Dr. Biswajeet Champaty is the Head of the School of Engineering at Ajeenkya D Y Patil Unversity, Pune, He received his B.Tech in Biomedical Engineering from the Biju Patnaik University of Technology Odisha and M.Tech in Biomedical
Engineering from SRM University, Chennai. He earned his Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Odisha. He joined School of Engineering, ADYPU in August 2016.
He has a profound interest in the field of medical electronics and instrumentation with specialization in biosignal-based intelligent human-computer interface design for controlling assistive devices. He has extensive expertise in
device development for biosignal acquisition, MATLAB based graphical user interface design for real-time signal processing and event monitoring, biosignal-based wireless control of rehabilitative devices and assistive robotics
and applications of IoT in healthcare.
He has published 8 research publications in referred journals, 26 international publications in various IEEE conferences and 13 book chapters of international repute.
7 of his research papers have received best international paper awards.
Dr. Biswajeet has received the ISER-Young Scientist Award 2017 by International Society for Engineers and Researchers, Vienna, Austria for his contribution to the field of “Human-Computer Interaction”.
Dr Biswa Prasun Chatterji completed his Ph.D. on micro-tubules and anticancer drugs from IIT Bombay in 2011 and M.Tech in Biotechnology from Jadavpur University in 2002.
He has published 13 papers in international journals and has won the second prize in oral presentation on Xanthan fermentation found in food waste in Indian International Science festival 2015 at IIT Delhi.
He is an ambidextrous professional who has worked in industry and academia with equal panache. He worked with MAHYCO and Dolcera for four years and worked as a lecturer for 5 years at St. Xavier College, Mumbai where he taught
subjects prescribed for MSc. Biotechnology. He has worked as a guest lecturer at several colleges in Mumbai and has been a resource person in syllabus workshop on IPR in Biotech in Mumbai University.
Mr. Suraj Kumar Nayak is an M.Tech in Biomedical Engineering from the Department of Biotechnology and Medical Engineering, NIT Rourkela in 2015. Currently pursuing his Ph.D. from the same department. Mr. Nayak is a young dynamic
researcher with 75+ publications in reputed journals, books, international conferences, and 290+ citations. He has also filed 2 patents in 2019.
Dr. Nayak has received the prestigious International Travel Scheme (ITS) grant from the Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India for presenting his research at the 25th European Signal Processing Conference in 2017 held
in Los Island, Greece.
He is the reviewer of the Journal of Texture Studies, and Journal of Informatics in Medicine Unlocked. Mr. Nayak has bagged 2 best paper awards to his credit, one in ICAME 2015 international conference held in JIS college, Kolkata,
and the other in INDICON 2016 conference held at IISc Bangalore.
Mr. Nayak is also the Founder and CEO of a startup called Clavictor Academy Private Limited, which is incubated at EIC, ADYPU Pune, and FTBI, NIT Rourkela. The startup develops various services like animated video lectures, notes,
mock test series, live classes, mentoring facility, real-time doubt clearing facility, and most importantly daily self-study guidance for students. It also conducts various entrance guidance programs and skill development programs
for helping the students in improving their employability. This startup has won the Odisha Youth Innovation Fund Award-2019 conducted by Govt. of Odisha, and Entrepreneurship in Residence (EiR) grant-2020 from the Ministry of
Electronics & IT (MeiTY), Govt. of India. Further, the startup was featured on Twitter of the Ministry of Education, Govt. of India for its effort in implementing Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan.
Ms. Sneha Shinde is an Adjunct Professor. She possesses a Postgraduate degree in Computers and Information Technology from Savitribai Phule Pune University.
She has an industry experience of 1.8 years in the Web Development Domain on Drupal Technology. Being a Data Science Enthusiast, she has worked on multiple projects in Data Science, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, and
Web Development domain. She has experience in organizing and volunteering at the Women in Data Science Pune Conference(2019-2020) also is an active member of the Women in Machine learning and Data science, social group.
Her team was one of the top three winners in Hertech Hackathon Pune, Presented by Facebook. She also possesses an I.S.T.Q.B(Foundation Level) Certificate in Software Testing Domain.
