop was attended by Policy makers, Govt. officers, scientists, NGOs, Corporates and other stakeholders
National Inventory Systems & International Reporting (NISIR), Department of Environment, of Australia (India-Australia collaboration on the FullCAM GHG inventory model)
Ministry of Environment and Forests & Climate Change, of India Contributed to preparation of BUR-1 and BUR-2
Meghalaya Basin Development Authority, of Meghalaya, India
Environment and Policy Research Institute, Bangalore, Karnataka (Training and capacity building of officials)
Centre for Environment Education (CEE), Ahmedabad (Visitor)
State Academy of Training, Takyel, Imphal (Training and capacity building of Manipur state government officials)
Myanmar Department of Hydrology and Disaster Management, Nay Pi Taw, Myanmar (Expert visitor)
University of Brunei, Brunei (Academic visitor)
Financial Times, London (Collaborated on preparation of climate change calculator)
Intergovernmental Panel on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, UN (Lead Author)
United Nations Environment Programme, UN (Lead Author)
Global Environment Facility, UN (Author)
Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy, of India, Dehradun (Training of IFS officers)
Forest Survey of India, Dehradun (Collaborator in preparation of India’s national GHG inventory)
National Remote Sensing Centre, Hyderabad (Collaborator in preparation of India’s national GHG inventory)
Administrative Training Institute, Mysore, Karnataka (For training the officers of the Karnataka Govt. )
International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), Nepal (Training and capacity building of scientists from South Asia in CORDEX datasets)

ORGANIZATION OF INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP/CONFERENCES AND EVENTS

Organized G20 University connect programme at BITS Pilani Goa campus (August 2023)
Organized Y20 programme titled Climate Change and Disaster Risk in Goa at BITS Pilani Goa campus (August, 2023)
Organized an international workshop titled “Role of Forestry, Agroforestry, And Land Restoration In Achieving Net Zero In The Asian Region”. Date 12 December 2023
Organized an international workshop titled “‘Role of forest ecosystems in meeting SDGs in South Asia’ on May 9, 2019 in BITS Goa, The event was funded by 'Commission On Ecosystem Management', IUCN; National Bank For Agriculture And Rural Development (NABARD) and Government of Goa. Official Workshop webpage: https://www.bits-goa.ac.in/IUCN/index.html); Final Report available here: https://www.bits- pilani.ac.in/uploads/Goa_Upload/IUCN_BITS_Goa_Workshop_Low_Res_Rep ort.pdf
Organized a side-even at World Conservation Congress 2020, Marseille, Sept, 2021 titled: Agro-forestry and its role in climate change mitigation and sustainable development for South Asia; Event Webpage: https://www.iucncongress2020.org/programme/official- programme/session-59460

University and Industry Immersion Programs

University Immersion Abroad

In the summer term of 2015-2016, visited Poznan University of Technology, Poland, as part of BITS Pilani's University Immersion Programme. During this visit, collaborated with Prof. Marek Szostak at the Institute of Materials Technology, focusing on research in Rotational Moulding and Polymer Composites. Additionally, delivered lectures on Rotational Moulding of Plastics to postgraduate students at the host university and gave a talk on the ‘BITS Model of Education’ in the Department of Production and Engineering Management. The images can be found under the Invited Talks (International Visits) section.

Industry Immersion

Participated in BITS Pilani's Industry Immersion Programme at GMI Zarahak Moulders Pvt. Ltd., Goa, during the summer term of 2014-2015. This programme aimed to enhance knowledge and foster Industry-Institute interaction in research on Rotational Moulding. GMI Zarahak Moulders Pvt. Ltd. specializes in providing innovative rotational moulding solutions for engineering and domestic products. During the immersion, conducted Internal Air Temperature (IAT) studies within the mould and developed a temperature measurement system for a rock-and-roll rotational moulding machine. Observations and recommendations for optimal temperature settings were made based on these studies. Additionally, scaled up lab experiments from our research project to industrial scale.

Administrative Appointments

At BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus

Current

Nucleus Member, Academic Undergraduate Studies Division, BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus (October 2024 - Onwards)
Member Convenor, Works Committee, BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus ( November 2024 - Onwards)

Past Appointments

Head of the Department, Department of Civil Engineering, BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus. (1st Oct 2020-31st September 2024)
In Charge, Students Activities Centre, BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus ( January 2012 - Oct 2021)
Faculty In-Charge, Environmental Engineering Laboratory, Department of Civil Engineering, BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus(April 2011- July 2014; December 2015 - November 2020)
Department Faculty Representative, Placement, Department of Civil Engineering, BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus (2011-2013, December 2016 - Jan 2019)
Nucleus Member, Sponsored Research and Consulting Division, BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus (2012 - 2018)
Member, Institute Purchase Committee, BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus. (2017 - 2018)
Convenor, Departmental Research Committee, Department of Civil Engineering, BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus (Oct. 2014 - Nov. 2016)
Practice School - I Instructor
- May - July 2016 Centre: Thiruvananthapuram
  - Centre for Development of Imaging Technologies, Kerala State Electronic Development Corporation
- May - July 2022 Centre: Online
  - Udaan, Bengaluru
  - Amara Raja - EPC, Hyderabad
  - Amara Raja Infra, Hyderabad
Non-residential warden, Gandhi Bhavan, BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus (September 2011 - January 2015)
Faculty In-Charge, Geodesy Laboratory, Department of Civil Engineering, BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus (August 2014 - December 2015)
Faculty Member Representative, BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus, Technology Entrepreneurship Programme (TEP), An initiative of Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad, in collaboration with Andhra Pradesh Society of Knowledge Networks and various engineering colleges in AP September 2013 -2017)

Development of Design Codes

Design Guide for Reinforced Concrete Column and Steel Beam Connections (Submitted to the Building and Construction Agency of Singapore for evaluation)

Scientific/Technical Committee Member of Scientific Conferences

International Advisory Committee Member, ASCE International Conference on Challenges And Innovations For Sustainable Smart Cities (CISSC-2025), Chandigarh, India.
Advisory Board Member, International Conference on Innovation in Sustainable and Digital Construction Practices (ISDCP-2025), Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
Technical Committee Member, 2^nd International Conference on Materials, Mechanics and Structures (ICMMS 2022), National Institute of Technology Calicut, Kerala, India.
Organizing Committee Member, Federation of Environmental Issues and its Remediation Conference (F-EIR 2021), Chandigarh, India.
International Scientific Committee Member, International Congress on Structural Integrity and Maintenance (SIM 2020), Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizontal, Brazil.

Technical Program Committee Member, International Conference on Mechanical Engineering and Materials (ICMEM 2020), Beijing, China.
Technical Program Committee Member, International Conference on Applied Mechanics, Materials and Civil Engineering (ICAMMCE2020), Shanghai, China.
Technical Program Committee Member, International Conference on Electronical, Mechanical and Materials Engineering (ICE2ME2020), Xiamen, China.
Technical Committee Member, 3^rd International Conference on Innovative Technologies for Clean and Sustainable Development (ITCSD-2020), NITTTR Chandigarh, India.
Technical Program Committee Member, 3^rd International Conference on Architecture and Civil Engineering (CACE 2019), Kunming, China.
Executive Committee Member, National Conference on Emerging Fields in Engineering Science, Kurukshetra, India.

Member of Professional Societies

Professional Engineer, The Institution of Engineers (India).
Professional Engineer, The Engineering Council of India.
Chartered Engineer, The Institution of Engineers (India).
Fellow, Indian Institution of Bridge Engineers.
Fellow, The Council of Engineering & Technology (India).
Fellow, International Council of Consultants.
Member, American Society of Civil Engineers (M.ASCE).
Member, Structural Engineering Institute (M.SEI).
Member-at-Large, Structural Stability Research Council.
Graduate Member, Institution of Structural Engineers, UK.
Member, Steel Tube Institute, USA.
Member, Engineering Scotland.
Member, International Association of Protective Structures, Germany.
Member, International Association of Advanced Materials, Sweden.
Member, The Institution of Engineers (India) (M.IE).
Member, Indian Association of Structural Engineers (M.IAStructE).
Member, Indian Society of Earthquake Technology.
Member, Institute of Smart Structures & Systems.
Member, Indian Society for Construction Materials & Structures.
Member, Pre-Engineered Structures Society of India.
Member, Indian Concrete Institute.
Member, Indian Buildings Congress.
Member, Indian Society for Wind Engineering.
Member, Indian Science Congress Association.
Member, Indian Society of Technical Education.
Member, Indian Association for Computational Mechanics.
Member, Indian Society of Rock Mechanics & Tunnelling Technology.
Member, Indian Society of Theoretical & Applied Mechanics.
Member, International Association of Engineers, Hong Kong.
Member, International Association for Bridge Maintenance & Safety.
Member, International Association for Life-Cycle Civil Engineering.
Member, Institution of Structural Engineers-India.
Member, Civil Engineering Society, IIT Delhi.

Academic Honors and Awards

Awarded ”Distinction in Doctoral Research”, by Indian Institute of Technology Delhi in 2024.
Awarded Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) held in June 2017.
Secured All India Rank 85 in the entrance exam Joint Admission Test for M.Sc. (JAM) in 2014.
Awarded INSPIRE scholarship for being among the top 1 % of the XII Board Examination from 2012-2016.

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My current Institute contribution

I am presently working as a DCA (Departmental Committee on Academics) convener at the Department of Mathematics, BITS Pilani K K Birla Goa Campus, Goa.
I am presently working as a CCDCA (Cross Campus Departmental Committee on Academics) convener at BITS Pilani K K Birla Goa Campus, Goa.
I am presently working as a nucleus member for AUGSD (Academic Under Graduate Studies Division), BITS Pilani K K Birla Goa Campus, Goa.

Educational qualifications

University of Pennsylvania, Ph. D. (Biophysics), 1994
University of Rochester, M.A. (Physics and Astronomy), 1989
Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India, Int. M. Sc. (Physics), 1987

Past appointments

Department Chair (2020-2024), Senior Professor (2021-2024), Professor (2011-2020), Associate Professor (2006-2011), Reader (2002-2006), and Fellow (1998-2002), Dept. of Chemical Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, India
Post Doctoral Fellow (with Prof. Watt W. Webb), Cornell University, 1994 – 1998

Lab Facilities

Electrochemical Workstation, COSMO-RS, & TURBOMOL

High Pressure Reactor

MAGNETIC STIRRER AND HOT PLATE

Multimeter

Temperature controlled water bath

Weighing Balance

PPMS

Physical Property Measurements System

Quantum Design PPMS with vibration sample magnetometer insert provides state-of-the-art electrical transport and magnetization measurements down to 2 K temperature and up to 9 tesla magnetic field.

PPMS Evercool-II : a cryogen-free system for the Physical Properties measurement platform using a GM Cryocooler
Nominal Liquid Helium Capacity: 6 liters
Temperature range: 2 – 325 K
Magnetic field up to 9 Tesla
Vibrating Sample Magnetometer Option:
* Coil-set bore: 6.3 mm
* Calibrated oscillation frequency : 40 Hz
* Typical oscillation amplitude : 2 mm peak
* Typical rms sensitivity: <10^-6 emu
* Powder samples, films with substrate 3 mm x 5 mm are possible
* Liquid samples are not possible

User Charges:

* Rs 2000 per booking of up to 4 hrs.
* Sample capsule Rs 1000 per unit for VSM extra.

Contact

For inquiries and booking,

please email ppms.phy [@] goa.bits-pilani.ac.in.

Links:

Requisition Form 1 for BITS Pilani users

Information for External (non-BITS Pilani) Users

Overview

Researcher IDs

ORCiD: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5662-0071
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=-v37tOcAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=sra
Scopus: https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=55560851000
Vidwan: https://bits-pilani.irins.org/profile/275042
ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Harpreet-Bedi

PhD Supervised

S. No.	Name of Student	Year of completion	Title of thesis	Co-guides (if any)
1.	Manpreet Singh	2018	Assessment of Potential of Marble Slurry as a Mineral Admixture in Concrete	Dr. Dipendu Bhunia
2.	Vidhi Vyas	2020	Development of Data-Driven Decision support Approaches using Non-Destructive Testing for Enhancing Pavement Management Systems	As co-supervisor
3.	Rishabh Bajpai	2023	Experimental Study on Ambient Cured Fly Ash Based Geopolymer Binder Using Silica Fume and Calcium Hydroxide	No

Administrative Experience

In the Pilani Campus (1995 – 2004)

Served as Instructor for 2nd Year BITS Students for PS-I in BARC (B’bay) May-July 1996. Had to fight with Director BARC to obtain accommodation for students in the BARC Campus. This facility was initially promised to our students, but was then withdrawn due to the conducting of the International Mathematics Olympiad in BARC at the same time. Some vacant quarters were later temporarily allotted to BITS students for the duration of the program.
Served as a Nonresident Warden for Krishna Bhavan (Boys Hostel) for 4 years (May-97 to May-2001)
Other duties some time during Aug’1998 to Aug’2002 ( 2 years each) a. Disciplinary Committee Member under Dean Student Welfare. b. Coordinator of Student Counseling services. c. Library Committee member.
Served as PS-I Instructor in Pune Center, (May-July 2000) and during this time established contact with C-DAC Pune, as a result of which BITS opened a PS-II program with C-DAC, and its employees enrolled in DLPD programs in BITS.
In the following year (May-July 2001) as PS-I Instructor, I established contact with Mahindra British Telecom, (MBT-Pune) leading to their employees pursuing BITS-DLPD programs
Lead a team of 4 invigilators on NTPC invigilation duties once in NTPC-Talcher, Orissa, and once in NTPC-Charkhi-Dadri, Delhi
Faculty Coordinator of the Physics Journal Club for the Physics Group in BITS Pilani for one year.
Served as Vice President of the Indian Physics Association (IPA) Pilani Chapter for 2 years.
Conducted ITW (Intensive Teaching Workshop) in BITS Pilani for newly joined faculty members earmarked for transfer from the Pilani Campus to the Goa Campus during the 2nd Sem’2003-04
Senate Member from 2001 to present.

In the Goa Campus (2004 – Present)

Chief Warden : From July-2004 to April’2009 in BITS-Pilani, Goa Campus.

ITW BITS-Goa : Coordinator of ITW in BITS–Goa in Jan-May 2005 for newly joined faculty members teaching at the Goa Campus.

Convener : Disciplinary Committee. (2007 – 2009)

Member : Faculty Recruitment Committee for Physics and Biology Departments in 2011-12.

Chairperson : Faculty Recruitment Committee for Mathematics from 2011 to present and for Physics Department from 2012 to present.

Member : Doctoral Research Committee (DRC) from 2011 to present.

Member : Doctoral Advisory Committee for 2 Ph.D. Students.

Member : Task force on Academic Programs & Pedagogy (APP) from Aug-2009 to Aug’2012. This Task force was constituted by Chancellor Shri Kumar Mangalam Birla and the VC to help steer BITS-Pilani to achieve higher levels of excellence in teaching and research.

Review (Journals and Conferences)

Journal reviewer

Applied Catalysis B: Environmental (Elsevier)
Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering (Elsevier)
Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering (SPRINGER)
Materials Today Communications (Elsevier)
Waste Management & Research: The Journal for a Sustainable Circular Economy (SAGE)

Journal reviewer

Applied Catalysis B: Environmental (Elsevier)
Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering (Elsevier)
Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering (SPRINGER)
Materials Today Communications (Elsevier)
Waste Management & Research: The Journal for a Sustainable Circular Economy (SAGE)

Journal reviewer

Applied Catalysis B: Environmental (Elsevier)
Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering (Elsevier)
Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering (SPRINGER)
Materials Today Communications (Elsevier)
Waste Management & Research: The Journal for a Sustainable Circular Economy (SAGE)

Technology Libraries

Predictive Technology HSPICE Models

Low STandby Power (LSTP) Multi-Gate Devices

20 nm nFET	20 nm pFET
16 nm nFET	16 nm pFET
14 nm nFET	14 nm pFET
10 nm nFET	10 nm pFET
7 nm nFET	7 nm pFET

High Performance (HP) Multi-Gate Devices

20 nm nFET	20 nm pFET
16 nm nFET	16 nm pFET
14 nm nFET	14 nm pFET
10 nm nFET	10 nm pFET
7 nm nFET	7 nm pFET

Low Power (LP) Single-Gate Devices

High Performance (HP) Single-Gate Devices

Crystal Structures

Visualization of Electronic and STructural Analysis or VESTA (link) is a highly recommended free tool for studying, analyzing, and visualizing the following structures. VESTA may also be used to study more complicated structures using super-cells.

Antimonides (link)
Arsenides (link)
Carbides (link)
Carbonates (link)
Clays (link)
Pure elements (link)
Halides (link)
Hydrides (link)
Hydroxides (link)
Ice (link)
Intermetallics (link)
Nitrides (link)
Other miscellaneous (links)
Oxides (link)
Phosphides (link)
Selenides (link)
Silicates (link)
Sulfates (link)
Sulfides (link)
Telurides (link)
Titanates (link)
Zeolites (link)

Journal Templates

IEEE Transactions Articles (download)
IEEE Transactions Color Articles (download)
IEEE Conference Articles (download)
Elsevier Articles (download)
Springer Articles (download)
Wiley Articles (download)
AIP Articles (download)
Taylor & Francis Articles (download)

Useful Links

Free online symbolic calculations: https://www.wolframalpha.com/
Free online graphing calculator: https://www.desmos.com/
Free online latex symbol editor: https://www.codecogs.com/latex/eqneditor.php
Free online electronic material database: http://www.matprop.ru/
Free online conversion tool: https://www.online-convert.com/
Free online mathematical handbook: http://people.math.sfu.ca/~cbm/aands/
Free online pdf editor: https://www.ilovepdf.com/

Institutional Contribution

BITSAT :

Coordinator for BITSAT exam in 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 & 2022.

Practice school :

Practice school instructor for IGCAR and MAPS in 2014.

Practice school instructor for NCAOR and Goa Shipyard in 2015.

Practice school instructor for Avidia labs and My web partners in 2024.

Administration :

1. Department Seminar coordinator from 2016-2019.

2. Member of Doctoral Research Committee - 2016-2021

3. Convener of Doctoral Research Committee - 2021 - 2024.

4. Faculty in-charge of Teaching-Learning Center - 2021-2023.

5. Associate dean of digital learning - Work integrated learning program - 2023 - present

Consultancy Activities

M/S Rakon, Design and development of low power circulators for space applications

Study resources

Engineering Graphics

A. Engineering Graphics Recap: Projection of straight line when True Lengths are given

B. Engineering Graphics Recap: Projection of straight line when Apparent (FV & TV) Lengths are given

Links

Google Scholar Link

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=tw6EL6UAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=sra

I am interested in the design and analysis of biomarkers for (i) brain tumor detection and (ii) breast cancer detection. and (iii) ECG signal detection and processing methods.

PhD Thesis Adjudication : External PhD thesis adjudication is in progress (complete details will be furnished after report submitted)

Doctoral Thesis

Paramkusham Spandana, “A Novel Approach for Classification and Early Detection of Breast Cancer using Image Enhancement, Image Segmentation and Feature Extraction on Mammograms” (Ph.D. awarded during Convocation, 2019).
Supervisor : BVVSN Prabhakar Rao , Co-supervisor : KMM Rao

Manu Gupta “Non-invasive methods for Glioma grade classification using MR images” (Ph.D. awarded during Convocation, 2019)
Supervisor : BVVSN Prabhakar Rao , Co-supervisor : Venkateswaran R

Madhuri Bayya “Battery Monitoring source side excitation with voltage pulse sequence” (Ph.D. awarded during Convocation, 2018)
Supervisor : BVVSN Prabhakar Rao , Co-supervisor : Moorthy Muthukrishnan

Priyanka BG “Memristor Based Neural Networks for Signal Processing Applications” (on going)

Supervisor : BVVSN Prabhakar Rao

Undergraduate Thesis / Projects

Supervised more than 10 UG students Thesis work
Supervised more than 80 Projects (SOP/LOP/DESIGN) for UG students

Reseacrh Interest

Comparative Literature, Literary and Narrative Theories, Gender and Queer Theory, Masculinity Studies, Queer Politics and Subcultures, Cultural Studies, Environmental Humanities, 1930s-50's Malayalam Literature

Other Important Assignments

Institutional Responsibilities

Nucleus Member (Central Sophisticated Instrumentation Facility) 14th Feb 2023 - Cont.
- Involved in Procurement & Installation of HR TEM, in addition to usual related engagements.
Practice School
- 2012 at the Tata Iron and Steel Factory, Jamshedpur, Jharkhand.
- 2013 at the Tata Iron and Steel Factory, Jamshedpur, Jharkhand.
- 2014 at the Tata Iron and Steel Factory, Jamshedpur, Jharkhand.
BITSAT Examination
- 2016 at Jamshedpur, Jharkhand.
- 2018 ar Jamshedpur, Jharkhand.

Other Engagements

Member Library Committee (Department of Physics)
- 2013 - 2014
- 2017 - 2018
- 2019 - 2020
Conveynor, DRC Committee (Department of Physics)
- 2013 - 2014
Sandbox Committee Member
- 2018 - 2019

To be updated.

Personal Website

https://sites.google.com/view/sabyasachidey/home

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Administrative Work

Administrative

Experience

Associate Dean, Academic Undergraduate Studies 2018- 2022

Associate Dean, Academic Registration and Counseling 2009- 2018

Warden, Residential, 2006-2014

Mess Affairs In-charge 2007-2009

Nucleus member, ARC 2004-2009

Nucleus member, Instruction Division 2004-2009

Faculty In-charge for implementation of ERP for Student Registration, academic lifecycle. Goa was the first campus and student registration the first module which was implemented on ERP.

Mess In-charge for implementation of online system for student mess selection, billing, leave applications.

Faculty In-charge for Medals committee for Goa Campus

Faculty In-charge for Convocation committee

Member of various committees:

Convener of the Departmental Committee on Academics (DCA), CSIS Goa.

Convener of the Departmental Level Shortlisting Committee (DLSC), CSIS Goa.

Member of the Examination Monitoring and Coordination Committee

Member of the DRC and DLSC CS&IS Dept, Timetable committee, Higher Degree Counseling committee,

Memberships

1. Comp. Society of India, Lifetime Member (ID# 00171540), since March 2007.

2. Member of Institute of Engineers India (MIE). [M-138687-5].

Education & Employment

Education:

BSc (Hons. & Distinction), Govt. College Bhawanipatna, Sambalpur University, 1987.
MSc (Chemistry), P.G. Dept. of Chemistry, Sambalpur University, 1989.
PhD Chemistry, IIT Kanpur, 2001 (defended July 2000), Advisor: Professor Pinaki Gupta-Bhaya, Thesis title: Studies in Statistical Mechanics of Macroionic Solutions

Employment Record:

Professor, BITS, Pilani - K. K. Birla Goa Campus (Since Mar 2023)
Associate Professor, BITS, Pilani - K. K. Birla Goa Campus (Feb 2015 - Feb 2023)
Assistant Professor, BITS, Pilani - K. K. Birla Goa Campus(Aug 2007 with retrospective effect from Jan 2006 - Jan 2015).
Lecturer, BITS, Pilani - Goa Campus (Jul 2004 - Dec 2005).
Lecturer, BITS, Pilani – Pilani Campus (Mar 2004 - Jul 2004).
Scientific coworker, Univ. of Heidelberg, Germany (Aug 2002 - Nov 2003).
Post-doctoral Fellow, Univ. of California, Davis, USA (Dec 1999 - Jun 2002).

Administrative Work

DPEC Chairperson	Biological Sciences	Jan, 2024	Till date	DPEC evaluation process and review process
Faculty Chairperson AWC	Biological Sciences	1^st Feb 2023	Till date	Campus level animal welfare committee works to take initiative and address the issues in a professional manner
Prof.Suman Kapoor best thesis Award: Selection committee	Biological Sciences	2022	Till date	Short listing thesis for the best thesis award
Faculty Chairperson DLSC	Biological Sciences	29 June 2022	Till date	Department level shortlisting for faculty selection
Human Ethics	Member	8th Jan 2020	27th May 2023	Review Project proposals, to review ethical issues
DCA	Member	2020	Till date	Review curriculum, decision making on new courses and grade moderation responsibilities
DRC Committee	Member	2018	2020	Department research related evaluation, decision making
Warden	CH4 Hostel	2011	2013	Ladies hostel warden
Nuclear Member	Administration	2013	2015	Matters related to administration

Oral/Poster presentation& Workshop

Workshop Attended: DAE Platinum Jubilee and Global Cancer Consortium Workshop, ACTREC, Mumbai, 5th, February, 2024.
Poster Presentation: Global Cancer Consortium, ACTREC, Mumbai, 3rd to 4th February, 2024.
Chaired Session in the SBC annual Conference: 92nd Annual Meeting Society of Biological Chemists, BITS, Goa Campus, Dec18-20,2023.
Proteomics Day: Organised by Department of Biological Sciences, BITS, Goa, 18th March 2023.
Oral Presentation: Amity University 17th & 18th October, International Conference on Advances in Biotechnology: current discoveries and future perspectives, 2023.
presented paper: PEGylated Bimetallic Gold - Silver nanoparticles Synthesis and Potential Radiosensitizer and CT contrast agent against Oral Cancers, International Conference on Nano Science and Technology (ICONSAT), (Conducted by DST, India and S.N.Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Kolkota, Mar 5-7,2020.
Chaired the session: Drug Delivery and Cell Therapy, International Conference on Biomaterial -based Therapeutic Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, IIT , Kanpur, 28Nov-1Dec,2019.
Invited Speaker :One Pot Synthesis of Pegylated Doxorubicin loaded Sliver Nanoparticles Against Oral Cancer as Drug Delivery system, International Conference on Biomaterial -based Therapeutic Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, IIT , Kanpur, 28Nov-1Dec,2019.
Training on Good clinical practice, Current regulatory and ethical requirements for conducting clinical trials/research in India, Banaras Hindu university, Varanasi, (conducted by CDSA), Nov 27-28,2019.
Organizer: Academy-Industry Accelerate Radiation Research and clinical translation, International symposium, Gokarma Oncology Association with BITS –Pilani, Goa, 8-9 October 2018 at Goa University.
Vijayashree Nayak and Priyanka Dwivedi: A study on nutritional supplement retinoic acid microencapsulation induced sustained drug release for the treatment of arthritis;International Conference on Challenges in Drug Discovery and Delivery (ICCD3), BITS Pilani, Rajasthan, March 2-4, 2017.
Vijayashree Nayak and Priyanka Dwivedi: Bioactive molecules incorporated gelatine sphears as a mode of sustained drug release for therapeutic applications, University of California, USA.14th-17th Aug, 2017.
Laxminarayan and Vijayashree Nayak:Effect of bile acids and and TGF-beta signalling in intestinal cancer cells.International Conference on Challenges in Drug Discovery and Delivery (ICCD3), BITS Pilani, Rajasthan, March 2-4, 2017
Vijayashree Nayak and Yogesh Walwalkar:(Best Poster -Faculty award) Chronic S.typhi persistence in gallbladder quorum sensing and persisters. Gut microbe2016-an international perspective, 21-22 Oct, 2016
Priyanka Dwivedi and Vijayashree Nayak: A novel 3D chitosan,gelatine, chondroitin sulphate scaffold for cartilage tissue engineering; Stony Brook University, NewYork,USA;29^th June to 3^rd July,2015
Vijayashree Nayak " Gold nanoparticles induced drug delivery system in treatment of cancer" 34th annual convention of Indian association for cancer research. Cancer research: from bench to bedside. 19-21 Feb, 2015, jaipur, India .
Vijayashree Nayak "Regulation of molecular mechanism involved in chronic diseases associated with gall bladder carcinoma, 3rd annual conference of Molecular pathology Asociation of India. International symposium on Emerging role of molecular diagnostics in cancer genomics, 14-15, 20014, The Llit, Mumbai, India.
Vijayashree Nayak and Yogesh Walwalkar (Feb,2014):Regulation of molecular mechanism involved in chronic diseases associated with gall bladder carcinoma, MPAI, International conference, Mumbai , Oct 2013.
4th International conference on Stem cells & cancer (ICSCC-2013): Proliferation,Differentiation &Apoptosis, 19th-22nd Oct,2013.
Archana Sharma, Ashok Kumar, Vijayashree Nayak: Gelatin-carreagenin scaffolds for neural tissue Engineering, BIND-12, young researchers session, Dec 9^th to 11^th2012, IISC. Bangalore
Pryanka Dwivedi, Ashok Kumar, Vijayashree Nayak: gelatin chitosan scaffolds for cartilage cells, BIND-12, young researchers session, Dec 9^th to 11^th2012, IISC. Bangalore
Archana Sharma, Ashok Kumar,Vijayashree Nayak: Preparation of hybrid scaffolds for neural tissue engineering, IIT, Rourkela,2015.
A novel 3D chitosan,gelatine, chondroitin sulphate scaffold for cartilage tissue engineering; Stony Brook University, NewYork,USA;29^th June to 3^rd July,2015.
Vijayashree Nayak and Yogesh Walwalkar (Feb,2014):Regulation of molecular mechanism involved in chronic diseases associated with gall bladder carcinoma, MPAI, International conference, BARC,Mumbai , Oct 2013.
Vijayashree Nayak and Yogesh Walwalkar: Study on molecular approach and signaling mechanism in gall bladder carcinoma;.Lalith Intercontinent, Sahara , Mumbai, Oct 13-15,2013.
Pryanka Dwivedi, Ashok Kumar and Vijayashree Nayak; Development of a novel three dimensional chitosan-gelatin-chondroitin sulphate (CGC) cryogel scaffold for cartilage tissue engineering, International Conference on design of Biomaterials (Bind) 12, Dec 9-11,2012.
Archana Sharma, Tanusree Vishnoi, Ashok Kumar and Vijayashree Nayak; Supermacroporous PEG-Gelatin and Carrageenan-Gelatin cryogel matrix for tissue engineering applications, , International Conference on design of Biomaterials(BIND) 12, Dec 9-11, 2012
4^th International conference on stem cells & Cancer (ICSCC 2013): Proliferation, differentiation and Apoptosis, 19-22 October, 2013 Haffkin Institute, Parel, Mumbai.
Vijayashree N & Manoj Hariharan “Therapeutic applications of nano gold particles” Symposium on Nano Materials and their Applications, Fergusen College, Pune, March 4^th to 6^th, 2009.
Vijayashree N & Deepti “Chondrocyte culture on Collagen matrices” International Conference on Biomedical Engineering & Nanotechnology (on 21^st to 23^rd Oct, 2008), Kolhapur, Pune.
Krishnamurthy N, Vijayashree N et al (2007) “Study of the effect of electromagnetic radiation over gst enzyme of the swiss albino mice” in Indo-US symposium on engineering analysis and stimulation at Bangalore.
.D Singh and Vijayashree N (2006) “Chondrocyte culture on 3D collagen matrices” International conference on design of biomaterials & XVII annual meeting of society for biomaterials and artificial organs, India, Dec 8-11, 2006
Vijayashree N et al, Effect of Taxol as a anticancer agent in mouse model, International conference on radiobiology (2005), Dept of Radiobiology, KMC Maniapal, India
Workshop
"Workshop on Biomedical Materials" organised by the Dept.of Biotechnology & Metullergical and material Engineering, IIT, Madras, 23rd-24th June 2017
Novel Sanitation approaches and emerging trends in waste water treatment system (NSA 2017), 19-21Dec 2017.
BIRAC workshop on BIO-Enterpreneurship grant - writing & intellectual property management, 18-19 Feb,2016, BITS Pilani, K.K. Birla Goa Campus.
Multicolor Immunophenotyping:Standardisation & Applications, March 9-11,2012, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai.

Other Key Roles

Administrative Responsibilities:

S. No	Particulars of the role
1	Nucleus Member - Institutional Knowledge Analysis (IKA) Cell (Institute-wide) Since January 2025
2	Hostel Warden of CH1 Hostel since January 2025
3	Member of the Departmental Research Committee Since June 2024.
4	Conducted practice school in Flaisoft, Bhopal (May-July, 2024).
5	Conducted BITSAT EXAM in Jabalpur (May 2024).
6	Core Member of YEB: Entrepreneurship Boot Camp for School Students 2024 organized at BITS Pilani K K Birla, Goa Campus, India. Link - https://www.bits-yeb.com/
7	Library Committee member since June 2023
8	Nucleus Member - AGSRD, BITS Pilani K.K. Birla Goa Campus Since February 2023
9	Faculty member for open day (National Science Day) 2023.
10	Core Member of YEB: Entrepreneurship Boot Camp for School Students 2023 organized at BITS Pilani K K Birla, Goa Campus, India. Link - https://www.bits-yeb.com/
11	Member of Departmental Committee on Academics Sine June 2022
12	Conducted BITSAT EXAM in Jabalpur (May 2021).
13	Faculty Convenor, SFC, January 2017 - July 2020, BITS Pilani K K Birla, Goa Campus, India
14	Lab in-charge of the RF & Microwave Radiation Lab at BITS Pilani K K Birla, Goa Campus, India. (Till June 2022)
15	Conducted practice school in western central railways, Jabalpur (May-July, 2017).
16	Conducted practice school in AIIMS, Bhopal (May-July, 2018).

Journal Reviewer:

S. No	Particulars of the Journal
1	IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques (MTT)
2	IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine.
3	AEU – International Journal of Electronics and Communication, Elsevier
4	International Journal of Rf-MICAE, Wiley
5	Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications (JEMWA), Taylor & Francis.
6	International Journal of Electronics, Taylor & Francis
7	International Journal of Microwave and Wireless Technology, EuMA

IMP

Interested students are encouraged to reach out via email at prasadp@goa.bits-pilani.ac.in or schedule an appointment by calling 0832 2580 497 to discuss potential research opportunities.

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Other Experience

Administrative Experience:

Head, Department of Chemistry (Nov 2013 - Nov 2015) .
Hostel Warden (Jun 2006 to Dec 2013 & Jan 2018 to Dec 2018) .
Convener, Contract Evaluation Committee, BITS Pilani- Goa (Dec 2009 – Aug 2011).
Nucleus Member, General Administration, BITS, Pilani-Goa (year 2004-05).

Assignments handled in Department/Institute:

Chairperson, Campus Level Selection Committee for BITS Pilani International Travel Award (June 2024- May 2026).
Member, campus level Infrastructure Committee (June 2024 - May 2026).
Member, Campus Level Committee for Space Audit and Implementation (Feb 2024 - May 2024).
Convener, Departmental Research Committee (Jan 2016 to Nov. 2017 & Dec 2019 to July 2024) - 5+ yrs
Member, Campus Anti-Ragging Committee (AY 2023-24).
Member, Campus Level Grievance Redressal Committee (For Faculty) (2 yrs, Sept-21 - Aug-22).
Member, Research Board (2 years, starting 08-Dec-2019).
Member, Departmental Research Committee (May 2011 - Dec. 2013, Nov 2017 - Nov 2019) - 4+yrs.
Convener, Departmental Committee of Academic (04-Nov-2018 to 17-Dec-2019).
Member, Departmental Committee of Academic (2 years, starting 05-Nov-2016) & (18-Dec-2019 to 03-Nov-2020).
Member, Project Lakshya Implementation Team (Oct-2018), Thrust Area: Alumni Relations, Workstream-2: Policies, Office Structure, Data Bases and Events etc..
Co-Chair, “5th International Conference on Research Frontiers in Chalcogen Cycle Science & Technology (G16 Asian)”, Organized by UNESCO-IHE and NITK Surathkal in association with BITS Pilani – Goa Campus and IIT Guwahati, Dec 19 – 21, 2016 at Goa, India
Chairman, “National Conference on New Frontiers in Chemistry - From Fundamentals to Applications (NFCFA 2015)”, Organized by Department of Chemistry, BITS, Pilani – K K Birla Goa Campus, Dec 18-19, 2015.
Member, Library Committee (Jan 2013 - Dec. 2013).
Member, Convocation committee, 2013.
Warden in-charge, Hostel Allotment, 2011 & 2012.
Member, Organizing Committee, INDO – UK International Workshop on Advanced Materials and their Applications in Nanotechnology (AMAN 2014), BITS Pilani – K. K. Birla Goa campus, May 17-19, 2014.

Member, Organizing Committee, International Conference on Emerging Technologies: Micro to Nano 2013 (ETMN-2013), BITS Pilani – Goa campus, Feb. 23-24, 2013.
Member, Organizing Committee, International Workshop on Biosensors for environmental analysis, BITS Pilani – Goa campus, Feb. 21-23, 2006.
Treasurer (2006 – 2008), Vice President (2009), Campus Durga Puja Committee.
Resource personal, Training Workshops (I & II) for Higher Secondary School Teachers of Goa, Oct. 22-23 & Nov. 26-27, 2005.
Resource personal, Special interactive lectures to students (12^thStandard) of Navy Children School, Goa, Aug. – Dec. 2005.

Assignments handled outside:

Member, Selection committee (Asst. Prof. Physical Chemistry), Goa University, July 2024, Jul-2019.
Member, Recruitment committee for Chemist, Goa Public Service Commission (2017-18).
Chancellor's nominee, Chemistry Faculty selection (Assistant prof., Associate prof. & Professor) Goa University, Feb 13-18, 2014.
Resource personal, Refresher Courses in Chemistry for College/University Teachers, organized by UGC-HRDC, Goa University (Dec 1 - 21, 2017).

Other Assignments:

BITSAT question paper preparation (Dec 2011, March 2014, April 2022)
BITSAT question moderation (Oct 2018-Feb2019, Feb 2024).
Regularly participate in PhD question paper preparation & moderation.
Instructor, PS – I, 2004 (CFTRI, Mysore) & 2006 (NIO, Goa).
Proctor, BITSAT (Goa) 2005 & 2008.
Chemistry question paper setter and evaluated for many Indian universities.

Research Page

Awards and Honours

Appreciation of work as Chief Warden from Director, BPDC for extraordinary dedication and service to the Institute and to community of students, staff and faculty during the COVID situation on campus. Jan 2022.
Industry Immersion Program of BITS-Pilani. To work at CSIR-National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI)-Nagpur, India for 8 weeks (6th June – 31st July 2019).

Reviewer

Applied Energy (Elsevier)
Electrochimica Acta (Elsevier)
International Journal of Hydrogen Energy (Elsevier)
International Journal of Green Energy (Taylor & Francis)
International Journal of Energy Research (Wiley)
Greenhouse Gases: Science and Technology (Wiley)
Ionics (Springer)
Ultrasonics Sonochemistry (Elsevier)
Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments (Elsevier)
International Journal of Exergy (Inderscience)

Institutional Responsibilities

Chief Warden. BITS Pilani Dubai Campus. Mar 1st 2020 – May 16th 2022.
Hostel warden. BITS Pilani Dubai Campus. April 11th 2019 – Feb 29th 2020.
Convener, Doctoral research committee. Mechanical Engineering Department, BITS Pilani Dubai Campus. From August 1st 2020 for two academic years.
Member, Committee for the workload matters (Institute level). BITS Pilani Dubai Campus. Jan 19th 2023 – 31st July 2023.
Member, Doctoral research committee. Mechanical Engineering Department, BITS Pilani Dubai Campus. September 20th 2022 for two academic years.
Member, Anti-ragging committee, BITS Pilani Dubai Campus. From October 11th 2020 for one academic year.
Member, Committee for Combating Sexual Harassment, BITS Pilani Dubai Campus. From August 1st 2020 for two academic years.
Member, Library committee, BITS Pilani Dubai Campus. From December 21st 2019 for two academic years.
Member, Doctoral research committee. Mechanical Engineering Department, BITS Pilani Dubai Campus. September 11th 2018 for two academic years.

Conferences Organized

Convener. 2^nd International Conference on Recent Advances in Fluid and Thermal Sciences (iCRAFT 2020), Department of Mechanical Engineering, BITS Pilani Dubai Campus, March 19-21, 2021.
Organizing Committee Member. International Conference on Recent Advances in Materials & Manufacturing Technologies (IMMT 2019), Department of Mechanical Engineering, BITS Pilani Dubai Campus, November 20-22, 2019.
Organizing Committee Member. International Conference on Recent Advances in Fluid and Thermal Sciences (iCRAFT 2018), Department of Mechanical Engineering, BITS Pilani Dubai Campus, December 5-7, 2018.
Organizing Committee Member. International Conference on Recent Advances in Materials & Manufacturing Technologies (IMMT 2017), Department of Mechanical Engineering, BITS Pilani Dubai Campus, November 28-29, 2017.

Research Interests

Molecular Genetics

We are primarily interested in understanding the molecular basis of susceptibility to complex diseases. Towards this goal, we develop and use cell-based models by using transgenic techniques or by treatment with disease-inducing agents. We are presently focusing on neurological disorders and oral cancer. Using our experience in genetic analysis, we also strive to develop reliable and better diagnostic tools for infectious and genetic diseases. A brief description of the currently active research areas.

Schizophrenia (SZ):

SZ is a complex disorder with an incidence of ~1% in different populations in the world. Although exact etiology is not established, genetic, epigenetic, chemical imbalance, brain structural abnormalities and environmental factors are implicated. The genetic susceptibility of SZ is six-times more than its general incidence. We are investigating the association of copy number variants (CNVs) and SNPs with SZ in Indian patients using Illumina PsychArrays and extensive bioinformatics using machine learning and artificial intelligence to identify patterns with higher predictive/diagnostic value.

Human Genetics

Genome-wide studies in patients and controls have suggested a number of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and copy number variants (CNVs) among Caucasian studies. Till date, there is only one genome-wide study from India studying the SNPs and none on the CNVs. We developed i-MLPA, an improved method of CNV detection and showed that CNVs of 15q11.2 (BP1-BP2) region are not associated with schizophrenia among Indian patients. This CNV is a variant of uncertain significance and its association with an abnormality is not clear. We also conducted the largest CNV study involving this CNV in collaboration with Baylor College of Medicine and University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and showed that deletions are associated with dysmorphic features. Currently, we are studying CNVs of 15 regions that stand a higher probability of confirming in replication studies among Indian patients.

15q11.2 region

Infinium PsychArray Analysis of SNPs identified for neurological disorders

We have been screening 50,000 SNPs associated with neurological disorders, tag SNPs and exon SNPs in schizophrenia patients and controls using Infinium PsychArrays with an aim to replicate the disease-associated variants with schizophrenia patients in India. Initial data suggests that the variants reported in Caucasian patients are not likely to be confirmed in the Indian patients. In a pilot study, we have identified ~320 variants with a high promise of replication in a larger size sample. Data is being generated to confirm many novel variants that were identified in patients.

Stem cell Models

(A) DNMT1 overexpression, schizophrenia and other neurological disorders.

High discordance rates between monozygotic twins indicate epigenetic mechanisms in SZ. Of the main modifications of the epigenome, we currently focus on DNA methylation aberrations and dysregulation of DNA methylation machinery, particularly DNA methyltransferase 1 (DNMT1). Overexpression of DNMT1 is associated with SZ, bipolar and epilepsy disorders but the molecular basis of DNMT1 overexpression and its relationship with abnormal neurodevelopment is unknown. Since DNMT1 overexpression results in mid-gestational lethality, we have developed genetically modified mouse embryonic stem cells that overexpress different levels of DNMT1 (400% and 200%) and investigating their neurodevelopmental abnormalities using genome-wide methylation and transcriptome analysis. The obtained results are being explored further to delineate the mechanisms underlying SZ and other neurodevelopmental disorders such as epilepsy, autism, bipolar disorders and neurodegenerative disorders like multiple sclerosis, Huntington’s, etc.

Suggested Reading (For more information, click!):

Oral Cancer:

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Research Miscellany

Some research grants I have been involved with:

2023: PI on an Industrial Research Agreement as TCS Affiliate Professor for INR 3,900,000; co-PI on a New Venture Fund grant for USD 350,000 to develop a training program for undergraduates and working professionals in Data Science in Climate and Health
2022: Co-PI on Department of Biotechnology grant ‘DBT project BT/PR40236/BTIS/137/51/2022 ”Developing Predictive Models for ’druglikeness’ of small molecules” for approximately INR 9,600,000
2021: PI on an Industrial Research Agreement as TCS Affiliate Professor for INR 3,120,000
2020: PI on an Industrial Research Project with Reflexis Corp. for approximately INR 2,160,000; PI on an Industrial Research Grant with TCS (DataLab3) for approximately INR 1,275,000; PI on a TCS Innovation Grant for approximately INR 1,500,00)
2019: I was the main technical lead for the University in a successful grant proposal for Alumni funding of USD 1,00,000 for a Centre; PI on TCS Industrial Projects (DataLabs1,2) for approximately INR 5,000,000.
2018: Erasmus+ mobility grant for exchange of faculty and students between Goa and Porto (approximately 20,000 EUR).
2017: I am the only investigator in a CORE research grant EMR/2016/002766 on “Knowledge-Rich Deep Models for Optimisation”. This is for approximately 2,300,000 awarded by the Indian Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB); TCS Research Advisory for approximately INR750,000.

My current research interests:

AI for Science: including the use of ML models for computational drug-discovery; and constructing logical models of systems from their behaviour using meta-interpretative learning;
Neural-Symbolic Learning: Constructing models that combine deep neural networks with symbolic learning. This examines both the inclusion of domain-knowledge into neural-networks through the use of symbolic learning; and the construction of explainable models for deep networks;
Intelligible AI: formal models for 2-way intelligibility between agents that predict and explain. This has applications to the design of human-in-the-loop AI systems, which require both human and machine understand the information they provide to the other.

OTHER INFORMATION

Membership in Professional bodies-

Member of Asian Council of Science Editors since 2018.
Life Member of Society of Biological Chemists (India) [Membership No. 4470].
Life Member of Society For Bacteriophage Research and Therapy[Membership ID: SBRTLM00082]

Editor/Reviewer (peer-reviewed journals/Books): Recognized reviewer for Nucleic Acid Research, Nature Scientific Rep, BBA: Molecular Cell research, Microbial Pathogenesis, Molecular Biotechnology [Have received recognition in the form of Certificate of Appreciation].
Recognized reviewer for SERB proposals, UGC proposals.

Administrative roles:

Faculty In Charge [Academic Counseling and Monitoring Division](2018-2022).
Convenor of Departmental Research committee, Biological sciences ( 2022- June, 2024)
Convenor for Stuident Faculty Council [First degree] [2022-Present]
Question setter for BITSAT 2022 Question Bank Moderation Team Goa
Member of BITS Pilani Institute Innovation Council [IIC] [Feb, 2023-Present]
Member of DLSC since 2021

Other Contributions

Lab Development responsibility right from furniture design to procurement of equipments, setting up of experiments and designing the lab manual, for the following labs:

Analog Electronics Lab
Digital Design Lab
VLSI Lab
Electronic Instruments and Instrumentation Technology

Simulation Tools: Verilog, P-Spice, LabVIEW, Eagle, Fluidsim, PLC

Hardware: FPGA & PSoC

Was the first Instructor Incharge to organize the following courses at BITS Goa Campus

B.E Courses:

Microprocessors Programming & Interfacing
Digital Electronics & Computer Organization now known as Digital Design
Digital Electronics & Microprocessors ( course for students of Information Technology
Analog Electronic
Analog & Digital VLSI Design
Transducers & Measurement Systems

Introduced: CS F213: Object Oriented programming using Java

M.E. courses: VLSI Design

WILP course: (Distance Learning programme for working professionals)

Electronics & Microprocessors

Contribution to the following articles of "Electronics For You", Asia's most popular Electronics magazine, EFY .

Twinkie Twinkie little LEDs, Sept. 2011 issue

http://electronicsforu.com/electronicsforu/circuitarchives/view_article.asp?sno=784&id=12362

Test & Measurement: Fuelling Technological Advances, Oct.2011 issue http://www.electronicsforu.com/electronicsforu/circuitarchives/view_article.asp?sno=671&id=5267&article_type=7

Invited Talks:

"Contemporary option available to today`s kids in terms of their education /the courses available in India. (IFB Global Systems on 31st May, 2014
"Recent Trends in Engineering and their impact on Consumer Electronics" (IFB Global Systems on 26th Dec, 2015)

Membership:

Member of Computer Society of India, CSI
Member for Association for Computing Machinery, ACM

Reviewer of the following PhD Thesis:

"Delay Analysis in Wireless Sensor Networks", thesis submitted for Doctor of Philosophy, Swami Ramanand Teerth Marathwada University, Nanded, Maharashtra, 2016
Development of an intelligent methodology using soft compuitng for early decision making for diagnosis of cancer"thesis submitted for Doctor of Philosophy, Shri Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University, Amravati, Maharashtra, 2017

Workshops organised/conducted:

Co-ordinator for the following workshops at BITS Pilani-K.K.Birla Goa CampusMain co-ordinator for a 3-day workshop on FPGA with VI-Microsystems, Chennai during the academic year 2006-2007
Main co-ordinator for 3-day PSoC workshop conducted by Cypress Semiconductors in the academic year 2007-08
Sub-cordinator for the Intensive Teaching Workshop in the academic year 2012-13
Sub-cordinator for the Workshop on Teaching Pedagogies organised by Teaching and Learning center, for all the faculties of the institute in the academic year 2015-16.
Sub-cordinator for the Intensive Teaching Workshop for newly joined faculties in the academic year 2015-16.
Sub-cordinator for the Workshop on Teaching Pedagogies for newly joined faculties organised by Teaching and Learning center in the academic year 2016-17.
Sub-cordinator for the "Regional Workshop on Outcome Based Learning using Pedagogy Framework Model conducted by BITS Pilani in collaboration with IIT Kharagpur in Feb, 2017.
Member of the Cadence workshop conducted by the EEE department in the academic year 2015-16

Departmental Assignments

Member of DLSC (Department Level Shortlisting Committee)
Member of Senate
Member of DCA (Departmental Committee for Academics)
Lab In-charge for Electronic Design lab since 2005-2024

Institutional Assignments

Institute Level:

Faculty Co-ordinator for Technology Incubator Programme (2015-16)
CH2 hostel warden (2012-2014)
Nucleus Member of General Admin (2011-2012)
Nucleus Member of Teaching and Learning Centre ( 2015-2018)
BITSAT duty 2024

Industry Linkage:

PS-II faculty mentor at IFB, Goa (2012-2016)
PS-II faculty mentor at Persistent Systems Pvt.Ltd. Goa (2014-2015)
PS-I faculty mentor at MetaCopper Pvt.Ltd. Goa (2009)
PS-I faculty mentor at Mormugao Goa (2009)

OTHER ACADEMIC ACTIVITES

ADMINISTRATION DUTY/INITIATIVES

Practice school faculty at Royal Enfield (Chennai), My Web Partner (Jalalabad), CSIR National Metallurgical Laboratory (Chennai) and Diya Robotics (Chennai) in June-July 2024
Organizing committee member of Internation Conference https://pm-idics-2024.sciencesconf.org/resource/page/id/1
Organizing committee member of National level workshop on Additive Manufacturing (Click here to view the Linkedin post)
Member of the CORE TEAM for Young Entrepreneurs' Boot Camp (YEB) at BITS Pilani K. K. Birla Goa Campus. https://www.bits-yeb.com/
Conducted Viva for Work Integrated Learning Programme of Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani every semester.
A notable contribution to the Work Integrated Learning Programme of Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani by teaching the course on Finite Element Methods for a total duration of three semesters and another course on Statistical Quality Control throughout one semester.
Member of the Question paper setting team for Birla Institute of Technology and Science Admission Test (BITSAT) during Semester II 2021-22.
Guided B.E. students of BITS PILANI K. K. Birla Goa campus to develop in-house Digital Image Correlation software (https://github.com/iniyanakila/BITS-DIC).
Delivered a webinar on August 29, 2020 to the faculty members of BITS PILANI K. K. Birla Goa campus during the COVID pandemic on the usage of parametric quizzes in Moodle.
Organized a stall demonstrating Real-time 3D scanning, Digital Image Correlation setup and 3D printing applications in Open House 2021-22 and Open House 2022-23.
Updated the Website of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, whenever updates were to be made as per the instructions of HoD.
Performed all duties assigned to me by the HoD.
Represented BITS Pilani Goa campus in the Biotech Startup Expo-2022

RESEARCH GUIDANCE

Ongoing guidance to two full-time PhD students and one part-time PhD student.
Completed guiding two Special Projects, eight Study Projects, nine Design Projects, and twelve Laboratory Projects
Completed guiding two first degree theses and one higher degree thesis.

OTHER NOTEWORTHY RESEARCH OUTCOME

Rajesh Kumar, N.I. Thiruselvam, Kiran Mali, Poster presented in the 3rd International Conference on Recent Advances in Materials & Manufacturing Technologies (IMMT) 2023, titled “Design and development of functionally graded Double Rounded V Hierarchical (DRVH) auxetic lattice structure – A Finite Element study”.
S. N. Grama, N. Iniyan Thiruselvam, Sankara J. Subramanian, Non-Uniqueness in Anand Model Parameters Estimated for SnCu Solder Using Digital Image Correlation and Virtual Fields Method, 2020, Social Science Research Network (SSRN). DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3675735

Optics & Photonics News – image of the week selections

: Flowery projection of a compact fluorescent lamp (CFL)

: Blue color gradient

: Matrix of light lines

Positions held

Head of Department, EEE Department BITS Pilani K.K.Birla Goa Campus (2019 onwards)
Local Organizing Committee, IEEE APSCON 2024
Technical Program Committee Member, Compute in Memory Group, 61st Design Automation Conference DAC, San Francisco, 2024
Track Chair, IEEE International Symposium on Smart Electronic Systems, (iSES) 2024.

Additional information

		Reviewed papers of reputed journals of Elsevier, Springer, Royal Soc. Chem, BMC, PLoS, WILEY etc. Fungal Biology International J. Pharmaceutics (ELS) Current Microbiology (Springer) HELIYON PLosOne Water & Environment Journal Analytical Methods (RSC) Journal of Applied Microbiology Int. J. Peptide Res & Therapeutics (Springer) Microbial Cell Factories BMC Microbiology Int. J. Env. Sci & Tech (IJEST) BMC Biotechnology Microbial Pathogenesis Bioresources and Bioprocessing Bio Med Research International Journal of Food Science & Technology Journal of Microbiology and Antimicrobials Guest Editor on the topic "Biosensors for Detection of Waterborne Pathogens: Recent advances and Future Horizons" for the journal 'Frontiers in Water'
Award		Awarded the “Certificate of Excellence in Reviewing” by Senior Editors of prestigious journal ‘Fungal Biology’ and Elsevier.
Award		Awarded INSA Visiting Scientist Fellowship by INSA in June 2017
Award		Was Selected for Industry Immersion Programme.

Admin Duties and Institute Contribution

· Faculty Advisor, SAE BITA Goa Collegiate Club, BITS Pilani Goa Campus from 14^th Feb 2023 to present

· Faculty-in-charge of Placement Unit, BITS Pilani, Goa Campus from 01/01/2022 to present (Please, visit Placement Unit Website to know more about us and Why to recruit from BITS Goa)

· Member of Placement Faculty Advisory Council at BITS Pilani K K Birla Goa Campus - AY 2022-23

· Member of Departmental Research Committee (DRC) from 28/08/2022 to present

· Member of campus level Committee for Outreach Programs at BITS Pilani K K Birla Goa Campus from 01/07/2022 (for 2 years)

· BITSAT Station Observer for BITSAT Station at Nashik during BITSAT 2022

· DCA Member from 07/08/2021 till 27/07/2022

· Worked as counselor for ACB students (Sem I, AY 2019-20)

· Organizing Member DST sponsored Synergistic Training program Utilizing the Scientific and Technological Infrastructure (STUTI) - 2022 at Goa Campus from 26/09/2022 to 02/10/2022

· Hosted two (2) seminars :

o Prof. Rajesh Piplani of Nanyang Technological University, Singapore on 9th Jan 2020

o Mr. Dilip Chabbria of DC design on 3rd Feb 2019 during Quark

· Active reviewer for following journals:

ASME-Journal of Energy Resources
Applied Sciences
C-Journal
Smart Materials and Structures journal
MDPI - Materials
Sensors
IEEE- TIE
Journal of Vibroengineering

Research Lab

Opportunities for Collaboration

I consider available opportunities for collaboration with individual(s), group(s), Institution(s), organization(s), or Industry(ies) to be attractive enough if these provide for launching new future relevant ventures for training, up-skilling, re-skilling, or acquiring new skills for effective self-learning, education, tapping individual research potential or joint research potential for the betterment of our Institute.

Find me in office Chamber D-218, Department of EEE, BITS, Pialni K. K. Birla Goa Campus, with prior appointment.

Institutional Contribution

I have recently completed twenty four years of service at BITS, Pilani. I joined BITS, Pilani, Pilani (Rajasthan) on 16^th August, 2000, with field experience of nine years in research, consultancy, development and also teaching at post-graduate level at Centre of Energy Studies and Research, (CESR) Indore. As a Coordinator appointed for the newly established Centre for Renewable Energy and Environment Development (CREED), I was responsible for maintaining and further development of educational and research activities at the CREED. The prior experience helped me develop funded programs at Pilani Rajasthan and start Ph.D. research program in the areas related to renewable energy.

In May, 2004, I was transferred to BITS, Pilani Goa-Campus, in very early stages of its development then. I was entrusted the responsibility of Faculty In-charge (Administration) of the Campus. In the capacity of Faculty In-charge (Admin) I did contribute to development of the Institute on all fronts, including setting requisite offices and recruitment of essential staff and faculty, mentoring newly recruited faculty and staff members, development of instructional laboratories to be managed by different Groups (now Departments), and coordinating all essential services to complete satisfaction of the stake-holders. As a senior member of the faculty of the Institute, I did coordinate setting up research facilities, particularly in the area of solar energy systems, wind energy systems and developing network with related departments of Government and Institutions in the state of Goa. The first sponsored project sponsored by the MNRE through GEDA, was completed during Aug, 2009 to August, 2012. The outcome of the project completed helped continue developing new research programs and facilities on the Campus.

As a senior faculty member of the EEE Group, I could coordinate setting up of instructional Labs for the students of the FD program offered by the Group. For certain courses, where faculty members were not available, I did develop capability to teach courses that were new to me. New activities, such orientation of new recruits, intensive teaching workshop, training of technical staff were conducted where limited human resource was required to participate in capacity building for the Institute.

I served as Faculty In-charge (Administration) from 02 June, 2004 till 15^th, April, 2011. Thereafter, I served as Faculty In-charge (Faculty Affairs) until January, 2015. Also, I served as the Head of the Department, Dept of EEE, from 21^st November, 2013 till 21^st November, 2017.

I continue to contribute to the Institutional Development, to the best of my capabilities and whenever I am entrusted with new responsibility I tend to rise to the occasion and deliver!

Conferences and Symposia

Invited Lectures

1) Transformation and Expression of a Na⁺-dependent high affinity bicarbonate transporter, SbtA in Nicotiana chloroplasts. Vandana Tomar, Panchsheela Nogia, Namitha Nayak, Rajesh Mehrotra and Sandhya Mehrotra in “3rd World Plant Genomics and Plant Science Congress" July 15-16, 2019, in Osaka, Japan.

2) Targeting chloroplast bicarbonate transporter BicA and SbtA to chloroplasts of Nicotiana for enhanced CO₂ fixation. Global Conference on Plant Science and Molecular Biology (GPMB 2017) September 11-13, Valencia, Spain

3) Cyanobacterial CCM genes for improving photosynthetic yield and water use efficiency during heat stress in C3 plants. International workshop to develop climate resilient cereals. November 2-5, 2016, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana.

4) Improving C3 plant productivity using cyanobacterial bicarbonate transporters. Proceedings of the 7^th Indo-Global Summit and Expo on Food and Beverages. October 8-10, 2015, New Delhi, India

Presentations (Poster and Oral)

1) Transit peptide and membrane protein leader determine the chloroplast targeting of SbtA; Namitha Nayak, Rajesh Mehrotra & Sandhya Mehrotra, 'International Conference on 'Environmental Sustainability and Biotechnology: Opportunities and Challenges' 16^th -19^th November 2022; Goa

1) Namitha S. Nayak, Rajesh Mehrotra and Sandhya Mehrotra; Screening membrane protein leader sequences for targeting of cyanobacterial bicarbonate transporters BicA and SbtA to C3 chloroplast; Emerging Trends in Biotechnology; BIOSANGAM 2022; MNNIT, Allahabad, Prayagraj, India; March 10-12; 2022.

2) Pinky Dhatterwal, Sandhya Mehrotra and Rajesh Mehrotra. “Expression Patterns of AtAVT6 Genes Underlying Abiotic Stresses in Arabidopsis thaliana” presented at International Conference on Plant Physiology and Biotechnology, Lovely Professional University, India, from 10-12 September 2021.

3) Pinky Dhatterwal, Samyadeep Basu, Sandhya Mehrotra and Rajesh Mehrotra. “Genome wide analysis of W-box element in Arabidopsis thaliana reveals TGAC motif with genes down regulated by heat and salinity” presented at International Symposium on advances in plant biotechnology and genome editing & 42^nd meeting of plant tissue culture association, organized by ICAR-Indian Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology, Ranchi, India, from 8-10 April 2021.

4) Pinky Dhatterwal, Sandhya Mehrotra and Rajesh Mehrotra, Expression studies of an amino acid transmembrane transporter (AtAVT6D) from Arabidopsis thaliana” presented at International Virtual Conference on Plant Specialized Metabolism and Metabolic Engineering (PSMME), organized by CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, India, from 14-16 October 2020.

5) Namitha Nayak, Vandana Tomar, Panchsheela Nogia, Rajesh Mehrotra & Sandhya Mehrotra; Screening membrane protein leaders for specific targeting of cyanobacterial bicarbonate transporters to the IEM of C3 plant chloroplasts, a National Virtual Conference on ‘Current Trends and Challenges in Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 20-21st November 2021; Society for Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology, New Delhi & Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, K. K. Birla Goa Campus; 20th -21st November 2020.

6) Pinky Dhatterwal, Sandhya Mehrotra, Anthony J. Miller and Rajesh Mehrotra, “Functional characterization of an amino acid transmembrane transporter (AtAvt6D) from Arabidopsis thaliana” presented at International Virtual Conference on Plant Genomes in a Changing Environment, organized by Genome Research Limited, Cambridgeshire, UK, from 12-14 October 2020

7) Integration and Expression of a Na⁺-dependent high affinity bicarbonate transporter, SbtA in Nicotiana chloroplasts. Vandana Tomar, Panchsheela Nogia, Namitha Nayak, Rajesh Mehrotra and Sandhya Mehrotra^.Plant Genetics and Genomics conference’ organized by SRMIST, Chennai, Tamil Nadu. 24^th -25^th January 2020.

8) Inorganic carbon transporters in lower photosynthetic organisms. Vandana Deopa, Kohei Yoneda, Sandhya Mehrotra, Yusuke Matsuda "Bilateral seminar between Japan and USA" 1^st – 3^rd Oct 2019, Kyoto international community house, Kyoto, Japan

9) In-silico analysis across four plant genomes reveals over-representation of AAAG cis-elements in dicots as compared to monocots, Zaiba Hasan Khan, Anish Shah, Sandhya Mehrotra, Chandra Shekhar, Rajesh Mehrotra. National Conference of Plant Physiology-2017, Emerging Role of Plant Physiology for Food Security and Climate Resilient Agriculture. Indian Society for Plant Physiology, New Delhi.

10) Panchsheela Nogia, Gurpreet Kaur Sidhu, Vandana Tomar, Rajesh Mehrotra, Sandhya Mehrotra. Transient expression and localization of a cyanobacterial bicarbonate transporter BicA into chloroplasts of Nicotiana benthamiana. 8th International Conference: Photosynthesis and Hydrogen Energy Research for Sustainability; Oct 30- Nov 4, 2017, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India

11) Heterologous expression and in silico analysis of carboxysome protein ccmM of an early diverging cyanobacterium Gloeobacter violaceous PCC 7421. Gurpreet Kaur Sidhu, Panchsheela Nogia, Vandana Tomar, Rajesh Mehrotra, Sandhya Mehrotra. 8th International Conference: Photosynthesis and Hydrogen Energy Research for Sustainability; Oct 30-Nov 4, 2017, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India

12) An insight into the Regulatory Components of Carbon Concentrating Mechanisms in Aquatic Unicellular Photosynthetic Organisms. Vandana Tomar, Panchsheela Nogia, Rajesh Mehrotra and Sandhya Mehrotra. EMBO Conference on “Micro and metabolic regulators in plants, Thiruvanthapuram, Kerala 01-04 February 2017.

13) ACGT cis regulatory elements as mediator of plant stress response. Rajesh Mehrotra, Pinky Dhatterwal, Zaiba Hasan Khan, Sandhya Mehrotra. EMBO Conference on “Micro and metabolic regulators in plants, Thiruvanthapuram, Kerala 01-04 February 2017.

14) Strategies for installing SbtA- a cyanobacterial sodium dependent bicarbonate transporter to chloroplasts of model C3 plants to enhance CO₂ fixation, National conference of plant physiology: Challenges in crop physiology research: from molecular to whole plant, NCPP 2016. Vandana Tomar, Panchsheela Nogia, Rajesh Mehrotra and Sandhya Mehrotra December 8-10, 2016, University of Agricultural Studies (UAS), GKVK, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

15) Extensive duplication and subfunctionalization of a nitrate transporter gene in Arabidopsis thaliana: Multiple factors involved in paralog retention P. Nogia, V. Tomar, G.K. Sidhu, R. Mehrotra, S. Mehrotra, Plant genome evolution: A current opinion conference, 6-8th September 2015, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

16) Analysis of the promoter region of an amino acid transmembrane transporter from Arabidopsis thaliana reveals internal duplication of 196 base pairs R. Mehrotra, A. Jain, Z. Khan, C. Sangwan, S. Mehrotra, Plant genome evolution: A current opinion conference, 6-8th September 2015, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

17) Vipul, Sachin Saxena, Purva Bhalothia, Sandhya Mehrotra and Rajesh Mehrotra: Genome wide analysis of W-box in Arabidopsis thaliana reveals skewed distribution of TGACACATTTTGAC sequence in chromosome 1. Presented in IIT Kanpur "5th Annual International Conference on Advances in Biotechnology (BIOTECH 2015)" held at IIT, Kanpur during March 13-15, 2015

18) Gurpreet Kaur Sidhu, Sandhya Mehrotra and Rajesh Mehrotra. Characterization of RubisCO and Carbon Concentration (CCM) proteins of Gloeobacter violaceous PCC7421 FAF-115, International Conference on Emerging Trends in Biotechnology, ICETB 2014. November 6-9, 2014, School of environmental sciences. Jawaharlal Nehru University and Biotech Research Society of India, JNU, New Delhi, India.

19) Panchsheela Nogia, Rajesh Mehrotra and Sandhya Mehrotra. Introducing cyanobacterial bicarbonate transporter gene (BicA) into inner envelope of C3 plant chloroplast to enhance carboxylase activity of RubisCO. FAF-114, International Conference on Emerging Trends in Biotechnology, ICETB 2014. November 6-9, 2014, School of environmental sciences. Jawaharlal Nehru University and Biotech Research Society of India, JNU, New Delhi, India.

20) Vandana, Rajesh Mehrotra, and Sandhya Mehrotra. Approaches for transplastomic integration of SbtA- a high affinity sodium bicarbonate transporter to C3 plants for enhanced CO₂ fixation. FAF-116. International Conference on Emerging Trends in Biotechnology, ICETB 2014. November 6-9, 2014, School of environmental sciences. Jawaharlal Nehru University and Biotech Research Society of India, JNU, New Delhi, India

21) Purva Bhalothia, Anshu Alok, Bhaskar Sharma, Sandhya Mehrotra and Rajesh Mehrotra. Cloning and characterization of protein phosphatase 2C (PP2C) like promoter from Arabidopsis thaliana. FAF-27, International Conference on Emerging Trends in Biotechnology, ICETB 2014. November 6-9, 2014, School of environmental sciences. Jawaharlal Nehru University and Biotech Research Society of India, JNU, New Delhi, India.

22) Kaushik Renganaath K, Shashank Pandey, Sandhya Mehrotra and Rajesh Mehrotra. Revisiting endosymbiosis in the light of nuclear mitochondrial cross talks mediated by the members of the telomere system. FAF-135, International Conference on Emerging Trends in Biotechnology, ICETB 2014. November 6-9, 2014, School of environmental sciences. Jawaharlal Nehru University and Biotech Research Society of India, JNU, New Delhi, India.

23) Sandhya Mehrotra and Prabodh Kumar Trivedi. Light regulates the splicing of the petB and petD introns of the psbB operon in Populus deltoides. PLANT BIOLOGY EUROPE, FESPB/EPSO 2014 Congress. The Convention Centre, Dublin, Ireland, June 22-June 26, 2014

24) Screening of candidate proteins as sources of transit peptide elements for targeting cyanobacterial genes into the inner envelope of a C3 plant chloroplast. Panchsheela Nogia, Rajesh Mehrotra and Sandhya Mehrotra. Indo Mexico workshop on Biotechnology: Beyond borders, Organized by CSIR, National Chemical Laboratory, Pune and CINVESTAV, Irapuato, Consejo, Mexico October 7-9, 2013, Pune.

25) Occurrence and distribution of inorganic carbon transporters across various phyla of cyanobacteria. Tomar V, Sidhu GK, Mehrotra R and Mehrotra S. Indo Mexico workshop on Biotechnology: Beyond borders, Organized by CSIR, National Chemical Laboratory, Pune and CINVESTAV, Irapuato, Consejo, Mexico, October 7-9, 2013, Pune.

26) Purva Bhalothia, Anshu Alok, Sandhya Mehrotra and Rajesh Mehrotra: Cloning and characterization of protein phosphatase 2C like promoter from Arabidopsis thaliana. 3^rd international conference on Bioscience, Biochemistry and Bioinformatics. February 24-25, 2013, Rome, Italy.

27) Characterizing operons encoding RubisCO and Carbon concentrating mechanism proteins in a primitive cyanobacterium, Gloeobacter violaceous. Gurpreet Kaur Sidhu, Rajesh Mehrotra and Sandhya Mehrotra. The 38^th Lorne conference on protein structure and function, 10-14^thFebruary, 2013, Lorne, Victoria, Australia.

28) Analyzing structural and functional evolutionary links between RubisCO and Carbon concentration mechanism proteins. Gurpreet Kaur Sidhu and Sandhya Mehrotra. International Conference on Industrial Biotechnology, Nov 21-23, 2012, Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab, India.

29) An efficient protocol for isolation of high quality cellulose from stem of Calotropis procera. Somnath Maji, Panchsheela Nogia and Sandhya Mehrotra. International Conference on Industrial Biotechnology, Nov 21-23, 2012, Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab, India.

30) Rajesh Mehrotra, Ipshita Zutshi, Sachin Sethi, Purva Bhalothia and Sandhya Mehrotra: Patterns and evolution of ACGT repeat cis element landscape across four plant genomes. Next generation plant science 26-28^th September 2012, Cologne, Germany.

31) Diversity of lipase producing microbial strains obtained from oil contaminated soils and their hydrolytic activity. Rajesh Mehrotra, Shobha Mehra, Sandhya Mehrotra, Bhavya Ravi. Proceedings of 3rd ICERT conference in Penang, Malaysia, 30th May-1st June (2012) pg200-209.

32) Ajay Sethuraman, Ashish Kumar Runthala, Hiroki Ashida, Sandhya Mehrotra (2011) Analyzing molecular evolution of Phosphoribulokinase, a key Calvin cycle enzyme, through examining the function of its homologue in heterotrophic bacterium Escherichia coli (2011) National Conference on Contemporary Trends in Biological and Pharmaceutical Research, March 12-13, 2011, BITS, Pilani.

33) Kono Takunari, Sandhya Mehrotora, Hiroki Ashida, Akiho Yokota: "The molecular evolution of phosphoribulokinase for completion of the Calvin cycle" Gordon Research Conferences CO₂Assimilation in Plants: Genome to Biome, Les Diablerets (2011) Switzerland.

34) Sandhya Mehrotra, Akiho Yokota and Hiroki Ashida (2011) A novel active form of phosphoribulokinase coexists with ordinary phosphoribulokinase in the genome of the primitive cyanobacterium Gloeobacter violaceous. The 18^th Penn State Plant Biology Symposium, May 18-21, Pennsylvania State University, PA, USA.

35) Takunari Kono, Mehrotra Sandhya, Akiho Yokota, Hiroki Ashida: Bona fide phosphoribulokinase and RuBisCO in methanogenic archaeon, Methanospirillum hungatei. Japan Society for Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Agrochemistry convention in 2012, Kyoto, Japan, March 25^th, 2012

36) Uthra Balasubramanyam, Akhil Bajaj, Sandhya Mehrotra and Rajesh Mehrotra (2011) Diversity of lipase producing bacterial strains of oil contaminated soils and their hydrolytic activity. Ecology of Soil Microorganisms 27^th April- 1^st May, Prague Czech Republic.

37) Takunari Kono, Mehrotra Sandhya, Akiho Yokota, Hiroki Ashida: Molecular evolution of phosphoribulokinase for completion of the Calvin cycle. Japan Society for Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Agrochemistry convention in 2011 Kyoto, Japan, March 26^th

38) Takunari Kono, Mehrotra Sandhya, Akiho Yokota, Hiroki Ashida: The molecular evolution of phosphoribulokinase for completion of the Calvin cycle. The 52nd Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Plant Physiologists Sendai, Japan, March 22, 2011.

39) Uthra Balasubramaniyam, Akhil Bajaj, Rajesh Mehrotra and Sandhya Mehrotra. Hydrolytic activity and diversity analysis of lipase synthesizing bacteria from oil contaminated soils. National Conference on Contemporary Trends in Biological and Pharmaceutical Research, March 12-13, 2011, BITS, Pilani.

40) Madhulika Rai, Bhavya R., Shuvendu Kumar, Rajesh Mehrotra, Sandhya Mehrotra. Isolation and characterization of fungal DNA collected from oil fields for the purpose of biodiesel production. National Conference on Contemporary Trends in Biological and Pharmaceutical Research, March 12-13, 2011, BITS, Pilani.

41) Rajesh Mehrotra and Sandhya Mehrotra (2010) Understanding the interactions between cis acting upstream sequences in the regulation of gene expression in Plants. National Conference on Bioprospecting: Access for Sustainable development, Feb 19-20. MNIT, Allahabad.

42) Rajesh Mehrotra, Sandhya Mehrotra, Akhil Bajaj, Purva Lohan: Promoter activation by ACGT in response to salicylic acid and abscisic acids is differentially regulated by the spacing between two copies of the motif: in the international conference on emerging trends in Biotechnology (ETBT-2009) and 6^th annual convention on Biotechnology, INDIA (BRSI), Banaras Hindu University. 4-6 DEC 2009.

43) Sandhya Mehrotra, Hiroki Ashida, Akiho Yokota: Analysis of the molecular evolution of Phosphoribulokinase, a key Calvin cycle enzyme, in primitive cyanobacterium Gloeobacter violaceus. The 49th Annual meeting of JSPP (Japan Society of plant physiologists), March 20-22, 2008, Sapporo Convention center, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan.

44) Sandhya Srivastava, Prabodh K. Trivedi and Pravendra Nath: A Lecture on “Molecular characterization and expression analysis of RubisCO large subunit gene from chloroplast of Populus deltoides. At VIII National Symposium on relevance of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology, March 1-3, 2001, The American College, Madurai. India

45) Sandhya Srivastava, Prabodh K. Trivedi and Pravendra Nath: RubisCO large subunit gene from chloroplast of Populus deltoides: Nucleotide sequence and expression. At: Second symposium on Current advances in Molecular Biochemistry: Applications in health, environment and agriculture, November 9-11, 2000, Department of Biochemistry, University of Lucknow, Lucknow, India.

46) Sandhya Srivastava, Prabodh K. Trivedi and Pravendra Nath. Light regulated accumulation and processing of transcripts in chloroplasts of Populus deltoides. In: First ICGEB symposium on plant signal transduction, October 4-6, 1999, International centre for genetic engineering and biotechnology, New Delhi, India.

47) Sandhya Srivastava, Prabodh K. Trivedi, Pravendra Nath and P.V. Sane: RubisCO large subunit gene from chloroplast genome of Populus deltoides. In: Society of Biological chemists (India), December 19-21, 1998, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.

About Me

Degree: Ph.D.

Contact Details

Email: halanprakash@goa.bits-pilani.ac.in

Phone: 0832 – 2580344

About me

Ph.D. Thesis Title: "Photooxidation studies of nickel(II) complexes of azamacrocyclic ligands in aqueous and non-aqueous solvents"

Education

Ph.D., Chemistry (2003):University of Madras. Research work carried out at School of Chemistry, Department of Inorganic Chemistry and National Centre for Ultra fast Processes, Chennai. INDIA. Mentor: Prof. P. Natarajan, FNA, FASc.

M.Sc., Chemistry (1997): Department of Chemistry, Sri Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya College of Arts and Science, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore. INDIA. (First Class with Distinction).

B.Sc., (1995): Department of Chemistry, Sri Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya College of Arts and Science, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore. INDIA. (First Class with Distinction, Best outgoing student). Qualified GraduateAptitude Test in Engineering (GATE), 1997, India. Junior Research Fellow, (JRF) and Senior Research Fellow (SRF) (1997-2003), Department of Science and Technology, and Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India.

Postdoctoral Research Fellowships

2005-2008: Japan Society for Promotion of Science (JSPS) Postdoctoral Fellowship and Takeda Science Foundation Research Fellowship (Takeda Pharmaceutical, JAPAN) at Kyoto Pharmaceutical University, Kyoto, JAPAN and Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Nara, JAPAN. Supervisor: Prof. Shun Hirota.

2003-2005: Visiting Fellow (Post-doctoral Fellowship) at Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai, INDIA : Supervisor. Prof. Shyamalava Mazumdar.

Curriculum Vitae

CURRICULUM VITAE

K.A.Geetha

Professor

Department of Humanities and Social Sciences

Chamber No. A 313/13,

BITS Pilani, K.K.Birla Goa Campus

NH- 17B Zuari Nagar, Vasco-Da-Gama

Goa, India

Tel (Office): +91-0832-2580232

Mobile +91 8805209235

kageetha@gmail.com ; geetha@goa.bits-pilani.ac.in

http://universe.bits-pilani.ac.in/goa/geethaka/profile

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=YK8RQWEAAAAJ&hl=en

Orcid ID: org/0000-0002-4390-6027

Scopus Author ID: 50061219800

Research ID: S-4721-2019

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EDUCATION

PhD in Tamil Dalit Studies

Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Madras (2004-2009).

Title: Tamil Dalit Literature: Production, Institutionalization and Reception

M Phil in English

Department of English, University of Madras (1989-1990)

Area of Specialization – African-American Drama

Title: The Theme of Absurdity in the Plays of Ed Bullins

M A in English

Department of English, University of Madras (1987-1989)

BA in English

Department of English, University of Madras (1984-1987)

CERTIFICATIONS

Lectureship Eligibility Test, UGC- NET: 1991

PGCTE, EFLU, Hyderabad, 1998

TEACHING INTERSTS

Cultural Studies

Post-Colonial Literatures

Dalit Literature

COURSES TAUGHT/TEACHING AT PRESENT

Cultural Studies
Post Colonial Literatures
Dalit Literature
Literary Theory
Technical Communication
Phonetics and Spoken English
Advanced Communicative English
Theoretical Approaches to Liberal Studies
Linguistics
Caste and Gender in India

COURSES DESIGNED & INTRODUCED

Post Colonial Literatures - HSS F340 singly designed and introduced the course in BITS – 2015

Caste and Gender in India-HSS F369-singly designed and introduced the course in BITS – 2019

WILP – Critical Analysis of Literature and Cinema - BSDC*ZC322 co-authored the course design and guided the teaching faculty – 2020

M.Phil. – Theoretical Approaches to Liberal studies HSS G512 – co-authored the course design and introduced in BITS, Goa – 2019

COURSES DEVELOPED

Literary Criticism- ENGL C 331/HSSF335-redesigned the handout and course contents and introduced in BITS Goa – 2012

Linguistics – HSS F222 - redesigned the handout and course contents and introduced in BITS, Goa – 2012

Cultural Studies - GS F242 - redesigned the handout and course contents – 2014

WILP – Cultural Studies- BSDCH ZC242- prepared the Teacher’s notes for the course – 2021

TEACHING EXPERIENCE (BITS, Goa)

2023 – till date: Professor, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, BITS Pilani, K.K.Birla Goa Campus

2018- 2023: Associate Professor, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, BITS Pilani, K.K.Birla Goa Campus, Goa

2010 - 2018: Assistant Professor, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, BITS Pilani, KK Birla Goa Campus, Goa

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Cultural Studies

Dalit Studies

Women Studies

PUBLICATIONS

BOOKS

Contesting Categories, Remapping Boundaries: Literary Interventions by Tamil Dalits. Cambridge Scholarly Publications: UK (2014 ) ISBN 978-1-4438-6808-2
An Introduction to Tamil Dalit Literature Emerald Publishers : India (2022) ISBN 9789392188190

JOURNAL ARTICLES/ESSAYS

(Co-authored with Gyanesh Govindarajan et al).“Enhancing Social Capital and Reciprocity through Community News Media during Covid-19: A Study of Video Volunteers: Online Information Review Vol.47:7(2023)1396-1414. https://doi.org/10.1108/OIR-09-2022-0514 (Web of Science & Scopus Q1 H index – 64; Impact factor 5.4)
(co-authored with Bhuhan Sharma) “ Casteing Gender : Interstional Oppression of Dalit women” Journal of International Women’s Studies Vol 22 : 10 (2021) 1-7 (Scopus Q3)
Entrenched Fissures : Caste and Social Differences among the Devadasis” Journal of International Women’s Studies Vol 22 : 4 (2021) 87-96 (Scopus Q3)
“ Embedded Heirarchies and Subjugated differences : A Study of Tamil Dalit Women”in Reading Dalit : Essays on Literary Representations” (Ed) GJV Prasad. Pencraft International, New Delhi (2020) pp- 122-131
“Housing the Unhomely: A Study of Srilankan Panchamar Fiction” (2020) Interventions: International Journal of Post Colonial Studies Vol 22: 7 (2020) 951-965 https://doi.org/10.1080/1369801X.2020.1784023 (Web of Science & Scopus Q1)
“ Memory as Communication : An Analysis of the Reclamation of Panchami Lands” Interventions : International Journal of Post Colonial Studies Vol 22: 8 (2020) 1110-1122 https://doi.org/10.1080/1369801X.2020.1753549 (Web of Science & Scopus Q1)
“In Perennial oppression : Internalised Ideologies of the Devadasis” Journal of International Women’s Studies Vol 21: 2 (2020) 67-7https://vc.bridgew.edu/jiws/vol21/iss2/7 (Scopus Q3)
“Stripping Illusions and Mirroring Realities: Ed Bullins, the Absurdist” IUP Journal of English Studies Vol.XIII: 1 (2018) 23-32. (Scopus Q2)
“ Shifting Terrains : The Fashioning of the Tamil Dalit Subject” Readings on Dalit Identity : History, Literature and Religion Ed. Swaraj Basu Orient Blackswan: Hyderabad (2016) 261-279
(with) Priyanshu Gupta “ Cultural in Context – Divergences in Rural and Urban Consumer Behavior International Journal of Communication Vol 25 : 1-2 (2015) 77-95
“Not a Literature of Lament : An Analysis of Emerging themes and Trends in Tamil Dalit Literature” IUP Journal of English Studies Vol 10 : 3(2015) 50-58 (Scopus Q2)
“ Unified Tamil Dalit Identity: Problematics and Anomalies” Prose Studies : History, Theory, Criticism Routledge : U.S.A Vol 36 Issue 2 (2014) 130 – 140 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01440357.2014.933575 (Web of Science & ScopusQ1)
“A Dalit Among Dalits : The Angst of Tamil Dalit Women” Literature of our Times: Post Colonial studies in the Twenty First Century Ed.s Bill Ashcroft et al. Rodopi Press:NewYork (2012) 411-432 https://doi.org/10.1163/9789401207393_027
“From Panchamars to Dalit: The Evolution of Tamil Dalit Writing” Prose Studies History,Theory,Criticism Routledge : U.S.A Volume 33 Issue 2 (2012) 117-131 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01440357.2011.632220(Web of Science & Scopus -Q1)
(with O.J.Joycee) “Self-Consciously Indian, Sub-Consciously Judaic : A Study of Nissim Ezekiel’s Poems” Conspectus: A Journal of English Studies Volume 6 (2012) 45-55
“Societal Transformation Through Literature: A Study of Students’ Response to Tamil Dalit Literature” Interventions : International Journal of Postcolonial StudiesVolume13 No.3 (2011)398-421http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1369801X.2011.597598 (Web of Science and Scopus Q1)
“Representation and Resistance: Strategies in Bama’s Karukku and Raj Gautaman’s Siluvai Raj Sarithiram” Journal of Post Colonial Writing Routledge : U.K. Volume 47Issue3, (2011) 320-329http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17449855.2011.564899 (Web of Science and Scopus Q1)
“Roles” (Trans.) No Alphabet in Sight: New Dalit Writing from South India Dossier 1:
Tamil and Malayalam Edited by K. Satyanarayana and Susie Tharu Penguin, India (2011) 75-80
"In Need of Translation: An Analysis of Srilankan Dalit Literature” ARIEL: A Review of International English Literature. (2010) Volume 41 33 44 https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/ariel/article/viewFile/35085/28976 (Web of Sciences & Scopus Q2)
(with K.Srilata) “From Subjugation to Celebration- A Study of Bama’s Karukku and Sangati” Language Forum,.Vol.33 No.1. June (2007) 85-97
(with K.Srilata) “Tamil Dalit Women: Subjugated Differences” Akshara: International Annual Research Journal of Critical and Creative Writing Vol. 4. March 2008, 24-30.

PUBLICATIONS (IN TAMIL)

A.Geetha “Virivu Perum Porulum Marupadum Adaiyalamum” Kaalasuvadu Kaalasuvadu Pathipagam : Chennai Issue 107 (2008) 57-58

http://www.kalachuvadu.com/archives/issue-

INVITED TALKS/ WORKSHOPS

Invited speaker at the National conference, “Gender Writes: A Dialogue on Rewriting the Gender”, Vidya Probodhini college, Goa, April 2024
Resource person – State level workshop on Understanding Research Methods”, Goa State Research foundation, Goa, February 2024
Resource person – State level Workshop on Research Methodology in English language and literature, DMRC College, Asagao, Goa, August 2023

" Cultural theory and Literary Studies" at the International PDP on Emerging Trends in English Studies organized by Patrician College of Arts & Science, Chennai, July 2023
Resource person - workshop on Research Methodology for Language teachers at the Faculty Development program organized by Directorate of Higher Education, Goa State Research Foundation and Goa University. June 2023
" Literary History of Tamil Dalit Literature" at the Lecture series on Tamil studies organized by Sri Sri Centre for Translation and Interpreting Studies, Sri Sri University, Odisha, June 2023
"Gendering Caste : A Study of Dalit Women" at the Faculty development Webinar on Gender Sensitization organized by B.T.M.College, West Bengal. in July 2020

Memory as Communication" at the Plenary session of the International Conference on Cultural Semiotics of English language and Literature organized by ELTAI(English Language Teachers Association of India) and Hindu College, Chennai in March 2018

“Caste and gender :Interlocking Oppression" at the UGC sponsored National Seminar on The "Politics of Gender", at Vimala College, Thrissur March 2015

Asserting Identities : Marginality and Resistance in Tamil Dalit women" at the National Symposium on "Women's Voices" at SDNB Vaishnav, Chennai, February

PAPERS PRESENTED IN INTERNATIONAL& NATIONAL CONFERENCES

" Estrangement and Precarity: The Living Deaths of Srilankan Tamil Dalits" at the Twenty-first International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities, Sorbonne Université, Faculte des Lettres, Paris, France, June 2023
(with G.Gyanesh " Women as Counter publics : A Feminist Critical Discourse of the Farmers' Protest" accepted for presentation in the 8th World Conference on Women Studies organised by TIIKM and Bridge water State University, Virtual presentation , 12-14 May 2022
“A Study of Caste and Social Hierarchy within the Devadasi System” at the 6^th World Conference on Women Studies organized by TIIKM and Bridge Water State University , July 2020, Virtual presentation
“Muted Voices: Intersectional Oppression of the Dalit Devadasi” at the 5^th World Conference on Women Studies organized by TIIKM and Bridge Water State University in Bangkok, April 2019
“Fiction and Reality: Reclamation of Panchami Lands” at the International Conference on Emerging Trends in Multidisciplinary Research” organized by American College, Madurai at Tamil Centre, Singapore, December 2017,
“Reading Srilankan Literature as Dalit Literature " at an International Conference held at the University of Humboldt, Berlin, May 2017

" Marginalized within the Periphery: An analysis of Tamil Dalit women" at the International Conference on Language, Literature and Culture organised by The Institute of Advanced Studies in English, Pune, February 2016
“Fissures and Divergences: A Study of Tamil Dalit Identities” at the National Workshop cum Seminar on “Counter Writing- Dalits and Subalterns”, Central University of Hyderabad & ICSSR, October 2014
“Being Dalit, Being Woman – An Analysis of Bama’s Sangati and Imayam’s Beasts of Burden” at the VII World Conference & XV All India English Teachers Annual Conference on Globalization and Literature at Nehru Arts College, Hubli, Karnataka , April 2010
“A Dalit among Dalits : The angst of Tamil Dalit women” at the 14th Triennial ACLALS Conference, Vancouver, Canada ,August 2007
Geetha “Subjugated Differences – Positioning Tamil Dalit women” at the Second International &38^th Annual ELTAI Conference at Chennai, Feb. 2007
(with K.Srilata) “The Self in Dalit Autobiographies- Personal or Collective?” at the International Conference on Common wealth literature, IIT Roorkee, Oct.2005
(with O.J.Joycee “Self-Consciously Indian, Sub-Consciously Judaic : A Study of Nissim Ezekiel’s Poems” at the International seminar, Benares Hindu University, Jan.2005

RESEARCH PROJECTS - ONGOING

A project proposal titled " Museum Effect: A Case Study of Goa State Museum and Goa Chitra Museum" approved by SPARC - Rs.67,17,538. (Collaboration with University of Victoria, Canada & University of Vienna, Austria)

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH

A collaborative research project with Prof. Bonnie Zare, Director, Department of Sociology, Virginia Tech University, U.S.A - "A cross cultural study on Reader Response to Dalit Women Short Stories" (forthcoming)

THESIS SUPERVISION

PhD Thesis: Gnanabharathi. “Alterations and Adapatations : An analysis of the Indigenous Spaces of Nilgris Irulas (Completed - 2019)

PhD Thesis: Sushant Kishore. “The Performative Politics of Ethnocultural Nationalism in India: Thespian and Quotidian Performances in Hindu Nationalism” (Completed – 2019)

PhD Thesis : Priteegandha Naik “ Dalit Futurism : Caste and Gender in Indian Science Fiction” (Completed 2023)

PhD Thesis -Mahesh Varghese. ‘To Make live and Let Die’: A study of the Life, Death and its Governance in Select Malayalam Fiction” (in progess)

PhD Thesis : Fernandes Ann Rochelle. " Unearthing Silenced Histories: Re-reading Portuguese colonialism through the lens of Adopted Children in Goa" (in progess)

PhD Thesis: Basma Mahfoud. Research on the linguistic and cultural translations of Dalit Literature - Co-supervision with Prof. Judith Misrahi Barak, University of Paul Valery Montpellier 3, France (subject to approval from AGSRD)

Undergraduate Thesis: Abhishek Prabhakar. “Economic flows of Globalization” (2014)

Undergraduate Thesis: Kaushal Sapre. “The Indianness of Indian Art: A Semiotic study”(2014)

PHD THESIS EVALUATION

2016 – University of Madras - PhD Thesis titled “Gendered Passions and Masculinity Construction: Reflections on Tamil Identity during 1930’s”

2020 – University of Madras – PhD thesis titled “Writing for the Children as a Child – A Study of Ruskin Bond’s Craft of Writing”

2020 – Manomaniam Sundaranar University – PhD thesis titled “The Narratives of Amitav Ghosh: Palimpsest and Fact-Finding Dichotomy”

2022 – Mahatma Gandhi University – PhD thesis – “The Dialectics of the Anthropomorphic Subaltern: A Study of Select Texts from Contemporary Popular Culture”

2022 –Calicut University – PhD Thesis titled “Subversive Survival: Trauma and Post Traumatic Resilience in Select North-East Indian Literary Imagination”

EDITORIAl/PEER- REVIEWING ASSIGNMENTS

Invited by University Grants Commission (UGC) to review applucations submitted for Research Grants and Post Doctoral fellowships – 2023

Joint Editor Special Issue on Dalit Women , Journal of International Women Studies, Vol 22:10 (2021)

Journal of Post Colonial Writing, Taylor and Franscis

Journal of Intercultural communication, Taylor and Francis

Journal of Commonwealth Literature, Sage

Journal of South Asian Studies, ESCI

SEMINARS / WORKSHPS ORGAINSED

Organizer for events of CADALFEST (Celebrating Adivasi and Dalit Arts and Literature Festival) a project funded by UK Arts and Humanities research council, Nottingham Trent University’s Postcolonial Studies Centre and the research center EMMA at the Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier 3, France.

20th October 2022- Moderator for Formations – Adivasi and Dalit Futurism: Artists Subash Thebe Limbu and Osheen Siva in Conversation, jointly organized by Nottingham Trent University and Bonington Gallery, U.K
12th November 22 - CADALFEST workshop – organized a Workshop on Dalit Futurism by artist Osheen Siva at BITS Goa- jointly organized by University Paul Valery Montpellier III, France and Nottingham Trent University, U.K.

Coordinator , National seminar on “Place, Space ,Travel, Displacement, Exile” organized by Department of Humanities& Social Sciences, BITS Pilani & IACLALS, February 2015
Coordinator, National level workshop on “ Innovative Pedagogies for Enhancing the Employability skills for Students” organized by Department of Humanities & Social Sciences, BITS Pilani, Goa campus, September 2013

ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE

Head, Department of Humanities and Social Science, BITS Pilani, Goa Campus ( May 2022 till date)

Presiding Officer – Internal Complaints Committee, BITS Pilani, Goa campus (October 2020- January 2023)

Convenor, Departement Research Committee, Dept.of HSS, (Nov.2019 – May 2022)

Nucleus Member – Academic Undergraduate Studies Division (August 2018-Feb 2023)

Resident Warden, Women’s Hostel, BITS Pilani, Goa (July 2016-Dec 2021)

Member, Academic Counseling Board , BITS Pilani, Goa (Aug 2018- May 2022)

Member- Department faculty search Committee (July 2018 -tilldate)

Member - Department Student Faculty Council (2016)

Member – Mess committee (2016-2018)

Member, Library Committee , BITS Pilani, Goa (Aug2011-2013)

Coordinator, Academic Counseling Board, BITS Pilani, Goa (August 2010 – August 2018)

Convener - Publications Committee- Convocation (2016-2019)

NAAC SSR Data Preparation team – Nucleus member -(March – October 2022)

Project Lakshya - Nucleus member for Academic Research (2018-2019)

GATI Project – Nucleus member(Oct.2021-Till date)

BITSAT Question Bank -Member (Feb - April 2017)

Administrative Responsibilities

Current

Head of the Department, Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering, BITS Pilani, Dubai Campus (Since 16 June 2024)

Past Responsibilities

Nucleus Member, Academic- Graduate Studies and Research Division (AGSRD), BITS Pilani, Dubai Campus (2021-2024)
Member, Departmental Committee on Academics (DCA), BITS Pilani, Dubai Campus (1 Aug 2020 - 31 July 2022)
Member, Departmental Research Committee (DRC), BITS Pilani Dubai Campus (1 Aug 2020 - 31 July 2022)
Member, Library Committee, BITS Pilani Dubai Campus (21 Dec 2020 - 20 Dec 2021)

Workshops/ Seminars/ Conferences Organized

Co-conveners of 3rd International Conference on Environmental Sustainability -New Paradigms and Developments (ICES 2023) from 26-29 November organized by Department of Civil Engineering along with Biotechnology & Chemical Engineering Department BITS Pilani- Dubai Campus in collaboration with the Society of Environmental sustainability, India and International center for Biosaline Agriculture(ICBA)
Co-organizer of the first, second and third edition of BITS Research Day in 2022, 2023 & 2024, respectively at BPDC being a nucleus member of AGSRD, BITS Pilani Dubai Campus.
Co-organizer of GIS day 2019 and 2022.
Organized a webinar series on 'Sustainable Water Resources Management under Climate Change’ on 23rd Oct, 20th Nov & 11th Dec 2021, invited distinguished international speakers.

