Our Faculty
Dean
Dr. S. Poonkuntran
Professor, Dean
Email: poonkuntran.s@vitbhopal.ac.in
Dr. S. Poonkuntran earned his Ph.D. in Computer and Information Technology from Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli, India. He is having 15 plus years of experience in teaching/research. His research area of interest includes information security, computer vision, artificial intelligence, and machine learning. He executed three funded research grants from the Indian Space Research Organization, Defense Research Development Organization, and Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Government of India. He received two seminar grants from Anna University, Chennai, and the All India Council for Technical Education-Indian Society for Technical Education. He has 3 patent publications and 70 plus technical paper publications. He has authored 6 books and 1 Chapter. He is a lifetime member of IACSIT, Singapore, CSI, India, and ISTE, India. He received Cognizant Best Faculty Award 2017-18 and served as a State Level Student Coordinator Position for Region VII, CSI, India in 2016-17.
Programme Chair
Dr. SANDIP MAL
Senior Assistant Professor
Email: pc.bce@vitbhopal.ac.in, sandip.mal@vitbhopal.ac.in
Dr. Sandip Mal is an Assistant Professor in the School of Computing Science & Engineering, VIT Bhopal University, India. He served as an Assistant Professor at Central University of Jharkhand before joining VIT Bhopal. At present three research scholars are working under his supervision. He has publications in various international and national journals. He has received fellowships from different government organisations for his academic and research work. His research interests include Image Processing, and Software Engineering. He has also developed study materials on different subjects (sandipmal.wordpress.com).
Faculty
Dr. MANAS KUMAR MISHRA
Professor,
Email: manaskumar.mishra@vitbhopal.ac.in
Dr. Manas Kumar Mishra has served in different academic and administrative roles at various academic institutes for more than 21 years. Most recently, he served GLA University, Mathura, (2011-2019) for close to 8 years, where apart from his teaching assignments, he was the Deputy Controller of Examinations, Professor-in-charge IT Infrastructure, and Professor-in-charge Purchases; etc. Dr. Mishra holds a PhD. in Computer Science and Engineering and M. Tech. in Software Engineering from MNNIT Allahabad, and a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Shivaji University, Kolhapur. He has supervised around 20 M. Tech. Theses and 02 of his PhD. students have successfully defended their Theses under his guidance. He is an active researcher in the field of wireless sensor networks, MANET and VANET. Dr. Manas is a Life member of CSI and ISTE.
Dr. R. Shriram
Professor,
Email: shriram.r@vitbhopal.ac.in
Dr. Shriram Raghunathan is the Programme Chair of Gaming Technology in the School of Computing Science & Engineering, VIT Bhopal University, India. He works on Natural Language Processing, Instructional Design and Gaming. He completed his PhD in Computer Science and Engineering in 2008 and did his Masters in Instructional Design (online) from Open University of Malaysia. His significant achievements include setting up India’s first Centre of Excellence in Pervasive Computing in 2007 worth Rs. 5 crore and completion of 4 funded projects (mobile Tamil interfaces, mobile keypad standardization and plagiarism checking) in Tamil Computing since 2004.He has published widely in domains of gaming, cloud computing, natural language processing and instructional design and guided 4 Doctoral students for their PhD since 2014. He has published a book on Smart Learning and Gaming (IGI Publications, USA) and contributed to book chapters in the domain.
Dr. Chandan Kumar Behera
Assistant Professor,
Email: chandank.behera@vitbhopal.ac.in
Dr. Chandan Kumar Behera completed his M. Tech. from IIT Kharagpur, West Bengal, and is a Doctorate from the Department of Computer Science and Systems Engineering, Andhra University College of Engineering (A), Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. He is about 16 years of Teaching and Research experience and has 25 publications in international journals and conference proceedings, which includes SCI/SCIE, Scopus, IEEE, ACM, Elsevier, Springer, etc. He has significant research contributions in the field of Code Obfuscation and optimization Techniques. He has also been a Reviewer in various peer-reviewed Journals and Conferences. His research focuses on Software Piracy & Security, Reverse Engineering, Protection of intellectual property, source code-based intelligent Software Engineering, etc. He is also qualified National Eligibility Test (NET) for Lectureship conducted by the University Grants Commission (UGC) and recipient of the Young Scientist Award by the International Scientist Awards on Engineering, Science and Medicine, India. He is also a life member of professional bodies like the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), the Computer Society of India (CSI), International Association of Engineers (IAENG).