Dr. Ipsita has completed her B-Tech from a state government college, Odisha in Mechanical Engineering, and has a Ph.D. in “Nanoporous material for energy storage devices” at the Department of Materials Engineering, NIT-Rourkela. She
holds the award of DAAD scholarship from Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany under the IEK-1 team. Her current area of research includes material engineering for energy storage devices, drug delivery, robotics, and automation. She has
a keen interdisciplinary approach to her research work and aspires to continue to collaborate in different fields.
Dr. Sachin Rajas has completed his M.Sc. and Ph.D. from Amravati University. He has also completed his B.Ed. from Nagpur University. He has total 19 years of teaching experience in engineering colleges of four different University.
His area of research is geometric function theory and fractional calculus. His core area includes Univalent and Multivalent function and their analytical and geometrical properties which deals with complex analysis.
He has published total 11 research papers in International Journals and presented 7 research papers at National/ International Conferences. He has participated/ organized 21 STTP/FDP/Workshop/Seminar/Orientation program/Conference.
He is author of 2 books of Engineering Mathematics I and III. He has worked as a reviewer for Tata Mc-Graw Hill Ltd. He is a life member of 3 professional societies as ISTE, IJMSEA and IJERIA.
Ms. Khushabu Trivedi is an Assistant Professor in Computer Science & Engineering with 4 years of teaching experience in various institutes and universities in Pune and Rajasthan. She also served the role of Teaching Assistant in
Govt. College Engineering, Ajmer (Rajasthan).
She completed her B.Tech from Rajasthan Technical University and M.Tech from State Government College, Rajasthan. She is UGC-NET Qualified with a 99.28 percentile. She won the “Best Paper Award” for her research work in “Mass
Estimation and Density Estimation” at the IEEE conference. She had submitted an idea in “Smart India Hackathon 2017” under the Department of Rural Development Ministry.
Her core interest areas include Data Mining, Machine Learning, Python, and Blockchain. She holds a good command of the various subjects of Computer Science and Engineering like Neural Networks, Artificial Engineering, Software
Engineering, Operating systems, DBMS, Data structure, and cloud computing.
She has attended the National Institute of Technical Teachers and Training and Research (NITTTR), Chandigarh workshops on various technologies. She has many papers published in international journals.
Dr. Naveen G. Patil has 3 years of research and 1-year of teaching experience and has published 5 papers in the reputed SCI journals and one book chapter. He has recently applied for the InSc young researcher award it is under
evaluation.
He has completed B. E. (Mechanical) and M. Tech. (Thermal Power systems) from VTU Belgaum, Karnataka. He also holds a Ph.D. degree from Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore campus in the field of the heat transfer
characteristics from high generating IC chips intended to cool by using (Liquid cold plate +Heat sink based ) hybrid cooling systems and passive cooling. His area of research interest lies in Thermal Management Systems,
Computational Fluid Dynamics, Heat transfer & Numerical Methods, Battery Cooling Systems using PCM, Inverse heat transfer, and optimization methods.
Dr. Shankar completed M.Sc. in Biotechnology from Swami Ramanand Teerth Marathwada University, Nanded, Maharashtra, and received his M. Tech. in Biotechnology from National Institute of Technology (NIT), Rourkela. He earned his
Ph.D. in Biochemical Engineering from IIT, Varanasi. Along with being with association with ADYPU, he is also an Editorial Board Member of the journal “American Journal of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering” and Reviewer of
“Preparative Biochemistry and Biotechnology” and “Signa Vitae” Journals. He has presented his Ph.D. research work at an international conference organised by NTU and AIChE in Singapore and many more National conferences. He has also
published 12 peer-reviewed research articles in reputed journals.
He has a core interest in the field of Microbial Biochemicals of therapeutic importance, Bioenergy (2G and 3G ethanol), and bioremediation. His doctoral studies were focused on the “production and Purification of uricase enzyme from
microbial sources and its application in the treatment of gout disease”. During M. Tech (2011 – 13) and Ph.D. (2013 – 18), he received an MHRD fellowship, Govt. of India. Later, he joined as a Project Associate at R&D, Hindustan
Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL), Bangalore, and worked in the Bioenergy area.