Attended Webinars/Training Programs

Participated in a 5-day online short-term Course on Machine Learning and its Applications to Civil Engineering, organized by National Institute of Technology Srinagar, from 02 Nov to 06 Nov 2020.
Participated in a 5-day training program on "Advanced Tools & Techniques for Hydrological Investigation" organized by the National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee during 22-26 Feb 2021.
Attended workshop on 'Programming for Geospatial Hydrological Applications' organized by UNESCO-IHE, The Netherlands from 02 March-30 April 2021.
Participated and completed the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)’s Applied Remote Sensing Training Program on 'Introduction to NASA Resources for Climate Change Applications' on 29 Sep & 06 Oct 2021.
Attended webinar on “Technological Developments and Career Opportunities in Geospatial Industry” organized by TERI School of Advanced Studies, New Delhi on 28th April 2021.
Participated in the webinar on “Coastal Ecosystems: Sustainable Livelihoods and Protection from Climate Change” conducted by The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), India on 23rd September 2021.

Papers in Conferences

Yogeeswari, P, Therapeutic Strategies and Drugs under Investigations for Triple Negative Breast cancer. 2nd Indo Oncology Summit (CME Accredited), 15-17 November 2019, Bhubaneshwar, Orissa.
Dusane A., Dwivedi S., Yogeeswari, P, In-house mGluR5 inhibitors as a therapeutic approach towards Autism: In-silica and in-vitro investigations. IBRO-APRC Associate School on Blood-Brain Barrier: From Basic Physiology to Neurological Disorders, 4-9 November 2019, Chandigarh, India.
Yogeeswari, P, High Quality Sweet Lime juice powder compositions with enhanced real fruit content and stability for food, pharmaceutical and cosmetic applications. International Conference on Biotechnological Innovations in Food and Healthcare, 27-28 January 2019, Dubai. (Best Presentation Award)
Yogeeswari, P, Multiple crystal structure modeling in structure-based drug discovery: Case studies on successful diverse lead identification. 18th International Conference on Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, 18-19 October 2018, Dubai.
Sawle, A., Gangadhar M., Yogeeswari, P, Pharmacological intervention to study the effect of antinocicpetive curcumin analogue in a rat model of migraine. International Society for Neurochemistry-ESN meeting, 20-24 August 2017, Paris, France. (Travel partially supported by BITSAA)
Dwivedi, S., Medishetty, R., Kulkarni, P., Yogeeswari, P, Zebrafish larvae model: A novel approach to study Autism. International Society for Neurochemistry-ESN meeting, 20-24 August 2017, Paris, France. (Travel supported by DST)
Gangadhar, M., Isava, O., Yogeeswari, P, Antiinflammatory compound with SIPSC blocking potential: A promising therapeutic approach for neurological pain disorders. International Society for Neurochemistry-ESN meeting, 20-24 August 2017, Paris, France.
Yogeeswari, P, Cathepsin D inhibitors as potential therapeutics for breast cancer treatment against triple negative and triple positice breast cancers. Keystone Symposium on Cancer Immunology and Immunotherapy: Taking place a mainstream oncology (C7-2017), 19-23 March 2017, Whistler, British Columbia, Canada. Accepted with BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION GLOBAL HEALTH TRAVEL AWARD.
Dwivedi, S., Medishetty, R., Kulkarni, P., Sriram, D., Yogeeswari, P, Zebrafish Larva model: A novel approach to study Autism. 2nd International Brain Research Organization (IBRO)/APRC Chandigarh School of Neuroscience, 14-22 December 2016, Chandigarh, India. WON THE THIRD BEST ORAL PRESENTATION AWARD.
Sawale, A., Martharasala, G., Sriram, D., Yogeeswari, P, Screening studies of new chemical entities to evaluate their efficacy on rat model of migraine. 68th Indian Pharmaceutical Congress, 16-18 December 2016, Vishakapatnam, India.
Soni, V., Suryadevaraya, P., Samala, G., Singh, A., Yogeeswari, P, , Sriram, D., Nandicoori, V.K., Depletion of M. tuberculosis GlmU from infected murine lungs effects the clearance of the pathogen. BioAsia 2016, 8-10 February 2016, Hyderabad, India
Shubham, D., Alokam, R., Srikanth, R., Piyush, B., Sriram, D, Yogeeswari, P, Targeting orphan nuclear receptor RORA as a therapeutic option for Autism Spectrum Disorder. International Conference on "Cutting edge Pharmacology: Contemporary Issues and Future Challenges" & 48th Annual Conference of Indian Pharmacological Society, 18-20 December 2015, Rajkot, Gujarat.
Brahmam, M., Bobesh, K.A., Mikila, M., Reshma, S.L., Sriram, D, Yogeeswari, P, Development of 1,2,3-triazolo quinoline hybrid analogues as mycobacterial DNA gyrase inhibitors. Conference on Drug Discovery and Development : Global scenario-Indian Perspective, 20-21 November 2015, NIPER, Hyderabad.
Reshma, S.R., Shalini, S., Yogeeswari, P, Sriram, D., Development of quinoline derivatives as potent Mtb lysine aminotransferase inhibitors targeting latent tuberculosis. Conference on Drug Discovery and Development : Global scenario-Indian Perspective, 20-21 November 2015, NIPER, Hyderabad.
Bobesh, K.A., Reshma, S.R., Nikhila, M., Yogeeswari, P, Sriram, D., N-Benzyl-3,3-dimethoxyhexahydro-2H-furo[3,2-b]pyrrol-6-yl) methanesulfonamides as mycobacterial DNA gyrase inhibitors. Conference on Drug Discovery and Development : Global scenario-Indian Perspective, 20-21 November 2015, NIPER, Hyderabad.
Srikanth, R., Alokam, R., Gangadhar, M., Susruth, J., Sriram, D, Yogeeswari, P, Design, Synthesis and Pharmacological evaluation of novel 1,3,5-triazine-2,4,6-triamine derivatives as potent and selective A2A adenosine receptor antagonists in the treatment of epilepsy. 7th Asian Association of Schools of Pharmacy (AASP) Conference, 30 October-2 November 2015, Taipei, Taiwan.
Hasitha, S.A., Battu, M.B., Yogeeswari, P.; Sriram, D. Identification of novel non-peptidic inhibitors for Cathepsin K in treatment of breast cancer bone metastasis: Pharmacophore-based 3D QSAR, molecular docking and biological evaluation. Gordon Research Conferences: Computer Aided Drug Design, 19-24 September 2015, Mount Snow in West Dover, VT, USA.
Srilakshmi, R.R., Sridevi, J.P., Yogeeswari, P., Sriram, D. Design, Synthesis and Biological evaluation of Benzothiazole derivatives as Mtb Lysine aminotransferase Inhibitors. National Conference on Drug Discovery and Development in Chemistry- Applications in Pharma Industry (DDDC-2015), 14-15 September 2015, Tirupati, India.
Brahmam, M., Renuka, J., Sridevi, J.P., Yogeeswari, P., Sriram, D. Development of novel quinolone p-phenylenediamine hybrid analogues mycobacterial DNA gyrase inhibitors to improve the cardio safety profile. National Conference on Drug Discovery and Development in Chemistry- Applications in Pharma Industry (DDDC-2015), 14-15 September 2015, Tirupati, India.
Bobesh, K.A., Renuka, J., Sridevi, J.P., Yogeeswari, P., Sriram, D. Substitution of the N-linked aminopiperidine class with piperazine moiety to the mycobacterial gyrase domain to reduce the hERG toxicity profile. National Conference on Drug Discovery and Development in Chemistry- Applications in Pharma Industry (DDDC-2015), 14-15 September 2015, Tirupati, India.
Gangadhar, M., Alokam, R., Sriram, D, Yogeeswari, P, MG2, a novel semicarbazone derivative, reduces neuropathic pain by inhibiting the expression levels of neuroinflammatory mediators. 2015 Keystone Symposia: C8: Pathways of Neurodevelopmental Disoders, 16-20 March 2015, California, USA.
Gaus, A., Mishra, R.K., Alokam, R., Singhal, S.M., Sriram, D., Yogeeswari, P., Evaluation of 2,6-diaminopyrimidines as novel Rho kinase inhibitors using animal models of treatment of neurological disorders. 66th Indian Pharmaceutical Congress: India- Pharmacy of the World, 23-25 January 2015, Hyderabad, India.
Priyanka, P.; Aruna, M.; Banumurthy, N.L.; Yogeeswari, P.; Sriram, D. Effect of feature selection on Kinase Classification Models. International Conference on Computational Intelligence: Health and Diseases (CIHD), 27-28 December 2014, Vishakapatnam, India.
Priyanka, P., Reshma, A., Aruna, M., Yogeeswari, P., Sriram, D., Comparative modeling combined with Molecular dynamics and Docking studies to identify potent inhibitors of PKMzeta and Biological evaluation. 9th Brain Research Conference: Neuroprotection: Basic mechanism and translational potential, 13-14th November 2014, Washington DC, USA.
Ganesh, S.; Radhika, N.; Devi, P.B.; Yogeeswari, P.; Sriram, D. Design, synthesis and biological evaluation of 6-methylimidazo[2,1-b]thiazole-5-carboxylic acid derivatives as novel Mycobacterium tuberculosis pantothenate synthase inhibitors. 15th Tetrahedron Symposium- Asian Edition: Challenges in Bioorganic and Organic Medicinal Chemistry, 28-31 October 2014, Singapore.
Srikant, B., Methuku, S., Tharun, K.G., Shewta, M., Sridevi, J.P., Yogeeswari, P., Sriram, D., Chakraborti, A.K., Alpha-Sulphonamidophosphonates and bis alpha-aminophosphonates: New leads towards infectious disease chemotherapy. 248th ACS National Meeting & Exposition, 10-14 August, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Renuka, J., JeanKumar, V., Bobesh, A., Vijay, S., Devi, P.B., Venkat, K.P., Priyanka, S., Keerthana, S., Pushkar, K., Yogeeswari, P., Sriram, D., Design and biological evaluation of novel antibacterial inhibitors against DNA GyrB from clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus. Gordon Research Conferences, 10-15th August 2014, Maine, USA.
Srikanth, R., Reshma, A., Kulkarni, P., Sriram, D., Yogeeswari, P., Structure-based drug design, synthesis and screening of Adenosine A2A antagonists as novel antiepileptic agents. 11th European Congress on Epileptology, 29th June-3rd July 2014, Stockholm, Sweden.
Kakan, S.K., JeanKumar, V.U., Devi, P.B., Shalini, S., Sriram, D., Yogeeswari, P., Targeting Mycobacterium tuberculosis Lysine aminotransferase: Design, synthesis and in vitro evaluation of small molecule compounds. International Conference on "Drugs for the Future: Infectious Diseases", Antimicrobial Drug Discovery: Challenges and Perspectives, 27-28 March 2014, NIPER, Hyderabad, India. (WON THE BEST PAPER IN POSTER SECTION)
Shravan, M, Renuka, J., Yogeeswari, P., Sriram, D., Design and biological evaluation of novel Staphylococcus aureus DNA gyrase inhibitors. International Conference on "Drugs for the Future: Infectious Diseases", Antimicrobial Drug Discovery: Challenges and Perspectives, 27-28 March 2014, NIPER, Hyderabad, India.
Devi, P.B., Saxena, S., Sriram, D., Yogeeswari, P., Screening and Identification of Potent Inhibitors against pantothenate synthetase- An important target Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. 3rd ScienceOne Conference on Drug Discovery and Development (SCDDD), 21-23 January 2014, Dubai.
Yogeeswari, P., Patrisha J.T., Sriram, D., Structure-based drug design utilizing multiple crystal structures to design anti-viral agents, 3rd ScienceOne Conference on Drug Discovery and Development (SCDDD), 21-23 January 2014, Dubai.
Mishra R.K., Matharasala G., Srivastav G., Singhal S.M., Sriram, D., Yogeeswari, P., Evaluation of antinociceptive properties of novel Rho Kinase inhibitors using animal models of neuropathic pain, 46th Annual Congress of the Indian Pharmacological Society IPSCON-2013, 16-18th December 2013, Bangalore, India.
Matharasala G., Mishra R.K., Srivastav G., Singhal S.M., Sriram, D., Yogeeswari, P., Novel semicarbazone derivatives effective against Diabetic peripheral neuropathy, 46th Annual Congress of the Indian Pharmacological Society IPSCON-2013, 16-18th December 2013, Bangalore, India.
Saketh, S.D., Reshma, A., Srikant, V., Sriram, D., Yogeeswari, P., BIA-6: A novel AKT inhibitor with potent activity in lung cancer, 15th World Conference on Lung Cancer, 27-30 October 2013, Sydney, Australia.
Madhu Babu, B., D. Sriram, P. Yogeeswari, Targeting microglial cathspsin S to treat neuropathic pain: Drug design and biological evaluation, 8th Congress of the European Federation of IASP Chapters- Pain in Europe VIII, 9-12 October 2013, Florence, Italy.
P. Yogeeswari, R.K. Mishra, A. Semwal, D. Sriram, Evaluation of antinociceptive properties of novel curcumin derivatives using animal models of neuropathic pain, 5th ASEAPS (Association of South-East Asian Pain Societies Conference), Pain: The Unseen Disease, 2nd-5th May 2013, Singapore.
J. T. Patrisha, D. Sriram, P. Yogeeswari, Discovery of novel small molecule inhibitors of Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) protease: Pharmacophore modeling, 3D QSAR studies and High-throughput screening, 2nd UK-India MedChem Congress, 22-23 March 2013, Hyderabad.
B. K. Andrews, V.U. Jean Kumar, J. Renuka, P. Yogeeswari, D. Sriram, Discovery of novel benzimidazole class of antibacterial agents targeting the ATPase domains of DNA gyrase, 2nd UK-India MedChem Congress, 22-23 March 2013, Hyderabad.
A.T. Dharmaraja, A. Mallika, D. Sriram, P. Yogeeswari, H. Chakrapani, Small molecule reactive oxygen species generator as antimycobacterial agents, 2nd UK-India MedChem Congress, 22-23 March 2013, Hyderabad.
M. Siddharth Sai, V.U. Jean Kumar, A. Reshma, P. Yogeeswari, D. Sriram, In-Silico design, Synthesis and in-vitro screening of novel inhibitors of Chorismate mutase enzyme involved in Shikimate pathway of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, 2nd UK-India MedChem Congress, 22-23 March 2013, Hyderabad.
P. Ganesh, V.U. Jean Kumar, P. Sridevi, P. Yogeeswari, D. Sriram, Development of novel substituted benzoxazolinone derivatives as potential antitubercular agents, 2nd UK-India MedChem Congress, 22-23 March 2013, Hyderabad.
M. Brahmam, J. Renuka, V.U. Jean Kumar, P. Yogeeswari, D. Sriram, In-Silico discovery of novel phenylenediamine class of antibacterials as potential DNA gyrase inhibitors, 2nd UK-India MedChem Congress, 22-23 March 2013, Hyderabad.
P. Santosh, V.U. Jean Kumar, A. Reshma, D. Sriram, P. Yogeeswari, Development of carvacrol derivatives as potential inhibitors of MTB chorismate mutase, 2nd UK-India MedChem Congress, 22-23 March 2013, Hyderabad.
S. Sahithi, J. Renuka, P. Yogeeswari, D. Sriram, In-Silico Design and in-vitro assay of inhibitors of pathogenic Staphylcoccus aureus DNA gyrase, 5th International Symposium of Drug development for Orphan/Neglected Diseases, 26-28 February 2013, Lucknow.
P. Santosh, V.U. Jean Kumar, S. Saxena, P. Yogeeswari, D. Sriram, In-Silico Design and Synthesis of Novel Nitrothiazole derivatives as potential inhibitors of MTB CysK1, 5th International Symposium of Drug development for Orphan/Neglected Diseases, 26-28 February 2013, Lucknow.
A.Seal, P. Yogeeswari, D. Sriram, D.J. Wild, OSDD Consortium, 3D Virtual Screening of PknB inhibitors using data fusion methods, 1st Official Conference of the International Chemical Biology Society, 4-5 October, 2014, Cambridge, MA, USA
P. Yogeeswari, A.S.K. Reddy, J.V. Ragavendran, Arvind Semwal, Ram Kumar Mishra, D. Sriram, Spironucleus linked GABA analogues as potential antiepileptic agents acting through GABA mediation and inhibiting nitric oxide and free radicals, 10th European Congress on Epileptology, 30th Septemeber -4th October 2012, London, United Kingdom.
Ram Kumar Mishra, Reshma Chowdary, D. Sriram, P. Yogeeswari, Design of Novel Rho Kinase Inhibitors for the treatment of Diabetic Complications using Energy-based Pharmacophore Modelling, In-silico screening and Docking studies, 3rd World Congress on Diabetes & Metabolism,24-26 Septemeber 2012, Hyderabad, India.
P. Sripriya, M. Soumya, Reshma Alokam, P. Susruta, D. Sriram, P. Yogeeswari, Structure Guided Design of Inhibitors for SH3 domain of p47^phox subunit of NADPH Oxidase 2 implicated in various human disorders, 3rd World Congress on Diabetes & Metabolism,24-26 Septemeber 2012, Hyderabad, India.
M. Saketh, Ram Kumar Mishra, D. Sriram, P. Yogeeswari, Design of Novel Protein Kinase Inhibitors for the treatment of Painful Diabetic Neuropathy using Energy-based Pharmacophore Modelling and Docking studies, 3rd World Congress on Diabetes & Metabolism,24-26 Septemeber 2012, Hyderabad, India.
A. Mallika, Shubmitha Bhatnagar, A. Ravi, V.U. Jean Kumar, T.H. Manjashetty, P. Yogeeswari, D. Sriram, Novel acridinone derivatives: Design, synthesis, SIRT1 enzyme and tumour cell growth inhibition studies, 3rd World Congress on Biotechnology,13-15 Septemeber 2012, Hyderabad, India.
Reshma Alokam, Jean Kumar, D. Sriram, P. Yogeeswari, Identification of novel inhibitors of Chorismate mutase enzyme involved in Shikimic pathway of Mycobacterium tuberculosis: Design and In-vitro screening, 3rd World Congress on Biotechnology,13-15 Septemeber 2012, Hyderabad, India.
P. Venkat Koushik, P. Yogeeswari, D. Sriram, Designing Small Molecule Inhibitors of NMPRTase as Anticancer leads using in silico approach, 3rd World Congress on Biotechnology,13-15 Septemeber 2012, Hyderabad, India.
J.T. Patrisha, K. Sridevi, K. Shruti, D. Sriram, P. Yogeeswari, Discovery of New Small Molecule Inhibitors of Hepatitis C Virus RNA-dependent RNA polymerase: Pharmacophore modelling, 3D-QSAR studies and High-throughput screening, 3rd World Congress on Biotechnology,13-15 Septemeber 2012, Hyderabad, India.
Madhu Babu, B., Madhuri Chandra, D. Sriram, P. Yogeeswari, Discovery of New Microglial Cathepsin S Inhibitors for the Treatment of Neuropathic Pain: Pharmacophore modelling, 3D-QSAR and High-throughput screening, 3rd World Congress on Biotechnology,13-15 Septemeber 2012, Hyderabad, India.
Devi, P.B., Mallika A., P. Yogeeswari, D. Sriram, Development of Pantothenate Synthetase Inhibitors for Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Infection: Design and Enzyme Inhibition, 3rd World Congress on Biotechnology,13-15 Septemeber 2012, Hyderabad, India.
Jean Kumar V.U, Manoj C., Vijay Soni, Patrisha J.T., Mallika A., Yogeeswari P., Nandicoori, V.K., Sriram D., Discovery of novel Mycobacterium tuberculosis GlmU inbibitors, 16th Annual Conference of the Swedish Structural Biology Network, 15-18 June 2012, Talberg, Sweden.
Omer Poyraz, Robert Schnell, Jean Kumar V.U., Yogeeswari P., Sriram D., Gunter Schneider, Discovery of inhibitors targeting the Mycobacterium tuberculosis O-acetylserine sulfhydrylase (OASS) CysK1 as potential agents against mycobacterial latency. 16th Annual Conference of the Swedish Structural Biology Network, 15-18 June 2012, Talberg, Sweden.
P. Ravichand, Ramakrishna Vadrevu, P. Yogeeswari, D. Sriram, Structure-based Pharmacophore Modeling and Virtual screening of β-secretase Inhibitors, International Conference on Advances in Biological Sciences, 15-17 March 2012, Kannur, Kerala, India.
Monika Sharma, Arvind Semwal, V. Deekshith, D. Sriram, P. Yogeeswari, Discovery of newer triazolo[3,4-b]thiadiazoles for the treatment of neuropathic pain: Pharmacophoric hybrid approach for multifunctional lead development, 4th International Conference on Drug Discovery & Therapy, 12-15 February 2012, Dubai, UAE.
A. Ravi Kiran, D. Sriram, P. Yogeeswari, Prediction of bioactivity and toxicity of BITS Database compounds using empirical and focused scoring techniques, 63rd Indian Pharmaceutical Congress 2011, 19-21 December 2011, Bangalore, India.(WON THE BEST PAPER IN PODIUM SECTION)
A. Monika, A.V. Ramani, V.U. Jean Kumar, H.M. Thimmappa, P. Yogeeswari, D. Sriram, One pot synthesis of novel substituted 1,3-thiazinylisonicotinamides, in-vitro evaluation and pre-pharmacokinetic profile studies for the treatment of tuberculosis, 63rd Indian Pharmaceutical Congress 2011, 19-21 December 2011, Bangalore, India. (WON THE SECOND BEST PAPER AWARD IN POSTER SECTION)
M. Siddarth Sai, A. Mallika, V.U. Jean Kumar, P. Yogeeswari, D. Sriram, In-silico design and synthesis of small molecule inhibitors of human SIRT1, 63rd Indian Pharmaceutical Congress 2011, 19-21 December 2011, Bangalore, India.
V. Mahesh Kumar, Sunil Kumar Sharma, V.U. Jean Kumar, P. Yogeeswari, D. Sriram, Design, Synthesis and in-vitro evaluation of novel imidazo-quinaxolone derivatives as potential anti-tubercular drugs, 63rd Indian Pharmaceutical Congress 2011, 19-21 December 2011, Bangalore, India.
Sunil Kumar Sharma, V. Mahesh Kumar, V.U. Jean Kumar, P. Yogeeswari, D. Sriram, Design, Synthesis and in-vitro evaluation of novel 4-aminopiperido-thiazole derivatives as potential antitubercular agents, 63rd Indian Pharmaceutical Congress 2011, 19-21 December 2011, Bangalore, India.
Yukti Singh, Monika Sharma, D. Sriram, P. Yogeeswari, Neurotoxicological evaluation of BITS candidate drugs in four animals models, XXXXIVth Annual Conference of Indian Pharmacological Society, 19-21 December 2011, Manipal, India.
V. Deekshith, Monika Sharma, D. Sriram, P. Yogeeswari, Evaluation of analgesic activity of new chemical entities in two rodent models of pain, XXXXIVth Annual Conference of Indian Pharmacological Society, 19-21 December 2011, Manipal, India.
M. Gangadhar, Monika Sharma, D. Sriram, P. Yogeeswari, Preclinical evaluation of some novel heterocycles against postoperative pain, XXXXIVth Annual Conference of Indian Pharmacological Society, 19-21 December 2011, Manipal, India.
Monika Sharma, M. Ganghadhar, Binita Kundu, Arvind Semwal, D. Sriram, P. Yogeeswari, Pharmacological profiling of triazolone derivatives as new leads for neuropathic pain treatment, XXXXIVth Annual Conference of Indian Pharmacological Society, 19-21 December 2011, Manipal, India.
Siddarth Sai, M., Jean Kumar, P. Yogeeswari, D. Sriram, Design, synthesis and in-vitro evaluation of novel piperido-hydrazine derivatives as potential anti-tubercular agents, MedChem-2011 Conference on Anti-infective drug Discovery & Development, 28-29th October 2011, Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai, India.(WON THE BEST PAPER IN POSTER SECTION)
P. Yogeeswari, A.Sunil Kumar Reddy, Arvind Semwal, M. Arjun, D. Sriram, Multifunctional drug lead discovery for the treatment of neuropathic pain including trigeminal neuralgia and diabetic neuropathy: Combination of GABA receptor, cannabinoid receptor and nitric oxide as targets, 14th Asian Chemical Congress, 5-8 Septemeber 2011, Bangkok, Thailand.
Jean Kumar, Thimmappa H.M., Pritesh Bhatt, Srividya M., P. Yogeeswari, D. Sriram, In-silico design and synthesis of novel 2-(1-aminocyclobutyl)-2-hydroxy acetic acid as potential inhibitors of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isocitrate lyase, RSC MedChem-2011, 25-26th February 2011, Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad, India.
Thimmappa H.M., P. Yogeeswari, D. Sriram, Synthesis and evaluation of isonicotinoylpyrazolopiperidine derivatives for the treatment of tuberculosis, RSC MedChem-2011, 25-26th February 2011, Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad, India.
Monika A., Thimmappa H.M., P. Yogeeswari, D. Sriram, Dicyclohexylcarbodiimide mediated one pot synthesis of novel substituted 1,3- thiazinylisonicotinamides and evaluation for the treatment of tuberculosis, RSC MedChem-2011, 25-26th February 2011, Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad, India.
Mallika A., Ravikiran A., P. Yogeeswari, D. Sriram, Development of homology model and docking studies of Mycobacterium tuberculosis sirtuin protein (Rv1151c), RSC MedChem-2011, 25-26th February 2011, Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad, India.
P. Yogeeswari, A. Sunil Kumar Reddy, A. Semwal, D. Sriram, Novel role of GABAergic anticonvulsant compounds in alleivating neuropathic pain in two animal models, 43rd Annual Conference of Indian Pharmacological Society & International Conference on Pharmacology & Translational Research & ICMR Centenary Year Celebrations, 13-16th December 2010, NIN, Hyderabad, India.
Monika Sharma, A. Sunil Kumar Reddy, A. Semwal, D. Sriram, P. Yogeeswari, Effectiveness of Newer Lipophilic GABA analogues against epilepsy, 43rd Annual Conference of Indian Pharmacological Society & International Conference on Pharmacology & Translational Research & ICMR Centenary Year Celebrations, 13-16th December 2010, NIN, Hyderabad, India.
P. Yogeeswari, M. Arjun, A. Semwal, R. Thirumurugan, D. Sriram, Novel role of GABAergic Anticonvulsant Compounds in allievating neuropathic pain like behaviour in rodent models of incisional pain by inhibiting nitric oxide, 24th Annual Conference of Indian Society of Pain, 6-8 February 2009, Hyderabad, India.
P. Senthil Kumar, M. Dinakaran, P. Yogeeswari, D. Sriram, A. China, V. Nagaraja, Synthesis and antimycobacterial activities of novel 6-nitoquinolones-3-carboxylic acid, 59 th Indian Pharmaceutical Congress,20-23rd December 2007, Varanasi, India.
A. Sunil Kumar Reddy, D. Sriram, V. Ranganadh, P. Yogeeswari, Synthesis of newer N-spiro substituted GABA derivatives as anticonvulsants, 59th Indian Pharmaceutical Congress,20-23rd December 2007, Varanasi, India.
Meena K. Purohit, Niloufer M, P. Senthil Kumar, P. Yogeeswari, D. Sriram, A facile microwave-assisted synthesis of novel 3,5-dinitrosalicylamides and their antimycobacterial activity, 59th Indian Pharmaceutical Congress,20-23rd December 2007, Varanasi, India.
Niloufer M, Meena K. Purohit, P. Senthil Kumar, J. Vaigunda Ragavendran, M. Arjun, D. Sriram, P. Yogeeswari, Synthesis, antiallodynic and antihyperalgesic activities of 5-(4-nitrophenyl)furoic 2-acid hydrazones in two in-vivo models of neuropathic pain, 59th Indian Pharmaceutical Congress,20-23rd December 2007, Varanasi, India.
D. Sriram, M. Dinakaran, R.V. Devakaram, P. Yogeeswari, Synthesis and antimalarial activity of aromatic amino analogues of artemisinin, 58th Indian Pharmaceutical Congress, 1-3rd December 2006, Mumbai, India.
A.S.K. Reddy, Y. Nageswari, S.K. Patel, D. Sriram, P. Yogeeswari, Newer GABA analogs as CNS agents: Synthetic integration of GABA in 1,2,4-triazol-2H-3-one, 58th Indian Pharmaceutical Congress, 1-3rd December 2006, Mumbai, India.
P. Senthil kumar, M. Dinakaran, P. Yogeeswari, D. Sriram, Synthesis and in vitro antimycobacterial activity of some novel fluoroquinolones, 58th Indian Pharmaceutical Congress, 1-3rd December 2006, Mumbai, India.
J.V. Ragavendran, I. Vikram Reddy, P. Yogeeswari, D. Sriram, Synthesis of 4-{[(3Z)-2-oxo-1,2-dihydro-3H-indol-3-ylidene]amino}-N-substituted phenyl) butanamides possessing antiallodynic and antihyperalgersic activities in two rat models of neuropathic pain, 3rd International Symposium on Current Trends In Drug Discovery Research CTDDR - 2007, 17 - 21st February 2007, Chandigarh, India.
D. Banerjee, T.R. Bal, P. Yogeeswari, D. Sriram, L. Sebastin, A. Desai, S.N. Madhusudhana, V. Ravi, Isatin derivatives inhibit Japanese encephalitis virus entry and replication in-vitro, 3rd International Symposium on Current Trends In Drug Discovery Research CTDDR - 2007, 17 - 21st February 2007, Chandigarh, India.
P. Senthil Kumar, M. Dinakaran, P. Yogeeswari, D. Sriram, Synthesis and antitubercular activities of 1-(cyclopropyl/t-butyl/4-fluorophenyl)-1,4-dihydro-6-nitro-4-oxo-7-(substituted secondary amines)-1,8-naphthyridine-3-carboxylic acid, 3rd International Symposium on Current Trends In Drug Discovery Research CTDDR - 2007, 17 - 21st February 2007, Chandigarh, India.
A.S.K. Reddy, J.V. Ragavendran, P. Yogeeswari, D. Sriram, Pharmacological screening of candidate anticonvulsants in the animal model of febrile seizures, 3rd International Symposium on Current Trends In Drug Discovery Research CTDDR - 2007, 17 - 21st February 2007, Chandigarh, India.
K.N. Purna, P. Dhakla, P. Senthil Kumar, P. Yogeeswari, D. Sriram, 5-Nitro-2-furaldehyde thiosemicarbazones: Synthesis and in-vitro antimycobacterial activities, 3rd International Symposium on Current Trends In Drug Discovery Research CTDDR - 2007, 17 - 21st February 2007, Chandigarh, India.
M. Dinakaran, C. Yogesh, P. Yogeeswari, D. Sriram, Synthesis of various 7-substituted-1-t-butyl-1,4-dihydro-8-methyl-6-nitro-4-oxo quiniline-3-carboxylic acid, 3rd International Symposium on Current Trends In Drug Discovery Research CTDDR - 2007, 17 - 21st February 2007, Chandigarh, India.
P. Yogeeswari, Synthesis of 4-(1,3-Dioxo-1,3-dihydro-2H-isoindol-2-yl)N-(substitutedphenyl)butanamides possessing antiallodynic and antihyperalgesic activities in two rat models of neuropathic pain, 11th APTI National Convention, 1-3 September, 2006, Bangalore, India (WON THE BEST PAPER IN PODIUM SECTION)
P. Yogeeswari, R. Kavya, V. Reddy, D. Sriram, Newer approaches in the design of Anticonvulsants effective in hyperthermia-induced febrile seizures, 6th Asian & Oceanian Epilepsy Congress, 16-19th Novemeber 2006, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
D. Sriram, S. Mehta, Discovery of lesser neurotoxic and effective anticonvulsant agents active in four animal models of seizure, 6th Asian & Oceanian Epilepsy Congress, 16-19th Novemeber 2006, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
V. Ragavendran, R. Kumar, P. Yogeeswari, Design of GABA uptake inhibitors: Synthesis and anticonvulsant properties, 6th Asian & Oceanian Epilepsy Congress, 16-19th Novemeber 2006, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
D. Sriram, M. Dinakaran, R.V. Devakaram, P. Yogeeswari, Synthesis and antimalarial activity of aromatic amino analogues of artemisinin, 58th Indian Pharmaceutical Congress, 1-3rd December 2006, Mumbai, India.
A.S.K. Reddy, Y. Nageswari, S.K. Patel, D. Sriram, P. Yogeeswari, Newer GABA analogs as CNS agents: Synthetic integration of GABA in 1,2,4-triazol-2H-3-one, 58th Indian Pharmaceutical Congress, 1-3rd December 2006, Mumbai, India.
P. Senthil kumar, M. Dinakaran, P. Yogeeswari, D. Sriram, Synthesis and in vitro antimycobacterial activity of some novel fluoroquinolones, 58th Indian Pharmaceutical Congress, 1-3rd December 2006, Mumbai, India.
Rohit Nelli, P. Senthil Kumar, P. Yogeeswari, D. Sriram, Microwave-assisted synthesis of some novel 2-[3-(4-bromo-2-fluorobenzyl)-4-oxo-3,4-dihydrophthalazin-1-yl]-N-substituted amides, National Symposium on Challenges in Drug Discovery Research: Networking Opportunities between Academia & Industries, 7-8th April, 2006, Pilani, India.
V. Ranganadh, P. Roheeth Kumar, M. Mallika, P. Yogeeswari, D. Sriram, Synthesis of copper complexes of thiosemicarbazones as antitumour agents, National Symposium on Challenges in Drug Discovery Research: Networking Opportunities between Academia & Industries, 7-8th April, 2006, Pilani, India.
J.V. Ragavendran, R. Kavya, S.K. Patel, D. Sriram, P. Yogeeswari, Design and synthesis of 4-[(2-oxo-1,2-dihydro-3H-indol-3-ylidene)amino] butanmaides as 4-aminobutyric acid (GABA) mimetics, National Symposium on Challenges in Drug Discovery Research: Networking Opportunities between Academia & Industries, 7-8th April, 2006, Pilani, India.
Y. Nageswari, P. Sahithya, J.V. Ragavendran, D. Sriram, P. Yogeeswari, Synthesis and anticonvulsant evaluation of 2,6-dimethylphenylaminoacetylamino butanamides, National Symposium on Challenges in Drug Discovery Research: Networking Opportunities between Academia & Industries, 7-8th April, 2006, Pilani, India.
M. Mallika, P. Yogeeswari, D. Sriram, Design and synthesis of gold (III) and platinum (III) complexes of aryl-substituted semicarbazones as antitumour agents, National Symposium on Challenges in Drug Discovery Research: Networking Opportunities between Academia & Industries, 7-8th April, 2006, Pilani, India.
Jatinder Kaur, Simarjeet Kaur, P. Yogeeswari, D. Sriram, Pharmacophore modeling of COX-2 inhibitors, National Symposium on Challenges in Drug Discovery Research: Networking Opportunities between Academia & Industries, 7-8th April, 2006, Pilani, India.
Debjani Banerjee, M. Dinakaran, P. Senthil Kumar, R.V. Devakaram, P. Yogeeswari, D. Sriram, Synthesis and Antibacterial evaluation of Phenothiazine derivatives, National Symposium on Challenges in Drug Discovery Research: Networking Opportunities between Academia & Industries, 7-8th April, 2006, Pilani, India.
Bhargava, P. Senthil Kumar, P. Yogeeswari, D. Sriram, Synthesis of certain 7-substituted fluoroquinolones, National Symposium on Challenges in Drug Discovery Research: Networking Opportunities between Academia & Industries, 7-8th April, 2006, Pilani, India.
Y. Nageswari, J.V. Ragavendran, D. Sriram, P. Yogeeswari, Design and Synthesis of 4-(1,3-Dioxoisoindolin-2-yl)butane hydrazones as anticonvulsant pharmacophoric hybrids, 2^nd International Symposium on Drug Discovery & Process Research, 10-12^thFeb, 2006, Belgaum, India.
J.V. Ragavendran, S.K. Patel, D. Sriram, P. Yogeeswari, Design and Synthesis of Newer amino derivatives of 4-aminobutyric acid as anticonvulsants, 2^nd International Symposium on Drug Discovery & Process Research, 10-12^thFeb, 2006, Belgaum, India.
R. Kavya, J.V. Ragavendran, D. Sriram, P. Yogeeswari, Pharmacological evaluation of the analgesic efficacy of candidate anticonvulsant compounds in neuropathic pain models, 2^nd International Symposium on Drug Discovery & Process Research, 10-12^thFeb, 2006, Belgaum, India.
M. Shalini, J.V. Ragavendran, P.R. Kumar, D. Sriram, P. Yogeeswari, Quantum mechanical modeling of aryl semicarbazones as anticonvulsants, 2^nd International Symposium on Drug Discovery & Process Research, 10-12^thFeb, 2006, Belgaum, India.
P. Yogeeswari, J.V. Ragavendran, Animal models of seizures, '6^th EMBL International Predoc Symposium "Animal Models - Tips and Tricks from Nature", 11-13^th May 2005, Rome, Italy.
P. Yogeeswari, Drug design based on Molecular hybridization and integration, International Symposium on Recent Advances in drug design and delivery systems, 26-27^th Feb, 2005, BITS, Pilani, India.
D. Sriram, T.R. Bal, P. Yogeeswari, Aminopyrimidinimino isatin analogues: Design and synthesis of novel non-nucleoside HIV-1 reverse transcriptase inhibitors with broad spectrum Antimicrobial properties, National Symposium on Futiritic trends in Pharmacotherapeutics and formulation development, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, March 4-5^th, 2005.
P. Yogeeswari, D. Sriram, P. Roheeth Kumar, Development of Anticonvulsant leads by integrating structure-based drug design and database screening, National Symposium on Futiritic trends in Pharmacotherapeutics and formulation development, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, March 4-5^th, 2005.
R.V. Devakaram, N.S. Myneedu, P. Yogeeswari, D. Sriram, Microwave-assisted synthesis and anti-YFV activity of 2,3-diaryl-1,3-thiazolidin-4-ones, International Symposium on Recent Advances in drug design and delivery systems, 26-27^th Feb, 2005, BITS, Pilani, India.
P.R. kumar, G.A. Nilkanth, P. Yogeeswari, Rational approach for the design of a central nervous system active chemical library, International Symposium on Recent Advances in drug design and delivery systems, 26-27^th Feb 2005, BITS, Pilani, India.
K. Srikanth, V. Ranganadh, D.R.K. Vyas, B. Murali Krishna, P. Yogeeswari, D. Sriram, Design of anticonvulsant drug database, International Symposium on Recent Advances in drug design and delivery systems, 26-27^th Feb, 2005, BITS, Pilani, India.
V.N.R. Pavan Kumar, P. Yogeeswari, D. Sriram, T.R. Bal, QSAR studies on Non-Nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors belonging to phenylethylthiazolylthiourea, International Symposium on Recent Advances in drug design and delivery systems, 26-27^th Feb, 2005, BITS, Pilani, India.
P. Kudyar, P. Yogeeswari, M. Shalini, D. Sriram, Synthesis of 2,5-dimethylphenyl substituted semicarbazones as anticonvulsants, International Symposium on Recent Advances in drug design and delivery systems, 26-27^th Feb, 2005, BITS, Pilani, India.
K. Purna Nagasree, P. Yogeeswari, D. Sriram, Newer isonicotinoyl hydrazones: Synthesis and in-vitro antimycobacterial activity, International Symposium on Recent Advances in drug design and delivery systems, 26-27^th Feb, 2005, BITS, Pilani, India.
J. V. Ragavendran, P. Yogeeswari, R. Thirumurugan, D. Sriram, In-vitro and ex-vivo enzyme inhibition studies on some BITS anticonvulsant compounds, International Symposium on Recent Advances in drug design and delivery systems, 26-27^th Feb, 2005, BITS, Pilani, India.
M. Shalini, P. Yogeeswari, D. Sriram, J. P. Stables, Synthesis of some 4,5-(substituted diphenyl)-2H-1,2,4-triazole-3(4H)-one derivatives and their anticonvulsant properties, International Symposium on Recent Advances in drug design and delivery systems, 26-27^th Feb, 2005, BITS, Pilani, India.
R. Kavya, S. Tiwari, P. Yogeeswari, D. Sriram, Synthesis and in-vitro cytotoxicity evaluation of gatifloxacin Mannich bases, International Symposium on Recent Advances in drug design and delivery systems, 26-27^th Feb, 2005, BITS, Pilani, India.
T.R. Bal, P. Yogeeswari, D. Sriram, Aminopyrimidinimino isatin analogues: Design and synthesis of novel non-nucleoside HIV-1 reverse transcriptase inhibitors with broad spectrum Antimicrobial properties, International Symposium on Recent Advances in drug design and delivery systems, 26-27^th Feb, 2005, BITS, Pilani, India.
R. Kavya, R. Thirumurugan, D. Sriram, P. Yogeeswari; “Pharmacological Evaluation of aryl(heteroaryl) semi(thio)carbazones for CNS activity” 55th Indian Pharmaceutical congress, Chennai, December 19-21, 2003.
J. Vaigunda Ragavendran, R. Thirumurugan, I. Sridharan, D. Sriram, P. Yogeeswari; “4-amino butyrate amino transferase (GABA-T) inhibition as a possible mechanism of some novel anticonvulsant aryl semicarbazones”, 55th Indian Pharmaceutical Congress, Chennai, December, 19-21, 2003.
R. Thirumurugan, D. Sriram, P. Yogeeswari; “Design and synthesis of novel aryl semicarbazone derivatives as anticonvulsants with GABA and glycine mediated mechanism”, International symposium on drug discovery and process research, Shivaji University, Kolhapur, January 23-25, 2003.
T. R. Bal, D. Sriram, P. Yogeeswari, Non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors for the treatment of AIDS, International symposium on Emerging trends in Genomics and Proteomics education and research, BITS, Pilani, Jan 12-13^th, 2003.
K. Jyothi Mallika, R. Thirumurugan, N.S. Chakravarthy, P. Yogeeswari, D. Sriram; “Tetrahydro-2H-1,3,5-thiadiazine-5-(4-Pyridyl carboxamide)-2-thione derivatives as prodrugs for isoniazid : synthesis and Antituberculous Activity”, 54th Indian Pharmaceutical Congress, Pune, December, 13-15, 2002.
I. Sridharan, B. Archana, R. Thirumurugan, P. Yogeeswari, D. Sriram; “γ-Aminobutyric acid (GABA) level studies on novel anticonvulsant compounds in rat brain tissue preparation”, 54th Indian Pharmaceutical Congress, Pune, December 13-15, 2002.

International Visits

Dubai, UAE, BITS-Pilani, Dubai campus conference on Biotechnological Innovations in Food and Healthcare, January 2019.
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Entrepreneurship summit, December 2018.
Dubai, UAE- Speaker at 18th International Conference on Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry held in October 2018
Irvine, California, USA- Visited UCI Technology Business Centre for a Business Plan Competition in June 2017.
Barcelona, Spain- Speaker at the 8th Annual Congress of Neurotalk-2017 in May 2017.
Whistler, British Columbia, Canada-Presented research paper at the Keystone Symposia on Cancer Immunology and Immunotherapy in March 2017
Lille and Paris, France- Research exchange visit to Pasteur Institute at Lille and Paris in April 2015.
Buenos Aires, Argentina- To receive IASP2014 award for excellence in Pain research among the developing country scientists in October 2014.
Dubai, UAE- To present a research paper on Antiviral drug design in the 3rd ScienceOne Conference on Drug Discovery & Development in Jan 2014.
Kiev, Ukraine- Visited Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology and Institute of Organic Chemistry for a collaborative research visit in May 2013.
Singapore- Presented a research paper on Neuropathic pain research in the 5th Association of South-East Asian Pain Societies Conference in May 2013.
Durban, South Africa- Visited KwaZuluNatal University for collaborative research visit and K-RITH as invited speaker in February 2013.
Belem, Brasil- Visited Federal University of Para on a collaborative research visit during September 2012.
Stockholm, Sweden- Visited Karolinska Institute on a collaborative project visit during May 2012.
Stockholm, Sweden- Visited Karolinska Institute on a collaborative project visit during October-November 2010.

International student exchanges and training

1. Mr. Ahik Seal, Ph.D. student of Indiana University, Bloomington, USA was offered training in CADD lab for 3 months from June 2012-August 2012 under IUSSTF RISE program under the supervision of Prof. P. Yogeeswari and Prof. D. Sriram.

2. Mr. Edikarlos, Ph.D. student of Federal University of Para, Brazil spent 2 months for research project training in Drug Synthesis during November 2012-December 2012 sponsored by IBSA project.

3. Ms. Glacia Nascimoto, Ph.D. student of Federal University of Para, Brazil spent 2 months for research project training in High-throughput cell assays during November 2012-December 2012 sponsored by IBSA project.

4. Mr. Guilherme Peterson, Ph.D. student of Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia em Tuberculose, Brazil was on exchange fellowship under Science Without Borders for 6 months at our CADD and Drug screening lab from October 2013 till April 2014.

5. Mr. Bomba Tatsinkou Francis Desire, Ph.D. student of University of Dschang, Cameroon was on exchange fellowship supported by NAM S&T Centre under the research training fellowship for developing countries scientist in our Neuropathic pain research lab from March 2014 till September 2014.

6. Ms. Kenia Pissinate, Post Doc of Instituto Nacional de Ciencia e Technologia em Tuberculose, Brazil was on exchange fellowship under Science Without Borders for 2 months at our CADD and Drug synthesis labs under the supervision of Prof. Yogeeswari and Prof. Sriram from 1st Feb 2015 till 31st March 2015.

7. Ms. Mediesse Kengne Francine, Research Assistant, The Biotechnology Centre of Nkolbisson, University of Yaounde I Messa is being approved on exchange fellowship supported by NAM S&T Centre under the research training fellowship for developing countries scientist in our Research lab from May 2015 till October 2015.

Research Collaborations

National Institute of Health, Bethesda, USA
National Cancer Institute, USA
National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, India
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.
National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi, India
Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
The University of Queensland, Australia
Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Science, University of Illinois, Chicago, USA
Dongduk Women's University, Seoul, Korea
Pasteur Institute, University of Lille, France
University of KwaZulu Natal, Durban, South Africa
Federal University of Para, Belem, Brazil
Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology National Academy of Science, Ukraine
Faculty of Medicine of Porto, Porto, Portugal
Instituto Nacional de Ciencia e Technologia em Tuberculosis, MCT/CNPq, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Incozen Therapeutics Pvt. Ltd, Hyderabad
Rutger's The State University of New Jersey, New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey, USA
Basavatarakam Indo-US Cancer Hospital, Hyderabad, India
Army College of Dental Sciences, Hyderabad

Professional Experience

Associate Editor, Frontiers in Physiology Journal (SCI, IF:4.56)
Associate Editor for IEEE Access (SCI, IF-3.37) .
Associate Editor, IET Electronics Letters (SCI, IF-1.30)
Guest editor for the special issue entitled as " Machine Learning and Deep Learning for Physiological Signal Analysis" from Frontiers in Physiology Journal (SCI, IF-4.56).
Associate Editor, Biomed Research International, Hindawi Journal (SCI, IF-3.41).
Reviewer, IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing.
Reviewer, IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security.
Reviewer, IEEE Sensors Journal.
Reviewer, IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics.
Reviewer, IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement.
Reviewer, IEEE Access.
Reviewer, IEEE Systems Journal.
Reviewer, Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, Elsevier.
Reviewer, Computers in Biology and Medicine, Elsevier.
Reviewer, Biomedical Signal Processing and Control Journal, Elsevier.
Reviewer, Knowledge-based System Journal, Elsevier.
Reviewer, Pattern Recognition Letters, Elsevier.
Reviewer, Signal Processing, Elsevier.
Reviewer, PLOS One Journal.
Reviewer, IET Systems Biology.
Reviewer, IET Science, Measurement and Technology.
Reviewer, IET Biometrics.
Reviewer, IET Signal Processing.
Reviewer, IET Image Processing
Reviewer, IET Electronics Letters
Reviewer, IET Healthcare Technology Letters.
Reviewer, Medical, and Biological Engineering and Computing, Springer.
Assistant Reviewer, Journal of Circulation, American Heart Association, USA.
Technical Program Committee (TPC) Member, International Conference On Machine Intelligence And Signal Processing (MISP), IIT Indore, 2017.
Conference Reviewer, ROPEC, 2017.
Conference Reviewer, SPCOM, 2016.
Conference Reviewer, NCC, 2016.

Other Information

Institutional Activities

Present :

Senate Member, 2005 onwards.
Treasurer, Technology Business Incubator (TBI), 2012 onwards
Member, Department Level Shortlisting Committee (DLSC), August, 2015 onwards

Previous: Hyderabad Campus

Faculty In-Charge (FIC), Alumni Affairs, 1st September, 2014 to 3rd August,2018.
Member, Doctoral Research Committee (DRC), August, 2008 to August, 2014.
Chairman, Vigilance committee, 2013-2014
Member, Examination committee, 2013-2014
Convener, Space Planning Committee,2013-2014
Member, Student Faculty committee, 13th Sept.,2008 to 12th Sept., 2009.
Member, Academic Advisory Council,10th Febraury,2009 to 9th February,2010.
Member, Task Force, Campus Life, Mission 2012| Vision 2020
HOD, (earlier known as Group Leader), Department of Civil Engineering, BITS, Hyderabad Campus, 28th August, 2008 to 27th October, 2010.
Faculty In-Charge (FIC), General Administration, 2010 to 2012.
Faculty In-Charge(FIC), Maintenance Unit, 2010-12
Faculty In-Charge(FIC), Educational Hardware Unit, 2010-11
Member, Campus Level Short Listing Review Committee, Hyderabad Campus, 14th Feb., 2013 to 13th Feb., 2015.
Chair Person, Department Level Short Listing Committee, Civil Engineering Department, Hyderabad campus, 14th Feb, 2013 to 13th Feb., 2015.
Convener, (committee to prepare a master plan for the campus upgradation), Growth Plan,17th November, 2011 to 10th November, 2012.
Faculty In-Charge, PSD, August, 2009 to September, 2010.
Member, Building & Works committee, 9th April 2011 to 8th April,2014.
Coordinator, BITSAT, Hyderabad City Center II and III, 2015,2016 and 2017.
Coordinator, Project Implementation Group, DST-FIST, 9th January, 2014 to 11th March, 2016 (Ref. No.: SR/FST/ETI-352/2013).
Site In-Charge, Hyderabad New Campus, January, 2006 to December, 2007

Previous: Pilani Campus

Coordinator, Off-Campus Programmes (PS & WILP), Hyderabad Centre, June 2001 to December, 2005.
Warden, Ashok Bhawan, 28th December,1998 to 17th May, 2001.
Non-Resident Warden, Vyas Bhawan, 16th December,1994 to 27th December,1998.
Professor In-Charge, Civil Engineering Association, 1st February, 1993 to 31st January,1995.
In charge, Planning cell, PS Division, August,1999 to May,2001.
In charge, Instruction cell, PS Division, August,1997 to July,1999.
In charge, Organisation cell, PS Division, August,1995 to July,1997.
Joint Secretary, Staff Association
Member, Library Committee

Professional Activities:

Memberships in Professional Organisations

Fellow Member, Indian Geotechnical Society(IGS), New Delhi, 2011 onwards (LF 0466).
Life Member, The Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE), New Delhi, 1994 onwards (LM 17579).

Evaluation of M.E or Ph.D. Thesis outside BITS

Evaluation of Ph.D. Thesis of Mr. D.V.C. Mohan Rao B., "Analysis and Optimization of Prismatic and Axisymmetric Shell Structures", JNTU, Hyderabad, January, 2012.
Evaluation and Examiner for Ph.D. Thesis of Mr. Boda Dean Kumar, "Wind Effects on Typical Tall Structures", JNTU, Hyderabad, May,2011.
Examiner, Question paper setting for B. Tech, M. Tech and Panel member for Ph.D. seminars. 26th March,2016. JNTU, Hyderabad.
External Examiner, M.Tech., Siddhartha Engineering College, Vijayawada, (A.P.) on 30th June, 2018.
External Examiner, M.Tech., Siddhartha Engineering College, Vijayawada, (A.P.) on 8th October,2016.
External Examiner, M.Tech. Thesis (6 students) on 30-01-2010, JNTUCE, Hyderabad. (Lr. No. JNTU/CEH/CIVIL/M.TECH/(SE)/PROJECT/2009-10)
External Examiner, M.Tech. Thesis (6 students) on 11-09-2008, JNTUCE, Hyderabad. (Lr. No. JNTU/CEH/CIVIL/M.TECH/(SE)/PROJECT/2008-09)
External Examiner, M.Tech. Thesis (4 students) on 15-04-2004, JNTUCE, Hyderabad. (Lr. No. JNTU/CEH/CIVIL/M.TECH/(SE)/PROJECT/2003-04)
External subject expert for the Faculty Ph.D. progress of Civil Engineering Department on 7th March, 2020, Vasavi College of Engineering, Hyderabad.
External subject expert for the Faculty Ph.D. progress of Civil Engineering Department on 25th May ,2019, Vasavi College of Engineering, Hyderabad.
External subject expert for the Faculty Ph.D. progress of Civil Engineering Department on 14th Sept.,2017, Vasavi College of Engineering, Hyderabad.

Question Paper Setting

B.E. (V semester), “Theory of Structures-I”, Vasavi College of Engineering, Hyderabad, November, 2019.
M.Tech.(II semester), “EARTHQUAKE RESISTANT DESIGN OF BUILDINGS”, JB Institute of Engineering & Technology, Hyderabad,18th September, 2015.
M.Tech.(II semester), “PRINCIPLES OF BRIDGE ENGINEERING”, JNTU, Hyderabad, 30th March, 2015.

Faculty Selection Committee

External Expert for Faculty Recruitment, Department of Civil Engineering, Vasavi College of Engineering, Hyderabad, 17th July,2019.
External Expert for Faculty Recruitment, Department of Civil Engineering, Vasavi College of Engineering, Hyderabad, 23rd May,2018.
Expert member in Teacher’s Selection Committee, Department of Civil Engineering, K. L. University, Guntur(A.P.), 12th April,2018.
Member, Staff Selection Committee (SSC), act as University Nominee in affiliated colleges of JNTU, Hyderabad, (2016-17).
Member, Fact Finding Committee (FFC), act as University Nominee in affiliated colleges of JNTU, Hyderabad, (2014-15).
Member of Technical Committee, Board of Studies, M.E.(Structures), Vignan University, Guntur, (A.P.), 2020.
Member of Technical Committee, Board of Studies, M.E.(Structures), Sri Vasavi College of Engineering, 2016,2017&2108, Hyderabad
Member of Technical Committee, Board of Studies, B.E. (Civil Engineering), CMR College of Engineering, 2015, Hyderabad

Chief guest

Chief Guest for Inauguration of One-week short term training Programme, sponsored by AICTE, Org.by Department of Civil Engineering, SRM Easwari Engineering College, Chennai, 17th June, 2019.
Guest of Honour, 1st International Conference on Civil Engineering Practices and Trends (I-CONCEPTS-2018), CMR College of Engineering & technology, Hyderabad, 21st December,2018.
Chief guest for Inaugural function of ICI chapter, Dhanekula Institute of Engineering & Technology, Vijayawada, (A.P.),6th Jan.2018.
Guest-of-Honour at the Valedictory Function the All India Seminar on “The Integrated Design Approach for Better Buildings” 30th June, 2015 at Visvesvaraya Bhavan, Khairatabad, Hyderabad, Org. by The Institute of Engineers (India), A.P.

Advisory committee

Member, Advisory committee, 1st National Conference on “Recent Advances in Civil Engineering(NCRACE-2019)”, Org.by JNTU, Hyderabad, 28th June,2019
Member, Organising committee, one-day workshop on “Bitumen Rheology (BITURHEO 2017)”, Org. by BITS, Hyderabad, 22nd Sept.,2017.
Member, Organizing Committee, International conference on "Innovations in Structural Engineering (IC-ISE2015)", 14-16 December, 2015. Org. by Osmania University, Hyderabad.
Member, Advisory & Technical Committee, National conference on “Advances in Civil Engineering and Infrastructure Development (ACEID-2014)”, Org. by Vasavi College of Engineering, Hyderabad, 6-7th Feb.,2014.

Reviewer

International conference on Innovations in Structural Engineering, 14-16 December, 2015. Organized by Osmania University, Hyderabad.
5th International conference on Science, "Engineering & Environment (SEE)", Bangkok, Thailand, Nov.11-13,2019.

Chairing sessions

5th International conference on “Science, Engineering & Environment (SEE)", Bangkok, Thailand, 11-13 November, 2019.
International Conference on "Land Slides and Slope Stability (SLOPE-2015)" 27-30 September, 2015, Bali, Indonesia.
International conference on "Innovations in Structural Engineering (IC-ISE2015)", 14-16 December, 2015. Org. by Osmania University, Hyderabad.

Miscellaneous:

Coordinator of Tree Plantations of 5000 siblings in Hyderabad Campus with the help of Hyderabad Metro Rail Limited, 10.01.2012.
Organized One-day workshop on Green Building Practices & Impact on Environments Performance (GBP&IEP-2010), 23rd October, 2010 at BITS, Hyderabad Campus.

New web tools designed for research

New webtools designed in our lab for research that are being made available online

1. M1GS Target site finder:

An automated tool that predicts all the best possible target RNA sites for M1GS, an engineered bacterial ribozyme used to cleave any RNA of interest as a gene knockdown or reverse-genetic tool across prokaryotes and eukaryotes. It takes into consideration the secondary structure of RNA molecules predicted by RNAWebserver in combination with requirements of M1GS for binding and cleavage of the target RNA.

Web Link: http://navinbiotools.in/m1gs/

2. Primer design tool:

A custom-made primer design tool that upon submitting a query DNA sequence and specific set parameters, provides a list of all the best possible forward and reverse primers in the form of an excel sheet. It uses the APIs provided by Integrated DNA technologies to calculate the physical properties of different primers.

Web Link: http://navinbiotools.in/pdt/

Both the tools were designed by Navin Chandra VP (Former M.Sc. Biological Sciences student of BITS-Pilani Hyderabad campus and a Project Fellow in our lab).

Research Interest

GM lab focuses on the following research areas

Epigenetic regulation of ribosomal RNA (rRNA) gene regulation and genomic instability in plants.

For this topic, we mainly use Arabidopsis thaliana as a model system, but we are extending our studies to rice (Oryza sativa) model system.

Funding:

DST-SERB, Government of India,

BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad campus

(Several hundred lines of Arabidopsis and gene constructs received as Kind Gift from the laboratory of Prof. Craig S. Pikaard, Hughes Medical Institute, Indiana University, Bloomington, USA.)

Relevant publications (GM as first or coauthor or corresponding author):

Gireesha Mohannath*, Anastasia McKinlay^#, Navinchandra Venkata Puppala^#, Ramya Enganti^#, Gargi Prasad Saradadevi^#, Todd Blevins and Craig S. Pikaard*. DNA hypermethylation and condensed chromatin correlate with chromosome-specific rRNA gene silencing in Arabidopsis.https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.02.03.526984v1

(* Corresponding author; # equal contribution)

Gargi Prasad Saradadevi^#, Dalen Fultz^#, Murali Krishna Ramgopal^#, Abirami T. Subramanian, Gerin Prince, Vivek Thakur, and Gireesha Mohannath*. (2023). Structural variation among assembled genomes facilitates development of rapid and low-cost NOR-linked markers and NOR-telomere junction mapping in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell Reports 42, 1059-1069.

(*Corresponding author;#equal contribution)

Gargi Prasad Saradadevi, Abirami T. Subramanian^#, Shryli Kedambadi Shreekar^#, and Gireesha Mohannath*. (2023). Characterization of a new histone deacetylase 6 (hda6-11) mutant allele in Arabidopsis thaliana.Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology. (2023). DOI:10.1007/s13562-023-00831-7.

(*Corresponding author; # equal contribution)

Gargi Prasad Saradadevi#., Neha Priyadarshini#, Aveepsha Bera# and Gireesha Mohannath*.(2020). Together we are on; together we are off- A conserved rule for ribosomal RNA (rRNA) gene regulation? Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology. 29(4):743-753.

(* Corresponding author; # equal contribution)

Gireesha Mohannath, Frederic Pontvianne and Craig S. Pikaard. (2016). Selective nucleolus organizer inactivation in Arabidopsis is a chromosomal position-effect phenomenon. (2016). Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA137(47): 13426-13431.
Chinmayi Chandrasekhara, Gireesha Mohannath, Todd Blevins, Frederic Pontvianne and Craig S. Pikaard. (2016). Chromosome-specific NOR inactivation accounts for selective rRNA gene silencing and dosage control in Arabidopsis. Genes & Development 30:177-190.

- Highlighted as an “Editor’s Choice” in the journal Science. For rRNAs, its location, location, location. Science, 22 Jan 2016: Vol. 351, Issue 6271, pp. 351.

- Recommended by Faculty 1000 (interesting hypothesis): Renate Schmidt, F1000, 2016: DOI: 10.3410/f.726063326.793521106.

- Highlighted as ‘NORs as units of rRNA gene regulation’ in: McStay B. (2016).Nucleolar organizer regions: genomic ‘dark matter’ requiring illumination. Genes & Development 30:1598-1610.

Gireesha Mohannath* and Craig S. Pikaard. (2016). Analysis of rRNA Gene Methylation in Arabidopsis thaliana by CHEF-conventional 2D Gel Electrophoresis. Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, NJ) 1455: 183-202.

(* Corresponding author)

Epigenetic and epigenomic approaches to improve crop plants:

For this topic, we are mainly working on rice (Oryza sativa) and tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)

Funding

DST-SERB, Government of India,

DBT, Government of India

BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad campus

Relevant publications: (GM as corresponding author):

Gargi Prasad Saradadevi#, Debajit Das#, Satendra K. Mangrauthia#, Sridev Mohapatra#, Channakeshavaiah Chikkaputtaiah#, Manish Roorkiwal#, Manish Solanki, Raman Meenakshi Sundaram, C.N.Neeraja, Akshay S. Sakhare, Suneetha Kota*, Rajeev K Varshney,*, and Gireesha Mohannath*. (2021). Genetic, epigenetic, and genomic approaches to enhance salt tolerance of plants.Biology 10, 1255

(* Corresponding author; # equal contribution)

- The article has been selected as one of the excellent articles published in Biology during November-December 2021

- The article has been published as part of the Special Issue 'Crop Improvement Now and Beyond'.

Molecular breeding and genomic approaches to improve rice yield under low nitrogen conditions

For this topic, we are mainly working on rice (Oryza sativa). If successful, the findings can be extended to other cereals/millets that are evolutionarily more related to rice plants.

Funding

ICAR-NASF, Government of India

BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad campus

Regulation of rRNA genes in Oral/head and neck cancer.

Funding agencies:

BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad campus

Relevant publications:

Neha Priyadarshini^#, Navinchandra Venkatarama Puppala^#, Jayasree Peroth Jayaprakash, Piyush Khandelia, Vivek Sharma, and Gireesha Mohannath*. (2023). Downregulation of ribosomal RNA (rRNA) genes in human head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) cells is linked to rDNA promoter hypermethylation. Gene. Sep 9:147793. doi: 10.1016/j.gene.2023.147793.

(* Corresponding author; # equal contribution)

Antiviral defense and cellular stress response in plants

For this topic, we mainly work on Arabidopsis thaliana and Nicotiana benthamiana as model systems.

Funding agencies:

BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad campus

(Several gene constructs received as kind Gift from the laboratory of Prof. David M. Bisaro, Department of Molecular Genetics, The Ohio State University, USA)

Relevant publications (GM as first or coauthor):

Aaron N. Bruns*, Sizhun Li*, Gireesha Mohannath and David M. Bisaro. (2019). Phosphorylation of Arabidopsis eIF4E and eIFiso4E by SnRK1 Inhibits Translation. FEBS Journal. 286(19): 3778-3796.

(*Equal contribution)

- Highlighted as the Editor’s choice (2019) FEBS Journal. 286 (19).

- Highlighted in the commentary article: Miller and Dinesh-Kumar. 'A new mechanism for translational control in plants'. (2019) FEBS Journal. 286(19): 3775-3777.

Gireesha Mohannath, Jamie Wolf, Hui Wang, Cody Buchman, Veena Patil, Youn Lee, Allie Varner and David M. Bisaro. (2014). A complex containing SNF1-related kinase (SnRK1) and adenosine kinase (ADK) in Arabidopsis. PLoS One. 9(1):e87592.
Cody Buchmann, Shaheen Asad, Jamie N. Wolf, Gireesha Mohannath, and David M. Bisaro. (2009). Geminivirus AL2 and L2 proteins suppress transcriptional gene silencing and cause genome-wide reductions in cytosine methylation. Journal of Virology. 83(10): 5005-5013.

- Highlighted by the Editors of Journal of Virology in the ‘Spotlight’ section of the journal: Geminivirus Proteins Suppress Transcriptional Gene Silencing and Methylation. (2009). Journal of Virology p.4717.

To Explore multiple molecular biology tools for basic and translational research

Various molecular biology tools being explored for different purposes:

Tool: TRBO, an engineered Tobacco Mosaic Virus-based breakthrough technology vector system to highly overexpress proteins (in transient manner) of interest using a rapid and low-cost plant system.

Purpose:

To enhance genome editing efficiency
To overexpress/oral feeding of proteins of therapeutic interest

iii. To overexpress proteins for purification and analysis (enzyme analysis, proteomics, etc)

Tool: M1GS an engineered bacterial ribozyme, as a RNA-cleaving/reverse-genetic tool

Purpose:

To develop as a novel anti-cancer modality by downregulation of rRNA genes in cancer cells
To establish this tool as a reverse-genetic tool in plants

Tool: Inhibitors of epigenetic modifiers

Purpose:

To improve genome-editing efficiency
To improve rates of mutagenesis

Tool: RNA mimics of GFP

Purpose:

To develop a new virus (RNA)-detecting tool
To establish this system in plants

Funding agencies:

ICMR, Government of India

DBT, Government of India

BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad campus

(Several M1GS constructs received as kind Gift from the laboratory of Prof. Venkat Gopalan, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, USA)

Relevant publications (GM as corresponding or coauthor)

Shifa Bushra Kotwal#, Nidhi Orekondey#, Gargi Prasad Saradadevi#, Neha Priyadarshini#, Navinchandra V. Puppala#, Mahak Bhushan, Snehasri Motamarry, Rahul Kumar, Gireesha Mohannath* & Ruchi Jain Dey*. (2023). Multidimensional futuristic approaches to address the pandemics beyond the COVID-19. Heliyon (Cell Press) 9 e17148.

(*Corresponding authors; # equal contribution)

Navinchandra Puppala, Purnima D*, Gireesha Mohannath. (2022). Recent advances in the use of Nanocellulose and Nanolignin in the delivery of biological and non-biological rugs: A review.Cellulose 30: 1334-1354. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10570-022-04977-w

(* Corresponding author)

Research Interest

Applied Microeconomics, Public Economics, Institutional Economics

Social Contribution

Details of philanthropric work

Senior volunteer for Association for India's Development (AID) on behalf of the Morgantown chapter

(presided 2011-2012, now serving as mentor and project co-ordinator).

Served as coordinator and assisted in raising funds for the following projects:

1. Maternal and Neonatal healthcare in the slums of Nagpur (Amhi Amachya Arogyasathi)

[2012-2014, raising and supporting $4478 worth of funds over 2 years]

https://aidindia.org/amhi-amchya-arogyasaathi/

2. Berabhenge School at Amlasole, West Bengal for the underprivileged (in association with the Micro Centre For Community Development And Research)

[2013-2016, raising and supporting $9974 worth of funds over 4 years]

https://suzyexpress.wordpress.com/2017/08/18/soul-of-amlasole/

3. Agrarian Crisis for Farmers in Andhra and Telengana (in assoc. with the Vanasiri Rural Development Society)

[2016-18, raising and supporting $6558 worth of funds over 2 years].

http://www.livemint.com/Opinion/Y3Fp6CcumJhRIEwl2WeUMM/Agrarian-crisis-the-challenge-of-a-small-farmer-economy.html

4. Begum Rokeya Academy School in Jharkhand catering to the villages on the border of WB and Jharkand with emphasis on tribal women (in assoc. with Mohammed Bazar Backward Classes Development Society)

[2016-2018, raising and supporting $4350 worth of funds over 2 years]

https://aidindia.org/creating-livelihood-opportunities-west-bengal/

5. Agariya - Solar Pumps in Little Rann of Kutch, Gujarat

[2016-17, raising and supporting $2500 worth of funds for 1 year].

https://aidindia.org/agariya-solar-pumps/

https://www.nrdc.org/experts/anjali-jaiswal/solar-pumps-help-indian-women-salt-workers-escape-poverty

Other Information

Membership of Societies

Life Member of :

1. American Society for Microbiology (ASM)-since 2013

2. Society of Biological Chemist (SBC), India- since 2008

3. Association of Microbiologists of India (AMI)- since 2009

4. Life Member of Probiotic Association of India (PAI)-since 2017

5. Indian Society for the Study of Reproduction and Fertility- since 2021

6. Society for Reproductive Biology and Comparative Endocrinology- Since 2021

Department and Institutional Contributions

Over the past 6 years, I have had the privilege of serving the institution in various capacities, contributing to its growth and success. Here are some of my notable institutional contributions:

1. Streamlined ME thesis, RP allotment, QP/AK collection, and teaching duty allocation as the DCA convener (2 years, 2020-2022). Developed mechanisms to ensure timely collection, review, and submission of handouts, promoting uniformity, speed, accuracy, and transparency in academic processes.

2. Engaged as a DCA member for 6 years (2017-2023), actively participating in institutional decision-making and contributing to the development of academic policies and initiatives.

3. Contributed to the faculty screening process as a member of the DLSC and served as an interview panelist, ensuring the selection of highly qualified individuals to join the institution.

4. Currently serving as a member of the Space and Budget committee of the Department of Biological Sciences (from 2023 onwards). Identifying space, infrastructure, and budget requirements, and providing solutions to bridge gaps and address needs promptly.

5. Actively involved in the Institutional Animal Ethics Committee, assessing animal study protocols to protect animal rights and promote efficient study design. Utilized expertise in animal models, biosecurity, and biosafety to enhance ethical practices and knowledge within the institution.

6. Organized and participated in various events such as Synapsis, conferences, international talks, and science outreach talks in colleges, promoting knowledge sharing and fostering academic engagement.

7. Served as a core member of the team of examiners for PhD entrance, interviews, and qualifying exams, ensuring fair and rigorous evaluation of candidates.

8. Fulfilling BITSAT duties, including question paper preparation and moderation, contributing to the smooth conduct of the examination since 2017.

9. As the convener of the Department Welfare Committee in 2021, worked closely with scholars and faculty members to identify infrastructure needs and communicate them to the relevant authorities, facilitating the department's growth.

10. Actively involved as a core team member in designing an ERP-based grant management system, collaborating with the SRCD and accounts departments to streamline processes such as UC/SOE/ZBSA.

11. Led the project and course curriculum design for the Indo-Franco Campus application jointly submitted by BITS campuses, fostering international collaborations and academic partnerships.

12. Engaged as a Scientific Organizing Committee Member for the Society for Biological Chemist Conference to be held in BITS Goa, contributing to the organization and success of the event.

13. Served as a member of the Science Steering Committee of the Department of Biological Sciences, responsible for coordinating multiple teams within the department, other departments within the institute, and external institutions to secure multi-crore national and international grants.

14. Actively involved in networking with postdoctoral researchers and talented candidates at national and international conferences and events, encouraging them to consider applying to BITS Pilani (all campuses) for future faculty positions.

15. Established connections with funding agencies, funders, and institutions in India and abroad, aiming to attract significant national and international grants to support the institution's research and development initiatives.

Major Consultancy Activities (At BITS, Pilani – Pilani and Hyderabad Campuses)

• One of the coordinators for the consultancy on testing VG, PMB, PG grades of bitumen samples along with bitumen emulsions for Bitumen Corporation India Pvt Limited, Mumbai. Duration: November – December 2021. Consultancy Amount: Rs. 1,18,000

• One of the coordinators for the consultancy on repair of rain damaged stabilized Wet Mix Macadam (WMM) layer near Lucknow, Basti, UP., sponsored by M/s. P.P. Pandey Infrastructure Private Limited, Lucknow. Duration: January 2020 - February 2020. Consultancy amount: Rs. 47,200

• One of the coordinators for the major consultancy activity of testing of soil for Palamuru RangaReddy Lift Irrigation Scheme (PRLIS) and Dindi Lift Irrigation Scheme (DLIS) projects, sponsored by M/s. Palamuru RangaReddy Lift Irrigation Scheme (PRLIS), Irrigation Department, Telangana State, during October 2016 - September 2019. Consultancy Amount: Rs. 81,96,000

• One of the coordinators for the consultancy on Bitumen & Aggregate Testing, sponsored by M/s. Ashoka Buildcon, Nashik., Duration: August 2018 - October 2018, Consultancy amount: Rs. 51,000

• Team member for proof checking of bridges., sponsored by Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services., Duration: August 2017 - November 2017. Consultancy Amount: Rs. 11,21,000

• One of the coordinators for the laboratory testing of aggregate, sponsored by M/s. Palamuru RangaReddy Lift Irrigation Scheme (PRLIS), Irrigation Department, Telangana State., Duration: August 2017- October 2017. Consultancy Amount: Rs. 1,29,800

• One of the coordinators for the testing of Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement (RAP) material for use in bituminous mixtures, sponsored by M/s. Ashoka Buildcon, Nashik., during July 2017 to August 2017, Consultancy Amount: Rs. 27,750

• Member of State Technical Agency and Principal Technical Agency for the PMGSY program at the Department of Civil Engineering, BITS, Pilani, Pilani campus during 2005 to 2008 and scrutinizing the large number of village road proposals from technical as well as financial points of view on prorate basis. (This is a process which was carried out for 2.5 years and the total worth of the project is available with Pilani campus).

• Coordinator along with Prof. AK Sarkar, BITS, Pilani, Pilani Campus for a series of 7-one-week training programmes at BITS Pilani - Pilani campus during 2005 to 2006 for the Panchayat Raj Engineers (35 engineers per each session) working for PMGSY project roads in the states of Rajasthan, Haryana and Punjab. Delivered many theoretical and practical training sessions along with other experts during these programmes. Project Cost:

7 (programmes) x 35 (participants) x 7 (days) x 1500 (cost per day per participant) =

Rs. 25,72,500

• Team member for estimating the Safe Bearing Capacity (SBC) for a number of sites in the state of Rajasthan (both field and laboratory investigations) – During 2005 to 2008

• Played a major role in signing an MoU with Govt. of Haryana for third party checking of works in a few districts of Haryana, which again is a continuous consulting process – During 2005 – 2008)

• Carried out large scale experimental investigations on Renolith, a product suggested by NRRDA, Govt. of India for soil improvement on a consultancy basis for use in rural roads on a consultancy basis

In addition to the above, actively participated as a team member in many small consultancy activities at Pilani campus (Safe bearing Capacity of Soil, water tank evaluations etc) and also in Hyderabad Campus (Aggregate and bitumen testing)

Consultancy Activities (At NIT, Warangal)

Study Team Member for the following Feasibility Studies

• "Feasibility Study for a Proposed Expressway on Hyderabad - Vijayawada Link on B-O-T Basis", sponsored by M/s HUDA, Rao & Rao during May, 1995.

• World Bank III National Highway Project on "Traffic Projections on Major District Road from Tiruchirapalli to Madurai via Melur" as a part of feasibility study for converting the existing MDR into National Highway during 1999.

• "Preparation of Feasibility and Detailed Project Report for Rehabilitation and Upgradation of NH7 Phase II Programme of North - South & East - West Corridors Project in India - Km 464/000 to Km 474/000 of Nagpur - Hyderabad & Km 10/000 to Km 22/300 of Hyderabad - Bangalore Sections" sponsored by M/s MC Consulting Engineers (p) Ltd., Hyderabad during 1999

• "Economic Feasibility of Raipur Bypass Road" sponsored by M/s Capital Fortunes Limited, Hyderabad during October 2000 to February 2001.

• "Feasibility study of Group C Bond Roads in Madhya Pradesh" sponsored by M/s Capital Fortunes Ltd., Hyderabad during March 20001 to June, 2001

• “Feasibility of Chhattisgarh Roads” during March 2002 to July 2002

• “Feasibility of Flyovers in Vijayawada city” sponsored by VGTM, UDA, Vijayawada during July 2002 (Ongoing)

Study Team Member for the following Highways & Pavement Investigation Studies

• “Checking the Design of Rigid Pavement for Extended Apron for Hyderabad Airport" for Airport Authority of India, Hyderabad during November - December 2000."Investigation of Accident Prone Haul Roads in the open coal mines near Ramagundam" sponsored by M/s Singareni Collieries Ltd. during March, 2001

• “Investigation of the damages caused to the pavement on Narketpally - Addanki Highway (APSH2 Project)” on behalf of General Insurance Corporation during December 2000 - January 2001 (A case study of CRB base course failure). Check measuring selected village roads, CD works, bunds etc. constructed under Food for Work Programme carried out by the Panchayat Raj Department of Govt. of Andhra Pradesh in Warangal district during April, May 2002.

• World Bank Sponsored Consultancy Project on Benkelman Beam Deflection and Bump Integrator Studies on Gudihutnoor Palakollu Road" in association with M/s STUP Consultants, New Delhi during 1995-’96

• Several consultancy projects on "Road Unevenness Studies” Viz. covering several National, State highways both within and outside the state of Andhra Pradesh

• Pavement Investigations Carried-out at the Food Corporation of India, Kazipet during June – July 2002, sponsored by the Food Corporation of India, Kazipet.

Study Team Member for the following Traffic Engineering & Other Related Studies

• "Hyderabad Area Transportation Study - Database Studies (DB-HATS II)", sponsored by Hyderabad Urban Development Authority (HUDA), Hyderabad, conducted by the Centre for Transportation Engineering, Regional Engineering College, Warangal during 1998-'99.

• "Tirupati Area Transportation Studies - Traffic Improvement Plans for Tirupati Town" taken up at Tirupati, sponsored by the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams, Tirupati and Organised by the Centre for Transportation Engineering, REC, Warangal during 1996 and 1998.

• Parking Studies at Tirumala", sponsored by Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams, Tirupati during 1999.

• “Demand Estimation for Hyderabad Sub-Urban Rail Passenger Travel", sponsored by the Hyderabad Urban Development Authority (HUDA), Hyderabad during 1999.

• Fly-over usage and Opinion Surveys at Hyderabad", sponsored by Hyderabad Urban Development Authority (HUDA), Hyderabad during 1999.

• Axle Load Spectrum Studies on several locations viz. Visakhapatnam - Itchpuram Highway (NH5), at Eluru on National Highway 5, on East Coast Road between Chennai and Mahabalipuram.

Study Team Member for Other Civil Engineering Related Studies

• Many In-situ, destructive and non-destructive flexible and rigid pavement investigations in the states of AP and TN

• Bump Integrator, Benkelman Beam, DIPSTICK, Axle Load Spectrum Studies, Field CBR investigations on many Expressways, National and State Highways in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India

• Investigating the failures on the taxiway and runway of Hyderabad airport and redesigning the taxiway and runways along with the team of Prof. S. Raghava Chari, Prof. N V Rama Murthy and Prof. V Ramana Murthy, NIT Warangal during 2002 to 2004

• Structural design of Necklace Road in Hyderabad along with the team of Prof. Raghava Chari, Prof. N V Rama Murthy and Prof. B P Chandrasekhar, NIT Warangal, sponsored by HUDA, Hyderabad

• Actively participated in routine consultancy activities of the Group and also did exclusive works like design of Intersections, black spot analysis for accident prone areas with other faculty members

Special Studies

• Member of State Technical Agency for the PMGSY program at the Transportation Division of Department of Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Warangal during 2001-2004 and scrutinizing the road proposals from technical as well as financial points of view for the PMGSY roads proposed in the state of Andhra Pradesh

• Resource Person for a series of one-week training programmes at National Institute of Technology, Warangal during the year 2003 to 2004 for the Panchayat Raj Engineers (35 engineers per each session) working for PMGSY project roads in the state Andhra Pradesh. Delivered many lectures along with other experts during these programmes

• Coordinator for a series of many one-week training programmes at Engineering Staff College of India, Gachibowli, Hyderabad during the year 2004 for the Panchayat Raj Engineers (35 engineers per each session) working for PMGSY project roads in the state Andhra Pradesh. Delivered many theoretical and practical training sessions along with other experts during these programmes

Professional Activities

Peer review activities

· No of papers reviewed for international journals: more than 30

· Recipient of “certificate of outstanding contribution in reviewing” from Elsevier

Ph. D theses examined

1. Experimental investigations of heat transfer improvement in tractor radiator with metal oxide form of nano fluid. R. Ravisankar, Supervisor; VSK Venkatachalapathy, Department of mechanical engineering, Pondicherry engineering college, Puducherry, October 2018.

2. Studies on the enhancement of productivity in double slope solar still. S. Karthikeyan, Supervisor; N. Alagumurthi, Department of mechanical engineering, Pondicherry engineering college, Puducherry, September, 2018.

Facilities

Nanomagnetism Lab Facilities

DC Magnetron Sputtering Unit

Helmholtz Coil with Power Supply

Low Temperature Resistivity Measurement

Workstation for micromagnetic simulations

Central Facilities

Electron beam evaporator, XRD, SEM

Scientific Reviewer

American Institute of Physics (AIP) Publishing: Applied Physics Letters.
Nature Portfolio: Scientific Reports.
IoP Publishing: Journal of Physics: D.
IoP Publishing: Physica Scripta.

ORCID

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Brief

Dr. Upendra Mohan Bhatt did his Ph.D. in Microelectronics and VLSI from the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India, in 2020.
He has been offered a Post-Doctoral research fellowship by the Institute of Computer Architecture and Computer Engineering, Semiconductor Test and Reliability, at the University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany, in 2021.
He has worked as a Co-Op with Applied Materials Inc., Gloucester, Massachusetts (MA), USA.
His key publications include 3 research publications in IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices and a conference paper in the Solid State Device and Materials (SSDM) International Conference conducted at the University of Tokyo, Japan.

Seminars, Workshops Attended

Online course on Leadership in City-wide Inclusive Sanitation conducted by Administrative Staff College of India (ASCI) and the Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI) offered from 05 March 2022 - 14 May 2022
Faculty Development Programme on"Faecal Sludge and Septage Management (FSSM)" from 09.12.2021 to 11.12.2021 Conducted by ASCI, Hyderabad.
Two-day Online Workshop Energy Plus and Design Builder: Building Energy Simulation Workshop by The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) on 10 and 11th December 2020.
Online training programme on "Sustainability Commitment in Educational Campuses" was conducted by CSE on July 16th-17th, 2020.
One day workshop on planning and delivering flipped classes using MOOC platforms was conducted at BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, on Friday, 10 July 2015.
Participated in Faculty Development Workshop(FDW) 2015 - An initiative of the Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad, in collaboration with Andhra Pradesh Society of Knowledge Networks held on 7th and 8th February 2015.
Two-day Interdisciplinary Research Workshop on 15th and 16th November 2014 at BITS Pilani, K K Birla Goa Campus, Goa.
Participated in Faculty Design Workshop for faculty as part of Technology Entrepreneurship Programme - An initiative of Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad, in collaboration with Andhra Pradesh Society of Knowledge Networks held on 28th and 29th March 2014.
One-day workshop on Zero Liquid discharge – Adaptability and impact on chemical, pharmaceutical and Bulk drug companies conducted by Jeedimetla Effluent Treatment Ltd ( JETL), Hyderabad at Hyderabad on November 30, 2013.
Anthropogenic impacts on water resources and soils: An Indo-French perspective at Bangalore 23-27 November 2009.
National Seminar on Forest, Water and People, 29-30th July 2004. NIH Belgaum.
International Conference on Hydrology and Watershed Management organised by Centre for Water Resources, JNTU Hyderabad from 18 -20 Dec 2002.
Work Shop on Environmental Issues, GRI, Gandhigram. Tamilnadu, 27- 28 April 2001.
Lake 2000-International Symposium of Lakes and Wetlands during November 27-29, 2000, at IISc Bangalore.
National Symposium on Remote Sensing Application for Natural Resources, ISRS - 1999, Bhubhaneshwar, held during March 22-24, 2000.
Conference on Current Environmental Status of Coimbatore District, held at PSG Arts College, Coimbatore. 1998

Workshops/Training Programmes/ Seminars/ Conferences Organized

Member, Organizing committee, Workshop on Research Methodology(2015) April 3-4, 2015, Organized by Centre of Excellence in Water Resources Management Department of Civil Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani- Hyderabad campus
Member, Organizing committee, One day National Seminar on“Indian Space Technology-Present and Future” (NSIST-2014), 1st May 2014, Organized by BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, Hyderabad
Member, Organizing committee, Workshop on Research Methodology (2015) April 11-12, 2014, Organized by Centre of Excellence in Water Resources Management Department of Civil Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani- Hyderabad campus.
Member, Organizing committee, National Conference on Sustainable Water Resources Planning, Management and Impact of Climate Change April 5 - 6, 2013 Organized by Centre of Excellence in Water Resources Management Department of Civil Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani- Hyderabad campus.
Member, Organizing committee, Workshop on Recent Advances in Climate Modeling for Water Resources Planning and Management Organized by Centre of Excellence in Water Resources and Management (CEWRM) Department of Civil Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani- Hyderabad campus, Hyderabad November 19, 2011.

Institutional contribution

017 (BITS Pilani Hyderabad campus)
2020: Station names: BPCL Mumbai refinery, BPCL Noida, IOCL Guwahati refinery)

BITSAT:

2023 HD BITSAT question preparation and moderation
2017 (BITS Pilani Hyderabad campus)
2014 (Guwahati centre, Assam)
2013 (Vishakhapatnam centre, Andhra Pradesh)
2012 (BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus)

PS-1 Assignments:

2023: Station names: Hyderabad (Lightspeed photonics, Nirmann organization, T-HUB)
2020: Station names: BPCL Mumbai refinery, BPCL Noida, IOCL Guwahati refinery)
2018 Station name: Ab-inbev india ltd., Sangareddy, Telangana).
2018 as faculty co-instructor (Ramco cement, Jaggayapet and Vasant Chemical, Hyderabad)
2012: Station name: Kothagudem, Andhrapradesh)

OTHER MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES

DPEC Chairperson (2024)
DCC member, (Aug-2021 to till date)
DLSC Chairperson, (Aug-2021 to till date)
DCA member, Dept of Chemical Engg, (Dce-2022 to till now)
DRC member, Dept of Chemical Engg, (Dce-2020 to Nov 2022)
HoD, Dept of Chemical Engg, (Oct-2016 to Sept-2020)
DRC Convener (Aug-2014 to Nov-2016)
DRC member (from Aug- 2012 to July 2014)
Convener of occupational hazard and health safety committee for Hyderabad campus (Nov 2014 to Oct 2016).
Convener of departmental committee of academics (August 2012 to August 2014)
NRW for Ram Bhavan (from Feb- 2014 to Jun- 2017)
Co-convener of national conference ICE-2013
Organizing member of Indian Space Technology-Present and Future” (NSIST-2014)

Project/Workshop Funding:

5G Lab.
Sponsor: TCIL, Government of India, 2023
Sanctioned Amount: = Rs. 71.25 Lakhs (TCIL) + 14.25 Lakhs (BITS, Pilani) = Rs. 85.5 Lakhs
RobustXAI-MalDetect: Adversarially Robust and Explainable Artificial Intelligence based Malware Detection System.
Sponsor: NCoE-DSCI, 2023
Sanctioned Amount: Rs. 5.9 Lakhs
OptimusPrime: Transformer for Security.
Sponsor: SKM-2019
Sanctioned Amount: Rs. 2.5 Lakhs
US-India collaborative Working Group on Secure Digital Financial Payment Systems and Financial Inclusion.
Sponsor: IUSSTF (IUSSTF/AUG/WS/162/2019)
Sanctioned Amount: Rs. 10 Lakhs
Neutron Stars as a Source of Potential Continuous Gravitational Wave Emitter.
Sponsor: BRNS, 2013-2016
Sanctioned Amount: 18 Lakhs
Workshop on Gravitational Wave Data Analysis.
Sponsor: IUCAA, 2012
Sanctioned Amount: Rs. 4,30,450/-

Employments

Professor, Department of Computer Science and Information Systems, BITS, Pilani, K.K. Birla Goa Campus, India(March 2023 - Continuing).
Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science and Information Systems, BITS, Pilani, K.K. Birla Goa Campus, India(July 2018 - February 2023).
Lecturer/Assistant Professor (I/II), Department of Computer Science and Information Systems, BITS, Pilani, K.K. Birla Goa Campus, India (January 2006 - June 2018).
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Wise Observatory, Tel Aviv University, Israel (March 2005 - December 2005).
Project Associate (ASTROSAT), Astronomy & Astrophysics, Raman Research Institute, Bangalore, India(August 2003 - February 2005).
Project Scientist, Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune, India(March 2002 - July 2003).
Junior/Senior Research Fellow, Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi, India (1997 - 2001).

Administration

Faculty In-charge, Computer Centre (Jan. 2023 - Continuing).
Hostel Warden (Jan. 2014 - Dec. 2022).
Practice School-I Instructor, Hyderabad (2021), Pune (2019, 2015, 2014 and 2013), Goa (2011 and 2017), Bokaro (2010).
Department Research Committee Memeber (2014 - 2017, 2019 - 2022).
BITSAT, May 2006 and 2007, Goa.
Developed new course title "Mathematical Foundations in Computer Science (Study in Advanced Topics) for the Pre-PhD students, 2017.
Instiute level member of the Anti Ragging Committee and anti Ragging squads (2014 - Continuing).
Mess Committee Member (2016 - 2017 and 2018 - 2019).
Library Committee Member (Dec. 2013 - Dec. 2014).
Member/Convener of the Departmental Committee on Academics (2014-2016, 2018- 2019, 2019-2023).
Co-ordinated/Mediated for Practice School-I station at IUCAA, Pune, 2012.
Cross-campus committee member to redefine the curriculum of B.S. and M.S. Programmes related to CS & IS in order to provide options for students with different level of educations, 2014.
Cross-campus committee member for the classification (Tier-I/II/II) of the HPC journals and conferences, 2014.
Member of Website Monitoring Committee of the BITS-Pilani, K.K. Birla Goa Campus, 2012.
Academic Registration and Counselling (Registration of students).

Memberships/Expert

Expert for the recruitment of Assistant and Associate Professor, NFSU, Goa Campus, December 2023.
Expert for the recruitment of Assistant and Associate Professor, NFSU, Goa Campus, September 2023.
Expert for the recruitment of Assistant and Associate Professor, Angel Institute of Technology and Design, Assagoa, Goa, August 2023.
Expert for the recruitment of Assistant and Associate Professor, Padre Conceicao College of Engineering, Goa, July, 2023.
Panellist, Impact of 5G Technology on Financial Fraud, Goa Police Ideathon held at BITS, Pilani, K. K. Birla Goa Campus, Dec. 23, 2022.
Expert for the recruitment of Assistant Professor, Angel Institute of Technology and Design, Assagoa, Goa, October, 2022.
Technical program committee, DFRWS-2022, USA, July 11 - 14, 2022.
Expert for the recruitment of Assistant Professor, Angel Institute of Technology and Design, Assagoa, Goa, October 12, 2022.
Technical program committee, International Conference on Secure Knowledge Management in the Artificial Intelligence Era, The University of Texas at San Antonio, October 08 - 09, 2021.
Global advisory board, RAF Global, a non-denominational, not-for-profit international organization committed to improve the quality of life primarily in Africa and Asia.
Technical program committee, International Conference on Secure Knowledge Management in Artificial Intelligence Era, BITS, Pilani, K.K. Birla Goa Campus, Goa, December 21 - 22, 2019.
Institute Co-ordinator, Regional Academic Centre for Space, Joint Venture of MNIT Jaipur and ISRO, Bangalore.
Technical program committee, Artificial Intelligence and Cloud Computing Conference (AICCC 2018), 21-23 December, 2018, Tokyo, Japan.
National Advisory Board, International Conference on Chip, Circuitry, Current, Coding, Combustion and Composites (I7C), 16-17, Nov. 2017, Sri SaiRam College of Engineering, Bengaluru, India.
Technical program committee, International Conference on Advances in Computing, Communications and Informatics, 13-16 Sept. 2017, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Karnataka, India.
Technical program committee, International Conference on Data Science Analytics and Applications (DaSAA 2016), 7-9, Dec. 2016, Chennai, India.
Technical program committee, Third International Symposium on Women in Computing and Informatics (WCI-2015), Aug. 10-13, 2015, Kochi, India.
International Scientific Board, 6th World Conference on Information Technology, 30 Aug. - 01 September 2015, Las Vegas, USA.
Member of the Indian Gravitational Wave Observatory Consortium.
Professional Member, Association for Computing Machinery, No. 1575867, 2015-16.
Local Committee Member, Square Kilometer Array (SKA) Telescope, BITS, Pilani, K.K. Birla, Goa Campus.

Books

Secure Knowledge Management In The Artificial Intelligence Era, Proceedings, 9th International Conference, SKM 2021, San Antonio, TX, USA, October 8–9, 2021.
Editors: Ram Krishnan, H. Raghav Rao, Sanjay K. Sahay, Sagar Samtani and Ziming Zhao
Publisher: Springer, Communications in Computer and Information Science, 2022.
ISBN: 978-3-030-97532-6

Special issue on Advances in Secure Knowledge Management in the Artificial Intelligence Era.
Editors: Sanjay K Sahay, Nihita Goel, Murtuza Jadliwala and Shambhu Upadhyaya
Publisher: Springer, Information Systems Frontiers, 2021.
ISSN: 1387-3326

Secure Knowledge Management In Artificial Intelligence Era, Proceedings, 8th International Conference, SKM 2019, Goa, India, December 21–22, 2019.
Editors: Sanjay K. Sahay, Nihita Goel, Vishwas Patil and Murtuza Jadliwala
Publisher: Springer, Communications in Computer and Information Science, 2020.
ISBN: 978-981-15-3816-2

Data Analysis of Gravitational Waves
Author: Sanjay K. Sahay
Publisher: Svenska fysikarkivet, Stockholm, 2008
ISBN: 978-91-85917-05-1118

Visits

- Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics Pune, India.
  [May 20 -June 21, 2019, July 01 - 15, 2019, June 02 - 17, 2018, Mar. 05 - 11, 2018; Dec. 21 - 30, 2016; 19 May - 17 July 2015; 18 May - 19 July 2014; 15 Dec. 2013 - 08 Jan. 2014; 19 May - 15 July 2013; 11 - 18 Nov. 2012; 17 - 27 Dec. 2011; 17 - 21 Oct. 2011; 16 June - 05 July 2009; 30 June - 14 July 2007; 19 - 25 Nov. 2006; 07 Feb. - 15 April 2001; 22 June - 22 Aug. 2000; 02 Feb. - 19 Mar. 2000; 08 - 26 Dec. 1999; 01 July - 27 Aug. 1998; 20 Jan. - 19 Mar. 1998; 09 Aug. - 30 Sept. 1997.]

- Invited to visit, Louisiana State University, USA, <span "="">Mar. 08 - 14, 2004.

- Raman Research Institute,, Bangalore, India, <span "="">Mar. 09 - 14, 2003.
- Centre for Theoretical Studies, I.I.T. Kharagpur, India, <span "="">Sept. 20 - 30, 2000.

