Our Faculty
Division Head
Dr. Pushpinder Singh Patheja
Office: AB-108, First Floor
Email: pushpinder.singh@vitbhopal.ac.in
Dr. Pushpinder Singh Patheja is Division Head of Cyber Security and Digital Forensics at the School of Computing Science & Engineering, VIT Bhopal University, India. He has completed his Ph. D. and Post-Graduation from Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology (NIT), Bhopal. He has more than 30 years of experience in different academic and administrative roles in the field of teaching and research. He has more than 50 National and International papers to his credit. He is a member of various research organizations and has a specialization in computer networks, ad hoc networks, cyber security, and network security. Recently he has Completed the Certification of Certified Ethical Hacker (CEHv10) of EC-Council and is a NASSCOM Certified Trainer for Security Analyst SOC (SSC/Q0909: NVEQF Level 7). He was appointed as an Expert at Smart India Hackathon, 2017 and 2020 organized by MHRD and AICTE, New Delhi. He initiated VIT Bhopal ACM Student Chapter and has been instrumental in facilitating the collaborations for certifications namely Red Hat Certification for Linux and Ethical Hacking Certification of EC Council.
Programme Chairs
Dr. D. Saravanan
Assistant Professor
Email: saravanan.d@vitbhopal.ac.in
Dr. D. Saravanan is Assistant Professor in the School School of Computer Science and Engineering of VIT-Bhopal University. He completed his doctorate on the fusion of V2V and Vehicle-to-Infrastructure (V2I) have a cohesive nature to share the information among the vehicles that leads to safety in roads, navigation, and other emerging applications from Pondicherry University (A Central University). The research area includes Ad-hoc networks and security, Bio-inspired algorithms, SD-WAN published papers in reputed journals, Scopus, SCI. He is a permanent member of ISTE.
Faculty
Dr. SHISHIR KUMAR SHANDILYA
Professor
Email: shishirkumar.s@vitbhopal.ac.in
Dr. Shishir Kumar Shandilya is the Deputy Director of SECURE – Centre of Excellence in Cyber Security and Division Head of Cyber Security and Digital Forensics at VIT Bhopal University. He is working as a Principal Consultant to the Govt. of India for Technology Development and Assessment in Cyber Security. He also holds the position of Executive Director of National Cyber Defense Research Centre, New Delhi. He is pursuing higher-doctorate research (D.Sc.) on ‘Nature-inspired Cyber Security (NICS)’. He is a Visiting Researcher at Liverpool Hope University-United Kingdom, a Cambridge University Certified Professional Teacher and Trainer, TEDx Speaker, ACM Distinguished Speaker and a Senior Member of IEEE. He is a NASSCOM Certified Master Trainer for Security Analyst SOC (SSC/Q0909: NVEQF Level 7) and an Academic Advisor to National Cyber Safety and Security Standards, New Delhi. He has received the IDA Teaching Excellence Award for distinctive use of technology in Teaching by Indian Didactics Association, Bangalore (2016) and Young Scientist Award for two consecutive years, 2005 and 2006, by Indian Science Congress and MP Council of Science and Technology. He has ten books published by Springer Nature-Singapore, IGI-USA, River-Denmark and Prentice Hall of India. His recently published book is on ‘Advances in Nature-Inspired Cyber Security and Resilience’ by Springer and his research paper on Cybertwin is recently published in IEEE Transactions having an impact factor of 10.2. He has international and national patents and copyrights granted on NICS and Adaptive Cyber Defense Methods.
Dr. PRAVEEN LALWANI
Assistant Professor, SCSE
Email: praveen.lalwani@vitbhopal.ac.in
Dr. Praveen Lalwani is an Assistant Professor in School of Computing Science & Engineering, VIT Bhopal University, India. He completed his PhD from the Department of Computer Science & Engineering, IIT (ISM) Dhanbad in 2018. His research interests include Cyber Security and Digital Forensics.