Prof. Sameer Agrawal has 8 years of experience in teaching Mechanical engineering subjects at the Undergraduate level. He has carried out a one-year full-time project at “Bhabha Atomic Research Center, Mumbai” during his Master’s
program. He is specialized in the Design Engineering domain with his Masters’s in Automobile Engineering. He has a very keen interest in teaching and likes to explore and append new teaching methodologies during the teaching and
learning process. He is a NPTEL Certified candidate for many prime courses. He was a core team member for curriculum designing of the Second Year 2019 course of Savitribai Phule Pune University for two subjects, Solid mechanics and
Kinematics of Machinery. Along with academics, he possesses a great degree of enthusiasm for Co-curricular activities, organizing technical events, social activities, sports (indoor and outdoor).
Dr. Harshal Patil has more than 12 years of experience in teaching wide technology courses including Data Structures & Algorithm, DataBase & Application, Ethical Hacking, Artificial Intelligence, Digital Forensic,
Cryptography, Internet of Things, etc. Quarterly Franklin Membership by London Journal Press, UK(2019). He has won Quarterly Franklin Membership by London Journal Press, UK, and Innovation in ICT Technique for Teaching Learning
Process in 2019. He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Jaipur National University. He also possesses multiple certifications from OPSWAT viz Cyber Security Associate, MetaDefender Associate, Secure Data Workflow Associate. He is
also a certified Blockchain Developer by IBM. He is a member of CSI and ISTE and published 11 papers to date.
Dr. Shital Giri has done 4 years full time research work on “Studies in Development of Low Glycemic Index Foods” during Ph.D. She has 2 research publications in refereed international journals. Dr. Giri received her B.Tech in Food
Sciences from the CFT, Parbhani University and M.Tech in Food Technology from LIT College, Nagpur University. She is specialized in Food Engineering and Technology domain with her Ph.d. in Food Engineering and Technology from
Institute of Chemical Technology, Matunga, Mumbai. She has successfully completed Task in her inplant training on “T-reactor jamming” in Mondelez India Foods Private Limited (Formerly Cadbury India Ltd.) in the inplant training
period of M.Tech. She has worked on “Development of Bitter gourd-Amla churna”.
Dr. Rakesh A. Afre completed his M.Sc. (Physics with specialization in Energy Studies) from North Maharashtra University, Jalgaon, Maharashtra and PhD (Nanotechnology) from
Nagoya Institute of Technology (NIT), Nagoya, Japan under guidance of Prof. Tetsuo Soga. After his M.Sc. he joined as a JRF at IIT Mumbai to work on DST sponsored project entitled
‘Carbon nanomaterials for solar cell‘ under the guidance of Prof. Maheshwar Sharon, Dept. of Chemistry.
Later he moved to Japan to pursue his PhD degree under Japan Government Scholarship (Monbukagakusho). His doctoral studies were focused on ‘Synthesis of carbon nanotubes by renewable natural precursors’ In
2007. He accomplished a PhD and continued his further research on organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices at NIT. Then he moved to KRICT, South Korea for his next assignment to continue research on DSSCs and small
molecule OPVs. Furthermore, he moved to Australia to continue his research on fabrication of transparent electrodes using nanomaterials for OPVs and then to Ethiopia as a Professor. He came back to
India and joined Walchand Center for Research in Nanotechnology and Bionanotechnology (wcRnb), WCAS, Solapur as a HOD of Nanotechnology department under eminent directors Dr. Madhuri Sharon and Prof. Maheshwar
Sharon.
Ms. Shital Solanki is an Assistant Professor in Mathematics. She has been awarded a gold medal in B.Sc. (Maths). She completed her
M.Tech (IMCA) from the Nowrosjee Wadia college, Pune. After her studies, she taught mathematics at Nowrosjee Wadia College, Pune for four years and further worked in the same capacity at COEP.
Her core interest areas include Graph theory, Operations Research, Real Analysis and Algebra. She has attended National level workshop on ‘Applications of Mathematics in Engineering Education‘
conducted at IIT Guwahati, attended two National Conferences on ‘Emerging trends in Soft Computing‘ and on ‘Discrete Mathematics’ and National Seminar on ‘
Applications of Mathematics and Statistics in Life Sciences‘.