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BITS Goa Radio Telescope(RT) Project (BITSGRT)

Project RT is an independent, student-led technical project of BITS Pilani KK Birla Goa Campus. The main aim of the project is promoting, enriching and improving the radio astronomy culture on campus by building a 5m diameter Radio Telescope on campus. After completion, this will be the first entirely student-designed 5m radio telescope in India.

The main objective of this project is to design and build a Radio Telescope, along with its adjoining automated mount, electronic circuitry, control systems, and software packages for operation and analysis. This will serve as a research centre for astronomy researchers and enthusiasts from across the region.

I am the Faculty Coordinator of this Student-driven Radio-Telescope project.

SKA India: BITS Goa student(RT Group) activities: Five students from BITS Pilani K K Birla Goa campus working in the Radio Telescope project under the leadership of Dr. P K Das took part in the event Vigyan Samagam 2019. They conducted two session (i) Astro Quiz and (ii) Radio Telescope making workshop during the SKA week (17th - 23rd June, 2019). A report on the student participation is available here (click).

BITS Goa Summer Research Program(BGSRP)

This summer internship program will provide a platform to young academic talents scholars and researchers from reputed academic institutions who are pursuing Graduation / Post-Graduation/ Research programs in the disciplines of Science and / Technology which are relevant to BITS Pilani programs to interact with Scientists and Engineers on campus. The program has the following stated objectives:

To allow young academic talent to be associated with BITS Pilani scientists for mutual learning benefit;
The "Interns" may benefit from exposure to the Research Institute's functioning and its established ability to apply theory into practice. This program would facilitate the young talents to choose a career path;

For more details please click here.

Square Kilometer Array (SKA)

Exploring the Universe with the world’s largest telescope

The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) project is an international effort to build the world’s largest radio telescope, with eventually over a square kilometre (one million square metres) of collecting area. The scale of the SKA represents a huge leap forward in both engineering and research & development towards building and delivering a unique instrument, with the detailed design and preparation now well under way. As one of the largest scientific endeavors in history, the SKA will bring together a wealth of the world’s finest scientists, engineers and policy makers to bring the project to fruition.

In the first phase there will be about 200 dishes in South Africa’s Karoo region, and over 130,000 low frequency antennas in Western Australia’s Murchison Shire, that will monitor the sky in unprecedented detail, in a complementary range of radio frequencies. The two sites are chosen for co-hosting the SKA based on the characteristics of the atmosphere above the sites and their radio quietness, which comes from being some of the most remote yet accessible locations on the Earth. The unprecedented sensitivity of the SKA’s receivers will allow insights into the formation and evolution of the first stars and galaxies after the Big Bang, the role of cosmic magnetism, the nature of gravity, and possibly even life beyond Earth, not to mention serendipitous discoveries that are expected when something so much more sensitive than any existing facility is built. Indian scientists are involved in many of the SKA’s Science Working Groups, and India co-chairs the Solar Physics WG.

Organizations from 14 countries are members of the SKA Organisation – Australia, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Italy, New Zealand, Spain, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands and the United Kingdom.

What are the Objectives of the SKA project?

The SKA will be used to advance humanity’s knowledge. Its primary objectives are

(a) To answer fundamental questions of science of nature, such as

1. How did the Universe, and the stars and galaxies contained in it, form and evolve?
2. What is the nature of ‘dark matter’ and ‘dark energy’
3. Is there life somewhere else in the Universe?

(b) The SKA will collect and process vast amounts of data and will stimulate cutting-edge advances in high-performance computing and Big Data science – especially the processing, analysis and visualization of very large data sets.

What is the SKA-India consortium?

To execute activities related to SKA projects in India, a SKA-India consortium has been formed. Under this consortium several Research Institutes, IITs, IISER, NISER, Universities of India come together for exploring, formulating, practicing and promoting activities related to the SKA project and its allied aspects.

Regular member of SKA-India consortium:

BITS-Pilani, K K Birla Goa campus has signed a MoU on 13th July,2016 to become a Regular Member of the SKA-India consortium. Other Regular Members of this consortium includes TIFR, NCRA,RRI, IUCAA, IIA, IISc, SINP,PRL, IIT Kanpur, IISER, NISER, Delhi University, JMU, MGU, Presidency college, Kolkata etc to name a few.

Executive Council of SKA-India consortium:

The consortium has an Executive Council for executing and managing various activities of the Consortium. BITS Pilani, K K Birla Goa campus has nominated Dr. PRASANTA KUMAR DAS, a faculty in the Department of Physics as the member of the Executive Council of the SKA-India consortium.

To track on the progress in SKA telescope project work browse the site maintained by SKA-India(click)

SKA-India Student Training Program:

The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) stands as the world’s largest radio observatory, poised to unlock the mysteries of the universe. India is actively participating in its construction as a full member country. This will open many opportunities for science and technique development within the Indian scientific and industry community. However, to fully support SKA endeavors within India, it is important to nurture a robust pool of human resources. The SKA India Consortium (SKAIC) has taken the lead in spearheading the formation of diverse science working groups. The rationale behind this human resource development initiative is to foster awareness of SKA activities among students at every educational level, spanning from schools to undergraduate and postgraduate programs. By this awareness early on, we aim to inspire and prepare the next generation of students. These individuals will eventually form a skilled workforce capable of contributing across all facets of SKA activities within India. Institutes who have shown their interests in Phase 1 to conduct SKA student training program are IIT Kanpur, IIT Indore, BITS Pilani Goa campus, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, IUCAA Pune and IIST. More update on the SKA training program will follow soon. Stay tuned to us.

Vigyan Samagam 2019

In order to highlight the value and impact of fundamental research to a broad cross-section of audience including students, academicians and industry, and to further strengthen India's participation in mega-science projects, Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), Department of Science and Technology (DST) and National Council of Science Museums (NCSM) are jointly organising a multi-venue mega-science exhibition, Vigyan Samagam 2019. Six major International/National projects (1) European Organisation for Nuclear Research (TMT) take part in this mega-science exhibition, Vigyan Samagam. LIGO),(6) Square Kilometer Array (SKA) and (7)Thirty Meter Telescope (CERN),(2) Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research (FAIR), (3) India-based Neutrino Observatory (INO), (4)International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) (5) Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory. A first-of-its-kind, Vigyan Samagam shall be hosted in a caravan mode at four major Indian cities as per the following schedule:

Mumbai - 8th May to 7th July, 2019, Bengaluru: 29th July to 28th September, 2019, Kolkata: 4th November to 31st December, 2019, Delhi: 21st January to 20th March, 2020

More details are available here: https://vigyansamagam.in/

SKA India: BITS Goa student activities: Five students from BITS Pilani K K Birla Goa campus working in the Radio Telescope project under the leadership of Dr. P K Das took part in the event Vigyan Samagam 2019. They conducted two session (i) Astro Quiz and (ii) Radio Telescope making workshop during the SKA week (17th - 23rd June, 2019).

A report on the student participation is available here (click).

Lab photos

FACULTY PROFILE

Prof. Rabi Narayan Panda

Associate Professor

Department of Chemistry, Birla Institute of Technology and Science

Pilani, K K Birla-Goa Campus, NH 17B Bypass Road, Zuarinagar 403726, GOA, INDIA

Phone: 0091-(0)8322580311(Office), 0091-9518984037(Mobile),

E-mail: rnp@goa.bits-pilani.ac.in

Google Scholar Link:

https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=aqvgTqgAAAAJ&hl=en

[Educational Background]

Ph. D. in Chemistry (Broad Area: Solid State Chemistry and Nanomaterials) (1993-1998)

Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India.

Ph. D. Thesis Title: Synthesis, Characterization, Magnetic and Electronic Properties of Transition Metal Nitrides

M. Sc. in Chemistry (Specialization: Physical Chemistry), (1991-1993)

School of Chemistry, Sambalpur University, Jyotivihar, Burla, Odisha, India.

[Employment Record]

Feb. 2015- xxxx, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, K. K. Birla Goa Campus, Goa, India.

Feb. 2006-Feb. 2015, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, K K Birla Goa Campus, Goa, India.

March 2005- Aug. 2005, Post doctoral researcher , Department of Physics, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan,

Research Area: Microstructure and Magneto-transport Properties of Spintronic Materials

Nov, 2004-Mar, 2005, Post Doctoral, DST sponsored project, Indian Institute of technology, Kanpur, 208016, India.

Research Area: Synthesis and Properties study of Transition Metal Nitride

July, 2003-June 2004, Alexander von Humboldt Fellow, Institute of Nanotechnology, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Germany. (Now: KIT)

Research Area: Magnetism of Thiol-capped Co-Pt nano-particles.

May, 2002-April, 2003, Post doctoral, Department of Heterogeneous Catalysis, Max-Plank Institute fur Kohlenforschung, Muelheim an der Ruhr, Germany.

Research Area: High Surface Area Mo and W based Nitride Materials: Materials Development and Catalysis

Sept., 2000-April, 2002, Post Doctoral Researcher, Department of Materials Science and Engg., National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan.

Research Area: Synthesis, Characterization and Properties studies of Bio-Materials (HA) and Magnetic Nano-particles / Thin film (Metallic/Alloys/Ferrites)

Nov., 1999- Aug., 2000, Research Associate, Surface Physics Division, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Calcutta, India.

Research Area: Surface Studies of Polymer thin film using AFM and GIXD technique.

July, 1998-Oct. 1999, Senior Project Associate, Department of Physics and Center for Laser Technology, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India.

Research Area: Photo-luminescence and Micro-Raman techniques for Diseased Tissue Diagnosis.

[Selected Accomplishments]

Development of citrate and borohydride routes for the synthesis of Fe based binary and ternary nitrides.
Development of a new ternary nitride, FeMoN₂.
Fabrication of soft magnetic materials with tunable magnetic properties (Fe-N and Fe-Ni-N systems).
Fabrication of Hard magnetic materials (Co based ferrites, Fe-Pt and CoCrPt based) for recording media applications.
Fabrication of Bio-compatible hydroxyapatite nano-materials and coatings on Si
Distinguishing malignant, benign and normal human breast tissues by laser optics.
Development of High surface area and porous Mo, W and V based nitride ceramics for the catalytic application.
Synthesis of Thiol capped Pt nano-particles.
Development of Urea route for synthesis of soft magnetic iron and cobalt nitrides.
Synthesis of transition Fe, Ni Co based metal and alloy nano-systems with core-shell structures.
Synthesis and characterization of coated semiconductor nano-crystals in colloidal and nano-crystalline form.
Development of newer chemical synthesis routes for synthesizing Fe-Pt, CoPt materials with high Coercive Force.
Synthesis of Fe and Co based nitrides by metal-ethylene diamine complex study on nanostructure(shape) dependent magnetism.

[Honors and Awards]

1991: B. Sc. (Chemistry Honors) 1^st class with distinction and 7^th rank in Chemistry, Sambalpur University, Odisha, India.

1991-1993: Recipient of National Scholarship during M. Sc.

1993: 1^st class with 4^th rank in M. Sc. (Chemistry) in Sambalpur University, Odisha, India.

1993: Qualified Graduate Aptitude Test in Engg. (GATE) conducted by IITS, India.

1994: Qualified National Eligibility Test(NET) in Chemical Science for teaching and research conducted jointly by UGC and CSIR, INDIA.

Sept. 2000- April, 2002, Recipient of post doctoral fellowship from National Science Council, Taiwan (Host: Department of Materials Science, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan).

July 2003-July 2004: Awarded Alexander Von Humboldt Fellowship, (Host: Institute of nanotechnology, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Germany)

Mar, 2005-Aug., 2005, Recipient of post doctoral fellowship from National Science Council, Taiwan (Host: Department of Physics, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan).

LIST of OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES (Major)

2012-13 : One Year : Library Member

2013-2018 (July): Nucleus Member, Academic Research Division (ARD).

2016 Jan-Dec : One Year : Library Member

2017 : NMD-ATM - 2017, Local Organizing Committe Member, IIM Goa Chapter

Summer Term: May - July, 2019 : Practice School(I), Domain of Interest: Biomedical Pharma/Diagnostic Lab

2019: Contribution in BITSAT related Task.

2022-2024: Departmental Research Committee(DRC) Member

Selected Professional / Invited Seminars

Invited seminar on “Magnetic and Electronic Properties of Binary and Ternary nitrides’’, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, 1999, India.
Invited Seminar on “ Magnetic Properties of Fe Based Binary and Ternary Materials”, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, 1999, Calcutta, India
Departmental Seminar on “Mossbauer and Magnetic Properties of Nitride materials”, at Department of Materials Science and Engg., National Tsing Hua University, (2001) Hsinchu, Taiwan.
Invited Seminar on “Magnetic Properties of Materials at Nano-Dimenssion” at Institute of nano-technology, Forschungzentrum Karlsruhe, 2002, Germany.
Departmental Seminar on “Synthesis and property study of materials at reduced dimension: A focus on catalytic application” at Max Plank Institute of Coal Research, Muelhein an der ruhr, Muelheim, 2002, Germany.
Invited Seminar on “ Properties of Materials at reduced dimension” at IIT Rookee, 2005, India.
Invited Talk on “Synthesis, Characterization, Magnetic, Electronic and Surface Properties of Materials at Reduced Dimension” at Dept. of Physics, Osmania University in connection with the International Conference on Recent trends in nanostructured Materials and their applications (ICRNM-2008), 19-20 Dec., 2008.
Invited Talk on “Synthesis and property study of transition metal nitride nano-materials” at School of Chemistry, Sambalpur University, Jyotivihar, Odissa, in connection with National Seminar on ‘Recent trends in Chemical Sciences’ (RETICS-2010) , Feb. 19-21, 2010.
Invited talk on “Synthesis and characterization of transition metal nitride nano-materials” at School of Chemistry, Sambalpur University, Jyotivihar, Odissa in connection with Silver Jubilee Annual Conference of Orissa Chemical Society and National Conference on Molecule , Dec. 24-26, 2011.
Invited talk on “Characterization of Nano-materials” in connection with UGC Sponsored National Seminar: Nanomaterials; Synthesis; Characterization and Applications at Department of Chemistry, Smt. Pavatibai Chowgule College of Arts and Science, Margao-Goa, 2-3 Feb, 2012.
Invited talk on ‘’ Novel Synthesis, Characterization and magnetic properties of alloys and nitride nanomaterials’’ , National Conference on Recent Trends in Chemical Sciences (RETICS-2014), 14-15^thNovember, 2014, School of Chemistry, Sambalpur University, Jyotivihar, Burla, Orissa.
Invited talk on ‘’Surface Functionalized Nano-materials as Bio-materials’’ in connection with UGC Sponsored State Level Seminar: Advances in Colloid Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Smt. Pavatibai Chowgule College of Arts and Science, Margao-Goa, 14^th, 2015.
Invited Talk on‘‘Tuning of Magnetic Properties of nanostructured materials developed by novel synthetic strategies”, ‘International Conference on Magnetic Materials and Applications, ICMAGMA-2017’, Feb. 1-3, DMRL, Hyderabad, INDIA.
Invited Talk on Novel Chemical Synthesis, Characterization and Tailoring of Magnetic Properties of few selected magnetic systems, National Conference on Advances in Material Science (AMS-2024), Government College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Khandola, Marcela – Goa, India, 2024.

Reviewer and Membership :

Reviewer of the international Journals: Selected journal Titles: Nano-Scale Research Letter, Materials Science and Engg, B, Materials Lett. , Journal of Magn. Magn. Mater., Dalton transactions, Materials Advances, Electrochimica acta, Energy & fuels, SN Applied Science etc.

Reviewer Profile:

https://publons.com/researcher/1445839/dr-rabi-narayan-panda/

Book Reviewer and Member of professional Global Network:

Tata-McHills, OUP, PHI learning PVT: Minimum 1 title each

Humboldt Network, DAAD Alumni.

Life Member: Indian Society for Surface Science and Technology (ISST), Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA), Magnetics Society of India(MSI),

Indian Institute of Metal (IIM), Goa Chapter, Society for Materials Chemistry(SMC), BARC, Mumbai, India.

Guest Editor in 'Journal of Nanomaterials' (Year: 2014-15), Special Issue Title: Advanced Nanoporous Materials: Synthesis, properties and applications

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Administrative Responsibilities

Administrative Roles

Library Committee, Member (Dec 2021- Dec 2022)

GATI SAT Member (2021- 2023)

Department Publicity and Outreach, Incharge (March 2021- present)

My research focuses on Urban ethnography, emotional cartography, migration and diaspora identity, immigrant rights, ethnic economy, folklore and indigenous geography.

High Voltage LAB Facilities

100 KV AC/DC Source and Control Panel

3 stage 300 KV 3 KJ Impulse Generator

C and Tan-delta Test Kit (Schering Bridge)

Vaccum and Pressure Vessel

Rod Gap Apparatus - Horizontal

Sphere Gap Apparatus

Rain Making Equipment

Salt Fog Chamber

Electrolytic Tank

Various Electrodes

Creative Projects

Music Videos

"Theerap," featuring artists Indulekha Warrier and Venomiss. Music by Rayson K. Alex. YouTube, Rose Apple Creatives, 2021. Link
"Arikathekku | The Homing Journey," featuring Arshad, Najim. Music by Rayson K. Alex. YouTube, Satyam Audios, 2020. Link
"Is Silence your answer?," Music by Rayson K. Alex and Tom Thomas. YouTube, Rose Apple Creatives, 2022. Link

Video Documentaries

Alex, Rayson K., and Arun Bose, directors. The Story of Mudugar. Produced by Cockroach in Cocktail Productions, 2005. Link
Box of Rain: The Story of a Legacy Forest. Produced by Media Lab. BITS Goa, 2024. Link

Details of PhD thesis supervision

Details Of PhD Thesis Supervision

Ajay Gaude. Employing Metacognition in Handling Secondary School Children’s Problem Behaviours: A Case Study (Degree Awarded in 2023)

Hajara Abdul Hameed. Predicting depression and wellbeing among young adults in India: a metacognitive skills-based model (Degree Awarded in 2023)

Sebastian R, Intra-Inter conflicts and sustainability issues in the Fisheries of Goa: An Environmental Ethical Approach (Degree awarded in 2020)

Karan Sharma, An inquiry into the effects of regimes of morality on the experience of freedom as an authentic self-expression among queer individuals in India (Ongoing).

Gokul Sisir, A social psychological approach to scientific creativity: a study of the COVID-19 pandemic in India (Ongoing)

Shirodkar Pratiksha Chandrakant, The Role of Creativity in Meta-Moral Cognition: Study of Moral Decision Making Among Student-Teachers in Goa (Ongoing)

Mythreyi K. Environment Education (Ongoing)

AtreVes Healthcare Pvt. Ltd. (BIG-BIRAC Funded)

About the Startup

AtreVes Healthcare is a research and innovation-driven healthcare company aimed at developing and commercializing healthcare-related products. Our USP lies in providing novel formulations at affordable prices to the Indian and Global population as well as designing pharmaceutical products to combat shortages and slower supplies.

This startup was incepted by Prof. Akash Chaurasiya and his research scholar Ms. Kanan Panchal on 18^th Sept 2023. Mirroring this, the company is named after a pair of Guru-Shishya rishis of ancient India, Rishi Atreya and Rishi Agnivesh, translating into AtreVes – aiming towards the betterment of the healthcare system and overall quality of life.

Our Products & Technological expertise lies in:

Development of novel healthcare products
Specialty Products – Nanotherapeutics, Complex Injectables, Differentiated Products
Customized Products like Liposomes for Pharmaceutical and Diagnostic Application
Lyophilized Product development using advanced strategies

Key Milestones

Atreves has been awarded and supported by the prestigious and highly competitive Biotechnology Ignition Grant (BIG) – 23, funded by BIRAC/DBT, GoI.
AtreVes successfully established a laboratory infrastructure at TBI, BITS Pilani – Hyderabad Campus in Dec 2023.
Efficiently strategized innovative product pipelines and initiated quality-driven developmental activities.

About the Founders

Dr. Akash Chaurasiya

Dr. Akash Chaurasiya is an experienced researcher with work experience in R&D of various pharmaceutical companies like Dabur Research Foundation, Fresenius Kabi, Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories & Amneal Pharmaceuticals. During this tenure, he primarily worked on formulation development of complex products, i.e., liposomes, nano-suspensions, lyophilized products, etc., for regulated markets like US, EU, etc. Dr. Chaurasiya has played a pivotal role in developing, scaling up, and regulatory filing of these complex products and acted as co-inventor in several patents/applications. Dr. Chaurasiya also received the “Best Excellence and Innovation Award” and “Spot Recognition Award” during his tenure in Dr. Reddy’s lab. Moreover, Dr. Chaurasiya is part of various patents, research articles, book chapters, and national/international conference proceedings.

Ms. Kanan Panchal

Ms Kanan Panchal is a young formulation scientist with experience in developing complex healthcare products for enhancing the treatment modalities of different diseases. Securing a gold medal during her masters from BITS Pilani, she took a vertical transfer into the Ph.D. program. During this tenure, she has been involved in the development of various pharmaceutical formulations and shared co-inventorship in multiple patents. Additionally, Ms Panchal has authored/coauthored various publications, including research/review articles and book chapters. She has also presented her research work in various national and international forums and have also been awarded for the same. Besides the academic and entrepreneurial facet, she is a trained Kathak & Folk dancer with a distinctive interest in varying art forms.

Connect With Us At

TBI, BITS Pilani - Hyderabad Campus, Jawahar Nagar, Kapra Mandal, Medchal District – 500078, Telangana, India.

atreveshealthcare@gmail.com; dr.akashchaurasiya@gmail.com; kananpanchal09@gmail.com

Professional Activities

Worked as Guest Editor for the special Issue "Graph Theory and Algebraic Structures" of the Journal of Mathematics (IF: 1.4) with Prof. X. Ma (lead Guest Editor)

Reviewer of the following journals

Journal of Algebra and Its Applications
Discrete Applied Mathematics
Discrete Mathematics, Algorithm and Applications
Open Mathematics
Experimental Mathematics
AMS: Mathematical Reviews (Reviewer Number: 106551) https://mathscinet.ams.org/mathscinet/author?authorId=1069979

PhD Thesis Examiner: University of The Western Cape (South Africa)

Membership:

Life member of The Indian Mathematical Society (IMS)

Memberships:

Life member of Ramanujan Mathematical Society (RMS).
Life Member of the Indian Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics (ISIAM).
Life Member of the Indian Association for Computer Science and Discrete Mathematics.
Member of American Mathematical Society.
Member of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM).

Work Experience:

Worked as a Teaching Assistant for B. Tech. at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay from 2000 to 2004 for Basic Calculus, Advanced Calculus, Linear Algebra, Computational Methods in Linear Algebra, Ordinary Differential Equations, and System of Differential Equations.
Visited Department of Mathematics, Indian Institute of Sciences, Bangalore under IISc-TIFR Short Term Visitors Program from June 01, 2003, to June 18, 2003, and worked with Prof. A. K. Nandkumaran on Optimal control problems involving partial differential equations.
Worked as a Research Associate in the project WebOPT (Asia IT & C contract ASI/B7-301/97/0126-73). It was a joint project with Brunel University (U.K.). This project aimed to develop an optimization environment and offer it as an Application Service provider (ASP) solution.
Visited the Department of Mathematics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, under the Indo-French Centre for Applied Mathematics (IFCAM) Visitors Program during the period from May 24, 2014, to June 24, 2014, and worked with Prof. A. K. Nandkumaran and worked on Optimal control of the velocity term in a Kirchhoff plate equation with multiplicative control.
Visited School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, University of Newcastle, University Drive, Callaghan NSW 2308 Australia, from May 21 to July 22, 2016, under the University Immersion program. I worked with Dr. Bishnu Prasad Lamichhane on the numerical computation of optimal control problems involving partial differential equations.
Worked as a Lecturer in the Department of Mathematics, BITS Pilani K.K. Birla Goa Campus, Goa, India, from July 2006 to December 2006.
Worked as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics, BITS Pilani K.K. Birla Goa Campus, Goa, India, from December 2006 to May 2021.
Working as an Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematics, BITS Pilani K.K. Birla Goa Campus, Goa, India, from June 2021 to till date. Courses Taught/Handled in BITS-Pilani Goa Campus: Numerical Analysis, Mathematics-I (Calculus), Mathematics-II (Linear Algebra and Complex Analysis), Mathematics-III (Ordinary Differential Equation and Partial Differential Equations), Optimization, Functional Analysis, Ordinary Differential Equations (advanced level), Numerical Solutions of Ordinary Differential Equations, Nonlinear Optimization, and Partial Differential Equations (advanced level).

Administrative Experience:

Worked as an internet and intranet website management coordinator for the BITS Pilani K.K. Birla Goa campus.
Worked as a Warden of a hostel in BITS Pilani K.K. Birla Goa campus from January 2009 to December 2013.
Worked as a Member of the Institute Disciplinary Committee from July 19, 2018 to July 18, 2019.
Member of the Standing Committee for Student’s Discipline from October 5, 2020, to October 4, 2021.
Member of Placement Faculty Advisory Council (PFAC) from 2018 to 2022.
Worked as a Convener of the Department Research Committee (DRC) till November 27, 2017 and then from June 2022 to June 2024.
Worked as a Member of the Department Research Committee (DRC) from November 2017 to December 2019 and from June 2024 to till date.
Member of Department Steering Committee.
Member of the Department Event Management Committee.
Member of Cross Campus Departmental Committee for Academics.

Seminars and conferences

Oral Presentation

S. K. Nandi, R. B. Nahomi, J. Rankenberg, M. Glomb and R. H. Nagaraj “Molecular mechanisms for protein crosslinking in human lens: the role of glycation mediated crosslinking of α-crystallin-client complexes”, ARVO Annual Meeting, USA (May, 2020).
S. K. Nandi, A. Rehna, A. K. Panda, A. Biswas - “S52P Mutation within T-cell Epitope Region of Mycobacterium leprae HSP18 Decreases Its Chaperone Function by Destabilizing the Structural Integrity”, Annual Convention of Chemists – 2012 of Indian Chemical Society (held at NITTTR, Bhopal during December 12th –December 15th, 2012).

Poster Presentation

R. H. Nagaraj, S. K. Nandi, J. Rankenberg, S. Rakete, R. B. Nahomi, M. Glomb and M. Linetsky “Carboxitin inhibits glycation-mediated protein crosslinking in the lens”, ARVO Annual Meeting, USA (May, 2020).
S.K. Nandi, R.B. Nahomi, P. Harris, C. Michel, K. Fritz, and R.H. Nagaraj-“The Absence of SIRT3 and SIRT5 Promotes Acylation of Lens Proteins and Improves the Chaperone Activity of a-Crystallin in Mouse Lenses”, The School of Pharmacy’s Research Retreat, Breckenridge, Colorado, USA (August 9-10, 2018).
S. K. Nandi, Stefan Rakete, Rooban B. Nahomi, Cole Michel, Alexandra Dunbar, Kristofer Fritz, and Ram H. Nagaraj- “αB-Crystallin is the Major Succinylated Protein in Human Lenses”, ARVO Annual Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland, USA (May 7-11, 2017).
S. K. Nandi, A. Chakraborty, A. K. Panda, S. S. Ray, A. Bhunia, A. Biswas - “Effect of ATP on the Structure and Functions of Mycobacterium leprae HSP18: Clue for Developing New Drug Targeting Strategy for Leprosy”, National Science Day (held at IIT Bhubaneswar, 2015).
S. K. Nandi, R. B. Nahomi, R. H. Nagaraj, A. Biswas - “N^ε-acetyllysine Mimic at K92 of Human αB-crystallin Improves Its Chaperone and Anti-Apoptotic Activities”, Advances in Chemistry and their Biological and Industrial Relevance ACBIR-2012 (held at NIT Rourkela, 2014).
S. K. Nandi, A. K. Panda, A. Biswas - “Effect of Ser52 to Pro52 Mutation on the Structure & Chaperone Function of M. leprae HSP18”, Research Scholars’ Day (held at IIT Bhubaneswar, 2013).
S. K. Nandi, A. K. Panda, A. Biswas - “Enhancement in Chaperone Activity of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Small Heat Shock Protein HSP 16.3 in Presence of ATP”, Research Scholars’ Day (held at IIT Bhubaneswar, 2011).

Professional Experience

March, 2023 – Till date: Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, BITS Pilani- K.K. Birla Goa campus, Goa 403726, India
February, 2015 – February, 2023: Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, BITS Pilani- K.K. Birla Goa campus, Goa 403726, India
August, 2007 – January, 2015: Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, BITS Pilani- K.K. Birla Goa campus, Goa 403726, India
June, 2006 – July, 2007: Lecturer, Mechanical Engineering Group, BITS Pilani- K.K. Birla Goa campus, Goa 403726, India
March, 1999 – July, 2001: Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural Engineering, Allahabad Agricultural Institute , Allahabad – 211 007, India
August, 1995 – July, 1996: Lecturer, Christian Engineering College, Oddanchatram, Tamil Nadu– 624619, India
1993 – 1995: Shift Engineer, GPP Beverages and Food Ltd (A Joint Sector Undertaking of KSIDC), Trivandrum, India
1991-1992: Graduate Engineering Trainee, Hindustan Latex Limited, Trivandrum, Kerala– 695005, India

Responsibilities in Department and Institute

Associate Dean of Grant, Consultancy and Industrial Research (GCIR) since June 2023
Member of Institute Wide Committee for Academic Curriculum Review since May 2023
Chairperson of Department Level Selection Committee (DLSC) May 2023 – July 2024
Member of Campus Level Team for IQAC since April 2023
Member of Academic Counselling Board since March 2023
Nucleus member of AUGSD since 2023
House Allotment Committee member of BITS PILANI K K Birla Goa Campus, 2020-2022
Member of Department Level Selection Committee (DLSC) since August 2020
Committee member for review of proposals under “Additional Competitive Research Grant for new Faculty”, July 2018 – July 2022
Member of Department Level Selection Committee (DLSC) since February 2015
Ex-Officio member and Chairperson, Departmental Research Committee (DRC), January 1, 2014 - November 21, 2017
Head, Department of Mechanical Engineering, November 21, 2013 - November 21, 2017
Convener, Departmental Research Committee (DRC), May 24, 2011 - December 24, 2013
Member of sub-committee research board, since August 29, 2012
Member, Cross-Campus Departmental Committee for Academics, Department of Mechanical Engineering, BITS Pilani-K. Birla Goa Campus
Faculty coordinator for workshop on computational fluid dynamics, January 2-5,2013
Faculty coordinator for Intensive Teaching Workshop, Second Semester 2011-2012
Faculty coordinator for Mechanical Engineering Students’ Association (MESA), American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) and Aerodynamics club, 2006-2022
Non-resident warden, AH 6, BITS Pilani-K. Birla Goa Campus, 2007-2013
Reception in-charge of hostel allotment for fresher 2010

To be updated.

BITSAT duty carried out.

(1) BITSAT duty done in summer 2005 at Hyderabad.

(2) BITSAT duty done in summer 2014 at Andhra Loyola College, Vijayawada.

(3) BITSAT duty done in summer 2019 at Delhi center 1 from May 14^th to 27^th.

P S 1 Assignments carried out.

(1) P S 1 duty done at Visakhapatnam in summer 2015 (Steel Exchange of India Limited, Green City, Vijay Nirman Constructions and Sarada Metals).

(2) P S 1 duty done at New Delhi in summer 2016 (Indian Red Cross Society).

(3) P S 1 duty done at Malkhed, Karnataka in summer 2017 (Rajashree Cements, Ultratech).

(4) PS 1 assignment carried out online at Swecha Developers, Guchibowli, Hyderabad during summer 2022.

(5) PS 1 assignment carried out at Pilani at four centers in off-line mode in summer 2023 (Birla Science museum, PARC, Cognix ltd. and online at SaasDen Faridabad).

Other activities carried out.

(1) I am the TREASURER of BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY for the past three years.

(2) I am the Incharge and single point of contact in coordinating and further taking care of Glass ware and Plastic ware requirement for the Department of Biological Sciences, Pilani campus for every year enable to process the précised requirement.

(3) Jointly with Dr. Manoj Kannan, I am responsible for Academic Counselling and Discipline related activities.

(4) I am the Library committee member from Biological Sciences department for the academic years 2021-24.

(5) I am Department representative in Placement unit committee.

ABOUT ME

Brief Biography

Ananth Bharadwaj (Member, IEEE) received his Ph.D. degree with the Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, Rupnagar, India. He is currently working as full time Assistant Professor in Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering at BITS Pilani, Dubai campus.

In past he worked as Assistant Professor in Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore campus. Further, his research works are published in various highly reputed international journals such as IEEE Transactions.

His current research interests include near-field resonant based wireless power charging solutions for various applications such as, biomedical implants, electric drones, portable electronic devices, and electric vehicle applications.

The list of research areas is listed as follows:

Research Areas

Magnetic-Field Forming for Resonant Wireless Power Transfer Applications.
Novel compensation topologies for Near-Field Wireless Power Transmission.
Metamaterial Based Wireless Power Transfer.
Study of Super Conductors and Copper Wires in Liquid Nitrogen Chambers.
Wireless Power Transfer for Biomedical Applications.
Localization of Rx Coils using Magnetic Field Distributions.
Simultaneous Capacitive and Inductive Wireless Power Transfer.
Electric Vehicle Powertrain Modelling.
Study of Halbach Magnetic Coils for Hyperloop Transportation.

Seminars and Conferences:

Seminars

Invited Talks:

Basic understanding of promoters with respect to different genes expression and regulation in plant genome; Promoter isolation from plant genome and their artificial synthesis for any target trait.19th Dec 2022 19th Dec PAU,Ludhiana
AtAVT6 family of amino acid transporters of A. thaliana as target for crop improvement 19th dec 2022,PAU Ludhiana
Designing, synthesizing and validation of salinity stress responsive promoter in plants 20th dec 2022, Punjab Agriculture university, Ludhiana
Differential regulation of promoter activation: governed by ACGT cis -regulatory elemetns 20th ,Dec 2022,Punjab Agriculture university
AtAVT6 family of amino acid transporters of Arabidopsis thaliana as target for Crop Improvement “2nd Edition of Global Conference on Agriculture and Horticulture” (Agri 2022) during September 01-03, 2022. France
Promoter activation by ACGT cis regulatry elements is diffentially regulated by spacing between the copies of the motifs on 27th October 2022 in Calicut university.
Prof Rajesh Mehrotra was a co chair in “40th World Conference on Applied Science Engineering And Technology (40th - WCASET)” held on 30and 31st Dec. 2021 in Goa.
Rajesh Mehrotra delivered an invited talk in International conference on Genomics and breeding for crop improvement on 4th -6th dec 2019.The title of the talk was ACGT cis regulatory elements in plant gene expression: A comparative Genomics Perspectives
Rajesh Mehrotra delivered a talk entitled Chromatin architecture in different stress responses at department of Molecular Plant Science, on 26th june University of Edinburgh, UK.
Rajesh Mehortra delivered a plenary talk entitled ACGT element and its role in stress tolerance at Saurashtra university on 26th February,2019.
Rajesh Mehrotra delivered a talk in 9th Seed congress on February 19th -21st,2019.The title of the talk was Seed storage protein gene regulation a jigsaw puzzle.
Rajesh Mehrotra delivered a talk in IIIE Goa chapter on the topic Green revolution on 28th January 2019 in Goa college of Engineering.
Rajesh Mehrotra delivered a talk on How to design smart question paper in 3rd National Teacher’s congress,3rd Jan -6th Jan2019,Pune
Rajesh Mehrotra delivered an invited talk in Life scienceresearch and its interface with engineering and allied sciences (Nov-3),2018 at BITS,Pilani,Pilani Campus.
Rajesh Mehrotra delivered a talk entitled Scientific writing: pleasure and pain : A personal experience on 24/3/2018
Delivered a talk as plenary speaker .The title of the talk was" Genomic analysis of cis regulatory element and its validation in model plant Arabidopsis thalianareveals spacer distance between ACGT cis elements governs differential gene expression in response to salicylic acid and abscissic acid in Multidisciplinary international conference on green earth:A panoramic view in B.N.Bandodkar college of science ,Mumbai (12-13 Jan 2018).
Delivered a talk entitled Learning to teach and teaching to Learn by TLC Pilani on 10/9/2017
Spacer distance between ACGT element is responsible for differential gene expression ; An invited lecture in 'International workshop to develop climate resilient cereals'' November 3-5, 2016, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana
Spacer distance between ACGT cis regulatory elements governs differential gene expression in model plant Arabidopsis thaliana in "Recent Advances in Biological Sciences, Biotechnology and Sustainable Development", during 18-19 March 2016. Udaipur.
Rajesh Mehrotra delivered an invited talk in Department of Mycology and Plant Pathology in Institute of Ag Sciences,Banaras Hindu University.The title of the talk is " Promoter activation by ACGT in response to salicylic acid and abscisic acids is differentially regulated by the spacing between two copies of the motif" in 2014
Nobel laureate Prof Aaron Ciechanover was interviewed by Prof Rajesh Mehrotra, Professor ofBiological Science, BITS Pilani, on 29th November 2012 at the Institute. Click the link : http://youtu.be/vRDZaub5VYw
Invited talk on Teaching Pedagogy in Shivalik college of engineering, Dehradun on 23rd december 2012.
Gave a invited talk in Navodyala Vidyalaya in 2011. In Pursuit of Science.
Rajesh Mehrotra Title of the talk : In Pursuit of Science : 19th National Children science congress under face to face interaction session organized by DST, Rajasthan held at Jaipur from 27th to 31st december 2011.
Rajesh Mehrotra Title of the talk : Cloning and characterization of Protein Phosphatase 2C like promoter. 19th National Children science congress under face to face interaction session session organized by DST, Rajasthan held at Jaipur from 27th to 31st december 2011.
Rajesh Mehrotra Title of the talk: From green revolution to gene technology. An invited talk in Faculty development programme on technological waste : a potential threat to survival.Nov 16-28,2009 sponsered by All India council of technical education.
Rajesh Mehrotra, Swapnil, Jitendra Panwar. Global Warming: A Monster in Action. An invited talk presented in Glowar-08 held on March 5th 2008 in Bikaner.

Conference Proceedings:

(A) Research:-

Pinky Dhatterwal, Sandhya Mehrotra and Rajesh Mehrotra. “Expression Patterns of AtAVT6 Genes Underlying Abiotic Stresses in Arabidopsis thaliana” presented at

International Conference on Plant Physiology and Biotechnology, organized by Lovely Professional University, India, from 10-12 September 2021.

Pinky Dhatterwal, Samyadeep Basu, Sandhya Mehrotra and Rajesh Mehrotra. “Genome wide analysis of W-box element in Arabidopsis thaliana reveals TGAC motif with genes down regulated by heat and salinity” presented at International Symposium on advances in plant biotechnology and genome editing & 42nd meeting of plant tissue culture association, organized by ICAR-Indian Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology, Ranchi, India, from 8-10 April 2021.
Pinky Dhatterwal Sandhya Mehrotra and Rajesh Mehrotra, Expression studies of an amino acid transmembrane transporter (AtAVT6D) from Arabidopsis thaliana” presented at International Virtual Conference on Plant Specialized Metabolism and Metabolic Engineering (PSMME), organized by CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, India, from 14-16 October 2020.
Pinky Dhatterwal, Sandhya Mehrotra, Anthony J Miller and Rajesh Mehrotra, “Functional Characterization of an amino acid transmembrane transporter (AtAvt6D) from Arabidopsis thaliana” presented at International Virtual Conference on Plant Genomes in a Changing Environment, organized by Genome Research Limited, Cambridgeshire, UK, from 12-14 October 2020
In-silico analysis across four plant genomes reveals over-representation of AAAG cis-elements in dicots as compared to monocots, Zaiba Hasan Khan, Anish Shah, Sandhya Mehrotra, Chandra Shekhar, Rajesh Mehrotra. National Conference of Plant Physiology-2017, Emerging Role of Plant Physiology for Food Security and Climate Resilient Agriculture. Indian Society for Plant Physiology, New Delhi.
Heterologous expression and in silico analysis of carboxysome protein ccmM of an early diverging cyanobacterium Gloeobacter violaceous PCC 7421, Gurpreet Kaur Sidhu, Panchsheela Nogia, Vandana Tomar, Rajesh Mehrotra, Sandhya Mehrotra., 8^thInternational Conference: Photosynthesis and Hydrogen Energy Research for Sustainability; University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India.
Transient expression and localization of a cyanobacterial bicabonate transporter BicA into chloroplasts of Nicotiana benthamiana., Panchsheela Nogia, Gurpreet Kaur Sidhu, Vandana Tomar, Rajesh Mehrotra, Sandhya Mehrotra., 8^thInternational Conference: Photosynthesis and Hydrogen Energy Research for Sustainability, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India.
Engineering C₃ Plants with SbtA, a Cyanobacterial Transporter, for Enhancing CO₂ Fixation., Vandana Deopanée Tomar, Gurpreet Kaur Sidhu, Panchsheela Nogia, Rajesh Mehrotra, Sandhya Mehrotra, ICPBPS 2017 : 19th International Conference on Plant Biology and Plant Sciences,Tokyo, Japan
In-silico analysis across four plant genomes reveals over-representation of AAAG cis-elements in dicots as compared to monocots., Zaiba Hasan Khan, Anish Shah, Sandhya Mehrotra, Chandra Shekhar, Rajesh Mehrotra. National Conference of Plant Physiology-2017,Emerging Role of Plant Physiology for Food Security and Climate Resilient Agriculture23-25, November,2017, organized by Department of Plant Physiology, Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur and Indian Society for Plant Physiology, New Delhi .
Transient expression and localization of a cyanobacerial bicabonate transporter BicA into chloroplasts of Nicotiana benthamiana. Panchsheela Nogia, Gurpreet Kaur Sidhu, Vandana Tomar, Rajesh Mehrotra, Sandhya Mehrotra. 8^thInternational Conference: Photosynthesis and Hydrogen Energy Research for Sustainability; Oct 30- Nov 4, 2017, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India
Heterologous expression and in silico analysis of carboxysome protein ccmM of an early diverging cyanobacterium Gloeobacter violaceous PCC 7421.Gurpreet Kaur Sidhu, Panchsheela Nogia, VandanaTomar, Rajesh Mehrotra, Sandhya Mehrotra. 8^thInternational Conference: Photosynthesis and Hydrogen Energy Research for Sustainability; Oct 30-Nov 4, 2017, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India.
ICRF193 delays spindle elongation and produce archery bow phenotype in dividing fission yeast cells Rajesh Mehrotra1,#, Norihiko Nakazawa1, and Mitsuhiro Yanagida1,* 1G0 Cell Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Promotion Corporation, Uruma, Okinawa 9042234, Japan # Department of Biological sciences, BITS, Pilani, Rajasthan 333031,DNA Physics India 9-11March 2017,BITS Pilani
ACGT cis regulatory elements as mediator of plant stress response. Rajesh Mehrotra, Pinky Dhatterwal, Zaiba Hasan Khan, Sandhya Mehrotra. European Molecular Biology Organisation Conference on “Micro and metabolic regulators in plants, Thiruvanthapuram, Kerala 01-04 February
An insight into the Regulatory Components of Carbon Concentrating Mechanisms in Aquatic Unicellular Photosynthetic Organisms. Vandana Tomar, Panchsheela Nogia, Rajesh Mehrotra and Sandhya Mehrotra. EMBO Conference on “Micro and metabolic regulators in plants, Thiruvanthapuram, Kerala 01-04 February
Strategies for installing SbtA- a cyanobacterial sodium dependent bicarbonate transporter to chloroplasts of model C3 plants to enhance CO2 fixation, National conference of plant physiology: Challenges in crop physiology research: from molecular to whole plant, NCPP 2016. Vandana Tomar, Panchsheela Nogia, Rajesh Mehrotra and Sandhya Mehrotra December 8-10, 2016, University of Agricultural Studies (UAS), GKVK, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
Genomic wide analysis reveals that T or A nucleotides are preferred to other nucletide in the interspacer region between TGAC and ACGT,TGAC and TGAC, TGAC and CCGAC. Chetna Sangwan, Vipul Samaydeep Basu, Sandhya Mehrotra and rajesh Mehrotra, BITS conference on gene and genome regulation, Feb 08-10,2016, BITS, Pilani, Pilani, Rajasthan, INDIA.
Going the cyanobacterial way to increase C3 plant productivity. Panchasheela Nogia, Vandana Tomar, Gurpreet Kaur Sandhu,Rajesh Mehrotra and Sandhya Mehrotra, BITS conference on gene and genome regulation, Feb 08-10,2016, BITS, Pilani, Pilani, Rajasthan, INDIA.
Genomic wide analysis of Arabidopsis Thaliana reveals high frequency of ACGT elements in promoter of amino acid transmembrane transporter. Zaiba H Khan,Sandhya Mehrotra and rajesh Mehrotra, BITS conference on gene and genome regulation, Feb 08-10,2016, BITS, Pilani, Pilani, Rajasthan, INDIA.
Genomic wide analysis of ACGT/CRE in arabidopsis Thaliana reveals frequency of ACGT_CRE is higher than CRE_CRE. Rajesh Mehrotra,Chetna Sangwan, Sandhya Mehrotra, Vandit Gandotra and Zaiba H. Khan in 3rd International Plant Physiology Congress"Challenges and strategies in Plant Biology Research" december 11-14, 2015, JNU, New Delhi India.
Occurence and arrangement of three multisubunit inorganic carbon transporters in cynobacteria. Vandana Tomar, Gurpreet Kaur Sandhu, Panchasheela Nogia, Rajesh Mehrotra and Sandhya Mehrotra in 3rd international Plant physiology Congress" Challenges and strategies in Plant Biology Research" december 11-14, 2015, JNU, New Delhi India.
Improving C3 plant productivity using cynobacterial bicarbonate transporterr, An invited lecture in " proceedings of the 7th Indo-Global summit and expo on food and beverages", October 08-10, 2015 New Delhi, India.
Vipul, Sachin Saxena, Purva Bhalothia , Sandhya Mehrotra and Rajesh Mehrotra :Genome wide analysis of W-box in Arabidopsis thaliana reveals skewed distribution of TGACACATTTTGAC sequence in chromosome 1.Presented in IIT Kanpur "5th Annual International Conference on Advances in Biotechnology (BIOTECH 2015)" held at IIT, Kanpur during March 13-15, 2015
Gurpreet Kaur Sidhu, Sandhya Mehrotra and Rajesh Mehrotra.Characetrization of RubisCO and Carbon Concentration (CCM) proteins of Gloeobacter violaceous PCC7421 FAF-115, International Conference on Emerging Trends in Biotechnology, ICETB 2014. November 6-9, 2014, School of environmental sciences. Jawaharlal Nehru University and Biotech Research Society of India, JNU, New Delhi, India.
Panchsheela Nogia, Rajesh Mehrotra and Sandhya Mehrotra. Introducing cyanobacterial bicarbonate transporter gene (BicA) into inner envelope of C3 plant chloroplast to enhance carboxylase activity of RubisCO. FAF-114, International Conference on Emerging Trends in Biotechnology, ICETB 2014. November 6-9, 2014, School of environmental sciences. Jawaharlal Nehru University and Biotech Research Society of India, JNU, New Delhi, India.
Vandana, Rajesh Mehrotra, and Sandhya Mehrotra. Approaches for transplastomic integration of SbtA- a high affinity sodium bicarbonate transporter to C3 plants for enhanced CO2 fixation. FAF-116. International Conference on Emerging Trends in Biotechnology, ICETB November 6-9, 2014, School of environmental sciences. Jawaharlal Nehru University and Biotech Research Society of India, JNU, New Delhi, India.
Purva Bhalothia, Anshu Alok, Bhaskar Sharma, Sandhya Mehrotra and Rajesh Mehrotra. Cloning and characterization of protein phosphatase 2C (PP2C) like promoter from Arabidopsis thaliana. FAF-27, International Conference on Emerging Trends in Biotechnology, ICETB November 6-9, 2014, School of environmental sciences. Jawaharlal Nehru University and Biotech Research Society of India, JNU, New Delhi, India.
Kaushik Renganaath K, Shashank Pandey, Sandhya Mehrotra and Rajesh Mehrotra. Revisiting endosymbiosis in the light of nuclear mitochondrial cross talks mediated by the members of the telomere system. FAF-135, International Conference on Emerging Trends in Biotechnology, ICETB 2014. November 6-9, 2014, School of environmental sciences. Jawaharlal Nehru University and Biotech Research Society of India, JNU, New Delhi, India.
Rajesh Mehrotra and Vishesh Jain : Genome wide analysis of Arabidopsis thaliana reveals high frequency of AAAG(N)7CTTT motif .PLANT BIOLOGY EUROPE, FESPB/EPSO 2014 Congress. The Convention centre, Dublin, Ireland, June 22-June 26, 2014
Rajesh Mehrotra, A Mori, S. Shigeaki and Mitsuhiro Yanagida. Screening of genes that regulates the localization of Ght5 in low glucose sensitive mutants.Presented in Intellectual cluster meeting at Naha (Japan) in december
Purva Bhalothia, Anshu Alok, Sandhya Mehrotra and Rajesh Mehrotra: Cloning and characterization of protein phosphatase 2C like promoter from Arabidopsis thaliana.3rd international conference on Bioscience,Biochemistry and Bioinformatics. February 24-25, 2013,Rome Italy.
Rajesh Mehrotra,Ipshita zutshi, Sachin Sethi,Purva Bhalothia and Sandhya Mehrotra :Patterns and evolution of ACGT repeat cis element landscape across four plant gemones. Next generation plant science 26-28th september 2012, Cologne Germany.
Rajesh Mehrotra, Amit Yadav and Purva Lohan (2011) Evidence for directed evolution of larger size motif in Arabidopsis thaliana. The 18th Penn State Plant Biology Symposium, May 18-21, Pennsylvania State University, PA, USA.
Uthra Balasubramanyam, Akhil Bajaj , Sandhya Mehrotra and Rajesh Mehrotra (2011). Diversity of lipase producing bacterial strains of oil contaminated soils and their hydrolytic activity. Ecology of Soil Microorganisms 27th April- 1st May, Prague Czech Republic.
Purva Bhalothia, Prasali Banshal and Rajesh Mehrotra (2011) Cloning and characterization of Protein phosphatase 2C-like promoter from Arabidopsis thaliana. International conference on New Horizons in Biotechnology, Nov 21-24, Trivandrum.
Uthra Balasubramaniyan, Akhil Bajaj, Rajesh Mehrotra and Sandhya Mehrotra (2011) Hydrolytic activity and diversity analysis of lipase synthesizing bacteria from oil contaminated soils. National Conference on Contemporary Trends in Biological and Pharmaceutical Research, March 12-13, BITS, Pilani.
Madhulika Rai, Bhavya R., Shuvendu Kumar, Rajesh Mehrotra, Sandhya Mehrotra Isolation and characterization of fungal DNA collected from oil fields for the purpose of biodiesel production. National Conference on Contemporary Trends in Biological and Pharmaceutical Research, March 12-13, 2011, BITS, Pilani.
Rajesh Mehrotra and Sandhya Mehrotra (2010) Understanding the interactions between cis acting upstream sequences in the regulation of gene expression in Plants. National Conference on Bioprospecting: Access for Sustainable development, Feb 19-20.MNIT, Allahabad.
Akhil Bajaj and Rajesh Mehrotra (2010) Screening of microorganisms for lipase activity. National Conference on green and Sustainable chemistry, Feb 19-21,2010, BITS, Pilani.
Norihiko Nakazawa1, Rajesh Mehrotra2, and Mitsuhiro Yanagida1,3 1Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Yoshida-Honmachi, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan 2Department of Biological sciences, BITS, Pilani, Rajasthan 333031, IndiaThe G0 Cell Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Promotion Corporation, Uruma, Okinawa 904-2234, Japan (2009) Fission yeast Condensin and DNA topoisomerase II are required for chromosome segregation even after entry into anaphase. 5th international fission yeast meeting Oct 26-31,2009,Tokyo ,Japan.
Norihiko Nakazawa1, Rajesh Mehrotra2, Kenichi Sajiki3, Alejandro Villar Briones3, andMitsuhiroYanagida1,3 1Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Yoshida-Honmachi, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan 2Department of Biological sciences, BITS, Pilani, Rajasthan 333031, India. The G0 Cell Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Promotion Corporation, Uruma, Okinawa 904-2234, Japan Fission yeast Condensin and DNA topoisomerase II are required for chromosome segregation even after entry into anaphase. 4th international workshop –Cell regulation in division and arrest. Nov-30th –Dec 2nd. Okinawa , Japan.
Rajesh Mehrotra, Sandhya Mehrotra, Akhil Bajaj, Purva Lohan: Promoter activation by ACGT in response to salicylic acid and abscisic acids is differentially regulated by the spacing between two copies of the motif: in the international conference on emerging trends in Biotechnology (ETBT-2009) and 6th annual convention on Biotechnology, INDIA (BRSI), Banaras Hindu University.4-6 DEC
Rajesh Mehrotra, Norihiko Nakazawa and Mitsuhiro Yanagida (2008) ICRF-193 interferes with spindle elongation in dividing S pombe cells. 12th international conference on the interface of Chemistry-Biology in Biomedical research held on February 22-24, 2008, BITS, Pilani.
Swarna Kanchan, Rajesh Mehrotra and Shibasish Chowdhury (2008) Retrogressive evolution of DNA repair system: A genomic study. Bioinformatica Indica ,17-19th Jan 2008Thiruvananthapuram,Kerala, India.
Rajesh Mehrotra, Norihiko Nakazawa and Mitsuhiro Yanagida (2007) Prolonged localization of securin on mitotic spindle in top2-191 mutant cells paper the International symposium on applied Phycology and environmental biotechnology held from October 29 th-31st , Pilani, India.

(B) Teaching:-

Participated in CII National Summit on quality in Education: 22-23 September,2015 at CII Institute of quality, Bangalore.
Attended Turnitin Academic Integrity seminar-16th November,2015 at Bangalore which helped to frame the anti plagarism policy of BITS,Pilani.
Presented a paper entitled smart question paper design to enhance student learning and engagement in examinations in the national conference in opportunities and challenges in class room teaching.

Institutional Contribution:

Institutional Contribution and Other responsibilities:

Member,task force mission 2012 and member project Lakshya (faculty recruitment team)
Senate member BITS Pilani (2014 onwards…till date)
Member, Institute Biosafety committee, BITS,Pilani Pilani Campus (2012-2015)
Member, Departmental Research Committee (2012-2016)
Member, Department committee on Academics (2012-2016)
Convener, Department committee on Academics (September 2016 to December 2017)
Nucleus member Placement division BITS,Pilani 2009-2014.
Placement faculty (Pfac), Department of Biological Sciences BITS,Pilani ,(2010-2014)
Library Committee member, Department of Biological Sciences,BITS,Pilani(2012-2013).
Convener, BITS Conference on gene and genome regulation (BCGGR-2016) February 18-20 2016.
Member organizing committee Molecular Techniques: Cell to DNA (MTCD-2014) workshop during April 10-12, 2014.
Member organizing committee, Molecular International Conference on "Nascent Developments in Chemical Sciences: Opportunities for Academia-Industry Collaboration" (NDCS-2015) was organized by the Department during October 16-18, 2015.
Organizing committee member, International Symposium on Applied Phycology and Environmental Biotechnology, Oct 29 – 31, 2007, BITS-Pilani, Rajasthan, India.
Convener, Bilateral workshop between BITS,Pilani and Tel Aviv university on Food security and safety held on 21-22nd Nov 2016.
Organising Secretary XLII All India Cell Biology Conference and 2nd International Conference on Trends in Cell and Molecular Biology 21st to 23rd December 2018.
Co Convener in 'Current Trends and Challenges in Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology'.2020 Nov 20-21.
IPCD organized global meet entitled Computational Modeling and Simulation: Recent Innovations, Challenges & Perspectives during October 16-November 07, 2020.

Professional Engagements (Misc.)

Current (Selected)

Chairman, Institute Biosafety Committee: BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus
Member, Scientific Advisory Committee: Indian Council of Medical Research - National Institute of Malaria Research, India
Member, Advisory Board: Indian Council of Medical Research Malaria Mission (IMM), India
Member, Advisory Board: Malaria Elimination Research Alliance, India
Member, Hub Governing Body (HGB): BITS BioCyTiH Foundation, India

Past (Selected)

Member, Special Emphasis Panel: National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases (NIH), Department of Health & Human Services, USA
Reviewer (International Centers of Excellence for Malaria Research): National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases (NIH), Department of Health & Human Services, USA

Bioinformatics Tool Developed

Shekhawat, S. S., Vijaya Kumar S., Das A (2007). EGF – LD Finder for identification of EGF like domains. (EGF LD Finder).

Summary:

EGF-like domains are found in a variety of proteins and are usually implicated in protein-protein interactions. EGF-like domains can be categorized into 3 types TYPE-I, TYPE-II and TYPE-III EGF domains based upon their structure and function. EGF like Domains Analysis & Comparison Package is a web based Bioinformatic tool that can analyze the given sequence and predict if it contains EGF-like domains. Given a Sequence in any format, it would search for EGF type domains in it and also specify the positions of these domains if any. The tool is GUI based and has been developed using JAVA Applet Programming. EGF like Domains Analysis & Comparison Package also shows the relative graphical positioning of these domains and one can query for the sequences of these domains. The tool also consists of an EGF library, which has about 200 different sequences that contain EGF domains in them. The program uses basic Bioinformatic searching algorithm technique to match to a particular given sequence. It first searches for a set of six Cysteines in the sequence and passes it on for further analysis. Once a set of six Cysteines has been identified, the program looks for whether the given part of the sequence matches to Type-I, Type-II or Type-III domain, based on weight given to each type of domain. As the sequence is matched to each of the Types, a count is increased for each of them. The matching is first carried out on the basis of sequence and then based on the gaps between each of the Cysteines in each of the Domain Types. Once a residue is matched to the set standards the count is increased and once it does not match the count is decreased and so on for each of the domain. Finally all three counts are compared and the Type of Domain identified. If all the counts are too low to be compared then the result is ‘NO EGF like Sequences Found’.

Administrative Experience

Dean, Research & Consultancy, BITS Pilani (April, 2010 - June, 2012)

One of the nodal control points for conceptualization, implementation and monitoring of all processes related to the PhD Programme of BITS (across campuses and the PhD Aspirants Scheme). Actively involved in process formalization and standardization across campuses with the objective of enhancing creative research and ensuring quality of the work performed. Nodal control point for monitoring and facilitation of project related funding from various sources, in Pilani campus. Facilitator, for Higher Degree and First Degree Research Oriented Courses. Involved in multi-divisional activities required for achieving the points mentioned above.

Mission 2012 and Vision 2020 for BITS Pilani

As Leader, Task Force 8 (TF8), People (Hygiene), involved in conceptualization and implementation of Policies such as the BITS Seed Grant Scheme, BITS Sabbatical Policy, the BITS Start-UP Policy (for providing some initial funding to recruited faculty) and others- aimed at providing a suitable work environment for the furtherance of education.

Group Leader, Biological Sciences Group, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus (January, 2007 – April, 2010)

Involved in the creation of a team of individuals, with varying talents, to enhance teaching at both first degree and higher degree levels and strongly emphasize and implement a research focus in the Group. The basic caveat followed was that creative, target oriented research is a natural basic requirement for creative teaching, and would enhance quality of the overall educational experience. Involved in providing the leadership required to attempt excellence in the Department, which encompassed various aspects, ranging from facility design, fund arrangement, supply chain management and all types of maintenance related issues. It was an exhilarating experience to attempt to create a hygienic work environment for the benefit of students, faculty colleagues and the BITS system, which has strong links with various National and International Systems.

To be updated.

Administrative Responsibilities

Member, Departmental Committee on Academics, Dept. of CSIS. Sep 2022 onwards
Nucleus Member, Sponsored Research and Consultancy Division. July 2020 to June 2022
Faculty Advisor, Google Developer Student Club
Campus Facilitator and Certified Trainer, Google Cloud Readiness Program

Responsibilities:

Core Organising Committee Member, MCAUIS 2022 Workshop, co-located with IEEE MIPR 2022.
Leading the MultiCog research group at BITS Pilani.
Coordinator for the Machine Intelligence research group MISHA at Bennett University (May 2017 to May 2018)
Coordinator for the Cyber-security Society "SherLocked" at Bennett University (Jan 2018 to May 2018)
Technical Program Co-chair for the 6th Security and Privacy Symposium at IIIT Delhi, April 2018.
Track and Sessions Co-chair for the Fifth International Conference on Transformations in Engineering Education, Jan 2018.
Publications Chair for the 1st International Conference on Machine Learning and Data Science, Dec 2017.
Organising committee member: Security & Privacy Symposium, IIT Kanpur, February 2014.
Organising committee member: Symposium on Information Security, BITS Pilani, Hyderabad campus, November 2013.
Organising committee member: International Workshop on Information Security, BITS Pilani, Hyderabad campus, December 2012.

Collaborators:

Prof. Mohan Kankanhalli, IEEE Fellow. NUS Singapore
Prof. F. Richard Yu, IEEE Fellow. Carleton University
Prof. Mohsen Guizani, IEEE Fellow. Qatar University
Prof. Biplab Sikdar, Associate Professor, NUS Singapore
Prof. Prateek Saxena, Assistant Professor, NUS Singapore
Prof. En-Hua Yang, Assistant Professor, School of Civil and Environmental Eng., NTU Singapore
Prof. Kang-Hai Tan, Professor, School of Civil and Environmental Eng., NTU Singapore
Prof. Husrev Taha Sencar, QCRI, Qatar
Prof. V. N. Venkatakrishnan, Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA

Multimodal Cognition Research Group (MultiCog)

About

The Multimodal Cognition research group (aka MultiCog) at BITS Pilani is a group of researchers who leverage multimodal information and AI to study, analyse and build real-world systems for Computer Vision, Cyber-security and Healthcare applications. The MultiCog group is led by Dr. Pratik Narang.

The research at MultiCog spans across Machine/Deep Learning, Computer Vision and Image Processing, Natural Language Processing, IoT analytics, and Data Science.

Students interested to work with MultiCog should refer to the For Students / Research pages for more details.

Workshops/Conferences Organized

Organizer of "3^rd Group Monitoring Workshop cum 6^th meeting of re-constituted expert panel on FAST TRACK PROPOSALS FOR YOUNG SCIENTISTS" in Physical and Mathematical Sciences held at BITS Pilani Goa Campus during Jan. 11-12, 2007.
Member of the organizing committee of the International Workshop on "Advances in Computational Partial Differential Equations" holding at BITS-Pilani K.K. Birla Goa Campus from February 7 to March 5, 2011.
Organizer of Instructional Workshop on Graph Theory and Applications during at BITS Pilani K K Birla Goa Campus, Goa, April 28-29, 2011.
Academic Coordinator of National Instructional Workshop on Graph Theory and Applications, at DST Center for Interdisciplinary Mathematical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, during May 23-29, 2011.
Organizer of School on Graph Algorithms during at BITS Pilani KK Birla Goa Campus, Goa, December 15-19, 2011.
Convener of a National level “Advanced School on Graph Algorithms” at BITS Pilani KK Birla Goa Campus, Goa, sponsored by National Board of Higher Mathematics NBHM and Department of Science Technology and Environment (DSTE) Goa, during July 23-27, 2012.
Local convener of Research Promotion Workshop on Introduction to Graph and Geometric Algorithms, at BITS Pilani KK Birla Goa Campus, Goa, sponsored by National Board of Higher Mathematics NBHM in collaboration with School of Technology and Computer Science, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research(TIFR) Mumbai, during Jan. 17-19, 2013.
Convener of Indo-German Pre-Conference School on Algorithms and Combinatorics at BITS Pilani KK Birla Goa Campus, Goa, sponsored by National Board of Higher Mathematics NBHM in collaboration with RKM Vivekananda University, Belur Math and Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany during February 13-14, 2017.
Conference Chair of 3^rd International Conference on Algorithms and Discrete Applied Mathematics (CALDAM-2017) during February 16 -18, 2017.
Conference Chair of International Conference on Discrete mathematics and its Applications to Network Science (ICDMANS 2018), during July 07-10, 2018.
Organize the Workshop on Line Graphs and Labeling of Graphs, during January 18-19, 2023.

Institutional Contribution:

Worked as Resident Hostel Warden in Student Welfare Division since July 01, 2006 to Dec. 31, 2013.
BITSAT Examination duty May 19-30, 2016 in BITS Pilani K K Birla Goa Campus, Goa.
BITSAT center coordinator at Lucknow-2 during May 17-26, 2018.
BITSAT center supervisor at Gorakhpur during August 02-07, 2022.
Actively involved in CONVOCATION during 2014-2019.
Instructor in Practice School-I in 2006 in Goa.
Invigilation Duties in Work Integrated Learning Program (WILP) four times.
Worked as Instructor in Graphs and Networks since 2011 to Dec 31, 2015, Discrete Mathematical Structures for Computer Science in the current semester in Work Integrated Learning Program (WILP) since 2011 to Dec 31, 2015, January-May 2017.
Resource Person in Teacher Training Workshop during October 22-23, 2005 and November 26-27, 2007 for Higher Secondary School Teachers of Goa Board.
Acted as Head of Department of Mathematics (Jan.01, 2010-July 31, 2010, May 20, - July 21, 2014, August 05, 2016-Dec. 31, 2016).
Convener, Departmental Research Committee (till 2013) Member of DRC since 2010-2018.
Member, Cross Campus Departmental Committee for Academics (Since 2010).
Member, Contract Committee of the institutes (Since 2012 till 2015).
Chairman, Department Level Shortlisting Committee (Since 2008).
Member of Project Implementation Group, DITS-FIST Scientific Computing Lab, Department of Mathematics since 2015.
Convener of Students Faculty Council (2012-2019).
Member of Students Faculty Council since 2012 till date.
Member of Board of Research Studies (University Wide) (2014-2016).
DCA Convenor of Department of Mathematics, BITS Pilani, Goa Campus.
Faculty member of D. Entrance Test since July 2013.
Member of Disciplinary Action Committee of institute during March 11, 2015- March 10, 2016.
Instructor of Pre-Ph.D. course works for the Department of Mathematics, Biological Sciences.
D. Qualifying Examiner for the Department of Mathematics, Biological Sciences and Mechanical Engineering.

To be updated.

International Travel

1. City University, Hong Kong, China

Period: 8th Oct 2015 to 12th Oct 2015

Purpose: To present a research paper titled "Cluster, Allocate, Cover: An Efficient Approach for Multi-Robot Coverage" in 2015 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics.

2. Hiroshima University, Japan

Period: 3rd Dec 2015 to 22nd Dec 2015

Purpose: Selected to attend SAKURA Science Program (SSP-2015) on High Speed Robot Vision. The program was fully sponsored and administered by Japan Science and Technology Agency and was hosted by Robotics Laboratory of Hiroshima University, Japan.

3. Macau SAR, China

Period: 5th Dec 2017 to 8th Dec 2017

Purpose: To present a research paper titled "Balanced Partitioning of Workspace for Efficient Multi-Robot Coordination" in 2017 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics.

4. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Period: 12th Dec 2018 to 15th Dec 2018

Purpose: To present a research paper titled "Experimental Evaluation of Multi-robot Online Terrain Coverage Approach" in 2018 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics.

5. Bari, Italy

Period: 06th Oct 2019 to 09th Oct 2019

Purpose: To present a research paper titled "A Graph Partitioning Approach for Fast Exploration with Multi-
Robot Coordination" in 2019 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics (SMC).

6. Houston, Texas, USA

Period: 12th Nov 2019 to 14th Nov 2019

Purpose: To present a research paper titled "Efficient Content Caching for Named Data Network Nodes" in 16th EAI International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Systems: Computing, Networking and Services (MobiQuitous)

ADMINISTRATION

28) Chairperson - Sports Advisory Committee from 1st August 2024 to 31st July 2026.

27) Head - Department of Mechanical Engineering from 21st November 2017 to 17th May 2022.

26) Working as Faculty Co-ordinator for WAVES November 2023.

25) Working as a Member of Energy group in “Energy Environment and Green Audit” committee formed for K K Birla Goa campus for a period of 2 years since 17^th June 2023.

24) Working as a Member for Project Lakshya since 12 October 2018 in the "Research as a Thrust Area".

23) Chairman - Doctoral Research Committee (DRC) and Department's Committee on Academics (DCA) from 21st November 2017 to 17th May 2022. And member DCA from 18^th May 2022 to till date.

. [Started ME Mechanical Engineering and co-ordinated to update thermal engineering related courses and overall co-ordinator (Goa campus) while updating BE Mechanical Engineering Curriculum.]

22) Involved as Panel Member for the Faculty and Staff Recruitment for the Department, Workshop and Maintenance unit etc.

21) Faculty-in charge of Central Workshop Unit from 21st November 2017 to 17th May 2022.

20) Worked as Warden - AH-6 Hostel at BITS Pilani K K Birla Goa Campus for 4 years since 1st January 2014.

19) Worked as Convener of Doctoral Research Committee (DRC) of Department of Mechanical Engineering for 2 years since 1st January 2016.

18) Worked as a one of the Team members for Energy Conservation of BITS Pilani K K Birla Goa Campus and for AC Plant with other team members.

Also started working as member of EEGA (Energy, Environment, and Green Audit Assessment) for the NAAC Accreditation from 17th June 2023.

17) Worked as Faculty Coordinator - Placement division for the students of Department of Mechanical Engineering.

16) Working as SAE Faculty Coordinator for SAE BITS Pilani K K Birla Goa Campus since January 2013 to till date. (BAJA, SUPRA, SAE AERO teams under this club are working excellent and till date students have presented five in-house fabricated Cars / design for flying objects at different competitions held in India).

15) Worked as Member of Academic Counseling Board (ACB) for 2 years since July 2014 to July 2016.

14) Worked as a Member representing K K Birla Goa Campus for Institutional Knowledge and Analysis (IKA) Cell.

13) Worked as PS-I Instructor (online mode) at Birla Polyfibers Harihar and Birla White Cements Jodhpur in May- July 2022.

Worked as PS-I instructor (ONSITE Mode) for Goa Shipyard Ltd, Goa, Mormugao Port Trust Ltd., Goa, Pentair Water India Pvt Ltd Goa, Putzmeister Goa, Carscan (ONLINE mode) Pune May- July 2023.

Also took initiative in Summer 2023 to start PS-II station at L&T Mindree group.

12) Worked as Faculty Coordinator for BITSAT 2022 (Session-II, Centre: KIT Kolhapur).

11) Arranged a Workshop on “Development of Electric Vehicle, Software, Architecture and Control” alongwith EEE department on 8th September 2022.

10) Goa Legislative assembly election duty as Presiding officer on 3rd and 4th February 2017.

9) Worked as Moderator for Questions on Thermal engineering related courses for Higher Degree Admission Test 2017 of BITS –Pilani.

8) Worked as Expert related with Thermal Engineering Subjects for UPSC EXAMINATION, UPSC Delhi, India.

7) Worked under PS Duty for Mission - Enhancing Students PS-I Experience to Power Stations. I have worked in May-July 2017 for PS-I to monitor Power Plants (Adani Power Mundra, Adani Power Tiroda, Adani Power Ahmedabad, Essar Power Jamnagar, Essar Power Hazira, Hindalc, Nalco). Visited Essar Power Jamnagar and Adani Power Tiroda as an expert from Mechanical Engineering Department for technical guidance to students in their PS-I projects.

6) Worked on Energy Conservation and Co-generation in Sugar Factories under Industry Immersion Program of BITS Pilani, May-July 2015.

5) Worked as PS-I Instructor at Pune in May- July 2013 for TATA Technologies, Thermax, and Kirloskar Pneumatics.

4) Worked as PS-I Instructor at Kolhapur in May- July 2012 for Caspro, and Kirloskar Oil Engines.

3) Arranged two days Workshop on "Electronics System in IC Engines" conducted by Medhavi Centre for Automotive Research.

2) Arranged National Level Conference - "1st Symposium and Workshop for Analytical Youth on Applied Mechanics", 4-6 July 2018. Conference was jointly arranged by BITS Pilani - K K Birla Goa campus and Indian Society of Applied Mechanics.

1) Arranged several Invited Talks where resource person were from DRDO, IITs (Bombay, Kanpur etc) and other abroad universities, ARAI Pune, industries such as (Siemens, GE etc), talk by Guinness Book Record Holder for "Longest Journey in Electric Car": Mr. Sushil Reddy (October 2023).

To be updated.

External Examiner

Ph.D.

1	Ms. Janhavi M. Karekar, Ion exchange selectivity and adsorption studies in aqueous and mixed media, of Visvesvaraya Technological University, Jnana Sangama, Belagavi, Karnataka State, India, 2020.
2	Mrs. Gauri Manas Lohar entitled "Radiation induced graft copolymers for enviromental remediation", of University of Pune, Pune, Maharashtra, 2020.
3	Mr. Myneni Venkataratnam entitled “Synthesis and characterization of Magnesium Oxide Nano Composites for adsorptive removal of cationic and anionic dyes from aqueous solutions” of Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, 2018.
4	Abubakar Aisami entitled “Biodegradation of Phenol by Free and Immobilised Cells of three Locally-isolated Bacterial Strains, University Putra Malaysia (UPM), Malaysia, 2017.
5	Shubha Dwivedi entitled “Biological Removal of Fluoride from Industrial Waste Water” of Faculty of Biotechnology, Uttarakhand Technical University, Dehradun, 2016.
6	D. Maruthamuthu entitled “Synthesis, characterization and biological activities of some novel organic compounds” of Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli – 24, 2016.
7	Ms. E. Priya Rose entitled “Adsorption of Heavy Metal Ions from Aqueous Solution using Novel Acid Activated Artocarpus Hirsutus Bark” of Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli – 24, 2014.

M. Tech.

1	ITM University Gwalior, December 2013.

B.Tech.

1	Practical/Viva Examination, BTech (Chemical Engg.) students, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, July 2020.
2	Practical/Viva Examination, BTech (Chemical Engg.) students at Banasthali University, April 2019.
3	Practical/Viva Examination, BTech (Chemical Engg.) students at Banasthali University, December 2017.
4	Practical/Viva Examination, BTech (Chemical Engg.) students at Banasthali University, May 2016.
5	Practical/Viva Examination, BTech (Chemical Engg.) students at Banasthali University, May 2015.
6	Practical/Viva Examination, BTech (Chemical Engg.) students at Banasthali University, January 2014.
7	Practical/Viva Examination, BTech (Chemical Engg.) students at Banasthali University, December 2012.

Sessions Chaired in Seminars/Conferences

1	Session Chair of session "Water and Wastewater Treatment", CHEM-CONFLUX 2020 organized by MNIT Allahabad, Feb 14-16, 2020.
2	Session Chair of session "Separation Processes" in the Conference "Technological Advances in Chemical and Environmental Engineering (TACEE-2012)" held on March 23 - 24, 2012, BITS Pilani.

Journal Reviewer

Desalination and Water Treatment (Desalination)
International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering (Berkeley Electronic Press)
Journal of Hazardous Materials (Elsevier)
Process Biochemistry (Elsevier)
Pakistan Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research
Journal of Advanced Research (Elsevier)
Adsorption Science and Technology (Multi-Science)
AIChE Journal (Wiley)
Industrial Chemistry & Engineering Research (Wiley)
Bioremediation Journal (Taylor and Francis)
International Research Journal of Pure and Applied Chemistry (Global Research)
Journal of Chemical Technology & Biotechnology (Wiley)
Journal of Food Processing and Technology (OMICS)
Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering (Elsevier)
Applied Water Science (Springer)
African Journal of Pure and Applied Chemistry (Academic Journals)

Industrial Training / Visit

Visited The Fertilisers and Chemicals Travancore Limited (FACT Ltd), Kochi, Kerala (March 31 – April 1, 2014) as part of PS-I enhancement program taken by Practice School Division.
Visited Ultra Tech Cement Kotputli Rajasthan, July 26, 2012.
Visited Aditya Birla Science & Technology Company (ABSTC), Mumbai and TRC (Thaluja and Ahura Centre) for the possible collaborative research work during June 25 - 28,2012.
Visited Reddipalayam Cements Works, Reddipalayam (March 15 - 16, 2012) and Central Leather Research Institute, Chennai (March 19 - 20, 2012) as part of PS-I enhancement program taken by Practice School Division.
Visited IndoGulf fertilizer plant for the discussion on short term training program for their employees, December 15 – 17, 2011.
Visited ICT, Mumbai (March 27 - 28, 2012) and IIT Kanpur (April 23 - 24, 2012) for laboratory infrastructure development as a member of cross campus departmental committee.
Visited Birla Cellulosic Kharach, Bharuch, Aditya Birla Group Company, to identify the research area for collaborative research, June 19 – 24, 2011.
Visited Bharat Aluminum Company Ltd., Korba, for discussions on BITS Collaborative Programme on Academic Development Programme in Basic Process Engineering for their Employees, March 3 - 5, 2010.
Visited Hindustan Zinc Limited (HZL), Udaipur for discussions on BITS Collaborative Programme on Academic Development Programme in Basic Process Engineering for their Employees, 2008.
Visited Hindustan Zinc Limited Udaipur from Feb 20 - 23, 2007 to give students training in the plant and making them understand the relation between theoretical and practical approach.
Visited of Hindustan Zinc Limited Udaipur from January 1 - 3, 2007.
DLPD Contact Program of BITS for BS (Power Engineering), at various locations (Tanda, Unchahar, Vindhyachal, Kawas, Korba) of National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC), July – December, 2005.
Practice School –I Faculty, Practice School Program of BITS, TISCO, Jamshedpur, May – July, 2003.
Practice School –I Faculty, Practice School Program of BITS, KLR Industries, Hyderabad & CMC Limited, Hyderabad, May – July, 2004.
Two week industrial training in Polymerization Department Shree Synthetics Limited, Ujjain, M.P.

Education & Professional career

EDUCATION & Professional Career:

Education: Ph.D. (Materials Science: Broad Research Topic: Phase diagrams and Thermodynamics of Metal oxides), Materials Research Centre, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 2000.
M.Sc.Ed. (Chemistry), Regional College (Institute) of Education (affiliated to University of Mysore), 1993, First Class.
B.Sc.Ed. (Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics), Regional College (Institute) of Education, (affiliated to University of Mysore, 1991), First Class.
Post-doctoral Fellow (Broad research topic: Metal oxide thin films), Department of Electronics Engineering, National Yang-Ming Chiao-Tung University (formerly National Chiao-Tung University (NCTU)), Hsinchu 300, Taiwan, R. O. C.(January 2001 - July 2005).
Present Position (Teaching, Research & Institutional): BITS-Pilani, K. K. Birla Goa Campus (Department of Chemistry):
(i) Mentored First-degree degree students in their project-type courses in the area of First-principle computational study of solids, Materials cartography and study project courses on recent topics in Physical chemistry and Materials Science.
(ii) As Instructor-in-Charge: Chemistry I (I Sem: 2009-10), Chemistry Project Lab (II Sem: 2009-10 & 2010-11), General Chemistry (I Sem: 2013 and 2015), Chemistry Laboratory (II Sem: 2016, II Sem2023).
(iii) PhD Course/Research: Supervising Ph.D. students, PhD Entrance Test Question paper preparation as Coordinator, DAC Member and internal review of Project proposals and a few CDRF proposals.
(iv)Conducting Orientation session on ‘Concepts in Chemistry’ for first-degree international admits (July 2019, October 2022).
(v)Participated in the organization of Conference: NFCFA 2015, NFCFA 2017, NFCFA 2019, NSRP 2023 and Department outreach activities during PANIWATER conference 2020 and visit by college students.
(vi) Participated as an Instructor and delivered a lecture on the topic ‘BET Surface area analysis’ in STUTI (Synergistic Training Program Utilizing Scientific and Technological Infrastructure (supported by DST and Shivaji University, Kolhapur) and held at BITS-Pilani, K. K. Birla Goa campus during the week: September 26 to October 2, 2022.
(vii) Member of organizing committee in Department day celebrations (2017, 2018, 2019).
(viii) Member, Basic Science Committee (2016-2017), Member/Convener of Departmental Committee for Academics (DCA) for Department of Chemistry (Nov.2016-2021) and Mentor for ACB category students.
Administrative & Institute Assignments:
(i) Nucleus Member in General Administration, August 2008–February 2013.
(ii) Nucleus Member in AUGSD, December 2018-present.
(iii) Library Committee member representing Department of Chemistry (From Dec.2013 to Nov 2014, Dec.2018-2020).
(iv) Participated in BITSAT duty in May 2006 as Centre Coordinator (Chennai & Coimbatore), in 2009 as Proctor (Chennai), in 2014 as Proctor (Goa), in 2015 as Centre Coordinator (Coimbatore & Mysore), BITS HD Admission duty 2020 (online).
(v) WILP Instructor Feb.2022-Jan. 2023 (Physical and Inorganic Chemistry: B.Sc. Pharmaceutical Sciences), WILP invigilation (on campus pre-pandemic) and Reviewer of Abstracts: ICONWIL2024.
(vi) Practice School (PS) Instructor in May 2007 (Kozhikkode), 2008 (Kozhikkode), 2013 (Goa), 2016 (Goa).
(vii) Participation in Convocation: Faculty coordinator/leader for the Chemistry students (2011-13, 2015-18, 2022), WILP candidates (2019), Faculty Volunteer: Livestreaming Hall (2024).
Professional Membership:
Indian Institute of Metals (IIM), Goa Chapter (2016 to present):
Participated as a member of the organizing committee for the inauguration of IIM Goa Chapter (September 2016) and NMD-ATM 2017 (November 2017). 2023-24: Continuing as an active member in the role of office bearer in IIM.

Conferences

Singh, S., & Guha, M. (2019). CSR Breadth or Depth? Exploring the CSR and Firm Performance Linkage in Mandatory CSR Regime, Southern Management Association Conference, Norfolk, Virginia, U.S.A.
Singh, S., & Guha, M. (2018). The CSR Engagement of Firms: The Influence of Industry and Community Peers, Strategic Management Society Special Conference, Hyderabad, India. Paper was nominated for Global Strategy Journal Best Paper Prize.
Singh, S., & Guha, M. (2018). Industry Influence on a Firm’s Social Community Spending: Evidence from India, Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Annual Conference, Auckland, New Zealand. (Accepted, not attended)
Singh, S., Thirumalesh, M.A., Akram, Ul M., & Guha, M. (2018). Export Performance of SME’s in India and China: The Effects of Institutional Environment, Foreign Link, Resources and Capabilities of Firms, Academy of International Business India Chapter, Shimla, India.
Singh, S. (2017). Experiential Learning: Analyzing Success and Failures in Indian Telecom Sector, INFORMS Annual Meeting, Houston, Texas, U.S.A. (Accepted, not attended)
Singh, S., & Guha, M. (2016). Literature Review on Organization Learning in Past Fifteen Years (2001-2015), Strategic Management Forum, Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Noida Campus, Lucknow, India.

Administrative Responsibilities

Faculty member in Alumni Relations Committee
Faculty member in Industry Relations Committee
Faculty member in Webinar Committee

To be updated.

Seminar & Conferences

SAS Faculty Development Program on ‘Designing curriculum for Big Data management, Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning’ held during 3-6 Nov 2020.
41st Annual ISMS Marketing Science Conference organized by INFORMS held in University of Roma Tre, Rome on June 20-22 2019 and presented a paper titled " Economic Order Quantity Model for Technology Items with Imperfect Quality and Deterioration where Demand follows Multi-Stage Diffusion Dynamic".
Special session in Chalkidki (24 - 25 June 2017) of the 5th International Conference on Contemporary Marketing Issues (ICCMI) 2017, Thessaloniki, Greece.
5th International Conference on Contemporary Marketing Issues (ICCMI) 2017 organized by Alexander Technological Educational Institute of Thessaloniki (ATEI) and Manchester Metropolitan University held in Thessaloniki, Greece on 21, 22 and 23 June 2017 and will be presented a paper titled "Optimal pricing strategies for two successive generations of consumer durables"
International Conference on Marketing Technology and Society (MARCONF16) organized by IIM Kozhikode during September 29 - October 1, 2016 and presented a paper titled “Effective Marketing Strategy using Two-warehouse Inventory Model”.
Workshop on "Design of Programs / Curriculum with focus on Experiential Learning" 8th to 10th February' 2016 in the Hyderabad campus of BITS Pilani
7^th International Conference on Information Technology & Business Intelligence (ITBI-15) organized by IMT-Nagpur at RIT, Goa Campus during 21-23 Jan, 2016 and presented a paper titled “Impact of Network Externalities and Churn Analysis of Indian Telecom Market”.
FORE International Operations Conference 2015 (FIOC-2015) organized by FORE, New Delhi during 26-27 December and presented a paper titled “Stage wise Innovation Diffusion with a Dynamic Market”.
4^th Asian Management Research and Case Conference (AMRC) 2015 on Management Issues in Emerging Markets for Sustainable Business Organized by Universiti Sains, Malyasia during 10 – 11 January 2015 and presented a paper titled "Intergenerational Effects of Diffusion on CDMA and WCDMA Technologies under Direct Network Externalities"
International Conference on Operations Research for Sustainable Development in Globalized Environment Organized by Operational Research Society of India, Calcutta Chapter held during January 6-8, 2012 in the venue of Calcutta Business School and presented a paper titled “Direct and Indirect Network Effects on the Diffusion of Multi Generational Telecommunication Products”
National Meet on History of Mathematical Sciences held during January 7-9, 2010 in the venue Conference Centre, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007.
4th International Conference on Quality, Reliability and Infocom Technology (ICQRIT) (Trends and Directions) held during December 18-20, 2009 in the venue of University of Delhi, Delhi and presented a paper titled “A General Model for Adoption of successive Technologies”.
11th National Conference of Indian Society of Information Theory and applications held during October 24-26, 2009 in the venue Guru Gobind Singh Khalsa College, Sarhali (Tarn Taran) and presented a paper titled “Determining Adoption Pattern with pricing using Two Dimensional Innovation Diffusion Model”.
International Conference on Technology and Innovation in Marketing held during April 18-19, 2008 in the venue Institute of Management technology, Ghaziabad, India.
International Conference on Modeling, Computation and Optimization held during January 9-10, 2008 in the venue SQC & OR Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, New Delhi-16, and presented a paper titled “Optimal Advertising Expenditure Strategies of Two Successive Generations of Consumer Durables”.
International Symposium on Mathematical Programming for Decision Making: Theory and Application held during January 10-11, 2007 in the venue SQC & OR Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, New Delhi-16, and presented a paper titled “Dynamic Optimal Control Policy in Price and Quality for High Technology Product”.

Administrative Responsibilities

Head, Department of Management (Sept’ 2021 – Present)
Program Co-ordinator MBA in Business Analytics (Oncampus)
Faculty in-charge, Time Table (2018-2020)
Nucleus Member of AUGSD (2018-Present)
Nucleus Member of the MBA WILP Academic Program Committee (2015 – Present)
Member of D.L.S.C. (2019-Present)
SFC Committee Member (Sem2 2014-15 & Sem1 2015-16)
Placement Faculty Member(2014-2020)
Member Of D.C.A (Sem2, 2014-15 - 2018)
Member Of D.R.C (Sem1, 2016-17 - 2020)
Member of Lab Committee (Sem1, 2014-15 - 2018)
Member Of Library Committee 2015-16)
Acting as Doctoral Advisory Committee member for Ph.D. Students

Other Professional Experiences and Activities

Advisory Board member of the International Conference on Sustainable Materials, Manufacturing & Industrial Engineering (ICSMMIE 2022) held during July 1 & 2, 2022 in the venue Siddaganga Institute of Technology, Industrial Engineering & Management, Tumkur
Member of the technical committee of 11^th Annual International Conference on Computer Games Multimedia & Allied Technologies (CGAT 2018) held during 09-10 April, 2018 in the venue Hotel Fort Canning, 11 Canning Walk, Singapore 178881.
Convener, 2^nd International Conference on Evidence Based Management 2017 (ICEBM2017), held during March 17-18, 2017 in the venue BITS Pilani, Pilani, Rajasthan.
Coordinator, Annual HR Conclave 2017: Bridging the Talent Gap - Issues and Challenges, held on January 20, 2017 Organized by Department of Management, BITS Pilani in collaboration with Work Integrated Learning Program (WILP) in the venue India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, Delhi – 110003
Convener, International Conference on Evidence Based Management 2015 (ICEBM2015), held during March 20-21, 2015 in the venue BITS Pilani, Pilani, Rajasthan.
Member of the technical committee of 2nd Annual International Conference on Information Technology Security (ITS 2011) held during 24 - 25 November, 2011 in the venue 10 Anson Road, International Plaza, Singapore 079903.
Member of the technical committee of Annual International Academic Conference on Infocomm Technologies in Competitive Strategies (ICT 2011) held during 19 - 20 September, 2011 in the venue Singapore Management University, Administration Building, 81 Victoria Street, Singapore 188065.
Member of the technical committee of Annual International Conference on Information Technology Security (ITS 2010) held during 29-30 November, 2010 in the venue Information Technology Security 2010, 10 Anson Road, International Plaza, #14- 04, Singapore - 079909
Member of the technical committee of Annual International Conference on Infocomm Technologies in Competitive Strategies ICT 2010) held during 25 - 26 October, 2010 in the venue Singapore Management University, Administration Building, 81 Victoria Street, Singapore 188065.
Member of the program committee of 4th International Conference on Quality, Reliability and Infocom Technology and Mathematical Modeling and related Optimization Techniques (Trends and Future Directions) held during 18 - 20 Dec, 2009 in the venue Conference Centre, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007.
Member of the program committee of International workshop on Mathematical Modeling and Optimization Techniques held during December 14-17, 2009 in the venue of University of Delhi, Delhi-11007.

Administrative Responsibilities

Nodal Officer and Project Lead, Gender Advancement for Transforming Institutions (GATI) Project at BITS Pilani, sponsored by WISE-KIRAN Division, Department of Science and Technology, GoI, (1st August 2021 to 31st January 2023).
Head, Department of Management, (1st September 2020 to 9th October 2020)
Head, Department of Management (1st September 2018 to 31st August 2020)
Convener, MHRD-Institute Innovation Council (IIC) (October 2018 to April 2019)
Member Appraisal Committee for Non-Teaching Staff. (2022)
Faculty-In-Charge (Pilani Campus), Center for Innovation, Incubation & Entrepreneurship (CIIE) (1st June 2015 to 31st August 2018)
Joint Secretary, PIED Society (1 August 2015 to 15th September 2018): Successfully led execution of TIDE grant (Facilitated the implementation of TIDE Scheme sponsored by DeitY, GOI, seed grant sanctioned Rs. 155 Lakhs for five years from April 2012 to March 2017). (Number of start-ups funded through TIDE Scheme: 8)
Executive Committee member, PIED Society (16th September 2013 to 15th September 2018)
Faculty-In-Charge, Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership (CEL) (1st September 2012 to 31st August 2018)
DLSC member, Department of Management (1 July 2018 to till date)
DLSC member, WILP (Department of Management)
Member, Research Board, BITS Pilani
Convener, HR Conclave 2019 organized at Pilani Campus.
Chair, 3rd ICEBM Conference 2019 organized at Pilani Campus.
Co-convener, 6th Indo-German Workshop on 6th Indo-German Workshop on Sustainable Manufacturing & Entrepreneurship, Jointly organized by BITS Pilani and TU Braunschweig, Germany, held on 17-18 September 2018, (Convener - Prof. Kuldeep Sangwan).
Member, DCA (1st September 2016 to 31st August 2018)
Member, DRC (1st September 2016 to 31st August 2018)
Convener, Student Faculty Council (1st September 2016 to 31st August 2018 and October 2020 till date)
Member, Senate as Assistant Professor (For 2 years, 2014 to 2016)
Member, Standing Committee for Students' Discipline (March 2011 to March 2013)
Member, DRC (September 2012 to September 2014)
Convener, DRC (November 2014 to August 2016)
Faculty Coordinator - Guest faculty at department level (October 2012 - August 2016)
Faculty Instructor, Practice School - I (2010 & 2012)
Convener, Tech Bazaar 2011 & 2012 organized at Pilani Campus.

Administrative Responsibilities

Convener - PILOT Program - Department of Management, BITS Pilani (2022 onwards)
Faculty Incharge MASSOC (2018 onwards)
SPOC and Convener - Cognitive Essential Skills with Maker Bhavan Foundation (2021 onwards)
Core member of Departmental Research Committee ( 2020 September onwards)
Faculty Coordinator - INTERFACE (2019 onwards)
Core Member - Teaching Learning Centre, BITS Pilani - Pilani Campus (2018-2020)
Coordinator HR Conclave (2017,2019)
Ex Member of Placement Audit Committee
Ex Coordinator of Departmental Information Committee - Responsible for preparing reports and filling up questionnaires for Ranking Surveys, NAAC accreditation, UGC data and Annual Reports
Ex Member of Student Faculty Council
Ex Member of BITS Cooperative Purchase Committee
Part of the Organizing Committee of International Conference on Evidence Based Management (ICEBM 201 5 )
Actively involved in the MBA admission process over several years as a member of the team that conducted GD at Hyderabad , Bangalore and Pilani
Invigilator for BITSAT duty in Chennai during May 2009, 2013 , 2016
As coordinator of Internal Seminars of the Department, scheduled and facilitated seminar presentations of research scholars and faculty members on a weekly basis
As member of Library committee was actively involved in various initiatives related to procurement of relevant databases, online books and journals
Evaluated reports and conducted midsem ester evaluation of PS II students
Evaluated dissertation topics and conducted Viva for WILP students
Identified and listed as a part of curriculum revision, additional materials/books to be used from Books 24x7 for WILP course Principles of Management
Guided MBA students in preparing their résumé and improving their presentation skills
Evaluated and shortlisted APOGEE presentations 13) Judged several events at INTERFACE , an yearly management event
Involved in conducting Managemen t Development Program for Branch Managers of Bank of Rajasthan
Involved in conducting classes & evaluation components for Academic Refresher courses of Hindustan Zinc Ltd
Involved in conducting classes & evaluation components for BALCO
Involved in conducting classes for BITS - AEES - Mumbai Collaborative Programme
Part of the organizing committee of Tech Bazaar held during Apogee
Part of the organizing committee of International Conference on Soft Skills Development Strategies: Corporate and Academia Perspectives
Part of the organizing committee of 2nd National Convention on Energizing Entrepreneurship through Innovation
Involved in modification of question bank (Reading comprehension) of MBA entrance examination
Involved in invigilation and correction of MBA entrance examination papers

Workshops/Seminars/Virtual Conferences Participated

Participated in a FICCI FUTURE-X Faculty Development Program on "Online Teaching- Learning Tools & Pedagogies", 20-24 July
Participated in the “The Republic of Letters’ -A virtual conference for the best minds in learning to reboot and redesign higher education in India,, June 24-26, 2020 organized by Ashoka University and Harappa Education
Attended a webinar on "Online Teaching and Learning" organized by TLC Hyderabad on on June 30,2020
Attended a Webinar by Harvard Business Publishing on ‘Designing a Curriculum for Online and Hybrid Classes’ on June 9,2020
Attended a Webinar by Harvard Business Publishing on ‘Exploring the Challenges and Opportunities in Online Case Teaching: Insights from Two Case Teaching Experts’ on June 3, 2020
Attended a Webinar by Harvard Business Publishing on ‘COVID-19’s Impact on the Future of Higher Education: What University Leaders Should Be Thinking About Now’ on May 20, 2020
Participated in Academy Of Management Discoveries Workshop by Prof. Peter Bamberger, INDAM, Indian Institute of Management, Tiruchirapalli on January 02, 2020
Participated in “Learning 4.0: Connecting the Dots; Reaching the Unreached -The Second Annual Future of Learning Conference 2019” at IIM Bangalore from January 405, 2019
Participated in the Workshop on Management Research in India: Current State and Future Directions by Prof. Naresh Khatri, Prof. Arup Varma, Prof. Pawan Budhwar, INDAM, Indian Institute of Management, Indore from December 18, 2017.
Participated in a Professional Development Workshop on Teaching Effectiveness by Prof. Jyoti Bachani, Prof. Nagaraj Sivasubramaniam, Prof. Vasanthi Srinivasan, INDAM, Indian Institute of Management, Indore from December 19, 2017.
Participated in a Professional Development Workshop Indian Insights: Integrating Individuals, Institutions & Innovations by Prof. Nagaraj Sivasubramaniam, Prof. Jyoti Bachani , INDAM, Indian Institute of Management, Indore from December 19, 2017, INDAM, Indian Institute of Management, Indore from December 20, 2017,
Participated in the a Publication Workshop Prof. Pawan Budhwar (Editor-in-Chief, British Journal of Management) Prof. Peter Bamberger (Incoming Editor-in-Chief, Academy of Management Discoveries) Prof. Anoop Madhok (Schulich School of Business, Canada)
Participated in the Workshop on Common Shortcomings in Manuscripts Submitted to Management Journals by Prof. Naresh Khatri, Prof. Arup Varma, Prof. Pawan Budhwar, INDAM, Indian Institute of Management, Indore from December 20, 2017.
Participated in a two day National Workshop on Outcome Based Learning using Pedagogy Framework Model, during 28-29 November, 2016 under a funded project of the HRD Ministry, Govt. of India. This workshop was organized by the Teaching Learning Centre (TLC), Pilani Campus in collaboration with the Centre for Educational Technology, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur.