Dr. N. Alangudi Balaji
Assistant Professor, Senior
Email: alangudi.balaji@vitbhopal.ac.in
Dr. N. Alangudi Balaji is presently working as Assistant Professor Senior Grade in the School of Computing Science and Engineering, VIT-Bhopal University. He has pursued his B.E. (CSE) from Sethu Institute of Technology, Madurai, M.Tech., (CSE) from VIT University, Vellore, and Ph.D. (CSE) from Anna University, Chennai in the years 1999, 2005, and 2020 respectively. He has more than 17 years of teaching experience in reputed engineering institutions and has published several research papers in reputed journals. His area of research includes Network Security, Vehicular Ad Hoc Network Security, and Cryptography.
Dr. Aprna Tripathi
Assistant Professor
Email: aprna.tripathi@vitbhopal.ac.in
Dr. Aprna Tripathi is an Assistant Professor in the School of Computer Science and Engineering of VIT-Bhopal University. Dr. Tripathi has served in different academic and administrative roles in various academic institutions since 2002. Most recently, she served GLA University Mathura (2017- 2019). She completed her doctorate in computer science. She completed her post-graduation (M.Tech.) in Software Engineering from Banasthali University. She is an alumnus of HBTI where she completed her master of computer applications(MCA). Her research contribution over the past years has significant implications in computer science. She has published several papers in reputed journals and her area of specialization is software engineering, Software Testing and Data Analytics. She authored a book ” Component-Based Systems: Estimating Effects Using Soft Computing Techniques” with CRC Publication.
B. Manickavasagam
Assistant Professor
Email: manickavasagam@vitbhopal.ac.in
He received a Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science and Engineering in 2011 from Anna University, Chennai and a Master of Technology in Computer Science and Engineering in 2014 from SRM University in Chennai. He completed his Doctor of Philosophy in 2021 at the SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Department of Computer Science and Engineering. He worked as a Research Associate in the Software Defined Communication Laboratory of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at SRM Institute of Science and Technology in Kattankulathur, Tamil Nadu, India. He has published several research papers in indexed international journals. He has presented his findings at national and international conferences, as well as in proceedings of conferences. Additionally, he filed for patent protection for one of his research findings. His research interests include wireless body area networks, wireless sensor networks, the Internet of Things, and software-defined networking.
Dr. Preetam Suman
Assistant Professor, Senior
Email: preetam.suman@vitbhopal.ac.in
Dr. Preetam Suman has completed his doctorate from Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad and has over eight years’ experience in the field of academics. His core areas of expertise include medical imaging, Big Data analytics, Cloud computing, real-life applications of artificial intelligence and embedded systems. He was involved in a project related to implementing sensor networks in forests to save wildlife and development of technology to identify tumors in the brain using fMRI. Dr. Preetam Suman is currently working as Assistant Professor with Vellore Institute of Technology-Bhopal.Also, he has been nominated by various forums and associations in their committees. He has published more than forty papers in international journals and conferences and various seminars organized by professional bodies and industry associations worldwide. Dr. Preetam, holds professional associations with IEEE Technical Committee, IEEE Young Professionals.
Dr. Kamlesh Chandravanshi
Assistant Professor,
Email: kamlesh.chandravanshi@vitbhopal.ac.in
Dr. Kamlesh Chandravanshi is a Doctorate in Computer Science & Engineering from Mewar University, Chittorgarh and M.Tech in Computer Science & Engineering from VJTI Mumbai. He has an academic experience of 14 years and held academic responsibilities as Departmental NBA Coordinator and smart india hackathon coordinator in the previous institutions. He has 15 publications, in peer reviewed International/National journals with high impact factor and has 08 publications in various International Conferences held in India and abroad. His research interests include Mobile Ad Hoc Network, Wireless Sensor Network and Internet of Things (IoT). He has been actively participating as a reviewer in some of the international journals and a Professional Member of the IACSIT. He has received as best faculty award in Srijan 2018 by MPCST for Operating System.