In addition to her teaching responsibilities she also works as an ERP coordinator of the University. She is a member of Board of Studies for School of Engineering. She also guides M.Tech students on projects such as suspension
system, process control, simulation models etc. She also enjoys conducting different training programs for students on topics like Vedic Mathematics, Joy of Numbers, Mathematical Modeling using Scilab etc.
Dr. Debirupa Hore has completed her B.E (Electrical Engineering) from State Government College, Guwahati and M.Tech in Power & Energy systems from National Institute of Technology, Silchar and Ph.D. (Electrical Engineering) from
Gauhati University.
She has been working as an academician and researcher for the last 11 years. She has taught various subjects in Electrical and Electronic Engineering at various Engineering colleges in Guwahati and those affiliated
to the University of Pune. Her research work mainly involves wind energy, electrical drives, controllers, power electronics and artificial intelligence based techniques.
She has attended several workshops, seminars, and conferences. She has also published around 14 research papers related to Electrical and Electronic engineering in various reputed national and international journals and conferences
including IEEE, SAGE Publications etc.
Dr. Aiswarya has completed her B.Tech and M.Tech in Biomedical Engineering from BPUT, Odisha and SRM University, Chennai, respectively. She has submitted her Ph.D. thesis at the Department of Ceramic Engg, NIT-Rourkela on
‘Bio-ceramics and its application in Bioimaging’.
She has worked as an Assistant Professor at CMRIT, Bangalore in the Department of Electronics Engineering. She has received the fellowship from GITA, GoI to attend India-UK Collaborative Industrial Research & Development
Programme at King’s College, London from Feb 2017 to May 2017.
Dr. Neeti Sharma holds a Masters Degree in Biochemistry (Gold Medalist) from University of Lucknow and Doctorate degree in Biotechnology from the University of Pune. During her doctorate tenure as a CSIR fellow at National Centre
for Cell Science (NCCS), Pune she devoted her research to understand the genetic basis and molecular mechanisms of rare genetic syndrome (Rubinstein-Taybi Syndrome). The focus of her research activities during her doctorate
primarily dealt with the genetic basis of this congenital disorder, genomic profiling of nuclear genes implicated in epithelial ovarian cancer stem cells and exploring epigenetic marks in ovarian cancer and cancer stem-like cells.
Along with her research experience she has more than 9 years of teaching experience at leading institutions of India. She has published more than 40 research paper in various journals. Her areas of expertise lies in Cancer Biology,
Nanochemoprevention and Epigentics.
Mr. Uttam Kumar is an Assistant Professor in School of Engineering at Ajeenkya DY Patil Unversity, Pune since August 2018. He did his B.Tech in Electrical and Electronics Engineering (EEE) from Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical
University (formerly known as Uttar Pradesh Technical University) Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh in 2011 and M.Tech in Biomedical Engineering from National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Odisha in 2013. He received an MHRD scholarship
during his post-graduation.
He worked as Assistant Professor for 4 years and 10 months at NIMS University, Jaipur Rajasthan in the Department of Electrical Engineering. He holds a good command on the various subjects of Electrical and Electronics Engineering
like network analysis and synthesis, signals and systems, control systems and electrical machines. His current area of interest is instrumentation, bioelectronics, biosensors, control system, and biomedical signal processing. He has
published 2 research publications in referred journals and 2 international publications in IEEE conferences.
Dr. Kulkarni possess 28 years of rich experience in teaching Mechanical engineering subject at Undergraduate and Postgraduate level. He also has worked as project engineer in turnkey project across India building factories, cement
plants, chemical plants, and power plants. He is specialized in thermal engineering domain with his Ph.D. in area of refrigeration and air conditioning. He is an alumnus of College of Engineering, Pune. He has on his name 8
international publications and 12 international conferences where he presented his work on HVAC. He is NPTEL Certified candidate for many prime courses. He has obtained his course work training from Aalborg University, Denmark. He
has trained many young aspirants and newcomers in the field of teaching profession to engineering. He has designed a curriculum for MSBTE as well as Pune University for many subjects. He has played a vital role as project
coördinator for mechanical engineering for the University of Pune. He has authored famous books in automobile engineering, project management and AutoCAD.