Administrative Responsibilities

Head of Department [ Management Department]Sept. 2012- Aug. 2016 (4Years)
Group Leader [Management Group]Jan.2005- June 2010 ( 5years 6 Months)

Development Programs

Management Development Programs

Managerial Excellence and Effective Branch Management for Chief and Senior Branch Managers of The Bank of Rajasthan.
Managerial Excellence and Effective Branch Management for Officers of The Bank of Rajasthan.

Executive Development Programs

Academic Refresher Course Programs for Hindustan Zinc Limited, Udaipur.
Professional Skills Development Program for Junior Executive Trainees, Hindustan Zinc Limited, Udaipur.

Faculty Development Programs

“Tools and Techniques in Statistics and Simulation” from 29^th September to 1^st October 2011, held at BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus.
2-day workshop on Research Methodology organized by Departments of Humanities and Social Sciences, Eco. & Finance and Management on 23^rd & 24^th February 2019.
7-day workshop on Academic Writing organized by Dept. of Humanities and Social Sciences held at BITS PILANI from 5th-11th April, 2019.

Adminstrative responsibilities

Dr. Rani has been involved with following administrative tasks for past years at BITS Pilani:

Head of Department (Sep 2016 - Aug. 2018)
Nucleus member, Department Research Committee (August 2014 - till date)
Nucleus member, MBA admissions (Aug. 2012- till date)
Nucleus member, Departmental Student Faculty Council.
Coordinator for M.Phil Program in Health and Hospital Systems Management , BITS, Pilani (Sep 2010 to May 2013)
Part of WILP Departmental Committee.
Nucleus member of Practice School (PS) Division, BITS, Pilani from 2005 to 2009.
Professor-in-charge, Management Association, Department of Management, BITS Pilani.
Faculty-in-charge of Institute Finctions (Sep. 2012 to Aug. 2014).

Professional Development

Workshops attended

Attended 3-day 1st Capability Building Workshop on Case Writing, organized by All India Management Association (AIMA) in Collaboration with The Case Centre, UK held at AIMA Office, New Delhi (August 2017)
2-day Case teaching workshop organized at Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad in Oct. 2015 organized jointly by IIM A and Harvard Business School and delivered jointly by faculty from both the organizing institutes (attended).
2-day Retail Workshop with 2 external resource persons and 125 participants across 2 BITS campus (Pilani and Hyderabad) in Nov. 2013 (attended & part of organizing team)
3-day Faculty Development Program on “Tools and Techniques in Statistics and Simulation” in Sep. 2011, held at BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus (attended & part of organizing team)

Conference organizing

3^rd International Conference on Evidence Based Management 2017 (ICEBM 2017), February 1^st and 2^nd, 2019, at BITS Pilani (attended & part of organizing team)
2^nd International Conference on Evidence Based Management 2017 (ICEBM 2017), March 17-18, 2017, at BITS Pilani (attended & part of organizing team)
1^st International Conference on Evidence Based Management 2015 (ICEBM 2015), March 20-21, 2015, at BITS Pilani (attended & part of organizing team)

Memberships

Member of Pilani Innovation & Entrepreneurship Development (PIED) Society, BITS Pilani
Member of Society for Evidence-Based Management
Member of Global Society for Flexible Management, New Delhi

Administration

Administrative Experience (Key Responsibilities)

Help administer, frame and implement policies and support BITS Pilani K K Birla Goa Campus to run daily administration. One of the key officials for the Growth Plans (2004, 2012 and 2022-under discussion) of BITS Pilani K K Birla Goa Campus for campus infrastructure.

Dean, General Administration, BITS Pilani, K K Birla Goa Campus. (16-June-2014 to 13-Jun, 2023) | 3 Tenures.

[Registry of Goa Campus, HR, PayRoll, Security, Purchase, Contracts (Security, Housekeeping, Horticulture, Mess, Food Outlets), Public Relations]
Associate Dean, Faculty Affairs, BITS-Pilani, K K Birla Goa Campus. (Jan–2014 Jun-2016) | University wide functions: Term Ending cases (Tenure and Non-Tenure Faculty), Extension of Superannuation (60 Yrs to 65 Yrs). Campus wide: Recruitment Interviews (Dept level and Campus level), Performance Management.
Faculty In-charge, Computer Centre, BITS-Pilani, K K Birla Goa Campus, Aug–2004 to Dec-2013 (9-1/2 years).

(Other Responsibilities)

Warden and Officiating Chief Warden, BITS-Pilani, Goa Campus, Aug–2004 to July-2010 (6 years).
Faculty In-charge, Audio-Visual, BITS-Pilani, Goa Campus, Aug–2004 to July-2009 (5 years).
Coordinator for BITS Admission Test (BITSAT) & Higher Degree Test, since 2005 to 2013 (9 years).
Coordinator for Centre for Software Development (C.S.D.), Aug–2004 till 2011(7 years). Developed Applications: Salary Pay-Slip, Grade Analysis, Mess Management, Complaint Management (CC & Maintenance), Security Gate Entry/Exit Management, Asset Management (CC).
Non Resident Warden of hostel at BITS-Pilani, Pilani Campus, Aug–02 to July–04 (2 years).
Nucleus Member of Educational Hardware Division, BITS-Pilani, Rajasthan, Dec–2000 to July–2004 (4 years).
Project In Charge for “Single Bearing Alternator” in Crompton Greaves Ltd., July– 1998 to June–1999 (1 year).

Major Implementations at University (BITS Pilani) Level

Centralized e-mail, file storage and Collaboration Solution (35,000 Users) [2012] (Remarkable Decision & Contribution)
Network (MPLS) Connectivity of BITS (Indian) Campuses to support ERP and BITS Connect 2.O [2011-12]
Network & Internet | Security and Availability [2012]
Identity Based Network and Internet Access Control (SSO) [2012]
Secured Wireless Connectivity (RUCKUS) at Institute Building and other key locations [2013]
Member, Setting up (Co-Hosting) Data Center (DC) at Mumbai (Aditya Birla Group, Ahura Center) [2011]
Member, Setting up Disaster Recovery (DR) Center at Hyderabad Campus [2012]

Specific Contributions at Institute (Goa Campus) Level

Implemented Centralized Purchase Process through ERP (Oct-2021)
Instituted Staff Excellence Awards for the non-teaching staff, (Feb-2017).
Implemented Cashless Campus (Mar-2017)
Instituted Socio-Cultural Association of faculty and non-teaching staff (2016).
Implemented BITS Connect 2.O [CISCO Telepresence: Conference Room, Classroom] for Goa Campus (2012-13)
Implemented Local Area Network (LAN) for the Institute (2004) as per WIPRO.
Designed and developed Network, Communication and Application server Administration System (2004/2005/2006).
Worked in project of BITS-Pilani, Goa Campus to setup Audio-Visual System across the academic block (A & C): Classrooms, Lecture Theatres, Library, and Computer Center (2004-2008).
Under the Project, Designed and developed an Audio-Visual System for an Auditorium of a capacity 2200 seats (2004-05).

Committees

Chairman/Convenor:

Chairman, Energy Environment Green Audit Committee | Jun-2023 to Jun-2025
Student Grievance Redressal Committee
Convenor, Non-Teaching Staff Review and Promotions (2021, 2018, 2015) and Member in 2012
Convenor, Convocation-2022 (11-Sep, 2022), 2019 (11-Aug, 2019), Convocation-2018 (13-Aug, 2018), Convocation-2016 (7-Aug, 2016) | Streamlined Convocation Ceremony Work in 2014 and supported the team in Convocation-2014 and Convocation-2015.
Convenor, Non-Teaching Staff Review and Promotions (2021, 2018, 2015) and Member in 2012
Single Point of Contact for Campus Response Team during Covid-19
Coordinator, Cross Campus level faculty appraisal committees (Sr. Prof & Prof. | Asso Prof. | Asstt Prof. | Lect) (Apr-May-Jun-2016) as an Associate Dean Faculty Affairs.
Chairman: Dept Level (Faculty Recruitment) Shortlisting Committee (Aug-2015 to Jul-2018)
Chairman, Non-Teaching Recruitment (2014-Till Date)
Chairman, Off-Campus, Mechanical Faculty Recruitment Shortlisting Committee (2015-16)
Leader of Task Force on ICT Infrastructure at BITS in Mission 2012 and Vision 2020 of BITS Pilani (2010-11-12)
Convenor, 71st Annual Technical Meetings and 55th National Metallurgist Day, NMD-ATM, 2017 of Indian Institute of Metals, 11-14-Nov, 2017. [1150 Participants, 250 Accompanied Persons | 1.8 Cr Sponsorship.

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Member:

Campus Level Recruitment Committee
Cross Discipline Research Funding University wide Committee
Best Ph.D. Thesis Award Committee for Outstanding Research in Mechanical Engineering' for the academic year 2022-23, across the University.
Secretary, BITS Goa Innovation Incubation & Entrepreneurship Society (BGIIES) (Nov-2019 till date)
BITS 7th pay commission (2017)
Restructuring of Designation of Non-Teaching Staff (2018-19)
Campus level recruitment, Off-Campus (Mechanical) (2018-19)
University wide examination Committee (2014-Till Date)
Campus Level Examination Sub-Committee (Jul-2017 till date)
Purchase and Contracts (2011-14)
Students' Discipline (2004-2010)
Internal Quality Assurance (2017 till date)
Employees' PF Trust (2017 till date)
Complaints for Combating Sexual Harassment (2004 to 2008)
Performance Management System (University Level): 'Assessment of Performance of faculty members on Administrative front' (2015) as an Associate Dean Faculty Affairs.
Dept Level (Faculty Recruitment) Shortlisting Committee
Non-Teaching Recruitment (2004-2014)
Member, Non-Teaching Staff Review (2011)

Member of International / National Bodies

Chairman, Goa Chapter (Indian Institute of Metals, IIM) [Jul-2016 to Jul2018]

Member, American Society of Mechanical Engineering (ASME)
Member, Mechanical Engineering Society (MES), International Association of Computer Science and Information Technology (IACSIT), Singapore
Indian Institute of Mechanical Engineers
Indian Society of Technical Education (ISTE)
Senior Membership, International Association of Computer Science and Information Technology (IACSIT), Singapore
Member of Editorial Board, Intellectuals Society for Socio-Techno Welfare (ISST) Journal of Mechanical Engineering
Member of the Advisory Board of VEL TECH University, Chennai. [Aug-2012 to Jul-2015]
Visiting Professor, Yeshwantrao Chavan College of Engineering (YCCE) Nagpur. [Aug-2014 to Jul-2016]
Member Board of Studies: Cummins College of Engg for Women, Pune. [AY: 2020-21 to AY: 2022-23]
Member Board of Studies: Rajarambapu Institute of Technology, Sangli (MS). [May-2018 till Date]

To be updated.

Seminars

Attended one week online Faculty Development Program on "Applications of Mathematics in Business and Social Sciences" organized by Mahatma Hansraj Faculty Development Centre, Hansraj College during 18th March-24th March, 2021.
Presented my work on "Maximal non chained subrings of a ring" in International Conference on Algebras and its related Topics with Applications during December 17-19, 2019 held at the Department of Mathematics, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh.
Presented my work on "Maximal non λ-subrings of a commutative ring" in Conference on Algebra, Analysis and Applications organized by Ambedkar University, Delhi on May 10, 2019.
Presented my work on "λ-extensions and ∆-extensions of rings" in National Research Scholar Seminar on December 28, 2018 organized by Department of Mathematics, University of Delhi, Delhi.
Presented my work on "Properties of maximal subrings" in Conference on "Mathematical Sciences and Development" during December 22-24, 2018 organized by Institute of Basic Sciences, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar University, Agra.
Presented my work on "Maximal subrings of a ring" in Research Scholar Seminar and Annual Conference of the Society of Mathematical Sciences (Delhi) during May 01-02, 2017 organized by Department of Mathematics, University of Delhi, Delhi.
Attended National conference on Algebra, Analysis, Coding and Cryptography (Sponsored by DRDO) held at Department of Mathematics, University of Delhi, Delhi during 14-15 October, 2016.

Responsibilities

Professor In-charge, Mathematics Association (September 2024- ).
Worked as PS-I faculty in 2024.
Performed BITSAT duties in 2022 and 2023.
Instructor-In-charge of multi-section course (Mathematics-II in 2024).
Seminar coordinator (September 2022-August 2024).
In-charge of Computational lab of Mathematics department (September 2022-August 2024).

Professional Services

Member of ‘Society of Biological Inorganic Chemistry (SBIC)’ from January 2015 – December 2018.
Member of ‘American Chemical Society (ACS)’ (February 2018-January 2019).
Organized an one-day seminar on 'Recent Advances in Bio-inorganic Chemistry' at BITS-Pilani Goa, India in 2023.
Actively participated in organizing international (SABIC-5 & SABIC-6 held in Kolkata in 2017 & 2024, respectively; 1st ICAIEFA held at BITS Pilani Goa) and national conference (NSRP-2023 & 89th IASc meeting; held at BITS Pilani KK Birla Goa Campus in 2023)
Served as Treasurer for an international conference IC-AIE-FA-2022, held at BITS Pilani KK Birla Goa Campus in 2022.
Served as independent reviewer for the ACS journals ACS Catalysis, Inorganic Chemistry, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering; RSC publishing journals Green Chemistry, Journal of Materials Chemistry A and New Journal of Chemistry and Elsevier publishing journal Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical.
Evaluated applications of young minds under the Young Entrepreneurs Bootcamp (YEB) program conducted by BITS Pilani Goa campus in 2022.

Selected Conference / Symposiums Attended:

1st International Conference on Advanced Functional Materials and Applications (AFMA-2025) at BITS-Pilani K K Birla Goa Campus, India (2025).
1st International Conference on Functional Nanomaterials and their Applications in Sustainability, Environment, Energy, and Biotechnology (ICFNA-2024) at BITS-Pilani K K Birla Goa Campus, India (2024).
6^th Symposium on Advanced Biological Inorganic Chemistry (SABIC) at Kolkata, India (2024).
89th Annual Meeting of Indian Academy of Sciences (IASc) at BITS-Pilani Goa (2023)
1st International Conference on Aggregation-Iunduced Emission: From Fundamental to Application (ICAIEFA) at BITS-Pilani Goa (2022)
234^th Faraday Discussion on Natural and artificial metalloenzymes by RSC in Online mode (2022)
24^th Annual Green Chemistry and Engineering Virtual Conference in Online mode (2020)
255^th American Chemical Society (ACS) meeting at New Orleans, Lousiana, USA (2018).
5^th Symposium on Advanced Biological Inorganic Chemistry (SABIC) at Kolkata, India (2017).
16^th International Conference on Mordern Trends in Inorganic Chemistry (MTIC-XVI), at Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India (2015).
17^th International Conference on Bio-Inorganic Chemistry (ICBIC-17) in Beijing, China (2015).
41^st International Conference on Coordination Chemistry (ICCC-41) in Singapore (2014).
16^th International Conference on Bio-Inorganic Chemistry (ICBIC-16) in France (2013).
3^rd Asian Conference on Coordination Chemistry (ACCC-3) in Delhi, India (2011).

Selected Conference Presentations:

Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Generation by Ni-PN³P Pincer Complexes: Role of Anchoring Phosphorus Substituents in Tuning the Reactivity in 6th SABIC conference at Kolkata, India.
‘Electronic structure and bonding in 1^st row hetero-bimetallic complexes probed via multi-edge X-ray absorption spectroscopy’ in 255^th ACS meeting at New Orleans, LA, USA.
‘Proton Coupled Electron Transfer in Electrocatalytic O₂ Reduction by Iron Porphyrin Complexes’ in ICBIC-XVII at Beijing, China (Poster + Flash presentation).
‘Ammonium tetrathiomolybdate adlayers on gold electrode: a versatile catalyst for hydrogen evolution reaction from water under ambient and hostile conditions’ in ICCC-41 at Suntec, Singapore (Poster + Slam presentation)
‘Bio-inspired Electrodes that Mimic Structure and Function of Cytochrome P450: Catalytic hydroxylation of inert C-H bonds using Molecular O₂’ in ICBIC-XVI at Grenoble, France.

To be updated.

Seminars and Conferences

Organised Conferences & Workshops

International Conference on Advances in Mechanics, Modelling, Computing and Statistics BITS Pilani, Pilani,19-21 March 2022.
48th National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Powers, BITS Pilani, Pilani, 27-29 Dec 2021.
Multiscale modelling approach to fluid flows involving phase change, University of Warwick, July 20, 2018.
Recent developments in the kinetic theory of gases, University of Warwick, July 27, 2017.

Conferences & Workshops Participation

International Conference on Advances in Transport Phenomena, VIT-AP University, Amaravati, July 16-18, 2022 (Invited).
66th Congress of the Indian Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (ISTAM)'', VIT-AP University, Amaravati, 3-5 Dec 2021 (Invited).
Modelling and Numerical Simulation of Non-Equilibrium Processes, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 27 Sep 2021–01 Oct 2021 (Invited).
2nd International Conference on Fluids under Confinement, IIT Kharagpur, Kharagpur, India, 14-31 March 2021 (Invited).
Short-term Online Training Programme for Faculty Members On MATHEMATICS WITH MATLAB AND MATHEMATICA, IIT Indore, 23-28 Nov 2020 (Invited).
Multiscale modelling approach in micro/nano-fluidics, IIT Kharagpur, Kharagpur, India, 09-10 Dec 2019 (Invited).
International Workshop on Recent Advancements in Data Envelopment Analysis and Applications, BITS Pilani, Pilani, 10-11 July 2021.
International Workshop on Stochastic Simulation and its Applications, BITS Pilani, Pilani, 24-27 Dec 2019.
2nd Warwick Postdoctoral Symposium, University of Warwick, Warwick, UK, May 7, 2019.
4th Meeting of the Multiscale and Non-Continuum Flows, Cranfield University (Cranfield, UK), October 3, 2018.
31st International Symposium on Rarefied Gas Dynamics, Glasgow, July 2327, 2018.
Technical Workshop on Micro and Nano Flows for Engineering, University of Edinburgh (Edinburgh, UK), March 24, 2017.
Multiscale Fluid Dynamics: Simulation, Experiments and Applications (Swinton park, Yorkshire, UK), December 13, 2016.
Higher Order Methods for Conservation Laws, NIMS (Busan, South Korea), August 25-27, 2014.
28th International Symposium on Rarefied Gas Dynamics, Zaragoza (Spain), July 09-13, 2012.
1st European Conference on Gas Micro Flows, Skiathos Island (Greece), June 06-08, 2012.
7th International Congress on Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Vancouver (Canada), January 18-22, 2011.
PIMS Workshop on Topics in Kinetic Theory, University of Victoria (Canada), June 29-July 03, 2009.
Moment Methods in Kinetic Theory, ETH Zurich (Switzerland), November 06-08, 2008.

Professional Activity

Workshops/Conferences Organized:

As Principal Organizer:

1. Indo-French Research Workshop on "Theory and Simulation of Hyperbolic PDEs arising in Mathematical Biology and Fluid Flow" at BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus, Rajasthan, India from 05th January to 11th January 2019 under the support of IFCAM.

Details can be found at https://www.bits-pilani.ac.in/pilani/TSHPDE/Home

2. GIAN program on “Modeling Analysis and Simulation of Coagulant Fluid” at IIT Bhubaneswar, India from 25th July 2016 to 29th July 2016 under the support of MHRD India.

International expert: Prof. Joaquim M.C. Correia from univ. of Evora, Evora Portugal http://www.gian.iitkgp.ac.in//files/brochures/BR1465288646Rajesh_Kumar___MASC.pd

3. GIAN program on “Current Advances in Numerical Techniques for PDEs with Random Input Data” at IIT Bhubaneswar, India from 8th December 2016 to 13th December 2016 under the support of MHRD India.

International expert: Prof. Fabio Nobile from EPFL Switzerland, Switzerland. http://www.gian.iitkgp.ac.in//files/brochures/BR1472731198GIAN_CANT_PDE.pdf

As One of the Joint Secretaries:

1. International Workshop on "Stochastic Simulation and its Applications" organized by Dept. of Maths., BITS Pilani, Pilani campus during 24-27th December 2019.

2. International Conference and 22nd Annual Convention of Vijñana Parishad of India on "Advances in Operations Research, Statistics and Mathematics" organized by Dept. of Mathematics, BITS Pilani, Pilani campus during December 28-30, 2019.

As One of the Coordinators:

1. Global Meet on "Computational Modeling and Simulation: Recent innovations, challenges, and perspectives" organized by BITS Pilani, India during 16th October to 7th November 2020.

Reviewer Activities:

1) Reviewer for journals:

Journal of Nonlinear Analysis: Real World Applications

Acta Applicandae Mathematicae

International Journal of Computer Mathematics

Computational and Mathematical Biophysics

2) Reviewer for conference proceeding:

International Conference on Computational Sciences - Modelling, Computing and Soft Computing 2020

(AIP Publishers)

Professional Services:

1. Member of Scientific Committee in West Asian Mathematical Schools (WAMS) on "Recent Developments and Applications of Partial Differential Equations, from Theory to Simulation", held at IIT Roorkee from 29th August-3rd September 2019, supported by CIMPA and IMU.

Conferences/Symposiums

International Congress of Mathematicians, Brazil, Aug. 01-09, 2018.
International Conference on Current Trends in Theoretical and Computational Differential Equations with Applications, South Asian University, New Delhi, Dec. 01-05, 2017 (Invited Talk).
International Conference on Current Trends in PDEs: Theory and Computations, South Asian University, New Delhi, Dec. 28-30, 2015 (Invited Talk).
Conference on Computational PDEs, TIFR-CAM Banglore, Dec. 21-23, 2015 (Paper Presentation).
International Congress on Industrial and Applied Mathematics (ICIAM 2015), China, Aug. 10-14, 2015.
National Conference on Recent Trends and Developments in Operation Research (NCRTDOR-14), BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus, Feb 22-23, 2014 (Paper Presentation).
International Symposium on Game Theory: Teaching and Applications, Central University of Rajasthan, Dec. 16, 2011.
International Congress of Mathematicians, Hyderabad, August 19-27, 2010.
ICM satellite conference on PDE and related topics at TIFR-CAM Banglore, August 13-17, 2010.
Year Long Programme on Hyperbolic Partial Differential Equations: Theory & Applications, IIT Bombay, Nov. 20-23, 2009.
Indo-German Conference on PDE, Scienti c Computing and Optimization in Applications, IIT Kanpur, October 7-9, 2009 (Paper Presentation).
International Conference on Recent Trends in Computational Partial Differential Equations (ICCPDE-2008), IIT Bombay, December 10-13, 2008 (Paper Presentation).
International Conference on Topics on functional and Numerical Analysis (TOFNA-05), IIT Bombay, December 7-9, 2005.
National Symposium on Scienti c Computations with Applications to Partial Di fferentail Equations, IIT Kanpur, November 19-21, 2005.

Workshops/Seminars/Schools

Resource Person, ''NuMATS Five Day Residential Camp'', Department of Mathematics, IIST Thiruvananthapuram, June 14-18, 2019.
Invited lecture on “LATEX for Beginner’s” in National Workshop on MATLAB and LaTeX (NWML-2016), Department of Mathematics, Indira Gandhi University, Meerpur, Rewari (Haryana), Aug. 24-30, 2016.
Advanced Level Training Programme on Differential Equations, BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, May 25-June 14, 2016 (Conducted Lab on FEM for elliptic and heat equations).
Advanced Workshop on Singularly Perturbed PDEs: Theory, Computation and Applications (AWSPPDEs-2016), IIT Kanpur, Mar. 24-28, 2016.
Pedagogical Training for Mathematics Teachers, ICT Mumbai, Nov. 2-7, 2015.
National Workshop on Latex and MATLAB for Beginners, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus, Dec. 24-28, 2014 (Resource Person).
Advanced Workshop on Computational Methods for Integral Equations and Application (AWCMIEA-2014), IIT Kanpur, Jan. 13-17, 2014.
Workshop on Optimization with PDE constraints, TIFR-CAM Banglore, Nov. 25 - Dec. 6, 2013.
Intensive Teaching Workshop (ITW) at BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus, first semester 2013-2014.
National Workshop on Modelling and Computation at BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus, Feb. 23-24, 2013.
Advanced Workshop on Non-Standard Finite Element Methods (AWNSFEM-2013), IIT Bombay, Feb. 11-15, 2013.
Advanced Instructional School on Partial Di erential Equations (AISPDE), TIFR Banglore, Dec. 15, 2008 - Jan. 6, 2009.
Instructional School on PDEs and National Symposium on Hyperbolic PDEs, IIT Bombay, July 14 - 17, 2008.
Summer School: Topics in Nonlinear PDEs, CIM/UC Coimbra, Portugal, June 22-27, 2007.
Instructional School on Modern Theory of PDEs, IIT Bombay, May 26 - June 23, 2007.
Indo-German workshop on Automatic Di fferentiation, Optimal Control and adaptivity with Applications (ADOCAA-06) IIT Bombay, Nov. 11-17, 2006.
Winter school 2005 on Introduction to partial di erential equations, IISc Banglore, Dec. 19-23, 2005.
Instructional Workshop on Algebraic Graph Theory, IIT Guwahati, Dec. 09-21, 2004.
Mathematical Training and Talent Search (MTTS) Program, a 4-week interactive program, sponsored by the National Board for Higher Mathematics (NBHM) RIE Mysore, India, May 17-June 12, 2004.

Administrative Duties

Seminar In-Charge, Aug. 2020-2022.
Placement Team Member, Aug. 2020-2022.
Member of Academic Counselling Cell (A.C.C.).
Performed BITSAT Duty in 2015, 2018-2020.
Member of Committee to look into the discriminating complaints received from SC/ST students, faculty and staff members of BITS Pilani - Pilani Campus, Aug. 2019.
Member of Departmental Research Committee, Sep. 2018-Aug. 2020, Sep. 2016-Aug. 2018.
Member of Library Committee, Dec. 2017-Dec. 2020.
Computer Lab In-charge, Sep. 2018-Aug. 2020, Sep 2016-Aug. 2018, Dec. 2014-Aug 2016.
Departmental Function In-charge, Sep 2016-Aug. 2018.
Member of Teaching Learning Center, Sept. 2016-Aug. 2018.
Member of Student-Faculty Council (SFC), II Semester 2018-19, I Semester 2017-18, I Semester 2016-17, II Semester 2014-15.
Member of Project Implementation Committee for FIST Grant.
Convener of Infrastructure and Social Welfare Committee, Dec. 2015-Aug. 2016.
Website In-Charge, Department of Mathematics since Dec. 2014-Aug. 2016.
Worked as Organizing Secretary of National Workshop on Latex and MATLAB for Beginners, held at BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus, Pilani, Dec. 24-28, 2014.
Member of Infrastructure and Social Welfare Committee, Sep. 2014-Nov. 2015.
Convenor of Project type courses (Numerical Methods), I Sem. 2014-15, II Sem. 2015-16, II Sem 2017-18.
Member of the technical team of organizing committee for National Workshop on Modelling and Computation held at BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus, Pilani, Feb. 23-24, 2013.
Apart from above mentioned works, I was also involved in developing new courses, curriculum development of courses etc.

Membership of Professional Bodies

AMS Member, Jan.-Dec. 2018, Jan-Dec. 2014.
SIAM Outreach member, Jan.-Dec. 2018, July 2015 to Dec. 2016.
SIAM member of Activity Group on Analysis of Partial Differential Equations,
Jan.-Dec. 2018, July 2015 to Dec. 2016.
Life Member of Indian Mathematical Society (IMS).
Life Member of Indian Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics (ISIAM).
Life Member of Indian Academy for Mathematical Modeling and Simulation (IAMMS)

Extra Activities

Convener of International Conference and 22^nd Annual Convention of Vijñana Parishad of India on Advances in Operations Research, Statistics and Mathematics (AOSM 2019), during December 28-30^th 2019, Department of Mathematics, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus, Pilani.
Convener of “International Workshop on Stochastic Simulation and its Applications” during December 24-27^th 2019, Department of Mathematics, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus, Pilani.
Organizing committee member for “Symposium on Modeling and Computational Fluid Dynamics”, April 4, 2015, Department of Mathematics, BITS Pilani.
Coordinator for National Workshop on LaTeX and MATLAB for Beginners, Dec. 24-28, 2014, Partially supported by DST–Rajasthan.
Acted as Joint Secretary in National Conference on Recent Trends and Developments in Operations Research under UGC-SAP, DRS I, 22-23, Feb 2014, organized by Department of Mathematics, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani Campus, Pilani.
Organizing committee member in a National Conference on Modeling, Computational Fluid Dynamics & Operations Research, 4-5, Feb 2012, held at Birla Institute of Technology and Science.
Organizing committee member in a National Conference on modeling, Computational Fluid Dynamics & Operations Research under UGC-SAP, DRS I, 4-5, Feb 2012, organized by Department of Mathematics, Birla Institute of Technology and Science.
Organizing committee memberin Training Programm “Optimization and its Application”, December 24-29, 2008, Sponsored by DST, held at Banasthali University, under Centre for Mathematical Sciences.
Organizing committee memberin workshop on “Bayesian Techniques and its Applications”,October 1-7, 2008 held at Banasthali University, under Centre for Mathematical Sciences.
Program Committe member in DST sponsored Workshop on “Models of Embedded Computations”, March 15-19, 2007, held at Banasthali University, under Centre for Mathematical Sciences.
Participated in a Department of Technology, Govt. of India, sponsered project “GyanJyot”, Badmare district in 2007.Organizing committeemember Training Program on “Stochastic Process Modelling: Concept, Theory and Application”, December 2-15, 2006, Sponsored by DST, held at Banasthali University.
Participated as Volunteer in National Conference on Operations Research and Information Technology during April 2-3, 2000 at Agra.
Participated as Volunteer in XXXI Annual Convention of ORSI and International Conference on Operations Research and Industry during Dec. 19-21, 1998 at Agra.

International/National Visits

Department of Mathematics, Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey, attended "International Conference on Applied Analysis and Mathematical Modeling (ICAAMM 2013)", during 2-5 June 2013.
Department of Production Management, Business School, Mannheim University, Germany during June 29 - July 02, 2014 to attend the Joint meeting of the GOR and the EURO Working Group on Stochastic Modelling.
Prof. Alok Goswami, Statistics and Mathematics Division, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, during 30-05-2015 to 4-07-2015.
Visited Prof. Raik Stolletz, Department of Production Management, Business School, Mannheim University, Germany, during Dec. 1, 2015, to Jan. 15, 2016 under Bilateral Cooperation funded by DFG (German science foundation).
Tinbergen Institute, Vrije University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands to attend 11th International Workshop on Retrial Queues and Related Topics during 30-08-2016-02-09-2019.
NTU Singapore to attend the International Conference on Computer and Communication Systems 2019(ICCCS 2019), during 23-25 Feb 2019.

Start ups and Field Scale installations

Three start ups from my lab

BacTreat Environmental Solutions LLP – My own start up focusing on Resource Recovery from Septage and wastewater treatment - Implementing constructed wetland based treatment systems in 6 schools in Goa. Demonstrated Resource Recovery from Septage at Baina Sewage Treatment plant, funded by DBT BIRAC.
15% stake in Zycon Biosciences Pvt Ltd which is focusing on Enzyme production and Purification.
Co founder of Tissues Engineered Private Limited

Workshops / Conferences organized

India Benin workshop on Urban Rural Nutrient and Carbon cycle in collaboration with GIZ from 24^th – 27^th Nov 2018.
Convenor of workshop NSA 2017: “Novel Sanitation approaches and emerging trends in Wastewater treatment system” from 19-21 of December, 2017 in association with Bill & Melinda Gates foundation and UNESCO IHE, Delft, Netherlands
Convenor of International conference on “Terra preta sanitation and decentralized wastewater systems” in collaboration with Technical University Hamburg, Harburg, Germany, November 19 – 20, 2015
Convenor of National conference “Decentralized biogas digesters and their slurry management” in collaboration with Institute of Agricultural and Urban Ecological Projects affiliated to Berlin Humboldt-University (IASP), Department of Biogene Resources, Berlin, Germany, during November 20 – 21, 2014
Short course on Wastewater Treatment october 11 - 13 2011 for public works department, Goa in collaboration with Dr.Michel Torrijos Laboratoire de Biotechnologie de l’Environnement, INRA, Narbonne, France.
Convenor of International Water Association’s international conference on “Microbes in Wastewater & Waste Treatment, Bioremediation and Energy Production”. This conference is scheduled during January 24 – 27, 2011 at Birla Institute of Technology and Science – Pilani, Goa campus, Goa, India.
Convenor of American Society for Microbiology sponsored International Workshop on Bioremediation. Jan 4 – Jan 16^th 2010 in association with Prof. Max Haggblom, Rutgers University, USA
Convenor of Conference on Anaerobic Digestion and Renewable Energy through Microbes Jan 13 – 15 2009
Editorial member of Asian Journal of Microbiology, Biotechnology and Environmental Sciences
Chief Editor of International Journal of Anaerobic digestion and Renewable Energy
Reviewer of International Journal “ Bioresource Technology”
Reviewer of “International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology
Reviewer of “Journal of Petroleum Technology and Alternate Fuels”
Reviewer of “World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology”
Faculty in charge for Institute’s Biological Sciences club called “SYMBIONTS”

International Research Collaborations

Collaboration with University of KwaZulu-Natal – South Africa, University of Science and Technology, Beijing, China and UNISC, Brazil as part of BRICS project
Collaboration with Unidade de Bioenergia e Biorrefinarias and Instituto Superior de Agronomia da Universidade de Lisboa / University of Lisbon School of Agriculture, Lisbon as part of DST collaborative project.
Collaboration with EOOS Next Austria as part of Bill & Melinda Gates foundation project
Collboration with Georgia Tech, USA as part of Reinvented Toilet funded by Bill & Melinda Gates foundation
Collaboration with Caltech USA and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation on testing on site electrochemical wastewater treatment and recycling technology.
Collaboration with German Technical Cooperation, Technical University Hamburg, Harburg and International Water Management Institute, Colombo, Srilanka on Pilot scale studies of Terra Preta Sanitation.
Collaboration with Prof. Willy Verstraete and Prof. Korneel Rabaey, Ghent University on Reinvent the toilet Challenge project.
Collaboration with German Technical Cooperation, Technical University, Hamburg and Hamburg Wasser on GTZ-BMU – Waste to Energy project – ongoing. Currently appointed as consultant who will provide scientific back up. Total consultancy cost (Rs 10 lacs)
Sustainable energy production from solid food waste of a small community – Collaboration with Dr. Michel Torrijos, Laboratoire de Biotechnologie de l’Environnement, INRA, Narbonne, France. Under this collaboration funded by French Embassy, Vidhya Prabhudesai my PhD student will stay nine months in France to start the characterization of the various fractions of the wastes and to measure the methane potentials. Period : May 2009 – Jan 2010.
Isotope biogeochemical concepts to characterise the fate of organic chemicals in the environment with Dr.Hans Hermann Richnow, Head, Isotope Biogeochemistry, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Leipzig, Germany under bilateral cooperation in Science and Technology funded by International Bureau of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research. Period : Jan 2009 – July 2009.

Member of Professional Societies

American Society for Microbiology
Society for Applied Microbiology
Association of Microbiologists of India
International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation Society
International Solid waste Association
International Water Association
Biogas Forum India

Field Scale Installation - Research, Development and Deployment

Organizer of Conference/Workshop

The Annual Conference of Indian Women and Mathematics funded by funded by National Board for Higher Mathematics, DAE, Govt. of India and supported by Committee for Women in Mathematics, IMU (held at BITS Goa July 11-13, 2024), link: https://sites.google.com/goa.bits-pilani.ac.in/iwm-annual-conf-2024.
The Advanced Instructional School (AIS) on Functional Analysis, Operator Theory and Operator Algebra funded by National School of Mathematics (held at BITS Goa on 12th June - 1st July 2023), link: https://www.atmschools.org/school/2023/ais/fsotoa.

Reviewer of Journals:

Journal of Operator Theory
Journal of Indian Mathematical Society
International Journal Functional Analysis and it’s Applications

Additional Experience

Chaired a session in International Conference on Interdisciplinarity of Knowledge, Education and Research, held at BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus, February 8-9, 2019.
Resources person at "Three Days Workshop on Computational Techniques in Mathematics" from January 10-12, 2019 at Vivekanand Global University, VIT Campus, Jaipur (Rajasthan).
Member of Technical Programme Committee of International Conference on “Mathematical Modeling and Computing (ICMMC 2018), held at Jaipur Engineering College and Research Centre, Jaipur, on April 6-7, 2018.
Chaired a session in International Conference on 2nd International Conference on Evidence Based Management (ICEBM 2017), held at BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus, March 17-18, 2017.
Resources person at "National Workshop on LaTeX and MATLAB (NWLM)" from August 24-30, 2016 at Indira Gandhi University, Meerpur, Rewari (Haryana).
Invited lecture on “Some Applications on DEA” at VSB Technical University of Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic on June 09, 2016.
Chaired a session in International Conference on Evidence Based Management (ICEBM 2015), held at BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus, from March 20-21, 2015.
Resources person of 5 days "National Workshop on LaTeX and MATLAB for Beginners (NWLMB)" from December 24-28, 2014 at BITS Pilani, with partial support from DST, Rajasthan.
Chaired a session in SocProS 2013 held at IIT Roorkee (Greater Noida Campus), Noida from December 26-28, 2013.
Member of Program committee of SocProS 2013 held at IIT Roorkee (Greater Noida Campus), Noida from December 26-28, 2013.
Chaired a session in National Conference on Recent Trends in Operations Research (NCRTOR 2013) held at ASET, New Delhi from April 11-12, 2013.
Invited for training lecture on MATLB Software Workshop held at The IIS University, Jaipur from March 17-18, 2013.
Reviewer of Journal of Applied Research and Technology.
Reviewer of European Journal of Operational Research.
Reviewer of International Journal of Operational Research.
Reviewer of Soft Computing.

Research Profile Links:

Adminstritive Positions

Head of the Department : September 2012 to August 2014
Member, Departmental Research Committee : September 2014 to August 2016
Member, Departmental Committee on Academics : September 2016 to August 2018

Membership of Professional Bodies

American Academic & Scholarly Research Center, USA: Life Member
International Association of Engineers(IAENG)
Indian Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics : Life Member
Rajasthan Ganita Parishad : Life Member
Indian Society for Heat and Mass Transfer: Life Member
IAENG Society of Chemical Engineering
Rajasthan Academy of Physical Sciences: Life Member
IRED:Universal Association of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineers: 3Years

Research Interest and interesting links

Research Interest

Computational Physics

Condensed Matter Physics

Non-linear Dynamics & Chaos

Interesting links:

· Advice to students at the start of their scientific careers.... By Steven Weinberg

· Snapshots of a Physicist’s life: Online autobiography of J.D.Jackson

· · 100 Reasons to be a Scientist

· · “The unreasonable effectiveness of Mathematics in the Physical Sciences” – By Eugene Wigner

· · Why must scientists become more ethically sensitive than they used to be? – by John Ziman

· · Computational Physics

· · Numerical Recipes in Physics

· · Physics simulations

· · A New Kind of Science – by Stephen Wolfram

Criticism of “New Kind of Science” By Weinberg

· · Quantum Information and Physics of Information

· · FAQs in Physics: http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics/

Other Responsibilities

BITS Institutional Responsibilities

1	Member, University Senate, since June 2021
2	Convenor, Department Committee on Academics (DCA), Since 2020
3	Warden, Gandhi Bhavan Hostel, Since July 2018
4	Co-opt Member, University Senate, Oct 2019 - Oct 2020
5	Convenor, Department Research Committee (DRC) , 2016-2020
6	Faculty in charge, Dynamics and Vibration Laboratory, 2016-2020
7	Member, Library Committee, 2014-15
8	Member, Department Finance Committee, Since 2019
9	BITSAT Coordinator, Trivandrum Centre, 2015,2016 and proctor 2017,2018
10	SME Practice School-1 2017, 2018 Practice School -1 Instructor 2018, 2020
11	Organising Secretary , International Symposium on Wind Engineering and Wind Energy (ISWWE2016), 2016 at BITS-Pilani Hyderabad Campus
12	As Organising Co-Convener for 2nd National Conference on Design and manufacturing technologies for Product Life Cycle, 2016 at BITS-Pilani Hyderabad Campus

Community Service and Administration

2021-23 Member-Coordinator of the team corresponding to 'Criterion 6.3 Case Studies' and member of ‘Criterion 5.5 Gender Climate and Organisational Culture’ which are part of the project 'Gender Advancement for Transforming Institutions' (GATI project) supervised by Department of Science and Technology, Government of India and the National Assessment and Accreditation of Council, India. (Status: Project Report for Criterion 6.3 completed on 18 April 2022 and tasks for Criterion 5.5 completed on 31 January 2023).
2020-22 Advisor to Gender Champions, BITS Pilani.
2020-22 Member of the Committee for International Academia and Research, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, BITS Pilani, Pilani.
2020 Member of the Humanities Sub-Committee, BSc. Computing and Design, Work Integrated Learning Programme, BITS Pilani.
2018-22 Programme Officer, National Service Scheme, BITS Pilani.
2018-22 Member, Departmental Committee for Academics, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, BITS Pilani.
2018 Member of the Group for designing the curriculum BSc Computing and Design, Work Integrated Learning Programme, BITS Pilani.
2021-22 Non-Resident Warden, Shankar Bhawan, BITS Pilani.
2016-21 Non-Resident Warden, Ashok Bhawan, BITS Pilani.
2016-17 Member of the Teaching-Learning Centre, BITS Pilani.
2016 Coordinator of the Working Group that designed the curriculum for a first-degree undergraduate programme in Liberal Arts/Humanities and Social Sciences, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, BITS Pilani.
2013-15 Member of the Quality Assessment and Assurance Team, Mission 2015-Vision 2020, BITS Pilani.
2013-15 Member of the Departmental Research Committee, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, BITS Pilani.

Membership

Life member, International Systemic Functional Linguistics Association. Sydney,Australia
Life member, Association for English Studies in India

Administration

Coordinator, Student Faculty Council(Since 2020)
Editor, University Wide Newsletter(2016 -2018)
Editor, BITSCAN (2015 to July 2021)
Nucleus Member, Publications and Media Relations Unit in BITS, Pilani ( 2007 to 2013)
Faculty-in charge ,Placement Feedback Advisory Counseling (PFAC) 2012
Member, Editorial Team, BITSCAN (2004 to 2013)
Member, Library Committee 2005-2006
Editor,Musings,2012-2013
Member Academic Counselling Cell(ACC)2010 to 2015
Member, Department Committee on Academics
Member, Doctoral Research Committee
Member ,Library Committee,2017
Student Faculty Council Member (iisem 2015-16)and Co-ordinator(isem 2016-17)
Prof Incharge,Ragamalika

Professional Experience

Academic and Administrative Experience

Internal

Convener, Department Committee on Academics (DCA), Department of HSS, BITS, Pilani (September 2020 – August 2022) & (September 2022 – August 2024)
Co-editor, Musings 2020 (An Anthology of Poems, Short Stories, One-act Plays and Paintings, Department of HSS, BITS, Pilani
Member, Humanities Sub-Committee for B.Sc. (Design and Computing), Work Integrated Learning Programs (WILP), BITS, Pilani (Second Semester, 2019 - 2020)
Resource Faculty, Intensive Teaching Workshop, BITS, Pilani (First Semester, 2019 - 2020)
Member, Academic Counseling Cell, BITS, Pilani (2019 - 2020)
Convener, Student Faculty Council (SFC), Department of Humanities and Social Sciences (2018-2020)
Member, Departmental Committee on Academics (DCA), Department of Humanities and Social Sciences (2018-2020)
Member, Department Level Short-Listing Committee (DLSC), BITS, Pilani (2013 - 2020)
Member, BITS Team, Test Centre, BITS Admission Test (BITSAT) (2008 – 2017, 2019 & 2022)
In-charge, Recreational Activity Forum (RAF), BITS, Pilani (June 21, 2008 – January 11, 2019)
Associate Dean, Student Welfare Division, BITS, Pilani (November 11, 2014 - August 16, 2018)
Member, Department Research Committee (DRC), BITS, Pilani (2014 - 2016)
Warden, Ram Bhawan, BITS, Pilani (Pilani Campus) (2005 - 2015); (Combined with Budh Bhawan and Malviya Extension during 2012 - 2015)
Faculty In-charge, Financial Aid for Students (Merit Cum Need Scholarship), BITS, Pilani (2009 - 2014)
Nucleus Member, Student Welfare Division, BITS, Pilani (2009 - 2014)
Convener, Department Research Committee (DRC), BITS, Pilani (2012 - 2014)
Member, Research Board, BITS, Pilani (2012-2013)
Professor-in-charge, Languages and Humanistic Studies Association, BITS, Pilani (2011 - 2012)
Program Officer, National Service Scheme (NSS), BITS, Pilani (2008 - 2012)
Nucleus Member, Publications and Media Relations Unit, BITS, Pilani (2006 - 2009)
Member, Library Committee, BITS, Pilani (2007, 2010 & 2011)
Member, Academic Counseling Board, BITS, Pilani (2004 - 2006)
Organizing Faculty Member, Intensive Teaching Workshop, BITS, Pilani (Second Semester, 2004 - 2005)
Nucleus Member, Off Campus Work Integrated Learning Programs Division, BITS, Pilani (2000 - 2005)
Reviewer of a few Research Project Proposals in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Pilani Campus

External

Member, Board of Studies, University Institute of Neural and Cognitive Sciences, Chandigarh University, Mohali, Punjab, India (2019-2020)
Member, Board of Studies, Centre of Phenomenology and Cognitive Sciences, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India (2019-2020)
Technical Paper Reviewer, Annals of Bioethics & Clinical Applications, Medwin Publishers, Troy, Michigan, USA (2019-2021)
Member, Editorial Board, International Journal of Research in Business Studies, New Delhi, India (2018-2021)
Technical Paper Reviewer, People: International Journal of Social Sciences (Open access, peer-reviewed and refereed journal published by GRDS Publishing) (2019)
Member, Editorial Board, International Journal of Communication, New Delhi, India (2007, 2008, 2011, 2018, 2019)
Member, Editorial Board, International Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences – IJHS, Secunderabad, Telangana, India (2019)
Paper-setter of undergraduate / postgraduate Philosophy courses of a reputed university

Professional Meetings

Chaired a Technical Session in International Conference on Research in Business (ICRB 2020) on “Together Towards Tomorrow: Tapping the Tempo” held at India International Centre, New Delhi, India on February 16, 2020
Attended an Intensive Workshop on “Research Methodology” held at Department of Humanities and Sciences, BITS, Pilani, Pilani Campus, Pilani, India during February 09-11, 2015
Attended a Workshop on “Philosophy Teachers’ Meet on Methodologies and Measures” sponsored by ICPR, New Delhi held at Department of Philosophy, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India during March 21-22, 2013
Co-chaired a Technical Session in Third International ELT@I Rajasthan Conference on Interfacing Language, Culture and Technology, organized by Department of Humanities and Languages, BITS, Pilani, India during October 8-9, 2012
Attended a Workshop on “Contemporary Indian Identities, Philosophy and Art and the Philosophy of Literature” held at Department of Philosophy, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India during January 29-30, 2009
Chaired a session on “Moral Values and Human Nature” in National Seminar on Moral Goodness and Human Nature, sponsored by SAP, UGC, held at Panjab University, Chandigarh, India during March 14-15, 2007
Attended Faculty Development Program on “Professional Effectiveness” organized by Management Studies Group, BITS, Pilani, India during October 26-27, 2004
Attended a Global Convention on Peace and Nonviolence as the institute sponsored delegate held on January 31 and February 01, 2004 at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi, India. The Prime Minister of India, Mr. Atal Bihari Vajpayee inaugurated the convention. Gandhi Smriti and Darshan Samiti, New Delhi, India organized the convention.
Attended a Workshop on Conflict Transformation and Citizens’ Diplomacy held during Oct. 30 – Nov. 1, 2003 at BITS, Pilani, India.
Attended a National Workshop on Applied Philosophy and Professional Ethics held during November 18-20, 2001 at Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, India.

Professional Memberships

Life-time member of The Indian Philosophical Congress (IPC), Darshan Bhawan, 36, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi - 110062 - http://indianphilosophicalcongress.in/ [Membership ID: 238]
Life-time member of Social Science & Humanities Research Association (SSHRA), a scholarly association - http://www.eurasiaresearch.org/ [Membership ID: ERCICSSH1908079]

National Collaborations

Dr. S. Ganguly, Assoc. Prof, Dept. of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra-835215. India.
Dr. Dr. K V G Chandra Sekhar, Asst. Professor, Department of Chemistry, Assistant Dean - Practice School Division, Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani Hyderabad Campus, Jawahar Nagar, Shameerpet Mandal, Ranga Reddy District, Andhra Pradesh -500 078. India.
Prof. Mitali Chatterjee, Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Institute of Post-Graduate education and Research, 244-B, Acharya J.C. Bose Road, Kolkata-700020. West Bengal. India.
Dr. Palwinder Singh, Professor, Department of Chemistry, GNDU, Amritsar-143001, Punjab. India.
Dr. Naveen S, Scientist, Institution of Excellence, University of Mysore, Mysore- 570 006· Karnataka. India.

International Collaborations

Dr. Jan Balzarini, Chairman, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, KU Leuven, Rega Institute for Medical Research, Minderbroedersstraat 10, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium.
Dr. Rafael Balaña Fouce, Professor of Biomedical Sciences, University of Leon, Scientific Director of INBIOTEC (Spain), 24071 Leon (SPAIN).
Dr. Scott Franzblau, Professor and Director, Institute for Tuberculosis Research, MC-964 College of Pharmacy, Room 425, University of Illino's at Chicago, 833 S. Wood Street, Chicago. Illinois 60621-7231. USA.
Prof. Baojie Wan, Professor and Director, Institute for Tuberculosis Research, MC-964 College of Pharmacy, Room 412, University of Illino's at Chicago, 833 S. Wood St. Chicago, Illinois 60621-7231, USA.
Dr. Dr. Terry K. Smith, Reader in the Schools of Biology & Chemistry, Office B3.10 Biomedical Sciences Research Complex, The North Haugh, The University, St. Andrews, Fife Scotland. KY16 9ST. UK.
Dr. Yong-Tang Zheng, Professor, Laboratory of Molecular Immunopharmacology, Key Laboratory of Animal Models and Human Disease Mechanisms, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan 650223. P.R. China.
Dr. Larry Ming C. Chow, Associate Head & Associate Professor, Department of Applied Biology & Chemical Technology, Lee Shau Kee Building, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Hong Kong.
Dr. Paul Horrocks, Professor, Huxley Building, Keele University, Staffordshire ST5 5BG, England, United Kingdom.
Dr. Manormoney Pillay, Scientist, Medical Microbiology & Infection Control, Doris Duke Medical Research Institute, Nelson Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban- 4000. South Africa.
Dr. Davie Cappoen, Universiteit Antwerpen, Laboratory of microbiology, parasitology and hygiene (LMPH), Campus Drie Eiken, Universiteitsplein 1 D.S.723, 2610 Wilrijk, België.
Dr. Tanya Parish, Vice President, Drug Discovery, Infectious Disease Research Institute, 1616 Eastlake Avenue E, Suite 400, Seattle, WA 98102. USA.
Dr. Joazaizulfazli Jamalis, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310, Skudai, Johor, Malaysia.
Dr. Luis Menéndez-Arias, Centro de Biologia Molecular Severo Ochoa, c / Nicolas Cabrera 1, Campus de Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid. Spain.
Dr. Enzo Tramontano, Department of Life Sciences and Environment, University Citadel of Montserrat, SS554 - 09042, Monserrato (Cagliari), Italia.
Dr. Marie-Aline Andreola, Laboratoire MFP, CNRS UMR-5234, Universite de Bordeaux, FR Transbiomed, 146 Rue Leo Saignat, 33076 Bordeaux, France.
Dr. Frauke Christ, Laboratory for Molecular Virology and Gene Therapy, Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, UZ St. Rafael, Kapucijnenvoer 33 block i - bus 07001, BE-3000 Leuven.

Membership in scientific bodies

Life Member of Tamilnadu State Pharmacy Council (4488-A1)
Life Member of Indian Pharmaceutical Association (I.P.A/BIH/JHAR/LM/0061)
Life Member of The Indian Science Congress Association (L27131)
Life Member of Association of Pharmaceutical Teachers of India [RA / LM/ 340]
Life Member of Indian Society of Chemists and Biologists [LF-718/2015]
Life Member of the Indian Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists and Technologists [LM / 1501 /2015] Life Member of Indian Pharmacy Graduates Association [LM 5929/2016]
Life Member of Indian Society for Technical Education [LM109572/2016]
Life Member of Indian Council of Chemist [LM/2017]

Administration

Acted as Practice School Instructor at Jaipur and managed three centres : JDA, KEC and FRI with 41 students
Faculty in Charge of Departmental Seminar/ Colloquium 2016-17
As ACC MEMBER, I organized an event Coffee with Profs which was well received by both students and faculty.
Organized Deepawali Milan and Holi Milan get together for the dept for being the faculty in charge of Recreation Activities.
Heading the Department of Languages since 2010.
Editor of Semester Magazine, BITSCAN since 2008
Acted as DAC (Doctoral Advisory Committee) for 3 Research Scholars
Member of Disciplinary Committee of the institute for the academic year 2010-2011
Acted as an expert for the selection of the Aditya Birla Scholarship 11 August 2010
Editorial Board Member , CURIE, a quarterly journal for 2008-2009.
On the Editorial Board of BITSCAN, a Semester Magazine during 2008-2009.
Non- resident warden of Meera bhavan for 5 years.
Several times acted as subject expert for recruitment of English teachers in BET schools.
Nominated as the library committee member in 2002, 2004, 2006 and 2009.
Resource person for Intensive Teaching Workshop for eight years from 2000-2008.
Coordinator for Skill development programme during 2005-6 and 2006-7.
Coordinator for Communicative English Programme in both the semesters from 2002 to 2009.
Acted as an expert on the Ph. D. Qualifying panel.
Has been paper setter for Kota Vardman Open University, Sanskrit University, Jaipur, Choudhary Devi Lal University, Sirsa
Spoken English Programmes for Birla Institutions Community Centre, Pilani (KaLA) run from August 2006 to Nov. 2006 and second batch from 30-01-2007 to 03-04-2007.
Faculty In-Charge of Teaching Learning Centre from 1 September 2020 to 31 October 2021.
Nucleus Member, Alumni Relation Unit from 1 March 2019 to 31 August 2020.
Editor of BITS ECHO from March 2019 to October 2020 and drafted the Editorial Policy of the same for smooth collection, drafting, editing, formatting and authenticity of the contents.
Editor of Strategic Report to COVID-19, BITS Pialni, Pilani Campus, published online on 31 May 2019
Participated in Study India Program for Hiroshima University students (25 Feb – 7 March,2019)
BITSAT duty in Ahmadabad in 2018 and in Pilani 2019
Member, Departmental Level Shortlisting Committee (DLSC) for faculty recruitment (from March 2013)
Member of Library Committee in 2018-19
Member of Senate since 2013
Member of Doctoral Research Committee 2016-2018
Member, Doctoral Advisory Committee for Research Scholars

Conferences & Seminars

Lata, Pushp attended and presented a paper entitled Do Indian College Students Need Cross Cultural Training? at International Conference on Language, Literature and Culture (ICLLC), Pune, Maharashtra, India during 15th to 17th December 2017 organized by Institute of Advanced Studies in English, Pune.
Lata, Pushp attended and presented a paper entitled Rethinking Muticulturalism and Maximizing Learning in Indian Classrooms at ELT@I IV International Conference in association with RELO and British Council at Kanoria PG Mahila Mahavidyalya, Jaipur during 30-31 October 2017
Lata, Pushp attended and presented a co- authored paper entitled Using Mutimodal Tools for Teaching Mutiliteracies in Indian ELT Classrooms at ELT@I IV International Conference in association with RELO and British Council at Kanoria PG Mahila Mahavidyalya, Jaipur during 30-31 October 2017
Lata, Pushp attended and presented a co- authored paper entitled Enhancing Written Communication Skills of College Students through Online Collaborative Tutorials in a Multicultural Classroom at ELT@I IV International Conference in association with RELO and British Council at Kanoria PG Mahila Mahavidyalya, Jaipur during 30-31 October 2017
Lata, Pushp attended and presented a paper entitled Redefining Pedagogy Using Technical Scaffolding for Teaching Advanced ESL Learners at 9th Edition International Conference ICT for Language Learning organized by Pixel in collaboration with Libreria Universitaria at Florence, Italy 17-18 November 2016.
Lata, Pushp attended a National Workshop on Outcome based learning jointly organized by Teaching and Learning Centre, BITS Pilani, Pilani campus and IIT Kharagpur during 28 – 29 November 2016.
Lata, Pushp Attended and presented a Concept Note on “Creating a user-generated learning environment through Flipping Classroom: An Experiential Pedagogy” at National Convention on Current Practices and Future of Classroom Teaching at Higher Education Level, organized by Department of Humanities and Social Sciences & Teaching Learning Centre at Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani- Pilani campus during 30th Sept.-01 Oct. 2016.
Lata, Pushp Sanjay Kumar and Sonal Bhagat, Tracing Variegated Streaks of Feminism in the French Lieutenant’s Woman through Pinteresque Jigsaw presented the paper in absentia at 2nd World Conference on Women’s Studies at Colombo, Sri Lanka. During 5-6 May 2016
Lata, Pushp Attended and presented a Paper on Enhancing Employability Prospects of College Students from Rural Background: Problems and Opportunities” at International Conference on Trends and Innovations in Language Teaching held at Sathyabhama University, Chennai in collaboration with RELO and IEEE during 14-15 November 2014.
Lata, Pushp attended and presented a Paper on “Developing Intercultural Competence for Effective Teaching of Communication Skills” at 9th International and 49th Annual ELTAI Conference at VIT Jaipur, 21-23 August 2014.
Lata, Pushp attended and presented a paper on “Why we need to transform ELT at Tertiary Level” at Sadaa Third International Conference being organized on the theme “Language, Literature & Library: Disruptive Digressions & Digital Dimensions” in collaboration with the Manipal University, Jaipur from 22 to 24 January 2014.
Lata, Pushp attended a four days Workshop on Research Methodology at JK Lakshmipat University, Ajmer Road, Mahapura during 15 May- 19 May 2013.
Lata, Pushp attended and presented a paper on “Integration of Web based Interactive and Multimedia Learning Materials for Off-Campus Students: A Case Study” at Annual International Conference on Language, Literature and Linguistics (L3 2012), Global Science and Technology Forum during 9 - 10 July 2012 at Hotel Fort Canning, Singapore
Lata, Pushp attended and presented papers on “Integrating Web 2.0 Tools for Enhancing Collaborative Writing Skills: Challenges and Prospects” and “Enhancing Learner Autonomy through Self Instructional Materials”, at 3rd ELT@I International Conference held at BITS, Pilani during 8-9 October 2012.
Lata, Pushp Officially participate in the round table discussion for Strengthening the Humanities and Liberal Arts Courses/ Programmes which was held in Hotel Hyat, New Delhi on 11 October 2011
Lata, Pushp participated as an invited speaker and delivered a paper on Fostering Value based education among Engineering Graduates through Humanitites and Liberal Arts at International Conference at JUIT, Waknaghat, Himachal Pradesh during 22-23 September 2011.
Lata, Pushp attended and presented a paper on “Revisiting Course Curriculum and pedagogy through Students Responses and Reflective Strategies” at International ELTAI Conference held at VIT, Jaipur during 4-5 November 2011.
Lata, Pushp attended and presented a paper on “Articulating the Issue of Alienated Identification in Jhumpa Lahiri’s Works” at International Seminar on Margins and Nation Spaces : The Aesthetics of Cultural Expression during 8-9 February 2008 at Department of English, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur.
Luhach, Suman, Pushp Lata and Kirti Singh attended and presented a paper entitled Emergency Remote Teaching and Technology Comfort: Mapping Perceptions of English Teachers from Schools in Rural Areas of Rajasthan during COVID- 19 Crisis" at a peer reviewed International Conference on Best Innovative Teaching Strategies (ICON-BITS 2021) organized by Teaching Learning Centre, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus during 29-31 July 2021.
Kumar, Deepak and Pushp Lata attended and presented a co- authored paper entitled, Exploring the Parameters of Syllabus from Teachers’ Perspective at a peer reviewed International Conference on Best Innovative Teaching Strategies (ICON-BITS 2021) organized by Teaching Learning Centre, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus during 29-31 July 2021.
Lata, Pushp presented a poster on Experiential learning through Multimodal Pedagogy for Better Students’ Engagement in Cross Cultural Skills Course at BITS Pilani, a peer reviewed conference on Best Teaching Practices for Engaged Student Learning jointly organized by Teaching Learning Centre, BITS Pilani, Goa and Hyderabad during February 13-15, 2020.
Gaur, Manusmiriti and Pushp Lata attended and presented a paper entitled Critical Pedagogy Practices in Engineering Education in India: Insights from English Language Classroom at ELT@I Golden Jubilee International Conference in association with RELO and British Council at Amity University, Noida during 9-12 October 2019
Lata, Pushp presented a paper entitled Capacity Building through Cross Cultural Skills among Engineering Graduates of India: A Case Study of Cross Cultural Skills Course at BITS Pilani. 3rd Indo-German Conference on Sustainability in Engineering Enhancing Future Skills and Entrepreneurship during September 16-17, 2019. A peer reviewed conference jointly organized by Technische Universität Braunschweig and BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus. Scopus-listed proceedings book (publishing group: Springer Nature).
Lata, Pushp presented a paper entitled Digital Training for Language Teachers: An Exploration into Online Writing Tutorials at Oxford Education Research Symposium Spring Meeting: 20, 21 & 22 March, 2019, at Green Templeton College in the University of Oxford. A peer reviewed conference.
Aayushi Malhotra, Sailaja Nandigama and Pushp Lata presented a co- authored paper entitled Gendered Communication in Development Discourse and Practice in the International Conference on Interdisciplinarity of Knowledge, Education and Research organized by Dept of Humanities and Social Sciences, BITS, Pilani- Pilani Campus during 8th -9th , 2019
Lata, Pushp and Shrija Majumdar presented a co- authored paper entitled Transformation of Perception about Cross Cultural Communication under the Influence of Social Media: An Impact Study in the International Conference on Interdisciplinarity of Knowledge, Education and Research organized by Dept of Humanities and Social Sciences, BITS, Pilani- Pilani Campus during 8th -9th , 2019.
Shivangi Priya and Pushp Lata presented a paper entitled Language Promotion and the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of India at the 40 th International Conference of the Linguistic Society of India, A peer reviewed conference, held at the Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore from 05-07 December 2018.
Lata, Pushp participated and presented a paper on Flipping Classroom Teaching for Better Learning: An Experiential Pedagogy in the National Workshop on Synergy between Teaching and Research in Indian Academia organized by Teaching Learning Centre, BITS, Pilani, Pilani Campus during March 26-27, 2018
Lata, Pushp and Shivangi Priya attended and presented a paper entitled Culture, Language and Identity: A Sociolinguistic Study at the International Conference on Media, Culture and Ethics organized by the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences during 9th and 10th February 2018.
Lata, Pushp, Kaushik Ramesh Iyengar and Smiti Yadav attended and presented a paper entitled Intercultural Competence among Indian Youth: Need for Training at the International Conference on Media, Culture and Ethics organized by the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences during 9th and 10th February 2018
Lata, Pushp attended and presented a paper entitled Fostering Critical Thinking among Engineering Graduates: A Task Based Approach, National Workshop on Improving Synergy Between Teaching And Research In Indian Academia (Istria 2018), BITS, Pilani on March 26-27, 2018

Seminars/conferences/ workshops organized and the source of funding (national/international) with details of outstanding participants, if any

I with my co-conveners- Dr. Kumar Sankar Bhattacharya, Dr. Sailaja Nandigama and Prof. Devika, organized a seven- day long Academic Writing Workshop for research scholars during 5 April – 12 April 2019 which was attended by 46 research scholars and 13 faculty members from varied disciplines acted as the resource persons.
As Convener I organized the Third ELT@I International Conference on Interfacing Language, Culture and Technology, October 8-9, 2012 BITS Pilani, Pilani campus. 135 delegated from India and Abroad participated and presented their papers.
The Birth Centenary of Gurudev Rabindra Nath Tagore on 12 May and also organized a function on the National Education Day which is celebrated to commemorate the Birth Anniversary of our first education minister of free India Maulana Abul Kalam Azad. All faculty members and students enthusiastically participated in both the events.
Organized the Constitution Day on 15 December 2015 in NAB Auditorium. It was a tribute to B R Ambedkar, who played a very significant role in the framing of the Indian Constitution as the chairman of the Drafting committee of the Constituent Assembly.
As the Faculty In-Charge of Teaching Learning Centre I conducted 12 major events from 1 September 2020 to 31 October 2021 namely, NEP Webinars: Naya kshitij for School Teachers; Faculty Development Programme; Coding Workshop for KIDS (ICWK-2021; NEP Naya kshitij: School Teachers’ Training Workshop; ITW Workshop; NEP 2020 : Naya Kshitij for higher education – Webinar; TLC Projects; TLC Students’ Team Blog; TALEEM: a TLC News Letter; and Setting up TLC Studio.
As the Chairperson, I organized a peer-reviewed International Conference on Best Innovative Teaching Strategies [ICON-BITS 2021]- BITS Pilani, Pilani campus. 172 delegated from India and Abroad participated and presented their papers.

Research Positions

I am currently looking for Ph.D. students to work on the following domains:

1) Unmanned Aerial Vehicles or Drones- Security, other communication protocols

2) 5G- network slicing and other areas

3) Internet of Things

4)Edge Computing and Machine Learning

5) Other vibrant topics in Embedded Systems

If you are interested in pursuing a Ph.D. under my supervision and have a funding from agencies like UGC/CSIR JRF/SRF, please write to me

gssc [AT] pilani [dot] bits-pilani [dot] ac [dot] in

The minimum criteria for the applicants will be

1) M.E. in Embedded Systems/ Communication Engineering/ Electronics or any equivalent degree from an institute of repute with a CGPA of at least 7.0 or 70% (in percentage system)

2) Good publication record will be desirable

3) A zeal to publish in top-tier journals

Working with me, the candidate will get an opportunity to work with reputed researchers across the world like

1) Prof. Rajkumar Buyya, Distinguished Professor, University of Melbourne, Australia

2) Prof. Biplab Sikdar, National University of Singapore

to name a few.

To be updated.

SOP/DOP/LOP (Study Projects)

Our Research Group homepage (BITS IoT lab): https://bitsiotlab.com/

Dear Students,

We are currently working on several projects, which are listed below. You can apply for (SOP/DOP/LOP) by filling out the Google form using the below link.

Eligibility: Student should be from A7/A3/A8 (or having these in their dual degree), CGPA cut-off: 7

Pre-requisites

a. For ML projects in the list, applicant should have Sound knowledge of Machine Learning & Deep Learning concepts (CNNs, RNNs, GANs, etc.). They must also have Excellent programming skills in Python (particularly Pandas, TensorFlow, Keras, and Torch to name a few)

b. Strong paper writing skills and willing to write a research paper with me (and not just
code!).

Available Projects,

1. AI for Healthcare (Computer vision/ image analysis, Computational Pathology, MRI, CT Scan and AI Explainability)

2. Computer Vision (image enhancement/ reconstruction) for autonomous cars/ UAV etc.

3. Qauntum computing for IoT / Security (for students having dual in B5 physics)

4. Golang development (developing server side blockchain applications; blockchain understanding is not essential)

5. App developer having JavaScript skills and ready to learn Decentralized App development

Application form Link:- https://forms.gle/i7bn4QiW2uHpQqV59 (you can click link/ copy and paste link in browser)

Application Deadline: 21^th November night (The form has been closed and the selection process is in progress)

Interviews/ Interaction: 21st/ 22nd

Release of results: as and when selection happens latest by 27th nov

About our Research Group:

Students can visit our research group page at https://bitsiotlab.com/. We collaborate with world renowned researchers/ universities and the students will get an opportunity to work on cutting edge research problems.

*Note: Please note that the SOP will be rigorous (not casual) and you would be expected to prepare a journal paper as a part of the SOP/DOP/LOP work. On account a high number of Letter of Recommendation (LOR) requests, LOR request in future will only be entertained if the student has a good journal publication as a part of the project type course work.

Principal Investigator: Dr. Vinay Chamola (Link)

Research Position Available

Postdoctoral Position

Interested candidate may apply through National Postdoctoral Fellowship (NPDF) under Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), DST, India. We will assist you to prepare a research proposal in the research area of our common interest. NPDF open for 1^st May to 30^th May, 2019

Ph.D. Position (Full Time)

One JRF position is available under a Department of Biotechnology, India sponsored project with working area "Nanomaterials based sensor system for breath analysis”. The fellowship amount will be Rs. ~31000/- per month (first 2-years) and ~35000/- (last year). GATE, NET qualified candidates are preferable. Tentative time of the advertisement and interview will be first week and last week of July, 2019 respectively.

CSIR-JRF or UGC (NET)-JRF qualified candidates interested to pursue Ph.D. in the area of ‘nanomaterials based solid state devices’ may apply any time of the year.

Ph.D. Position (Part Time)

Interested candidate may also apply for part time Ph.D. in the area of Device modeling, Signal processing and pattern recognition.

Interested candidate may send their brief resume to arnab.hazra@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in

Symposium on Carbon Nanomaterial Electronics (SCNE) 2019

Nanomaterials Gas Sensor Laboratory

TiO2 Nanotubes Array

Positions Open

PhD Positions

GATE/NET (JRF) qualified students interested in exploring electromagnetic wave propagation while designing and developing

UWB/MIMO Antennas,
Frequency Selective Surfaces
Metamaterials/Metasurfaces
Optical Waveguides & Devices
Optical Sensors
Optical Networks

and are proficient in use of

CST-MWS,
ANSYS HFSS
VPIPHOTONICS

may contact by sending an e-mail with their latest CV attached,

to rahulsinghal@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in

Candidates with own fellowship and working professionals (Aspirant Scheme) can apply anytime in a year. For further details, kindly click following link: https://www.bitsadmission.com/phdmain.aspx

Conference Presentations

2024

99. Gemcitabine-HDAC inhibitor drug conjugates as potent and targeted anticancer therapeutics against solid tumors: Sravani Pulya, Ganesh Routholla, Swati Biswas, Balaram Ghosh: Nature Inspired Initiatives in Chemical Trends, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology; Hyderabad; Date: March 7- March 9, 2024.

98. A Selective Histone Deacetylase 3 Inhibitor: PT3 Enhances Learning and Memory in a Novel Object Recognition Mouse Model: Darakshan Begum, Swati Biswas, Balaram Ghosh: Nature Inspired Initiatives in Chemical Trends, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology; Hyderabad; Date: March 7- March 9, 2024.

97. Design, synthesis, and biological evaluation of novel pyrazino-hydrazide chemotypes as selective HDAC3 inhibitors with potent in vivo antitumor therapeutic efficacy against triple-negative breast cancer: Ambati Himaja, Sravani Pulya, Swati Biswas, Balaram Ghosh: Nature Inspired Initiatives in Chemical Trends, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology; Hyderabad; Date: March 7- March 9, 2024.

96. Investigating the Therapeutic Potential of Novel Compounds in an LPS-Induced Alzheimer's Disease Mouse Model: Sripathi Nikhitha, Swati Biswas, Onkar P Kulkarni, Balaram Ghosh: Nature Inspired Initiatives in Chemical Trends, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology; Hyderabad; Date: March 7- March 9, 2024.

95. Development of HDAC3- selective Inhibitors as Anti-cancer Agents with potent in vivo Therapeutic Efficacy: Regula Sanjeev, Ganesh Routholla, Swati Biswas, Balaram Ghosh: Nature Inspired Initiatives in Chemical Trends, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology; Hyderabad; Date: March 7- March 9, 2024.

94. Identification of selective HDAC3 inhibitor by pharmacophore-based and structure-based virtual screening, 3D QSAR, ADMET analysis, and dynamic simulation: Debojyoti Halder, Goverdhan Lanka, Swati Biswas, Balaram Ghosh: Nature Inspired Initiatives in Chemical Trends, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology; Hyderabad; Date: March 7- March 9, 2024.

93. pH-sensitive HPMA-based polymeric Gemcitabine conjugated nano-construct for the treatment of breast cancer: Tarun Patel, Milan Paul, Swati Biswas, Balaram Ghosh: Nature Inspired Initiatives in Chemical Trends, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology; Hyderabad; Date: March 7- March 9, 2024.

92. Light Degradable Chlorin e6 Pro-Drug Micelles for Oral Cancer Treatment; Milan Paul, Balaram Ghosh, Swati Biswas: International Conference on Translational Materials for Sustainable Research (TransMat 2k24), Department of Physics, IIT (BHU) Varanasi; Date: Feb 1 – Feb 4, 2024.

91. Copper-Zinc Metal Complex Exhibiting Bactericidal and Antibiofilm Activity by Membrane Damage and Quorum Sensing Inhibition; Prafful P. Kothari, Sri Ganga Padaga, Balaram Ghosh, Swati Biswas: International Conference on Translational Materials for Sustainable Research (TransMat 2k24), Department of Physics, IIT (BHU) Varanasi; Date: Feb 1 – Feb 4, 2024.

90. Antibacterial and Anti-quorum sensing activity of Glycol-chitosan poly (lactic acid) (1:1) conjugate nanoparticles encapsulating Ciprofloxacin for the treatment of Bacterial keratitis; Sri Ganga Padaga, Himanshu Bhatt, Balaram Ghosh, Swati Biswas: International Conference on Translational Materials for Sustainable Research (TransMat 2k24), Department of Physics, IIT (BHU) Varanasi; Date: Feb 1 – Feb 4, 2024.

89. Polyphenol conjugated Graphene Oxide system for effective delivery of Bortezomib for the management of oral cancer; Naitik Jain, Milan Paul, Balaram Ghosh, Swati Biswas: International Conference on Translational Materials for Sustainable Research (TransMat 2k24), Department of Physics, IIT (BHU) Varanasi; Date: Feb 1 – Feb 4, 2024.

88. Cinnamic acid conjugated Poly (D, L-Lactide) polymeric micelles for targeted delivery of Bortezomib to treat cancer; Shishira P S, Milan Paul, Balaram Ghosh, Swati Biswas: International Conference on Translational Materials for Sustainable Research (TransMat 2k24), Department of Physics, IIT (BHU) Varanasi; Date: Feb 1 – Feb 4, 2024. [Best poster award]

87. Tyrosine kinase inhibitor-loaded nanoparticles targeting breast cancer stem cells for improved treatment efficacy in HER2-positive breast cancer: Varshini Are, Milan Paul, Balaram Ghosh, Swati Biswas: International Conference on Translational Materials for Sustainable Research (TransMat 2k24), Department of Physics, IIT (BHU) Varanasi; Date: Feb 1 – Feb 4, 2024.

2023

86. Polymeric Graphene Oxide Nanoparticles Loaded with Doxorubicin for Combined Photothermal and Chemotherapy in Triple Negative Breast Cancer: Asif Mohd Itoo, Milan Paul, Balaram Ghosh, Swati Biswas: CRS-IC, 21st International Symposium on Advances in Technology and Business Potential of New Drug Delivery Systems at Mukesh Patel Auditorium, NMIMS Campus, Navyug Society, Navpada, JVPS Scheme, Vile Parle West, Mumbai-400047, India. Feb 24 - 25, 2023. [Best poster award]

85. 3D-Bioprinted Inherently Antibacterial Contact Lens Carrying Antimicrobial Peptide Payload for Ocular Infections: Sanjay Ch, Priyasha Mishra, Sri ganga Padaga, Balaram Ghosh, Sanhita Roy, and Swati Biswas: CRS-IC, 21st International Symposium on Advances in Technology and Business Potential of New Drug Delivery Systems at Mukesh Patel Auditorium, NMIMS Campus, Navyug Society, Navpada, JVPS Scheme, Vile Parle West, Mumbai-400047, India. Feb 24 - 25, 2023.

84. Synthesis, characterization and evaluation of In-vitro Antibacterial activity of Pluronic F127 coated Metal oxide nanoparticles: Sri Ganga Padaga, Milan Paul, Sanjay Ch, Balaram Ghosh, and Swati Biswas: CRS-IC, 21st International Symposium on Advances in Technology and Business Potential of New Drug Delivery Systems at Mukesh Patel Auditorium, NMIMS Campus, Navyug Society, Navpada, JVPS Scheme, Vile Parle West, Mumbai-400047, India. Feb 24 - 25, 2023

83. Olaparib and oxaliplatin combination@ human serum albumin nanoparticles inhibit tumor proliferation in triple-negative breast cancer mouse model: Milan Paul, Balaram Ghosh, Swati Biswas: CRS-IC, 21st International Symposium on Advances in Technology and Business Potential of New Drug Delivery Systems at Mukesh Patel Auditorium, NMIMS Campus, Navyug Society, Navpada, JVPS Scheme, Vile Parle West, Mumbai-400047, India. Feb 24 - 25, 2023

82. Protein-vitamin nanoparticles for treatment of therapy- insensitive breast cancer: Sneha Das, Balaram Ghosh, Swati Biswas: CRS-IC, 21st International Symposium on Advances in Technology and Business Potential of New Drug Delivery Systems at Mukesh Patel Auditorium, NMIMS Campus, Navyug Society, Navpada, JVPS Scheme, Vile Parle West, Mumbai-400047, India. Feb 24 - 25, 2023

81. Development of benzamide-based HDAC3 selective inhibitors with potential anti-tumour activities in vivo animal model: Ganesh Routholla, Sravani Pulya, Tarun Patel, Milan Paul, Swati Biswas, Balaram Ghosh*, National Symposium on Convergence of Chemistry & Materials (CCM-2023) at Birla Institute of Technology and Science-Pilani Hyderabad Campus, Telangana, India 500078 on 6-7 January 2023.

80. Discovery of hydrazide based HDAC3 selective inhibitors as therapeutics for the treatment of cancer: validated by in vivo mouse model: Sravani Pulya, Ambati Himaja, Rishitha Kaminedi, Swati Biswas, Balaram Ghosh*, National Symposium on Convergence of Chemistry & Materials (CCM-2023) at Birla Institute of Technology and Science-Pilani Hyderabad Campus, Telangana, India 500078 on 6-7 January 2023.

79. Discovery of hydrazide based HDAC3 selective inhibitors as therapeutics for the treatment of cancer: validated by in vivo mouse model: Sravani Pulya, Ambati Himaja, Rishitha Kaminedi, Swati Biswas, Balaram Ghosh*, National Symposium on Convergence of Chemistry & Materials (CCM-2023) at Birla Institute of Technology and Science-Pilani Hyderabad Campus, Telangana, India 500078 on 6-7 January 2023.

78. HPMA-polymer based stimuli-sensitive Gemcitabine nanoaggregate for the treatment of breast cancer: Tarun Patel, Milan Paul, Asif Mohd Itoo, Swati Biswas, Balaram Ghosh*, National Symposium on Convergence of Chemistry & Materials (CCM-2023) at Birla Institute of Technology and Science-Pilani Hyderabad Campus, Telangana, India 500078 on 6-7 January 2023.

77. Pharmacophore-based virtual screening, 3D QSAR, Docking, ADMET, and MD simulation studies for the identification of novel HDAC3 selective inhibitors: Goverdhan Lanka, Darakhshan Begum, Balaram Ghosh*, Yogeeswari Perumal, National Symposium on Convergence of Chemistry & Materials (CCM-2023) at Birla Institute of Technology and Science-Pilani Hyderabad Campus, Telangana, India 500078 on 6-7 January 2023.

76. Antibacterial activity of F127 coated Cerium oxide nanoparticles against Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Sri Ganga Padaga, Milan Paul, Sanjay Ch, Balaram Ghosh and Swati Biswas, National Symposium on Convergence of Chemistry & Materials (CCM-2023) at Birla Institute of Technology and Science-Pilani Hyderabad Campus, Telangana, India 500078 on 6-7 January 2023.

75. Polymeric Graphene Oxide Nanoparticles Loaded with Doxorubicin for Combined Photothermal and Chemotherapy in Triple Negative Breast Cancer: Asif Mohd itoo, Milan Paul, Balaram Ghosh, Swati Biswas, National Symposium on Convergence of Chemistry & Materials (CCM-2023) at Birla Institute of Technology and Science-Pilani Hyderabad Campus, Telangana, India 500078 on 6-7 January 2023.

74. 3D-Bioprinted Inherently Antibacterial Contact Lens Carrying Antimicrobial Peptide Payload for Ocular Infections: Sanjay Ch, Priyasha Mishra, Sri Ganga Padaga, Balaram Ghosh, Sanhita Roy, and Swati Biswas, National Symposium on Convergence of Chemistry & Materials (CCM-2023) at Birla Institute of Technology and Science-Pilani Hyderabad Campus, Telangana, India 500078 on 6-7 January 2023.

2022

73. Hypoxia reversing combination chemo-photodynamic therapy for oropharyngeal carcinoma: Milan Paul, Asif Mohd Itoo, Balaram Ghosh, Swati Biswas: BIO-Remedi 2022 (An international conference on Biomaterials, Regenerative Medicine and Devices) held at IIT Guwahati, India from Dec 14th - Dec 18th, 2022.

2021

72. Moxifloxacin HCl delivery via thermo-responsive mixed micelles in bacterial keratitis: Sanjay ch, Milan Paul, Padaga Sriganga, Balaram Ghosh, Swati Biswas: International Virtual Conference on Biomaterial-Based Therapeutics, Engineering and Medicine (BIOTEM-2021): Organized by Departments of Biotechnology, Biomedical Engineering and Chemical Engineering, Manipal Institute of Technology, MAHE, Under the aegis of Society for Biomaterials & Artificial Organs India (SBAOI) and Society for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine India (STERMI) Co-organized by The American Ceramic Society (ACerS), December 17 - 20, 2021.

71. Oxaliplatin Pt (IV) prodrugs conjugated to Human serum albumin as potential antitumor agents: Milan Paul, Nageswara Rao, Balaram Ghosh, Swati Biswas: International Virtual Conference on Biomaterial-Based Therapeutics, Engineering and Medicine (BIOTEM-2021): Organized by Departments of Biotechnology, Biomedical Engineering and Chemical Engineering, Manipal Institute of Technology, MAHE, Under the aegis of Society for Biomaterials & Artificial Organs India (SBAOI) and Society for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine India (STERMI) Co-organized by The American Ceramic Society (ACerS), December 17 - 20, 2021.

70. Retinoic acid-conjugated poly (D,L-Lactide) based micelles as a nanocarrier system for effective delivery of doxorubicin in cancer: Soniya Kumbham, Milan Paul, Balaram Ghosh, Swati Biswas: International Virtual Conference on Biomaterial-Based Therapeutics, Engineering and Medicine (BIOTEM-2021): Organized by Departments of Biotechnology, Biomedical Engineering and Chemical Engineering, Manipal Institute of Technology, MAHE, Under the aegis of Society for Biomaterials & Artificial Organs India (SBAOI) and Society for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine India (STERMI) Co-organized by The American Ceramic Society (ACerS), December 17 - 20, 2021.

69. pH-Responsive Pro-drug Nanoparticles of Gemcitabine for Cancer Treatment: Tarun Patel, Milan Paul, Kondapaneni Likhitha Puran, Swati Biswas, Balaram Ghosh*: International Virtual Conference on Biomaterial-Based Therapeutics, Engineering and Medicine (BIOTEM-2021): Organized by Departments of Biotechnology, Biomedical Engineering and Chemical Engineering, Manipal Institute of Technology, MAHE, Under the aegis of Society for Biomaterials & Artificial Organs India (SBAOI) and Society for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine India (STERMI) Co-organized by The American Ceramic Society (ACerS), December 17 - 20, 2021. [Best Poster Presentation Award- 3^rd Prize]

68. Chitosan oligosaccharide lactate conjugated Pluronic F127 Micelles for the treatment of Bacterial keratitis: Sriganga Padaga, Sanjay Ch, Balaram Ghosh, Swati Biswas: International Virtual Conference on Biomaterial-Based Therapeutics, Engineering and Medicine (BIOTEM-2021): Organized by Departments of Biotechnology, Biomedical Engineering and Chemical Engineering, Manipal Institute of Technology, MAHE, Under the aegis of Society for Biomaterials & Artificial Organs India (SBAOI) and Society for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine India (STERMI) Co-organized by The American Ceramic Society (ACerS), December 17 - 20, 2021.

67. Structure-based Hierarchical Virtual Screening of Antiviral Libraries for the Discovery of New Molecular Entities as SARS-CoV-2 main Protease Inhibitors: Goverdhan Lanka, Balaram Ghosh, Sarita Rajender Potlapally: Annual Conference of Indian Council of Chemists (ICC 2021), organized by Department of Chemistry, Satavahana University, Karim Nagar, Telangana, 29th to 30th December, 2021

66. Development of HPMA-based Polymeric Micellar Systems for the Delivery of Anticancer Chemotherapeutics: Balaram Ghosh*, Yamini Bobde, Milan Paul, Tarun Patel: International Virtual Conference on Biomaterial-Based Therapeutics, Engineering and Medicine (BIOTEM-2021) : Organized by Departments of Biotechnology, Biomedical Engineering and Chemical Engineering, Manipal Institute of Technology, MAHE, Under the aegis of Society for Biomaterials & Artificial Organs India (SBAOI) and Society for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine India (STERMI) Co-organized by The American Ceramic Society (ACerS), December 17 - 20, 2021

65. Development of novel o-hydroxy benzamide based HDAC3-selective inhibitors as anticancer agents with promising in vivo potential: Ganesh Routholla, Sravani Pulya, Tarun Patel, Milan Paul, Swati Biswas, Balaram Ghosh*: the 10th annual conference of the International Chemical Biology Society, ICBS 2021: Looking towards the next decade of chemical biology (e-conference): November 11- 13, 2021.

64. Discovery of novel hydrazide chemotype-based HDAC3 selective inhibitors with potent in-vivo anti-tumour activities: Sravani Pulya, Tarun Patel, Milan Paul, Swati Biswas, Balaram Ghosh*: the 10th annual conference of the International Chemical Biology Society, ICBS 2021: Looking towards the next decade of chemical biology (e-conference): November 11- 13, 2021.

63. Gemcitabine Conjugated block HPMA-based pH-sensitive Nanoconstruct for Cancer Treatment: Tarun Patel, Milan Paul, Kondapaneni Likhitha Purna, Swati Biswas, Balaram Ghosh*: the 10th annual conference of the International Chemical Biology Society, ICBS 2021: Looking towards the next decade of chemical biology (e-conference): November 11- 13, 2021.

62. All-trans-retinoic acid-conjugated N-(2 hydroxypropyl) methacrylamide-based micelles for effective delivery of doxorubicin in breast cancer: Yamini Bobde, Milan Paul, Tarun Patel, Swati Biswas, and Balaram Ghosh*, Controlled Release Society 2021 (CRS-2021) Virtual Annual Meeting: July 25 - July 29, 2021.

61. Oleanoic Acid Conjugated Human Serum Albumin- A Nanocarrier for Effective Delivery of Doxorubicin and Combination Therapeutic Effect in Oral Cancer: Soniya Kumbham, Milan Paul, Balaram Ghosh, Swati Biswas: CRS-IC, 19th International e- symposium On Advances in technology and business potential of new drug delivery systems; Date: 25th-27th February 2021

60. Harnessing Chitasan Vitamin E Succinate Conjugated Supramolecular Micellar Nanoaggregate for Effective Loading of Oxaliplatin as Breast Cancer Therapy: Asif Mohd itoo, Milan Paul, Balaram Ghosh, Swati Biswas: CRS-IC, 19th International e- symposium On Advances in technology and business potential of new drug delivery systems; Date: 25th-27th February 2021.

59. Oxaliplatin-Conjugated Stimuli-Sensitive Albumin Nanoparticles for the Treatment of Breast Adeno-Carcinoma: Milan Paul, Nageswara Rao, Balaram Ghosh, Swati Biswas: CRS-IC, 19th International e- symposium On Advances in technology and business potential of new drug delivery systems; Date: 25th-27th February 2021.

Presentations before 2021

58. Yamini Bobde, Swati Biswas and Balaram Ghosh: Delivery of Doxorubicin Using pH Responsive Polymer: 18^thInternational Symposium on Advances in Technology and Business Potential of New Drug Delivery Systems, Controlled Release Society- Indian Chapter; 28-29 February 2020; Vile Parle East, Mumbai - 400 099

57. Yamini Bobde, Swati Biswas, Balaram Ghosh: A pH Sensitive Polymeric System for the Delivery of Chemotherapeutics in Cancer: 8^th Annual Conference on Navigating Translational Discoveries under the auspices of International Chemical Biology Society (ICBS) at the CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad (IICT-Hyd) between 02-04 Nov, 2019

56. Ganesh Routhala, Sravani Pulya, Tarun Patel, Swati Biswas, Balaram Ghosh: Development of Histone Deacetylase (HDAC) Inhibitors with Preferential Isoform Selectivity for HDAC3: 8^th Annual Conference on Navigating Translational Discoveries under the auspices of International Chemical Biology Society (ICBS) at the CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad (IICT-Hyd) between 02-04 Nov, 2019

55. Sravani Pulya, Tarun Patel, Swati Biswas, Balaram Ghosh: Design and Synthesis of Novel Isoform Selective Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors: 8^th Annual Conference on Navigating Translational Discoveries under the auspices of International Chemical Biology Society (ICBS) at the CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad (IICT-Hyd) between 02-04 Nov, 2019

54. Soniya Kumbham, Himanshu Bhatt, Balaram Ghosh, Swati Biswas: Oleanolic acid-conjugated poly(D, L-Lactide)-based micelles as a nanocarrier system for effective delivery of doxorubicin and combined therapeutics effects in oral cancer: 8^th Annual Conference on Navigating Translational Discoveries under the auspices of International Chemical Biology Society (ICBS) at the CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad (IICT-Hyd) between 02-04 Nov, 2019

53. Ch Sai Sanjay, Balaram Ghosh, Sanhita Roy, Swati Biswas: Development of polymeric nanoparticles for the efficient delivery of fluroquinolone antibiotic for the treatment of bacterial keratitis: 8^th Annual Conference on Navigating Translational Discoveries under the auspices of International Chemical Biology Society (ICBS) at the CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad (IICT-Hyd) between 02-04 Nov, 2019

52. Milan Paul, Soniya Kumbham, Himanshu Bhatt, Balaram Ghosh, Swati Biswas: Co-delivery of paclitaxel and chlorine e6 using nanopartcles for NIR light triggered chemo-photodynamic combination therapy in cancer: 8^th Annual Conference on Navigating Translational Discoveries under the auspices of International Chemical Biology Society (ICBS) at the CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad (IICT-Hyd) between 02-04 Nov, 2019

51. Nilanjan Adhikari, Sk. Abdul Amin, Balaram Ghosh and Tarun Jha: DFT-based quantum chemical descriptors and alignment dependent 3D field calculations of metalloenzyme meprin β inhibitors: a quantitative SAR assessment: 4^th Annual Conference of Society for the Study of Xenobiotics (SSX), India: 19^th to 21^st September 2019, IISc Bangalore, India

50. Bhatt Himanshu, Sri Vishnu Kiran Rompicharla, Balaram Ghosh, Swati Biswas: Transferrin Receptor targeted vitamin-E-conjugated dendrimers for the delivery of paclitaxel in cancer: Controlled Release Society (CRS) Indian Chapter, 17^th International Symposium on Advances in Technology and Business Potential of New Drug Delivery Systems, Andheri (E), Mumbai - 400 059, India, 1st Feb - 2nd Feb 2019

49. Soniya Kumbham, Himanshu Bhatt, Balaram Ghosh, Swati Biswas: Oleanolic Acid-Conjugated Poly (D, L-ctide)- Based Micelles as a Nanocarrier System for Effective Delivery of Doxorubicin in Oral cancer: Controlled Release Society (CRS) Indian Chapter, 17^th International Symposium on Advances in Technology and Business Potential of New Drug Delivery Systems, Andheri (E), Mumbai - 400 059, India, 1st Feb - 2nd Feb 2019

48. Biotin Conjugated Multifunctional PAMAM Dedrimers for the Delivery of Paclitaxel: Rompicharla SVK, Kumari P, Ghosh B, Biswas S: 16^th International Symposium organized by Controlled Release Society (CRS) Indian Chapter, Mumbai 400 059, February 23-24 February, 2018.

46. Enhanced Phototoxic Effect of Chlorin e6 Conjugated Poly(ethylene glycol)-poly(d, L- lactic acid) Polymeric Micelles Evaluated in Monolayers and 3D Spheroid Model: Kumari P, Rompicharla SVK, Ghosh B, Biswas S: 16^th International Symposium organized by Controlled Release Society (CRS) Indian Chapter, Mumbai 400 059, February 23-24 February, 2018

46. Modified Albumin nanoparticles for the delivery of Curcumin in cancer: Bobde Y, Kumari P, Biswas S, Ghosh B: 16^th International Symposium organized by Controlled Release Society (CRS) Indian Chapter, Mumbai 400 059, February 23-24 February, 2018.

45. Vitamin-E Conjugated Dendrimers for the Delivery of Paclitaxel: Bhatt H, Rompicharla SVK, Ghosh B, Biswas S: 16^th International Symposium organized by Controlled Release Society (CRS) Indian Chapter, Mumbai 400 059, February 23-24 February, 2018.

44. Benzamide Derivatives as Histone Deacetylase (HDAC) Inhibitors and Potential Anticancer Agents: Prakruti Trivedi, Swati Biswas, Balaram Ghosh: 21^st National Symposium in Chemistry (NSC-21) under the auspices of the Chemical Research Society of Indi (CRSI) at the CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad (CSIR_IICT-Hyderabad) between 13-16 July, 2017.

43. Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors as potential Anticancer agents: Prakruti Trivedi, Swati Biswas, Balaram Ghosh: International conference on “Pharmaceutical Education-Academia Relation to Industry-Current Scenario” 17th & 18th March 2017, Organized by Centre for Pharmaceutical Sciences Institute of Science and Technology, JNTUH, Kukatpally, Hyderabad 500085

42. Cell uptake and cytotoxic potential of curcumin loaded solid lipid nanoparticles (SLNs) for cancer drug delivery: Himanshu Bhatt, Sri Vishnu Kiran Rompicharla, Neeraja Komanduri, Balaram Ghosh, Swati Biswas: International conference on “Pharmaceutical Education-Academia Relation to Industry-Current Scenario” 17th & 18th March 2017, Organized by Centre for Pharmaceutical Sciences Institute of Science and Technology, JNTUH, Kukatpally, Hyderabad 500085

41. Transferrin-anchored polymeric micelles for improved anticancer drug delivery in solid tumors: Omkara Swami Muddineti, Preeti Kumari, Balaram Ghosh, Swati Biswas: International conference on “Pharmaceutical Education-Academia Relation to Industry-Current Scenario” 17th & 18th March 2017, Organized by Centre for Pharmaceutical Sciences Institute of Science and Technology, JNTUH, Kukatpally, Hyderabad 500085

40. Curcumin Loaded Solid Lipid nano particles for Improved Delivery to cancer cells: Sri Vishnu Kiran Rompicharla, Himanshu Bhatt, Aashma Shah, Balaram Ghosh, Swati Biswas: International conference on “Pharmaceutical Education-Academia Relation to Industry-Current Scenario” 17th & 18th March 2017, Organized by Centre for Pharmaceutical Sciences Institute of Science and Technology, JNTUH, Kukatpally, Hyderabad 500085

39. Development of Photosensitizer-Incorporated Polymeric Micelles for Enhanced Photodynamic Therapeutic Efficacy: Preeti Kumari, Balaram Ghosh, Swati Biswas: International conference on “Pharmaceutical Education-Academia Relation to Industry-Current Scenario” 17th & 18th March 2017, Organized by Centre for Pharmaceutical Sciences Institute of Science and Technology, JNTUH, Kukatpally, Hyderabad 500085

38. Design, Synthesis and Biological Activity of Histone Deacetylase (HDAC) Inhibitors as Anticancer Agents: Prakruti Trivedi, Swati Biswas, Balaram Ghosh: The Ramanbhai Foundation 8th International Symposium on Current Trends in Healthcare: Advances in New Drug Discovery and Development: Feb 2-4, 2017, Ahmedabad, India.

37. Photosensitizer-loaded poly(ethylene glycol)-poly(d,l-lactic acid) polymeric micelles for effective photodynamic therapy: Preeti Kumari, Balaram Ghosh, Swati Biswas: The Ramanbhai Foundation 8th International Symposium on Current Trends in Healthcare: Advances in New Drug Discovery and Development: Feb 2-4, 2017, Ahmedabad, India.

36. Cholesterol and D-alpha Tocopherol Conjugated Lipidic Micelles for Improved Delivery of Chemotherapeutics with Reversal of Multiple Drug Resistance: Omkara Swami Muddineti, Preeti Kumari, Asmitha Vanaparthi, Balaram Ghosh, Swati Biswas: American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS) 2016, November 13-17 at Colorado, USA

35. Cholesterol-Modified Polylactide-Based Micelle for Effective Delivery of Curcumin: P. Kumari, O. S. Muddineti, B. Ghosh, S. Biswas: American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS) 2016, November 13-17 at Colorado, USA

34. Transferrin modified Vitamin E coupled lipidic mixed micellar system as nanocarriers for tumor directed delivery of curcumin: Omkara Swami Muddineti, Preeti Kumari, Balaram Ghosh, Swati Biswas: American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS) 2016, November 13-17 at Colorado, USA

33. Cell Penetrating Peptide Octa-Arginine Anchored Multifunctional PAMAM Dendrimer for the Delivery of Paclitaxel: Sri Vishnu Kiran Rompicharla, Balaram Ghosh, Swati Biswas: American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS) 2016, November 13-17 at Colorado, USA

32. “Development of Histone Deacetylase (HDAC) Inhibitors as Anticancer Agents” Prakruti Trivedi, Swati Biswas, Balaram Ghosh; National Conference on Advanced Therapeutics-2016 (ACT-2016; CSIR-Chemical Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad, India. [Awarded as Best Poster]

$31. Poly(caprolactone)-based polymeric micelles for the delivery of a histone deacetylase inhibitor as anticancer therapy; Dr. Balaram Ghosh*, Sri Vishnu Kiran Rompicharla, and Swati Biswas: 2^nd Annual World Congress of Smart Materials-2016 (WCSM-2016) March 4 – 6, 2016, Singapore under focus 502: Smart Materials for Pharmacy and Drug Delivery.

30. Preeti Kumari, Balaram Ghosh, Swati Biswas. "Development of transferrin functionalized poly(ethylene glycol)/poly(lactic acid) copolymeric micelles as a potential delivery system". International Conference on Nanostructured Polymeric Materials and Polymer Nanocomposites, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, India. 13-15 November, 2015.

29. Vitamin E-Conjugated Lipid Based Polymeric Micelles for Improved Delivery of Chemotherapeutics in Cancer: Omkara Swami Muddineti, Preeti Kumari, Balaram Ghosh, Swati Biswas. Controlled Release Society, July 26 – 29, 2015, Edinburgh, Scotland.

28. D-α-tocopherol conjugated co-polymer based polymeric micelles for improved delivery of chemotherapeutics with reversal of multiple drug resistance: Omkara Swami Muddineti, Balaram Ghosh, Swati Biswas; International Symposium on Nanotechnology & Cancer Theranostics -2015 (ISNACT - 2015) at IIT Mumbai, 19^th to 21^st February, 2015.

*27. Development of Isoform Selective HDAC3 inhibitors as Long-Term Memory Enhancers: Prakruti Trivedi, Swati Biswas, Balaram Ghosh; 66^th Indian Pharmaceutical Congress at Hyderabad, 23^rd to 25^th January 2015.

*26. Preparation, characterization and in vitro evaluation of methoxy polyethylene glycol-polylactide (MPEG–PLA) polymeric micelles as nanocarrier for the delivery of chemotherapeutic drug curcumin in cancer: Preeti Kumari., Prit Lakhani., Balaram Ghosh., Swati Biswas; 66^th Indian Pharmaceutical Congress at Hyderabad, 23^rd to 25^th January 2015.

*25. One step Synthesis, characterization, stability and PEGylation of polymer stabilized gold nanoparticles for chemotherapeutics: Omkara Swami M., Srinivas Ajjarapu, Balaram Ghosh, Swati Biswas; 66^th Indian Pharmaceutical Congress at Hyderabad, 23^rd to 25^th January 2015.

$24. Inhibition of HDAC3 for the Enhancement of Long-Term Memory: Balaram Ghosh^*, Surya A. Reis, Adam J Hendricks, Ralph Mazitschek, Stephen J. Haggarty; International conference on Chemical Biology: Disease Mechanism and Therapeutics (ICCB-2014) February 6-8, held at IICT, Hyderabad, India.

Presentations- Previous Position:

23. Krista Hennig, Surya Reis, Wen-ning Zhao, Chelsea Groves Kuhnle, Nadine Joseph, F.A. Schroeder, Mike Lewis, Balaram Ghosh, Iren Kurtser, Jennifer Gale, Yan-Ling Zhang, Ralph Mazitschek, Florence Wagner, Edward Holson, Tracy Petryshen, Daniel Fass, Li-Huei Tsai, Stephen Haggarty: Chromatin-Modifying Complexes Involved in Memory and Mood Disorders as Novel Therapeutic Targets: Poster presented at the 65^th Annual Meeting of the MGH Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC 2012) at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), Harvard Medical School, MA, USA, April 18 & 19, 2012.

$22. Balaram Ghosh, Dan Fass, Krista Hennig, Surya Reis, Wendy Zhao, Ji-Song Guan, Ralph Mazitschek, Li-Huei Tsai, Stephen J. Haggarty: Probing Epigenetic Mechanisms Involved in Cognition and Neuroplasticity: HDAC Inhibitors that Potentiate CREB-Mediated Transcription: Society for Neuroscience (SfN) annual meeting; November 13-17, 2010; San Diego, CA, United States.

$21. Balaram Ghosh, Sanjib Gogoi, Soumava Santra, Tamara Antonio, Maarten E. A. Reith, Aloke K. Dutta: Discovery of multifunctional molecules possessing dopamine agonist activity at D2/D3 receptors along with iron chelation and antioxidant activities: Pharmacological characterization in vitro and in vivo: Society for Neuroscience (SfN) annual meeting; November 13-17, 2010; San Diego, CA, United States.

$20. Balaram Ghosh, Daniel Fass, Ji-Song Guan, Wendy Zhao, Surya Reis, Li-Huei Tsai, Stephen J. Haggarty:Crebinostat: A highly potent histone deacetylase inhibitor discovered in a CREB-reporte gene screen: The New York Academy of Science (NYAS) meeting on “Behavioral Epigenetics” October 29-30, 2010, University of Massachusetts, Bostom, MA, United States.

19. Surya A. Reis, Krista Hennig, Wendy Zhao, Balaram Ghosh, Thomas Nieland, Daniel Fass, Stephen J. Haggarty: Discovery of small-molecule probes targeting epigenetic-mediated neuroplasticity: histone deacetylase biochemical and cellular assays: The New York Academy of Science (NYAS) meeting on “Behavioral Epigenetics” October 29-30, 2010, University of Massachusetts, Bostom, MA, United States.

$18. B. Ghosh; T. Antonio; M. Reith; A. Dutta: Bifunctional dopamine D3 selective agonist as novel antiparkinsonian agents: Evaluation of selected compounds in Parkinson's disease animal model: 240^th American Chemical Society (ACS) National Meeting, August 22-26, 2010; Boston, MA, United States.

17. B. Ghosh, T. Antonio, J. Zhen, A. K. Dutta, M. E. Reith: Development of bivalent dopamine D2/D3 agonist as new generation therapeutic agents for treatment of Parkinson’s Disease: Poster presented at the Society for Neuroscience (SfN) annual meeting at Chicago, IL, United States Oct. 2009.

$16. Balaram Ghosh, Juan Zhen, Maarten. E. A. Reith, Aloke Dutta: Development of multifunctional drugs for the neuroprotective treatment of Parkinson's disease.” Annual Mid-Atlantic Graduate Student Symposium in Medicinal Chemistry. Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA, July 2008.

15. Swati Biswas, Juan Zhen, Balaram Ghosh, Maarten. E. A. Reith, Aloke Dutta: Identification of optically active lead molecules developed based on hybrid 7-{[4-(4-Phenyl-piperazin-1-yl)-butyl]-propyl-amino}-5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-naphthalen-2-ol- molecular template exhibiting low nanomolar affinity for D3 receptor: Lead molecule exhibiting long duration of rotational activity in the Parkinson’s Disease animal model experiment.: Society for Neuroscience (SfN) annual meeting at San Diego, CA, USA, November, 2007.

14. Swati Biswas, Balaram Ghosh, Maarten. E. A. Reith, Aloke Dutta: Novel triple dopamine, serotonin and norepinephrine transporters blockers as potent antidepressant: Characterization of a lead molecule in in vitro and in vivo pharmacological assays: Society for Neuroscience (SfN) annual meeting at San Diego, CA, USA, November, 2007.

$13. Further structure activity relationship (SAR) study of novel hybrid 7-{[2-(4-Phenyl-piperazin-1-yl)-ethyl]-propyl-amino}-5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-naphthalen-2-ol analogs focusing on modification of the N-aromatic moiety: Development of a highly potent and selective lead molecule for the D3 dopamine receptor.: Ghosh, Balaram; Zhen, Juan; Reith, Maarten; Dutta, Aloke.: 233^rd American Chemical Society (ACS) National Meeting, Chicago, IL, United States, March 25-29, 2007.

$12. Synthesis and anticancer activity of some 5-N-Substituted-2- (substituted benzenesulphonyl) glutamines; Balaram Ghosh, Bikash Debnath, Soma Samanta, Shovanlal Gayen and Tarun Jha; International Convention of APTI, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, will be held on 1^st to 3^rd October 2004.

11. Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationship Study on Some Substituted Benzamides as Dopamine D₂ Receptor Antagonists; Soma Samanta, Bikash Debnath, Shovanlal Gayen, Balaram Ghosh, Anindya Basu and Tarun Jha, International Convention of APTI, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, held on 1^st to 3^rd October 2004. 10.Identification of Pharmacophoric Requirements for Histamine H₄ Receptor Binding Affinity: QSAR Study on Some Indolylpiperazines; Bikash Debnath, Shovanlal Gayen, Soma Samanta, Ghosh Balaram, Anindya Basu and Tarun Jha; International Convention of APTI, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, held on 1^st to 3^rd October 2004.

9. Synthesis, Screening and QSAR Study of Some 1, 5-N, N'-Disubstituted -2- (Substituted benzenesulphonyl)- Glutamamide Analogues as Possible Anticancer Agents; Shovanlal Gayen, Bikash Debnath, Soma Samanta, Balaram Ghosh and Tarun Jha; International Convention of APTI, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, held on 1^st to 3^rd October 2004.

*8. Structure Based Drug Design of Glutamine Analogs to Search for New Potential Anticancer Drugs: Tarun Jha, Ch. Anilkumar, B. Ghosh, and K. Srikanth. 6^th National Conference On Stucture Based Drug Design: Search For New Drugs, India, 38, 22-24 February, 2002.

*$7. Synthesis of Derivatives and Analogs of Glutamic Acid for Possible Anticancer Activit: Balaram Ghosh, K. Srikanth, Ch. Anilkumar, Dipendu Goswami, Supratim Roy and Tarun Jha. Indian Science Congress, Jan 2000; Pune, India.*6. Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of some substituted Benzenesulphonyl glutamine analogs for possible Antineoplastic Agents: Ch. Anilkumar, K. Srikanth, Balaram Ghosh, Dipendu Goswami, A. U. De and Tarun Jha. Indian Science Congress, 2000; Pune. India.

*$5. Studies on some Glutamine analogs as possible Anticancer Agents: Balaram Ghosh, K. Srikanth, Ch. Anilkumar, T. Jha , 51^st Indian pharmaceutical Congress (IPC), 1999, Indore, India.

4. Synthesis and Pharmacological screening of some substituted Benzenesulphonyl glutamine analogs for possible Antineoplastic Activity: K. Srikanth, Ch. Anilkumar, Balaram Ghosh and T. Jha. 51^st Indian pharmaceutical Congress (IPC), 1999 at Indore, India.

3. Structure-Biological Activity Relationship Studies on some Glutamine Anti metabolites-The Inhibitors of Precursors of primary DNA Structures: Diptendu Goswami, K. Srikanth, Ch. Anilkumar, Balaram Ghosh, A. U. De and Tarun Jha. XIII International Biophysics Congress, 27-29 September, 1999 at Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Calcutta. India.

2. Quantitative Structure Activity Relationship (QSAR) studies on some Cancer Chemotherapeutic Agents: Jha T., Srikanth K., Roy K., Ghosh B., Bhattacharya S. and Banerjee S. Frontiers in Pharmacology and Therapeutics in 21st Century, ICPT 22, 1999; New Delhi. India.

1. Chemoimmunotherapeutic studies of Cancer: Srikanth K., Kumar Anil Ch., Ghosh Balaram, Ghose Ashoke, De A. U., and Jha Tarun-Frontiers in Pharmacology and Therapeutics in 21st Century, ICPT-21, 1999; New Delhi. India.

$ Presented* National

Administrative Responsibilites

Current Administrative Responsibilities:

Resident Warden, Gandhi Bhawan (w.e.f January 2016)
In-charge, OLAB (VLSI Design Lab) (w.e.f 2012)
Member, Departmental Committee on Academics (DCA) (w.e.f Sep 2020)
Member, Convocation, 2022

Past Administrative Responsibilities:

Member, Departmental Research Committee (DRC). (Sep 2010 to Aug 2012)
Resident Warden of Krishan Bhawan (additional charge along with Gandhi Bhawan, 2016-2017)
Member, First year Reception, Registration & Hostel Allotment
SFC Coordinator, (Sep 2016 to Aug 2018)
Member, Convocation, 2018, 2019
Registration Advisor, Student Registration
Question Bank preparation, BITS-HD
BITS-HD, Centre Coordinator/Supervisor, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2017, 2015
BITS-AT, Centre Coordinator/Supervisor, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2017, 2015
Practice School (PS-1), 2020, 2017, 2016, 2014
Student Election Duty at booth and vote counting (for Student Union)
BITS-AT, Centre Coordinator/Supervisor

Positions Open

Ph.D Positions

Highly motivated candidates having GATE/NET(JRF) with M.E/M.Tech in Engineering and interested to work in the following areas:

Memories (Circuits)
Non Volatile Memories
CIM/PIM/LIM for AI
Low Power VLSI Design (ASIPs)
Asynchronous Circuit Design
Non-volatile architecture for energy harvesting
High performance Cache Architectures
Low Power Neurmorphic Circuit Design
Application Specific ADC/DAC Circuits

Interested cadidates may contact by sending an e-mail with their latest CV attached nitin80@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in

Candidates with own fellowship and working professionals (Aspirant Scheme) can apply anytime in a year.

For further details, kindly click following link: https://www.bitsadmission.com/phdmain.aspx

International Visits & Collaboration

1. Visited University of Wisconsin Milwakuee USA, presented a research paper. 19-22 Oct.2014.

2. Florida International University Miami research Collaboration with EPS lab of Prof. Arif. Islam .

3. SUZLON - Germany ( Academic Collaboration with Dr. Pukhraj Singh- Head Technical)

Professional Activities

Institute Administrative Responsibilities:

Faculty-In-Charge, Reprography Unit (2018-19)
Faculty-In-Charge, Projection Systems and Instrumentation Services (2012-19)
Nucleus Member, Instrumentation Unit (2006-12)
Nucleus Member, Engineering Service Division (ESD) (1999-2006)

Departmental Responsibilities:

Member, Departmental level shortlisting committee (DLSC).
Member, Student Faculty Committee (SFC)
Member, Departmental Committee on Academics (DCA).
Member, Departmental Research Committee (DRC) (2011-12)(2012-14) (2020-22)
Member Doctoral Advisory Committee (2008 - present)
Member, PhD Qualifying Examination Committee (2006 - present)
Member, Library Committee (2005, 2007, 2009, 2013)

Member of Professional Bodies/Organisations:

Senior Member, Institution of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (SMIEEE)
Fellow, Institution of Engineers (IE(I))
Fellow, Association of Computer Electronics and Electrical Engineers (ACEEE)
Life Member, Indian Society of Remote Sensing (ISRS)
Life Member, Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers, India (IETE)
Life Member, Indian Association of Medical Informatics, India (IAMI)
EC member, IETE, Pilani Center, 2012-14
EC member, IETE, Pilani Center, 2018-20

Reviewer for International Journals:

IEEE Trans. on Industrial Electronics; IEEE Trans. on Multimedia; IEEE / CAA Journal of Automatica Sinica; IEEE Access; IEEE Trans. on Energy Conversion (TEC); IEEE Signal Processing Letter;
IET Journal on Image Processing; IET Journal on Circuit, Devices and Systems;
Elsevier Journal on Digital Signal Processing; Elsevier Journal on ISA Transactions; Elsevier Journal on; Computers and Electrical Engineering; Elsevier Journal on Simulation Modelling Practice and Theor; Elsevier Journal on Measurement; Elsevier Journal on Applied Soft Computing (APC); Elesvier Journal on Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing (MSSP); Elsevier International Journal on Electronics and Communications;
ASPRS Journal on Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing; ISRS Journal on Remote Sensing
Journal of System and Control Engineering; EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing; Journal of Mechanical Science & Technology (JMST); ISH Journal of Hydraulic Engineering; Complexity Journal;
Transactions of the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering (TCSME); Proceedings of Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part-G JAE; Proceedings of Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part-I JSCE; AEU-International Journal of Electronics and Communications; Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Science and Engineering (BMSE);
Hindawi; Shock and Vibration Journal;
INDERSCIENCE Journal - IJISTA; STM Journal - JoITI; Bowen's Journal of Mechanical Engineering & Technology (JMET); International Journal of Engineering and Technology Innovation (IJETI); SN Applied Sciences

ADMINISTRATIVE TASK

Head of Department, EEE

I was Head of department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering at BITS PILANI, Pilani Campus from 2012-2016

Nucleus Member Of Division/Unit/Instiutute

I am a member of Senate (highest decision making body at BITS PILANI)
I was TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS INCUBATOR [now converter to Pilani Innovation & Entrepreneurship Development (PIED ) Society] for last 7 years. The work includes preparation of TBI documents, interacting with incubates to resolve their problems, managing the financial details / contract agreements of incubates and coordinating with senior faculty members regarding TBI operations
I am also the Instructor in Charge of TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION CENTRE (TIC) projects which are given by external industries to be completed at BITS PILANI. This requires a lot of interaction with company personnel and students

Resource Person For Intensive Teaching Workshop/Subject Workshops

I am involved as examining faculty in ITW (intensive teaching workshop)

M E Student Mentoring

I am mentoring 2-3 students every semester for Research Practice/ Dissertation Course for past 7 years. I have also been coordinating project/research practice course activities every year in I, II semester.

Assisting Conduct of BITSAT (Invigilator/Co-Coordinator/Question Bank Preparation Etc.

I prepared questions for ME (online-qualifying) exam
I have been regularly involved in interview of students seeking admission to ME / PhD degree programme both semesters.

Committee Work

I was a committee member of Research travel grant selection committee at BITS , Pilani
I was the member of departmental Research Committee
I attended the professional meeting with companies visiting BITS, pilani and explained VLSI lab facilities to them.
I am involved in development of new electives for B.E and M.E programmes in coordination with other campuses
I have been involved in development team of ME (EMBEDDED SYSTEMS) degree program and WILP programs for working professionals

Organization of / Participation in Student/Staff Related Activities

I am an advisor for 3- 4 students for every year since 2006. Task is to guide them in case they feel ay difficulty at BITS PILANI,
Also a member of Academic Counseling cell (ACC) for year 2010-11
I have also mentored students during APOGEE in their projects nearly every year.
Also, I was involved in paper evaluation, analog design contest evaluation during APOGEE .
I am a registration advisor during registration process in both the semesters

VLSI Design Lab Activities

I am involved in coordinating the activities at VLSI design lab (OLAB)

PhD qualifying Examination

I have been regularly involved in setting PhD Qualifying and interview of students seeking admission to PhD degree programme for past many years in both semesters.

Registration Advisor

I have been registration advisor for students during registration process in both semesters from past many years

MISCELANEOUS

As Head of Department EEE,--- introduced new courses, presented for EEE department in campus review at Pilani/ Goa campus , and coordinated with faculty members of different disciplines., Registration Advisor, admission committee, participated in Convocation as HOD(EEE) and as professor, Member of DAC, DCA convenor, DRC convenor,, on campus DLSC(EEE) chair person, off campus DLSC ( EEE) Resource person- ITW, ACB, Library Committee, Been the member of Senate, Guided over 2500 project students, 50 FDTS and dissertation students, evaluation of WILP dissertations, Organizing Committee Member Of Intensive Teaching Workshop , Apogee Analog Design Contest -Judge And Faculty Convener , EEE department student association professor incharge, participated in PhD admissions, Phd Qualifying Examiner

Membership

Member Editorial Review board of Scientific Journals International , IETE technical review, 2006 , 2007 , IEEE potentials, 2007
IEEE Senior Member
Member, VLSI Society of India
Life Fellow, Institution of Engineers

Design Contests Participation

Cadence Design Contest 2017

BITS Pilani Students win Cadence Design Contest 2017

Cadence India recently concluded the 12^th edition of the Cadence Design Contest which was aimed at fostering the spirit of inventiveness and realization of ideas among the engineering student community. This contest was open to students of all colleges in India that were enrolled as part of the Cadence India University Program.

92 teams participated from 38 unique institutes (36 from PG and 46 from UG). In the Final Round, 11 teams were qualified for live presentation in front of expert committee (6 from PG and 5 from UG). One winning team and one runner-up team were announced in each category.

BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus students emerged as winners of both the categories. Winning team members and guide will receive an Apple Watch, a memento and a certificate at CDNLive India 2017 on 7^th September. The details of winners are:

Master’s Category

Winner

Institute Name	BITS Pilani
Project Title	Design and Implementation of Differential Power Analysis Attack Immune Encryption Circuit Based on Simon Block Cipher for Next Generation RFID Cards
Team Members	Harjap Singh Saini and Abhinav Garg
Guide	Dr. Anu Gupta

Project Title: Design and Implementation of Differential Power Analysis Attack Immune Encryption

Circuit Based on Simon Block Cipher for Next Generation RFID Cards

Cadence Design Contest 2012

RUNNERS UP

Bachelor’s Category
Institute Name	BITS, Pilani
Project Title	Design Of Ultra Low Power, Low Noise Implantable Neural Recording Amplifier For Brain Machine Interface
Team	Keshav L, Praful Kumar Parakh, Nidhi Jaypalan & Rubin Kothari
Guide	Dr. Anu Gupta

Institutional Contribution & Industry Engagement

Institutional contribution:

2024: In-charge of OLAB since 4 September 2024
2024: Performed squad duty on 13 Dec. 2024 comprehensive examinations
2019-2021: Member of Doctoral Counselling Committee (DCC) of the institute
Sept 2020: Prepared standard operating procedures for research activities for EEE department
2016 - Feb. 2021: DRC Convener, EEE Department, BITS, Pilani (5 Years).
2012 to August 2022: Member DRC, EEE Department, BITS, Pilani (10 Years).
2018 to present: Presently member of senate since July 2018.
2018 to present: Departmental Level Shortlisting Committee (DLSC) for faculty recruitment since July 2018.
2019: Expert for EEE ASTP L-11 selection committee meeting held on 30th September, and 1st October, 2019 at BITS, Pilani.
2012-2017: Academic Program Committee for MS Microelectronics and embedded system programmes.
2002-2014: Nucleus member DLPD/WILP.Involved in DLPD/WILP regular comprehensive exams/ Mid-semester test invigilation duties every semester, conduction WILP viva-voce examination every semester. WILP dissertation ME thesis-evaluation every semester, Evaluation of PS-II Reports, Conducting examinations outstations.
2021: Involved in KHDA moderation process of Dubai campus for CAD for IC Design MEL G641
2020: Involved in KHDA moderation process of Dubai campus for CAD for IC Design MEL G641
2018: Involved in KHDA moderation process of Dubai campus for electrical Science EEE F111.
2021: Panel chair for Ph.D. admission first semester 2021-22
2018: Involved in interviews of International students admission
2016: Team member for question paper preparation for BITS HD Admission Test
2016: Team member for Modifying the Syllabus for BITS HD Admission Test
2013: Member of team for the Convocation-2013 held at BITS, Pilani.
2012: Visit to UGC Delhi for official work related to project as assigned by Institute.
2010-2012: Member of Senate of the institute " Birla Institute of Technology and Science" .
2008: Library Committee member for BITS Library from December 2008- December 2009.
2007: Team member for question paper preparation for BITS HD Admission Test
2006: Executive committee member for Recreational Activity Forum (RAF) from January 2006-December 2007.
Involved every semester in faculty research proposal evaluation, selection committee member in JRF of sponsored projects, qualifying examination question paper preparation, NAAC report preparation, IoE review data etc.
ARCD’s registration duties (beginning each semester), campus mid semester & comprehensive exam invigilation, ME Higher degree interview committee member (every semester), involvement in APOGEE paper presentation evaluation

Other Departmental contribution:

2012-2015: Professor in-charge EEE association.
2014:2020: Placement Faculty Coordinator (PFAC) , EEE Department, BITS, Pilani. (Conducted a placement lecture session for final year students e.g. 11/1/2014, Meeting with industry recruitment personnel)
2012:2017: In-charge of OLAB ( Update of CAD tools)

Participated in conducting BITSAT FDT/HDT:

[1] May 2010 to June 2010: Nagpur

[2] May 2009 to June 2009: Nagpur

[3] 22 June 2024 to 29 June 2024: iON Digital Zone, IDZ3, Wadi, Nagpur

2016: Team member for Modifying the Syllabus for BITS HD Admission Test
2007: Team member for question paper preparation for BITS HD Admission Test
2016: Team member for question paper preparation for BITS HD Admission Test

WILP:

2024: Participated as subject expert in a workshop for M.Tech. VLSI Design and Microelectronics for handout preparation for new proposed courses, 24-25 November 2024.
2023-24: Mentor and Examiner for ESZG628 T Dissertation (4 students)
2022-2023: Mentor and Examiner for ESZG628 T Dissertation (7 students)
2021-2022: Mentor and Examiner for ESZG628 T Dissertation (15 students)
2020-2021: Mentor and Examiner for ESZG628 T Dissertation (16 students), Reviewed old WILP Question paper for MEL ZG641 CAD for IC Design
2019-2020: Mentor and Examiner for ESZG628 T Dissertation (5 students)
2018-2019: Mentor and Examiner for ESZG628 T Dissertation (4 students)
2017: Visited Delhi as Subject expert for WILP guest faculty interview in Microelectronics and Embedded system area on 4, Nov. 2017.
2016: 6 August & 7 August Visited Delhi for WILP Guest Faculty Recruitment
2016: Visited Bangalore as Subject expert for WILP guest faculty interview in Microelectronics and Embedded system area on 16-18 August 2016.
2013: Conducted WILP B.S. (Power Engineering) and B.S. (Process Engineering) comprehensive examinations held at Gujrat Cement Works, Amreli (Bhawnagar), Gujarat from 18/12/2013 to 23/12/2013.
2013: Conducted WILP regular comprehensive exams held at Mahindra & Mahindra Nagpur from 29/6/2013 to 30/6/2013.
2012: Online conduction of WILP mid semester examination. (Involved in collecting course section and sub sections to convert WILP mid semester test into online examination, prepared department wise list of all courses and collected information for each course. Also got reviewed handouts of MS microelectronics program from expert faculty member to send suggestion for modification needed in course content. Involved in survey of unstructured microelectronics programmes)
2012: Got reviewed WILP M.S. Microelectronics program handout from faculty members having area of expertise to suggest if any kind of modification needed in course content as per Bulletin 2010-11.
2012: Conducted WILP regular comprehensive exams held at L&T from 18/7/2012 to 23/7/2012 at Mysore.
March 2012: Visited Rajasthan Atomic Power Station (RASP) Rawatbhata to identify the activities of the department, the learning opportunities that can be explored during orientation program of PS-I course, 2012.
Conducted WILP NTPC comprehensive examination (6 Times) at Koraba, also involved in NTPC thesis evaluation at Korba

Industry Engagement:

2002 to present: Involved as PS-1 instructor (10 times) (For details refer Link: https://www.bits-pilani.ac.in/Pilani/abhijitasati/Courses)
May 2014 to July 2014 at "Cypress Semiconductor Limited, Bangalore".

Discussed the VLSI design and verification process at industry during my visit.

PS-1 Course Instructor (BITS C221):

[10] 30 May 2023 to 21 July 2023:

CEERI Pilani (Onsite)

[9] 18 May 2020 to 27 June 2020:

CEERI Pilani (Online)

Electrono Solutions (Online)

Pyrotech Electronics Udaipur (Online)

[8] 19 May 2019 to 15 July 2019:

Nagpur (Geomitra Solutions)

Tirora, (Adani Power Ltd.)-

[7] 21 May 2016 to 18 July 2016:

Nagpur (GlobalLogic)

Tirora, (Adani Power Ltd.)-

[6] 10 May 2015 to 18 July 2015:

Nagpur (GlobalLogic)

Tirora, (Adani Power Ltd.)-

[5] 20 May 2013 to 15 July 2013:

Nagpur (GlobalLogic, Windals Precision, NEERI, Metalfab Hightech Pvt Ltd.)

Awarpur (Awarpur Cement Works)

[4] 19 May 2012 to 15 July 2012: Nagpur (GlobalLogic, Windals Precision)

[3] 21 May 2011 to 17 July 2011: RAPS, Rawatbhata

[2] 22 May 2007 to 18 July 2007: SPM Ltd. Sirpur, Kagaznagar.

[1] 20 May 2002 to 17 July 2002: SPB Ltd. Erode.

Industry Visits & Collaboration:

Sr. No.

Place

Duration

Cypress Semiconductor Limited, Bangalore (May 2014 to July 2014)

(Under industry Immersion)

2 Months

* Guided a part time Ph.D. candidate from Semiconductor Industry

2018: Opened a PS-1 station at SeeTech, Nagpur for 10 students as a urgent need.
March 2012: Visited Rajasthan Atomic Power Station (RASP) Rawatbhata to identify the activities of the department, the learning opportunities that can be explored during orientation program of PS-I course, 2012.

PS-II:

2018: Visited PS-II station at Udaipur as required by PS division 30/9/2018 to 2/10/ 2018.
2015: Involved as resource person in orientation of PS-II students for VLSI and Electronics companies
2012: Visited Bangalore from 24/03/2012 to 28/03/2012 for PS-II students progress evaluation.
2012: Initiated the talk to open PS-II station at Global Logic, Nagpur, NEERI, Metalfab Hightech Pvt. Ltd., Nagpur.
2010: Visited at Delhi to evaluate the progress of students at PS-II station at ST Microelectronics (Greater Noida), ST Ericsson (Greater Noida) and Sukam Power systems, Delhi

Summary of PS and BITSAT:

Sr.	Summer Term	No. of Times
1	Practice school-1 (BITS C221)	10
2	BITSAT	03

Administrative Responsibilities

Administrative Experience at BITS, Pilani

Head, Department of Economics and Finance since September, 2020 to August 2022
Head, Department of Economics and Finance since September, 2018 to August 2020
Head, Department of Economics and Finance since August, 2015 till August 2016
Head, Department of Economics and Finance from July 2010 to August 2012
Member, Assessment Committee for enhancement of Ph.D. Student Institute Fellowship (2020- 2024)
Chairman, Department Research Committee (DRC), Economics and Finance
Member of the Recruitment Committee (DLSC) Since 2012.
Chairman of Cross Campus Departmental Academic Committee
Chairman of Student Faculty Council
In-charge Registration in Academic Registration and Counseling Division from June 2002 to September 2011; dealing with academic registration of 4000 students every semester and solving their academic problems.
Member of Senate Since 2004
Acting as Doctoral Advisory Committee member for number of Ph.D. Students in the Department.

Administrative Responsibilities at Central University of Rajasthan (December 2017 to July 2018)

Head, Department of Economics, Central University of Rajasthan.
Regional Co-coordinator of Central University Common Entrance Test (CUCET), 2018
School board member school of Social Sciences
Board of Studies Member, Department of Mathematics
Member, recruitment committee for Non-teaching staff (MTS and DEO)
Member, Investment Committee of Central University of Rajasthan
Member, Budget re-appropriation for the year 2017-18
Member, Facility Management Services of CURaj
Member, Furniture purchase Committee for Social Sciences
Convener, Admission Test for School of Sports Sciences (New School started in 2018).
Member, Recruitment Committee for Teaching Staff for Session 2018-19
Member, Tender Committee for Session 2018-19.

Workshops & Others

International Summer Programme (Workshops & Course work)

Attended 2013 Summer Programme in Social and Transcultural Psychiatry at McGill University, Montreal, Canada (6th May – 30th May 2013). During this summer programme I have participated in two workshops: Working with Culture (Instructors: C. Rousseau, J. Guzder) and Qualitative Research Methods (Instructor: R. Whitley) and one coursework: Cultural Psychiatry (Instructor: L. J. Kirmayer).

Workshop Conducted

Acted as the resource person for the 3-Day Workshop on Qualitative Research Methodology organised by UGC-CPEPA at the University of Calcutta, held online on August 28th, 4th, and 11th September, 2021.
One-day workshop on Qualitative Research Methods for the faculty members of Sampurna Montfort College, Bengaluru, on July 11, 2016.
Two days’ workshop on Qualitative data analysis to final year HRDM students at Christ University, Department of Psychology (November, 2015)

Workshops Attended

National Workshop on Qualitative Research Methods: Potential for the Science of Well-Being and Self-Growth, Held at Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, (24th -27th February’10).
Workshop on Developmental Disability held at the Department of Psychology, University of Calcutta (3rd-4th November’06).

Post-MSc. & During Ph.D. Work Experiences

Worked as a tutor for the Introduction to Psychology (PSY151 & 151A) course at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (July–November 2012).
Psychologist (for the Life Skills and Value Education Project in West Bengal) at the Society for Nature Education and Health (SNEH), Chakraberia Road (N), Kolkata (April–June, 2007).
Programme Coordinator (Funded by Save the Children UK) at SANCHAR A.R.O.D. (A Society for Appropriate Rehabilitation of the Disabled), Kolkata (June–October, 2006).

Work Experience

Assistant Professor Gr-1, BITS Pilani December 2021 - Present

PostDoctoral Researcher, Carleton University, Canada January 2021 - December 2021

Visiting Researcher, National University of Singapore June 2020 - July 2020

Research Scholar, EEE Department, BITS-Pilani January 2018 - December 2020

Senior Firmware Engineer, Qualcomm Technologies April 2016 - March 2018

Senior Software Engineer, Samsung Electronics August 2010 - March 2014

Software Intern, Oracle Financial Services Software July 2009 - December 2009

Administrative activities

At BITS Pilani

Member Secretary, Institutional Biosafety Committee (May 2017-Till date)
Head, Department of Biological Sciences, BITS Pilani, Pilani campus (September 2016- August 2020)
Member of National Steering committee of NetSCoFAN (Biological group), FSSAI, India
Co-coordinator, Sophisticated Instrumentation Facility, CIF, BITS Pilani
Member of Departmental Research Committee (Since 2014)
Member of advisory committee for teaching and Curriculum design
Member of Library Committee 2011-2012(Biological Sciences) In-charge, Biotechnology Lab, BITS, Pilani, India
Treasurer, Society of Biological Sciences, BITS Pilani
Nuclear member of Research and Consultancy Division, BITS Pilani (January 2009- December, 2010)

Others

DBT Nominee, Institutional Biosafety Committee, IIT-Jodhpur (December 2020-Till date)
Member of Board of Studies, Choudhary Banshi Lal University, Bhiwani, Haryana
On Examiners Panel for Guru Govind Singh Indraprastha University, New Delhi and Patna University, Patna (Bihar), Integral University, Lucknow, UP, Mar Ivanios College (Autonomous), Thiruvananthapuram, Kerela, Mody University, Rajasthan

Co-Curricular Activities

Organizing member, International Workshop on Multimedia Computing for Automated Urban Intelligent Systems (MCAUIS 2022), a virtual event in conjunction with IEEE MIPR 2022, August 2-4, 2022.
Received the Outstanding Reviewer Award 2021 from IEEE Transactions on Multimedia.
One of the Founding Instructors of BITS Pilani Postman Classroom Program, introduced as part of the Postman API and Coding Innovation Lab at Incubation and Innovation Center at Pilani Campus.
Delivered an Expert Lecture in AICTE – Training & Learning (ATAL) Academy Sponsored One Week Faculty Development Program on “Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning”, organized by the Centre for University Placement, Training & Corporate Affairs, Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya, Madhya Pradesh State Technical University, Bhopal, during 25 to 29 October 2021.
Delivered an Expert Lecture in Faculty Development Program on "Computer Vision and Image Processing" jointly organized by Electronics & ICT Academy at IIT Roorkee & WCVIP, IIT Roorkee, during 14 to 24 December 2020.
Technical Program Committee member, 17th IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad-Hoc and Smart Systems (IEEE MASS - 2020), sponsored by IEEE Computer Society.
Worked as a Jury Member at Smart India Hackathon (SIH) 2020. Evaluated problems related to Cyber Security provided my Madhya Pradesh Police Reforms.
Reviewer in various reputed international journals including IEEE Systems, ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing, Communications, and Applications (ACM TOMM), IEEE Access, ACM Transactions on Internet Technology (ACM TOIT), Signal Processing: Image Communication (SPIC), Elsevier, etc.
Technical Program Committee member, Sixth International Symposium on Intelligent Informatics (ISI'18), organized with International Conference on Advances in Computing, Communications and Informatics (ICACCI), 2018.
Member of the Session Management and Publication Committee, Second International Conference on Computer Vision & Image Processing - Workshop on Multimedia (CVIP-WM), organized at GNEC, IIT Roorkee, India, during September 09-12, 2017.
Additional reviewer in Advances in Intelligent Informatics, part of the third International Symposium on Intelligent Informatics (ISI'14), Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, Springer, Vol. 320, 2014. Editors: El-Sayed M. El-Alfy, Sabu M. Thampi, Hideyuki Takagi, Selwyn Piramuthu and Thomas Hanne.
Additional reviewer in Intelligent Distributed Computing, part of the third International Symposium on Intelligent Informatics (ISI'14), Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, Springer, Vol. 321, 2014. Editors: Rajkumar Buyya and Sabu M. Thampi.

Organizing conferences, workshops, etc.

Sr. No.	Name of Conference/Symposium	Place	Dates
1.	Workshop on Cheminformatics and Machine Learning in Drug Discovery	BITS Pilani, Pilani campus	March 18-19, 2024
2.	Workshop on Applications of FTIR and 2D NMR in Pharmaceutical Research, Sponsored by Labindia Analytical Instruments Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore	BITS Pilani, Pilani campus	December 3, 2022
3.	International Conference on Current Advances in Pharmaceutical Industry and Development	JNTUH, Hyderabad	March 10-11, 2022
4.	Virtual Conference on 'Pharmacy: Always trusted for your health	BITS Pilani, Pilani campus	September 25, 2021
5.	Virtual Conference on Regulatory Aspects and Intellectual Property Rights in Pharmaceuticals	BITS Pilani, Pilani campus	November 28, 2020
6.	International Virtual Conference on Drug Discovery and Delivery	BITS Pilani, Pilani campus	November 6-7, 2020
7.	International virtual conference on Computer-Aided Drug Design	BITS Pilani, Pilani campus	October 30-31, 2020
8.	International Conference on Challenges in Drug Discovery and Development (ICCD3-2017)	BITS Pilani, Pilani campus	March 2-4, 2017
9.	National Conference on Organic Chemistry in Sustainable Development: Recent Advances and Future Challenges (OCSD-2016)	BITS Pilani, Pilani campus	August 29-30, 2016
10.	International Conference on "Nascent Developments in Chemical Sciences: Opportunities for Academia-Industry Collaboration"	BITS Pilani, Pilani campus	October 16-18, 2015
11.	Diamond Jubilee of the Department of Pharmacy, BITS, Pilani	BITS Pilani, Pilani campus	November 19-20, 2011
12.	Contemporary Trends in Biological and Pharmaceutical Research (CTBPR -2011)	BITS Pilani, Pilani campus	March 12-13, 2011
13.	National Conference on Emerging Trends in Life Sciences Research	BITS Pilani, Pilani campus	March 6-7, 2009
14.	12^th International Conference on the Interface of Chemistry and Biology in Biomedical Research	BITS Pilani, Pilani campus	February 22-24, 2008
15.	National Conference on Issues Related to IPRs: Opportunities and Challenges	BITS Pilani, Pilani campus	March 3-4, 2006
16.	National Workshop on Patent Search, Documentation, and Drafting	BITS Pilani, Pilani campus	March 3-4, 2006
17.	International Workshop on Drug Design	BITS Pilani, Pilani campus	February 24-25, 2005
18.	International Symposium on Recent Advances in Drug Design and Drug Delivery Systems	BITS Pilani, Pilani campus	February 26-27, 2005
19.	International Symposium on Preparation and Assessment of Pharmaceutical Registration Dossier	NIPER, Mohali	September 21-25, 2000
20.	Workshop cum contact programme on the cultivation of medicinal plants	NIPER, Mohali	September 16, 2003

NCBI BioSample Submission

The following metagenomic data was submitted to the BioSample database of National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), Bethesda, Maryland, USA with BioProject ID: PRJNA938295 and Submission ID: SUB12906752

Accession No.	Source of Organism/ Metagenome
SAMN33431570	Bioreactor treating active landfill leachate with inocula from activated sludge process
SAMN33431571	Active landfill leachate after treatment
SAMN33431572	Active landfill leachate before treatment
SAMN33431573	Bioreactor treating active landfill leachate with inocula from lake sediment
SAMN33431574	Bioreactor treating active landfill leachate with inocula moving bed biofilm reactor
SAMN33431575	Inocula of activated sludge process
SAMN33431576	Bioreactor treating closed landfill leachate with inocula from activated sludge process
SAMN33431577	Stirred bioreactor treating closed landfill leachate with inocula from activated sludge process
SAMN33431578	Closed landfill leachate after treatment
SAMN33431579	Closed landfill leachate before treatment
SAMN33431580	Bioreactor treating active landfill leachate with inocula from lake sediment
SAMN33431581	Bioreactor treating active landfill leachate with inocula from moving bed biofilm reactor
SAMN33431582	Inocula of lake sediment
SAMN33431583	Inocula of moving bed biofilm reactor

Additional Informations:

*Acted as an external expert to recruit music teachers for BET and Ceeri school-Pilani, affiliated with CBSE board, many times.

*Have been conducting practical examinations of Prayag Sangeet Samiti, Allahabad, U.P., and Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE Board) of Ajmer, Rajasthan for the last so many years.

*Performed at many places on various occasions in India and abroad.

Overseas Visits

Chaired a session and presented a contributory talk on “Dynamics of Fractional Order Crime Transmission Model with Fear Effect and Gang war” in the 10^th International Congress on Industrial and Applied Mathematics (ICIAM-2023) held at Waseda University, Tokyo, JAPAN during August 20-25, 2023.
Chaired a session and presented a paper “Caputo-Type Fuzzy Fractional Riccati Differential Equations with Fuzzy Initial Conditions” in 18^th International Conference on Mathematical, Computational and Statistical Sciences and Engineering held at Stockholm SWEDEN from 11-12 July, 2016 organized by World Academy of Sciences, Engineering and Technology.
Presented an invited lecture “Fractional Order Calculus” at VSB Technical University of Ostrava, Ostrava, CZECH REPUBLIC on 10/06/2016.
Presented a paper “On Subordination of Harmonic Univalent Functions associated with Wright's Generalized Hypergeometric Functions” in 20^th Asian Technology Conference in Mathematics -2015, held at Leshan Normal University, Leshan, CHINA from16-20 December 2015.
Visited Ivan Frankov National University, Lviv, UKRAIN, from 23-28 September 2013, for paper presentation (This paper later on published in TWMS Journal of Applied and Engineering Mathematics) in International Conference of Complex Analysis and Related Topics.
Visited Imperial College, London, U.K., from 4-6 July 2012, for paper presentation in International Conference of Applied and Engineering Mathematics (ICAEM), World Congress of Engineering (WCE-2012) organized by International Association of Engineers (IAENG)
Visited University of Malaya, Kuala-Lumpur, MALAYSIA from 12-14 August 2011 for paper presentation in International Conference on Innovative Thoughts-Education, Management, Arts, Science, Linguistics (Teaching and Learning)

Trainings/Workshops Organized

Organizing Secretary of online Workshop on Artificial Intelligence Application for Electro Optical Sensors (WAIAEOS-2022)" jointly organized by BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus and Instruments Research and Development Establishment (IRDE), DRDO, Govt. of India, Dehradun through google meet platform on 4th February, 2022.
Co-Convener of Virtual International Symposium on Data Analytics for Strategy and Growth of Higher Education (DASH-2021), organized by the Institutional Knowledge Analysis (IKA) Cell, BITS Pilani, India, on 10th December, 2021
Organizing Secretary of a 2 days International Workshop on Recent Advancements in Data Envelopment Analysis and Applications (IWRADEAA-2021)" online through google meet platform during 10-11 July, 2021.
Resource Person in Intensive Teaching Workshop (ITW-2021) held at BITS Pilani on March 20 and 27, 2021.
Treasurer in International Conference and 22-Annual Convention of Vijñana Parishad of India on Advances in Operations Research, Statistics and Mathematics (AOSM-2019) held at BITS Pilani, during December 28-30, 2019.
Treasurer in International Workshop on Stochastic Simulation and its Applications (WSSA-2019), held at BITS Pilani, during December 22-27, 2019.
Convener of a 5 days National Workshop on LaTeX and MATLAB for Beginners (NWLMB-2014) from 24-28 December, 2014 at BITS Pilani, with partial support from DST, Rajasthan.

Trainings/Workshops Attended

Intensive Teaching Workshop (ITW) held at BITS-Pilani, during I semester, 2008-09
Advanced Training in Mathematics for Lecturers (Functional Analysis) held at Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore, from 02-13 June, 2008
International Workshop on Geometry and Topology of Low Dimensional Manifolds, held at Pune University, Pune, from 02-08 January, 2008
Advanced Training in Mathematics for Lecturers (Complex Analysis) held at Bhaskaracharya Pratishthana, Pune, from 14-26 May, 2007
National Workshop on Fourier analysis of Finite Groups, held at Pune University, Pune, from 05-09 March, 2007
Training Programme on Stochastic Modeling: Concepts, Theory & Applications, held at Banasthali University, Banasthali, from 02-15 December, 2006.
Mathematical Training and Talent Search (MTTS) 1998, held at Punjab University, Chandigarh from 01-27 June, 1998

Overseas visits

Membership

Forum for Interdisciplinary Mathematics (FIM)
Indian Society of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences (ISMMS)
Indian Society of Probability and Statistics (ISPS)
International Data Envelopment Analysis Society (iDEAs)

For University Immersion Program

Visited VSB Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic, from May 29, 2016 to July 16, 2016 (Duration: 7 weeks) for international research collaboration under UIP (financial support by BITS Pilani).

For Research Paper Presentation

Visited Stockholm, Sweden, from July 11-12, 2016, for paper presentation in 18th International Conference on Mathematical, Computational and Statistical Sciences and Engineering.
Visited Leshan Normal University, Leshan, China from December 16-20, 2015, for paper presentation in 20th Asian Technology Conference in Mathematics (ATCM 2015) organized by Leshan Normal University, Leshan, China.
Visited Technical University, Braunschweig, Germany from August 24-27, 2015 for paper presentation in International Conference on Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA 2015) organized by Technical University, Braunschweig, Germany and International Data Envelopment Analysis Society.
Visited Yieldz Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey from June 02-05, 2013 for paper presentation in International Conference of Applied Analysis and Mathematical Modeling (ICAAMM-2013) organized by Yieldz Technical University, Istanbul.
Visited Xian, China from May 27-31, 2012 for paper presentation in International Conference of Applied and Engineering Mathematics (AEM-S), organized by Spring World Congress on Engineering and Technology (SCET-2012).
Visited Temple University, Philadelphia, USA from July 10-12, 2009 for paper presentation in 7th International Conference on Data Envelopment Analysis, organized by International Society of Data Envelopment Analysis.

Foreign Visits

For University Immersion Program

For Research Paper Presentation

Visited Stockholm, Sweden, from July 11-12, 2016, for paper presentation in 18th International Conference on Mathematical, Computational and Statistical Sciences and Engineering.
Visited Leshan Normal University, Leshan, China from December 16-20, 2015, for paper presentation in 20th Asian Technology Conference in Mathematics (ATCM 2015) organized by Leshan Normal University, Leshan, China.
Visited Technical University, Braunschweig, Germany from August 24-27, 2015 for paper presentation in International Conference on Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA 2015) organized by Technical University, Braunschweig, Germany and International Data Envelopment Analysis Society.
Visited Yieldz Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey from June 02-05, 2013 for paper presentation in International Conference of Applied Analysis and Mathematical Modeling (ICAAMM-2013) organized by Yieldz Technical University, Istanbul.
Visited Xian, China from May 27-31, 2012 for paper presentation in International Conference of Applied and Engineering Mathematics (AEM-S), organized by Spring World Congress on Engineering and Technology (SCET-2012).
Visited Temple University, Philadelphia, USA from July 10-12, 2009 for paper presentation in 7th International Conference on Data Envelopment Analysis, organized by International Society of Data Envelopment Analysis.

Membership

Nucleus Member of Institutional Knowledge and Analysis Cell at BITS Pilani, since October 2019.
Member of Library Committee at BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus in 2019-2020.
Member of Advisory Committee of International Conference on Advancements in Computing & Management (ICACM-2019), 13-14 April, 2019, held at Jagan Nath University, Jaipur.
Member of Technical Program Committee, National Conference on Information Technology and Security Applications (NCITSA-2019) 16 March, 2019 held at JECRC, Jaipur.
Member of Technical Program Committee, International Conference on Mathematical Modeling and Computing (ICMMC-2018) 6-7 April, 2018 held at JECRC, Jaipur.
Member of the team for arrangements of NAAC visit at BITS-Pilani, Pilani Campus in December 2016.
Member of the organizing team of Convocation-2016 in July 2016.
Member of National Advisory Committee and chaired a session at DST sponsored National Conference on "Advances in Mathematical Sciences and Applications in Engineering & Technology" held at Poornima University, Jaipur during July 25-26, 2015.
Member of Editorial Board of the International Bulletin of Mathematical Research (IBMR) from May 2015.
Member of the team for preparing the document for NAAC visit at BITS-Pilani, Pilani Campus in September 2015.
Member of Technical Program Committee, International Conference on Recent Cognizance in Wireless Communication & Image Processing (ICRCWIP-2014), 16-17 January, 2015 held at Poornima University, Jaipur.
Member of International Association of Engineers (IAENG)
Life member of Society for Special Functions and their Applications (SSFA)
Life member of Indian Mathematical Society (IMS).
Life member of Rajasthan Ganita Parishad (RGP).
Life member of Rajasthan Academy of Physical Sciences.
Member of Departmental Teaching Committee(DTC) at Department of Mathematics, BITS-Pilani, from July 2010 to August 2012, August 2014 to August 2016 and August 2018 to August 2020.
Professor Incharge of Mathematics Association, BITS-Pilani, Pilani Campus from August 2012 to August 2014.
Member of committee for redesign of curriculum for Department of Mathematics, BITS-Pilani in 2011.
Convener of Registration team for National Conference on Modeling, Computational Fluid Dynamics and Operations Research, held from 4-5 February 2012, at Department of Mathematics, BITS-Pilani
Member of Planning Team at PS-Division, BITS-Pilani.
Member of Board of Studies at Banasthali University during 2006-2008.
Member of committee for redesign of syllabus for B.Tech, B.Sc., M.Sc. and M.Phil courses at Banasthali University during 2007-08.

Hobbies/ Other Extracurricular Activities

Badminton

Won Open Pilani (3 times); Singles
Won Open Pilani (2 times); Doubles
Won BITS Staff Tournament; Singles, Doubles
Represented BITS student Team
Represented School team at District Level

Carrom

Winner BITS 1979-80
Runner up BITS 1980-81
Play Snooker regularly
Jog/ Walk: ~10 km daily
Light weight exercise

Frequently play: Swimming, Chess, Squash

Interested in watching TV: Live: Cricket, Tennis, Comedy serials

Professional Activities

Reviewer of Journals:

- Nature Communications

- IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid

- IEEE Transactions on Power Systems

- IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control

- IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

- IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy

- IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems

- IEEE Control Systems Letters

- IEEE Access

- Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

- Sustainable Energy, Grids and Networks

- iScience Cell Press

- Solar Energy

- Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence

- Waste Management & Research: The Journal for a Sustainable Circular economy

Reviewer of Conference Papers:

- Conference on Decision and Control (CDC)

- American Control Conference (ACC)

- International Conference for Sensing Technology (ICST), 2023

Poster Competition Judge: Graduate Student Research Day at the University of Florida (2013, 2014, and 2015)
Co-Chair of two sessions (Smart Grid II, Game Theory II) in American Control Conference, 2018
Co-convener for ‘International Workshop on Smart Cities: A Road Map for Future Development’ organized by BITS Pilani virtually on January 10-12,2022
Convener for the '6th EEE Doctoral Research Symposium' organized by EEE Department, BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus on 17th December, 2022
Publicity Chair for International Conference for Sensing Technology (ICST) held at BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus on December 17-20, 2023
Chair of two sessions (IOT and Embedded Systems, Power Electronics; Renewable Energy Systems, Electric vehicle, Power Electronics) at the International Conference on Cyber-Physical Systems, Power Electronics, and Electric Vehicles held at Mahindra University, Hyderabad on September 28-30, 2023
Chair of a session (Machine Learning and Sensors: Transforming Agriculture Traffic and Recycling) at the International Conference for Sensing Technology (ICST) held at BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus on December 17-20, 2023
Doctoral Advisory Committee member of two PhD students (N. Praneeth, Kriti Thakur)
Institutional Roles:

-Nominated Department Research Committee Member (December 2020- November 2022)

-Department Coordinator-Convocation 2022, 2023, 2024

-BITSAT Registration Duty-2022

-Department Research Committee Member (December 2022- November 2024)

-Department Outreach Committee Member (December 2022- November 2024)

-Member of NAAC Visit Preparation and Executive Committee of EEE Department, 2024

-Member of Department Knowledge Cell (December 2024-Present)

-Nucleus Member of International Programmes and Collaboration Division [IPCD] (March 2025-Present)

Instructor for CIPLA certification program-EEE module (2025)
Publicity Chair for 53rd Wireless World Research Forum held at BITS Pilani, Hyderabad campus on 18-20 February, 2025

Administrative and Others

Member of community welfare (2009-2011); Initiated the visit of Gynaecologist
In charge for “Alchemy” Chemistry Association (2012-2014);As an In charge: (i) Executed Student Educational Tour- Organized two-day Visit to Satish Dhawan Space center(SHAR), ISRO, Sriharikota, 2013. (ii) Executed one day trip to Hyderabad Central University (HCU), 2013 (under the elective course to gain awareness among students regarding characterization of polymers)
Nucleus member of Academic Research Division, ARD(2015-2016), Conducted and organized Viva-Voce examinations.
Convener, Doctoral Research Committee (DRC), (2016-2018), Made a systematic protocol and guidelines for department DRC activities.
Member, Doctoral Research Committee (DRC), (2018-till date), Actively involved in assisting DRC convener and Chairperson by giving suggestions in DRC activities and Ph.D students admission process.
Member of Central Analytical Laboratory Committee, 2020- till date, Involved in the elaborative discussions focusing on features make, model, cost, design etc. and further, prospectus regarding procurement of high-end equipment.
Proctor for BITSAT-2013 at Visakhapatnam
Coordinator BITSAT 2015 at Hyderabad Campus
Involved in Admission Duties-Undergraduates and Higher degree.
Doctoral Assessment Committee (DAC) member, Suggest scientific and formatting modifications in the proposals.
Member of Placement Division (2013-2016)
Registration Advisor (2021, 2023, 2024)
Convener for the Student Faculty Committee.

Life Member of the “Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI)” since 02-03-2012.
Life Member of “The Material Research Society of India (MRSI)” since 23-01-2014.
Life Members of “Coastal Chemical Research Society (CCRS)” since 29-06-2013.
Life member of “The Indian JSPS Alumni Association (IJAA)” Since 26-06-2014.
Life member of “The Society for Energy Environment and Materials Science (SEEMS)” since 02-03-2015.
Life member of “Society Materials Chemistry (SMC)”, by Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, BARC Mumbai. 26-03-2019.
Jury member of Dr. K.V. Rao Scientific Society since 2010-till date.
Reviewer of several scientific research articles in well-known international journals: RSC, ACS, Elsevier, Wiley etc.
Reviewed various UGC research proposals.
Published about 44 research papers in reputed international journals, have 2 Book Chapters and 5 Indian Patents granted.
Completed two projects under SERB major funded projects as Principal Investigator.
Completed ICMR Project as Co-PI.
Currently working on MST funded project as Co-PI on glucose biosensors

Research work presented at Seminars/ Conferences/ Symposia :

"Polyelectrolyte templated TTF compounds" at the Research Institute of electronic sciences" June 2004, University of Hokkaido, Sapporo, Japan.
"Polyelectrolyte templated polyaniline -Synthesis and morphological studies" at the "Research Institute of electronic sciences" March 2005, University of Hokkaido, Sapporo, Japan.
TTF-TCNQ based charge transfer complexes at the Post Graduation Center. Government Arts and Science College,October25th 2012, Rajahmundry.
Study of Zeigler-Natta Catalysis in Polymer Chemistry, at the BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad campuson February 22nd, 2013.
Poster presented at the National Laser Symposium, University of Hyderabad, December, 1999., Jayanty. S., Ravi, M., Rao, D. N., Radhakrishnan, T. P. "A Rigorous Test of the Salt Model for SHG Active Molecular Materials."
Poster presented at the International Conference on “Structural Chemistry” at Hiroshima, Japan, September 27^th- 30^{th ,}2004.
Participated in the “Japan Chemical Society(JCS) meeting” held at Kanagawa, Japan, March 26-29^th, 2005.
Poster presented at the International Conference on LB films, Sapporo,Japan, June, 2005. Jayanty, S., Prasad, G. K.,Sreedhar, B., Radhakrishnan,T. P.,Akutagawa, T., Nakamura, T. "Polyelectrolyte templated polyaniline film: morphology and conductivity."
Poster presented at the 6th Mid year National Symposium of CRSI at CDRI, Lucknow in June2012, U.P. India.
Participated in 7^thRSC-CRSI Symposium in Chemistry, January 31, 2013, Banaras Hindu university, Varanasi, India.
Presented a Poster on "Copious Short Interactions of N–O····H–C–S in [(TTF)(2- Amino-6-nitrobenzothiazole)₂] Complex” in 15^thCRSI National Symposium in Chemistry, February 1-3, 2013, Banaras Hindu university, Varanasi, India.
Presented a Poster on “Isatin derivatives substituted tetracyanoquinodimethanes: New optical molecular materials” in the 19^thISCB International Conference, March 2-5, 2013, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India.
S. Jayanty, T. Akutagawa and T. Nakamura, Morphology and variable temperature conductivity study on spin-coated films of carboxymethylcellulose templated polyaniline and poly(4-styrenesulfonate) templated-carboxymethylcellulose blend at the “International Conference on Advancements in Materials, Health and Safety towards Sustainable Energy and Environment (MHS-2014), Chennai, August 7-8, Page 75.
Presented Poster on "Synthesis and Characterization of 7,7-bis(thiomorpholino)-8,8-dicyanoquinodimethane fluorophore” at the conference on “Conference on Emerging Materials” (CEMAT-2016)held at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore during 18-19^th July 2016 in Association with Materials Research Society of India (MRSI).
Presented Poster on "Synthesis and Characterization of TCNQ-Picrate Charge transfer complex" at the National conference " Convergence of Chemistry and Materials (CCM-2017)" held at BITS-Pilani, Hyderabadcampus during December 21-22, 2017.
Chemistry day: In house Symposium, Organized by Department of Chemistry, BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad campus. January 12, 2019.Bis- (1-(2-Amino ethyl)piperidino), (2-(2-Amino ethyl)pyridino) and (1-(2-Amino ethyl)pyrrolidino) substituted dicyanoquinodimethanes: Non-linear optical property. SD Anwarhussaini, B Himabindu, B Shivaganesh and Subbalakshmi Jayanty.
CRSI NSC-24 The 24^thCRSI National Symposium in Chemistry, organized by CSIR-Central Leather research Institute. February 8-10, 2019. Consequences of flexible ethylene spacers with heterocyclic moieties and amine functionalities of Disubstituted dicyanoquinodimethanes SD Anwarhussaini and Subbalakshmi Jayanty. (Poster No. 097, Page 97).
CCM-2019: National Symposium on Convergence of Chemistry and Materials Organized by Department of Chemistry, BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad campus. December 17-18, 2019.Photophysical, electrochemical and organic resistive switching memory device application of a small organic molecule: 7,7-bis( hydroxyethylpiperazino) dicyanoquinodimethane Anwarhussaini SD, Himabindu Battula, Pavan Kumar Reddy Boppidi, Souvik Kundu, Chanchal Chakraborty, Subbalakshmi Jayanty. (Poster No. 109, page 30).
NFCFA-2019: National Conference on New Frontiers in Chemistry from Fundamentals to Applications, organized by K K Birla campus, GOA INDIA. December 20-22, 2019. Memristor application of a small organic molecule: 7,7-bis( hydroxyethylpiperazino) dicyanoquinodimethane Anwarhussaini SD, Himabindu Battula, Pavan Kumar Reddy Boppidi, Souvik Kundu, Chanchal Chakraborty, Subbalakshmi Jayanty. (Poster No. 44, Page 106) 18^th, 2019.
Poster presentation at National Symposium on Convergence of Chemistry & Materials (CCM-2019) with the title “ Synthesis and Characterization of a new charge-transfer complex of substituted Benzoisothiazole-p-toluene sulfonate” at BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad Campus on December 17th.
Poster presented at the National Conference on “New Frontiers in Chemistry – From Fundamentals to Applications-III” (NFCFA-2019) with the title “Synthesis, Characterization of a new charge-transfer complex of 3-amino,5-nitro - [2,1] benzoisothiazole-p-toluenesulfonate” held at Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani-k. k. Birla Goa Campus on Dec 20-22,2019, poster no.65, page no. 127.
Attended “All Indian Women Academicians Conference” Envisioning New Bharath” Organized by Akhil Bharatiya Rashtriya Shaikshik Mahasangh (ABRSM) in collaboration with Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) on September 21, 2024 at Tagore Auditorium, Osmania University, Hyderabad.

Guided 16 Study Oriented Project Students

Study Oriented Project

Vivek Nimbarmunde (2009B2A3479H) “Application of TTF based molecular materials in electronic devices” BITS C323 (Second Semester 2011-2012)
M.G. Bhargav (2009B2AA511H) “Application of TCNQ molecules in Organic Molecules”BITS C323 (Second Semester 2011-2012)
P Raghu Nandan (2010B2A4507H) “TTF based charge transfer complexes”BITS C324 (First Semester 2012-2013)
G. Dhruvasamhith (2011B2A4671H)“Mechanical properties of Polymers” CHEM F266 (Second Semester 2011-2012)
Shivam Mittal (2012B2A1821H) “Nano polymer technology”CHEM F266 (First Semester 2015-2016)
Jayant (2012B2AA708H) “Organic electronics” CHEM F266 (First Semester 2015-2016)
K Deepali Reddy (2013B2A7754H) “Bio and Chem Sensors” CHEM F266 (Second Semester 2015-2016)
Sai Pranavi Avadhanam (2013B2A8774H) “Behaviour of single electron FETs” CHEM F266 (Second Semester 2016-2017)
P. Sudha varsha (2013B2A4825H) “High temperature oxidation resistant coatings for spacecraft applications” BITS C323/C324(Second Semester 2016-2017)
I Kavya Chandrika (2014B2A80801H) “Highly fluorescent and water-soluble diketopyrrolopyrrole dyes for conjugation and synthesis of graphene oxide and reduced graphene oxide and analysis” CHEM F266 (Second Semester 2017-2018)
Chakradhar. G. S. V (2015B2A80735H) “Material properties of graphene oxide derivatives” CHEM F266 (Second Semester 2018-2019): J. Subbalakshmi IC of SOP in the Second Semester 2018-2019.
Amartya Vats (2016B2AA0628H) “Methods of preparation of graphene oxide (GO)”CHEM F266 (Second Semester 2019-2020)
Avish Agarwal (2017B2AA1727H) “Use of polymers in sensing application” CHEM F266 (First Semester 2019-2020)
Sahil Deepak Vasishtha (2018B2A10782H)Chromo-fluorogenic recognition of multi-metal ions using xanthene-based sensors CHEM F266 (First Semester 2019-2020)
Chinta Sai Gaurav (2020B2AA2429H) TCNQ based organic polymers for Photovoltaic applications CHEM F266 (First Semester 2023-2024)
S. Sai Rohit (2020B2A70982H) Organic small molecules in photovoltaics based on tetracyanoquinodimethane) CHEM F266 (First Semester 2023-2024)

Guided 12 Laboratory Oriented Project Students

Laboratory Oriented Project Students

S.V.S.S Vamsi Krishna(2009A1TS435H) “To synthesize salts of TCNQ and TTF for preparing novel polymer blends” BITS C313 (First Semester 2012-2013)
Shantanu Kallakuri(2010B2A1595H) “Structure-property correlations in conductive polyaniline blends” BITS C313 (Second Semester 2013-2014)
K. Deepali Reddy(2013B2A7754H) “Synthesis and characterization of polyionic polymers” CHEM F366 (Second Semester 2016-2017)
M. Srija(2013B2A3621H) “Synthesis and characterization of polyionic polymer templates” CHEM F366 (Second Semester 2016-2017)
Khushali Saraf(2015B2A10807H) “Synthesis and Characterization of CT complex of TTF and Thiazole” CHEM F366 (Second Semester 2017-2018)
Smriti Arvind Nahata(2016B2A30651H) “Preparation and characterization of novel charge transfer complexes” CHEM F366 (First Semester 2018-2019)
Lipi Deepakshi Patnaik(2016B2AA0898H) “Preparation and characterization of novel charge transfer complexes” CHEM F366 (First Semester 2018-2019)
Awari Akhil(2015B2A40733H) “Preparation of graphene oxide derivatives” CHEM F366 (Second Semester 2018-2019)
Shristy Kapoor(2016B2A70688H) “Synthesis of TCNQ derivatives for sensing applications” CHEM F366 (First Semester 2019-2020)
CMS Karthik (2016B2AA0605H)“Synthesis and Characterization of TCNQ Fluorophores” CHEM F366 (Second Semester 2019-2020)
Shristy Kapoor(2016B2A70688H) “Synthesis of TCNQ derivatives” CHEM F366 (Second Semester 2019-2020)
Sahil Deepak vasishtha(2018B2A10782H) “Optical properties of D-p-A based small organic molecules” CHEM F367 (Second Semester 2021-2022). J. Subbalakshmi IC of LOP in the Second Semester 2021-2022.

Guided Six First Degree Thesis Students

First Degree Thesis

Siddharth Srivastav (2008B2A3448H)Supervisor: Prof. Dipti Gupta, Department of Chemistry IIT Bombay, Co-Supervisor: J. Subbalakshmi, “Fabrication of organic thin film transistors” BITS C421T (Second Semester 2012-2013)
Lori Shah (2011B2A7647H)“Synthesis and Characterization of PANI-PSS blends” BITS F423T (First Semester 2015-2016) Supervisor: J. Subbalakshmi
Yash Pratap Singh (2011B2A4689H)“Effect of constrained groove pressing on the properties of EDD steel” BITS F421T (First Semester 2015-2016) Supervisor: Prof. Amit Kumar Gupta, Co-Supervisor: J. Subbalakshmi
G. Dhruvasamhith (2011B2A4671H)“Characterization of polyaniline blends” BITS F423T (First Semester 2015-2016) Supervisor: J. Subbalakshmi, Co-Supervisor: SM Hussaini
Raghuram V (2011B2A1069H)“Synthesis and Study of PEDOT.PSS templated polyaniline” BITS 423T (Second Semester 2015-2016) Supervisor: J. Subbalakshmi
Barath T (2017B2A41515H) “Effects of sidechain functionalization on the electrochemical doping of diketopyrrolopyrrole (DPP) based mixed conductors” BITS F421T (First Semester 2021-2022) Supervisor: Prof. N.B. Phani Aeturi, IISC Bangalore, Co-Supervisor: J. Subbalakshmi

Profession Work Experience

Profession Work Experience

1-Economist, at Centre of Excellence in Fiscal Policy and Taxation (CEFT), Govt. of Odisha, Xavier University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. Nature of Work: Working in the UNICEF-CEFT Research Project on “Strengthening Public Finance for Children in Odisha (Child Budgeting) and Odisha Gender Budgeting as well as Odisha Nutrition Based Budgeting Analysis and Odisha SDG Budget Analysis” for bringing the major policy documents for the state during 2019-20, 2020-21 and 2021-22 period. Further assisted in preparing the “Handbook on Gender and Child Budgeting” published by UNICEF, CEFT and the Finance Department Government of Odisha (May-2019-April-2021).

2-Worked as a Consultant on a part-time basis at the Institute of Economic Growth, New Delhi during March 2020 to April 2020. Research-related activities (March-2020-April-2020).

3-Research Assistant at Centre for Development Studies, Trivandrum (Kerala), in the Project “Evaluation Study of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) 2006-07 to 2010-11”, Nature of Work: NSSO EUS unit level data analysis and Primary Data analysis and report writing (Aug.-2013-July-2014).

Conferences, Seminars and Workshops

Conferences, Seminars and Workshops

The 5th SANEM Annual Economists' international Conference (SAEC) 2020 on Institutions for Development, held during February, 1-2, 2020 at BRAC Centre Inn, Mohakhali, Dhaka Bangladesh. Paper presenting titled, “Do Socio-economic Attributes of Households Influence Trust Levels on Institutions of India? A Temporal Assessment from a Developing Country Perspective”
Participated in the one-week Summer School programme on Socioeconomic Inequality during 28th August 2017 to 1st September 2017, conducted by Human Capital and Economic Opportunity, Global Working Group, New Economic School-Centre for the Study of Diversity and Social Interaction, at Moscow, Russia
The International Conference on ‘Development, Agrarian Change, and Gender in India: Exploring Interdisciplinary Approaches’, held on 6-7th February, 2018, at Gujarat Institute of Development Research (GIDR), Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India, In collaboration with The Australian National University (ANU), Canberra, Australia. Paper presented titled "Gender Based Wage Differentials across Agricultural and Non-Agricultural Sectors in Rural India: A Quintile Decomposition Analysis”
The 4th International Conference on South Asian Economic Development, held during February, 22-23, 2018 at the South Asian University, New Delhi, India. Paper presented titled “Analyzing Jobless Growth and Income Growth Dynamics in India: A Sectoral Decomposition Analysis”
International Conference on “Experiences and Challenges in the Measurement of Income, Inequality and Poverty in South Asia” (IARIW-ICRIER) during November 23-25, 2017 at the India Habitat Centre in Delhi, India. Paper presented titled “Analyzing Poverty and Inequality Dynamics among North-Eastern States of India: Evidence from NSSO”
The 58th The Indian Society of Labour Economics (ISLE) conference held at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati during 23rd to 26th November 2016. Paper presented titled “Jobless growth and challenges of skills in India: Emerging regional patterns”
The 55th The Indian Econometric Society (TIES) conference held during January 8-10, 2019, at NIMB, Mumbai, India. Paper presented titled “Wage Mobility Dynamics in the Indian labour Market: A Pseudo Panel Approach”
The 53rd The Indian Econometric Society conference (TIES), National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), Bhubaneshwar during 22nd to 24th December 2016. Paper presented titled “Structure of Wage growth and wage discrimination in the rural labour market of India”
The 2018-CESP Young Scholars Seminar held during December 6-7, 2018, at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. Paper presented titled “The Movers and Stayers: Wage Inequality and Wage Mobility in India, 2004-05 to 2011-12”
The XXVII IUSSP International Population Conference Busan, Republic of Korea, August 26-31, 2013. Paper (Was a coauthor in the paper, paper was presented by Prof. S. K. Mohanty) titled “Fertility Transition and poverty reduction in the districts of India”
Participated in one-week training programme on, “Development Economics” during 6th July to 10th July, 2015, conducted by Azim Premzi University, Bangalore, India.
Participating in five day’s workshops on “Theory in Political Economy: A focus on Das Capital Volume 1” by Prof. Raju Das from 16th to 20th January 2017, Organised by Centre for Comparative Politics and Political Theory, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.
Participated in one-week training workshop programme on, “Research Analysis and Writing in Social Sciences” during 24 September to 30th September 2012, conducted by Gujarat institute of development and research (GIDR), Gujarat, India.
Participated in Two days training programme on, “Analyzing Medical and Health Data Using R”, during 26th and 27th September, 2013, Organised by Achutha Menon Centre for Health Science Studies at Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Science & Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, India.
Participated in the three days online Training Programme on “Training Programme on transitioning from informality to formality, July 2020” organized by VV Giri National Labour Institute during 08-10 July 2020.
Participated in the four days virtual summer school on “6th IGC ISI Summer School on Development Economics” organized by IGC, ISI, New Delhi during 12-15 July 2020.
Participated in the four days virtual summer school on “7th IGC ISI Summer School on Development Economics” organized by IGC, ISI, New Delhi during 11-14 July 2021.
Presented a Paper titled, Revisiting Changing contours of employment challenge in India, during 11^th to 13^th April 2022 at IIT Roorkee, Organized by the 62^nd ISLE conference
Presented a Paper titled, Is the Future of Jobs at risk due to Technological Innovation in India? An empirical assessment of the Indian labour market, in the International Conference on "New Technologies and the Future of Work in the Global South" during 17-19 July 2023 at India International Centre, New Delhi.
Presented a Paper titled, How does marital status affect the female labour force participation in India? An empirical assessment from the NSSO EUS & PLFS datasets, in the International Conference on Applied Economics and Finance (ICAFE) during 3-4 November 2023 at Department of Economics & Finance, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus, Rajasthan.
Presented a Paper titled, Exhibiting the Changes in Nutritional Status of Children in India: An Empirical Insight from Human Opportunity Index, in the 44 th Annual Conference of the Indian Association for The Study of Population during 8-10 November 2023 at Centre Of Excellence On Public Health Nutrition, Department Of Humanities And Social Sciences, National Institute Of Technology Rourkela, Odisha, India.
Presented a Paper titled, COVID-19 Pandemic and its Impact on Female labour Participation in India, in the Global Conclave on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Progress, Challenges and Way Forward 6th-7th March 2024 Organised by Department of Economics Faculty of Social Sciences Jamia Millia Islamia (A Central University) New Delhi Sponsored by ICSSR, New Delhi.
Presented a Paper titled, Assessing the health of labour markets of Indian state: An Iceberg Decomposition Approach, 64th Annual Conference of the Indian Society of Labour Economics, IHD, New Delhi, 29th-30th March 2024 Organised by School of Economics, University of Hyderabad, Telangana.

Brief-biography: Pragya Komal

I am an experienced neurobiologist/electrophysiologist with more than a decade of experience in the field of neuroscience. I have established a track record in the areas of neurobiology, nicotine addiction, electrophysiology, and cell culture techniques. In my Ph.D. at the University of Victoria, Canada, I deciphered the functions of brain resident immune proteins mediated regulation via protein kinases on the expression and function of neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in the mouse cortex. During my postdoctoral research at the Hospital of Sick Children, Toronto, Canada, I successfully showed the role of NMDA receptors in the pathophysiology of Schizophrenia in mouse models. Also, I worked on the YAC128 mouse model of Huntington’s disease (HD) at McGill University, Montreal, Canada. During my Ph.D. and postdoctoral training, I mentored 5 undergraduate students, 2 master’s students, and 3 PhD students. I joined BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad campus in the year 2017. The broad area of research includes synaptic homeostasis maintenance by Vitamin D3 in health and diseased conditions. Synaptic impairment underlies a common detrimental effect observed under most neurotoxic conditions, where my research group has shown an antioxidant and neuroprotective property of nutraceutical, Vitamin D3 in a mouse model of HD. My specific research interests include ionotropic receptor modulation in mental disorders like as schizophrenia, Huntington’s disease, and nicotine addiction so that better drug therapies can be devised to help patients with their debilitating conditions.

In the last 6 years in BITS (2018-2024), I have produced 1 PhD student, mentored 2 post-doctorate students, 2 summer trainees, 5 M.E students, 15 B.E (undergraduate) students, and 1 JRF. Currently, I am supervising 2 PhD students and mentoring 1 post-doctorate research fellow in my lab in BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad Campus.

We have excellent neuronal cell-culture, behaviour and electrophysiology (EPHYS) facility at BITS-Pilani Hyderabad campus, Telangana, India. Presently Sharon and Eshwari are working on different aspects of neuromodulatory effects of neutraceutical, Vitamin D3 in schizophrenia and nicotine addiction. Dr. Kishore (post-doc) is at verge of patching neurons/cells for functional analysis of ionotropic receptors using EPHYS facility at BITS.

Other Responsibilities

Editorial Responsibility

Associate editor, supramolecular chemistry section in Frontiers in Chemistry
Member, Early Career Advisory Board in Tetrahedron Green Chemistry (Elsevier).
Editorial board member, Discover Molecules (Springer).
Editorial board member, Journal of Chemical Research (SAGE).
Editorial board member, Journal of Materials Nanoscience (iScienceIN).
Guest editor, Special issue on Pioneers in Applied and Fundamental Interfacial Chemistry in Langmuir (ACS)
Guest editor, Special issue on Supramolecular Chemistry and Advanced Biomaterials in Chemistry Asian J (Willey)

Institutional Responsibility

Guiding more than thirty students of BITS-Pilani in the Industrial training program (PS1 program) in June-July 2021.
Institute-Nominated faculty member in the International Linkage Degree Program (ILDP) with Hiroshima University, Japan.
Coordinator of the one-day international symposium on advanced biomaterials on 27-11-2021 at BITS-Pilani (Hyderabad)
Co-Convenor, National Science Day celebration program at Department of Chemistry, BITS Pilani, Hyderabad in 2022.
Co-Convenor, National Symposium on Convergence of Chemistry and Materials (CCM 2023) at Department of Chemistry, BITS Pilani, Hyderabad in 2023.

Professional Membership

Associate member of the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) (membership no: 610497)
Life Member, Material Research Society of India (MRSI) (membership no: LMB3730)
Life Member, Society for Materials Chemistry (SMC) (membership no: 1334)
Life Member, Indian Society of Chemists and Biologists (ISCB) (LF1286/2023)
Life Member, Indian Photobiology Society (IPS/LM/00309)
Member, Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC)

Other Information

Conference Organizing Committee Member

Publicity Co-Chair, DCOSS 2022, California, USA
General Chair, WPSN 2021 (in conjunction with IEEE DCOSS), Pafos, Cyprus
Publicity Co-Chair, DCOSS 2021, Pafos, Cyprus
Organizing Chair, IEEE TechSym 2016, IIT Kharagpur, India
Organizing Committee member, IEEE TechSym 2014, IIT Kharagpur, India

Examiner / Reviewer

IEEE India Council Awards, Oct. 2023

Conference Session Chair

IEEE ISCC 2021, Athens, Greece
IEEE DCOSS 2021, Pafos, Cyprus

TPC Member (Selected only)

IEEE PIMRC - 2024 (Valencia, Spain); 2023 (Toronto, Canada); 2022 (Virtual Conference); 2021 (Helsinki, Finland); 2020 (London, UK); 2019 (Istanbul, Turkey); 2018 (Bologna, Italy)
IEEE ISCC - 2024 (Paris, France); 2023 (Tunis, Tunisia); 2022 (Rhodes Island, Greece); 2021 (Athens, Greece)
IEEE GLOBECOM: 2023 (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
COMSYS - 2023 (Mandi, India); 2022 (Ropar, India); 2021 (Shillong, Meghalaya, India)
SPIN 2022 (Noida, India)
IEEE ATC - 2021 (Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam); 2019 (Hanoi, Vietnam); 2018 (Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam)
ACM FICN 2018 (in conjunction with ACM MobiCom), (New Delhi, India)

Journal Reviewer

IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management
IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Computing
IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing
IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology
IEEE Internet of Things Journal
IEEE Systems Journal
IEEE Sensors Journal
IEEE Embedded System Letters
IEEE Access
ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks
Ad Hoc Networks (Elsevier)
Computer Networks (Elsevier)
Pervasive and Mobile Computing (Elsevier)
Computers and Electronics in Agriculture (Elsevier)
Computer Communication (Elsevier)
International Journal of Communication Systems (Wiley)
Telecommunication Systems (Springer)
The Journal of Supercomputing (Springer)

Conference Reviewer (Selected only)

IEEE PIMRC: 2017–2024
IEEE ISCC: 2021–2024
IEEE GLOBECOM: 2023
Others: IEEE LCN, IEEE DCOSS, IEEE ATC, COVI-COM (IEEE ICC), IEEE ICCCS, IEEE ANTS, IEEE NCC, ACM FICN

Publications in Telugu Literature

MY BLOG: https://ganesh-ganeshnarapara.blogspot.com/

Professional activities

Professional Activities:

Member, Institute Advisory Board, Graduate School of Pharmacy, Gujrat Technical University, Ahmedabad, July 2022- till date.
Member of Academic Council, Suresh Gyan Vihar University, Jaipur, September 2021-till date.
Member, Board of Studies, Shobhaben Pratapbhai Patel School of Pharmacy and Technology Management, Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS), Mumbai, August 2021- till date.
Member, Board of Studies for Pharmacy and College Research Committee, Teerthanker Mahaveer University, Moradabad, June 2021 to May 2023.
Member, College Research Committee, Teerthanker Mahaveer College of Pharmacy, Teerthanker Mahaveer University, Moradabad, June 2023 to May 2025.
Expert, Doctoral Student and Research Committee (DSRC), The Delhi Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research University, Delhi, March 2021-till date.
Life member, Association of Pharmaceutical Teachers of India
Secretary of Association of Pharmaceutical Research (APR) Regional Chapter -Rajasthan
Editorial and review works:
1. Worked as an editorial assistant for CRIPS (Current Research Information in Pharmaceutical Sciences), an official National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education & Research (NIPER) publication from July 2002 to August 2003.
2. Editorial board member, Advancements in Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences (APPS)
3. Editorial board member, International Journal on Current Trends in Drug Development & Industrial Pharmacy
4. Reviewer of 'Pharmacognosy' magazine and 'PhCog Rev magazine.
5. Reviewer of 'Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology'
6. Reviewer of 'Journal of Inclusion Phenomenon'
7. Reviewer of 'Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology'
8. Reviewer of 'Medicinal Chemistry research'
9. Reviewer of 'RSC Advances'
10. Reviewer of 'Current Computer Aided Drug Design'
11. Reviewer of 'Anticancer Agents in Medicinal Chemistry'
12. Reviewer of 'Journal of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapeutics'
13. Reviewer of 'Toxicology and Industrial Health'
14. Reviewer of 'Natural Product Research'
15. Reviewer of 'Journal of Biologically Active Natural Products'
16. Reviewer of 'Current Catalysis'
17. Reviewer of 'Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry'
18. Reviewer of 'Current Bionanotechnology'
19. Reviewer of 'Letters in Drug Design and Discovery'
20. Reviewer of 'Current Organic Chemistry'
21. Reviewer of 'Drug Development Research'
22. Reviewer of 'ACS Omega'
23. Reviewer of 'Bioorganic Chemistry'
24. Reviewer of 'Bioorganic Medicinal Chemistry'
Examiner assignments are done for the following universities

Rajasthan University of Health Sciences (RUHS), Jaipur

Jaipur National University, Jaipur

Jodhpur University, Jodhpur

Uttar Pradesh Technical University (UPTU), Lucknow

Integral University, Lucknow

Maharishi Markandeshwar University, Mullana-Ambala

Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra

Suresh Gyanvihar University, Jaipur

Pacific Academy of Higher Education and Research, Udaipur

Dibrugarh University, Dibrugarh, Assam.

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTU), Kakinada

Teerthanker Mahaveer University, Moradabad

Delhi Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research (DIPSAR), Delhi

Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS), Mumbai

AcSIR - Academy of Scientific & Innovative Research

Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad (Sambhajinagar)

Chhattisgarh Swami Vivekanand Technical University, Bhilai

Panjab University, Chandigarh

NIPER Guwahati, Guwahati

Griffith University, Gold Coast Campus, Australia

Other Information

Membership

Tau Beta Pi, Texas Eta Chapter (Lifetime member): Membership # 133-03207-4
American Society of Civil Engineers (Associate member): Membership # 10575119
Institution of Engineers (India) (Member and Chartered Engineer): Membership # M-1763169
Indian Geotechnical Society (Lifetime member): Membership # LM-5745

Journal Reviewer

Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board
Transportation Geotechnics
Environmental Earth Sciences
International Journal of Pavement Engineering
Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Ground Improvement
ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
ASCE Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering
ASTM Geotechnical Testing Journal
Scientia Iranica
Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment
Clays and Clay Minerals
Innovative Infrastructure Solutions
Advances in Civil Engineering
Advances in Materials Science and Engineering
Transportation in Developing Economies
Environmental Earth Sciences
Arabian Journal of Geosciences
Ain Shams Engineering Journal
Geomechanics and Geoengineering
Structural Control and Health Monitoring
Environmental Technology
ACS Omega
Brazilian Journal of Water Resources
Journal of Engineering
Vietnam Journal of Science, Technology and Engineering
Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering
International Journal of Geotechnical Engineering
Journal of the Chinese Institute of Engineers
Journal of Science and Technology
Geofluids
Energy Science & Engineering
Results in Engineering
Marine Georesources & Geotechnology
Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering
Road Materials and Pavement Design

Research Interests

*Development of hybrid nanoparticles containing potential surfactants and silica nanoparticles for gene delivery to cancer cells.

*Study on the role of chemical structures of non-viral vectors in the gene delivery to cancer cells.

*Development of photo-triggered cancer drug delivery systems with real-time monitoring through the NSET mechanism.

*Development of fluorescent surfactant-based nucleic acids detection and gene delivery systems, and bioimaging.

*Applications of fluorescence properties of novel host-guest complexes toward the development of molecular logic gates for the detection of toxic anions in the ppb range.

*Study on protein-surfactant, nanoparticle-conjugated protein-surfactant, and DNA-surfactant interactions.

*Design and synthesis of new fluorescent probes sensitive to the polarity and rigidity of microenvironment and their applications toward biological systems (For synthesis collaborating with Prof. Tanmay Chatterjee, Professor in the Deptt. of Chemistry, BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus)

Membership of Professional Society

Life Member, Indian Society for Surface Science & Technology.

Life Member, The Indian Thermodynamics Society.

Member, American Chemical Society.

Affiliate Member, Royal Society of Chemistry.

Education

PhD: Computer Science and Engineering

IIT Bombay- Monash University Joint PhD program| India and Australia

Supervisor: Dr. Ganesh Ramakrishnana, Dr. N.L.Sarda and Dr. Yuan-Fang Li

Title: Ontology Population and Concept Search across Ontologies: Challenges and Methodologies

ME: ComputerScience and Engineering-IT

Pune University | India

University Topper

Educational Details and Employment Record

EDUCATIONAL DETAILS AND EMPLOYMENT RECORD

Education

1999-2004 Postdoctoral Fellow for Innovative Application of FRP Reinforced and

Prestressed Concrete Structures

Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, Michigan-48075, USA

1993-1996: Ph.D. in Structural Engineering

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur-208 016, India

1987-1989: M. E. in Analysis and Design of Structures

Motilal Nehru Regional Engineering College Allahabad-211 004, India

1981-1985: B. Tech in Civil Engineering

Regional Engineering College Warangal-506004, India

Employment Record

Institution	Year From- To	Designation
Birla Institute of Technology and Science Pilani	June 01-2021 –Present	Senior Professor
Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani Rajasthan, India	February 01, 2013-May 31, 2021	Professor
Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani Rajasthan, India	August 01, 2008- January 31, 2013	Associate Professor
Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani Rajasthan, India	August 1, 2008- August 31, 2012	Associate Professor and Head of Department
Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani Rajasthan, India	January 01, 2007- July 31, 2008	Group Leader (HoD) and Assistant Professor
Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani Rajasthan, India	August 01, 2005- Dec. 31, 2006	Assistant Professor
National Institute of Technology Warangal (Deemed University), Andhra Pradesh, INDIA	September 07, 2004- July 31, 2005	Visiting Faculty
Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, Michigan, U.S.A.	July 17, 2003- August 31, 2004	Research Engineer and Adjunct Faculty
Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, Michigan, U.S.A.	November11, 1999- July 16, 2003	Postdoctoral Research Scholar
Motilal Nehru Regional Engineering College Allahabad, INDIA	September 19, 1988 –November 10, 1999	Senior Lecturer

Professional Associations

Professional Associations:

Elected Fellow of Institution of Civil Engineers, UK (FICE), ICE/Fellow/ 93713192, Since September 06, 2023.
Elected Fellow of Structural Engineering Institute of ASCE (F.SEI) (Ref# 397383) since December 2022.
Faculty Advisor to the SEI Graduate Student Chapter (GSC) of American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) since September 08, 2022.
Fellow of Indian Association of Structural Engineers (FIAStructE, F-526, Since June25, 2022)
Fellow of Coalition for Disaster Resilience Infrastructure (F. CDRI, since May 20, 2022)
Fellow of American Society of Civil Engineers (FASCE since December 11, 2021, #397383)
Member of SEI Global Activity Division (GAD) Inter Organizational Committee since April 2022.
Chartered Engineer (INDIA), No. 007471
Life Fellow of Institution of Engineers of India, No. F-118440-3
Licensed Professional Engineer (P.E.) of the State of Michigan by Examination April 2004, USA (License No. 6201051470)
Biographical candidate of Manchester Who’s Who Among Executives and Professionals and for inclusion in the upcoming 2004/2005 Honors Edition of the registry.
International Fellow Toastmaster
Life Member of Indian Society for Technical Education (MISTE) Registration No. LM 1596
Life Member of Indian Concrete Institute (ICI) Registration No. 8608.
Member of American Society for Civil Engineer (397383)
Member American Concrete Institute (914174)
Associate Member of ACI 440 Committee
Associate Member of ACI 423 Committee
Member of ISO/TC 71/SC6/WG6 Committee on FRP Material Properties
Nominated Principal Member of CED 54 Concrete Reinforcement Sectional Committee of Bureau of Indian Standards, Government of India.
Life Member of ACI-India Chapter (LM.2023.063)
Associate member of the main committee on Standards Committee for ASCE/SEI 7-Minimum Design Loads and Associated Criteria for Buildings and Other Structures for the 2028 cycles since March 30, 2023

Fellowships Awarded:

Duration	Nature of Scholarship/Fellowship
Nov. 1999- July 2003	Postdoctoral fellowship
1993-1996	QIP Fellowship
1987-1989	Junior Research Fellowship
1981-1985	National Scholarship
1975-1981	Integrated Scholarship

Roles and Responsibilities

Member of Departmental Committee for Academics (January 2024 - Present)
Member of Departmental Research Committee (June 2022 - December 2024)
Warden of CH2 hostel (January 2023 - December 2023)
Warden of DH2 hostel (January 2022 - December 2022)
28 July 2021: Chaired the RF and Microwave session in 27th National Conference on Communications [NCC 2021]
Member of Student - Faculty Council (July 2017 - December 2017)
In charge of Embedded Systems Laboratory (January 2018 - December 2024)
Member of ANTS 2019 conference organizing committee, December 2019.
Member of organizing committee of IOT Hackathon, January 2020.

Institutional Contribution

INSTITUTE (CAMPUS) LEVEL

Position/Responsibility	Year / Duraiton
Hostel Warden, AH7	Jan 2024 – Dec 2024
Hostel Warden, DH5	Jan 2023 – Dec 2023
Hostel Warden, CH3	Jan 2022 – Dec 2022
Nucleus Member, Academic Undergraduate Studies Division (AUGSD)	Dec 2018 – till date
Member, Committee on Analytics, Scientometrics and Solidarity	June 2022 – June 2024
Faculty member, Campus Level Academic Counseling Board	Aug 2018 – July 2020
Practice School (PS) – 1: Faculty Instructor and Subject Matter Expert (5 stations)	May 2018 – Jul 2018
BITSAT : Faculty Coordinator	May 2017
Co-Opted Senate Member (BITS Pilani University)	July 2016 – July 2018
Nucleus Member, Teaching Learning Center (TLC)	July 2015 – Nov 2018
Practice School (PS) – 1: Faculty Instructor	May 2011 – Jul 2011
Nucleus Member, Practice School	Nov 2010 – July 2014

DEPARTMENT LEVEL

Position/Responsibility	Year (Duration)
Library Committee member (Chemical Engg)	Dec 2023 – Dec 2024
Department Research Committee (DRC) – Member	June 2022 – June 2024
Departmental Committee on Academics (DCA) – Member	Aug 2021 – June 2022
In- Charge (Faculty) – Computational Chemical Engg Lab	Aug 2011 – Till date

In-Charge, Undergraduate Chemical Engineering Lab - Restructuring and Development (May 2022 - July 2023)

Administration

Member of DCA from November 14 2018- June 27, 2022.
Member of department Student Faculty Council (SFC) from 2016 to 2021.
Senate co-opted member for a period of 18 October, 2019 to 18 July 2020.
Convener of the Departmental Research Committees (DRC) from November 28, 2017- December 18, 2019.
Convener of the Departmental Committees on Academics (DCA) from November 5, 2016-November 13, 2018.
Member of project Lakshya Implementation team. Thrust Area: Alumni Relations, Workstream-1: Funding Strategy, 2018-2019.
Member of Project Management Office (PMO) in project Lakshya, July 2017-Dec 2017.
Member of institute level anti ragging committee for the academic year 2016-17 and 2018-19.
In-Charge of Instrumentation Laboratory during 2009 to 2016 and 2018 to till date.
Member of food committee in Convocation 2013-2019.
Non-Residential Warden of CH-1 hostel from August 2009-Janaury 2014.