Dr. Subhash Chandra Patel
Assistant Professor
Email: subhash.patel@vitbhopal.ac.in
Dr. Subhash Chandra Patel received his PhD degree in CSE from IIT (BHU), Varanasi in 2018 and M.Tech. degree in Information Security from the Guru Gobind Singh Indraprashtha University, New Delhi in 2010. Currently,B.Tech in CSE in 2006. Currently he is working as an Assistant Professor in the School of Computer Science and Engineering at VIT University Bhopal. Dr. Subhash Patel has Four years of Experience in Teaching. He got published various research papers in National and international conferences and Journals also. He reviewed various paper for Transactions on Cloud Computing Journal. His research interests include Cloud Computing Security, Information Security, Internet of Things and Software Engineering.
Dr Muneeswaran V
Assistant Professor, Senior
Email: muneeswaran@vitbhopal.ac.in
Dr. Muneeswaran V is working as Assistant Professor Sr. grade in the school of CSE, VIT Bhopal. He completed his B.E. (CSE) in the year 1999 from Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, and his M.E. (CSE) from Annamalai University, Chidambaram in the year 2005. He completed his Ph.D during 2021 in the area of Information Security from Anna University, Chennai. He has served in different academic and administrative roles at various academic institutes for more than 18 years. His research interests include Information Security, Quantum Cryptography, Data Science and Machine Learning. He has published 37 research publications in reputed International Journals/Conferences. He was a part of one of the members in Simulation of Boiler Model Testing Project, ABB, Bangalore and Dynamic Simulation of CFBC Furnace, Corporate R & D, BHEL Hyderabad. He has very much passion in program debugging and coding. He got Life time membership affiliation in Computer Society of India (CSI).
Dr. R. Ganeshan
Assistant Professor, Senior
Email: ganeshan.r@vitbhopal.ac.in
Dr. R. Ganeshan is Assistant Professor senior grade 2 in the School of Computer Science and Engineering of VIT-Bhopal University. He is having experience in different colleges and University. He was completed his doctorate degree in Anna University in the field of Information and Communication Engineering with specialization of Computer Science and Engineering. The research area includes Network Security and Forensics, Ethical Hacking, and Cyber Security. He has published various research papers which are indexed by Scopus and SCI journals. He is having various Professional Society membership cards like CSI, IAEng, SDIWC and ICSES.
Dr. Rizwan ur Rehman
Assistant Professor
Email: rizwan.ur@vitbhopal.ac.in
Dr. Rizwan ur Rehman completed his Doctorate and M.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering from Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal. Previously, he worked as Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering/Information Technology, Jaypee University of Information Technology, Waknaghat, Solan, Himachal Pradesh. He has publications in reputed SCI Journals like Computers & Security – Journal – Elsevier, Forensic Science International: Digital Investigation- Elsevier, Journal of Computer Virology, and Hacking Techniques- Springer etc. His research interest includes Cyber Security, Web Security, Digital Investigation, and Data Mining. He has over 10 years of teaching experience. His programming experience includes C/C++, C#, SQL, Python, ASP, ASP.NET, VB, VB.NET; Win Forms, Web Forms, and Java. He has also worked as Assistant Professor (on contract) in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, NIT Bhopal.
Mr. Vikas K Jain
Assistant Professor
Email: vikaskumar@vitbhopal.ac.in
Mr. Vikas K Jain is an Assistant Professor in the School of Computing Science and Engineering, VIT Bhopal University. Before joining VIT, Jain was working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Rajasthan Technical University, Kota under National Project Implementation Unit (TEQIP-III Project, a unit of MHRD). He has received a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Information Technology from RGPV University Bhopal and a Master of Engineering in Computer Engineering from SGSITS, Indore. He is pursuing Ph.D. in the department of Computer Science and Engineering, National Institute of Technology (NIT), Jaipur. His current research area includes Blockchain, Smart Contract and Cyber Security. He has achieved Network Security Associate Certification from Fortinet. He has qualified GATE Exam in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2016 and 2017.
Dr. Soma Saha
Senior Assistant Professor
Email: soma.saha@vitbhopal.ac.in
Dr. Soma Saha has completed her B.Tech and M.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering from University College of Science, Technology and Agriculture,Calcutta University, and obtained her PhD from Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, West Bengal. Her Phd thesis work is on “Unifying Heuristics and Evolutionary Computing for Characterizing and Solving Certain Combinatorial Optimization Problems”. She has been holding faculty positions since 2007. Before joining VIT Bhopal asAssistant Professor Senior Grade 2, she has worked in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, National Institute of Technology Rourkela,and in the Department of Computer Engineering, Shri Govindram Seksaria Institute of Technology and Science under TEQIP-III, NPIU scheme.She has published SCIE journal articles, Scopus indexed conference articles and one book chapter. Her research interests includecombinatorial optimization, evolutionary computation, and cyber security.