Along with academics, he possesses great degree of enthusiasm and hummer for extracurricular activities, social activities, sports (Indoor and outdoor), trekking and singing.
Ms. Sneha holds her B. Tech in Mechanical Engineering from College of Engineering, Pune (CoEP) and Masters in Machine Design from North Maharashtra University.Apart from academic achievements to her credit, she also has rich
industry experience. She worked as a Design Engineer with Eaton Technologies Pvt. Ltd. In addition, she is Green Belt certified in Design for Six Sigma.
Her area of research interest is product design & development and application of design thinking. She has published many articles in the areas of optimization of design and design modifications for high-temperature coupling used
in engine bleed air system.
Ms. Neha Vekhande-Hinge carries a decade of rich academic experience at various institutes and universities in the Mumbai and Pune region. Contributed as Assistant Professor at Amity University, Mumbai, & Officer-In-Charge,
Regional Exam Distribution Centre, MSBTE.
Ms. Neha has completed B.E in Computer Science from Usha Mittal Institute of Technology, SNDT Women’s University, Mumbai, & Masters in Computer Engineering from Mumbai University. She also holds a P.G Diploma in Big Data
Analytics from CDAC, Pune. Ms. Neha has attended many National and International workshops, seminars, and lectures. Her papers have been published in International journals. Ms. Neha is currently pursuing her Ph.D. in Computer
Engineering.
An ICT (ATOS | Syntel) certified digital teacher and professionally certified in Business Analytics & Intelligence. Her area of interest is Machine Learning, Data Mining, Database Management, Information retrieval, Data
Modeling, and Data visualization.
Ms. Neha has received the EDUCATION ICON AWARD-2020 for her contribution in the area of Education and Digitization in Education.
Ms. Kaveri Daulat Kangune is an assistant professor in the School of Engineering. With good industry experience, her specialization lies in the domain of Data Science, and has published 3 research papers.
Isha Sood has published 3 international and 5 national research papers. Her area of expertise is machine learning and cyber security.
Dr. Sandeep Sharma is a Professor in the School of Engineering. He has 23+ years of experience in teaching, research, and industry alike. His areas of research interest are Optical sensors, optical switches, Ml-based forecasting for
machine maintenance, robotics, reliability of electronic components for space application.
He has published close to 30 SCI and SCOPUS indexed journals, has supervised 8 Ph.D. thesis, 3 awarded 1 defended, 2 submitted and 2 under progress, in addition to 10 MTech and numerous UG thesis. He was a Postdoc at Chang Gung
University Taiwan, as well as his work experience with Companies like GE Power Conversion (formerly Converteam EDC Pvt Ltd) and Saora Inc USA.
Mr. Chandan Prasad is an M.E in Computer Engineering from SPPU, Pune in 2015. Currently pursuing his Ph.D. from the same department from JJTU, Rajashthan. Mr Chandan Prasad is a young dynamic researcher with 15+ publications in
reputed journals and international conferences. He has also filed 1 patent in 2014.
Mr. Chandan Prasad is also a Master Trainer by NSSDC for Android. He is also having 7+ years of experience in IT as a developer and facilitator. He has also been part of the content designing team Tata Trust. His area of expertise
is Mobile, Artificial Intelligence, and Data Science.
Prof Shruti Asarkar graduated with Distinction in BE(CSE) from SGBAU in the year 2017. Soon after, she completed her MTech from MIT, Kothrud, Pune. During her MTech, she was working with Humancloud Pvt ltd as a full stack developer
and successfully completed multiple projects. She has enjoyed a career span as an academician at ADYPU, Pune. Subjects that involve programming and the latest technology trends have been of special interest to her. Shruti has
acquired specialization in the subjects related to Data Science. She is also keen on learning newer prolific technologies to further enhance her career. She does have some national and international publications to her credit.
Shruti has been a part of or taken responsibility for a lot of administration-level committees at her department. Exam Coordinator, Project, or internship coordinator have been a few mentionable responsibilities executed by her. She
has completed Global certifications like Microsoft, Cisco, etc.
Bidisha Acharjee has done B.Tech and M.Tech in CSE with 5+ years of teaching experience in various educational institutions. At present, she is associated with ADYPU as an assistant professor.