Services

Committees

Member, Departmental Research Committee
Member, Doctoral Advisory Committee of 9 PhD students
Faculty Coordinator for 2nd Year, Student Faculty Council, 2022-23

Workshops

Instructor/Resource Person at the following conferences:

NCM Teacher Enrichment Workshop, BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus, Jan 09-14, 2023
Winter School for Women, Indian Women in Mathematics , IISER Tirupati, Dec 13-23, 2022
Summer School for Women in Maths & Stats (SWMS), ICTS B'lore, June 13-24, 2022
NCM ATM Workshop on Finite groups of Lie type, IISER Pune, July 31-Oct 3, 2021
SWMS, ICTS B'lore, May 13-24, 2019
SWMS, ICTS B'lore, May 7-18, 2018
NCM AIS on Classical Groups, IISER Pune, Dec 5-26, 2013
NCM ATM Workshop on Chevalley Groups, IISER Pune, May 13-25, 2013
Indo-German Workshop on Computational Commutative Algebra, IISER Pune, Dec 13 -31, 2010
NCM AFS, Part-I, IMSc, Chennai, Dec 4-30, 2006

Reviewer

Journal of Pure and Applied Algebra, ScienceDirect, Elsevier Publication
Indian Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics, Springer Nature
Conference Proceedings for Leavitt Path Algebras and Classical K-Theory, 2020, Springer Publication
Mathematical Reviews (MathSciNet of American Mathematical Society)

Institutional Activities

Practice School I faculty mentor, Summer 2022
First Degree admission duties for 2020-21
Member, Offstage Convocation Management Committee 2019, 2022
Registration Advisor 2021-22

Institutional Activities

Institutional Activities:

Performed PS 1 Duty at NALCO, Damanjodi & HAL, Koraput.
Performed BITSAT Duty at Andhra Loyola College, Vijayawada.
Performed BITSAT Duty at WISTAM, Visakhapatnam.
Worked as a Member of Departmental Research Committee.
Worked as a Member of Library Committee.
Worked as the Non Resident Warden of Krishna Bhavan.
Working as the Convener of Departmental Research Committee.
Working as the Warden of Krishna Bhavan.

Professional Activities:

Managing Editor of Palestine Journal of Mathematics
Reviewer of Mathematical Review, American Mathematical Society.
Reviewer of Many International Reputed Journals.

International Visits:

Visited Bialystok Institute of Technology, Poland to participate and present a paper titled “Solutions of Fractional Nabla Difference Equations - Existence & Uniqueness at "International Conference on Difference Equations and Applications (ICDEA - 2015)" from 19 - 25 July 2015. (Sponsored by International Travel Grant (ITS), SERB, Government of India)

Visited Department of Mathematics, University of Dayton, Ohio, USA for collaborative work with Prof. Paul Eloe from May 21^st – 15^th July 2017. (Sponsored by BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus under University Exposure Abroad Scheme)

Visited Department of Mathematics, University of Dayton, Ohio, USA for collaborative work with Prof. Paul Eloe from May 20^th – 9^th June 2018. (Sponsored by BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus)

Attended International Conference on Difference Equations and Applications (ICDEA - 2022)" Organized by CentraleSupélec, Paris-Saclay, Gif sur Yvette, France from 18 - 22 July 2022. (Sponsored by BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus)

Online profiles

Institutional Responsibilities Held

Lead Faculty, Kalipatnapu Augmented Reality/Virtual Reality Lab
Nucleus Member, Work Integrated Learning Programmes (WILP) Division
Team Lead, Task Force on WILP Process Excellence, Vision 2020: Mission 2012
Professor-in-Charge, Multimedia and Human-Computer Interaction Lab
Senator, BITS Pilani
Member, Department Level Shortlisting Committee (DLSC), Department of CSIS
Convener, Departmental Research Committee (DRC), Department of CSIS
Member, Departmental Research Committee (DRC), Department of CSIS
Member, Departmental Committee on Academics (DCA), Department of CSIS
Member, Placement Feedback Advisory Counselling (PFAC), Department of CSIS
Member, Committee for SRCD-related Matters, BITS Pilani
Member, Doctoral Advisory Committee (DAC), Department of CSIS
Coordinator, Viva Scheduling and Planning for Projects and Dissertations, WILP
Coordinator, Digital Evaluation (E-Assessment of Examination Answer Booklets), WILP
Programme Coordinator, M.S. Software Systems, WILP
Professor-in-Charge, Computer Science Association
Member, Library Committee, BITS Pilani
Practice School-I Instructor for 4 Stations (Summer Term 2022-2023)
Practice School-I Instructor for 9 Stations (Summer Term 2020-2021)
Practice School-I Instructor for 6 Stations (Summer Term 2018-2019)

Seminars, Conferences & Workshops:

1. Choubisa, R., Dubey, A., & Philipose, J.V. (2024). (Re)Examining the PILAR Model in Creating a Flourishing Workplace: Mindfulness, Personality and Trust. Paper presented at the 33^rd International Congress of Psychology organized by the IUPSyS and Czech-Moravian Psychological Society from July 22^nd to 26^th, 2023, in Prague (Czech Republic).

2. Choubisa, R., Dubey, A., & Philipose, J.V. (2024). The Digital Flourishing Scale (DFS): Validation of Latest Tool on Indian College Students. Paper presented at the 33^rd International Congress of Psychology organized by the IUPSyS and Czech-Moravian Psychological Society from July 22^nd to 26^th, 2023, in Prague (Czech Republic).

3. Dubey, A., Choubisa, R., & Philipose, J.V. (2024). Assessing Job Burnout: A Perspective from Employee’s Health and Flourishing. Paper presented at the 33^rd International Congress of Psychology organized by the IUPSyS and Czech-Moravian Psychological Society from July 22^nd to 26^th, 2023, in Prague (Czech Republic).

4. Philipose, J.V., Choubisa, R., & Dubey, A. (2024). Psychological Capital, Work-Life Balance and Well-Being among Employees: The Indian Vignette. Paper presented at the 33^rd International Congress of Psychology organized by the IUPSyS and Czech-Moravian Psychological Society from July 22^nd to 26^th, 2023, in Prague (Czech Republic).

5. Philipose, J.V., Choubisa, R., & Dubey, A. (2024). Gratitude and Depression among Christians: Mediating Role of Psychological Capital. Paper presented at the 33^rd International Congress of Psychology organized by the IUPSyS and Czech-Moravian Psychological Society from July 22^nd to 26^th, 2023, in Prague (Czech Republic).

6. Dubey, A., Choubisa, R., & Philipose, J.V. (2024). (Re)Testing the Scale of Dark Tetrad at Work: Feasibility in an Indian Context. Paper presented at the 33^rd International Congress of Psychology organized by the IUPSyS and Czech-Moravian Psychological Society from July 22^nd to 26^th, 2023, in Prague (Czech Republic).

7. Dhiman, S., Gawali, G., & Choubisa, R. (2024). Long Distance Romantic Relationships among Indians: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. Paper presented at the 33^rd International Congress of Psychology organized by the IUPSyS and Czech-Moravian Psychological Society from July 22^nd to 26^th, 2023, in Prague (Czech Republic).

8. Choubisa, R., Naim, M.F., Dubey, A., Philipose, J.V. (2023). Using fsQCA in Psychological Research: A Demonstration with Multidimensional Scale and Secondary Dataset. Paper presented at the 18th European Congress of Psychology organized by the British Psychological Society from July 3rd to 6th, 2023, in Brighton (United Kingdom).

9. Choubisa, R., Dubey, A., Philipose, J.V., & Ruparel, N. (2023). Differential Behavior of Measurement Tools: Experiential Learning from Ryff’s Psychological Well-Being (PWB) Scale. Poster presented at the 18th European Congress of Psychology organized by the British Psychological Society from July 3rd to 6th, 2023, in Brighton (United Kingdom).

10. Choubisa, R., Ruparel, N., Philipose, J.V., & Dubey, A. (2023). Primal World Beliefs, Values & Meaning in Life: Exploring the Operational Dynamics and Intersections. Paper presented at the 18th European Congress of Psychology organized by the British Psychological Society from July 3rd to 6th, 2023, in Brighton (United Kingdom).

11. Dubey, A., Choubisa, R., & Philipose, J.V. (2023). Impact of Interpersonal Mindfulness and Dark Traits on Sustainable Attitudes and Behaviour. Paper presented at the 18th European Congress of Psychology organized by the British Psychological Society from July 3rd to 6th, 2023, in Brighton (United Kingdom).

12. Dubey, A., Choubisa, R., & Philipose, J.V. (2023). Core Self Evaluations’ Interactive Effect in Predicting Interpersonal Trust and Work Presenteeism: A Vignette for Further Investigation. Paper presented at the 18th European Congress of Psychology organized by the British Psychological Society from July 3rd to 6th, 2023, in Brighton (United Kingdom).

13. Philipose, J.V, Choubisa, R., & Dubey, A. (2023). Does Psychological Capital Relates to Depression: A Quasi-Experimental Investigation amongst Youth. Paper presented at the 18th European Congress of Psychology organized by the British Psychological Society from July 3rd to 6th, 2023, in Brighton (United Kingdom).

14. Philipose, J.V, Choubisa, R., & Dubey, A. (2023). Spiritual Intelligence and Flourishing among College Students: Moderating Effects of Mindfulness. Paper presented at the 18th European Congress of Psychology organized by the British Psychological Society from July 3rd to 6th, 2023, in Brighton (United Kingdom).

15. Dubey, A., Arora, R., Philipose, J. & Choubisa, R. (2022). Establishing Linkage between Good Governance and Sustainable Society: Case of BRICS Countries. Paper presented in International Research Conference on Sustainable Goals at Indian Institute of Management, Bodhgaya, during 16-17 September 2022.

16. Choubisa, R., Bedi, R., Ruparel, N. & Ahn, J. (2021). Descriptives and Factor Structure of IASMHS: Revalidation Analysis in Indian Context. Oral presentation at the 32nd International Congress of Psychology, Prague, Czech Republic-Virtual during 18th to 23rd July 2021.

17. Choubisa, R., & Ruparel, N. (2021). Job Crafting and Authentic Happiness: Underlining the Mediating Influence of Mental Toughness. Oral presentation at the 32nd International Congress of Psychology, Prague, Czech Republic-Virtual during 18th to 23rd July 2021.

18. Ahn, J., Bedi, R.P., Choubisa, R., & Ruparel, N. (2021). Assessing the Western Components of Psychotherapy (Abstract ID:178700). Poster presented Virtually at the 52nd International Annual Meeting of Society for Psychotherapy Research (SPR) at Heidelberg, Germany during 23-26, June 2021.

19. Ruparel, N & Choubisa, R. (2018). Cultural Intelligence in Organizational Psychology Research: Exploring Theoretical, Conceptual and Methodological Role. Paper presented at the First PAN IIT International Management Conference organized by DoMS, IIT Roorkee from November 30, 2018, to December 2, 2018.

20. Choubisa, R. (2018). Positive Psychology vis-a-vis Positive Neuroscience: Paradoxes and Complementarities. Oral Presentation as part of a proposed symposium titled "Adaptive Brain ~ An Affective Cognitive Neuroscience-based Approach to Stimuli Processing in Healthy Individuals" at International Conference on Neuroscience & XXXVI Annual Meeting of Indian Academy of Neurosciences organized by Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi during 29-31 October 2018.

21. Johnson, L., Antoniuk, A., Misbah, K.B., Noureen, A., & Choubisa, R. (2018). “Mindful Contextualization”: Exploring the Limits of Cross-Cultural Mindfulness Measurement. ARTS-2018 Symposium Presentation in 29th International Congress of Applied Psychology (ICAP) held at Montreal, Canada during 26th to 30th June 2018.

22. Flores-Lucas, V., Martinez-Sinovas, R., & Choubisa, R. (2018). Sources of Hope Similarities and Differences across Different Cultures: A Cross-Cultural Comparison between German, Spanish and Indian Adults. Symposium Presentation in 9th European Conference on Positive Psychology, at Budapest (Hungary) from 27th to 30th June 2018.

23. Cejková, E., Slezácková., Choubisa, R., & Vijayalakshmi, V. (2018). Life Values and Subjective Well-being among University Students across Cultures: Comparison of Czech, North Indian, and South Indian Samples. Poster Presentation in 9th European Conference on Positive Psychology at Budapest (Hungary) from 27th to 30th June 2018.

24. Barad, K., & Choubisa, R. (2018). Understanding Variations in Job-Crafting Behaviors in Rural & Urban Banking Sector Employees: A Comparative Analysis. Paper presented at the 24th International Congress of Cross-Cultural Psychology (IACCP 2018) at the University of Guelph, Canada from 1st to 5th July 2018.

25. Ruparel, N., & Choubisa, R. (2018). Need and Implications of a Mental Toughness Scale: Adaptation, Contextualization and Construct Validation. Paper presented at 29th International Congress of Applied Psychology (ICAP) at Montreal, Canada during 26th to 30th June 2018.

26. Ruparel, N., Choubisa, R., & Verma, M. (2018). Compendium of Organizational Behavior Research in India: A Systematic Review and Classification. Paper presented in 29th International Congress of Applied Psychology (ICAP) at Montreal, Canada during 26th to 30th June 2018.

27. Ruparel, N., & Choubisa, R. (2018). Kentucky Inventory of Mindfulness Skills (KIMS): Assessing Suitability and Utility for Indian Students. Poster presented in 24th International Congress of Cross-Cultural Psychology (IACCP 2018) at the University of Guelph, Canada, during 1st to 5th July 2018.

29. Choubisa, R., & Ruparel, N. (2018). Health (Electronic/Mobile) Interventions for Non-Clinical Population in South Asian Region: Lessons and Implications from a Critical Realist Perspective. Paper presented in 24th International Congress of Cross-Cultural Psychology (IACCP 2018) at the University of Guelph, Canada during 1st to 5th July 2018.

30. Choubisa, R. (2017). Do Transgressions and Gratitude act as Predictors of Well-Being among Indian Engineering Undergraduates? Paper Presented during the Round Table Discussion at the 5th World Congress of Positive Psychology (IPPA) held at Montreal (Canada) during 13-16 July 2017.

31. Ruparel, N., & Choubisa, R. (2017). Goal Orientation, Perceived Motivational Climate, and Social-Emotional Competence: Contextually Exploring the Explicable. Paper presented at the 27th Annual Conference of NAOP organized by IIT Kharagpur during 22-24 December 2017.

32. Choubisa, R. (2017). Research Designs with(in) Online Behavioral Sciences: Experiencing “WEXTOR” as a Tool. Paper presented at 52nd National and 21st International Conference of Indian Academy of Applied Psychology on “Psychology for Building Global Community” theme organized by IAAP at University of Rajasthan, Jaipur during 23rd-25th February 2017.

33. Mansukhani, S., & Choubisa, R. (2017). Entrepreneurial Ventures as Learning Organizations: A Face Value Analysis of Chosen Indian “Start-ups”. Paper presented at the 2nd International Conference on Evidence-Based Management (ICEBM) organized by Department of Management, BITS Pilani, held during 17-18 March 2017.

34. Choubisa, R. (2016). A Plebiscite on Job-Crafting Behaviors in Indian Employees: Structure, Incidences, Evidence, and Other Complexities. Paper presented at the 31st International Congress of Psychology (ICP 2016) at Yokohama (Japan) during 24-29th July 2016.

35. Choubisa, R. (2016). A prototype of a Multi-culturally Appropriate Internet Delivered Well-Being Enhancement Intervention: An Insight into Content & Design. Poster presented at the International Society for Research on Internet Interventions (ISRII) 8th Scientific Meeting at Seattle, Washington (USA) during 7-9 April 2016.

36. Choubisa, R. (2016). Substantiating the Rural-Urban Dichotomy in Personality Dispositions: Investigating an Academic Cohort. Rapid Paper presented at the 23rd International Congress of Cross-Cultural Psychology (IACCP 2016) held at Nagoya (Japan) from 31st July to 4th August 2016.

37. Choubisa, R. & Slezackova, A. (2016). Mental Health Continuum-Short Form (MHC-SF): Psychometric Harmony, Divergence & Deviations for Indian & Czech Cultures. Paper presented at the 31st International Congress of Psychology (ICP 2016) at Yokohama (Japan) during 24-29th July 2016.

38. Choubisa, R. (2016). The Pandemonium and Predicament Behind Digital India's Subrogation of National e-Governance Plan: Perception-based SWOT Analysis. Paper presented in 2nd International Conference on Contemporary Debates in Public Policy and Management organized by Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta (IIM-C) at Kolkata during 15-17 January 2016.

39. Choubisa, R. (2014). Role of HRIS in Effective Personnel Administration: A Preliminary Employee Perception Survey at a Public Sector Undertaking in India. Paper presented at 3rd International Conference on Advancement of Development Administration, Social Sciences and Interdisciplinary Studies, organized by National Institute of Development Administration, Bangkok, 9-11th October 2014.

40. Choubisa, R. (2014). Aggrandizing Mentor-Protégé Relationships Through Appreciative Inquiry: An Insightful Case Study. Oral Paper presented at the 7th European Conference on Positive Psychology held at Amsterdam (Netherlands), 1-4th July 2014.

41. Slezackova, A., Dvorakova, S., Potgieter, J., Singh, K., Choubisa, R., Jarden, A., & Howard, F. (2014). Social Capital and Subjective Well-Being among University Students: Their Link and Comparison of Czech, Indian, South African and New Zealand University Students. Poster presented in 7th European Conference on Positive Psychology held at Beurs van Berlage, Amsterdam (Netherlands), 1-4th July 2014.

42. Choubisa, R. (2014). Discursive Practices as Alluring conjectures to Sustainable Well-being: A Classic Detour from Sustainable Happiness Model. Oral Paper presented in the 28th International Congress of Applied Psychology held at Palais Des Congress, Paris, France, 8-13 July 2014.

43. Choubisa, R., & Bisht, K. (2013). Do Big Five Traits Moderate the PsyCap Dimensions in Promoting Citizenship Behaviors: A Pilot Investigation with Early Career Academic Professionals” Paper presented in Second Czech Positive Psychology Conference (IPPA Supported) at Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic, May 22-25, 2013.

44. Dvorakova, S., Slezackova, A., Singh, K., Choubisa, R., Jarden, A., & Howard, F. (2013). Social Capital and Subjective Well-Being among University Students: Their Link and a Comparison of Czech, New Zealand, and Indian Samples. Paper presented in 2nd Czech Positive Psychology Conference held at Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic, May 22-25, 2013.

45. Choubisa, R. & Singh, K. (2012). Well-being Promotion Practices in Ancient and Contemporary India: Its Influence on Modern Traditions, Thoughts & Positive Psychology. Paper presented by Co-Author in the special section at 6th European Conference on Positive Psychology in Moscow (CIS) during 26-29 June 2012.

46. Choubisa, R., & Slezackova, A. (2012). Well-being Promotion, Wellness Interventions, and Internet: Testimonials, Criticisms, and Lessons to Be Learned. Paper presented by Alena Slezackova (Co-Author & Organizing Secretary) in First Czech Positive Psychology Conference held at Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic, May 23-24, 2012.

47. Oudenhoven, J.P., Choubisa, R., & Slezackova, A. (2012). Virtues across 14 Nations. Paper presented by Prof. J. P. van Oudenhoven (Co-author) in First Czech Positive Psychology Conference held at Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic, May 23-24, 2012.

48. Choubisa, R. & Singh, K. (2009). Nurturing Talent in College Students. Paper presented by co-author at the 2nd Applied Positive Psychology Conference on Creating Flourishing communities held at the University of Warwick, United Kingdom, April 1-3, 2009.

49. Choubisa, R. & Singh, K. (2010). Evaluation of an Internet-Based Intervention Module for Promoting Positive Health & Well-Being: A Preliminary Investigation. Paper presented at the 5th European Conference on Positive Psychology in Copenhagen (Denmark) during 23-26 June 2010.

50. Choubisa, R. & Singh, K. (2011). A Confirmatory Randomized Control Trial of Well-being Related Skills Enhancing Internet Intervention Module for College Students”. Poster presented at the 2nd World Congress on Positive Psychology held at Philadelphia (U.S.A) during 23rd-26th July 2011.

51. Choubisa, R. (2014). HRIS as a Knowledge Management Tool for HRD Programs: Perceived Outlook of Superiors and Subordinates in a Public Sector Undertaking. Paper presented at the AIB India: MENA Conference 2014 held at Indian Institute of Management, Udaipur (IIMU), 9-11 February 2014.

52. Choubisa, R. (2013). Appreciative Inquiry in Informal Mentor-Protégé Academic Relationships: A Well-Being Enhancement Outlook. Paper presented at the XXIII Annual convention of the National Academy of Psychology held at NIT, Rourkela (ODISHA), 13-15th of December 2013.

53. Slezackova, A., Choubisa, R., & Oudenhoven, J.P. (2012). Are There National Virtues? Insights from a Two Nation Comparative Analysis. Paper presented at the Symposium of 3rd International Conference on Positivism: Foundation for Human Dimension held during 6th-8 August 2012 at Amity University, Rajasthan (INDIA).

54. Choubisa, R. & Singh, K. (2009). Personality Dimensions as Predictors of Happiness in Indian Milieu: An Empirical Confirmation with Different Measurement Approaches. Poster presented at the 8th biennial conference of the Asian Association of Social Psychology organized by Asian Association of Social Psychology in association with the National Association of Psychology, India at Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, 11-14 December 2009.

55. Choubisa, R. (2010). From Design to Praxis: Evaluation of a Self-guided Internet-based Emotional Intelligence Enhancement Program. Paper presented at the 3rd Global Summit on Emotional Intelligence & Leadership organized by Forum for Emotional Intelligence Learning and HPCL at Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai (INDIA) during 5-6 March 2010 (Best Research Paper Award).

56. Choubisa, R. & Singh, K. (2010). Psychometrics encompassing VIA-IS: A Comparative Cross-Cultural Referential Reading. Paper presented at the International Conference on Positive Psychology: A New Approach to Mental Health at Amity University, Rajasthan (INDIA) during 6-8th August 2010.

57. Choubisa, R. & Singh, K. (2010). Connecting Links, Voids in Existing Well-being Practices & Contemporary Scientific Documentation: A Positive Psychological Rationalist Perspective. Poster presented at the XX Annual Conference of National Academy of Psychology (NAOP) at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi (INDIA) during 12-15th December 2010.

58. Choubisa, R. & Singh, K. (2011). Towards Positivity, Positive Life and Superlative Degree of Well-Being: An Exhaustive Review of Online Well-Being Enhancement Modules. Paper presented at the International Conference on Positivism: Path to Success, Satisfaction & Bliss organized by Amity University, Rajasthan during 6-8th August 2011.

59. Participated in the Advanced Winter School on “Life and Thought of Gandhi” organized by Indian Institute of Advanced Studies, Shimla (H.P) headed by Prof. Tridip Suhrud (Sahitya Academy Awarded) from 1-15 December 2011.

60. Participated and presented an assignment “Revisiting Human Development Index: A Conceptual Reformulation” at the Young Scholar’s Program on Human Development (YSP-IV) Organized by Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai (Deemed University funded by Reserve Bank of India) in collaboration with UNDP and Planning Commission of India from 3-22 November 2009

61. Participated in the International Workshop on “Psychiatric Genetics, Ethics and related Methodological issues” organized by PGIMER-Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya Hospital, New Delhi & Western Psychiatric Institute & Clinic, University of Pittsburg, USA with sponsorship from the National Institutes of Health, USA in March 2009.

62. Participated in an AICTE-sponsored one-week workshop on “Research Methods and Data Analysis using SPSS” organized by Apeejay Institute of Management, Sector-8, Dwarka, New Delhi, from 25-29 May 2009.

63. Participated in a two-day pre-conference workshop on “Structural Equation Modeling” at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi organized by the National Academy of Psychology (NAOP), India.

64. Participated in a workshop on” QIP Workshop on the Latest developments in Positive Psychology held at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi on January 15, 2010.

65. Participated and presented a paper entitled “Web-Based Positive Psychology Interventions: Results from a Randomized Controlled Trial" in a QIP Workshop on “Positive Psychology and Social-Cultural issues” held at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi on April 27, 2010.

66. Attended a DRS-II (UGC-SAP) National Seminar on Positive Psychology and Health: Interventions & Strategies during 28-29 March 2010 organized by the Department of Psychology, Maharishi Dayanand University, Rohtak (Haryana).

Instituitional Responsibilities

Under BITS Pilani Affiliation

Member, Departmental Committee on Academics, 2022-Current.
Convener, International Conference on Nanotechnology for Sustainable Living and Environment ICON-NSLE, 2022.
BITSAT supervising faculty, 2022, Center: Shimla, (Number of Students: 161)
Practice School Faculty, 2019, Kolkata Center, BITS Pilani (Number of Students: 31)
Coordinator, Student-Faculty Committee, BITS Pilani, 2021-22.
Member, Student-Faculty Committee, BITS Pilani, 2019-22.
Secretary, IIChE Pilani Chapter, 2022-Current
Treasurer, IIChE Pilani Chapter, 2021- 22
Faculty in Charge, AIChE Student Chapter, BITS Pilani, 2019-21.
Member, Departmental Research Committee, 2020-22.
Departmental Representative to Sponsored Research and Consultancy Division, BITS Pilani, 2020-22.
Member, Placement Committee, BITS Pilani, 2020-Present.
Member, Departmental Purchase Committee, BITS Pilani, 2020-22.
Departmental Representative to Library Committee, BITS Pilani, 2020-22.

Under IIT Kharagpur Affiliation

Mess Secretary, LBS hall of Residence, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, 2011-2012. (During PhD)

Education

Ph.D.:

Duration: August 2008 – March 2013 (viva-voce on 3rd February 2014)

Title of the Thesis : Study of various trajectories in topological dynamics with an emphasis on

periodic ones

Thesis Supervisor : Prof. V. Kannan

Institute : School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad.

M.Sc.:

Duration : June 2006 – April 2008

Subject : Mathematics

Institute : Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad.

B.Sc.:

Duration : June 2003 – April 2006

Subjects : Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry

Institute : Govt. City College, Osmania University, Hyderabad

Management Development Programes

One of the Program faculty for IIT Delhi's online 6-month "CERTIFICATE PROGRAM IN OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT & ANALYTICS" for Industry Professionals (July 2023 to January 2024; August 2022 to January 2023; January 2022 to June 2022; July 2021 to December 2021).
MDP on Vendor Management and Selection for Asian Paints Professionals Organized by IMI Delhi dated 21 Nov 2022 [took 2 sessions of 90 minutes each]
MDP on Effective Project Management at Shree Cement, Ras Cement Plant, Beawar (Rajasthan) Dated 5-6 June 2019 [Took 3 sessions of 90 minutes each]
EDP (code: 2012PCEP285) on Project Management for IOCL Executives at Gurgaon Dated: 17-22 Sept. 2012, Organised by IIT Delhi [Took 2 sessions of 2 hrs each on September 22 2012]

Administrative Responsibilities

Associate Dean, International Programmes and Collaborations Division, Sep 2024 till date
Head, Department of Chemical Engineering, Oct 2020 till September 2024
Faculty In-Charge Student Welfare Division, 2012-13
Head, Department of Chemical Engineering, 2012-13
Convener, First Convocation of BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus 2012
Task force Member Mission 2015-Vision 2020
Associate Dean (then Faculty In-Charge) Student Welfare Division, 2009-10
Associate Dean (then Faculty In-Charge) Practice School Matters 2008-09
Practice School Co-ordinator, Hyderabad Center, 2006-08
Champion, Project Lakshya Industry Connect
Convener/Member of various Committees like Examination Committee, Student-Faculty Committee, Disciplinary Committee, Purchase Committee, Scholarships Committee, Student-Grievance Redressal Committee, Anti Ragging Committee, Vigilance Committee, Works Committee, Faculty Recruitment Committee, Departmental Research Committee etc at various times.

Professional Activities

Member of Senate, nominated as co-opted member, BITS Pilani from 2020- 2022
Member of Doctoral Counselling Committee (DCC), nominated as Dubai campus representative, BITS Pilani from 2021- present
Member, Department Committee on Academics (DCA), Dept. of Biotechnology, BPDC, 2020-22 and 2022-present
Member Department Research Committee (DRC), Dept. of Biotechnology, BPDC, 2020-22 and 2022-present
Convener, Department Research Committee (DRC), Dept. of Biotechnology, BPDC, 2018-20 and 2021-2022
Member, Purchase Committee, BPDC, 2022-2023
Member, Library Committee, BPDC, 2019-20, 2022-23

Other Scientific and Academic Activities

Associate Editor, Frontiers in Endocrinology
Associate Editor, Frontiers in Physiology
Invited reviewer for Scientific Reports, Cell Death and Disease, European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, Frontiers in Microbiology, Journal of Proteomics, Toxicological Sciences
Invited Judge, 6th Undergraduate Research Competition, Abu Dhabi University, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Coordinator, Dubai campus, Global meet on Computational Modeling and Simulation, BITS Pilani, Pilani, India held on Oct 16-Nov 07, 2020
Organizing Committee Member, International Conference on Biotechnological Innovations in Food and Health Care held on 27th& 28^th January 2019 at BITS Pilani Dubai

Some useful links

Reviewer/Referee for International Research Journals

Discrete Mathematics
Journal of Combinatorial Designs
Designs, Codes and Cryptography

Metrika

Journal of Statistical Theory and Practice
Statistica Sinica
Statistics & Probability Letters
Lecture Notes in Computer Science by Springer
Fields Institute Communications Series by Springer
Journal of Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Statistics

Member of Committee & Institutional Contribution

Member of the Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) of the institute-BITS Pilani, 2025-2027.
Member of the Committee for Analytics, Scientometrics, and Solidarity for BITS Pilani K K Birla Goa Campus, 2024-2026.
Member of the Seminar (Colloquium) Committee for the Departement of Mathematics at BITS Pilani K K Birla Goa Campus, 2024-2025.
Member of the Refreshment Committee for the Departement of Mathematics at BITS Pilani K K Birla Goa Campus, 2024-2025.
Instructor for Practice School-1 Courses (five stations/courses) 2024.
Supervisor for BITSAT 2024 Session-I FD and HD exams conducted in May 2024.
Faculty Mentor for BITS students having a CGPA less than the minimum required for graduation in Semester II, 2023-2024.
Member of the Committee for Analytics, Scientometrics, and Solidarity for BITS Pilani K K Birla Goa Campus, 2022-2024.
In-Charge of the Website Committee for the Department of Mathematics at BITS Pilani K K Birla Goa Campus, 2022-2023.
In-Charge of the Public Outreach Committee for the Department of Mathematics at BITS Pilani K K Birla Goa Campus, 2022-2023.
Member of the Question Bank Moderation Team Goa as a Question Setter for BITSAT 2022.
Member of the Program Committee for the 9th Annual International Conference on Algorithms and Discrete Applied Mathematics (CALDAM), Feb 9-11, 2023, India.

Institute Service and Public Outreach

Institute Service:

Position held	Period
Faculty–In–Charge – Community Welfare	2010 - 2011
Head, Department of Physics	2012 - 2014
Non-Resident Warden	2014 - 2018
In-Charge Recreational Activity Forum	2009 - 2021
Convener - Academic Counselling Cell	2018 - present
Coordinator – Institute Colloquium	2018 - 2021
Associate Dean, Student Welfare Division	2021 - present

Public Outreach in Teaching:

Served as a resource person to train College teachers in research-based pedagogical techniques.
Delivered lectures to high school students about choosing a career.
Delivered lecture cum demonstration of some basic physics ideas to primary school students.

Professional Service:

Reviewed manuscripts for several International Journals
Served as Ph.D. thesis examiner for Bharathidasan University and Anna University

Institutional Contributions

Academic Administration:

Chairman, Department Level Shortlisting Committee, Faculty Recruitment since 09.08.2021
Member, Department Level Shortlisting Committee, Faculty Recruitment
Member, Departmental Committee on Academics(DCA), since 01.12.18
Member, Sustainability Committee since 01.05.2024
Senate Member, BITS-Pilani University

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Associate Dean, International Programmes and Collaboration(13.07.18-15.09.24)
Member, Additional Competitive Research Grant(ACRG) (02.02.18-01.02.22).
In-charge, Feedback and Monitoring, Instruction Division (01.02.2017-17.07.18).
Head of the Department, Department of Mathematics, (01.09.2012- 30.09.2016).
Nucleus Member, Instruction Division, BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad Campus ( Jan 2014-Jan 2017).
Nucleus Member, Instruction Division, BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad Campus ( Aug 2009-July 2012).
In-charge, Timetable, BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad Campus (Aug 2009- July 2011)

Conferences/Workshops Organized:

Co-chairman, Space.Time.Civilisation (STC-2024), II International Scientific Conference held Simultaneously at BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad Campus; BMSTU, Moscow and Egyptian Russian University during November 02-07. The details can be see in https://icstc.space/.
Organizer, Teacher's Enrichment Workshop on Linear Algebra, Differential Equations and its Applications, funded by National Centre of Mathematics, held at Department of Mathematics, BITS-Pilani Hyderabad Campus during December 09-14, 2023. The details can be seen in (https://www.atmschools.org/school/2023/TEW/ladea ).
Convener, 27th International Conference of International Academy of Physical Science on Advances in Relativity and Cosmology (PARC-2021), organized by Department of Mathematics, BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, during October 26-28, 2021. The details can be seen in (https://universe.bits-pilani.ac.in/hyderabad/parc/home).
Convener, International Webinar on Recent Developments in Cosmology and Modified Gravity RDCM-2021), organized by Department of Mathematics, BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, during March 9-11, 2021. The details can be seen in (https://bphc-rdcm.weebly.com/).
Organizing Committee Member, Global meet on Computational Modeling and Simulation: Recent Innovations, Challenges, and Perspectives, Organized by IPCD, BITS-Pilani, during October 16-November 7, 2020. The details can be seen in (http://discovery.bits-pilani.ac.in/GlobalMeet/).
Organizing Committee Member, 30th Meeting of Indian Association for General Relativity and Gravitation" , organized by Department of Physics, BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, during January 3-5, 2019. The details can be seen in (http://universe.bits-pilani.ac.in/hyderabad/iagrg/iagrg)
Coordinator, Workshop on Structure Formation in Standard Cosmology, organised by Department of Mathematics, BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, in association with IUCAA, Pune during December 19-23, 2016. The details can be seen in (http://sites.bits-hyderabad.ac.in/sfsc/index.php).
Organizing Committee Member, Advanced Level Training Programme on Differential Equations (NPDE-TCA), organised by Department of Mathematics, BITS-Pilani Hyderabad Campus, in association with IIT, Bombay during May 25- June 14, 2016.
Organizing Committee Member, Workshop on Numerical Linear Algebra and its Applications, organised by Department of Mathematics, BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, during January 30-February 1, 2015).

Reviewer of the Journals:

Physics of the Dark Universe, Elsevier
Physical Review D, APS
Classical Quantum Gravity, IOP Science
Modern Physics Letter A, World Scientific
Physica Scripta, IOP Science
European Physical Journal C, Springer
Advances in High Energy Physics, Hindwai
Astrophysics and Space Science, Springer
International Journal of Theoretical Physics, Springer
Chinese Physics Letter, IOP Science
Turkish Journal of Physics, Academic
International Journal of Modern Physics D, World Scientific
Central European Journal of Physics, Springer
Journal of Modern Physics, SCRIP
Journal of High Energy Physics, Scientific Research
International Journal of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Springer
The European Physical Journal – Plus, Springer
Gravitation and Cosmology, Springer
Chinese Journal of Physics, Elsevier
International Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics, Springer

Ph.D. Examiner of:

Poonam Meena, A study of stable motion in photo-gravitational elliptic restricted four-body problem, Central University of Rajasthan, Rajasthan, 2023.
T. Alexander Singh, Some problems of physical distribution in relativistic cosmology, Bodoland University, Kokrajhar, Assam, 2022.
M. Saratchandra Singh, Some cosmological solutions and their aspects, NIT, Imphal, Manipur, 2021.
Sourav Roy Chowdhury, Einstein's field equations & their application in the domain of Finslerian geometry, IIEST, Shibpur, West Bengal, 2020.
Ajit Kumar Sethi, Some studies on cosmological models in Lyra's manifold, Berhampur University, Odisha, 2020.
Fazlay Ahmed, Some aspects of rotating black holes, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, 2019.
Balendra Pratap Singh: Analytical description of black holes shadow, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, 2019.
Azizur Rahman Sheikh: A study on some cosmological models and accelerated expansion of th universe, University of Gauhati, Guwahati, 2018.
Sebika Kangsha Banik: On the application of the theory of dynamical systems in cosmology, Dibrugarh University, Dibrugarh, Assam, 2018.
Rajshekhar R. Baruah: Chaplygin gas model as a cosmological model, Bodoland University, Kokrajhar, Assam, 2018.
Mahabubur R. Mollah: Study of some cosmological models in Lyra geometry, Bodoland University, Kokrajhar, Assam, 2018.
Poonam K. Agrawal: Study of dynamical dark energy cosmological models of the universe, Swami Ramanand Teerth Marathwada University, Nanded, 2017.
Aditya, Y.: Certain studies on dark energy cosmological models in Einstein and alternative theories of gravitation, Andhra University, 2017
Prafulla Onkarji Bagde: A study on the theory of spherically symmetric space-time, Rashtrasant Tukadoji Nagpur University, Nagpur, 2017.
V.K. Jaiswal: Some Bianchi type cosmological models in general relativity and higher order theory of gravitation, Gondwana University, Gadchiroli, 2016.
M.A. Purandare: Study of cosmological models of universe with quadratic equation of state, Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University, Amravati, 2016.
S.L. Munde: Study of cosmological models in f(R) gravity, Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University, Amravati, 2015.
B. Jagan Mohan Rao: Study of Bianchi type space times in different theories of gravitation, Andhra University, 2015.
M.S. Patil: Structure of the singularities formed in gravitational collapse of a star, Rashtrasant Tukadoji Nagpur University, Nagpur, 2015.
S.K. Biswal: To study the physical and kinematical aspects of the universe by constructing string cosmological models, Fakir Mohan University, Balasore, Odisha, 2014.
B. Satyanarayana: Some spatially homogeneous and anisotropic cosmological models in certain modified theories of gravitation, B.R. Ambedkar Open University, Hyderabad, 2012.
N.N. Seste: Gravitational collapse and bulk viscous cosmological models, Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University, Nagpur, 2007.

Membership of Learned Societies:

International Society on General Relativity & Gravitation.
Indian Association for General Relativity & Gravitation.
International Association of Mathematical Physics.
Orissa Mathematical Society.
Multiple Criteria Decision Making (MCDM), USA
Member, Indian Mathematical Society.
Indian Science Congress.
Ramanujan Mathematical Society.

Member of technical/advisory committee

Member, Scientific Committee, International Webinar on Recent Advances in Science and Technology, Department of Physics, IGIT, Sarang, India, November 06-08, 2020.
Member, International Advisory Committee, International Conference on Physical Interpretation of Relativity Theory, Department of Physics, Bauman Moscow State Technical University, Moscow, July 1-5, 2019.
Member, Scientific Advisory Committee, International Conference on General Relativity, Department of Mathematics, SGB Amravati University, Amravati, November 25-28, 2015.
Resource Person, National Conference of Pure and Applied Mathematics, College of Engineering, Pune, December 17-19, 2013.
Member, Scientific Advisory Committee, First International Conference on Mathematical Modelling and Optimization Techniques in Science and Engineering, SSBT's College of Engineering and Technology, Jalgaon, July 26-27, 2013.

Interaction with other Institution:

Visited I.I.T., Kharagpur under CTS Visitors’ programme from 03.07.2000 to 21.07.2000.
Visited IUCAA, Pune under IUCAA’s visitors’ programme from 17.06.2013 to 22.06.2013.
Visited IUCAA, Pune under IUCAA’s visitors’ programme from 20.07.2014 to 23.07.2014.
Visited Institute of Physics, under UGC Minor Research Project from 04.11.2014 to 06.11.2014.
Visited Institute of Physics, Bhubaneswar under SERB-DST Project from 02.04.2015 to 05.04.2015.
Visited IUCAA, Pune under IUCAA’s visitors’ programme, funded by SERB-DST from 25.05.2015 to 30.05.2015.
Visited Institute of Mathematics and Applications (IMA), Bhubaneswar under UGC Minor Project from 15.12.2015 to 17.12.2015.
Visited Department of Mathematics, Nagpur University, Nagpur under UGC Minor Project from 27.12.2015 to 29.12.2015.
Visited IIIT, Bhubaneswar under SERB-DST Project from 21.07.2016 to 23.07.2016.
Visited IIIT, Bhubaneswar under SERB-DST Project from 17.03.2017 to 21.03.2017.
Visited IIIT, Bhubaneswar under SERB-DST Project from 20.05.2017 to 27.05.2017.

Academic Identity

Orcid Id0000-0001-6104-5171
Scopus Id55290807700
Researcher IDABA-6992-2021
Google Scholar IdluGgl5EAAAAJ

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Institutional Activities

Practice School-I Duties as Instructor:

1. Instructor for PS-I 2019 (Six different PS Stations: (i) Analogics Tech India Ltd, Hyderabad, (ii) Hyderabad Metro Rail Corporation, Hyderabad, (iii) Indian Red Cross Society, Hyderabad, (iv) L.V. Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, (v) Market Data Forecast (Business Development Associate), Hyderabad, (vi) Vidcentum R & D Pvt. Ltd., Hyderabad.

2. Instructor or PS-I 2024 at NHPC, Faridabad.

BITSAT Duties:

1. Supervisor in BITSAT-2022, August 3-7, 2022, Hyderabad/ Secunderabad-02, CMR Inst of Tech, Center-2, Hyderabad-501401.

Members of Department and Institute Committees:

1. Member in Departmental Committee on Academics (DCA) from 01/12/2022 onwards at Dept. of Mathematics, BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad Campus

2. Member of Departmental-level Shortlisting committee (DLSC) from 1st March 2023.

3. Senate Member, BITS-Pilani from 1st March 2023.

Conference Organised as Convenors:

1. Convener of International Webinar on Contemporary Problems on Mechanics and Vibrations(CPMV-2021), May 20-22, 2021, Dept. of Mathematics, BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad Campus

2. Convener of International Conference on Computational Methods in Sciences and Engineering (CMSE-2022), April 22-24, 2022, Dept. of Mathematics, BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad Campus

3. Convener of National Mathematics Day 2022 (NMD-2022), December 22, 2022, Dept. of Mathematics, BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad Campus.

Other Duties Performed:

1. FD-2020 Admissions duty (13-11-2020)

2. Coordinator for the Second Year Student Faculty Council for the Second Semester 2020-2021.

3. Registration Advisor for First Semester 2022-2023 at BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad Campus

4. Convocation Duty for 2021-2022 at BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad Campus

5. Member of Dept of Mathematics News Publishing in Social Media Committee from 17 March 2023 onwards, Dept. of Mathematics, BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad Campus.

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Administrative Responsibilities

Sr No.	Role	Duration
1	Member of the Academic Counselling Board (ACB)	March 2023 to Present
2	Nucleus Member, AUGSD	Sept 2022 to Present
3	Member of the Institute Library Committee	Dec 2021 to Dec 2022
4	Member of the Department Committee of Academics (DCA)	Sept 2020 to Aug 2022
5	Member of the Student Faculty Council (SFC)	July 2019 to May 2020

Personal Detail

Parent’s Name	Shri. Lakshmi Prasad Jayaswal and Smt. Asha Jayaswal
Date of Birth	November 14’1976
Gender	Male
Marital Status	Married (Wife: Shikha Gupta, Son(s): Pranjal Jayaswal, Tejsav Jayaswal)
Category	General
Nationality	Indian

Collaborations

Instrumental in the MoU signing between BITS Pilani and USF USA on 30th October 2023
Invited Prof. Anol Bhattacharya, USF to conduct Research Methodology workshop on 2-3 December 2023.

Editorial Board Member for the journals:

Gender in Management: International Journal, Emerald
Journal of International Women's Studies, Bridgewater USA.
Business Perspective and Research, SAGE publication
Social Sciences, Science PG
AIMS International Journal of Management
Amity Journal of Management Research
Journal of Humanities, Tripura
E-Journal for Humanities in Technical Education

Reviewer for the journals:

Feminist Media Studies ( Taylor and Francis)
Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education (Emerald)
Quarterly Review of Film and Video (Taylor and Francis)
Universal Journal of Educational Research (Horizon Publications)
International Journal of Quality Management (AIMS International)
International Journal of Management Studies (AIMS International)

Correspondence Address

Office Address

Quarter Address

Permanent Address

Chamber Number 6067 (E),

Department of Mathematics,

Birla Institute of Technology & Science Pilani, Pilani Campus, Pilani, Rajasthan 333 031.

Phone: +91 1596 25 5632 (Direct),

+91 1596 25 5260 (Office),

+91 1596 25 5261 (HoD)

500/02 Dakshin Marg, Vidya Vihar,

Birla Institute of Technology & Science Pilani, Pilani Campus, Pilani, Rajasthan 333 031.

Phone: +91 94144 92349,

+91 97729 74104

165 A, Bhoor Gaon,

Panditwari Phase II,

Dehra Dun. 248 007.

Phone: +91 94120 56755

Administrative Experience and Scholastic Experience at Department of Mathematics, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus

Head of the Department, Department of the Mathematics, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus, November 06’2015-August 31’2016.
Member, Department Short Listing Committee, Department of Mathematics, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus, 2015-Onwards.
Chairman, Departmental Research Committee, Department of the Mathematics, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus, November 06’2015-August 31’2016.
Chairman, Departmental Committee of Academics, Department of the Mathematics, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus, November 06’2015- August 31’2016.
Chairman, Student Faculty Committee, Department of the Mathematics, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus, November 06’2015- August 31’2016.
Convener, Departmental Committee of Academics, Department of the Mathematics, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus, September’2016-August’2020.
Member, Placement, Feedback and Assessment Committee (PFAC), BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus, April’2012-September’2014, September’2020-onwards.
Member, Library Committee, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus, Academic year 2011-12, 2014-15.
Member, Student Faculty Committee, Department of the Mathematics, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus, January’2017-August’2020, August’2021-December’2021.
Member, Committee for Department of Science and Technology (DST) - Fund for Improvement of S&T Infrastructure in Universities and Higher Educational Institutions (FIST) Program.
SPOC to Practice School Division, BITS Pilani, September’2018-August’2020.
Member, Proposal for New Program for M.Sc. (Mathematics and Scientific Computing), 4 Years, BITS Pilani, Minor in Statistics.
Member, Committee for Proposal and Approval of New Course Applied Stochastic Process, Advanced Statistical Methods, Introduction to Statistical Methods, Models and Applications in Operational Research, Probability and Statistics.
Paper Setter, Ph.D. qualifying examination, BITS Pilani.
Member, Viva Committee for Ph.D. qualifying examination, BITS, Pilani.
Member, DAC for Ph.D. Student (2017PHXF0024P Deepak Mehla, 2022PHXF0446P Shantunu).
Professor in Charge, Mathematics Association (A scholarly association of students and faculties of Department of the Mathematics) in BITS Pilani for July’2010-October’2012.
Instructor In charge for courses

AAOC C111 (Probability and Statistics) (IInd Sem. 2007-08), AAOC C222 (Optimization) (Ist Sem. 2006-07), AAOC C312 (Operations Research) (Ist Sem., 2011-12, IInd Sem., 2013-14), BITS F114 (General Mathematics II) (IInd Sem. 2017-18), BITS F343 (Fuzzy Logic & Applications) (Ist Sem. 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25), MATH C241 (Differential Equations and its Applications) (Ist Sem., 2008-09, 2009-10, 2010-11), MATH F113 (Probability and Statistics) (IInd Sem., 2013-14, 2017-18), MATH F212 (Optimization) (Ist Sem. 2017-18, 2019-20, 2021-22, 2022-23), MATH F242 (Operations Research) (IInd Sem., 2012-13, 2014-15, 2015-16, 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22 2022-23, 2023-24), MATH F353 (Statistical Inference and Its Applications) (Ist Sem. 2015-16, 2016-17, 2022-23), MF F344 (Engineering Optimization) (I Sem. 2017-18, 2019-20, 2021-22, 2022-23) in Department of Mathematics, BITS, Pilani, Pilani Campus.

Administrative Experience and Scholastic Experience at BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus

Member, Senate, BITS Pilani, February’2015-onwards.
Program Officer, National Service Scheme (NSS), Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India at BITS Pilani, October’2018-onwards.
Member, Proposal for New Program for M.Sc. (Business Analytics), 2.5 Years, WILPD, BITS Pilani, Minor in Data Sciences.
Convener, Proposal for New program for Minor in Business Analytics to be offered in Department of Management.
Treasurer, Staff Association, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus, 2015-2017.
Nucleus Member, BITS Alumni Affairs Cell, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus, 2014-2017.
Proctor, BITS Aptitude Test (BITSAT) 2014, An entrance examination for first degree admission in BITS, Pilani.
Question Paper Setter for BITS Entrance Examination BITSAT (BITS Aptitude Test), BITS Pilani.
Professor in Charge, Maurya Vihar (A cultural association of students and faculties of Bihar and Jharkhand state) in BITS Pilani for April’2009-April’2011.
Evaluator of projects on Modeling and Simulation in APOGEE’12, APOGEE’13, APOGEE’16 in BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus.

Administrative Experience and Scholastic Experience at Other Academia/Industry/Organization

Governor (Rajasthan) & Chancellor (MSBU) nominee, Board of Management, Maharaja Surajmal Brij University, Bharatpu wef Feb. 14’2023 for three years.
Governor (Rajasthan) & Chancellor (University of Kota) Nominee, Selection committee for teaching and non-teaching position, University of Kota, Kota for 2022-24.
Nominated to evaluate the research proposal bearing no:-UGCES-22-GE-GUJ-M-NRF-1723 for research scheme - Dr. D. S. Kothari Research Grant for Newly Recruited Faculty Members.
Member, Interview Board, Uttarakhand Public Service Commission (UKPSC), Hardwar, Uttarakhand.
Member, Interview Board, Rajasthan Public Service Commission (RPSC), Ajmer, Rajasthan.
Paper Setter, Uttarakhand Public Service Commission (UKPSC), Hardwar, Uttarakhand
Convener, Inspection team for awarding affiliation under Pandit Deendayal Upadhaya Shekhawati University, Sikar to new private college for post-graduate in Mathematics (P-01 (Affiliation/2024-25/26904 dated September 21, 2024.
Member, Interview Board for Professor and Assistant Professor, Central University of Rajasthan, Kishangarh, Rajasthan (February 03’2023).
Member, Screening cum Selection Committee (under CAS), Bikaner Technical University, Bikaner (September 29’2023)
Member, Interview Board for Associate Professor, Kumaun University, Nanital.
Member, Interview Board for Professor, Bareilly College, Affiliated to Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Rohilkhand University, Bareilly.
Member, Selection Committee for recruitment of Assistant Professor/Associate Professor/Professor in Indira Gandhi University, Meerpur, Haryana (March 09, 2024).
Member, Interview Board for faculty recruitment (Professor and Assistant Professor), ICFAI Tech, Faculty of Science and Technology (FST), Hyderabad.
Member, Selection Committee for Assistant Professor in Mathematics in B.K. Birla Institute of Higher Education, Pilani.
Expert, Faculty Recruitment Process at Birla Technical Training Institute, Pilani.
Member, Faculty Recruitment Interview Committee, Birla Balika Vidyapeeth, Pilani.
Member, Faculty Recruitment Interview Committee, Pilani Public School, Pilani.
Member, Staff Selection, Indian Red Cross Society, Dehra Dun.
Observer, All India Pre-Medical Test, CBSE, New Delhi, India (2012, 2011, 2009, 2007).
Observer, O-Level Theory Examination conducted by National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology (NIELIT), Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India (2022).
Member, Board of Studies. Department of Applied Sciences, Madhav Institute of Technology and Science, Gwalior.
Member, Board of Studies, Department of Applied Sciences & Humanities, Veer Madho Singh Bhandari Uttarakhand Technical Univeristy, Dehra Dun.
Member, Board of Studies, Maharaja Surajmal Brij University, Bharatpur.
Subject Matter Expert, TCS iON Digital Learning Hub.
Member, School Management Committee, Birla Public School, Pilani, 2012-2014, (Awarded 6th rank among residential schools in India).
Member, Doctoral Research Committee, Uttarakhand Technical University, Dehra Dun.
RDC Member, DIT University, Dehra Dun.
Member, Research Advisory Committee (RAC) for the Ph.D. evaluations, Lovely Professional University, Punjab.
Examiner, JRF to SRF, Department of Mathematics, Central University of Rajasthan, Kishangarh.
Member, Doctoral Committee, Department of Mathematics (SF), Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women (Campus II), Coimbatore (Preethi Sowndharya. K (21PHMAF006)) (Mar.29’2022, Sept.01’2023, Sept.19’2024).
Ph.D. Viva Voce Examiner of Student(s) from

1. Department of Mathematics, Central University of Rajasthan, Kishangarh, Rajasthan.
2. Department of Mathematics, Central University of Himachal Pradesh, Kangra, HP.
3. Department of Mathematics, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, Rajasthan. (Oct.20’2023,)
4. Department of Mathematics, DSB Campus, Kumaun University, Nainital, UK.
5. Department of Mathematics, Manipal University, Jaipur (Aug.05’2024).

Evaluator the Synopsis and Thesis for Ph.D. Candidate of

1. Shailesh J. Mehta School of Management, IIT Bombay, Mumbai, Maharastra.
2. Central University of Rajasthan, Kishangarh, Rajasthan.
3. Central University of Himachal Pradesh, Kangra, HP.
4. Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, UK.
5. University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, Rajasthan.
6. Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Rohilkhand University, Bareilly.
7. H.N.B. Garhwal University (Central University), Srinagar, Uttarakhand.
8. Uttarakhand Technical University, Dehra Dun, Uttarakhand.
9. Osmania University, Hyderabad, Telangana State.
10. Indira Gandhi University, Meerpur, Haryana.
11. Banasthali University, Banasthali, Sardarsahar, Rajasthan.
12. Andhara University, Hyderabad.
13. Kumaun University, Nainital.
14. Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu
15. Lovely Professional University, Patiala, Punjab.
16. Maharishi Markandeshwar (Deemed to be University), Mullana-Ambala, Haryana.
17. Manipal University, Jaipur.
18. SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur, Tamil Nadu

Evaluation and Viva Voce, Integrated M.Sc. (Mathematics)-Major project reports, Central University of Rajasthan, Kishangarh, on 5th July 2021.
Viva Voce Committee Member and Evaluator, B.Sc. (Mathematics), University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, Rajasthan (2014, 2013, 2012).
Viva Voce Examiner, Dissertation Viva, M.Tech. (Computer Science), School of ICT, Gautam Budha University, Greater Noida.
External Examiner, Central University of Rajasthan, Kishangarh, MAT306 (Linear and Nonlinear Programming).
External Examiner, Project Work of Integrated M.Sc. (Mathematics), 10th Semester, Central University of Rajasthan, Kishangarh, Rajasthan.
External Examiner, Project Work of M.Sc. Tech. (Mathematics), 6th Semester, Central University of Rajasthan, Kishangarh, Rajasthan.
Viva Voce Examiner, Examination Committee (Mathematics) UP Technical University for semester July-December’2003.
External Question Paper Setter, Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut.
External Question Paper Setter, Lovely Professional University.
External Paper Setter, BPM-132, Engineering Mathematics-II, College of Technology, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Uttarakhand, 2018.
External Paper Setter, BPM-141, Calculus, Multivariable Calculus & Linear Algebra, College of Technology, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Uttarakhand, 2019.
Paper Setter, Entrance Examination of Ph.D. (Mathematics), YMCA University, 2018.
Paper Setter, Entrance Examination of M.Sc. (Mathematics), YMCA University, June 2017.
Paper Setter, 13MA402 (Probability theory and Random process) and 13MA202 (Transform Techniques and Integral Calculus), Sri Krishna College of Technology, Coimbatore, 2016.
Paper Setter (Operations Research) for undergraduate courses for Sridhar University, Rajasthan, 2013.
Paper Setter (Discrete Mathematics) for Undergraduate and Post-graduate courses for Makhanlal Chaturvedi Rastriya Patrakarita University, Bhopal.
Evaluator, Examination Committee (Mathematics), UP Technical University for semester July-December’2003

Overview

Ph.D. (2015): Department of Mechanical Engineering, National University of Singapore (NUS)

Membership

Fellow, Institute of Engineers (India) (Membership No: F-1299435)
Fellow, Council of Vibration Specialists
Senior Member (SMIIE: 10323 (99)), Indian Institution of Industrial Engineering, Navi Mumbai.

Administrative Responsibilities

Current Administrative Responsibilities:

Convener, Departmental Committee, Department of Mechanical Engineering, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus
Member, Department Level Short-listing Committees (DLSC)
Senate Member 2021 onwards

Previous Administrative Responsibilities

Convener, Departmental Research Committee, Department of Mechanical Engineering, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus
Warden: Krishna Bhawan
Warden: Shankar Bhawan
Nucleus Member: Instruction Division
Member, Departmental Research Committee, Department of Mechanical Engineering, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus
Member, Departmental Committee on Academics, Department of Mechanical Engineering, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus
Faculty In-charge Student Faculty Council, Department of Mechanical Engineering, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus
Member of Library Executive Committee, BITS Pilani
Member, Research Board, BITS Pilani

Administrative Responsibilities and Other Academic Involvements

Present Administrative Responsibilities

Faculty-in-Charge of MBA admission for the Department of Management (Since 2019)
Program Officer of NSS- BITS Pilani (Pilani Campus) (Since Nov 2022)
Joint Secretary of the Staff Association, BITS Pilani (Pilani Campus) (Since Sep 2023)
Resident Warden of Ashok Bhavan (Since Jan 2024)
Member of the Animal Welfare Committee (Since Jun 2024)

Previous Administrative Responsibilities

Editor of Taleem- the newsletter of the Teaching & Learning Center (TLC), BITS Pilani (2020 - 2022)
Member of the core committee for Teaching & Learning Center (TLC), BITS Pilani (Pilani Campus) (2020 - 2022)
Faculty Instructor for Practice School (PS-1) from 2017-2021 and 2023-2024
BITSAT Supervisor from 2020-2023
Non-resident warden of Vyas Bhavan from Nov 2022 to Jan 2024
Faculty-in-Charge of website maintenance for the Department of Management (From April 2017 to December 2021)
Mentor for Media Relations Club of the Department of Management (2019 - 2021)
Chair for the International Conference on Best Innovative Teaching Strategies (ICON-BITS) 2021
Core member of the program designing team for MBA in Business Analytics (2020-21)
One of the conveners of International Conference on Evidence Based Management 2019 (2018-19)
Faculty-in-charge of Guest Faculty and Workshop (2017-19)
Member of the core committee for "HR Conclave 2018", management laboratory and MDP (management development programs) (2017-18)
Faculty member in the Management Lab maintenance team (2017-18)

Involvement in Conferences Outside BITS Pilani

Reviewer of Academy of Management (AOM) Annual Meeting held in Chicago, USA from 09-13 Aug 2024
Program Committee member, reviewer, and session chair at the 2nd IEEE International Conference on Interdisciplinary Approaches in Technology and Management for Social Innovation (IEEE IATMSI 2024) organized by ABV- Indian Institute of Information Technology & Management, Gwalior, India at ABV-IIITM Gwalior Campus from 06-08 Mar 2024
Technical Program Committee member and reviewer at the 10th International Conference on E-Business and Applications (ICEBA 2024) to be organized by the Singapore University of Social Sciences, Singapore in collaboration with the Sejong Institute of Management, Korea University, and the Sensors and Systems Society of Singapore (SSS) from 26-28 Feb 2024
Technical Program Committee member and reviewer at the 9th International Conference on E-Business and Applications (ICEBA 2023) organized by the Singapore University of Social Sciences, Singapore from 26-28 Feb 2023
Program Committee member, reviewer, and session chair at the 1st IEEE International Conference on Interdisciplinary Approaches in Technology and Management for Social Innovation (IEEE IATMSI 2022) organized by ABV- Indian Institute of Information Technology & Management, Gwalior, India at ABV-IIITM Gwalior Campus from 21-23 Dec 2022
Reviewer of International Conference on Management Cases 2020 organized by Bira Institute of Management Technology from 03-04 Dec 2020

Education and Experience

Education: [Name of Degree (Year of graduation), Specialization, Institution]

B.Sc. Engg., (1990) – Mechanical Engineering – University College of Engineering, Burla, (Sambalpur University) Currently renamed as Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology, Sambalpur, Orissa, INDIA.

M.Tech., (1992) – Quality Reliability and Operations Research – Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, West Bengal INDIA.

Ph.D., (2007) – Robotics and Industrial Engineering – Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, Rajasthan, INDIA.

Visiting Academic Scholar (2010 July) to Center for Advanced Robotics, The Salford University, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom.

Indo-US S&T Forum (IUSSTF) Research Fellow (Feb- July 2013), to Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Illinois, affiliated to Northwestern University.

Professional Experience:

July'2018 – till date, Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani, Rajasthan, Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering.

Feb'2013 – June'2018, Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani, Rajasthan, Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering.

June’2006 – Jan'2013, Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani, Rajasthan, Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering.

Dec’1998 – May’2006, Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani, Rajasthan, Lecturer in the Department of Mechanical Engineering.

Mar’1993 – June’1995 Orissa Engineering College, Bhubaneswar, Orissa, INDIA, Lecturer in the Department of Mechanical Engineering.

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Blood-Brain Barrier Transport Dynamics (BBTD) Group

Current Affiliation: BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad Campus

Previous Affiliation: Institute of Neurology (Edinger Institute), Goethe University, Frankfurt

We welcome masters and doctoral students from various disciplines who would like to conduct their thesis projects with international exposure in the field of blood-brain barrier (BBB), neurovasculature, and drug delivery in CNS diseases such as Stroke, AD, Brain Infections, and Brain Cancers. Please go through the research interests, sponsored projects, and international expertise of the PI for more information.

Please contact Prof. Dr. Kavi Devraj (mailto: Kavi.Devraj@hyderabad.bits-pilani.ac.in) if interested.

Memberships of Professional Bodies

Senior Member, IEEE, USA (SMIEEE)
Member, Power and Energy Society, IEEE, USA
Fellow, Institution of Engineers (India) (FIE)
Chartered Engineer [Institution of Engineers (India)] (Click here for details)
Life Member of Indian Society of Technical Education (LMISTE)

Other Accomplishments

Co-Founder, Mrudajeev Private Limited (An Agritech Startup)
Convener, International Virtual Workshop on Energy Management in Smart Cities (EMSC-2021)
Associate Editor, IET Renewable Power Generation (Since 29th October 2019)
Selected as Post doc fellow at Supelec, Gif-Sur-Yvette, Paris, France (From Jan 2013-July 2013)
Invited as "Visiting Researcher" to Centralesupelec, Paris, France in 2015, 2018 and 2019.
Editorial Review Board Member of International Journal of Energy Optimization and Engineering
Editorial Assistant for International Journal of Renewable Energy Technology from 2009 to 2010.
Editor of “International Journal of Power Electronics and Drive Systems”
Associate Editor of “International Journal of Electrical Components and Sustainable Energy (IJECSE)"
Member, Technical Programme Committee for various International and national level conferences
Research Project evaluation committee member for Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi.
Panel member for Ph.D./Master’s Thesis evaluation of various universities.
Subject expert for Faculty Selection in various universities in the country.
Panel member for different government bodies for recruitment and examination.
GATE fellowship during M.E.
Organizing Chair, National Conference on Advances in Microelectronics, Instrumentation and Communication (MICOM)-November 20-21, 2015
Co-Convener, National Workshop on Power Electronics Applications and Real-Time Implementation, January 18-19, 2019.

Administration

For GATI Project, Head of the committee to study " Best Practices in Selected UK Institutions.
Also GSAT Member for committee for " Gender, Policies, Processes, Procedures, Practices (Criteria 4).
Member for committee for " Gender, Climate and Organizational Culture (Criteria 5).
Presiding Officer – Internal Complaints Committee for Prevention of Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (ICC ) - 2017 onwards
Member, Project Lakshya Implementation team ( 2018 )
Member, Faculty Grievance Redressal Committee ( 2018 )
Member, Student Grievances Redressal cell ( 2018 )
Coordinator – Matribhasha Diwas Celebrations – 2016, 2018
Member – BITSAT Analytics Team -2017
Member – Committee for shortlisting students for Aditya Birla Scholarships of India.
Member – Departmental Review Process for faculty recruitment
Member – Convocation committee
Member, Organizing Committee for Intensive Teaching Workshop, 2014
Member, Organizing Committee for BITSATHON, March, 2014.
Convener, Organizing Committee for Foundation Day Celebrations, March, 2014
One of the Coordinators of a Round Table Conference on The Role of Humanities and Liberal Arts in Technical Education, 17 October 2011.
Concieved, planned and organized “CONFLUENCE – HR Meet” as a strategy to improve placements on campus.
Faculty In-charge, Campus Placements (2011-12 )
Faculty In-charge, Publications and Media Relations Unit (2009-2015)
Faculty In-charge for Branding
Group Leader of the Languages Group. (2009-2011)
Campus coordinator for Music and Dance classes
Campus coordinator for GRE,GMAT and TIME classes
Faculty coordinator for student annual magazine “On the Rocks”.
Faculty In-charge,, Brundaavanam Telugu Samithi
Member, Student Redressal Committee
Faculty In-charge, SPICMACAY
Member, 1st Convocation committee
Member of Senate
HoD, Humanities and Social Sciences (2012 - 2015)
Member, Department Research Committee

Membership

Member, Indian Women Network of CII
Member, Indian Society for Commonwealth Studies
Life member – Comparative Literature Association of India.
Life Member – English Language Teachers Association of India
Member – Osmania University Centre for International Programmes
Member – Muse India
Member - ELTAI Literature Special Interest Group
Member – FICCI FLO

Other Services

Ph.D Thesis Examiner:

Title: Time Series Analysis of Hand Joint Trajectories for Indian Sign Language Recognition. University: Savitribai Phule Pune University

Department and University Service:

Doctoral Research Committee Convener of CS department, BITS Pilani Dubai Campus (Aug 2018 – July 2020).
Member of Departmental Committee for Academics (DCA) of CS department, BITS Pilani Dubai Campus (Aug 2018 – July 2020, Aug 2022 - July 2024, Aug 2024 - July 2026)
Member of Doctoral Research Committee of CS department, BITS Pilani Dubai Campus (Aug 2018 – July 2024).
Library Committee Member of CS department, BITS Pilani Dubai Campus (Dec 2018 – Dec 2019)
Member - Academic Counselling Board, BITS Pilani Dubai Campus (Jun 2021 – May 2023)
Practice school faculty
Faculty advisor for BPDC's Students' Advising Programme
POC Faculty & Dubai campus coordinator for BITS Postman Classroom Program (Nov 2021 – till date)
Faculty advisor for Google Developer Student Club (GDSC), BPDC (August 2022 - till date)

Research Activities

Research Interest: Quantum optics, and Quantum metrology
Publications: Click here for ORCID profile.
Referee work (until-2022): Scientific Reports, Optical Engineering, Optics Express, Physical Review A, Physical Review Letters (In collaboration with another Professor), Journal of Physics B.

Membership

Executive Committee Member, Pilani Local Center, The Institute of Engineering (India)
Fellow, The Institution of Engineers (India)
Life Member, The Indian Institution of Industrial Engineering
Life Member, Society of Mechanical Engineers, IIT Delhi

Administrative & Professional Engagements

Member of DCA, Mech. Engg. Dept., BITS Pilani (September, 2022-August, 2024)
Professor-in-Charge of Manufacturing Engineering Association, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus (September, 2016-August, 2022)
Member of DRC, Mech. Engg. Dept., BITS Pilani (September, 2018-August, 2020)
PS-I Instructor at Rourkela Steel Plant, Rourkela, Orissa (May, 2016-July, 2016)
Member of DCA, Mech. Engg. Dept., BITS Pilani (September, 2016-August, 2018)
Member of DCA, Mech. Engg. Dept. BITS Pilani (September, 2014-August, 2016)
Member of DST-FIST Program, Mechanical Engineering Department (2014-2019)
Instructor-in-Charge for PS-I at Rourkela Steel Plant, Rourkela, Orissa (May, 2013-July, 2013)
BITSAT duty in summer vacation, 2012
Member of Team Convocation (2014, 2016)
Instructor for certificate program on "Welding & Cutting" at ABG Grasim, Harihar plant, Karnataka (2016)
PS-I Instructor at UltraTech Cement Limited, Kotputli, Rajasthan (June, 2017)

ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE

Associate Dean, Admissions, BITS, Pilani, K K Birla Goa Campus, Goa, January 2014- August 31, 2018.
Professor in Charge, Academic Research Division (PhD and ME programme; BE thesis), BITS, Pilani, K K Birla Goa Campus, Goa, August 2006 - January 2014.
Professor in Charge, Sponsored Research Division (Research Projects, Industrial Collaborations and Consultancy), BITS, Pilani, K K Birla Goa Campus, Goa, August 2006 - January 2014.
Professor in Charge, Educational Development Division (organization of workshops, conferences, development of new course, study material etc) BITS, Pilani, K K Birla Goa Campus, Goa, August 2006 - January 2014.
Professor in Charge of Chemical Engineering Association, Department of Chemical Engineering, BITS-Pilani, Rajasthan, December 2002 - April 2006.
Warden, Bhagirath Bhawan, BITS-Pilani, Rajasthan , July 2003 - May 2006
Non – residential warden of Vyas and Malviya Bhavan Bhavan BITS-Pilani ,Rajasthan, May 2001 - July 2003
Assistant Rector and Sports in Charge, Lakeview Hostel, Pravara Rural Engg College, Loni, Pune University, August 1994 - December 1995

Assignments handled/ handling at Department / Institute level

Member of Selection Committee for the recruitment of the faculties in the Department of Chemical Engineering, 2023
Chairperson, Department Level Short Listing Committee for faculty recruitment Goa Campus, 2023
Member of Fact-Finding Committee, April -May 2023
Member of Team for IQAC 2023
Member of NAAC visit Advisory committee, 2023
Member of the Board of the Trustees for Employees Provident Fund Trust from Jan 2022 to Jan 2027.
Member of House Allotment Committee from August 2022 to August 2024.
Member of Department Research Committee and Department Committee for Academics
Member of core team to facilitate the visit of National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) team to BITS, Pilani, K K Birla Goa campus, Goa, 2016.
Member of the committee for preparation of BITS University review report for UGC committee visit and nodal point for Goa campus 2016
Co-ordinator of the Committee for preparation of self analysis report to be submitted to National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) for BITS, Pilani, K K Birla Goa campus, Goa, 2015.
Member of the committee for Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) BITS, Pilani,K K Birla Goa campus, Goa, 20013-2018.
Member of the committee to study the directions of the court and requirements of UGC for implementation of the provision of Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights & Full Participation) Act, 1995, 2016.
Chairman of the committee for Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) BITS, Pilani,K K Birla Goa campus, Goa, 2007-2014.
Chairman of the committee for Higher Degree Counseling, BITS, Pilani,K K Birla Goa campus, Goa, 2006-2014.
Co-ordinator of the Committee for preparation of UGC XI plan for BITS, Pilani, K K Birla Goa campus. 2007-2010
Co-ordinator of the Committee for preparation of self analysis report to be submitted to National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) for BITS, Pilani, K K Birla Goa campus, Goa, 2009.
Co-ordinator of the Committee for BITS seed grant BITS, Pilani, K K Birla Goa campus, Goa 2010-2013
Convener of the committee for Research Initiation Grant, BITS, Pilani, K K Birla Goa campus, Goa, 2010-2013
Convener of the committee to decide research performance indicators for faculty appraisal BITS, Pilani, K K Birla Goa campus, Goa, 2010
Convener of the committee for plagiarism investigation, BITS, Pilani, K K Birla Goa campus, Goa 2013
Member of the various committees such as examination, departmental research committee, recruitment, senate, cross campus faculty appraisal, hose allotment committee etc BITS, Pilani, K K Birla Goa campus, Goa
Lab in-charge, Process control and Environmental Engineering Laboratory, Department of Chemical Engineering, BITS-Pilani, Rajasthan, 2000-2006
Member of committee for revamping the curriculum for BE and ME Chemical Engineering at BITS Pilani, Rajasthan, 2000
Member of Committee for the development of reading courses at BITS Pilani, Rajasthan, 2005
Member of committee for revamping the course content of Measurement Techniques –II at BITS Pilani, Rajasthan, 2000.
Member of committee for Library, BITS, Pilani Rajasthan, 2002, 2004
Member of the Center for Renewable Energy and Environment Development (CREDD) BITS Pilani, Rajasthan 2001-2006
Member of committee for setting up of new sewage treatment plant at BITS, Pilani, Rajasthan, 2005

Other Academic Work

Reviewer of the PhD proposals and Research Proposals
Doctoral Advisory Committee member for PhD students
Resource faculty for Intensive Teaching Workshop ( ITW) at BITS Pilani
Examiner for Ph.D. qualifying examination
Was Practice School-I Instructor in 1998, 1999, 2000, at Aurangabad, and in 2019 at Nasik Maharashtra.
Proctor for BITS AT 2005 duty at Mumbai.
Academic Councilor to students at BITS Pilani

Review of technical papers for conference/journals

Reviewer of Research papers for various International journals
Journal of Chemical Engg data
Chemical Engg Journal
Industrial Engg and chemistry research
Reviewer of Research papers for various conferences in India and Abroad.

Membership of Professional Societies

Life Member of Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (LMIIChE-20755)
Member of American Institute of Chemical Engineers (MCIC)
Member of Hydrogen Association of India
Life Member of Engineers Without Borders(EWB) PFL 152

Administrative Responsibilities and Professional Activities

Administrative Responsibilities

Head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, BITS-Pilani K.K.Birla Goa Campus.(July 2006 to November 2013)
Faculty In Charge (Workshop) - July 2009 to December 2013
Associate Dean, Practice School, BITS-Pilani K.Birla Goa Campus. (January 2014 to May 2015)
Faculty In Charge, Placement, BITS-Pilani K.K.Birla Goa Campus. ((January 2014 to January 2015)
Chairman, Department Level Shortlisting Committee for Faculty Recruitment (August 2018 to July 2023)
Worked on recruitment committee of teaching and non-teaching staff from 2006 to 2013
Worked as Convener , Academic Counseling Cell for 2011-2013
Organised Reflections 2012, closing event of Mission 2012 in November
Worked as Member of Task Force (Counseling) in Mission 2012
Chairman of doctoral research Committee from 2010-2013.
Member of Faculty and Staff Development Imperative since January- May, 2014 to in Mission 2015
Member of Faculty track -Project Lakshay -2020
Member of Department level short listing committee since February 2013
Member of Campus level examination subcommittee since October 1, 2020
Member of DCA since June , 2022
Member of Campus level Internal committee on Sexual harassment since February 1, 2023
Team member of Industry-Abridged Joint Certification Programme with LandT edu tech, January 2023

Other Institutional Contribution:

Member of Curriculum Review committee in 2011 as Head of the Department and actively participated in Curriculum benchmarking of FD and HD Program
Design, development, installation and commissioning of IC Engine, Fluid Mechanics and Machines, Thermal Science, Material Science, CNC Laboratory since the inception of the department at K.K. Birla Goa Campus. Lead the team of teaching and non-teaching staff in the whole process from scratch.
WILP program committee on Design Programs, I have identified SME's for M.Tech (Automotive Engg) , received and streamlined handout of all 20 courses. The course outcomes are mapped with program outcomes as per ABET accreditation.
BITSAT Question Paper Moderator
- Logical reasoning for the BITSAT(March -May 2022)
- HD (Design Engineering) in 2016

Industry Engagement:

Industry Immersion Program : Visited Tata Technologies, Pune during June 3-28, 2013 under Industry Immersion Program. Visited Jaguar Land Rover Offshore Development Center and Tata Motors Offshore Development Center in the CAD and NVH Group to understand the design and NVH analysis of passenger cars. This experience helped in making Curriculum of WILP M.Tech (Automotive Engg.) program. It has also helped me in formulating a research proposal of "Characterisation of Magneto Rheological Dampers.'
PS Activities as a Faculty
1. Opened PS-I station at Cartini India Limited in 2013 as an outcome of interaction with CII Goa Chapter.
2. Opened PS -II Station at IFB Goa in 2010-11 as an outcome of interaction for a consulting job
3. Invited by CII, Goa to higher education summit on 14.12.2012 to deliver lecture on multi-disciplinary projects.
4. PS-I instructor at L&T Chiyoda, Grasim Industries, Nagda and Access Livelihoods Consulting India Ltd, Hyderabad.

Conference / Workshop Organised:

1. Member of organizing committee on workshop on biosensors organized by BITS Pilani, Goa campus in February, 2006.

2. Coordinator of Workshop on Robotics held on 18^thand 19^th November 2006

3. Organized INDO-RUSSIAN WORK SHOP on topical problems in sold mechanics, sponsored by DST and Russian Academy of Sciences, Nov-11-14,2008

4. Organised Two day Faculty Development Program for Engineering and Technical courses in collaboration with Confederation of Indian Industry on 27 and 28 September 2012 as Convenor.

5.Organized International Conference on Emerging Miniaturized Technology Micro to Nano EMTM2N , Feb 22-23, 2013 at BITS Pilani, K.K. Birla, Goa Campus as Finance Chair.

6. Member of Program Committee 1st International & 16th National Conference on Machines and Mechanisms (iNaCoMM 2013) held at IIT Roorkee between December 18 to December 20, 2013.

7. Co-Convener, AICTE Sponsored Winter School on “Industrial Applications of Mechatronics” in collaboration with Agnel Polytechnic, Verna, Goa in December 2013 with a grant of Rs. 7 lakhs.

8. Organizing Committee member and Reviewer of 1st International and 13th National Conference on INDUSTRIAL PROBLEMS ON MACHINES & MECHANISMS , held at BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus, December 21 & 22, 2020

Reviewer (Journals and Conferences):

Reviewer of Transactions of ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, Journal of sound and Vibration, Elsevier, Transactions of ASME Journal of Vibrations and Acoustics, Journal of Vibration and Control, Journal of Advances in Vehicle Engineering, Journal of Vibro-engineering, Journal of Measurement in Engineering, Advances in Acoustics and Vibrations, Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing , Measurement,
Reviewer of IFToMM International Conference “Recent Trends in Automation & Its Adaptation to Industries” (JULY 11-14, 2006) to be held at Priyadarshini College of Engineering and Architecture, Nagpur.
Reviewer of "International Conference on Advances in Mechanical Engineering" , organized by School of Mechanical Engineering, SRM institute of Science and Technology (Deemed University), Chennai, India, on 14-16, December 2006
Reviewer 1st International & 16th National Conference on Machines and Mechanisms (iNaCoMM 2013) held at IIT Roorkee between December 18 to December 20, 2013
Reviewer of ASME 2015 -International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition May 2015.
Reviewer of 17th National and 2nd International conference on Machines and Mechanisms, 2015.
Editor of Journal of Vibro-engineering and Journal of Measurement in Engineering March , 2016-March 2019 (SCI)

Outreach to Other Universities:

Expert member on Board of studies of Mechanical Engineering, Ramdeobabab Engineering College, Nagpur , Maharashtra since 2018-till date
Expert member on Board of studies of Mechanical Engineering Rajarambapu Institute of Technology, Rajaramnagar, Sangli, Maharashtra (2011-14)
Nominated as an expert on Research & Recognition Committee of RTM Nagpur University, to have an expert opinion on the treatise “Human Powered Flywheel Motor: Concept, Design, Dynamics and Applications” submitted for D.Sc. degree of the university in October 2010, final report submitted in August 2011.
PhD Thesis examiner IIT Bombay, VNIT Nagpur, RTM Nagpur University, SGB Amravati University, University of Malaya ,Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, DY Patil University, Pune
Conducted FDP on Effective Curriculum Design based on Choice based Credit System (CBCS) at School of Engineering and Technology, Christ University, Banglore, December 5-9,2022

Administrative Responsibilities/Miscellaneous Responsibilities

Conducted Ph.D. qualifying examination for Satellite communication, Advanced satellite communication courses, and Mobile and personal communications
Coordinator for BITSAT-2016 at Tirupati; Proctor for BITSAT-2017 at Tirupati
Member of Ph.D. candidate selection committee
Judge for APOGEE 2015, 2018, a prestigious technical fest at BITS Pilani
Session co-chair for the IEEE conference ICACCI 2017 held at Manipal, Karnataka, India
Session chair for the 5th International Conference on Energy, Power and Environment (ICEPE) held at NIT Meghalaya, Shillong, India
Reviewer for several international and national conferences (including (but not limited to) NCC 2021, IEEE CONECCT 2021, TENCON 2020, NCC 2018, COMSNETS 2014, IEEE CONECCT 2013, SPCOM 2012, SPCOM 2010)
Reviewer for IEEE transactions on communications (TCOM), IEEE transactions on green communications and networking, IEEE systems journ

Serving as the teaching and learning center (TLC) core member (Sep. 2022-Aug. 2024)
Served as DRC member (Sep. 2020-Aug. 2022)
Served as department's meeting coordinator
Served as a member of the library committee
Served as department's single point of contact (SPOC) for Practice School (PS)
Served as member of the student-faculty council (SFC)

OI

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Administrative and other responsibilities handled at BITS

Head of the Department (17-5-2024 till date)
Faculty-in-charge, Instruction (AUGSD) (1-9-2018 - 31-12-2022)
Member, Campus level sub-committee for examination committee (21-11-2022 - 16-6-2023)
Nucleus member, RCEDD and SRCD (27-07-2009 to 17-4-2018)
Nucleus member, ID and AUGSD (18-4-2018 - 14-2-2023)
Warden, CH-4 hostel (1-1-2014 - 31-12-2019)
Member, Hostel Level Anti Ragging Squad (CH-4 hostel) (2014-15 to 2019-20)
Member, Mess committee (2016-17)
Departmental Research Committee - Convener (1-1-2014 - 31-12-2015), Member (1-1-2016 – 20-11-2017 and 28-11-2017 to 27-11-2019), Chairperson (17-5-2024 till date)
Departmental Committee on Academics – Member (4-11-2018 – 3-11-2020, 28-6-2022 – 16-5-2024), Convener (7-8-2021 - 27-6-2022), Chairperson (17-5-2024 till date)
Member, Student Faculty Council (Semester 1, 2018-19 onwards)
Member, Doctoral Advisory Committee (for 11 research scholars)
Moderator (BITSAT questions preparation)
Member, Academic Counseling Board (2014-15, 2015-16)
Convener, Complaints committee for combating sexual harassment (24-3-2014 -23-3-2016 and 1-8-2016 – 17-4-2017)
Faculty Member, Internal complaints committee (18-4-2017 - 31-7-2020)
Member, Campus level Grievance Redressal committee (for faculty) (1-9-2019 – 31-8-2021 and 1-9-2023 till date)
Member of Senate (2013 onwards)
Member, Department Level Application Shortlisting Committee (Faculty selection) (18-4-2013 till date)
Member, Departmental lab space allocation committee
Member, Department Performance Evaluation Committee (AY 2020-2023, Tenured faculty members, Dept. of Mathematics and Tenure-track faculty members, Dept. of Chemistry)
Resource person, Intensive Teaching Workshop (ITW)

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The world-class BSL2 laboratories equipped with state-of-the-art instruments
On-demand support of technical assistant, research associate and lab coordinator
Mandatory 3-6 months international research visits to our collaborating partner labs
Unrestricted 24/7 hands-on access to an outstanding central analytical facility

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Extremely structured mentoring program with periodic internal & external reviews
Streamlined academic enrichment and development programs for PhD scholars
Swift access to biological resources, thanks to a local presence of international vendors
Highly efficient environment essentially free of routine administrative challenges
A fully residential campus with ambience, beauty, serenity, greenery and vibrancy

What We Seek

Outstanding motivation and dedication to basic and translational research
Ability to work and cope with a 'truly international' environment in our group
Strong desire to ponder and perform 'beyond feasible', and 'enable the unable'
Conform to the highest standards of bioethics and code of conduct in Science
Commitment to nestle in teamwork and communicate fairly and transparently

Profile

About :

Dr. Sujala D. Shetty has 25 years of teaching experience. She is working with BITS Pilani, Dubai Campus since September 2002. She has guided many thesis, dissertations and projects undertaken by the undergraduate and post graduate students. She has handled classes for both undergraduate, postgraduate and distance education students. Her research areas are Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, IoT, Web Services, NLP. She has successfully guided two PhD students and is currently guiding three PhD students.

She is the faculty advisor for ACM and ACM-W. She is instrumental in starting ACM-W in 2019. ACM-W is the Women in Tech arm of ACM. ACM-W at BITS Dubai was the first such chapter for women in U.A.E. Our ACM chapter was awarded Student Chapter Excellence Award for Outstanding Chapter Activities by ACM headquarters , New York in April 2020.

Check here for more details on our ACM student chapter : https://www.acmbpdc.org/

Contact Details:

Dr. Sujala D. Shetty

Associate Professor

Deputy Head of Department (CS)

BITS Pilani, Dubai Campus,

Dubai International Academic City,

Dubai, U.A.E.

P.O.Box 345055

Ph No : 0097144200700 Ext No. : 328

Fax No: 0097144200844

Email : sujala@dubai.bits-pilani.ac.in

Qualifications

Qualification:

PhD 2010 BITS Pilani, Rajasthan, India.

M.Tech in Computer Science 2002,

Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal, India.

B.E. in Computer Science 1994,

Bangalore Institute of Technology, Bangalore.

Responsibilities

Current Responsibilities

Head of CS Department June 2024-present

Cross Campus Department Academic Committee Convener September 2018 - present

Department level faculty performance evaluation committee November 2023 - August 2024

Department level faculty shortlisting committee September 2023- present

Faculty Advisor of ACM September 2016 - present

Responsibilities Held

Deputy Head of CS Department June 2022- June 2024

Head of Department June 1st 2018 - June 15th 2020

Campus Coordinator of Dubai Campus for the university wide NAAC accreditation 2016

Core Committee member of the Mission 2016 Vission 2020 University wide Initiative involved with the Research and Academics Team

Doctoral Advisory Committee Convener ( Computer Science Department) 2014-2016

Member of Doctoral Advisory Committee ( Computer Science)

Involved in Academic Advising of students

Member of Campus Disciplinary Committee (2015-2016)

Member of Library Committee ( 2 terms)

Committee member of the SKM (International Conference of Secure Knowledge Management in the Big Data Era)Conference organized jointly by BITS Pilani,Hyderabad, NYU Abu Dhabi and BITS Pilani, Dubai,December 2014

Core Committee member of ICCTAM (International Conference on Cloud Computing Technologies,Applications and Management) conducted by BITS Pilani,Dubai Campus September 2012

INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

Member, Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) for Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal of Sexual Harassment of Women Employees and Students in Workplace/Higher Educational Institutions (2023-2026)
Member, BITS Pilani International Travel Grant Award (ITGA) Selection Committee for PhD students (2024-2026)
Member, Departmental Committee on Academics (2024-2027)
Member, Doctoral Research Committee (2022-2024)
Faculty Coordinator for Bloomberg Terminal and Market Concepts Test (2017-2019)
BITSAT Test Centre Supervisor
Registration Advisor, Admissions Duty

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INSTITUTIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS

Warden (Buddh Bhawan)
From 01-Aug-2019 to present (4 year 3 months)

Nucleus Member, Purchase Committee

(09/11/2018 to till date: 5 years, 2 months)

Nucleus member, Teaching Learning Centre (TLC), Pilani Campus

Start Date:01-Sep-2016, End Date:26-July-2017

DCA Convenor

Start Date:1-Dec-2020 to Present

Member, Library Committee

21/12/2018 to 20/12/2019

Faculty In-charge, Structural Engineering Lab. Hyderabad Campus (2023- Present)

Faculty In-charge, Concrete Lab. Pilani Campus (July 2015-July 2017)

BITSAT work in summer: Center:Indore (2018)

Practice school PS-1 at BHEL, Trichy from 23/05/2016-16/07/2016

DRC Member, Civil engineering Department, Pilani campus (2016-2017)

DCA Member (2018-2020)

Satellite Communication Center

Outreach Activities of Satellite Communication Center

Paul, S.K., Chakraborty, S., “Ionic liquid mediated catalytic conversion of lignocllulosic biomass to biofuel products”, presented at the CHEMCON, 2016, Chennai, India.

Paul, S.K., Chakraborty, S., “Microwave-mediated catalytic conversion of non-edible lignocellulosic Sunn hemp fibres to cellulosic biofuels”, presented at the CHEMCON, 2017, Haldia, India.

Paul, S.K., Chakraborty, S., “Catalytic and Enzymatic conversion of non-edible lignocellulosic Sunn hemp fibres to Bioethanol”, presented at the DBT National Workshop on Bioenergy, July 6-7, 2018, IIT Roorkee, India.

Paul, S.K., and Chakraborty, S., “Microwave-assisted Ionic liquid based Catalytic Conversion of non-edible Lignocelluloses to Bioethanol”, presented at the 6th International Conference on Clean and Green Energy, February 6-9, 2017, Frankfurt, Germany.

Paul, S.K., and Chakraborty, S., “Mixing Effects on the Kinetics of Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Lignocellulosic Sunn hemp fibres for Biofuel Production”, presented at the 25th International Conference on Chemical Reaction Engineering, May 20-23, 2018, Florence, Italy.

Paul, S.K., and Chakraborty, S., “Temporal Oscillations Enhance Bioethanol production from Lignocellulosic Sunn hemp fibres in Batch Reactors”, presented at the 8th International Conference on Clean and Green Energy, February 13-15, 2019, Milan, Italy.

Institutional Responsibilities

Member of DRC since December 2022
Member of the DLSC since April 2023
Library Commitee Member since December 2022.
Faculty-In-charge, Publications and Media Relations (Hyderabad Campus), from August 2018 to August 2022.
Faculty-in-charge of SaFL (Sanskrit and Foreign Languages Club) from October 2019 to October 2022.
Member of Internal Complaints Committee for Prevention of Sexual Harassment at Workplace (ICC- Hyderabad Campus) from December 2016 to June 2023
Member of Institutional Ethics committee (Hyderabad Campus) from March 2017 to Dec 2020
Faculty Co-Ordinator for The Art of Living Programmes on Campus (January 2012 to January 2019)
Member of Hygiene and Maintenance Committee since 2015 to 2017
Member of DRC from Oct 2016 to 2020.
DRC Convener- Department of Humanities and Social Sciences (From Nov 2012 to Oct 2016)
Member of Library Committee in 2015
Co-ordinator for Organizing GJC (Golden Jubilee Competitions) across the four campuses in 2013.
Coordinator, Alliance Francaise (2013)

Education:

Post doc : University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, U.S.A. , 2016

Post doc : Metal Process Engineering, Otto von Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany , 2015

Ph.D. : Metal Process Engineering, Otto von Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany , 2014

M.Tech : Applied Mechanics, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, 2010

B.Tech : Mechanical Engineering, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupathi, 2008

Institute Roles at BITS-Hyderabad:

Member, Department Research Committee

In-charge for Materials Testing Lab 2021

MEA coordinator 2021

Active member Department Committee for Career Strengthening ; arranging interactive sessions for Students seeking higher studies in India/Abroad 2018-2020

In-charge for Tribology Lab 2017-2020

Library Committee Member 2020

BITSAT Coordinator 2017, 2018, 2019

Academic Roles/Contributions

Additional/Adjunct Responsibilities

Materials Center for Sustainable Energy & Environment, BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad Campus

Research Team Member

Center for Research Excellence in Semiconductor Technologies, BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad Campus

Execution Team Member

Co-Convenor (First Professional Development Course)

Convenor (Second Professional Development Course)

Journal Reviewer

Nature Communications

Nature Scientific Reports

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

ACS Applied Bio Materials

Wiley Advanced Electronic Materials

Wiley Advanced Theory and Simulations

Wiley Chemistry Select

IEEE Trans. on Electron Device

IEEE Sensors Journal

IEEE Trans. on NanoBioscience

IEEE Trans. on Nanotechnology

Elsevier Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids

Elsevier Computational Material Science

Springer Silicon

Springer Applied Physics A

IOP Nanotechnology

IOP Physica Scripta

IOP Semiconductor Science and Technology

IOP Engineering Research Express

IET Circuits, Devices & Systems

IETE Technical Review

World Scientific Modern Physics Letters B

World Scientific International Journal of Modern Physics B

Journal Special Issue Editor

Lead Editor for the Research Topic titled "Van der Waals Heterostructure of Two Dimensional Materials for Optoelectronic Applications" in the Optoelectronics sections of Frontiers of Electronics Journal.

Academic Thesis Reviewer

Master of Research Thesis reviewer of Macquarie University, New South Wales, Australia (February'2022).

International Conference Session Chair

Chaired the Optical, Quantum, and Space Sensors Session in 15th International Conference on Sensing Technology'2022 in Sydney, Australia.

International Conference Program Committee Member/ Reviewer

Program Committee Member - International Conference on Modelling, Simulation & Intelligent Computing, Dubai, 2020.

Program Committee Member - 4^th International Symposium on Devices, Circuits, and Systems, Japan, 2021.

Program Committee Member - 5^th International Symposium on Devices, Circuits, and Systems, India, 2022.

Program Committee Member - 6^th International Symposium on Devices, Circuits, and Systems, Japan, 2023.

Reviewer - IEEE Sensor Conference, Netherlands, 2020.

Focus Session Chair - 15th International Conference on Sensing Technology, Sydney, Australia, 2022.

Faculty Recruitment Board Member

Served as the faculty recruitment board member in the Military College of Electronics and Mechanical Engineering, Secunderabad, India on 6th June'2023.

Administrative Experiences

Library committee member for one year.
Convener of the departmental research committee from 2011 to 2013.
From 1st September 2012 to 31st August 2014 Head of the Department of Physics.
From 1st September 2014 till now, I have been the departmental recruitment committee chairperson.
At present, DRC member of the department.
Made BITSAT/Ph.D. question papers and acted as validator several times, including 2018.
Nucleus member of Admission Division from 2004 December to 2013 September as Question Bank in charge of BITSAT and BITSHD.
From 2005 to 2014, I was the coordinator of the BITSAT, BITSHD, and BITS Network Security system entrance examination at the Kolkata center. In 2016 and 2017, I played the same role in Kanpur center. Details are as follows:

Sl. No.	Center	BITSAT / BITSHD Duration			Exam Conducted
Sl. No.	Center	BITSAT / BITSHD Duration			BITSAT	BITSHD	Net. Sec.
		Year	From	To
1	Kolkata	2005	10^th April	20^th June	Yes	No	No
2	Kolkata	2006	1^st May	10^th June	Yes	No	No
3	Kolkata	2007	7^th May	10^th June	Yes	No	No
4	Kolkata	2008	9^th may	12^th June	Yes	Yes	No
5	Kolkata	2009	9^th May	12^th June	Yes	Yes	No
6	Kolkata	2010	10^th May	10^th June	Yes	Yes	No
7	Kolkata	2011	11^th May	10^th June	Yes	Yes	No
8	Kolkata	2012	10^th May	9^th June	Yes	Yes	No
9	Kolkata	2013	14^th May	1^st June	Yes	Yes	Yes(?)
10	Kolkata	2014	14^th May	1^st June	Yes	Yes	Yes
2015: Applied for Kolkata center
11	Kanpur	2016	14^th May	28^th May	Yes	No	No
12	Kanpur	2017	17^th May	27^th May	Yes	No	No
2018: Applied for Kanpur and other centers

Pl. Note: Out of 14 BITS, I was the Kolkata and Kanpur centers coordinator 12 times without any negative report.During my HOD tenure, I have done the following work towards the development of the department:
They supported all laboratories to improve the experimental facilities significantly, including the Advanced Physics Laboratory for the physics students. They do their experiments in the experimental research laboratory as a part of the advanced physics laboratory course. This was the first-ever such initiative in the department/university.
The department planned for space in the department for new laboratories and the sitting arrangement for the research scholars with internet facilities and computers.
I was engaged in the renovation and instrumental support of the Astrophysics club.
Played leading role to conduct "Cosmology School" in collaboration with IUCA Pune.
I started 1st ever "Research Scholar Day" in the department to encourage research scholars to know about the research work of others and look for the possibility of collaborating. This is an in-house conference for the departmental and the research scholars of other departments where they can deliver oral presentations.
In addition to other regular responsibilities as HOD, I was the coordinator of the (4 campuses) of the 1st External Committee visit in the physics department.As a regular job, I have handled preparation for the Annual report, trial of departmental data for several committees' visits to the university, and other work I do not remember.
I was an active member of the "Nanosatellite project" with 1st students team at the university. During my time and with my involvement, collaboration with ISRO had started.