Dr. Varshali Jaiswal
Assistant Professor,
Email: varshali.jaiswal@vitbhopal.ac.in
Dr. Varshali Jaiswal has completed his doctorate from School of Information Technology, RGPV Bhopal and has over eight years’ experience in the field of academics. Her core areas of expertise include medical imaging, Big Data analytics, Image Processing, real-life applications of artificial intelligence. She is currently working as Assistant Professor with Vellore Institute of Technology-Bhopal. She has published more than seven papers in international journals and conferences and various seminars organized by professional bodies.
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Dr. S. Ananthakumaran
Associate Professor,
Email: ananthakumaran@vitbhopal.ac.in
Dr. S. Ananthakumaran is an Associate Professor Grade-II in the School of Computing Science & Engineering, VIT Bhopal University, India. He was awarded with Ph.D., in CSE from Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tamil Nadu in the year August, 2016, M.E (CSE) from Anna University, Chennai in the year 2006. Also, he has completed M.C.A and
M.Sc., (Mathematics) from VHNSN College, Virudhunagar affiliated to Madurai Kamaraj University, Tamil Nadu during 2001 and 1998 respectively. He has nearly 19 years of teaching and research experience from reputed engineering colleges and university. He has published 12 research articles indexed in SCOPUS and SCI journals, and authored 3 book chapters. His research areas include information security, soft computing techniques/algorithms, and mathematical modelling. He has executed funded seminar grants 2 from DRDO and 1 from CSIR and TNSCST. He is a lifetime member of CRSI.
M.Sc., (Mathematics) from VHNSN College, Virudhunagar affiliated to Madurai Kamaraj University, Tamil Nadu during 2001 and 1998 respectively. He has nearly 19 years of teaching and research experience from reputed engineering colleges and university. He has published 12 research articles indexed in SCOPUS and SCI journals, and authored 3 book chapters. His research areas include information security, soft computing techniques/algorithms, and mathematical modelling. He has executed funded seminar grants 2 from DRDO and 1 from CSIR and TNSCST. He is a lifetime member of CRSI.
Saurabh Sharma
Assistant Professor,
Email: saurabh.sharma@vitbhopal.ac.in
Saurabh Sharma is pursuing a Doctorate from Amity University and M. Tech in Computer Science and Engineering from RGPV Bhopal (M.P.) in 2012. He has 12 years of experience in Teaching & Development Software Applications Exposure to various software systems and platforms with a good understanding of OOPS, Structured System Analysis & Design. Expertise in web and desktop application development using Core Java, Spring IoC, Spring Boot and various deployment wizards like WebLogic10.3.5.Experience in open-source automation server Jenkins. Experience developing, deploying, and running applications using Docker, OpenShift, Kubernetes. Experience developing open-source, cross-platform runtime environment for developing server-side and networking applications using Node.js framework. Experience in Testing a Node RESTful API with Node.js and using Mocha and Chai, Swagger, cucumber. He has 14 publications in peer-reviewed International/National journals with high impact factors and has 05 publications in various International Conferences. He has 10 Indian patent Publication,02 Copyright,01 Australian Patent publications. He has participated as a Mentor in Different National/International Hackathon.
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Rakesh Bharati
Assistant Professor,
Email: rakesh.bharati@vitbhopal.ac.in
Mr. Rakesh Bharati is presently working as an Assistant Professor in the School of Computer Science and Engineering at VIT University, Bhopal. He is pursuing his Ph.D. from MANIT Bhopal. He obtained his M.Tech (H) in Computer Science and Engineering from Uttrakhand Technical University, Dehradun in 2010 and his B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering from Uttar Pradesh Technical University, Lucknow in 2005. He has 14 years of academic experience as an Assistant Professor at various reputed engineering colleges. In 2007, 2009, and 2015, he qualified for the Gate Exam three times. He has qualified for the UGC/NET exam two times, in 2015 and 2017, respectively. He has published more than 15 research papers in international and national journals and conferences. He has guided six M.Tech dissertations and supervised 50 B.Tech projects.
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