Mr. Siddharth Nanda is an experienced professional at the School of Engineering at Ajeenkya D Y Patil University, Pune. He has a strong interest and has extensively worked in the field of Data Science. He received his B.Tech in
Computer Science and Engineering from the Biju Patnaik University of Technology, Odisha, and M.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering from SRM University, Chennai. He joined the School of Engineering, ADYPU in July 2018.
He has a profound interest in the field of Data Science with global certifications which include Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate: Machine Learning, EMC Academic Associate: Data Science and Big Data Analytics, Oracle
Certified Professional: JavaSE 6 Programmer. He has a number of impressive credits to his name, such as numerous international paper publications to his credit, and also he has been guest editor for international publications. His
passion lies in exploring and implementing projects with expertise in R Programming, Python, and Statistics, with a strong interest in research and curating research papers.
Prof Dimpal Bharad is the Assistant professor School of Engineering at Ajeenkya D Y Patil University, Pune, she received her B.E in Computer Engineering from the Gujarat Technological university and M.E in Computer Engineering from
Gujarat Technological University. She has a total of 6 years of teaching experience in computer / IT engineering in various institutes and universities in Pune and Gujarat.
She joined the School of Engineering, ADYPU in Dec 2019. She has a profound interest in the field of Computer and Information Technology with a specialization in Networking, Cloud Computing. She has extensive expertise in Aws and
Microsoft Azure and Google cloud development for different cloud services.
She has an interest in Security and cyber security. She has published 6 research papers in different publications like 2 in IEEE and others in international publications.
Mr. Sandip completed PG-DBDA from ACTS, Pune, and completed M.E.(CSE) from SRTMU, Nanded. He has 12 years of academic experience and 6 months of industry experience. He has practical exposure to many FOSS technologies. He is an
expert in data science and cloud technology. He also had my ME dissertation in network security and taught almost all subjects during his academic tenure. He is passionate about teaching and handles many responsibilities.
Prof. Supriya Bhosale completed a Master of Science in Mathematics with 9.5 years of experience. She has taught Applied Mathematics at Engineering College, Pune University.
Dr Nilay Karade completed his PhD in Machine Learning from RTM Nagpur University in 2017 and MCA from RTM Nagpur University in 2008. 12+ years of experience in the field of Machine Learning, Data Science, Web, and Mobile app
development. He has worked for various start-ups and MNCs in the capacity of a software consultant. The domains he has handled are automotive, healthcare, education for clients across North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific region
He also has experience in the field of teaching. He had taught subjects like Python, Java, Web programming to BCA, BTech, and MCA students. He has published 2 papers in international journals. His areas of expertise include
Artificial Neural Network, Natural Language Processing, Computer Vision, Machine Learning, and Data Science.
Ms. Uditi Sur has a Bachelor in Pharmacy from JSS College of Pharmacy and a Masters also from JSS College of Pharmacy. She has experience of around 4 years in training and development in both the industry and education sectors. She
is a certified Master Trainer and Facilitator and has also done her CELTA from Language and Training, Prague.
Ms. Apurva Kandelkar has completed her B.E (IT) & M.E in (Computer Engineering) from Amravti university. She is pursuing a Ph.D. in Computer Science & Engineering. She has been working as an academician for the last 10
years. She has taught various subjects in computer engineering and the data science domain. She has attended several workshops, seminars, and conferences.
Mr. Nitin Kamble, having more than 17 years of experience in teaching and training. Presently he is an Assistant Professor at Ajeenkya DY Patil University located in Pune. He has a master’s degree in Computer Engineering from the
University of Mumbai and a B.Tech in Electronics Telecommunications.
There are several research articles published by him in the field of Cloud Computing, Cloud Security, Healthcare, and BigData/Hadoop. He has acquired Global Certifications like AWS certified Solution Architect – Associate, Google
certified Cloud Engineer – Associate, and Microsoft Azure.
Mr. Sukhesh Kothari is an M.Tech in Computer Networks and Information Security from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad. He has over 8+ years of teaching experience in several institutions across India. His domain
expertise is in Computer Networks and Cybersecurity. Mr. Sukhesh Kothari has pursued several I.T certifications in the area of Networking/Cybersecurity and Cloud from industries like Juniper Networks/Cisco/Oracle respectively. He
has been supervised for several national and international projects. He has published several papers in journals and conferences, currently associated with ADYPU from Feb 2021 till date.