Other essential points related to academics:

Acted as a DAC member of several Ph.D. theses in the department.
Question setter of a university (not to be disclosed)
Ph.D. thesis examiner: 3 theses (Theoretical + Experimental)

Other

Administrative Responsibilities

Convener: Departmental Committee on Academics (DCA) [2022-Present]
Department Website In-Charge [2020-Present]
Convener & Resource Person: Two-Day Workshop on Process Simulation using Aspen HYSYS (ProSimAH-2023) from 2nd-3rd June 2023.
Member of Departmental Research Committee (DRC) [2020 - 2022]
Member of Library Committee [2020-2021]
Organized a Webinar titled, "CO₂ Capture, Sequestration, Storage & Utilization for a Greener Tomorrow", September 4, 2021. (Convener)
Technical Committee Member of "International Conference on Novel Materials and Technologies for Energy and Environment Applications (NMTEEA - 2022)", organized by Department of Chemical Engineering, BITS Pilani - Hyderabad Campus, February 18-19, 2022.

Gallery

Useful resources

Links to useful material on Structural Engineering Subjects

Click here to view Prof. Pairas Kelly's notes on Solid Mechanics, Continuum Mechanics and Plasticity.
Click here to view Prof. Anandh's presentations on various topics in material science, elasticity, plasticity.
Link to Prof. JN Reddy's lecture notes on FEM, Continuum Mechanics, Variational Methods and others.
Click here to visit Prof. Samer Adeb's website to get a basic knowledge of structural mechanics.
Click here to see an interesting blog on structural engineering.
Click here to watch video lectures on Variational Methods in Mechanics and Design by Prof. Ananthasuresh
Web of Mechanics and Mechanicians iMechanica (Source of different lecture notes as well)
MIT OCW lecture notes on Structural Mechanics, Structural Mechanics
Some lecture notes on Engineering subjects by Aalto University
Brown University Excellent lecture notes on Engineering subjects
Prof. Nam Ho Kim lecture notes on various topics of Mechanics.
Beautiful blog to learn Civil Engineering
Lecture notes and Videos on Structural Ananlysis, FEM by Prof. Arun Prakash

Useful tools

Mathpix tool to directly get editable equations (Latex and word) just by taking a snap from a pdf or through OCR.
Pocket tool to save weblinks for future use.
Chrome extension tool to go to previously opened tab using keyboard.

Other Information

Dr. Jagadeesh Anmala, Professor

Contact Details:

Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani
Hyderabad Campus, Jawahar Nagar
Kapra Mandal, Medchal Dist

Hyderabad, Telangana – 500078

Email: jagadeesh@hyderabad.bits-pilani.ac.in

Phone: 040-66303545

About the Faculty

Co-ordinator, Centre of Excellence in Water Resources Management (CEWRM), November 1, 2021 till date.

HOD, Department of Civil Engineering, BITS, Pilani, Hyderabad Campus From November 6, 2013 to September 30, 2016.

Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, BITS, Pilani, Hyderabad Campus (from Aug 17th 2009 to January 31st 2015).

Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, BITS, Pilani, Hyderabad Campus (from February 1st 2015 to 28th February, 2023).

Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, BITS, Pilani, Hyderabad Campus (from 1st March, 2023 till date).

Visiting Faculty, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA in 2005.

Visiting Faculty, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA in 2004.

Visiting Faculty, Department of Biology, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY, USA in 2003.

Education

1.Ph.D, Civil and Environmental Engineering, May 2000, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA.

2.MS, Civil and Environmental Engineering, May 1999, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA.

3.MS, Civil Engineering, May 1996, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA.

4.B.Tech, Civil Engineering, May 1994, Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai (Bombay), India.

Institutional Contribution

Co-ordinator, Centre of Excellence in Water Resources Management (CEWRM), November 1, 2021 till date.

Team Member, Departmental Level Short Listing Committee (DLSC), Feb 2015 till date.

Head, Department of Civil Engineering, November 6th 2013 to September 30th 2016.

Chairperson, Department Research Committee (DRC), From December 2013 to September 30th 2016.

Founding Team Member, High Performance Computing Center (HPC), BPHC, Jul 2019 to Dec 2021.

Founding Incharge, Central CAD Lab, BITS, Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, From 2010 to August 31st 2014.

DCA Convener, Department of Civil Engineering, Dec 2018- Dec 2020.

PS-I Faculty, 2015-16.

BITSAT Proctor, 2010, 2011, 2013.

Team Member, Convocation Committee, 2012, 2013.

Member, Information Processing & Business Intelligence (IPBI), BITS, Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, From 2009 to 2010-11.

Incharge, Environmental Engineering Laboratory, Department of Civil Engineering, From 2009 to 2011-12 & Dec 2020 till date.

Incharge, Hydraulics Engineering Laboratory, Department of Civil Engineering, From September 2020 till date.

Member, Department Research Committee (DRC), Department of Civil Engineering, From 2011-2013.

Registration Advisor, Department of Civil Engineering, from inception of the Campus (several times).

Team member, First-degree Admissions (3 times).

Examiner, Ph.D Qualifying Exams, BITS, Pilani, Hyderabad Campus.

Doctoral Advisory Committee (DAC) member for Ph.D research scholars at BITS, Pilani, Hyderabad Campus.

Workshops & Conferences Organized

Organizing Committee Member for

1. National Conference on Sustainable Water Resources Management and Impact of Climate Change, March 5-6, 2010.

2. Workshop on Recent Advances in Climatic Modeling for Water Resources Planning and Management, November 19, 2011.

3. National Conference on Sustainable Water Resources Planning, Management and Impact of Climate Change, April 5-6, 2013.

4. Workshop on Research Methodology, April 11-12, 2014.

5. Workshop on Research Methodology, April 3-4, 2015.

6. Workshop on Integrated Urban Flood Management in Hyderabad: Technology Driven Solutions, October 31,2015.

7. Workshop on Research Methodology, April 11-12, 2016.

Membership

Life Member, The Indian Society for Hydraulics (ISH)

Life Member, Indian Association of Hydrologists (IAH)

Conferences and Workshops

Conferences:

Participated and presented paper titled, “Cash or Digital Payments – What Rules? An Assessment among Retailers in Telangana State” at the Annual Economics Conference 50 years of Bank Nationalization: Indian Banking at Cross Roads held at Ahmedabad University on 16^th and 17^th November 2019.

Participated and presented paper titled, “Determinants of Credit Accessibility to the Street Vendors of India – A Study of Telangana State”, at 55^th Annual Conference of the Indian Econometric Society held by Mumbai School of Economics & Public Policy, University of Mumbai & National Institute of Securities Markets from 8^th to 10^th January 2019.

Participated and presented paper titled, “Role of Trade in Determining Food Security – A Comparative Study of India, China and Brazil” in 6th International Conference on WTO, Trade and Agriculture: Issues and Challenges for Developing and Least Developed Countries, held during 11-12th October 2018 at New Delhi.

Participated and presented paper titled “Testing of Stolper-Samuelson Theorem for India – A Translog Production Function Approach” in the 53rd Indian Econometric Society Conference at (NISER), Khordha, Odisha, India, 22-24 Dec 2016.

Participated and presented paper titled “Contribution of Trade Costs, Transport Costs or Income Similarity on India’s Trade: A Gravity Model study” in the conference on empirical issues in International trade & finance, held during January 10th – 11th , 2013, at Indian Institute of Foreign Trade – Kolkata Campus.

Participated and presented research paper entitled “Rising Wage Inequality in India- A Translog Cost Function Analysis” in an International conference “Asia Pacific and Business Research Conference” held at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 21st to 22nd February 2011 by World Business Institute, Australia

Attended 89th annual conference of The Indian Economic Association held during 27th- 29th December, 2006

Workshops Attended:

Attended a workshop titled “Document Writing Using Latex” organized by Department of Mechanical Engineering, BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus, Hyderabad from 28th to 29^th May 2017.

Participated in workshop on “Research Analysis and Writing in Social Sciences” organized by Gujarat Institute of Development Research, Ahmadabad and supported by ICSSR, New Delhi from 24th to 30th September 2012.

Participated in three-day workshop on “Empirical Research on WTO and Other issues in International Trade” organized by United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) India programme in New Delhi during 6-8 July 2010.

Participated in UNCTAD-MOIC-DFID Project on "Strategies and Preparedness for Trade and Globalization in India" and a 15 days training workshop on "Trade Modelling Using GTAP and other Econometric Softwares" at Department of Economics, University of Allahabad from 16- 30 April, 2009

Participated in programme conducted by Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) and Intellectual Property Office (IPO) on “Intellectual Property Rights Sensitization Programme” held on 19th January, 2009 at Kanpur.

Participated in the National Workshop on Intellectual Property Rights from March 31 – April 01, 2007, IIT Kanpur.

Conferences/seminars

Nikhil P.T., Umema Faiz, Sridev Mohapatra. Title: The Drought-tolerant Rhizobacterium, Pseudomonas putidaAKMP7, Suppresses Polyamine Accumulation Under Well-Watered Conditions and Diverts Putrescine into GABA Under Water-stress, in Oryza sativa. Conf. name: Physiological and Molecular Approaches for Climate Smart Agriculture, organized by the Indian Society for Plant Physiology and ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI). Location: IARI, New Delhi. Date: 9th-11th December 2023.

Raunak Sharma, Atish Behera, Raja Gopalan N.S., Sridev Mohapatra. Title: Bacillus endophyticusJ13, a Drought-alleviating Rhizobacterium Modulates Soil Moisture Content Under Water-stress Conditions, Eliminating the Necessity of Drought-mediated Signaling in Arabidopsis thaliana. Physiological and Molecular Approaches for Climate Smart Agriculture, organized by the Indian Society for Plant Physiology and ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI). Location: IARI, New Delhi. Date: 9th-11th December 2023.

Atish Behera, Raunak Sharma, Sridev Mohapatra. Title: Molecular Mechanisms in Plant-Rhizobacterial Interaction for Abiotic Stress Tolerance. Conf. name: Physiological and Molecular Approaches for Climate Smart Agriculture, organized by the Indian Society for Plant Physiology and ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI). Location: IARI, New Delhi. Date: 9th-11th December 2023.

Nikhil P.T., Umema Faiz, Sridev Mohapatra. Title: Impact of drought-mitigating soil bacterium, Pseudomonas putida AKMP7 on polyamine metabolism in Oryza sativa under drought conditions. name- International Conference on Physiological and Molecular Mechanisms for Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Plants, organized by the Indian Society for Plant Physiology and Department of Botany, Calicut University. Location: Calicut University, Kerala. Date: 26th-28th October, 2022.

Raja Gopalan N.S., Yegna Priya S., Sridev Mohapatra. Title: Understanding why potentially beneficial rhizobacteria become pathogenic under water stress conditions. name- International Conference on Physiological and Molecular Mechanisms for Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Plants, organized by the Indian Society for Plant Physiology and Department of Botany, Calicut University. Location: Calicut University, Kerala. Date: 26th-28th October, 2022.

Raunak Sharma, Atish Behera, Sridev Mohapatra. Title: Signalling mechanisms involved in plant-rhizobacterial interaction for abiotic stress tolerance. name- International Conference on Physiological and Molecular Mechanisms for Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Plants, organized by the Indian Society for Plant Physiology and Department of Botany, Calicut University. Location: Calicut University, Kerala. Date: 26th-28th October, 2022.

Sridev Mohapatra. Title: “Conditional Pathogenesis: Understanding Why Potentially Beneficial Rhizobacteria turn Pathogenic under certain Environmental Conditions”. Conf. name- Current Trends and Challenges in Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology (Society for Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology). Location: BITS-Pilani, Goa Campus, Zuarinagar, Goa. Date: 20^th -21^st November, 2020.

Sridev Mohapatra. Title: “Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria: The unseen, unsung, underground friends of plants”. Conf. name- International Conference on Omics of Plant-Pathogen Interaction with their implication. Location: NIT-Rourkela, Date: 16^th-18^th November, 2020.

Sridev Mohapatra. Title: “Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria: The unseen, unsung, underground friends of plants”. Conf. name- “Current Progress and Future Prospects of Biotechnology", organized by the Department of Biotechnology, Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology, in association with Andhra Pradesh Academy of Sciences (APAS). Location: CBIT, Hyderabad. Date: 8^th to 13^th June 2020.

Sridev Mohapatra. Title: "Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria- the unseen, unsung, underground friends of plants. Conf. name- National Conference on Integrative Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology (Society for Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology). Location: Indian Institute of Rice Research, Hyderabad. Date: 8^th-9^th November 2019.

Sridev Mohapatra. Title: Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria-The Unseen, Unsung, Underground Friends of Plants. Conf. name: International Conference on Life Science Research & its Interface with Engineering and Allied Sciences. Location: BITS-Pilani, Pilani Campus, Date: November 1^st-3^rd. 2018.

Sunetra Sen, Daipayan Ghosh, Sridev Mohapatra. Title: Modulation of polyamine biosynthesis and redox state in Arabidopsis thaliana by a drought mitigating Pseudomonas putida strain. Conf. name: International Conference on Life Science Research & its Interface with Engineering and Allied Sciences. Location: BITS-Pilani, Pilani Campus. Date: November 1^st-3^rd. 2018.

Daipayan Ghosh, Sunetra Sen, Sridev Mohapatra. Title: Modulation of proline metabolic gene expression in Arabidopsis thaliana under water-stressed conditions by a drought mitigating Pseudomonas putida strain. Conf. name: International Conference in Plant Developmental Biology. Location: NISER, Bhubaneswar. Date: December 12^th -16^th, 2017.

Sunetra Sen, Daipayan Ghosh, Sridev Mohapatra. Title: Modulation of polyamine metabolism in Arabidopsis thaliana by a drought mitigating Pseudomonas putida strain. Conf. name: International Conference in Plant Developmental Biology. Location: NISER, Bhubaneswar. Date: December 12^th -16^th, 2017.

Daipayan Ghosh, Sridev Mohapatra. Title: PGPR- mediated modulation of proline metabolic gene expression in Arabidopsis thaliana under drought stress. Conf. name: 3^rd International Plant Physiology Congress: Challenges and Strategies in Plant Biology Research (Indian Society for Plant Physiology). Location: JNU, New Delhi. Date: December 11^th -14^th, 2015.

Diti Shah, Sunetra Sen, Shalini Akula, Daipayan Ghosh, Minakshi Grover, Sridev Mohapatra. Title: A twist in the "plant rhizobacterial interaction" tale in drought mitigation. Conf. name: 3^rd International Plant Physiology Congress: Challenges and Strategies in Plant Biology Research (Indian Society for Plant Physiology). Location: JNU, New Delhi. Date: December 11^th -14^th, 2015.

Other Information

Administrative Experience

1. Served as a member for the Departmnet Level Performance Evaluation Committee (DPEC) 2023-2024 for the faculty appraisal.

2. Currently serving as Convenor of Hygiene Maintenance Committee, 20th Mar 2025-Mar 2027.

3. Member for XPS CAL (Central Analytical Laboratory) user committee - Feb 2025.

Served as:

1. Head of the department from 01.10.2020 - 30.09.2022.

2. Chairperson, Department Research Committee, 01.10.2020 - 30.09.2022.

3. Chairperson, Department Academic Committee, 01.10.2020 - 30.09.2022.
4. Member of Senate since1st July, 2018.

5. Member, Department Level Selection Committee, Department of Biological Sciences, BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus, 01.07.2018 till date.
6. In-Charge, Biology Laboratory, Biological Sciences since, 2011.

7. Member of Departmental Research Committee, Dec, 2018-April, 2019.

8. Convener, Departmental Research Committee - since June, 2011 - till November, 2016.

9. Acted as BITSAT coordinator from Biology in 2016-17.

10. Member of Library committee from Biology in 2016-17.

11. Member of Animal House Committee - 2008 - April, 2014.

12. Nucleus member of Admissions Division, 2008-2009.

13. Faculty Advisor to Biological Sciences Society, Synapsis - 2008-2009.

14. Member of Department M.E. placements committee, Oct, 2018 - Sept, 2019.

15. Member of Departmental Academic Committee, Sept, 2019 - Mar, 2020.

16. Faculty member from Biological Sciences for Central Research Facility 2008-2010.

17. Nucleus member, SRCD, since Nov, 2018- 30.09.2020.

18. Member of Institute Dissection Monitoring Committee since September, 2015.

19. Member of Technical expert committee for procurement of equipment for CAL facility.

20. Served as DRC member from 01.12.2022-30.11.2024.

21. Served as Member of Hygiene Maintenance Committee, Mar 2023-Mar 2025.

Others:

1. Member of Reception Committee, National Symposium on Human Diseases in Biological Sciences, March, 2014

2. Faculty coordinator of graduating students in Convocation, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014 & 2013.
3. Member in Advertisement committee, pre-event activities, BITSATHON, 2014

4. Member of Reception Committee in Convocation 2012.

5. Acted as class committee coordinator for second, third and fourth year students in 2015, 2016 and 2017.

BITSAT:

May-June, 2011 at Kolkata center

Proffesional Background

Professional Background

Professor: BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus (2021 August-till date)
Associate Professor: BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus (2015 March-2021 July)
Assistance Professor: BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus (2010 May-2015 February)
Research Associate: Chembiotek-Kolkata (2007 July-2008 March)

Research Interest, Reviewer/Membership and Workshops Conducted

RESEARCH AREA

Future of workplace: Work From Home, Alternative work arrangements, Liquid workforce

Workplace well being

Women Entrepreneurship

Career Management

Gender in Management

Health Management

REVIEWER/MEMBERSHIP

External Examiner for PhD Thesis review.
Membership of SHRM (Strategic Human Resource Management) , AOM (Academy of Management) & Harvard Business Educator
Member of Board of Reviewers for Journal SAJM(South Asian Journal of Management). ABDC Indexed
An ad-hoc reviewer for several peer-reviewed international journals published by eminent publishers such as Emerald, Springer, Sage and IGI such as Journal of Global Operations and Strategic Sourcing, International Journal of Knowledge Management (IJKM), FIIB, Industrial and Commercial Training, SAJBS, Management Research Review, IGI Global publisher.

WORKSHOPS CONDUCTED

1. Conducted workshop in " Team building" in College of Agriculture, Rajendranagar – for B.Sc. (Hons.) students of PJTSAU – Feb 2020

2. Conducted workshop to "create awareness among village women about their political/legal /financial rights as well as various state /central policies to enhance Women Empowerment ". It was part of ICSSR project titled , "Determinants of Women Empowerment and Trickle-Down Effect of the Same on Children’s Overall Educational and Health Development: Challenges, Effects and Intervention through Training"

Health and hygiene Workshop among School Children as part of ICSSR Project 02/200/2017-18/RP/Minor

3) Conducted workshop on " Dengue Prevention and Control" among 8 villages of Ranga Reddy District. It was part of ICSSR-ICMR project titled , "Investigation of Knowledge on Dengue Fever Followed by Education and its Post Impact Behavioral Changes Among the Rural Communities of Shameerpet Mandal of Ranga Reddy District of Telangana State."

Distribution of mosquito nets, fumigation of village

(File No. 25/2016/ICMR-ICSSR-SBR)

4) Workshop conducted among "Women Entrepreneurs" as a part of ICSSR project titled, "Impediments to Women Entrepreneurship in India: a multi-stakeholder, multi-stage, multi-state perspective"

5)Mentored Participants in " Girl Entrepreneurship Boot Strap Program" conducted in ISB, Hyderabad , 5th March 2016

6) Workshop conducted among SC/ST Non-Pregnant women of Mancherial district of Telangana for evaluating the determinants of anemia and its awareness as a part of DST-TSCOST project titled "Evaluation of Determinants of Iron Deficiency Anemia among the SC/ST Non-Pregnant Women of Mancherial District of Telangana State followed by Intervention and Analysis of its Reach & Efficacy"

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MEDIA COVERAGE

EXPERIENCE

SI No	Institute/Department	Start Date	End Date	Total Period	Designation
a	BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus	26^th Dec, 2023	To present	Contd...	Professor and Associate Dean of AGSRD
b	Department of Electrical Engineering, BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus.	Feb. 2023	To present	Contd...	Professor
c	Department of Electrical Engineering, BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus.	July 2018	Feb. 2023	4 years 8 months	Associate Professor
d	Department of Electrical Engineering, BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus.	1^st Oct, 2020	30^th Sept.2022	2 years	HOD and Associate Professor
e	Department of Electrical Engineering, BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus	May 3^rd 2012	July 2018	6years	Assistant Professor
f	Department of Electrical and Electronics , Vignana Bharathi Institute of Technology Aushapur, Ghatkesar, R.R.dist, Hyderabad	10-10-11	30-4-2012	7 months	Associate Professor
g	Dept. of Electrical and Electronics Engineering , Universiti Teknologi Petronas, Malaysia	Jan, 2006	Sept 2011	5 years 6 months	Graduate assistant
h	Dept. of Electrical Engineering , Andhra University, Visakhapatnam.	1 st July 2004	30 th April 2005	10 months	Teaching assistant
i	Dept. of Electrical Engineering , Andhra University, Visakhapatnam.	2002	2004	2 academic years	Part time
j	Dept. of Electrical Engineering , Andhra University, Visakhapatnam.	2004	2005	10 months	Teaching assistant

Experience:

SI No	Institute/Department	Start Date	End Date	Total Period	Designation
a	Department of Electrical Engineering, BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus.	Feb. 2023	To present	Contd..	Professor
b	Department of Electrical Engineering, BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus.	July 2018	Feb. 2023	Contd..	Associate Professor
c	Department of Electrical Engineering, BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus.	1^st Oct, 2020	30^th Sept.2022	2 years	HOD and Associate Professor
d	Department of Electrical Engineering, BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus	May 3^rd 2012	July 2018	6years	Assistant Professor
e	Department of Electrical and Electronics , Vignana Bharathi Institute of Technology Aushapur, Ghatkesar, R.R.dist, Hyderabad	10-10-11	30-4-2012	7 months	Associate Professor
f	Dept. of Electrical and Electronics Engineering , Universiti Teknologi Petronas, Malaysia	Jan, 2006	Sept 2011	5 years 6 months	Graduate assistant
g	Dept. of Electrical Engineering , Andhra University, Visakhapatnam.	1 st July 2004	30 th April 2005	10 months	Teaching assistant
h	Dept. of Electrical Engineering , Andhra University, Visakhapatnam.	2002	2004	2 academic years	Part time
i	Dept. of Electrical Engineering , Andhra University, Visakhapatnam.	2004	2005	10 months	Teaching assistant

Awards and Honors

Max-Planck-Gesellschaft Stipend for postdoctoral position at Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences, Leipzig, Germany.
Graduate Assistantship, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India (August, 2001-July, 2006).

Scientific Visits

May 25, 2011- June 09, 2011, Max-Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences, Leipzig, Germany.
June 15, 2012- July 14, 2012, Max-Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences, Leipzig, Germany.
May 15, 2013- July 7, 2013, Max-Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences, Leipzig, Germany.
May 18, 2015- July 3, 2015, Max-Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences, Leipzig, Germany.
June 01-June 20, 2017, Westsachsische Hochschule Zwickau, Germany.
May 23- June 26, 2019, Max-Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences, Leipzig, Germany.

Workshops/conferences organized

Co-convener of a workshop on Elliptic and parabolic PDE's and Related Topics and Numerical Methods together with Dr. Jagmohan Tyagi, August 2012 at IIT Gandhinagar. Weblink: http://www.iitgn.ac.in/workshop_maths/Poster-web.pdf
Convener of a National workshop on Numerical Linear Algebra and its Applications, Jan 30-Feb 01, 2015 at BITS- Pilani Hyderabad Campus. Weblink: http://sites.bits-hyderabad.ac.in/nlaa/ (Funded by NBHM and DST)
Local coordinator of Advanced Training program on Partial differential equations, BITS-Pilani Hyderabad Campus, May 25- June 14, 2016. (NPDE-TCA,IIT Bombay)
Convener of Teacher's Enrichment Workshop on Linear Algebra, Differential Equations and its Applications, at Department of Mathematics, BITS-Pilani Hyderabad Campus during January 09-14, 2023 (funded by National Centre for Mathematics).
One of the organizing members of workshop on Finite element method, Theory and Computation, July 17-22, 2023, IIIT Delhi (funded by NBHM).

Institute and Department level Activities

Member of Departmental Research Committee (Conducting EEE department Ph.D qualifier examination, PhD Proposal seminar, PhD scholar Symposia etc.)
Faculty in-charge of Control System Laboratory

Other Information

Institutional Responsibilities

Present Responsibilities

Hyderabad Campus Coordinator, Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) (12th April 2023 to present)
Member, House Allotment Committee (1st November 2022 to present)
Member, Vendor Management Committee (1st April 2023 to present)
Member, Department Level Selection Committee, Department of Civil Engineering, BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus (1st June, 2021 to present)
Member of Senate (1st June, 2021 to present)

Past Responsibilities

Faculty In-Charge, Community Welfare (8th August 2022 to 7th August 2024)
In-charge, Department Website, Civil Engineering Department (July 2019 to July 2024)
Faculty In-charge, Geotechnical Engineering Laboratory (July 2015 to January 2024)
Nucleus Member, Teaching Learning Centre (TLC) (August 2018 to March 2023)
Member, Hyderabad Campus NAAC Accreditation SSR Preparation Team (January 2022 to April 2023)
Member, Library Committee, Dept. of Civil Engineering (August - December 2022)
Member, Departmental Committee on Academics, Department of Civil Engineering (December 2020 to November 2022)
Co-opted Member of Senate (29th December, 2020 to 31st May, 2021)
Member, Doctoral Research Committee, Department of Civil Engineering (May 2019 to November 2020)
Convener, Doctoral Research Committee, Department of Civil Engineering (December 2016 to April 2019)
Participated in BITSAT, 2016, 2018
Registration Advisor, 1st Semester 2021-22
Participated in Admission Duty, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021
Faculty in PS 1 in 2018, 2021

Others

Institutional responsibilities

1. Convener, Department Research Committee (December 2024 onwards)

2. Member, Institute Innovation Council (September 2024 onwards)

3. Nuclues member, Community Welfare Division (September 2024 onwards)

4. Convener, Fifth Annual Conference on Economics and Finance (2024)

5. Member, Department Research Committee (January 2023-November 2024)

6. Member, Library Committee (September 2020-June 2021)

7. Faculty-in-charge- Bloomberg terminal ( September 2020- June 2022)

Neurophysiological Research in Hearing Loss, Epilepsy and other Neurological Disorders

Neuroscience Research Interest

Long-term interests: Auditory neuroscience, Structure and function of neural circuits, Pathophysiology, biomedical devices, and drug discovery

How do we hear the person of interest at a noisy party?

Does hearing loss impact other brain functions and structures?

Any drugs for refractory epilepsy?

What is the role of different neurotransmitters in neural circuits, and their effect on functions?

Findings from the early 1900s by Jasper, Penfield, Magoun, and Morruzi (considered among the most eminent scientists in neuroscience for their work) led to a series of questions on the role of the brainstem and cortex. It is still unclear from the sensory perspective on the role of these brain regions, how interdependent these structures are, what they code, and how they work together to form a sensory perception? Our lab is interested in answering these questions from the auditory perspective. To this end, we plan to use aging and noise-induced hearing loss (pathology of the central auditory system) models and answer the questions on:

How are the brain dynamics affected? (using electrophysiology/ microiontophoresis/ optogenetics/ behavior/ molecular biology tools - Collaborations with Profs. Sabareesh and Ramendra Kishor Pal for tool development and Prof. Sajeli Begum - (Pharm. Chemistry) BITS Hyderabad)

What does the altered brain dynamics mean? (Using computational models and deep neural networks – a collaborative work with Profs. Venkateswaran R and STP Srinivas – BITS Pilani/ Hyderabad).

Short-term goals: Studying aging enables parsing the role of de novo aging from pathological conditions such as tinnitus that develop over time. Age-related hearing loss affects 30-50% of the population above 60 years of age (estimated to be 10- 15% of the Indian population – ~18 crore people). Older individuals consistently have difficulty understanding speech and their ability to attend to speech in a noisy environment. Older individuals may maintain speech understanding to a certain extent despite age-mediated degradation of ascending temporal information, using attentional and cognitive resources. Cholinergic mechanisms are critical to these processes. My research efforts are to devise pharmacological or training approaches to enhance speech understanding in the elderly population. These experiments will be vital to address the long-term goal of understanding how various brain regions interact to form a sensory perception and designing interventions.

Techniques:

Extracellular electrophysiology; Behavior; Pupillometry; Sound stimuli generation; Optogenetics; and Molecular biology

To be Updated Soon

Administrative Responsibilities

Professor-in-Charge, Economics and Finance Association, BITS Pilani, 1995-2004
Course Major - Registration Advisor, BITS Pilani, 1996-2004.
Committee Member, Intensive Teaching Workshop, BITS Pilani, 1999-2002.
Academic In-charge, Reception for Higher Degree Admissions, BITS Pilani
Group Coordinator, Viva Committee for PhD Candidates, BITS Pilani.
Member, Academic Counseling Board (ACB), BITS Pilani. 2006-2010
Mentor, Students of Academic Counseling Board (ACB), BITS Pilani.
Mentor, Higher Degree (Economics & Finance and Management Group) Students, BITS Pilani, 1994-99
Professor In Charge and Convener, UMANG project (Heading a group of 400 students and fund raising and providing scholarship to needy and
meritorious school students and supporting their education needs)
Member, Campus Planning & Maintenance Committee, BITS Pilani.
Member, Committee for Obsolete items Identification, Writing-off from ledgers, and Disposal, BITS Pilani, August 2007 onwards.
Member, Enquiry Committee, Cases on Daily wage workers, BITS Pilani, 2008.
Member, Provident Fund Committee, BITS, Pilani, 2004 -2011
Member, Purchase Committee, BITS Pilani, June 2006 onwards.
Convener, Committee for Obsolete items Identification, Writing-off from ledgers, and Disposal, BITS Pilani, 2010 onwards.
Convener, Purchase Committee, BITS Pilani
Convener, House Allotment Committee
Non-Resident Warden, Shankar Bhawan, BITS Pilani, January 2000–May 2000
Warden, Shankar Bhawan, BITS Pilani, May 2000–February 2004.
Nodal officer, Sexual Harassment Committee, BITS, Pilani, 2006-2010
Chairman, Anti Ragging Committee, BITS, Pilani, 2006-2010
Program Officer – National Service Scheme , BITS Pilani, 1995-2000
President, RAGAMALIKA, BITS, PILANI, 2006 to 2011
Treasurer (Two Terms), Staff Association BITS Pilani
Secretary (Two Terms) Staff Association BITS Pilani
President (Two Terms), Staff Association BITS Pilani

Academic Responsibilities

Chairman, Standing Committee for Student’s Discipline
Member, Senate - BITS, Pilani
Member, Research Board, BITS Pilani
Member, Faculty Recruitment Committee, BITS Pilani.
Member, Higher Degree Admissions Committee, BITS Pilani.
Member, Library Committee, BITS Pilani,
Member, Committee for PhD Qualifying Examinations, BITS Pilani.
Member, Organizing Committee, Intensive Teaching Workshop, BITS Pilani
Member, Selection Committee for Student Co-Instructors for University-Industry Linkage Program, BITS Pilani.
Member, Evaluation Committee for University-Industry Linkage Program Project Reports, BITS Pilani.
Member, Ph.D. Thesis Final Evaluation Committee
Member, Doctoral Advisory Committees, Research Matters, BITS Pilani.
Member, Standing Committee for Student’s Discipline
Convener, Department Research Committee

Other Achievements

ACHIEVEMENTS/AWARDS

Qualified GATE-2012 with AIR-32.
Qualified CSIR held on June 2011 with rank 51.
Awarded Shri Ghasi Ram Mittal Memorial Award by Deen Dayal Upadhyaya
College, University of Delhi, India for performence in the Annual
University Examination held in April-May, 2008.
Secured 1st position in the college in B.Sc.(Honours) MATH Annual Examination
in each year held by University of Delhi, India during 2007-2009.

SCHOLARSHIPS

Selected for PNPD Posdoctoral Fellowship at the Graduate Program in the Instituto de Matemática - Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (PPGM - UFRJ), Brazil, 2019.
Selected for National Board for Higher Mathematics postdoctoral fellowship, India, 2018.
Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR): Research Fellowship, India, 2012-2016.
Indian Institute of Technology: MCM Scholarship, India, 2010-2011.

Other information

Professional Activities

Reviewer Duties

IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence
Applied Numerical Mathematics, Elsevier
International journal of Computer Mathematics, Taylor & Francis
Inverse Problems in Science and Engineering, Taylor & Francis
Mathematical Reviews, American Mathematical Society
Computational & Applied Mathematics, Springer
Mathematical Problems in Engineering, Hindawi

Other Activities

Member of Departmental Research Committee in the department of Mathematics of Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology (CBIT), affiliated to Osmania University(2021-present)
Guest Editor for Early Stage Researchers' journal, Special Issue, 2019.

Institutional Activities

Member of Departmental Research Committee (2020-present)
FD 2021 Admission Duty
Convener of International Conference on Computational Methods in Sciences and Engineering (CMSE-2022), April 22-24, Dept. of Mathematics, BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad Campus
Convocation Duty for 2021-2022 at BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad Campus
Registration Advisor for Ph.D. admissions at BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, First Semester 2022-2023
Co-ordinator for the Third year Student-Faculty Council for the Second Semester 2021-22, First Semester 2022-23

Industrial Study Groups

L. Resende, M. B. Rodrigues, B. L. D. Paula, R. D. L. Sterza, G. Valderramos, B. L. Carreira, F. R. Neto, L. B. Berlandi, W. Casaca, M. Souza, A. C. Filho, M. Colnago, C. Oishi, G. M. M. Reddy, E. X. Miqueles and J. A. Cuminato,Inpainting of corrupted projections, Brazilian Study Group with Industry, São Carlos, Brazil, 16-20 July 2018.
J. A. Cuminato, C. S. B. Dias, A. L. Z. Lunkes, E. Miqueles, G. M. M. Reddy, M. Souza, J. Vieira and Michael Vynnycky, Divergent Beam Transform from a ∂-equation, Brazilian Study Group with Industry, São Carlos, Brazil, 10-14 July 2017.
A. Jaramillo, C. Lages, C. Oishi, D. Medeiros, D. Rodrigues, E. Falcetti, F. Villanueva, F. Sousa, G. Buscaglia, G. Marcondes, G. D. Paulo, G. M. M. Reddy, H. França, H. Checo, I. Palhares, J. Neyra, J. Evans, J. Ansoni, J. Cuminato, L. F. D. Souza, P. Aquino, R. Guiraldello, S. Sanchez and Vitor Pires, Improvement of a heat sink design, Brazilian Study Group with Industry, São Carlos, Brazil, 11-15 July 2016.
A. Marto, A. Takata, A. Gabriel, C. Lages, C. Oishi, F. Sousa, F. Profito, F. Neto, G. M. M. Reddy, G. Buscaglia, H. Gadelha, H. Silva, J. Evans, J. Cuminato, P. Milewski, R. Guiraldello, R. Larsson, R. Sampaio, R. Ausas, R. Palharini, S. Hussain, S. Jakobsson, S. Sanchez, V. Pires, V. Ruas and W. Ashraf, Process modelling of short fibre structural composites, Brazilian Study Group with Industry, São Carlos, Brazil, 08-11 September 2015.

Awards and Grants

2022 MATRICS Grant, SERB, Govt. of India (Grant number-MTR/2022/000130)
2022 Cooperative Research Project of Research Center for Biomedical Engineering:Japan (Grant number- 2038)
2020 SRG Grant, SERB, Govt. of India (Grant number-SRG/2019/001973)
2016 FAPESP Post Doctoral Fellowship, Brazil (Grant number-2016/19648-9)
2016 CNPq Post Doctoral Fellowship, Brazil (Grant number 400169/2014-2)
2015 NBHM Post Doctoral Fellowship, DAE, Govt. of India (Did Not Avail Due to CNPq Fellowship)
2014 CNPq Post Doctoral Fellowship, Brazil (Grant number 401945/2012-0)
2009 CSIR-JRF (All India Rank 90)
2008 GATE Scholarship (All India Rank 64)
2006 JAM (All India Rank 174)

Software

Software for PIDE (In collaboration with KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden, University of Limerick, Ireland, and University of São Paulo, Brazil)

DESCRIPTION: Although two-dimensional (2D) parabolic integro-differential equations (PIDEs) arise in many physical contexts, there is no generally available software that is able to solve them numerically. To remedy this situation, in this article, we provide a compact implementation for solving 2D PIDEs using the finite element method (FEM) on unstructured grids. Piecewise linear finite element spaces on triangles are used for the space discretization, whereas the time discretization is based on the backward-Euler and the Crank–Nicolson methods. The quadrature rules for discretizing the Volterra integral term are chosen so as to be consistent with the time-stepping schemes; a more efficient version of the implementation that uses a vectorization technique in the assembly process is also presented. The compactness of the approach is demonstrated using the software Matrix Laboratory (MATLAB). The efficiency is demonstrated via a numerical example on an L-shaped domain, for which a comparison is possible against the commercially available finite element software COMSOL Multiphysics. Moreover, further consideration indicates that COMSOL Multiphysics cannot be directly applied to 2D PIDEs containing more complex kernels in the Volterra integral term, whereas our method can. Consequently, the subroutines we present constitute a valuable open and validated resource for solving more general 2D PIDEs.

DOCUMENTATION: A Compact FEM Implementation for Parabolic Integro-Differential Equations in 2D/uploads/algorithms-13-00242.pdf

SOFTWARE ARCHIEVE: https://github.com/LucaMeacci/efficient-PIDE-2D

Commumications to News Paper

Article on COVID-19 data analysis and predictions on September 12 2020, in the Times of India.

Faculty Development Programs

Attended a Certificate Program in Infectious Disease Modelling, Sri Satya Sai Institute of Higher Learning, Puttaparti, June 1, Sept 13, 2024. (Online)
Webinar on Inpods OBE for BITS Pilani Campus Programs, Sept 10, 2024.
Two-Day Hybrid FDP cum Workshop on "Bridging the Gap: Computational Math and A.I." to be organized by the Department of Computational Science and Humanities, IIIT Kottayam during 27-28 June 2024.
A Five-Day Online FDP on Discrete Mathematics, 13 – 17 June 2023, conducted by VIT, Vellore.
7-Day International Workshop on Vedic Mathematics, August 22-28, 2022, conducted by Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut.

NSM Workshop on High-Performance Computing (HPC) for Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Applications, May 17-20, 2022, conducted by IIT, Mumbai.

One Week Technical Workshop Program in Analytics, March 24- 31, 2022, conducted by WILP Division, BITS Pilani.

FIVE DAYS HANDS-ON ONLINE WORKSHOP ON SPSSAPPLICATION IN DATA ANALYSIS, July-Aug, 2020, conducted by the Education Committee of PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PHDCCI).

Webinar on "Research as a Teaching Tool: the what and the why" by Dr. Apurva Barve from IISER Pune on July 16 2020.

Webinar on Mathematical Modeling of COVID-19, hosted by the Editorial team of Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications, July 9 2020.

STEM (Science Technology Engineering and Math) Workshop on Research-Based Pedagogical tools (RBPTs)Teacher's Workshop at IISER Pune, Feb. 2017.

Training on Student Counseling by NITTTR Chennai, 2006.

Training on Instructional Design and Delivery (pedagogy) by NITTTR Chennai, June 27, July 2 2005.

Training on Instructional Design and Delivery by NITTTR Chennai, 21-26 June, 2004.

ACADEMIC AND OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES

Warden, Ganga Hostel from 2024 at BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus.
Member, Department Academic Committee from 2020 till date.
Member, Academic Counseling Cell from 2019 till date.
Conducted student counseling activities in BITS Pilani, Hyderabad campus, from 2012 -20.

Non-resident warden for Girl's hostel since 2013 at BITS Pilani, Hyderabad campus.

External Comittees

Member, Board of Studies, Department of Humanities & Social Sciences, and Department of Sciences for School of Arts & Natural Sciences, Joy University (2023-24).
Member, Panel of Examiners for Mathematics courses for B.Tech, SRKR Engineering College, Bhimavaram, Andhra Pradesh (2017-2019).

Visits Abroad

Sr No	Country	Duration	Purpose
1.	Osaka University, JAPAN	One week (Feb, 2024)	To present our research paper at 6th IEEE International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Information and Communication (IEEE ICAIIC-2024).
2.	Washington DC, USA	One week (Feb, 2023)	To present two research papers at the 37th AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI-23). Organized by American Association for Advancement of Artificial Intelligence, USA (aaai.org).
3.	Ho Chi Minh, VIETNAM	One week (Nov, 2019)	To present a research paper at 25th Asia-Pacific Conference on Communications (APCC 2019). Organized by Posts and Telecommunications Institute of Technology, Vietnam.
4.	Valencia, SPAIN	One week (Jun, 2017)	To present a research paper at 13th IEEE International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC 2017), organized by University of Valencia, Spain.
5.	Colombo, SRILANKA	One week (Feb, 2017)	To deliver a talk on "Indian Higher Education Landscape: A perspective" and participated in India Education Fair at Colombo, event supported by High Commission of India, and Sri Lanka.
6.	VU, Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS	One week (Sep, 2016)	To pursue joint research and demonstration activities in the funded research project. The discussions were mainly in the areas of Control Flow Integrity (CFI), Return Oriented Programming (ROP), and Side-Channel attacks on IoT devices.
7.	NTU, SINGAPORE	One week (Sep, 2015)	Invited speaker at International workshop on Cloud and Big-data security. Travel was funded by Naval research, USA.
8.	BITS, DUBAI	One week (Dec, 2014)	Program Committee Chair at International Conference on Secure Knowledge Management in Big-data era (SKM 2014). Organized by State University of New York, Buffalo, USA and BITS, Pilani.
9.	NUS, SINGAPORE	One week (May,2014)	Invited speaker at 4th South Asia Workshop on Research Frontiers in Computing. Organized by School of Computing, National University of Singapore.
10.	Chandler, Arizona, USA	One week (Feb, 2013)	Invited to attend Intel Embedded Education and Research Summit 2013. Organized by Intel, USA. Travel was funded by Intel.
11.	Redmond, Washington, USA	One week (Jul, 2012)	Invited to attend Microsoft Faculty Summit 2012, Redmond, Washington, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Travel was funded by Microsoft.
12.	ESTONIA and FINLAND	One and half months (May-Jun 2012)	To carry out joint research and teaching activities in Mobile Computing area at Aalto University, Finland and University of Tartu, Estonia. Travel and stay was funded by European Commission.
13.	University of Cagliari, ITALY	Two months (May-Jul 2011)	Visited Information Retrieval group, Department of Electronics and Computer Engineering, University of Cagliari, ITALY. Pursued joint research and teaching in the area of Machine Learning. Travel was funded by Ministry of Education, Italy.
14.	City University, London, UK	One month (Aug, 2010)	Visited Information Security group, School of Mathematics and Engineering, City University, LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM (UK) to pursue joint research in the area of Cyber security. Travel was funded by UKERI project.
15.	ISDF 2009, London, UK	One week (Sep, 2009)	Visited Royal Holloway, University of London Information Security group; British Telecommunications Security research laboratory, London, UNITED KINGDOM (UK). Presented an invited talk at ISDF 2009. Travel was funded by City University, London.
16.	TKK, Helsinki, FINLAND	One and half months (Jun-Jul 2008)	Visited Telecommunications and Multimedia Laboratory, TKK (Helsinki University of Technology), Helsinki, FINLAND to pursue joint research in Distributed Computing area. Travel was funded by European Commission.
17.	TKK, Helsinki, FINLAND	One and half months (Sep-Oct 2007)	Visited Telecommunications and Multimedia Laboratory, TKK (Helsinki University of Technology), Helsinki, FINLAND to pursue joint research in Distributed Computing area. Travel was funded by European Commission.
18.	Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, CHINA	One week (Aug, 2007)	To present our work on “Sybil defense” at International Conference (Chinacom 2007). Organized by Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, CHINA.
19.	Helsinki, FINLAND	One month (Nov, 2006)	Visited Networks and Distributed Systems group, Helsinki Institute of Information Technology, Helsinki, FINLAND to pursue joint research in Mobile and distributed computing area. Travel was funded by HIIT, Finland.
20.	NUS, SINGAPORE	One week (Nov, 2004)	To present our work on “Bandwidth Management in IP Networks” at International Conference (IEEE ICON 2004). Organized by National University of Singapore, SINGAPORE (Invited paper).
21.	University of New South Wales, Sydney, AUSTRALIA	Six months (Feb-July 2004)	Visited Network Research Laboratory, University of New South Wales, Sydney, AUSTRALIA with funding support from AVCC Scholarship to pursue research in the area of “Quality of Service assurances in IPVPNs”.

Conferences and Workshops

1. Manjuri Kumar, S. C.Sivasubramanian, A.P.Koley: Synthesis and characterization of novel paramagnetic chromium compounds. 10th Symposium on Modern Trends in Inorganic chemistry (MTIC-X), IIT-Bombay, Mumbai, December 15-17, 2003.

2. Manjuri K. Koley, Omprakash Chouhan, Sumit Biswas, Aditya P. Koley: DNA binding studies of some monomeric mixed ligand Cu(II) complexes containing N2S(thiolate)Cu core and heterocyclic aromatic base adducts. International conference on Nascent Developments in Chemical Sciences: Opportunities for Academia-Industry Collaboration (NDCS-2015), BITS Pilani October 16-18, 2015.

3. Manjuri Kumar, Om Prakash Chouhan, Sumit Biswas, Joseph Fernandes, Arnab Banerjee, Angshuman Sarkar, Aditya P. Koley. Mixed ligand Cu(II)/Zn(II) complexes containing heterocyclic bases show enhanced DNA binding activity and cytotoxicity. Indo-UK International Workshop on Advanced Materials and their applications in nanotechnology, (AMAN 2016), BITS-Pilani, K.K. Birla Goa Campus, January 11-12, 2016.

4. Manjuri Kumar, participated in two-day workshop on Environmental Management System. BITS-Pilani in collaboration with Goa State Pollution Control Board. BITS-Pilani, K.K. Birla Goa Campus October 20-21, 2016.

5. Manjuri Kumar: Catechol Oxidase Activity of some mononuclear Cu(II) Complexes containing N-S Donor ligands. Fourth International Conference on Advanced Oxidation Processes (AOP-2016) BITS-Pilani, K.K. Birla Goa Campus, Dec 17-20, 2016.

6. Manjuri Kumar. Invited Speech entitled: Study of DNA Binding and Catechol Oxidase Activity of Some Copper (II) Complexes Containing N-S Donor Ligand Using Spectroscopic Techniques. Molecular Spectroscopy and Dynamics & Advanced Vibrational Spectroscopy and Applications at 5th International Conference of AnalytiX-2017 (AnalytiX-2017), Fukuoka, Japan, March 22-24, 2017.

7. Parsekar Sidhali Uday, Joseph Fernandes, Arnab Banerjee, Manjuri K. Koley*, ROS-Mediated Cytotoxicity of Cu(II) complexes against Human Cervical Cancer HeLa Cell line. International Conference on Reproductive Physiology and Comparative Endocrinology (ICRPCE) and 36th Annual Meeting of the Society for Reproductive Biology and Comparative Endocrinology (SRBCE- XXXVI). January 20-22, 2018.

8. Sidhali Uday Parsekar and Manjuri Kumar* DNA binding and in vitro cytotoxicity studies of a mixed-ligand mononuclear copper(II) complex. Biological Engineering Society India. Annual Meeting and Conference BESCON, IIT Bombay, October 26-27, 2018.

9. Manjuri K. Koley, Sidhali U. Parsekar, Joseph Fernandes and Arnab Banerjee: Synthesis, in vitro cytotoxicity and anticancer activity of some CU(II) complexes containing N2S (thiolate) and N4S (disulfide) cores. 9th Asian Biological Inorganic Chemistry Conference (AsBIC 9) Stephen Riady Centre, National University of Singapore December 9-14, 2018.

10. Manjuri Kumar, Sidhali U. Parsekar, Priyanka Velankanni. Three-day workshop on DNA binding and DNA cleavage studies using chemical compounds supported by MERCK organized by BITS BIRAC BIONEST of BITS-Pilani, K.K. Birla Goa Campus, October 11-13, 2019.

11. Manjuri Kumar, Sidhali U. Parsekar, Priyanka Velankanni and Aditya P. Koley. Design and development of Cu(II)/Zn(II) complexes containing carbohydrazone ligand to study DNA and protein interaction as well as in vitro anticancer activity. Gordon Research Conference frontiers of science, Metals in Medicine. Andover, NH United States, June 28 - July 3, 2020. Conference was cancelled due to Corona Pandemic.

12. Kumudini Paliwal, Paramita Haldar, Manjuri Kumar. Design and development of Cu(II) complexes with Schiff base ligand containing thiadiazoline moiety to study DNA and protein interactions as well as anticancer activity. National Symposium on Convergence of Chemistry and Materials (CCM 2023), BITS-Pilani Hyderabad campus, January 6-7, 2023.

13. Manjuri Kumar, Kumudini Paliwal, Paramita Haldar, Aditya P. Koley, P.K. Sudhadevi Antharjanam. Design and development of Cu(II)-Schiff base complexes containing thiadiazoline moiety to study DNA/HSA interactions and anticancer activity.20th International Conference on Biological Inorganic Chemistry (ICBIC 20), Adelaide, Australia, July 16-21, 2023.

14. Manjuri Kumar. Member of organizing committee, Incharge of registration in ChEmference- 2023 the 10th Chapter, BITS Pilani K.K. Birla Goa Campus, September 30th – October 2nd, 2023.

Other Responsibilities

Responsibilities

Head, Department of Mathematics, since 01-09-2024.
Managed the activities related to Unnat Bharat Abhiyan (UBA) during 2019-2024.
DRC Convener from 1st September 2020 to 31st August 2024.
Faculty Incharge Societal Development (NSS and NIRMAAN) from 1st September 2018 to 31st August 2024.
NRW from January 2016 to July 2021.
DRC member (January 2016- August 2018)
Professor Incharge, Mathematics Association (September 2016- August 2018)
Worked as PS-I faculty at HINDALCO (Renukoot) in 2012 and at Lucknow in 2019.
Performed BITSAT duties as proctor in 2013 and as coordinator in 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2022-24.
Instructor-Incharge of multisection courses (Mathematics-III in 2014, 2015 and 2017, Mathematics-II in 2019, Mathematics-1 in 2022)
Member of Academic Counselling Cell (A.C.C.) from 2012-2019.
Placement faculty from Mathematics Department (September 2014- August 2016 and September 2018 - August 2020).
Guided two students for Ph.D.
Guiding five research students.
DAC member for six research scholars.
Worked as a project member at the University of Allahabad in a joint Indo-Russian project in collaboration with Prof. A.N. Filippov of Gubkin Russian State
University of Oil and Gas.
Apart from the works mentioned above, I was also involved in developing new courses, developing the curriculum of a course, etc.

Reviewer

Fluid Dynamics Research
Mechanics of Materials
International Journal of Non-linear Mechanics
Applied Mathematics and Computation
Journal of Applied Fluid Mechanics
IJNSNS
NASI Letters
International Journal of Fluid Mechanics and Research

Events

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InterSys2024

BITS Pilani Dubai Campus Dubai, UAE

May 16-17,2024

INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP
ON
INTERACTIVE SYSTEMS & INFORMATION SOCIETY TECHNOLOGIES

International Workshop Interactive Systems & Information Society Technologies (InterSys2024) is a joint event held by BITS Pilani (Dubai Campus), ITMO University (St. Petersburg, Russia), Novosibirsk State Technical University (Novosibirsk, Russia) , Jinan Institute of Supercomputing Technology (Shandong, China), and Federal University of Paraná (UFPR, Curitiba, Brazil) on May

16-17, 2024 as a part of the International Conference Internet and Modern Society (IMS-2024). This year, we plan to have the workshop in face-to-face mode. The objective of the InterSys2024 workshop is to engage in comprehensive discussions addressing challenges and opportunities within the realm of developing interactive technologies in the digital environment. The focus is on exploring and dissecting the complexities associated with the advancement ofof advancing interactive systems across various sectors, including science, education, healthcare, business, public administration, and civil society.

ICHORA 2024 - SPECIAL SESSIONS

Special Session Organizers

Dr. Elakkiya R
Department of Computer Science, Birla Institute of Technology & Science Pilani, Dubai Campus, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Email: elakkiya@dubai.bits-pilani.ac.in, elaelakkiyaceg@gmail.com
Profile: Homepage | Google Scholar | ORCID

Dr. J. Angel Arul Jothi
Department of Computer Science, Birla Institute of Technology & Science Pilani, Dubai Campus,Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Email: angeljothi@dubai.bits-pilani.ac.in
Profile: Homepage | Google Scholar

About The Session

The purpose of the special session "Generative Artificial Intelligence for Text" is to provide a lively platform for the examination and debate of current developments, difficulties, and uses in the developing field of generative AI that are particularly relevant to text-based data. This session encourages scholars, practitioners, and industry experts to share ideas and contribute to the developing field of AI-driven text generation, with an emphasis on promoting collaboration and knowledge exchange. Natural language processing (NLP), the newest text generation models such as GPT and BERT, sentiment analysis, opinion mining, language translation, and the crucial elements of explainability and ethical issues in AI text creation are just a few of the many topics of interest.

Beyond theoretical considerations, the special session will include real-world applications of generative text models. The goal of the session is to present practical applications and illustrate the observable effects of AI-driven text generation in a variety of fields, from content creation to the building of sophisticated chatbots. The organizers are dedicated to establishing an inclusive environment that fosters multidisciplinary communication and cooperation as the area develops quickly. It is intended for this special session to serve as a hub for cutting-edge techniques, applications, and approaches, all aimed at collaboratively influencing the direction of AI-driven text generation.

Related Topics but not limited to:
1. Text Generation Models for Natural Language Processing (NLP) (e.g., GPT, BERT)
2. Language Translation and Multilingual Models
3. Sentiment Analysis and Opinion Mining
4. Text Generation: Explainability and Interpretability
5. Applications of Generative Text Models (e.g., chatbots, content creation)
6. Ethical Issues in AI Text Generation

Paper Submission

Manuscripts should conform to the IEEE template/format. All manuscripts to be considered for publication must be submitted by the deadline through the SETCMS, while selecting the “SSI: GenAIText” from the topic-box.

Call for Book Chapters

Green Machine Learning and Big Data for Smart Grids: Practices and Applications

A book edited by Elsevier Book Series in "Advances in Intelligent Energy Systems"

Scope of the Book:

The main goal of this book is to provide the most relevant information on bringing the green machine learning concepts using big data techniques in smart grid applications to academicians, researchers, and for those from industry who wish to know more about the solutions for complex real-time problems. The Green Machine Learning and Big Data for Smart Grids book will concentrate more on the operational aspects of smart grids and certainly the only book that will discuss the combined analytics, algorithmic and operational concerns into a coherent picture of the Smart Grid practices and applications.

This edited book aims to bring together cutting-edge research, innovative theories, practical insights, and emerging trends related to Machine Learning and Big Data for Smart Grids and Renewable Energy. We encourage contributions that offer novel perspectives, address current challenges, and provide valuable contributions to the academic and professional community.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

Introduction to Smart Grids and the Need for Green Solutions
Overview of Renewable Energy Sources and their Integration in Smart Grids
Data Preprocessing and Feature Engineering for Smart Grid Data
Data Analytical Models for Smart Grid and Management
Virtual Power Plants and Distributed Energy Management
Grid Integration of Renewable Energy Sources: Challenges and Solutions
Energy Efficiency and Conservation using Machine Learning
Analysis and Real-time Implementation of Power Line Disturbances Test in smart grid
Demand Response Strategies and Machine Learning Applications
Smart Edge Devices for Electric Grid Computing
Case Studies and Real-world Applications of Green Machine Learning in Smart Grids
Challenges, Future Directions and Ethical Considerations of Smart Grid

Important Dates:

Abstract Submission: 15 August 2023

Abstract Acceptance: 30 August 2023

Full Chapter Submission: 30 October 2023

Chapter Acceptance: 15 November 2023

Final Chapter Submission: 30 November 2024

Submission:

All submissions must be original and should not have been published or under review elsewhere. Kindly submit your chapter by Email: submitmanuscript365@gmail.com With the subject line "Book Chapter for Green ML and Big Data".

Publication:

The book edited will be published by Elsevier Book Series in "Advances in Intelligent Energy Systems" and will be indexed by Scopus and offered to Web of Science and Thomson Reuters. No publication fee applicable for this call for book chapter.

Editors of the Book:

Dr. R. Elakkiya, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, Birla Institute of Technology & Science Pilani, Dubai Campus, Dubai International Academic City, Dubai, UAE – 345055
Dr. V. Subramaniyaswamy, Professor, School of Computing, SASTRA Deemed University, Thanjavur, Tamilnadu, India – 613 401
Dr. V. Indra Gandhi, Professor, School of Electrical Engineering, VIT , Vellore. Tamilnadu, India – 632 014

All inquiries about submissions should be emailed to elakkiya@dubai.bits-pilani.ac.in

Call for Papers

Special Session on Large Language Models in Exploration

in conjunction with

23rd International Conference on Hybrid Intelligent Systems (HIS 2023)

December 12-14, 2023

Website: http://www.mirlabs.net/his23/cfss.php

Hybrid Mode – Online & Offline

Onsite Venues: http://mirlabs.org/his23/venue2.php

Objectives and Scope

This special session aims to examine the revolutionary developments and ramifications of large language models (LLMs) in several research and innovation domains. Recent advances in LLMs, like GPT-3.5, have completely changed how we create, interpret, and comprehend natural language, opening up intriguing new possibilities for research, business, and society in general. This session will examine LLMs' current uses, difficulties, and possible future directions, demonstrating how they might support and improve the sessions featuring reviewed material from the leading conference.

Due to their capacity to produce writing that resembles that of a person, comprehend complicated linguistic patterns, and carry out a variety of tasks related to natural language processing, big language models have attracted much interest in recent years. Massive training data sets and cutting-edge deep learning architectures have allowed LLMs to outperform earlier benchmarks in tasks including sentiment analysis, question-answering, machine translation, and question-answering. Additionally, they have the potential to advance cutting-edge study and innovation in a variety of fields.

Subtopics

The topics include, but are not limited to:

LLMs for data analysis, information retrieval, and knowledge extraction
LLMs for natural language interpretation and creation
LLMs in educational and online learning settings
LLMs for opinion mining and sentiment analysis
Virtual assistants and chatbots Using LLMs
LLMs for content regulation and social media analysis
LLMs in business and financial applications
LLMs for user experience and human-computer interaction
LLMs for humanitarian and social purposes

Paper publications

Proceedings will be published in Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, Springer (https://www.springer.com/series/15179)
Indexed by SCOPUS, INSPEC, WTI Frankfurt eG, zbMATH, SCImago
Paper maximum length is 10 pages
Papers must be formatted according to Springer format (Latex/word) available at:https://www.springer.com/de/authors-editors/book-authors-editors/manuscriptpreparation/5636#c3324
Submission Link: http://www.mirlabs.org/his23/submission.php

Important Dates

Paper submission due: October 30, 2023
Notification of paper acceptance: November 6, 2023
Registration and Final manuscript due: November 20, 2023
Conference Date: December 13-15, 2023

Special Session Chair(s)

Dr. R. Elakkiya, Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani (Dubai Campus)
Dr. Subramaniyaswamy V, SASTRA Deemed University, India
Dr. Ketan Kotecha, Symbiosis International (Deemed University), India

Information Contact: Dr. Elakkiya R <elakkiya@dubai.bits-pilani.ac.in>

Administrative Responsibilities

Current Administrative Responsibility:

Faculty In-Charge, Registration and Counseling (Since September, 2018)

Previous Administrative Responsibilities:

Nucleus Member, Academic Registration & Counseling Division (Jan, 2010 to Aug, 2018)
Warden, Budh Bhawan (April, 2017 to Aug, 2018)
Warden, Vishwakarma Bhawan (Jan, 2012 to April, 2017)

Natural Product Research

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: Convolvulus pluricaulis

: Moringa oleifera

: Citrullus colocynthis

: Chrysanthemum Linn.

Administrative Responsibilities

CAMPUS LEVEL

IQAC Coordinator [2023- till date]
Member, Library Resource Selection and Procurement Committee [2023- till date]
Member, Institutional Animal Ethics Committee (IAEC), for Pilani campus [2021- till date]
Committee Member for compliance on Safety of Foods, Animal rights etc. for Pilani campus [2019- till date]
Faculty Incharge-HD & PhD Admissions [2022- 2024]
Non Residential Warden, CV Raman Bhawan [2016-2018]
Non Residential Warden, Vishwakarma Bhawan [2017-2018]
Coordinator, Central Animal House [2018- 2020]
Coordinator, Central Analytical Laboratory [CAL] [2018- 2020]
Committee Member, Central Instrumentation Facility (GC-MS/MS), BITS Pilani [2015-till date]

DEPARTMENT LEVEL

Head, Pharmacy Department [2018- 2020]
Chairman, Department Research Committee [2018- 2020]
Chairman, DCA & CCDCA [2018- 2020]
In-charge, Pharmacy Council of India related Matters[ 2020- 2021]
Convener & Member, Department Research Committee [2014-2018]
Member, Library Committee [2021- till date]
Member, Doctoral Advisory Committee [2014-till date]
In-charge, Natural Drug Laboratory, Medicinal Plant Garden and Museum [2013-till date]
In-charge, Chemical and Glassware of Pharmacy Department [2013- till July 2014]
In-charge, DST FIST-II UPLC-MS/MS facility [2013- 2020]
In-charge, Sir Ratan Tata Fellowship for FD and HD students
In-charge, Prof. BM Mithal Award function [Jan-Feb 2015]

Workshops/Training Programs/ Conferences Attended, Chaired & Organized

Workshops/Training Programs/ Conferences Attended & Chaired

Participated in a Two Day Program on Internal Auditor Training as per ISO 21001-2018-EOMS (Management of Educational Organizations) conducted by Centre of Assessments for Excellence (Noida) organized by BITS Pilani – WILP Programs, Hyderabad, March 03-04, 2025.
Chaired a session during the International Conference on "Sustainable Urban Water Management for Fast-Growing Cities, organized by Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, Hyderabad, October 21-23, 2024.
Chief Guest of the Valedictory Function in the Five Day Faculty Development Program on " Applications of Soft Computing in Civil Engineering", organized by Department of Civil Engineering, Vasavi College of Engineering, Hyderabad, September 02-06, 2024.
Participated in a Two Day Indo-Israeli Workshop on the Design and Implementation of Smart Water Systems, jointly organized by the Department of Civil Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur, the Department of Civil Engineering at Harcourt Butler Technical University (HBTU) Kanpur, and the Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa held at IIT Kanpur during August 30-31, 2024.
Participated in a 2-day Workshop on Internal Quality Assessment organized by Work Integrated Learning Program Division, BITS Pilani at BITS Pilani-Hyderabad Campus during July 23-24, 2024.
Participated in a 2-day Online Workshop on Internet of Things organized by Lema Labs, IIT Madras Research Park, Chennai during December 04-05, 2021.
Participated in a Webinar on National Education Policy focusing on Multidisciplinary/ Interdisciplinary, Academic Bank of Credit, Skill Development, Appropriate integration of Indian language, Outcome Based Education (OBE) and Distance Education / Online education organized by NAAC, November 17, 2021.
Participated in a Five Week Online Crash Course on Machine Learning organized by Lema Labs, IIT Madras Research Park, Chennai during October 23-November 28, 2021.
Participated in a Workshop on Fuzzy Logic & Applications in Civil Engineering, Centre of Excellence in Water Resources Management, Department of Civil Engineering, BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, March 15-16, 2019.
Participated in a Workshop on “Outcome Based Teaching Learning Process” at BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, December 26-27, 2018.
Participated in a Five Day Training Workshop on "Reservoir Simulation Using NIH_ReSyP" jointly organized by National Institute of Hydrology (A Govt. of India Society under Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation) and Centre of Excellence in Water Resources Management, Department of Civil Engineering, BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus, June 25-29, 2018.
Participated in a Workshop on Data Mining and Soft Computing Techniques in Civil Engineering, Centre of Excellence in Water Resources Management, Department of Civil Engineering, BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, April 13-14, 2018.
Chaired a Session during the 2^nd International Conference on Advances in Concrete, Structural & Geotechnical Engineering (ACSGE 2018), organized by Department of Civil Engineering, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus, February 26-28, 2018.
Participated in a Training Programme on Urban Flood Management: Technology Driven Solutions, Centre of Excellence in Water Resources Management, Department of Civil Engineering, BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, March 03-04, 2017.
Participated in the International Conference on Water Challenges in India organized by DHI at New Delhi during February 08-09, 2017.
Chaired a Session during the National Conference on Sustainable Materials and Management Systems in Civil Engineering (NCS2MCE2016) organized by Department of Civil Engineering, Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology, Gandipet, Hyderabad, India during December 15-16, 2016.
Participated in the executive education programme on Building Excellence in Professional Higher Education Institutions organized by Centre for Executive Education, ISB Hyderabad during July 24-25, 2016.
Participated in a Workshop on Research Methodology, Department of Civil Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani-Hyderabad Campus, April 11-12, 2016.
Participated in a Training Programme on Urban Flood Management: Technology Driven Solutions, Centre of Excellence in Water Resources Management, Department of Civil Engineering, BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, November 20-21, 2015.
Participated in the Workshop on Integrated Urban Flood Management in Hyderabad: Technology Driven Solutions, Centre of Excellence in Water Resources Management, Department of Civil Engineering, BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, October 31, 2015. (Participation by Invitation only)
Participated in the Workshop on Effective Teaching & Learning organized by Quality Assurance & Assessment | Mission 2015, BITS Pilani at Goa Campus during July 18-20, 2015. (Participation by Invitation only)
Attended the Workshop on Planning and Delivering Flipped Classes using MOOC Platforms organized by BITS Pilani at Hyderabad Campus during July 10, 2015. (Participation by Invitation only)
Participated in a Workshop on Research Methodology, Centre of Excellence in Water Resources Management, Department of Civil Engineering, BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, April 3-4, 2015.
Attended the 7th International Conference on Teaching & Learning in Higher Education organized by Centre for Development of Teaching and Learning, NUS, Singapore during December 10-11, 2014.
Attended the National Summit on Quality in Education organized by CII, Institute of Quality at Christ University, Bangalore during September 16-17, 2014.
Participated in a Workshop on Research Methodology, Centre of Excellence in Water Resources Management, Department of Civil Engineering, BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, April 11-12, 2014.
Attended a 3 day Workshop on Benchmarking, Strategy and Performance Improvement organized by BITS Pilani, August 23-25, 2013. (Participation by Invitation only)
Attended a 3 day Faculty Development Programme on Teaching Learning Methodologies organised by Teaching Learning Centre (TLC), IIT Madras, July 11-13, 2013.(Participation by Invitation only)
Attended a two day National Workshop on Climate Change impacts on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene at National Institute of Administrative Research, LBSNAA, Mussoorie during June 26-27, 2013. (Participation by Invitation only)
Participated in a National Conference on “Sustainable Water Resources Planning, Management and Impact of Climate Change”, Centre of Excellence in Water Resources Management, Department of Civil Engineering, BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, April 5-6, 2013.
Participated in a National Conference on “Sustainable Water Resources Management and Impact of Climate Change”, Department of Civil Engineering, BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, March 5-6, 2010.
Attended a Workshop on Stormwater Management in a Changing Climate organized by Ontario Public Works Association on December 5, 2007 at Mississauga Grand Banquet and Convention Centre, Mississauga.
Attended a Short Course entitled Genetic Algorithms in Engineering and Management organized by Prof. Kalyanmoy Deb in Kanpur Genetic Algorithms Laboratory (KanGAL), Mechanical Engineering Department on 26-28 September, 2001 at IIT, Kanpur.
Attended two months professional training onsite inspection, design and detailing of steel and R.C. structures at M. Dharmalingam Associates, Coimbatore, May-June 1999.
Participated in the traffic survey at Athupalam Bridge, Coimbatore for a week’s duration conducted by Larsen and Tubro, ECC, 1999.

Workshops/Training Programs/ Conferences Organized

Organized a One Week Basic Course on “Urban Flood Modelling in a Changing Climate” sponsored by ISRO Disaster Management Support Capacity Building Program, organized by Department of Civil Engineering, BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, Hyderabad, June 06-12, 2024.
Organized a Workshop on Fuzzy Logic & Applications in Civil Engineering, Centre of Excellence in Water Resources Management, Department of Civil Engineering, BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, March 15-16, 2019.
Organized a Workshop on “Outcome Based Teaching Learning Process” at BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, December 26-27, 2018.
Organized a Five Day Training Workshop on "Reservoir Simulation Using NIH_ReSyP" jointly organized by National Institute of Hydrology (A Govt. of India Society under Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation) and Centre of Excellence in Water Resources Management, Department of Civil Engineering, BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus, June 25-29, 2018.
Organized a Workshop on Data Mining and Soft Computing Techniques in Civil Engineering, Centre of Excellence in Water Resources Management, Department of Civil Engineering, BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, April 13-14, 2018.
Organized a Training Programme on Urban Flood Management: Technology Driven Solutions, Centre of Excellence in Water Resources Management, Department of Civil Engineering, BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, March 03-04, 2017.
Organized a Workshop on Research Methodology, Department of Civil Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani-Hyderabad Campus, April 11-12, 2016.
Organized a Training Programme on Urban Flood Management: Technology Driven Solutions, Centre of Excellence in Water Resources Management, Department of Civil Engineering, BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, November 20-21, 2015.
Organized a Workshop on Integrated Urban Flood Management in Hyderabad: Technology Driven Solutions, Centre of Excellence in Water Resources Management, Department of Civil Engineering, BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, October 31, 2015. (Participation by Invitation only)
Organized a Workshop on Effective Teaching & Learning organized by Quality Assurance & Assessment | Mission 2015, BITS Pilani at Goa Campus during July 18-20, 2015. (Participation by Invitation only)
Organized a Workshop on Research Methodology, Centre of Excellence in Water Resources Management, Department of Civil Engineering, BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, April 3-4, 2015.
Organized a Workshop on Research Methodology, Centre of Excellence in Water Resources Management, Department of Civil Engineering, BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, April 11-12, 2014.
Organized a National Conference on “Sustainable Water Resources Planning, Management and Impact of Climate Change”, Centre of Excellence in Water Resources Management, Department of Civil Engineering, BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, April 5-6, 2013.
Organized a National Conference on “Sustainable Water Resources Management and Impact of Climate Change”, Department of Civil Engineering, BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, March 5-6, 2010.

Memberships:

Member of:

1) Indian Society of Heat and Mass Transfer, ISHMT

2) Indian Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air-conditioning. ISHRAE

3) Aeronautical Society of India

4) Vice President of ISHMT - Between 2013-2017

Fellowships:

1) Fellow of National Academy of Engineers FNAE, 2016

2) Fellow of Alexander von Humboldt, Germany, 2001

Awards:

1) Sir C.V Raman Young Scientist Karnataka State Award -2002

2) ADA-DRDO excellency award for Design, Development and Testing of Environmental Control Systems - 1999

Institutional/Departmental Services

Teaching Learning Center (TLC) [2020-till date]

Coordinated as Resource person (Organizing Committee, Technical reviewer, Session Chair) in International Conference on Best Innovative Teaching Strategies (ICON-BITS 2021), 29 & 31 July 2021
Coordinated as Resource person in Intensive Teaching Workshop (ITW 2021) and delivered a training session on “Evaluation and Assessment”, 20 & 27 March 2021
Organized a webinar on “Naya Kshitij: NEP 2020 for Higher Education-Implementation, Preparedness, Challenges, and Way forward” 7 November 2020, Teaching Learning Center (TLC), BITS Pilani, Pilani campus.
Organized 6 days “Naya Kshitij: Faculty Development Programme FDP” in December 17-22, 2020 (FDP contributed 0.4 lakhs INR to TLC, BITS)

Compliance Committee [2019]

Role as technical expert for environmental issues

Department Committee for Academics (DCA) [2018-till date]

Curriculum review of courses; Transport Phenomena/Fluid Mechanics, Engineering Hydrology and Numerical Analysis, 2018

Faculty In charge for Hydraulics and Fluid Mechanics Laboratory [2016-till date]

Procurement of Earth Resistivity Imaging System
Instrument and Budget proposal for a year
Procurement of new UG level experimental setup
Modification and maintenance of existing setups (Multipurpose open channel Flume)
Development of research experimental setup
Development of Video manual for UG lab experiments
Procurement of new software COMSOL Multiphysics

Faculty member of Internal Complaint Committee (ICC) [2016 - 2020]

Conducted awareness talk on “Reflections on The Touchstone of Sexual Violence and #MeToo: A talk by Prof. Mary E John” by Prof. Mary E. John in 2020
Conducted women’s day program to promote gender equality in 2019
Conducted awareness talk on “A Dream of Gender Equality: Walking Together Matters” by Poet and Activist Pratibha Katiyar in 2018
Attended a training workshop on “Anti-sexual harassment at workplace” by Institute of Labour laws, India, 2018
Conducted Awareness Talk on “Claiming Gender Equality” by Shabnam Hashmi an Indian social activist and human rights campaigner, 2017

Faculty member of Academic Counseling Cell (ACC) [2014-2018]

Conducted motivational and Introductory talk from 2014 to 2018 for 1st year Civil Engineering Students
Panelist for a panel discussion on “Package and Knowledge”, 2017, BITS Pilani
Counseling of students during the period

Faculty member of Student Faculty Council (SFC) [2016-2018]

Faculty member of Library Advisory Committee [2014 - 2017]

Invited talk on “Nurturing Young Minds: Parents, Books and Children, 2017, BITS Pilani
Technical resource person from civil engineering to advise the departments needs of library resources

Faculty member of Departmental Research Committee (DRC) [2015-2018]

Selection interviews of PhD from 2015 to 2018
Preparation of question papers and Examiner for PhD qualifying examination
Conference paper reviews

Faculty member of Doctoral Advisory Committee (DAC) [2013-2018]

Reviewed Doctoral thesis

Other Activities at BITS

Contributed in faculty Hiring process as DLSC’s
Contributed in KHDA moderation for Hydraulic Engineering course
Setting of Question Paper for BITSAT for the Higher Degree, 2017
Involved in conducting additional course for backlog students, 2016-2018
Conducted summer course under detention (2015-2016)
Involved in Consultancy activities in Civil Eng. Group such as Shear strength of Soils, and Concrete Cube Tests, etc. (2013-2015)

Flipped Classroom Teaching Pedagogy

Flipping the Classroom

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In flipped classroom teaching pedagogy, this content is recorded in the form of video lectures. These video lectures are made available to students using some platform/technology. Students are expected to see the video lectures before coming to class. Now, based upon this content, the students will do the problems/numerical/questions in class with instructor offering more personalized guidance and interaction with students.

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Program Committee Member

Advisary / Program / Review Committee

I am / was the part of these International Conferences / National Conferences as a member of their International Advisary Committee / Program Committee / Review Committee.

International Conference on Computing and Communication Technologies, ICCCT 2014, Osmania University, Hyderabad.
International Conference on Advanced Computing and Communication Systems (ICACCS-2014).
Third International Symposium on Intelligent Informatics (ISI - 2014).
SCNDS - 2014
IBMSGS - 2014
International Conference on Advanced Computing and Communication Systems (ICACCS-2013).

Things I Love to Do

My ideal day begins with Suryanamskar and comes to fulfillment with sports or light music in evening.

I love to listen to kids and sometimes to wife (I don’t know how often…)

I like to go out in rain and have a bash with friends.

I don’t want to miss out on any of the Grand Slams finals on television.

Every time I take a vow to complete a book before the new one comes in hand.

I like to be with good friends who inspire, understand and stand for each other.

Love to mingle with students and help them find themselves. And most importantly, I want to be fit and healthy.

Professional Memberships

Member of ELTAI
Member of IATEFL, UK
Member of ELTeCS (an online ELT Community of The British Council)
Life Member of Linguistic Society of India
Life Member of Association for English Studies of India

Experience

Teaching Experience

July 2007 - Jan 2015 Assistant Professor, BITS, Pilani, Pilani Campus
Oct 2005-July 2007 Lecturer, BITS, Pilani
Nov 1999-Oct 2005 Sr. Lecturer (English) JN (Govt.) College, Pasighat
May1994-Nov1999 Education Instructor, Indian Air Force, Chennai
Feb 2015 - present Associate Professor, BITS, Pilani

Administrative Experience

Head, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences (May 2015-Aug 2018)
Faculty-in-Charge, Publicity and Branding, BITS, Pilani. (May 2012- Aug 2018)
Visiting Faculty, Strategic Sports Communication, IIM Rohtak
External Examiner and Paper setter, Indian Institute of Technology, Dhanbad
PhD Examiner, University of Hyderabad and Anna University, Chennai
Paper Reviewers for Journal for Cultural Research (Scopus) published by Taylor and Francis and European Journal of Social Sciences (Scopus)
Coordinator, Study India Programme (SIP) (2018-2019)
Book Reviewers for Pearson, McGraw-Hill, McMillian and Cengage in the areas of business communication and advertising
Organizing Member of Intensive Teaching Workshop, BITS, Pilani
Senate nominated member of Research Board (2016-17)
Senate nominated member of the Discipline Committee for two consecutive terms (2014 and 2015)
Member of Library Executive Committee, BITS, Pilani
Professor-in-Charge, TedX Talks BITS Pilani Chapter (2015-2017)
Mission 2012-Task Force Member (Brand Profile)
Mentor, Academic Counseling Board
Editor, BITSCAN, Semester wise campus Magazine (Vol 23, Vol 24 and Vol 25)
Member of House Allotment Committee, BITS, Pilani
Editorial Board Member, BITS CURIE Journal
Resource person for Professional Development Programs of HZL, BALCO & ABG
Professor-in-Charge, Languages and Humanistic Studies Association

Administrative Responsibilities

Co-opted Member of the Senate (Since October 2020)
Member of Departmental Research Committee (DRC). (Since September 2016)
Member of Academic Counselling Cell (ACC). (Since August 2015)
Nucleus member of Academic Graduate Studied Division (AGSRD). (Since June 2018)
Nucleus member Academic Research Division (ARD) (From February 2016 to May 2018)

Experiences

From March 2023 to Till date: Working as Associate Professor in Electrical and Electronics Engineering department of Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani (BITS, Pilani), Rajasthan.
From June 2015 to February 2023: Worked as Assistant Professor in Electrical and Electronics Engineering department of Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani (BITS, Pilani), Rajasthan.
From July 2011 to May 2015: Worked as a Assistant Professor in Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering department of TSSM’s Bhivarabai Sawant College of Engineering and Research, Pune-411041, An Institute affiliated to University of Pune. Maharashtra.
From August 2006 to June 2011: Worked as a Lecture in Instrumentation & Control Engineering department of Vishwakarma Institute of Technology (VIT), Pune-411037. An autonomus Institute affiliated to University of Pune. Maharashtra.
From January 2005 to July 2006: Worked as a Lecturer in Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering department of S. R. E. ’s College of Engineering, Kopargaon. Dist:-A’Nagar. An Institute affiliated to University of Pune. Maharashtra.

International visits & Collaborators

Foreign Visits

13. Visited Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway during 13-17 January 2025 to participate in the workshop “Quantum groups, tensor categories and quantum field theory” with funding support from University of Oslo.

12. Visited The Erwin Schrödinger International Institute for Mathematics and Physics (ESI), University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria during 04-07 December 2023 to participate in the workshop “Mathematical Relativity: Past, Present, Future (EHC23)" with funding support from ESI.

11. Visited Faculty of Physics, Babes-Bolyai University at Cluj-Napoca, Romania during 20-22 June 2023.

10. Joined as Visiting Professor at the Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, Transilvania University of Brasov, Romania during 24^thMay to 22^nd July 2023.

9. Visited Valencia, Spain to present a paper at “22nd International Conference on General Relativity and Gravitation (GR22)” on "Phantom energy as a transient phenomenon avoiding cosmic doomsday in f(R) gravity" from 7^thto 12^th July 2019 with funding support from SERB and BITS-Pilani, India.

8. Visited Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Essex, UK from 21^st -31^st May 2018 as International Visiting Fellow.

7. Visited CERN, Geneva, Switzerland from 22nd May- 11th June 2017 as visiting Scientist under exposure of BITS faculty to Universities abroad sponsored by BITS-Pilani.

6. Visited Krakow, Poland to give an invited talk on "Kaluza-Klein dark energy model in the form of wet dark fluid in f(R,T) gravity" of the 3^rd Conference of the Polish Society on Relativityat Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland from 25^th to 29^thSept. 2016.

5. Visited Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan to give a talk on "Bianchi type string cosmological models in f(R,T) gravity" at the Yukawa International School on "Strings and Fields" from 29th Feb to 4th March 2016 with funding support from Kyoto University.

4. Visited Leuven, Belgium to give an invited talk on "LRS Bianchi type-I string cosmological model in f(R,T) gravity" in the parallel session of the 21^st European Workshop on “The string Theory Universe” at Department of Physics and Astronomy, Katholieke Universiteit, Leuven, Belgium from 7^th Sept. to 11^th Sept. 2015 with funding support from ECOST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology).

3. Visited Mainz, Germany to give an invited talk on "Higher dimensional Bianchi type-III universe with strange quark matter attached to string cloud in general relativity" in the parallel session of the 20^th European Workshop on “The string Theory Universe” at Mainz Institute for Theoretical Physics, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany from 22^nd Sept. to 26^th Sept. 2014 with funding support from ECOST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology).

2. Visited Seoul, South Korea to present a paper at “International Congress of Mathematicians, ICM-2014 on "Axially symmetric cosmological models with anisotropic dark energy" from 13^th Aug. to 21^st Aug. 2014 with funding support from SERB and CICS, India.

1. Visited Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, CANADA to present a paper at AMMCS-2011 on "Plane symmetric domain walls and cosmic strings in Bimetric theory"from 25th July to 29th July 2011 with funding support from DST and CICS, India.

Collaborators

Dr. P.H.R.S. Moraes,

Institute of Astronomy, Geophysics, and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Sao Paulo, 05508-090 Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil

Eamil: moraes.phrs@gmail.com

Prof. J. R. L. Santos,

UFCG -Universidade Federal de Campina Grande, UnidadeAcademicadeFısica,58429-900, Campina Grande, PB, Brazil

Email: joaorafael@df.ufcg.edu.br

Prof. Genly León

Departamento de Matematicas, Universidad Catolica del Norte, Avda. Angamos 0610, Casilla 1280 Antofagasta, Chile

Email: genly.leon@ucn.cl

Prof. Kazuharu Bamba

Cosmology Group, Faculty of Symbiotic Systems Science, Fukushima University, Fukushima 960-1296, Japan

Email: bamba@sss.fukushima-u.ac.jp

Prof. I. Radinschi,

Gheorghe Asachi Technical University, Department of Physics, Iasi, 700050, Romania,

Email: radinschi@yahoo.com

Prof. R. Myrzakulov

Director, Ratbay Myrzakulov Eurasian International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Nur-Sultan 010009, Kazakhstan

Email: rmyrzakulov@gmail.com

Prof. S. S. Xulu,

University of Zululand, Department of Computer Science, 3886 Kwa-Dlangezwa, South Africa,

Email: ssxulu@pan.uzulu.ac.za

Dr. Sezgin Aygun,

Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Arts and Sciences Faculty, Department of Physics, Terzioglu Campus, 17020, Turkey,

Email: saygun@comu.edu.tr

Prof. Xin-he Meng

School of Physics, Nankai Univ, P.R. China

Email: Electronic address: xhm@nankai.edu.cn

Dr. Can Aktas,

Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Arts and Sciences Faculty, Department of Mathematics, Terzioglu Campus, 17020, Turkey,

Email: canaktas@comu.edu.tr

Prof. Theophanes Grammenos,

University of Thessaly, Department of Civil Engineering, 383 34 Volos, Greece,

Email: thgramme@civ.uth.gr

Prof. Deng Wang

National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100012, China

Email: cstar@nao.cas.cn

Dr. Tee-How Loo

Institute of Mathematical Sciences, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Email: looth@um.edu.my

Dr. Avik De

Department of Mathematical & Actuarial Sciences, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Selangor, 46200, Malaysia

Email: de.math@gmail.com

Dr. Zeeshan Yousaf

Department of Mathematics, University of the Punjab, Quaid-i-Azam Campus, Lahore-54590, Pakistan

Email: zeeshan.math@pu.edu.pk

INSTITUTIONAL CONTRIBUTION

BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus

Present

Senate member, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani (effective from 2005).
Member, Department Level Shortlisting Committee, Department of Civil Engineering, BITS Pilani Hyderabad campus (with effect from August 2011)
External Member, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Department Level Performance Evaluation Committee, BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus [for faculty appraisal for the academic year 2023-2024].

Past

Chairman, Department Level Shortlisting Committee, Department of Civil Engineering, BITS Pilani Hyderabad campus (August 28, 2015-October 21, 2024).
Member, Space Audit Committee, BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus [February-March 2024]
External Member, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Department Level Performance Evaluation Committee, BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus [for faculty appraisal for the academic year 2020-2023].
Member, Department Research Committee, Department of Civil Engineering, BITS Pilani Hyderabad campus (December 1, 2020-November 30, 2022)
Member, Campus Level Review Committee for Non-Teaching and other Academic Staff, BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus (February-September 2022)
In charge of data analytics cell, academic-undergraduate studies division, and BITS Pilani Hyderabad campus (August 30, 2018-April 30, 2022).
Coordinator, Centre of Excellence in Water Resources Management, Department of Civil Engineering, BITS Pilani Hyderabad campus (October 1, 2010-October 31, 2021).
Key team member of Hyderabad campus project -phase 1 (2006-2014)
Member, University Faculty Selection Committee for Civil Engineering, BITS Pilani University. Interviews were held on 1.12.2020 and 27.12.2023.
In-charge, National Service Scheme (January 2009-June 2010)
Convener, Department Research Committee (2011-2013)
Proctor, BITSAT-2015 (May 16-27, 2015) & BITSAT-2014 (May 14-30, 2014)
Member, Research Board, BITS Pilani University (December 8, 2015-December 7, 2017).
Member, Interview panel for the selection of workshop technician (December 19, 2018).
Member, Comprehensive review process of university Exposure Abroad and industry immersion programs committee, BITS Pilani (effective from July 24, 2018; Meeting held on August 7 and August 29, 2018; Final report submitted on September 5, 2018 to Dean, Faculty Affairs).
Member, Campus level faculty appraisal committee for 2016-2017 & 2017-2018 (final report was submitted on April 11, 2019).
Member of university-wide standing committee for selection of BITS faculty for industry immersion within India (academic year 2016-2017 & 2017-2018).
Member, Intensive teaching workshop, Second semester 2015-2016
Member, Department research committee (December 1, 2016 - October 12, 2018; December 2013 - September 2014)
Member, Cross-campus departmental committee for academics (January-September 2012)
Member, Departmental committee for academics (October 2012-November 2016).
Member, Department level shortlisting committee: civil and chemical engineering (August 2011- August 2015), mechanical engineering and mathematics (August 2011 - May 2013).
Member, Rainwater Harvesting and Sewage Plant Improvements Committee, May 2013-November 2015
Member, Purchase Committee (November 1, 2016-October 31, 2017)
Member, Energy Conservation Measures Committee (February 23, 2015-October 31, 2016)
Member, Library committee (October 2009-September 2010)
Member, Institutional Animal Ethics Committee (June 2009-June 2010)
Member, Research and consultancy division (2009-2010)
Member, Reception committee, BITSATHON 10K Run (March 23, 2014)
In charge of Hydraulics and Fluid Mechanics Laboratory (December 2009 - November 2017)
Department safety head (January 2015-November 2015)
In charge of department placements (December 2013 - November 2015)
Member, Transportation and Accommodation Committee for convocations – 2013-2016.
Practice school (PS-1) faculty at Suchir India, Deepika Infratech, Pennywise Solutions, Hyderabad (2009); Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, Dehradun (2024)

BITS Pilani Campus

Group leader (Head), Civil engineering, BITS Pilani- Pilani campus during 2003-2006.
Member, Research board, BITS Pilani (December 2003-December 2006).
Member (2002-2003) & In-charge (2003-2004), Planning Cell, Practice school division, BITS Pilani
Practice school (PS-1) faculty at: NGEF limited & Yuken India limited, Bangalore (2001); Vijayawada thermal power station, Kanakadurga agro industries & Hitech print systems, Vijayawada (2002); Birla museum, Pilani (2003)

Other information

Nucleus Member, Teaching Learning Center (June 2022 -till date)
Nucleus Member, BITS Alumni Affairs Division (July 2010 - May 2013)
Lab-in-charge, Digital Communication lab (July 2012 -Jan 2014)

Dr. Sarang visited ISR/IST (Institute of Systems and Robotics/Instituto Superior Tecnico), University of Lisbon, Portugal, from 3rd June to 20th July 2024 under the university Exposure Abroad scheme of BITS Pilani.

Dr. Sarang Dhongdi has been selected by the French Institute in India (IFI), Embassy of France in India, to receive funding for the research trip to France under the Scientific High Level Visiting Fellowships (SSHN) programme. He visited research team DYNI (Université de Toulon, Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, LIS) as a Visiting Scholar from 9th September to 20th September 2024 under this program.

Workshops & Events Organized

Workshops:

Organizing Team Member for C-REx 2023: Computer Science Research Exploration - a one day research exploration symposium held on 16 April 2023.
Coordinator for the Workshop on Evolving Technologies in Network and Communication Systems (ENCoS) held on 29 – 30 August 2019.
Organizing Team Member for the Expository Lectures on Graph and Geometric Algorithms (ELGGA) Workshop held on 21-22 September, 2018.

Events:

Organized a 12-hour Hackathon "AFTERHOURS" along with Innovation Cell, BPHC as part of IIC activity held on 26th and 27th January 2024.
Organized a 12-hour Hackathon "AFTERHOURS" along with Innovation Cell, BPHC as part of IIC activity held on 25th and 26th February 2023.
Organizing Committee Member of ACM India Celebration of Women in Computing Event held on 8th October 2022.

Professional Memberships

Books

Reviewer for Table of Contents of Information Security: Principles and Practice,3e by Mark Stamp

Journal Reviewer

IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics
IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning
IET Cyber-Physical Systems: Theory and Applications
IEEE Access
IEEE Internet of Things Journal
IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering
IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Magazine
Security and Communications Network, Hindwai Publications
Computers and Security, Elsevier
ACM Transactions on Privacy and Security
IEEE Transactions on Dependable & Secure Computing
International Journal of Management and Decision Making of Inderscience Submissions
International Journal of Sensors, Wireless Communications and Control, Bentham Science
Transactions on Management Information Systems
IEEE Access
Computer Journal
SN Computer Science
Cybernatics and Systems Journal

Conferences

Publicity Co-Chair, ACM CODASPY 2025
Program Committee Member, ACM CODASPY 2025
Technical Program Committee Member of ACM Symposium on Access Control Models and Technologies (SACMAT) 2024
Reviewer for 18th IEEE International Conference on Automatic Face and Gesture Recognition 2024
Reviewer for ICISS 2023
Reviewer for INDICON 2023
Reviewer for IEEE 2023 International Joint Conference on Biometrics
Reviewer for the 4th International Conference on Frontiers in Computing and Systems 2023.
TPC for the Third International Conference on Emerging Techniques in Computational Intelligence, ICETCI 2023
Program Committee Member of ICDCN 2023
Reviewer for ICACI 2022
Reviewer for IEEE INFOCOM WORKSHOP: A4E 2022: AI/ML for Edge/Fog Networks
Technical Program Committee Member for The Second International Conference on Emerging Techniques in Computational Intelligence, ICETCI 2022
Reviewer for 3rd International Workshop on Open Services and Tools for Document Analysis (ICDAR-OST) 2021
Reviewer for IDC 2019
Technical review committee of the 2^nd International Conference on Adaptive Computational Intelligence (ICACI) 2020
Reviewer for the International Conference on Computer Communication and Informatics (ICCCI) 2021
Organizing Committee Member for International Conference on Multidisciplinary Perspectives In Engineering & Technology (ICMPET) 2019
Organizing Committee Member for International Conference on Computing Communication and Electrical Technologies (ICCCET-2019)
Reviewer for International Conference on Adaptive Computational Intelligence (ICACI-2019)
Program Committee member of 2nd International Workshop on Open Services and Tools for Document Analysis (ICDAR-OST) 2019
Reviewer for IDRBT Doctoral Colloquium (IDC) 2017
Program Committee member and reviewer of International Conference on Information Systems Security (ICISS) 2017

Session Chair

Session Chair for for a Poster Session (online) at the 21st International Conference on Security and Cryptography (SECRYPT) 2024.
Session Chair for the session entitled Applied Cryptography and Privacy at the 20th International Conference on Security and Cryptography (SECRYPT) 2023.
Session Chair for the session entitled Applied Cryptography, Vulnerability Analysis and
Side-Channels at the 18th International Conference on Security and Cryptography (SECRYPT) 2021.

Membership

IEEE Member
ACM Professional Member

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Others

Important Conferences/ Seminars/ Workshops Attended

25th National and 3rd International ISHMT-ASTFE Heat and Mass Transfer Conference (IHMTC-2019), IIT Roorkee, Roorkee, December 28-31, 2019.
International Conference on Recent Advances in Fluid and Thermal Sciences (iCRAFT2018), BITS Pilani Dubai Campus, Dubai, December 5-7, 2018.
International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Environment Sensing (SEES 2018) held at Fitzwilliam College, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom, 18-19 June, 2018.
World Renewable Energy Congress held at Murdoch University, Western Australia, 5-9 February 2017.
24th National and 2^nd International ISHMT-ASTFE Heat and Mass Transfer Conference (IHMTC-2019), BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus, Hyderabad, December 27-30, 2017.
9th Indian Subcontinent Decision Sciences Institute along with Goa Institute of Management (ISDSI) International Conference at Goa Institute of Management, Goa, January 2-4, 2016.
International Conference on Energy Systems, Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul, 23-25 December, 2015.
International Conference on Polygeneration at Anna University, Chennai, February 18-20, 2015.
International Conference on Renewable Energy (ICRE 2014), Pune, February 21-23, 2014.
2012 Annual Conference on Renewable Heating & Cooling, Copenhagen, Denmark, 26-27 Apr 2012.
Renewable Energy Solutions Training Course at the Edinburgh Napier University, Edinburgh, Scotland, 23-24 March 2012.
Renewable Energy World North America – 2012, Long Beach, California, US, 14-16 Feb, 2012.
Intelligent Cities Expo and Conference 2011, Hamburg, Germany, 8-10 Nov 2011.
British Institute of Energy Economics (BIEE) conference on Is the future electric? Decarbonising the UK energy sector, London, UK, Sept 2011.
The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) conference on Smart Grid, London, UK, June 2011.
IMechE Event on Ground source heat pumps, London, UK, Feb 2011.
ReVISIONS International Symposium at University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK, Sept 2010.
Energy in transition conference on ‘Energy efficiency strategy - making local implementation effective’, London, UK, June 2010.
The Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) workshop on Ground Source Heat Pumps, London, UK, March 2010.
The Royal Academy of Engineering (RAE) UK-India workshop on Engineering Challenges of Deploying New Solar Energy Capacity in India, London, UK, Sept 2009.
RESOLVE Conference on ‘Sustainable lives? The challenges of low-carbon living in a changing economic climate’, London, UK, June 2009.