Dr. Adarsh Patel
Assistant Professor
Email: adarsh.patel@vitbhopal.ac.in
Dr. Adarsh Patel is a doctorate in Computer Science and Engineering from Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal (MANIT) and an M.Tech. in Computer Science from National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli, Tamilnadu (NITT). He has worked in various reputed educational institutes of National Importance. He has software industry experience of 2+ years of working in Oracle India Private Limited, Bangalore (Server Technologies Branch). He has conducted expert lectures in several Institute of National Importance. He secured All India Gate Rank 254 in GATE-2007. He has won a 50000/- Rs. cash prize award for teaching a B.Tech. level course. He has published various research articles in reputed journals and conferences of his research area Wireless Communication, VANET and Intelligent Transportation System (ITS).
Mr. Sajjad Ahmed
Assistant Professor
Email: sajjadahmed@vitbhopal.ac.in
Sajjad Ahmed received a Masters of Technology degree in communication and information technology from the National Institute of Technology Srinagar (NIT Srinagar), Jammu and Kashmir, India, in 2011. He has submitted his Ph.D. thesis in computer engineering with the Dr. Zakir Hussein College of Engineering and Technology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India. He received the prestigious Visvesvaraya Ph.D. fellowship from the Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY), Government of India, for pursuing his Ph.D. He has more than 7 years of teaching experience as an assistant professor at NIT Srinagar and TEQIP-III, a World Bank and MHRD project. He has also received research grants from AICTE. He has publications in several peer-reviewed international journals. He is an open-source enthusiast, advocate, and active user of open-source software. He is also a reviewer for many international conferences and journals. His areas of interest in study include cyber security, ethical hacking, digital forensics, and multimedia forensics.
Dr. Ajay Kumar Phulre
Assistant Professor
Email: ajaykumarphulre@vitbhopal.ac.in
Dr. Ajay Kumar Phulre holds a Doctorate degree from LNCT University and M.Tech in Information Technology from RGPV University Bhopal. With an academic career spanning over 15 years, Dr. Phulre has held positions at various levels, including the role of HoD. He has contributed significantly to the field with 9 publications in peer-reviewed International/National journals with high impact factor and 11 publications in various International Conferences held in India and abroad . Dr. Phulre is recognized as an expert speaker in various Faculty Development Programmes and has organized several Conferences, Workshops, and Short-term courses. He is also the author of the well-received book Artificial Intelligence: AI, known for its rich technical contents. Dr. Ajay Kumar Phulre’s extensive experience, publications, and contributions to the field of Computer Science and Engineering make him a highly respected and accomplished professional.
Mr Narottam Das Patel
Assistant Professor
Email: narottamdaspatel@vitbhopal.ac.in
Mr Narottam Das Patel pursued PhD from the Centre of Excellence in Cyber Security at The Institute for Development & Research in Banking Technology (IDRBT) in Hyderabad, TS, India, established by the Reserve Bank of India. In collaboration with the University of Hyderabad, TS, India. On March 14th, 2023, He submitted his thesis, “Developing Robust Intrusion Detection Systems through Statistical Machine Learning Approaches”. His M.Tech degree was completed from the SCIS, University of Hyderabad, TS, India in 2015. He is a member of SECURE – Centre of Excellence in Cyber Security and Division Head of Cyber Security and Digital Forensics at VIT Bhopal University. He is also a Subject Matter Expert in TCSiON, which is a confidential unit within TCS. He also holds the position of Research & Development Specialist in SML2029 Research and Consulting Private Limited. He reviews papers for numerous journals affiliated with Inderscience, IEEE, and Springer publishers. He has 11 publications, in peer reviewed International journals with high impact factors and has seven publications in various International Conferences held in India and abroad. Mr. ND Patel has been an expert speaker in various Faculty Development Programmes and Executive Development Programmes in the field of Cyber Security, Intrusion Detection and Prevention, Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testing, Machine Learning, and Deep Learning.