Prof. Vijay Gaike completed his master’s and bachelor’s in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Pune and holds 10+ years of experience in academics. He is working as Assistant Professor in the School of Engineering. He has
published 8 papers at an international conference. His area of interest in research is Design Thinking and IoT.
Ms. Monali Bachhav holds her B.E. and M.E. in computer engineering. The area of research is the cloud. Pursuing Ph.D. from Jaipur University. Microsoft Azure AZ900 certified.
Mr. Basab Nath is working as an assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering with 3years of experience with different institutes. He received his M.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering from Assam
University, Silchar( Central University) and he is currently pursuing his Ph.D. in “Neural Machine Translation for Indian Language Pair” at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Assam University, Silchar. He received
the award for outstanding paper presentation at the Springer Conference. He also published one patent in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry of the Government of India. Furthermore, he obtained two global certifications: azure
fundamentals az-900 and azure fundamentals az-700. His current research interests include natural language processing (NLP), cloud security, and machine learning. He takes an integrative approach to his study and hopes to continue
to develop in different areas.
Dr. Krishna Kant Pandey completed his B. Tech (Mechanical) from B.P.U.T Rourkela, Odisha. He has completed the M Tech (Design) program from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at NIT, Rourkela, Odisha in the field of Robot
Trajectory Planning. Also, he has completed a doctoral program from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at NIT Rourkela in the year 2020 as a full-time research scholar in the field of Robotics.
Dr. Pandey is presently working as an Assistant Professor in the School of Engineering, Ajeenkya DY Patil University, Pune, India, since Sept. 2021. His research interests are Robotics, Mechatronics, AI, Navigation Control,
Trajectory Planning, and Optimization.
He authored (and co-authored) over 40 research articles in peer-reviewed journals, books, and conferences in the field of Robotics and trajectory control. He has 11 years of experience including research, teaching, and industry. He
has attended more than 35 workshops and conferences in institutions of national importance across India. He has also published copyright registered with the domain of the Indian copyright.
Dr. Pandey is a recognized reviewer of many reputed international journals having IF more than 5. He had also held the position of Research Associate from Jan. to June 2020 at IIT Delhi. He has professional membership of ASME and
IEEE. His articles are highly cited worldwide with a total citation of 300+ with h-index ‘11’ in Web of Science and Scopus Domain.
Mr. Tushar Chechare is an M. Tech. in Computer Science and Engineering from SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai. He is an Assistant Professor in the School of Engineering, ADYPU, Pune with 2.5 years of teaching
experience in various universities including Pune and Lucknow. His core interest areas include Cloud Computing and Blockchain and JAVA and also holds a good command in various subjects Computer Science and Engineering. He has
attended FDP on “Cloud Technologies and Information Security” conducted by iNurture Education Solutions Pvt. Ltd. Bangalore.
Mr. Sharad Raosaheb has 7.5 years of experience. He has completed M. Tech in 2014 and BE in 2012. He holds domain expertise in Cloud, IoT, Python and currently serving as an Assistant Professor at ADYPU.
Mr. Prakhar Jain is working as an Assistant Professor in the School of Engineering at ADYPU. He is currently working on his Doctorate project to Design and Control of Knee Exoskeleton for assisting people suffering from knee
injuries. The project is jointly funded by the Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala, and the University of Gavle, Sweden. Mr. Jain earned his Master of Science in Autonomous Robotics from the University of Lille,
France, and a Master of Technology degree in CAD/CAM Engineering from Thapar University, Patiala. He completed his B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering from Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University, Lucknow (formerly Gautam Buddh
Technical University). He has previously worked with Baron Etcoma, Lille France as a Robotics Engineer.
Mr. Jain has a core interest in the field of Autonomous Robotics and Robotic assistive devices. He is a former visiting researcher in the University of Gavle, Gavle, Sweden, and is the recipient of the prestigious French Government
Charpak scholarship in the year 2016, for pursuing his Master’s Degree in Robotics from France. Mr. Jain is an active member of the PunjRobotics and Robotics Society of India.