Training Programmes/ Conferences Organized

Coordinator of ISHRAE-AICTE sponsored Faculty Development Programme on Refrigeration and Air Conditioning held on December 16-20, 2019 at BITS, Pilani Hyderabad Campus. 2019.
Co-convener of the 5th International conference on Product Modeling, Simulation and Synthesis (PLMSS-2015) held on December 15-17, 2015 at BITS, Pilani Hyderabad Campus. 2015.
Organizing committee member of the National Conference on Energy Management in Changing Business Scenario at BITS, Pilani. 2005.
Organizing committee member of the workshop titled Energy Saving in Steam Systems at BITS, Pilani, 2005.
Organizing committee member of the training program titled Renewable Energy Planning and Policy at BITS Pilani, sponsored by MNES, New Delhi, for their senior officials and chief executives of the state nodal agencies, 2001.

Projects Coordinated

Managed EPSRC funded projects at the University of Surrey, UK.
Guided several students research projects at the Centre for Energy and Environment Development (CREED), BITS, Pilani funded by MNES, Government of India.

Affiliations

Galileo Master Certificate recipient from The European Energy Centre
Member of European Energy Centre
Life Member of Solar Energy Society of India
Life Member of Indian Society for Heat and Mass Transfer
Life Member of Indian Society for Technical Education
Associate Member of Institution of Engineers (India)
Member of British Institution of Energy Economics
Senior Member of International Association of Computer Science and Information Technology
Member of Nitron Circle of Experts, New York, USA
Member of South Asia Institute of Science and Engineering

Others

Conferences

Conference / Seminar / Workshop Organized

Convener: 5^th Workshop on Analytical Instruments for Chemical and Environmental Engineers (WAICEE – 2023), March 28-29, 2023.
Organizing Committee Member: International Conference on Nanotechnology for Sustainable Living & Environment (ICON-NSLE 2022; Online), 14-16 April, 2022, BITS Pilani.
Member, National Advisory Committee in the International Conference on Advances in Systems, Control and Computing (AISCC2020), Feb 27-28,2020 at Malaviya National Institute of Technology (MNIT),Jaipur, India.
Organizing Chair: 4^th Workshop on Analytical Instruments for Chemical and Environmental Engineers (WAICEE – 2019), March 25-26, 2019.
Organizing Chair: 3^rd Workshop on Analytical Instruments for Chemical and Environmental Engineers (WAICEE – 2017), 10-11 Feb 2017. BITS Pilani.
Organizing Committee Member: Symposium on Sustainable Technology Development in Polymer (SSTDP-2016) March 11-12, 2016, BITS Pilani.
Organizing Committee Member: 2^nd Workshop on Analytical Instruments for Chemical and Environmental Engineers (WAICEE – 2015) February 27-28, 2015, BITS Pilani.
Organizing Committee Member: Workshop on Analytical Instruments for Chemical and Environmental Engineers (WAICEE – 2013) March 22-23, 2013, BITS Pilani.
Organized Secretary, 8^th Annual Session of Students’ Chemical Engineering Congress (SCHEMCON – 2012), September 21-22, BITS Pilani.
Resource Faculty, Academic Development Programme-(1 & 2) in Basic Process Engineering for the Employees of Bharat Aluminum Company Limited, Korba, Organized by Practice School Division, BITS Pilani, (respectively during February 26 – March 25, 2010; and June 25 – July 22, 2010).
Resource Faculty, Academic Development Programme in Basic Process Engineering – (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11) for the Employees of Hindustan Zinc Limited, Udaipur, Organized by Practice School Division, BITS Pilani, (respectively during December 08, 2006 - Janaury 09, 2007; January 12 - February 13, 2007; January 07 – February 03, 2009; February 04 – March 03, 2009; March 14 – April 10, 2009; June 29 – July 24, 2009; August 13 – September 09, 2009; and June 21 – July 19, 2010).
Resource Faculty, Workshop on Process Equipment Design for the Employees of Engineers India Limited (EIL), Bhikaji Cama Place, New Delhi , organized by Research & Consultancy Division of BITS Pilani at EIL-New Delhi, October 30-31, 2007.
Resource Faculty, Academic Refresher Course Programme–III for the Employees of Hindustan Zinc Limited, Udaipur, Organized by Practice School Division, BITS Pilani, November 06-December 05, 2006.
Organizing Committee Member, National Conference on Environmental Conservation (NCEC-2006), BITS Pilani, September 1-3, 2006.
Organizing Committee Member, Seminar-cum-Intensive Course on Novel Separation Techniques and Their Applications to Indian Chemical Industries, BITS-Pilani, March 20-23, 2001.
Organizing Committee Member, Seminar-cum-Intensive Course on Environmental Pollution and Its Control, BITS-Pilani, March 10-13, 1999.

Conference / Workshop Attended

Indo-German Workshop on "Green Manufacturing", Jointly Organized by Technische Universität (TU) Braunschweig, Germany and Birla Institute of Technology and Science Pilani, India, September 21, 2009.
Summer School Programme on “Petroleum Refining and Petrochemicals” held at Indian Oil Institute of Petroleum Management, Gurgaon organized by Petrotech Society, New Delhi from June 25 to June 30, 2007.
National Conference on Frontiers in Chemical Engineering (NCFCE-2007), 12-14 December, 2007, IIT Guwahati.
Industry-Academia Interface in the 7th International oil and gas conference and Exhibition (PETROTECH – 2007) held at Hall 18, Pragati Maidan, New Delhi from 17th to 18th January, 2007.
National Conference on Issues Related to IPR: Opportunity and Challenges and National Workshop on Patent Search, Documentation, Drafting and Infringement Analysis, Organized by Research and Consultancy Division, BITS Pilani during March 3-4, 2006.
The 58th Annual Session of Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (CHEMCON-2005) during December 14-17, 2005 in Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi.
International Conference on Emerging Technologies in Intelligent System and Control (EISCO-2005) during January 5-7, 2005 in Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore.

Invited Talks Delivered

“Vedic Cosmology” in the Summer School-2022 organized by Bhaktivedanta Institute, Kolkata in Ayurvedic College, Puri during July 15-17, 2022.
“On Origin of Life: A Vedantic Perspective” in the Summer School-2021 organized Online/Offline by Bhaktivedanta Institute, Kolkata in Biom, Nabadwip during June 16-20, 2021.
“In Search for Happiness” webinar talk to the students of Arya School of Management & Information Technology, a premier B School of Bhubaneswar on 11th February 2021.
“Characterization of Petroleum and its Products” in International Webinar on Recent Advances in Science and Technology during the Coronavirus Pandemic, organized by Department of Chemistry, BIT Mesra, Ranchi during July 18-19, 2020.
“Science and Human Values” in the Two-days National Seminar and Workshop on “Science, Religion and World Peace” held in NIT Kurukshetra during September 18-19, 2010.
"State-of-the-art in Consciousness Studies" in Bhaktivedanta Institute (BI), Kolkata on May 25, 2010.
“Strengthening PS-I Programme Through Knowledge Sharing” in the Seminar on University-Industry Linkages during March 9-11, 2007, Organized by Practice School Division, BITS, Pilani, Supported by UGC, New Delhi and CEL & TBI, BITS, Pilani.
“Science and Religion” in the Sociology Department of Hyderabad University on June 26, 2006.
“Dynamic Matrix Control (DMC)” for the members of Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (IIChE) Damanjodi Regional Centre in July 2006.
“Technology, Religion and Human Values” for the employees of National Aluminium Company (NALCO), Damanjodi on June 14, 2006.

Professional Activities

Professional Memberships

Indian Geotechnical Society (IGS) - Life Member No. LM- 3702 (14342).
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)-Affiliate Member No. 9970883.
The International Network on Landslide Early Warning Systems (LandAware - LEWS).
TRB - AKG60. TRB Standing Committee on Geotechnical Instrumentation and Modeling.
TRB – TRB Standing Committee on Mechanics and Drainage of Saturated and Unsaturated Geomaterials.

Faculty Information

Education:

Ph.D. : Indian Institute of Technology at Madras, Chennai (2000)

M.Sc. : Government College of Arts and Science, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore (1993)

B.Sc. : Sri Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya College of Arts and Science, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore (1991)

Research Experience:

IIT Madras, India (1999): Synthesis and characterization of coordination polymers for the catalytic oxidative transformation of hydrocarbons using green oxidants (with Prof. S. Vancheesan)

Bar-Ilan University, Israel (1999-2001): Reaction mechanism of transient organometallic intermediates using time resolved spectroscopy studies (with Prof. Richard H. Schultz)

University of Delaware, USA (2001-2005): Bio-inorganic studies of anaerobic microorganisms acetyl coenzyme A synthase (with Prof. Charles G. Riordan)

University of Georgia, USA (2005-2006): Bio-inorganic studies of superoxide reductase (with Prof. Michael K. Johnson)

University of Texas at Arlington, USA (2006-2007): Fluorinated scorpionate complexes for C-H activation (with Prof. Rasika H. V. Dias)

Virginia Tech., USA (2007-2009): Solar energy conversions using supramolecular molecular devices (with Prof. Karen J. Brewer)

Other Responsibilities/Contribution

Nucleus Member - AUGSD, BITS Pilani K.K. Birla Goa Campus Since February 2023
Hostel Warden (DH3- hostel) since January, 2023
EEE Department Research Committee (DRC) Member
Lab-in-Charge of Digital Communication Laboratory
Library Committee Member from EEE Department
Reviewer to IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, IEEE Microwave and Wireless Component Letters, IET Electronics Letters, Microwave and Optical Technology Letters (Wiley), Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications (Taylor & Francis), IETE Technical Review, PIER.

Recent Papers presented at Conferences

Presented a paper on “A Transgender Logic of Collective Action” at the 2nd International Trans Studies Conference (virtually) organized by Northwestern University, USA from 4-7 September 2024.

Co-Presented a paper on “Public policy, institutions and power” at the WOW7- Commons, Polycentricity, & Democracy: Building upon 50 years of Ostrom Governance Research” organised by the Ostrom Workshop, Indiana University (virtually) on 19-21 June, 2024.
Organised the International Association for the Study of the Commons (IASC) Early Career Network (ECN) Online International “Workshop on the Study of Commons,” held from May 27-29, 2024.
Presented a paper on commons governance at the second workshop on Convening of Knowledge Partners on the Study of Commons in India organized by Foundation for Ecological Security (FES) in Goa on 6^th and 7^th April, 2024.
Presented a poster titled “Sustainability and Climate Justice for the Global South at the Twelfth INSEE Biennial Conference on SDGs and Climate Change: Understanding the Imperatives and Intersections organised at BML Munjal University from 31 January to 02 February 2024
Presented in a workshop on Convening of Knowledge Partners on the Study of Commons in India organised by Foundation for Ecological Security (FES) in Bengaluru on 12th and 13th January, 2024
Presented two papers titled “A polycentric framework to understand small-scale irrigation in Andhra Pradesh, India” and “Understanding the Relationship Between Sustainability and Ecofeminism in an Indian Context” at the IASC 2023 - XIX Biennial IASC Conference on 'The Commons We Want: Between Historical Legacies and Future Collective Actions' held at Nairobi, Kenya from 19 Jun 2023 to 24 Jun 2023.

Presented a paper titled “A Polycentric Understanding of the Relationship between S&T CSOs and the State” at the National Workshop on Making of an S&T-Enabled Rural India: State-Civil Society Shared Engagements, 1980-2010 ,co-organisers by Gujarat Institute of Development Research, Ahmedabad and Shiv Nadar Institution of Eminence, Delhi NCR Supported by Ford Foundation, New Delhi, Hosted at Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bengaluru on May 27-28, 2023.

Presented a paper titled “Framing Relationships: State and Actors in the Civic Space” at the National Workshop on Civil Society, State and Science: Transformative Initiatives in/for Rural India, 1980s-2010s held at the India International Centre, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi on 22nd and 23^rd Jan 2023

Presented a paper titles, “Climate justice and India’s sustainable future” at the international conference on “Justice in the transition away from coal: Planning for a decarbonised India” in IIIT Hyderabad from 11th to 12th Jan 2023

Presented a paper titled, “India’s Sustainable Future: Critical Questions and Challenges” at the BITS Pilani-Hiroshima University Workshop on Sustainable Life and Sustainable Planet on 2^nd Nov, 2022

Presented a paper titled “Understanding Polycentricity and Intersectionality in small scale irrigation systems in water-stressed regions of India” at the Ostrom Workshop Research Series organised by Ostrom workshop, Indiana University, USA on 21^stSept, 2022.

Presented a paper with Mousami Prasad (Australian National University), titled “Industrial accidents and environmental degradation: Exploring the Linkages and Responses in India” at the INSEE-IIITD International Conference 2021 from December 15-17, 2021.

Presented a paper titled “Who Wants to Conserve the Western Ghats? The Politics of Conflict and Conservation in Idukki district, Kerala” at the 7th International Degrowth and 16th ISEE Joint Conference on Building Alternative Livelihoods in times of ecological and political crisis hosted by The University of Manchester from 5^th of 8^th July, 2021

Presented a paper titled “Environmental Justice and Ecological Alternatives” at the 26th International Political Science Association (IPSA) World Congress of Political Science held virtually from 10^th to 15th July 2021.

Presented a paper titled “A Search for Ecological Alternatives: A Case Study of the Politics of Water and Scarcity in Andhra Pradesh, India” at the International Association for the Study of the Commons (IASC) 2021 Water Commons Virtual Conference hosted by Arizona State University, USA from May 19 to May 21^st, 2021

Co-presented a paper titled “When I Looked, There She Stood” with Ms. Anwesha Mohanty at the Rural Women’s Studies (RWSA) Triennial Conference hosted by University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada from May 11-15, 2021

Presented a paper titled “Social Resilience: The Role of Local Institutions in Addressing Vulnerability in Times of Crisis in the Context of the COVID Pandemic” at the International Webinar on Rethinking the Role of Local Governments in a Post Covid-19 World organized by the Centre for Gandhian Studies, Central University of Kerala, Kasaragod, Kerala (India) & Centre for Rural Management (CRM), Kottayam, Kerala (India) from December 10^th to 14^th, 2020.

Presented a paper titled “A Search for Ecological Alternatives: A Case Study of the Politics of Water and Scarcity in Andhra Pradesh, India” at the conference on Collective Action in The 21st Century: Reimagining The Public And The State organized by the Department of International Relations and Governance Studies, Shiv Nadar University from 21st to 23rd October 2020.

Presented a paper titled “The Search for Alternative Irrigation Practices and the Politics of Water and Scarcity” at the third biennial conference of the Political Ecology Network (POLLEN) organized by the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, UK from 22^nd to 25^th Sept, 2020.

Participated in the workshop on “Workshop on Speculative Futurism” organized on zoom by Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Physics and Earth Science at Framingham State University in Massachusetts, USA on 3^rd August, 2020

Participated in the ‘De-growth Vienna 2020: Strategies for Social-Ecological Transformation’ from May 29^th to June 1^st2020, hosted by Institute for Social Ecology (SEC), Vienna

Was an invited Panelist on the theme "The Environment & the Indian Constitution" at NALSAR, Hyderabad on 4th March, 2020 and presented a paper on “Environmental Justice: A Political Ecology Perspective” for the NALSAR Lecture Series on Constitutionalism

Presented a paper titled ‘Who Wants to Conserve the Western Ghats? A Study of Resistance to Conservation and its Undercurrents in Karunapuram panchayat, within the Cardamom Hill Reserve in Idukki district’ at the Research Unit on Local Self-Government Seminar at The Centre for Development Studies, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala on 25^th November 2019.

Presented a paper titled ‘Alternative ways of understanding ecological conservation practices to enable environmental justice for all’ at the INSEE-CESS International Conference on Climate Change and Disasters: Challenges, Opportunities and Responses, the Tenth Biennial Conference of the Indian Society for Ecological Economics (INSEE) held from 6-8 November 2019 at the Centre for Economic and Social Studies, Hyderabad

Presented a paper titled ‘A Policy Review of Environmental Governance in India’ at ‘Unpacking the Complexity of Regulatory Governance in a Globalising World: An International Conference’ held at the Chinese University of Hong Kongon 4-6 July 2019.

Presented a paper titled ‘Paper Forests in the City of Hyderabad, India’ at the conference on Entangled Natures: A Conference on Human Ecology from 14th to 17th February 2019 at the School of Human Ecology (SHE) Ambedkar University Delhi (AUD).

Presented a paper titled ‘Rural social movements and emancipatory possibilities in India’ at the Emancipatory Rural Politics Initiative (ERPI) South Asia Collective Workshop on 12 and 13 January, 2019, University of Jaffna, Jaffna, Sri Lanka.

Presented a paper titled “The Political Economy of Decentralisation and Forest Resource Management (FRM): A Study of the Effectiveness of Decentralised FRM Institutions” at the Asia Region Biennial International Association Study of the Commons Conference on “Redefining Diversity and Dynamism of Natural Resource Management in Asia”, on 13-16, July, 2018, AIT, Thailand.

Presented a paper titled “Ecological Romanticism and Farmer’s Protest in Tamil Nadu, India: The Bull and The River” at the international conference on Authoritarian Populism and the Rural World, on 17-18 March, 2018. The conference was organized by Emancipatory Rural Politics Initiative (ERPI) at the International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) of Erasmus University, The Hague.

Presented a paper titled “Perspectives on Gender Equality in the Context of Environmental Sustainability” at the Ninth Biennial Conference of Indian Society for Ecological Economics (INSEE) (International) held at the Kerala Institute of Local Administration (KILA), Thrissur from the 8^th to 10^th of Nov, 2017

Presented a paper titled “Decentralised Democracy in India: Gandhi's Vision and Reality” at the National Seminar on Decentralization and Alternative Development: Exploring the Ideas of Gandhi & Kumarappa held at the Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC), Bangalore from 29th and 30th, November 2017.

Publication – Journals

Abhishek Anand, Kaustubh Tripathi, Amit Kumar, Suresh Gupta, Smita Raghuvanshi, Sanjay Kumar Verma, Bio-Mitigation of Carbon Dioxide Using Desmodesmus sp. in the Custom-Designed Pilot-Scale Loop Photobioreactor, Sustainability, 9882, 13, 2021.
Akshya Khandelwal, Abhishek Anand, Smita Raghuvanshi, Suresh Gupta, ‘’Integrated approach for microbial carbon dioxide (CO2) fixation process and wastewater treatment for the production of hydrocarbons: Experimental studies”, Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 105-116, 9, 2021.
Shrinidhi Sambamurthy, Smita Raghuvanshi, Kuldip Singh Sangwan, Environmental impact of recycling spent lithium-ion batteries, 2021, Procedia CIRP, Procedia CIRP, 98, 2021. 631 – 636.
Abhishek Anand, Smita Raghuvanshi, Suresh Gupta, Trends in Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Fixation by Microbial Cultivations. Current Sustainable/Renewable Energy Reports, Vol. 7, pp. 40–47, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40518-020-00149-1
Apoorv Lal, Apoorva Gupta, Smita Raghuvanshi, Application of chlorine dioxide (ClO₂) in controlling biofilm growth over heat exchangers: theoretical & experimental approach. International Journal of Advances in Science Engineering and Technology, Vol.8, pp. 71-75, 2020.
Somesh Mishra, Smita Raghuvanshi, Suresh Gupta, Carbon dioxide to bio-fuels by mixed and pure microbial cultures isolated from activated sludge: relative evaluation of CO2 fixation, biodiesel production, and thermodynamic analysis, Green House Gases: Science and Technology, Vol. 9, pp. 1135-1157, 2019.
Smita Raghuvanshi, Vikrant Bhakar, Ramakrishna Chava, K S Sangwan, “Comparative study using life cycle approach for the biodiesel production from microalgae grown in wastewater and fresh water”, Procedia CIRP, 69, 568 – 572, 2018.
Rajnish Prakash Singh, Somesh Mishra, Prameela Jha, Smita Raghuvanshi, Prabhat Nath Jha, 2018. Effect of inoculation of zinc-resistant bacterium Enterobacter ludwigii CDP-14 on growth, biochemical parameters and zinc uptake in wheat (Triticum aestivum) plant. Ecological Engineering, 116, 163-174, 2018.
Somesh Mishra, Silabrata Pahari, Shiva, K, Suvrasoumya Mohanty, Suresh Gupta, Smita Raghuvanshi, Investigation on CO₂ bio-mitigation using Halomonas stevensii in laboratory scale bioreactor: Design of downstream process and its economic feasibility analysis. Journal of CO₂ Utilization, Vol. 24, PP. 274 – 286, 2018.
Smita Raghuvanshi, Vikrant Bhakar, Chelikani Sowmya, K.S. Sangwana, “Waste water treatment plant life cycle assessment: treatment process to reuse of water”, Procedia CIRP, Vol. 61, pp. 761-766, 2017.
Somesh Mishra, Smita Raghuvanshi, Energyassessment and product evaluation studies”, Process Biochemistry, Vol. 55, pp. 133-145, 2017.Suresh Gupta, Kaushik Raj, “Application of novel thermo-tolerant haloalkalophilic bacterium Halomonas stevensii for bio mitigation of gaseous phase CO₂
Somesh Mishra, Piyush Chauhan, Suresh Gupta, Smita Raghuvanshi, Rajnish P. Singh, Prabhat N. Jha, CO2 sequestration potential of halo-tolerant bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa SSL-4 and its application for recovery of fatty alcohols. Process Safety and Environment Protection, Vol. 111, pp. 582-591, 2017. (IF: 4.966)
Subhajit Majumder, Vedansh Gupta, Smita Raghuvanshi, Suresh Gupta, Simultaneous sequestration of ternary metal ions (Cr6+, Cu2+ and Zn2+) from aqueous solution by an indigenous bacterial consortium, Process Safety and Environmental Protection, Vol. 102, pp. 786-798. 2016
Subhajit Majumder, Smita Raghuvanshi, Suresh Gupta, Application of a hybrid biofilter column for the removal of Cr(VI) from aqueous solution using an indigenous bacterial strain Pseudomonas taiwanensis, Bioremediation Journal, Vol. 20, pp. 10-23. 2016.
Subhajit Majumder, Smita Raghuvanshi, Suresh Gupta, Sequestration of Zn2+ from aqueous solution using Klebsiella pneumoniae: Batch kinetics and continuous studies, Journal of Water Process Engineering, Vol. 12, pp. 89–104, 2016
Somesh Mishra, Suresh Gupta, Smita Raghuvanshi, Pratibha Pal, Energetic assessment of fixation of CO₂ and subsequent biofuel production using B. cereus SM1 isolated from sewage treatment, Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering, Vol. 39, pp. 1247 – 1258. 2016.
Vikrant Bhakar, D.N.S. Hemanth Kumar, Nitin Krishna Sai, Kuldip Singh Sangwan, Smita Raghuvanshi, Life cycle assessment of filtration systems of reverse osmosis units: a case study of a university campus, Procedia CIRP, Vol. 40, pp. 268 – 273, 2016.
Majumder, Subhajit; Gangadhar, Gayathri; Raghuvanshi, Smita; Gupta, Suresh, “A comprehensive study on the behavior of a novel bacterial strain Acinetobacter guillouiae for bioremediation of divalent copper”, Bioprocess & Biosystems Engineering. 2015, Vol. 38 Issue 9, pp.1749-1760.
Somesh Mishra, Rajnish P singh, Smita Raghuvanshi, Suresh Gupta, Deducing the Bio-Perspective Capabilities of Fe(II) Oxidizing Bacterium Isolated from Extreme Environment, Biochemistry & Analytical Biochemistry, Published online (doi:10.4172/2161-1009.1000166). 2015
Subhajit Majumder, Gayathri Gangadhar, Smita Raghuvanshi, Suresh Gupta, "Biofilter column for removal of divalent copper from aqueous solutions: performance evaluation and kinetic modeling", Journal of Water Process Engineering, 6:136-143, 2015 (DOI: 10.1016/j.jwpe.2015.03.008).
Subhajit Majumder, Smita Raghuvanshi, Suresh Gupta, Estimation of Kinetic Parameters for Bioremediation of Cr(VI) from Wastewater using Pseudomonas taiwanensis an isolated strain from Enriched Mixed Culture, Bioremediation, Vol. 18, pp. 236–247, 2014.
Majumder Subhajit, Raghuvanshi Smita, Gupta Suresh, "Estimation of Kinetic Parameters for Bioremediation of Cr(VI) from Wastewater using Pseudomonas taiwanensis an isolated strain from Enriched Mixed Culture", Bioremediation Journal, 18(3): 236-247, 2014.
Subhajit Majumder, Smita Raghuvanshi, Suresh Gupta, Biodegradation kinetics of Cr (VI) by acclimated mixed culture, Research Journal of Chemistry and Environment, Vol. 15 (No. 2), pp. 181 – 184, 2011.
Smita Raghuvanshi, Suresh Gupta, B. V. Babu, Growth Kinetics of Acclimated Mixed Culture for Degradation of Iso-Propyl Alcohol (IPA), Journal of Biotechnology & Biomaterials, Published online, S13:002. doi: 10.4172/2155-952X.S13-002.
Smita Raghuvanshi and B.V. Babu, 2010. Biodegradation kinetics of methyl iso-butyl ketone (MIBK) by acclimated mixed culture. Biodegradation, 21, 31 – 42.
Smita Raghuvanshi and B.V. Babu, 2010. Biofiltration for removal of Methyl Iso Butyl Ketone (MIBK): Experimental Studies and Kinetic Modeling. Environmental Technology, 31, 29 – 40.
Smita Raghuvanshi and B.V. Babu , 2009. Experimental Studies and Kinetic Modeling for Removal of Methyl Ethyl Ketone using Biofiltration. Bioresource Technology, 100, 3855 – 3861.
B.V. Babu and Smita Raghuvanshi, 2006. Simulation Studies on Transient Model for Biofilter operated in Periodic Mode. Journal on Engineering and Technology, 1, 72-76.

Administrative Responsibilities

• Member, Departmental Committee for Academics (DCA) [Sept 2024 - Aug 2026]
• Member, Departmental Research Committee (DRC) [Sept 2022 - Aug 2024]
• Member, Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBSC) [Sept 2023 - Aug 2026]
• Coordinator of Departmental Annual Purchases [2022 onwards]
• Non-Resident Warden of Gandhi Hostel [Aug 2023 – July 2025]
• Executive Committee Member, BITS Staff Association [Sept 2023 - Aug 2025]

Membership in Professional Societies

Senior Member, IEEE
Life member, Institute of Smart Structures and Systems (ISSS).
Member, VLSI Society of India (VSI)

Membership in Academic/Research Boards

Member, Board of Studies (BOS), Faculty of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering, Goa University, Goa, India. [2024-2027]
Member, Research Advisory Committee (RAC), Centre for Nanoelectronics and VLSI Design, VIT, Chennai, India [2024-2026]
Member, Board of Studies (BOS), Faculty of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Christ University, Bengaluru, India. [2020-2022]
Member, Board of Studies (BOS), Faculty of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Sathyabama University, Chennai, India. [2014-2018]
Member, Board of Studies (BOS), Faculty of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Kamaraj College of Engineering and Technology, Madurai, India. [2020-2022]

Administration: Institutional Activity

Faculty In-Charge, Placement Unit from Dec 2014 to December 2022
Head of Department, Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Nov 2017 to Nov 2019
Member of Senate, BITS Pilani from Nov 2017 to till date
Team leader for Sandbox (procurement and management) from Aug 2015 till Aug 2017
Nucleus member of the Student Welfare Division (SWD) from May 2014 to Dec 2014
Warden for AH-1 hostel from Jan 2014 to Dec 2015
Nucleus member of the Student Welfare and Admissions Division (SWD & A) from May 2009 to May 2014
Non-resident warden for AH-1 hostel from May 2010 to Dec 2013
Faculty coordinator for the annual technical festival “QUARK”, BITS Pilani K K Birla Goa Campus for 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011
Recourse person for the Intensive Teaching Workshop (ITW) 2009

Administration: Departmental Activity

Convener for the Departmental Committee on Academics (DCA), from Nov 2014 to Nov 2016
Member of the Departmental Committee on Academics (DCA), from Nov 2014 to Nov 2019 and Jun 2022 to till date
Member of the Departmental Research Committee (DRC) from Jan 2014 to Dec 2015, Nov 2017 to Jun 2022, and Feb 2024 to till date
In-charge of the Reconfigurable computing laboratory from May 2012 to Feb 2014 and Nov 2017 to till date
Faculty in-charge of the EEE student association from May 2006 to June 2009
In-charge of the analog and digital lab from May 2006 to June 2009
Member of departmental curriculum redesign committee for ECE, EEE & EIE

Events Conducted

Dr. Pankaj Arora successfully conducted a 5-days Faculty Development Programme (FDP) on "Recent Advances in Photonics" sponsored by AICTE on November 25-29 November 2021 at BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus.

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Dr. Pankaj Arora organized an invited talk by Dr. Naresh Chand, Life fellow IEEE, on "Photonics and Optical Communication Network" on 29th September 2022 at BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus.

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Other Activities Involved in/at BITS Pilani

Conferences/Workshops Organized

Organized a Research Scholar Day in Civil Engineering” held at BITS, Pilani, 6^th December 2024 as a Head of the Department.
Organized a National Online Lecture Series-II on “Sustainability in Civil Engineering” held at BITS, Pilani, 6^th November 2024 as a Head of the Department.
Organized an Intensive Teaching Workshop in Civil Engineering” held at BITS, Pilani, 19^th October 2024 as a Head of the Department.
One of the Organizing Members of the Third International Conference on “Advances in Concrete, Structural and Geotechnical Engineering-2024” held at BITS, Pilani, 26-28^th February 2024.
Coordinator of the Faculty Development Programme (FDP), title "Sustainability in Civil Engineering" under "AICTE Training and Learning (ATAL) Academies", All India Council for Technical Education, New Delhi from 14th November to 24th November 2022.
One of the Organizing Members of a National Online Lecture Series on “Sustainability in Civil Engineering” held at BITS, Pilani, 18^th September 2021.
One of the Organizing Members of an International Webinar on “Smart Cities – Beyond Pandemics” held at BITS, Pilani, 10-11^th July 2020.
One of the Organizing Secretaries of the Second International Conference on “Advances in Concrete, Structural and Geotechnical Engineering-2018” held at BITS, Pilani, 26-28^th February 2018.
One of the coordinators of the National workshop on “Structural Health Monitoring and Rehabilitation - 2012” held at BITS, Pilani, 19-20th September, 2012.
Organizing Secretary of the International Conference on “Advances in Concrete, Structural and Geotechnical Engineering-2009” held at BITS, Pilani, 25-27^th October, 2009.

Activities as Examiner of Ph.D/M.E/M.Tech Thesis

Examiner of one of the Ph.D Theses entitled “Nonlinear Analysis of Ultra-High-Strength Concrete-Filled Steel Tubular Columns” by Dr. Dao Hoang Hiep Phan, La Trobe University, Australia, 2021-22.
Examiner of one of the Ph.D Theses entitled “Analysis and design of composite columns” by Dr. Mohammadreza Zarringol, La Trobe University, Australia, 2021-22.
Examiner of one of the Ph.D Theses entitled “Structural Behavior of Rice Husk Biochar Concrete” by Mr. Akash Aneja, Lovely Professional University, Punjab, India, 2022-23.
Examiner of one of the Ph.D Theses entitled “Analysis and design of composite columns” by Mr Tuan Trung Le, La Trobe University, Australia, 2022-23.
Examiner of one of the Ph.D Theses entitled “Experimental investigation on geopolymeric natural and recycled aggregate concrete” by Ms TANUJA GUPTA, GURU GHASIDAS VISHWAVIDYALAYA (A++ GRADED UNIVERSITY), BILASPUR, CHATTISGARH, INDIA, 2024-25.
Examiner of one of the Ph.D Theses entitled “Reliability-based Evaluation and Performance Assessment of Bridges under Extreme Flood Conditions” by Mr. Raj Kamal Arora, IIT Bombay, Maharashtra, INDIA, 2024-25.

Activities as Reviewer

Acted as one of the reviewer for Curie Journal, BITS Pilani.
Reviewer of the book “Engineering Mechanics” published by Pearson Education and “Life Cycle Ecological Footprint of Buildings” by Springer Nature.
Acted as a reviewer in various journals and book chapters under Taylor & Francis Group and Techno-Press, Indian Concrete Journal, Elsevier, Institute of Engineers, Springer, ASCE etc.

Activities as Scientific/Technical Committee Member/Session Chair

Session Chair in the 3^rd ACSGE-2024 conference, BITS Pilani, 26-28th February, 2024.
One of the Committee Members in the online F-EIR Conference 2021 - Environment Concerns and its Remediation, Chandigarh, 18-22^nd October, 2021.
One of the Scientific and Technical Committee Members in the 3^rd ITCSD conference, NITTTR Chandigarh, 19-21st February, 2020.
Session Chair in three sessions in the 3^rd ITCSD conference, NITTTR Chandigarh, 19-21st February, 2020.
One of the Members in Technical Program Committee in the Architecture and Civil Engineering Conference (ACE-2018), Singapore, 2018.

Attended and Presented at Conferences/Workshops

Attended ASCE Engineering Mechanics Institute 2024 International Conference (EMI 2024 IC), TU Wien, Vienna, Austria, September 11-13, 2024.
Attended Second International Conference on Construction Materials and Structures (ICCMS 2022) (virtual mode), NIT Calicut, December 14-18, 2022.
Participated as one of the coordinators in the Q & A session in one of the invited lectures on 500th lecture on "Challenges in Design & Construction of World’s Tallest Rail Bridge” by of Er. Saibaba Ankala, (Cheif Ex-Engineer, Indian Railways, June 2021.
Gaurav Tyagi, Anupam Singhal, Srikanta Routroy, and Dipendu Bhunia, “A critical review on the utilization of Electric Arc Furnace Slag: Application, Challenges and Prospects”, 2nd CRSIDE (ASCE) conference (Attended and Presented), Kolkata India, 2-4^th March, 2020.
Gaurav Tyagi, Anupam Singhal, Srikanta Routroy, Dipendu Bhunia, Mukund Lahoti and Veluri Sai Manish, “A Review on Sustainable Utilization of Industrial Wastes in Radiation Shielding Concrete”, 3^rd ITCSD conference (Attended and Presented), NITTTR Chandigarh, 19-21st February, 2020.
S. Hussain, D. Bhunia and S.B.Singh, “Influence of curing duration on accelerated carbonation of concrete and the uncertainties in its measurement”, 14th International Conference on Concrete Engineering and Technology 2018 (CONCET2018) (Attended and Presented), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 7-10^th August, 2018.
Attended and participated an International Conference on "Civil Engineering Conference in the Asian Region (CECAR7)" at Hawaii from 30.08.2016 to 02.09.2016 through DST overhead and Institute Special Contingency grant.
Attended interdisciplinary research workshop organized by BITS Pilani held at Hyderabad Campus in the month of November, 2015.
Attended and presented a paper entitled “EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF THE EFFECT OF CARBONATION ON PROPERTIES OF PLAIN CONCRETE”, Eighth International Conference on Construction in the 21st Century (CITC-8) “Changing the Field: Recent Developments for the Future of Engineering and Construction” May 27-30, 2015, Thessaloniki, Greece through Institute Special Contingency grant.
Attended and presented a paper entitled “Investigation on the Behavior of Conventional Reinforced Coupling Beams”, International Conference on Construction and Civil Engineering (ICCCE-2013), 24-25th December, Bangkok Thailand through DST Travel grant.
Attended and presented a paper entitled “A Study on Effect of Carbonation on the Properties of Concrete”, UKIERI Congress-2013, NIT Jalandhar, 5-8th March 2013 through Institute Contingency grant.
Participated in the Workshop on Technology Entrepreneurship for Faculty from 23-24th November, 2007

Expert Member in the Govt./Pvt. Sector

Acted as one of the expert members in Civil Engineering from BITS Pilani in Rajasthan Public Service Commission (RPSC), Ajmer, 2019 and 2023.
Acted as an expert member to conduct an Interview for selection of the post of Estate Manager in LNMIIT, Jaipur, 30^th March 2022 and 12^th January 2023.
Acting as one of the technical committee members (SSD) in Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), Govt of India, Jan, 2024 to till date.
Acted as a moderator in Civil Engineering from BITS Pilani in Gujarat Public Service Commission (GPSC) under UPSC, Ahmedabad, 2024.

Warden/Member in the Institute

Acted as a Warden of Ram Bhawan from 21.11.2014 to 31.08.2022.
Acted as a Warden of Budh Bhawan from 21.11.2014 to 31.12.2014 and Malviya Extension from 21.11.2014 to 31.07.2017.
Worked as one of the members in User Council team for Project Parivartan at BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus from August, 2015 to August 2018.

Officer-in-Charge/Professor-In-Charge/Coordinators/Members in the Civil Engg Dept. and the Institute

Involve as a Head of the Department in consultancy work, like Safety checking, conducting NDT, drawing and design checking, SBC, et
One of the members has been actively participating in the senate since 01.09.2018.
Acted as a Faculty-in-Charge, Estate Management Unit from 01.09.2018 to 31.08.2024.
Acted as a Convener, Departmental Research Committee from 01.09.2018 to 31.08.2022.
One of the active members in BITSHAC helped to develop a policy for smooth distribution of staff quarters during the allotment 01.09.2018 to 30.11.2024.
Acted as an Officer-in-Charge in the Structural Engineering Laboratory and Concrete Engineering Laboratory (2012 to 2020).
Acted as an Officer-in-Charge in the R&D Consultancy Activities such as Safe Bearing Capacity of Soils, Concrete Cube Tests, Safety checking, Design of elevated water tank etc. of the Civil Engineering Department, BITS Pilani (2009 to 2012).
Appointed as Professor-In-Charge in Civil Engineering Association (2010-2015).
Involved as an expert member in the Professional Practice-I (Higher Degree Programme) at BITS, Pilani, (2008 to 2009).
Appointed as one of the members in the Central Library committee 2011-2012.
Involved in DST-FIST project proposal presentation at Indian Academy of Science Bengaluru 2011-2012.
Involvement as coordinator in Civil Engineering Department in preparation of National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) documents for the Academic Year of 2010-11 to 2014 -15.
Involvement in curriculum design in structural engineering subjects at both undergraduate level and post graduate level, (Continuous Process whenever Reqd.).
Involved as one of the members in Student Faculty Council (SFC) & Departmental Committee on Academics (DCA) in the Civil Engg Dept., (2016-2018).

Activities related to Practice School Division/Work-Integrated Learning Centre/BITSAT Duty at the Institute

BITSAT duty at Aurangabad in the year 2022.
Evaluated Practice School-II reports and Master’s Thesis.
Appointed as one of the Practice School-I’s Instructors in CBRI Roorkee 2008, IIP Dehradun 2008, Grasim Harihar 2010, NCCL Amreli 2011, Rourkela Steel Plant Orissa 2016, Kotputli Ultratech Cement Jaipur 2017, HBCSE Mumbai 2017, AERB Mumbai 2017, HPCL Mumbai 2017, VECC Kolkata 2018, DPSME Kolkata 2018, Irrigation and waterways Kolkata 2018, Quant-one Kolkata 2018, Aditya Birla Insulator Hooghly 2018, Gujarat Cement Kovaya 2021, Aditya Cement Works 2021, Vikram Cements 2021, Instrumentation Solution Civil 2021, Rajshree Cement 2021 and Road & Building Department Telengana 2021
Act as one of the invigilators for distance learning programme in NTPC, Kahalgaon 2009 and Gujarat Cement Works, Kovaya 2011.
Deputed at NCCL, Amreli Gujarat during summer vacation 2011 for familiarization with cement industry.
Acted as an external examiner in Practice School-2.
Helped to open a new PS-1 station at Irrigation and waterways department, Kolkata, West Bengal in the year of 2016.
Appointed as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) in PS1 program at Gurgaon, Faridabad, Lucknow, Jaipur, Roorkee, Damanjodi, Kolkata and Guwahati, 2019.
BITSAT duty at Lucknow in the year 2013.

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION & MEMBERSHIP:

Life Member of Indian Society for Earthquake Technology (ISET) Registration No. LM 1327
Student Member of Indian Association of Structural Engineers (IStructE) Registration No. S-062
Life Member of Indian Society for Wind Engineering(ISWE)
Member of American Concrete Institute (ACI) Membership No: 1258882 (April, 2016 to March 2017)
Affiliated Member of American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Member ID: 10617565
Life Member of Indian Concrete Institute (ICI), Member No. 13629

Conferences Organized

National Conference on "Organic Chemistry in Sustainable Development: Recent Advances and Future Challenges" (OCSD-2016) at Department of Chemistry, BITS Pilani (August 29-30, 2016). Role: Chairman
International Conference on "Nascent Developments in Chemical Sciences: Opportunities for Academia-Industry Collaboration" (NDCS-2015) at Department of Chemistry, BITS Pilani (October 16-18, 2015). Role: Chairman
National Conference on Nano- and Functional Materials (NFM 2014) at Department of Chemistry, BITS Pilani (November 7-8, 2014). Role: Chairman
National Conference on Green and Sustainable Chemistry (NCGSC-2010), at Department of Chemistry, BITS Pilani, (February 19-21, 2010). Role: Co-convener
12th International Conference on “The interface of Chemistry-Biology in Biomedical Research” (ISCBC-2008), at Department of Chemistry, BITS Pilani (February 22-24, 2008). Role: Co-convener

Memberships

Fellow, Institute of Engineers (FIE) (Membership No: F-1197203)
Senior Member (SMIIE: 10316 (99)), Indian Institution of Industrial Engineering, Navi Mumbai.

Visits Abroad

Visited Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences (BMS)/Technology Management and Supply (TMS), University of Twente, The Netherlands as a
Visiting Faculty as part of the University Immersion Programme of BITS Pilani for eight weeks commencing from 22nd May 2019.
Attended “Block Chain in Procurement lectures: Blockchain Initiatives Procurement (IBM with client); Blockchain and Procurement @KPMG and
Blockchain our view @IBM” lecture at IBM Research Center, Karl-Arnold-Platz 1a, 40474 Düsseldorf, Germany, 10th July, 2019
Invited and presented a paper entitled “Customer status and supplier behaviour: A question of culture?” TM/S Research Retreat 2019, Insel Hombroich, Germany, 10th-12th July 2019.
Visited SINTEF, Trondheim (Norway) related to Revalue Project Progress meeting and also attended the Revalue Open Day: Challenges and trends related to Resource utilization in food value chains, 17th- 20th September 2019.
Visited Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) Trondheim (Norway) on 19th September 2019.
Visited University of Twente, The Netherlands as a member of graduation committee for Doctoral defense in December, 2018.
Visited BITS Pilani, Dubai Campus for attending the International Conference on Recent Advances in Materials and Manufacturing Technologies in November, 2017.

Administrative Responsibilities

Current Administrative Responsibilities:

HoD (Mechanical Engineering Department)
Chairperson, Departmental Committee on Academics, Department of Mechanical Engineering, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus
Ex-officio member and Chairperson, Departmental Research Committee, Department of Mechanical Engineering, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus
Department Level Short-listing Committees (DLSC) member

Previous Administrative Responsibilities

Associate Dean (Student Welfare Division)
Associate Dean (Instruction Division)
DRC Convener, Mechanical Engineering Department
Professor- In Charge (Instruction Division)
In-Charge, Recreational Activity Forum (RAF)
Member of Sub-committee of Examination Pilani Campus
Nucleus Member: Instruction Division
Member of Library Executive Committee, BITS, Pilani
Warden: Shankar Bhawan
Non-Resident Warden: Gandhi Bhawan
Mission 2012-Task Force Member (Alumni Affairs)
Senate Member 2013 onwards
DRC Member, Mechanical Engineering Department
Member of Library Executive Committee, BITS, Pilani
Member: Academic Counseling Cell
Faculty Advisor: ASME BITS-Pilani Student Chapter
Member of Library Executive Committee, BITS, Pilani

Professional Service

Conferences/Workshops Hosted

Organizer, BITS Pilani x Postman API Day, 04 November 2023, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus.
Co-Organizer, Workshop on Multimedia Computing for Automated Urban Intelligent Systems (MCAUIS '23) held in conjugation with IEEE 6th International Conference on Multimedia Information Processing and Retrieval (MIPR 2023). Singapore, Aug 2023.
Organizer, BITS Pilani x Postman API Day, 14 April 2023, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus.
Co-Organizer, Workshop on Multimedia Computing for Automated Urban Intelligent Systems (MCAUIS '22) held in conjugation with IEEE 5th International Conference on Multimedia Information Processing and Retrieval (MIPR 2022). Virtual Event, Aug 2022.
Host committee member, Indo Chile Workshop on Big Data (ICWBD '14) held at BITS Pilani, KK Birla Goa Campus, India, July 2014.
Host committee member, International Workshop on Data Analytics & Applications (IWDAA'13) held at BITS-Pilani, K K Birla Goa Campus, India, February 2013.

Invited Reviewer

Journals

ACM Transactions on Parallel Computing (TOPC)
ACM Transactions on Knowledge Discovery from Data (TKDD)
IEEE Transactions on Big Data (BD)
IEEE Internet of Things Journal (IEEE IoTJ)
Elsevier Computer Networks (ComNet)
IEEE Access (Access)

Conferences

2024 20th International Conference Advanced Data Mining and Applications (ADMA 2024), Dec 2024, Sydney, Australia
2023 10th International Conference on Pattern Recognition and Machine Intelligence (PreMI-2023), Dec 2023, ISI Kolkata, India
2023 19th International Conference Advanced Data Mining and Applications (ADMA 2023), Aug 2023, Shenyang, China
2023 28th International Conference on Database Systems for Advanced Applications (DASFAA 2023), April 2023, Tianjin, China
2022 7th International Conference on Computer Vision and Image Processing (CVIP 2022), Nov 2022, VNIT Nagpur, India
2022 27th International Conference on Database Systems for Advanced Applications (DASFAA 2022), April 2022, Hyderabad, India
2021 6th International Conference on Computer Vision and Image Processing (CVIP 2021), Dec 2021, IIT Ropar, India
2021 9th International Conference on Pattern Recognition and Machine Intelligence (PreMI-2021), Dec 2021, ISI Kolkata, India
2020 IEEE International Conference on Big Data (Big Data 2020), Dec 2020. USA (virtual).
2020 International Conference on Modelling, Simulation and Intelligent Computing (MOSICOM 2020), Jan 2020, Dubai, UAE.
2017 International Conference on Computational Intelligence: Theories, Applications and Future Directions (ICCI 2017), Dec 2017, IIT Kanpur, India

Professional Memberships

Member ACM
Member IEEE

Administrative Responsibilities

Role: Head of the Department of Economics and Finance
Institution: BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus
Tenure: Since 1st September 2024
Department: Economics and Finance, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus

Role: Head of the Department of Economics and Finance
Institution: BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus
Tenure: 1st September 2022- 31 August 2024
Department: Economics and Finance, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus

As the Head of the Department, I am engaged in several key initiatives and institutional responsibilities to enhance the department's infrastructure and academic offerings.

1. Infrastructure Development

Departmental Infrastructure: Oversee the development and maintenance of departmental facilities, including installing new computers, software, and drinking water facilities.
Documentation: Conducted and maintained records for Departmental Research Committee (DRC) meetings and departmental interactions with research scholars.
Aesthetic Enhancements: Improved the departmental environment by introducing various indoor plants to promote a conducive working atmosphere. In Addition, we initiated the installation of display televisions, notice boards, and faculty nameplates, as well as the exhibition of research findings, to enhance departmental communication and visibility.

2. Academic Activities

International Conference: Served as the organizing secretary for the First International Conference on Applied Economics and Finance (ICAEF 2023), organised by the Department of Economics and Finance, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus. We successfully invited esteemed speakers from leading institutions.
Sponsorship Funding: Secured sponsorship funding of ₹75,000 for an international conference, ICAEF 2023, organised by the Department.
UGC NAAC Visit: As Head, I prepared and presented department activities to the NAAC team on November 14, 2024. Following this, the department facilitated the NAAC members' visit, during which they reviewed and verified the official document.
Lectures and Workshops: Coordinating invited lectures, seminars, and workshops tailored for undergraduate and Ph.D. students.
Annual Award Ceremony Function: Establishing the selection committee and organizing the Varun Sehgal Memorial Award Ceremony every year. The first memorial award started in the year 2024.
Faculty Appraisal: Conducting evaluations of faculty performance every year.
Department-Level Performance Evaluation Committee (DPEC): Appraisal of faculty performance based on the following key responsibilities: Teaching, research and Institute responsibilities.

3. Semester Schedule

Ph.D. Admissions: Collaborating with the DRC Convener to conduct the PhD admission test each semester.
Allotment of PhD students: Facilitating the allotment of PhD students to faculty members in conjunction with the decision of the DRC Committee.
Conducting Departmental Meetings: Conducting and maintaining departmental meetings with Faculty members, research scholars, and First-degree students. (Address concerns related to performance, workload, or interpersonal issues within the faculty).
Course Allocation: Assigning and managing first-degree programme courses for faculty members.
Ph.D. Coursework Oversight: Reviewing PhD coursework and qualifying examinations with the DRC Convener.
Ph.D. Scholar Presentations: Coordinating mid-semester and end-semester presentations for PhD scholars in collaboration with the seminar coordinator and DRC Convener.
Grade Submission of PhD Scholars: Submission of all forms of grade, including mid-semester examination and final grades
Summer Term Courses: Offering specialized courses during the summer term.
Annual Report: Preparation of Annual Report for the Department.
Department-Level Shortlisting Committee (DLSC):

4. Committee Member

Chairperson: Departmental Research Committee:
Chairperson: Departmental Committee on Academics:
Chairperson: Student-Faculty Council (SFC):
Member: ccDAC
Department Level Shortlisting Committee (DLSC): Member
DPEC: Member
Disposal Committee Member: From 28 October 2024 to 28 October 2026

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Resident Warden (4 Years for Newly admitted FD students)

Resident Warden: From October 2018 to August 2022 for SR Bhawan, BITS Pilani Pilani Campus.

ACC Member [Four Years]

Academic Counselling Cell, BITS Pilani Pilani Campus from 2015 to 2019.
[As a core group member of the Academic Counselling Committee (ACC), I was entrusted with coordinating hostel mess visits aimed at engaging with newly admitted students. These visits provided an opportunity to address their academic and non-academic concerns and facilitate appropriate solutions. Additionally, I coordinated an Interaction and Counseling (IC) event at SR Bhavan, which was attended by all ICs of first-year courses and approximately 100 students].

Member [Three Years]

Library Committee, BITS Pilani Pilani Campus from August 2014 to June 2017.

To be Updated Soon

Education

PhD (Electrical Engineering, Microfluidics and Photonics - University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada (Jan 2006)
Submitted: 11 December 2005, Defended: 12 January 2006
Thesis: Opto-biochips for Microcytometry
Supervisor: Prof. (Late) Jim McMullin

MSc (Physics) - Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (2000)
Thesis: Optical FIber Bragg Gratings for Sensing Applications
Supervisor: Prof. K. Thyagarajan and Prof. M. R. Shenoy

BSc H (Physics) - Ramjas College, University of Delhi (1998)
Thesis: Diffraction with Lasers
Supervisor: Dr. G. S. Chilana

Technical/Advisory Committee

Member, Technical Program Committee (TPC) for IEEE INDICON 2020 organized by NSUT, New Delhi Dec 2020.
Member, TPC for iSES-2020 (2020 IEEE International Symposium on Smart Electronic Systems (iSES) (Formerly iNiS).
Member, Advisory Committee/Technical Program Committee (TPC) in Int. Conf.on Cutting-Edge Technologies in Computing and Communication Engineering (IC4E)” to be organized during 06-07 November 2020 at NIT Kurukshetra.
Member, Technical Program Committee (TPC), MosSICom2020, BITS-Pilani Dubai Campus (UAE), 28-29 Jan 2020.
Member, TPC, IEEE-ANTS 2019, BITS, Pilani Goa Campus, 16-19, Dec 2019.
Member, TPC, ICACCT 2019, NIT Kurukshetra, 13-14, Dec 2019.
Member, TPC, IEEE Sponsored Int. Conf (ICESIP 2019), IIITDM Chennai, 11-13 July 2019.
Member, TPC, ASECI-2016 at V.R Siddartha Engg. College, Vijayawada, 22-23 Oct 2016.
Member, TPC, 19th International Symposium on VLSI Design and Test (VDAT-2015), Ahmedabad, 26-29 June 2015.
Member, TPC, Int. Conf.on Advances in Electronics, Computers & Comm. (ICAECC 2014)' held at Reva Institute of Technology and Management, Bangalore, 10-11 Oct. 2014

Awards and professional certification

Awards

1. Best paper award in IIChE-Chemcon 2023, Kolkatta, Dec 27-30, 2023

Professional Membership

Life Member of Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (IIChE)- Membership Id: LM-73457

Certifications

NPTEL Online Certification (Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India) "Transport processes I: Heat and Mass Transfer" 2017, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.
NPTEL Online Certification (Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India) "Conduction and Convection Heat Transfer" 2016, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur.
NPTEL Online Certification (Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India) "Technical English for Engineers" 2016, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras.

Institutional administration

Faculty In-charge (Supervisor) duty for BITSAT Examination- AY 2020, 2021, and 2022 at Aurangabad.
Faculty In-charge (Supervisor) duty for BITSAT Examination- AY 2023 at Pune.
Faculty In-charge (Supervisor) duty for BITSAT Examination- AY 2024 at Chatrapati Sambhajinagar (Aurangabad).

Work Integrated Learning Programs

Program Coordination

Tata Autocomp Systems Limited, Pune- BTech (Manufacturing Technology)- 2011 till present
Eaton Technology, Pune- BS (Engineering Design), MTech (Design Engineering), MTech (Embedded System)- 2013 to 2017
John Deere, Pune- MTech (Design Engineering) & MTech (Embedded System)- 2013 to 2017
Tata Motors, Pune- BTech (Manufacturing Technology)- 2016 till present
Arcelor Mittal- BTech (Process Engineering)- 2023 onward

Experiential Learning

Design, demonstration, and implementation of Flownex Software-based Virtual Laboratory in BTech (Manufacturing Technology), BTech (Engineering Technology), and BTech (Process Engg) program courses at specific and non-specific collaborated organizations.
Design, demonstration, and implementation of Fluid Mechanics & Machines Remote Laboratory in BTech (Manufacturing Technology), BTech (Engineering Technology), and BTech (Process Engg) program courses at specific and non-specific collaborated organizations.
Experiments development, Instruction, and Deployment of Augmented Reality (AR) of FMM remote labs at BTech program courses.

Program Committee

Program committee member of BTech (Process Engineering) since 2021.

Practice School

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Practice School Faculty- I & II

National Chemical Laboratory, Pune- PS(I & II)
Indian Insitute of Petroleum, Dehradun-PS (I & II)
Hindustan Unilever Limited, Bangalore- PS (II)
Aditya Birla Science & Technology, Mumbai - PS (I & II)
Century Rayon, Mumbai - PS (I & II)
Birla Carbon, Renukoot & Chennai- PS (II)
Halliburton Technology, Pune- PS(II)
Tata Chemicals Innovation Center, Pune- PS(II)
Shell Technology, Bangalore - PS(II)
UltraTech Cement Group - PS(I)
Grasim Chemicals, Thailand- PS(II)
GP Petroleums, Mumbai- PS(II)
IICT, Hyderabad- PS(II)
CIRT, Pune- PS(I) & PS(II)
Divgi Warner, Pune - PS(I) & PS(II)
Bharat Forge- PS(I)

New Practice School Station Establishments

Grasim Chemicals, Renukoot- PS(I)
Tata Chemicals Innovation Center, Pune- PS(II)
Amrita Tools Craft, Hyderabad- PS(I)
Indian Oil Corporation(IOCL), Mumbai- PS(I)
Engineers India Limited, Delhi- PS(I)
Chemical & Mineral Industries Pvt Limited, Jodhpur- PS(I)
Increased PS (I) seats at UltraTech Group companies- Total student requirement collected: 340 (Summer 2020) and 187 (Summer 2021).
Byjus, Bangalore- PS(II)

PS Lead -Core Engineering Programs

PS lead for core engineering disciplines (Mechanical/ Chemical/Civil Engg) to meet the PS (I & II) seats requirement and establishment of new stations- Since S2| 2020 till date.
Planning and deployment of industry expert and experiential learning sessions for PS (I) students in 2021 and 2022-Total 82 Hrs industry expert sessions including experiential learning in summer 2021 and 54 Hrs in summer 2022 were organized and recorded.
PS(I) network faculty of UltraTech group cement companies in each academic session.

Administrative Responsibilities

Current Administrative Responsibilities:

Head of Department, EEE (w.e.f 1st Sep 2022)
Secretary, Prof. L.K.Maheshwari Foundation Trust (w.e.f 1st Sep 2022)
Member, Departmental Level Shortlisting Committee (DLSC) for faculty recruitment (from March 2015)
Senate Member of BITS Pilani (w.e.f Feburary 2015)

Past Administrative Responsibilities:

Associate Dean, Sponsored Research & Consultancy Division (SRCD) (Aug. 2018 to Aug. 2022)
Convenor, Research Travel Grant Screening Committee (RTGSC) (Sep. 2018 to Aug. 2022)
Convenor, Departmental Committee on Academics (DCA) (Sep 2020 to Aug. 2022)
Member, Additional Competitive Research Grant Committee (ACRG) (Sep. 2018 to Aug. 2022)
Head of Department, EEE (1st Sep 2016 to 31st Aug. 2018)
Secretary, Prof. L.K.Maheshwari Foundation Trust (1st Sep 2016 to 31st Aug. 2018)
Member, Departmental Committee on Academics (DCA) (1st Sep 2018 to 30th Aug 2020)
Nucleus member of Teaching Learning Centre (TLC) (June 2015 to August 2016)
Convener of Departmental Research Committee (DRC). (Sep 2012 to Aug 2016)
Member of Departmental Research Committee (DRC). (Sep 2010 to Aug 2012)
Nucleus member of Instruction Division (Jan. 2009 to Jan 2014)
Non-Resident Warden (NRW) of Malviya Bhawan (June 2009 to 20th Jan 2016)
Member of Research Board (Senate appointed committee) (Sep 2010-Aug. 2012)

Membership of Professional Bodies

Senior Member, IEEE (USA): [95373551]
Fellow of Institution of Engineers (India) [F-119722-5]
Senior Member of Universal Association of Computer and Electronics Engineers (USA) (M.No: SNM 101000429)
Senior Member of International Association of Computer Science and Information Technology (IACSIT)
Member of International Association of Engineers [IAENG] (M.No.: 116750)
Member of International Association of Advanced Materials [IAMM], Sweden
Life Member of Indian Microelectronics Society (IMS)
Life Member of Semiconductor Society of India (SSI)
Life Member of Material Research Society of India (MRSI)
Life Member of Indian Association of Physics Teachers (IAPT)
Life Member of Optical Society of India (OSI)

Administrative Responsibilities

Member, IoE empowered Expert Committee Visit Coordination Team 27-28 January 2020, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus
Nucleus member, Undergraduate Studies, August 2018- Till Date.
Member, Standing Committee for Student's Disciplinary July 2019-June 2020.
Member, Teaching Learning Center, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus, September 2016-August 2018)
Program Coordinator- M.Phil.-Hospital & Health Systems Management, BITS Pilani, January 2016-Dec.2019.
Resource Person, Intensive Teaching Workshop 2017, Organized by Teaching Learning Center, BITS Pilani (2 times).
Coordinator, Intensive Teaching Workshop, 2018, Organized by Teaching Learning Center, BITS Pilani.
Member, Organizing Committee Convocation- 2014-2019, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus.
Member, UGC Expert Committee Visit Coordination Team 2017, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus.
Member, MBA Admission Team for the coordination with campus level admission division, Department of Management, BITS Pilani (Since 2015).
Departmental data Compilation and working closely with IKA for B School ranking

Administrative Responsibilities

Administrative Experience at BITS Pilani

Head Department of Pharmacy (1 Sep 2022- 31st August 2024)
Associate Dean, Practice School Division Since (16th August 2018- 31st August 2022)
Head Department of Pharmacy (1 Sep 2016- 31st August 2018)
Member Secretary, Institutional Animal Ethics Committee, BITS Pilani (June 2016- June 2021)
Scientist In charge, Institutional Animal Ethics Committee, BITS Pilani (Feb 2013- June 2021)
Member of Doctoral Candidate Selection Committee (From 2012- till date)
Member of Departmental Research Committee (From Sept 2012- August 2018 and Sept 2020-August 2022)
Member of Library Committee, BITS Pilani (Jan 2014 till Dec 2014)
Chemical and glassware In charge of Department of Pharmacy, BITS Pilani (Aug 2012- till June 2013)
Member of Departmental Academic Committee, BITS Pilani (From Sep 2020- August 2022)
Member of Doctoral Counseling Committee, BITS Pilani (Aug 2014-Feb 2015)
Member of Doctoral Advisory Committee (DAC)

Administrative Responsibilities

Head, Department of Pharmacology at Lovely Professional University (July 2011- June 2012)
Member of Institutional Animal ethics committee (IAEC), School of Pharmacy, Lovely Professional University, Pilani (From Aug 2011-June 2012)

Administartion

Departmental Administrative Activities

Institute Activities

Faculty In-charge - Infant Care Centre and Institute Functions (1 Sep 2018 - )
Convener - ACC (2 April 2019 - );
In-charge - Publication and Documentation Cell, PS; Nucleus member – Practice School Division (2006-2013)
NRW, Meera Bhawan (Jan 2016 - )
Nucleus Member – Work Integrated Learning Programme (Distance Learning Programme Division) (2001-2006)
Member – Library Committee (2007-2008)
Member – Student Advisory Committee
Member – Executive Committee (Staff Association)

Department Activities

Nucleus member – GRE
Nucleus member – Communicative English
Editor – Musings 2020; Co-Editor – Musings (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012)

Administrative Experience

Administrative Responsibilities taken till date (ex and current):

Current

Head of the Department, Dept of Biological Sciences (2022-Ongoing)

Past

Convener Academic Counseling Cell (ACC).
Non Residential Warden (NRW), SR Bhavan
Member of Doctoral Advisory Committee (DAC)
Member of Departmental Committee on Academics (DCA).
Member of Student Faculty Committee (SFC), Dept of BioSciences
In Charge of Central Instrumentation Facility.
In Charge of High End Research Instruments.
Member of Research Lab Safety Committee, BITS Pilani.
Member of Departmental Research Committee (DRC)
Member of Institute Biosafety Committee (BSC)
Member of Doctoral Candidate Selection Committee.

Industry

Industry/PS

Worked as a PS1 Faculty Instructor:

1. Summer term of 2018-2019
Station Name:Vikram Cement Works,Neemuch, No.of student Alloted:11
Station Name:Aditya Cement Works,Shambupura, City:Shambupura, No.of student Alloted:10
Station Name:Pyrotech Electronics Pvt. Ltd.,Udaipur, City:Udaipur, No.of student Alloted:15

2. Summer Term of 2016-2017
Station Station Name:Pyrotech Electronics Pvt. Ltd.,Udaipur, City:Udaipur, No.of student Alloted: 9
Station Name: Vinayak Buildtech,Udaipur, City:Udaipur, No.of student Alloted:4.

Sabbatical Leave Report

Sabbatical Leave Report (used in 2nd Semester, 2012-2013)

Purpose: I used 6 month sabbatical leave during Jan and july, 2013 to work in three Institutes: Universite de Rennes1 (France), Institute of Physics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republik, Prague (Czech Republic), and Laboratori Nazionali de Frascati (LNF) of INFN (Italy). These visits were in connection with the International Network on MsNano (A MULTIPLE-SCATTERING COMPUTING PLATFORM FOR (NANO) MATERIALS) funded by European Commission. At present, this Network consists of 8 Institutes from Europe and Asia including BITS, Pilani. I led the research activity related to Work Package 7 (WP7) on “Impact spectroscopy techniques within multiple scattering” during my visit.

Report

As mentioned above, I am representing BITS, Pilani in the International collaborative Network on “A MULTIPLE-SCATTERING COMPUTING PLATFORM FOR (NANO) MATERIALS (MsNano)”, which is funded by the European Commission for the period 2012-2016 under the Marie Curie International Research Staff Exchange Scheme (IRSES) of its 7th Framework Programme (FP7). The network consists of 8 Institutes from France, Germany, Italy, Czech Republic, Russia, China, Japan and India (BITS, Pilani). As a member of this Network, I spent 6 months in the above mentioned Institutes as a Marie Curie Researcher. Here I led the research related to the WP7 as a WP Leader (see above). I also assisted in developing the Work Package-2 (WP2) on “Microscopies and resonant spectroscopies within multiple scattering” under the Leadership of Dr. Didier Sebilleau (University of Rennes 1 (CNRS researcher)). Dr. Sebilleau is also coordinator of this network. I present a brief summary of my stay at different Institutes as per follows:

1. Stay at Universite de Rennes1, Rennes:

I spent first three months in Rennes (France) with the group led by Dr. Sebilleau. I presented my recent research activities to his group in a seminar on the (e, 3e) processes on atoms at relativistic and non-relativistic energy regime. He also delivered few talks to explain the code MsSpec-1.01, which was developed under his leadership. I got accquaintance with the various aspects of the code. We also discussed about the theoretical formalism which we would use for the computation of the differential cross sections for the electron impact ionization of atoms, clusters and solid targets. We have developed the formalism using impact parameter method for the computation of the T-matrix element at high energy. We surveyed many seminal papers of Nuclear Physics for the extension of this formalism to Condensed Matter Physics. In order to get better understanding of the Multiple Scattering formalism, I read many review articles written by Didier and his collaboraters. During my stay at Rennes, I interacted many other Scientists and Professors working there. I visited the Laboratories developed by Dr. Pascal and his collaboraters. I also interacted with the Italian collaborator Dr. Keisku, Tunisian student Ms. Aida Sousi and Moraccan student Mr. Mohamed Zanouni who have been hosted by Dr. Sebilleau during my stay at Rennes. In a nut shell, I was very happy during my stay at Rennes which provided me a truly an international exposure.

2. Stay at Institute of Physics of Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republik at Prague (Czech Republic)

Then I moved to the Institute of Physics of Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republik at Prague (Czech Republic) to work with another collaborator of MsNano, Dr. Ondrej Sipr. I stayed there for two months (April to June, 2013). During my stay in Prague, we discussed our research work. I was interested in his work on Real-space multiple-scattering approach for the calculation of electronic structure of solids and X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XANES and NEXAFS, XMCD), especially of the non-crystalline solid. During my stay, I also continued my research work on the relativistic (e, 3e) processes on atoms and published in J. Phys. B (an IOP, London Journal with impact factor 2.03). I got the important inputs from Dr. Sipr for this contribution, especially about his suggestions on the structure and presentation of the paper.

3. Stay at LNF (INFN), Frascati (Italy)

After completing my two months stay in Prague, I moved to LNF, Frascati (Italy) for another month to work with Prof. C. R. Natoli's group. Prof. Natoli is an accomplished veteran researcher on the various spectroscopic studies on condensed matter systems. Myself and Prof. Natoli developed a code for the computation of the T-matrix element using the multipole expansion of the operator exp(iK.r), where K is the momentum transfer to the target. This type of formalism is suitable for the high energy electron impact coincidence spectroscopy in which we are interested. He also helped me in calculating the T-matrix in the impact parameter formalism. I was also amazed to visit this Institute who took the leadership in building the first particle-antiparticle collider (electron-positron collider), the precursor of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) which is being used to mimic the big bang condition to reveal the deepest mystries of the early state universe. After completing one month in Italy, I returned back to India on 12th July, 2013.

Future prospects: Research and Institutional development

My stay during the sabbatical leave was in connection with my secondment from Pilani to Europe in the International collaborative Network on MsNano. I gained enough experience to extend and flourish my work on the Work Package on “Impact spectroscopy techniques within multiple scattering”, led by me in the MsNano network. Dr. Didier Sebilleau visited BITS Pilani for two months during August-September, 2013 and February-March, 2014 (one month time in each visit) in connection with the same network. Dr. Sebilleau and myself did further work on the WP7. We have made good progress and expect to write the code on the spectroscopies related to the WP7 in near future. Apart from this collaborative work, Dr. Sebilleau also interacted the Physics Department of Pilani campus which resulted in further expansion of the present network to more researcher. Dr. S. Gangoupdhaya from Physics Department has been included in the collaborative work and is invited to Rennes for one month during summer. Dr. Sebilleau has also contributed to the Department and the Institute by giving (i) lecture series on Multiple Scattering to our faculty and the research student, (ii) a talk on the possibility of funding from European Commission for Faculty and the Student and (iii) a talk on the application of spectroscopies to various disciplines in the Condensed Matter Workshop, organized by the Physics Department duing March, 2014.

In the same network, I will again spend two more months at Rennes during this summer. This will be useful for my present research for further advancement. Dr. Didier and his collaborators will also visit Pilani for one to two months in the next two years which will be certainly beneficial for the Department and the Institute. In conclusion, my sebbatical leave was not only fruitful for my professional development but also fruitful for the Physics Department and the Institute for its future development in research.

Acknowledgements: I am grateful to BITS, Pilani for granting me the sabbatical leave for my research work. I also acknowledge the finacial support from European Commission through FP7-IRSES-MsNano grant. I am also thankful to Physics Department of Pilani Campus for sharing the additional teaching load which was due to my sabbatical leave. Last but not the least, I am grateful to Dr. Sebilleau, Dr. Sipr and Prof. Natoli for hosting me at their respective Institutes without any difficulty.

Mentors

Prof K. P. Maheshwari, School of Physics DAVV Indore (1995-97)

Well known Plasma Physicist and Physics teacher.

Prof K. P. Maheshwari

Prof K. Shahi, Department of Physics IIT Kanpur (1997-2004) Doctoral advisor

Materials Scientist of world repute, experimental condensed matter physicist. Discoverer of many superionic conductors and experimental techniques to study ion transport in solids. A pioneer worker in the field of solid state ionics.

Prof K. Shahi

Prof S. C. Agarwal, Department of Physics IIT Kanpur Postdoctoral advisor and PhD coursework Teacher Condensed matter physicist of world repute. A pioneer worker in the field of amorphous semiconductors

Prof S. C. Agarwal

Administrative Responsibilities

Current Administrative Responsibilities:

Associate Dean, AUGSD (Since September 1, 2022)

Previous Administrative Responsibilities:

Faculty In charge, First Degree Admission Test (2018-2022)
DCA Convener (2018-2020)
Warden Malviya Bhawan (2015-2018)
Nucleus member Academic Registration and Counselling Division (2007-2015)

To be Updated Soon

My Interests

HISTORY

History of Scientific Developments; Indian History; Freedom Struggle

GAMES

Table Tennis, Badminton, Cricket

BOOKS

Related to Science, history

Professional

Reviewers of many international journals including: Colloids and Surf A, Plasmonics, Sensors and Actuators B, J. Coll. Int. Sci, Langmuir, J. Nanopart. Res., J. Environ. Chem. Eng., Atmos. Poll. Res (Elsevier), Optics Letters (OSA), IEEE Sensors Journal, ACS Appl. Mater. Interf., iPubMed, Smart Materials & Structures (IOP), Optik Optics (Elsevier), J Mol. Liquids (Elsevier), Ceramics International (Elsevier)
National Advisory Committee Member 2nd World Congress on Microscopy, 10-12 August 2018, MGU, Kottayam, Kerala
Reviewer for Project Grant Proposal for National Science Center, Poland (www DOTncn DOT gov DOT pl)
Advisory Committee Member for PhD programme of IIIT Naya Raipur.
Convener, Departmental Committee on Academics, Department of Physics, BITS Pilani
Member of Doctoral Counselling Committee, BITS Pilani, 2017 - 2019
PhD Thesis reviewer, University of Gauhati, School of Sciences, Oct 2017.

Opportunity

FOR POSTDOC CANDIDATES: If you are willing to join our group through National Post Doctoral Fellowship of SERB, DST India, we will be happy to host you. We will assist you in formulating the research proposal based on your and our expertise in the field.

FOR MSc (or equivalent) CANDIDATES: If you have your own fellowships (eg JRF/SRF) and if you are interested in working with me, you are most welcomed.

1. One JRF position is available for working on the topic "Detection of fluoride contaminants in water using piezoelectric phenomenon". The project is sponsored by DST, India and the manpower is available till Dec 2018. The fellowship will be ~ Rs 25000/- per month. Apply by sending your CV. Last date of application is 15th Jan 2017. (Click here for more details) (STATUS: Recruitment DONE!!!)

2) One JRF position for working on a project "Determination of contaminants in water using ultrathin films".

Eligibility: MSc in physics with a good knowledge in physical chemistry.

Scholarship: Rs 16000/- PM.

Apply by sending your CV on/before 30 June 2014 to raj@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in

Image Gallery ( Academics )

Students of the course Computational Physics, demonstrating their Projects:

Computational Physics

Cover page of the book "Molecular Interactions" Contributed chapter # 4 by Dr. Manjuladevi and myself

Title of the chapter: Molecular interactions at interfaces , February, 2012

Molecular-Interactions

Image Gallery ( Personal)

TiO2 nanotubes (Sci. Adv. Mater., 2013)

Triangular nanostructure (J. Mol. Struc. 2014)

Surface morphology of TiO2 thin film.

Surface morphology of TiO₂ thin film.

Applied Surface Science 2012 [Link].

molecular organization

Models depicting the molecular organization

at air-water interface. Published in 2012, Col. Surf. A [Link].

Liquid Crystals at Interfaces

Liquid Crystals at Interfaces. Published in 2012, Isr. J. Chem. [Link]

Carbon nanotubes

Carbon nanotubes in liquid crystal matrix. Published in 2012, J. Mol. Liqs. [Link].

Responsibilities

Other assignments & responsibilities:

Convener, Student Faculty Council, First Degree [Since First Semester 2017-2018-]
Prof-in-charge, Civil Engineering Association [Since First Semester 2017-2018- First Semester 2019-2020]
Library Committee Member, Civil Engineering [Academic Year 2018-2019]
PS-I instructor for the stations Indian Bank, Chennai and Indian Overseas Bank, Chennai [May - July 2007]
PS-I instructor for Indira Gandhi Center for Atomic Research (IGCAR), Kalpakkam [May - July 2008]
BITSAT exam duty at Chennai [May 2008]
Member of the local organizing committee, International Convention of Water Resources Development and Management between 23-26 October 2008 at BITS, Pilani.
Joint Organizing Secretary, 2nd International Conference on Advances in Concrete, Structural, and Geotechnical Engineering (ACSGE2018) at Birla Institute of Technology and Science Pilani, Feb. 26-28, 2018.
PS-I Instructor for NCCBM, Ballabgarh during summer 2020.
Convenor, Academic Counselling Cell (ACC) since September 7th, 2020 till August 31st, 2022
Organizing team member, online US2020 Partnership Workshop (March 4th, 2022)
Nucleus Member, Practice School since May 2008
Associate Dean, Practice School [September 1st, 2022 onwards]

International Collaborations & Committee Memberships

International Collaborations:

Sakura Science Program fund by the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) (https://ssp.jst.go.jp/en/)

Onsite training in Japan (22nd-28th August 2022)

Prof. Sailaja Nandigama, Dept. of Humanity and Social Sciences, BITS Pilani is one of the collaborators of this training. Under this program, four PhD scholars and Prof. Nandigama will be working on field survey and group work on “Environmental-friendly agriculture and regional development in the islands of Hiroshima”. The University of Texas at Austin, USA and Tribhuvan University, Nepal will be also joining with the participants from BITS Pilani and Hiroshima University, Japan.

PhD scholars accompanying Prof. Nandigama from India include- Ms. Aayushi Malhotra, Mr. Mayuresh Vijay Bhise, Ms. Ruchika Sharma, and Ms. Shruti Majumdar from the HSS department.

ILDP-JAPAN (TAOYAKA Programme) two semester long academic collaboration between BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus with Hiroshima University- Japan, University of Texas at Austin (UT), USA & Tribhuvan University, Nepal. (2020-21).

Theme: “Perception towards and adaptation to climate change by family/small farms in Americas and Asia”

Description: As a lead professor from the BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus in this Global Virtual Exchange (GVE) sponsored multi-country academic training programme, I am leading and mentoring a team of 6 PhD scholars from the Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS), from the BITS Pilani, Pilani campus. The PhD scholars participated in 2 semester long virtual exchange programme along with other international participants from Japan, USA and Nepal.

The PhD scholars are: Ms. Aayushi Malhotra, Mr. Mayuresh Vijay Bhise, Ms. Ruchika Sharma, Ms. Neetika Mahajan, Ms. Anjali Punia and Ms. Merylin Das.

Refer to the following weblinks for related information:

https://taoyaka.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/english/education-program/onsite-education.html

https://www.bits-pilani.ac.in/news/

https://global.utexas.edu/special-initiatives/virtual-exchange

Prof. Nandigama have been elected as a member of Nominations Committee (2021-2023) of the Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences (AESS), USA. Weblink: https://aessonline.org/2021-election-results/

Prof. Sailaja is a member of Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences (AESS), USA & Development Studies Association (DSA), UK.

Prof. Sailaja Nandigama published a ‘Joint Special Issue with the Journal of International Women’s Studies (JIWS, a Scopus indexed journal from USA), and Wagadu: A Journal of Transnational Women’s and Gender Studies (USA)’. The special issue is titled- “South Asian Feminisms and Youth Activism: Focus on India and Pakistan”, published as Volume 24, Issue 2 (2022), in the Journal of International Women’s Studies (JIWS).

This Joint Special Issue editorial team includes:

Nilanjana Paul (University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, USA)

Namita Goswami (Indiana State University, USA)

Sailaja Nandigama (Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani, Rajasthan, India)

Gowri Parameswaran (State University of New York, USA)

Fawzia Afzal Khan (Montclair State University, USA)

Exploring Place, Knowledge, and Action via EcoTypes: A Cross-National Collaboration”, a cross-national panel organized in the American Association of Geographers (AAG) Annual Conference, 26/02/22. Project on ‘The New Ecotypes’ in collaboration with Prof. Jim Proctor, Lewis & Clark College, Oregon, USA; Aideen Foley, Birkbeck, University of London; Naciba Chassagnon, ESSCA School of Management, Lyon, France.

Upcoming International Collaborations:

Prof. Sailaja is invited by Prof. James Proctor for an international academic collaboration with the Lewis & Clark College, USA for developing an EcoTypes Collaborative Online International Learning (“COIL”) resource, involving other international universities from France, UK and USA through an international blended conference panel presentation in 2021-22, and through guest lectures and exchange of ideas on course curriculum for the undergraduate students.
Prof. Sailaja is invited by the to collaborate in an international academic research collaboration by the Hiroshima University (HU) & University of Texas at Austin, USA with BITS Pilani (Pilani Campus) on the theme: ‘Forest-based entrepreneurship opportunities and forests in international carbon trading contributing to the livelihood upliftment of forest-dependent households in India’.

Administrative Responsibility

Associate Dean/ Work Integrated Learning Programmes, September 2018 onwards.
Associate Dean/ Practice School Division from 2013 to 2018
Head of the Department/ Mechanical Engineering, September 2016 to August 2018.
Convener Academic Counseling Cell, 2014 to 2016
Assistant Dean/Practice School Division, 2010 to 2013.
Planning Cell Incharge/ Practice School Division, 2008 to 2010.
Nucleus Member/ Practice School Division, 2006 to 2008.

Industry Collaboration and MoUs

I drive and engage in providing solutions to applied AI problems in Industry. I have collaborated with Reflexis Systems Inc, USA and GE Healthcare, India. Active collaborations with other Scientific organizations such as ICMR, DAE is being actively pursued.

MoUs: HappyMonk AI Labs, Bangalore and Wadwani AI, USA.

Over the next 5 years, I will be focused in the following areas:

Theory of Shallow Neural Nets

Chaotic Neural Networks

Swarms and Super-optimizers

Differential Equation based Modeling in Neural Networks

Kernels in Neural Nets

Classification in Large Astronomy Data Sets

Some Research Talks (Invited/Keynote) are available here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMj0pXCZmlXhYD43yMvn54pFhbtWreUJb

Research Collaboration(Outside BITS Pilani)

B.S. DayaSagar, ISI Bangalore

Sriparna Saha, IIT Patna

Jayant Murthy, IIAP Bangalore

Margarita Safonova, IIAP Bangalore

Saibal Kar, CSSS & IZA Bonn

Jyotirmoy Sarkar, GE Healthcare

Vaskar Raychaudhury, U.Miami, Ohio

Gouri Ginde, University of Calgary

Mousumi Das, IIAP, Bangalore

Oleg Malkov, Russian Academy of Sciences

Soma S. Dhavala, MLSquare

Rahul Yedida, NC State University

Suryoday Basak, Penn State University

Eric Feigelson, Penn State University

Carlos A. Coello Coello, Univ. of Mexico

Swagatam Das, ISI Kolkata

Nithin Nagaraj, NIAS

Abhyuday Mandal, Univ. of Georgia

Chandrajit Bajaj, UT Austin

Saroj Meher, ISI Bangalore

Bus Timing

From Delhi you can take the bus from ISBT, Kashmiri Gate. From Jaipur, you can take bus from Sindhi Bus stand.

Train

Pilani is connected to Delhi via Loharu (LHU) junction. Loharu (Haryana) is a railway junction very close to Pilani (~25 kms). You can check the status of these trains from the following links. From Loharu taxis and buses are available for Pilani.

http://www.indianrail.gov.in

Loharu (LHU) <---------> Delhi Sarai Rohilla (DEE)

A demo from cleartrip.com

http://www.cleartrip.com/trains/

Air

The nearest airports to Pilani are Delhi and Jaipur. From there you have to travel either by train, taxi or bus.

Away from Work

Playing cricket and squash, listening to songs (Kishore Kumar), watching movies (Amitabh Bachchan) and watching cricket (Sachin's innings on YouTube).
Reading novel: Mahabharat (a complete book). It has everything. The extremes of love, hate and dedication. Mahasamar (version of Narendra Kohli) and Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse.
My favourite radio show is Udaipur Ki Train (Vividh Bharati)

To be Updated Soon

ADAPT Lab

http://www.bits-pilani.ac.in/pilani/computerscience/AdvancedDataAnalyticsParallelTechnologiesLaboratory

To Be Updated Soon.

Teaching Assistance (TAs)

Read the following (in addition to AUGSD's notice):

a. Open positions are applicable for courses in which the number of registered students is more than a hundred.

b. For TAship contact only the I/C of the course, as only the I/C can forward your application to the Department Head for approval.

c. You must have secured the best grade possible in that course.

d. Your timetable must not clash with the class hour of that course.

e. If there are large number of applications then screening will be done based on academic credentials.

f. You must provision at least three hours per week of work if your application is approved.

g. Meet the I/C on a regular basis (at least once a week).

Study Projects

Dear Student,

Welcome to this section of my website. We are pleased to offer you the opportunity to undertake a one-semester-long Study Project under my guidance. Take a moment to go through the instructions first:

a. I have limited slots available for enrolling students in study-type courses, hence all applications will be screened.

b. Only students who have completed (or currently enrolled in) Finance courses and/or have a background in fundamental aspects of Finance will be considered eligible.

c. In order to strengthen your application, you must meet the instructor and finalise the research objectives before formally applying for the Study Project.

d. Submit (email) a one-page synopsis about why you want to enrol in this course. Focus on your future plans and your strengths.

All the best.

Professional Association

Member, State Expert Appraisal Committee (SEAC), Rajasthan, constituted for considering Environmental Clearance of Projects under Government of India Notification
Fellow, Institution of Engineers (India)
Fellow, Indian Association of Hydrologists
Deputy Coordinator, Special Assistance Programme (SAP), UGC, Department of Civil Engineering, BITS Pilani, Rajasthan during 2012-2017.
External Member of Advisory Committee, Special Assistance Programme (SAP), UGC, Department of Civil Engineering, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh during 2012-2017.
Nominated member of Indian Association for Solid Waste Management (IASWM)
Member of Indian Water Works Association (MIWWA)
Associate member of Institution of Public Health Engineers (AMIPHE)
Member, working group experts of National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee, Ministry of Water Resources, Government of India.
Third party expert of Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) projects in the state of Rajasthan.
Member of Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies (EASTS).
Member, Editorial board of ESSENCE – International Journal for Environmental Rehabilitation & Conservation (ISSN 0975 – 6272).

First Degree Thesis/Higher Degree Thesis Supervision

Supervised 15 postgraduate thesis (M.E.) students in the area of Water Resources Engineering, Water Supply Systems Management and Water Quality Management.
Supervised 18 undergraduate Thesis (B.E. (Hons.)) students in the area of Water Quality Management and Environmental Engineering.
Supervised and evaluated undergraduate project type courses (approx. 150 projects) in the areas of Water Resources and Environmental Engineering carried out by third and fourth year B.E. (Hons.) Civil students.

Other Projects/Thesis Reviewer/Examiner

Doctoral research proposal on “Response and Micromechanics Based Design of Engineered Cementitious Composite Structures” during First Semester 2007-08.
Doctoral research proposal on “Integrated sustainable Irrigation Planning in Fuzzy and Stochastic Environment” College of Military Engineering, Pune, India during First Semester 2006-07.
Examiner of 5 first degree Thesis in the area of surface water and groundwater management.
Examiner of 4 M.E Dissertation in the area of Water resources and earthquake Engineering.
Project titled “Optimum cropping pattern and Participatory Irrigation Management submitted to NABARD Mumbai.
R & D project titled “Facility Management Using ARCGIS and Genetic Algorithm” submitted to NRDMS, DST New Delhi.
Practice school project report on “Eco-friendly Techniques and structures for optimum utilization of Natural Resources for a new Residential Project of Grasim Industries Ltd. at Indore, India” submitted by the Post graduate students in June 2006.
Practice School project report on “Aerodynamic Shape Optimization” submitted by an undergraduate student at National Aerospace Lab, Bangalore in June 2006.
Practice School project report on “Planning and Monitoring of Underground Sewerage Scheme at Pallavaram for Pallvaram Municipality” for the work of July-December 2006.
Examiner of MS dissertation titled “Wastewater Management at Vizag Cavern project” performed at Indo German Institute of advanced Technology, Visakapatnam during First Semester 2009-2010.
Reviewed and evaluated following papers submitted for presentation in APPOGEE 2007 held at BITS, Pilani during 20th March to 24th March 2007.
Low Cost Earthquake Resistant House Design for Rural India
The Tsunami Warning
Life Guard: A life saving system
Herbal Treatment for Diabetes
Bio-battery
Production of Electricity from Sewage Water
Removing heavy metals from waste water using bio-sorbents

Workshops/Conference Conducted

Organized (convener) an International Convention of Water Resources Development and Management between 23-26 October 2008 at BITS, Pilani. The Convention was supported by Rajasthan Association of North America (RANA); Department of Science and Technology (DST), New Delhi; Ministry of Water Resources (MoWR), New Delhi; University Grants Commission (UGC), New Delhi; Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi; Centre for Desert Development Technology (CDDT); Tehri Hydro Development Corporation (THDC), Rishikesh; Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF), New Delhi; Space and Environmental Engineering Services (SEES-An Eco Friendly Group), Dehradun. The Gold sponsors of the convention were ITT Watermark and ITT Corporation India Pvt. Ltd., Vadodara and Vatika Group, Gurgaon.
Organizing member and Technical committee member of National Conference on Environmental Conservation (NCEC’2006) organized at BITS Pilani during September 1-3, 2006.
Organizing member of a National Seminar and Intensive Course on Environmental Pollution and its Control (NSIC'99) held at BITS, Pilani in March 1999.
Organizing member and Technical committee member of National Conference on Integrated Sustainable Water Resources Planning and Management (ISWRPM), held at BITS, Pilani during October 11-12, 2003.
Organizing member in a National Conference on Disaster Management Case Histories, held at BITS, Pilani during November 14-16, 2003.
Organizing committee member of the Asia Regional Workshop on Promoting Sustainability of Community - Based Rural Transport Infrastructure during the 6-7th September 2004.

Training Programs Conducted

One of the Resource faculty for conducting a series of training programme on “Water conservation: Agricultural, Industrial and domestic” for training on Integrated Water Resources Management conducted at IMTI, Kota (Rajasthan) for AEs/EEs, during May-July, 2008.
One of the Resource faculty for conducting a refresher course on Earthquake Engineering for Practicing Engineers of Engineers India Limited, New Delhi during July 1-3, 2007 at New Delhi.
One of the Resource faculty for conducting PMGSY Training Programme for AEs and JEs of Rajasthan sponsored by NRRDA, Govt. of India, New Delhi for 6 batches during academic year 2005-06.
One of the Resource faculty for conducting six weeks National training programme on Capacity Building of Engineers in Earthquake Risk Management sponsored by Ministry of Human Affairs, Govt. of India during October 1-19, 2004, and December 12-31, 2004.
One of the Resource faculty for conducted Advanced training programme on Water Resource Development and Management for NABARD Officers during November 3-7, 2004.
One of the for conducting several training programmes on Watershed Management for government officials of Himachal Pradesh during 2000-2001.

Reports/Lecture Materials submitted to different agencies/Training programs

Singh, A. P. (2019) Status of Common Effluent Treatment Plants (CETPs) at Pali, Rajasthan was prepared and submitted, In compliance of order dated 18.10.2019 in compliance of order of Hon’ble National Green Tribunal (NGT), New Delhi dated 21.12.2018, (In the Matter of Original Application No. 32(THC) of 2014 (M.A. No.921/2018 & CWP No. 9503/2012), Kisan Paryavaran Sangaharsh Samiti, Jaipur Vs State of Rajasthan & Others), 27 November 2019, pp. 1-107.
Deshpande, A.A. and Singh, A. P. (2019). Status Report as members of High-Powered Committee of Scientists/ Commissioners in compliance of order of Hon’ble National Green Tribunal (NGT), New Delhi dated 07.01.2019 relating to; functioning of ETPs; CETPs; HRTs and other facilities in the area of Bithuja, Balotra and Jasol, Rajasthan, (In the Matter of In Original Application No. 202/2016 (M.A. No. 381/2016), Original Application No. 34(THC)/2014 (CWP No. 2844/2011), Digvijay Singh Vs. State of Rajasthan and oths; along with several other tagged matters), 19 February 2019, pp. 1-107.
Singh, A. P., Gupta A. B. and Akolkar, A.B. (2019) Status of River Bandi and Common Effluent Treatment Plants (CETPs) at Pali, Rajasthan as members of High-Powered Committee of Scientists/ Commissioners in compliance of order of Hon’ble National Green Tribunal (NGT), New Delhi dated 21.12.2018, (In the Matter of Original Application No. 32(THC) of 2014 (M.A. No.921/2018 & CWP No. 9503/2012), Kisan Paryavaran Sangaharsh Samiti, Jaipur Vs State of Rajasthan & Others), 17 January 2019, pp. 1-153.
Singh, A. P., Gupta A. B. and Akolkar, A.B. (2018). Status of Industrial Pollution in river Jojari and the standards to be met at CETP inlet as Primary / Pre effluent treatment plant (PETP) at Jodhpur, Rajasthan as member of High-Powered Committee of Scientists, in compliance of order of Hon’ble National Green Tribunal (NGT), New Delhi dated October 23, 2018, (In the Matter of Original Application No. 329 of 2015, Gram Panchayat Araba V/s. State of Rajasthan & others), 15th November, 2018, pp. 1-23.
Singh, A. P. (2018). Status Report on CETPs, STPs and Industrial Pollution in Jojari River (Jodhpur to Balotra, Rajasthan) was prepared and submitted, In compliance of order dated 16.03.2018 of Hon’ble National Green Tribunal (NGT), New Delhi, (In the Matter of Original Application No. 329 of 2015, Gram Panchayat Araba V/s. State of Rajasthan & others), 18 May 2018, pp. 1-185.
Singh, A. P. (2008). “Water conservation: Agricultural, Industrial and domestic” a study material for training program on Integrated Water Resources Management conducted at Irrigation management & Training Institute, Kota for AEs/EEs, IMTI/2008/169 (Sup), pp. 14-54.
Singh, A. P. (2008). As Resource faculty delivered a series of lectures on "Water conservation: Agricultural, Industrial and domestic” for different Training Programmes on Integrated Water Resources Management at IMTI Kota sponsored by state water resources planning department Rajasthan, Jaipur (under State partnership programe with European Commission).
Singh, A. P. (2004). “Design of Water Harvesting structures and artificial recharge techniques” a study material for training program on Advanced training Programme on Water Resources Development and management for NABARD officers conducted at BITS, Pilani, November 2004, pp. VI-1-74.
Singh, A. P. (2004). “Vulnerability analysis of existing buildings” a study material for the National training programme on Capacity Building of Engineers in Earthquake Risk Management sponsored by Ministry of Human Affairs, Govt. of India, New Delhi, p. 274-344.
Singh, A. P. (1997). Co-author in course material developed for M.S. in Habitat Management titled, “Environmental Conservation”, Distance Learning Programmes Division, Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani, 1997.
Singh, A. P. (1997). Co-author in course material developed for M.S. in Technological Operations titled, “Computer Aided Analysis and Design: Module 1 to 3”, Distance Learning Programmes Division, Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani.

Review/Research/Design/Feasibility Reports

Active reviewer of following Journals/conference proceedings:.

Journal of Water Resources Management, Springer,
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, Springer,
Journal of Environment Management, Elsevier,
ASCE Journal of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste Management,
Environment Science & Pollution Research,
Journal of Hydrology,
Environment Development and sustainability,
Science of the Total Environment,
Applied Water Science,
International Journal of Pavement Research and Technology,
Mine Water and the Environment,
Social Indicators Research,
Journal of Cities,
International Journal of Sustainable Built Environment, Elsevier
Sustainable Cities and Society, Elsevier
Journal of Green Energy, Taylor & Francis
Transport Geography,
Road Materials and Pavement Design, Taylor & Francis
International Journal of Environmental Engineering Science (IJEES), Elsevier Journal of Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects (COLSUA),
Journal of Environmental Planning and Management (JEPM),
Water Environment Research, Wiley,
Natural Resource Modeling, Wiley,
Scientific Reports, Nature Publishing group,
Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment, Springer,
Journal of Civil Engineering and Management,
African Journal of Agricultural Research (AJAR) and various Scientific and Engineering conferences etc.

Review of Books

Reviewed of a book entitled Principles of Environmental Engineering and Science written by Mackenzie L. Davis and Susan L. Davis published by Tata McGraw-Hill, New Delhi.
Reviewed of a book entitled “Introduction of Mechanics of Solids” written by Stephen H. Crandall, Norman C. Dahl and others (SI Metrication) published by Tata McGraw-Hill, New Delhi.

Conference Proceedings Reviewer

Proceedings of International Convention on Water Resources Development and Management organized at BITS Pilani during October 23-26, 2008.
Proceedings of National Conference on Environmental Conservation organized at BITS Pilani during September 1-3, 2006
Proceedings of “Integrated Sustainable Water Resources Planning and Management (ISWRPM-2003)” organized at BITS Pilani during October 11-12, 2003.
World Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society (WSEAS) conferences for June, July and August 2007.
Indo-US Bilateral Workshop on “Global challenges: climate change, water, environment and society”, Jointly organized by Department of Civil Engineering School of Engineering and Technology ITM University, Gurgaon, India and Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Centre for Water and Society Michigan Technological University Houghton, U.S.A. during March 5-6, 2012.

Other Responsibilities

Present

Hostel warden of Vyas Bhawan (2021 on)
Faculty in charge of Kairali - The Cultural Association of Keralite Community of BITS (2014 on)

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Convener of the Departmental Research Committee (DRC 2021-2024)
Member of the Departmental Research Committee (2016-18 & 2020-21)
Non-Resident Warden of MSA Bhawan (2019-2021)
Member of Teaching Learning Center (TLC 2016-18)
Member of the Departmental Committee on Academics (DCA 2018-20)
Member of the Doctoral Advisory Committee (DAC)
Faculty mentor for various student clubs (Team Anant and TRAC)

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