Prof. Gargi Deshpande is an Assistant Professor in the School of Engineering at Ajeenkya DY Patil University, Pune. She did her B.E. in Electronics & Telecommunications from Government Engineering College of Aurangabad in 2012
and an M.E. in VLSI & Embedded Systems from Pune University.
Apart from academic achievements to her credit, she also has 3 years of industry experience. She worked as a Developer in the Automotive domain with TCS.
Her area of research interest is IoT & Renewable Energy Resources. She has published many articles in the areas of IoT. She has two patents filed and published to date.
Dr. Nitin Sherje has 15 years of teaching and 2.5 years of Industrial Experience. He worked as a Head of the Mechanical Engineering Department for four years. He has completed an ME in Design Engineering and a Ph.D. in Mechanical
Engineering. His area of interest lies in Automotive Technology, Mechanical Vibration, Smart Fluids, and Semi-active control in vehicle suspension. He has published more than 25 papers in International Journal and authored three
books. He received the best paper award at the International Conference. He was a resource person for various faculty development programs and session chair for conferences. He received a research grant from BCUD, SPPU, Pune. He
represented a team for SAE International Aero Design Competition in LA, California, USA.
Dr. Raj Gaurav Mishra is an Associate Professor at the School of Engineering. Dr. Mishra has received his M.S. in Space Engineering from the Department of Space Studies, Umea University, Kiruna, Sweden. He has completed his Ph.D. in
Microstrip Antenna Design from the University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun. He has around 14+ years of experience in academics, research, and Industry. Dr. Mishra is an author of about 40+ international refereed
journals, international conference papers and book chapters, 1 Indian patent, and 3 edited books.
Dr. Muthu Sankar Aathi has received M.Sc, M.Phil, Ph.D. in Bioinformatics, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, and also completed a Master’s degree in Zoology in School of Distance Education, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore.
During his Ph.D., he worked as a UGC-Project Fellow. Dr. Muthu has received prestigious national awards from various funding agencies. He has completed four years of Post Doctoral Research experience at two different institutions.
He has recently worked as ICMR Centenary-Post Doctoral Fellowship (2018-2020) at ICMR-National Institute for Research in Reproductive Health, Mumbai, and also done DST-SERB National Post Doctoral Fellowship (2016-2018) at
International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), New Delhi. He has been selected for UGC-DS Kothari Post Doctoral Fellowship but not availed (2018) at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
Dr. Muthu has 12 years of research experience in the field of genome annotation, network analysis, phyloinformatics, molecular modeling in drug discovery, high-throughput virtual screening, structure and ligand-based pharmacophore
modeling, quantitative structure-activity relationship, molecular dynamics simulations, small molecule validations, and co-crystallization. He has presented his research work at various national and international conferences and has
also participated in many workshops. He has published more than 14 research papers in peer-reviewed journals.
Dr. Nawneet Kumar Kurrey is a trained cell biologist with a broad range of experience in molecular biology, cancer stem cells, and drug discovery. After completing his Ph.D. from National Center for Cell Sciences, Pune, he moved to
the United States and joined Prof Buck Hales group at the School of Medicine, SIU at Carbondale, IL for postdoctoral training, where he got acquainted with the unique animal model of cancer. He worked as DST-INSPIRE Faculty at
CSIR-CFTRI Mysuru and as Research Scientist at NIPER Ahmedabad. During his doctoral and postdoctoral tenure published more than 25 articles in national and international journals. He served as the reviewer for many international
journals.
Ms. Aruna Verma is an assistant professor of the School of Engineering at Ajeenkya D Y Patil University, Pune. She has completed an M.Tech in Computer Science Engineering from the Maharshi Dayanand University Haryana in 2014. She
has a Qualified National eligibility test for an assistant professor(UGC NET-2019) in computer science and application.
She has industry experience of 2 years in the software Development Domain and 9 years of teaching experience in various reputed organizations. Being a Data Science Enthusiast, she has worked on multiple projects in Data Science,
Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, and big data.
She has a profound interest in the field of computer vision and Image processing with a specialization in deep learning. She has published 8 research publications in refereed journals, 5 international publications in various
international conferences and 1 of her research papers have received best international paper awards.
