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.Azath.H
Assistant Professor Senior & Programme Chair
Email: azath.h@vitbhopal.ac.in
Dr. H. Azath, Senior Assistant Professor Grade 2, VIT Bhopal University, INDIA. Dr. H. Azath received his degrees Ph.D, ME, BE in the field of Computer Science & Engineering and M.TECH-IT, MBA in Education Management. He has 16+ years of academic experience under various capacities in India and Abroad. He is a reviewer for two international journals of SCI indexed. He has also been a reviewer in International Conference at University of Missourie (UMKC), Kansas City, US. Dr. Azath has 9 patents to his credit and 8 publications in SCI indexed journals. He has also authored 4 books and 2 book chapters. His areas of interest are Cyber Security, Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Networking, IoT. He has collaborated with a number of International faculty in Academics and Research and is a Member of ISTE since 2005.

Dr. D. Saravanan
Assistant Professor
Email: saravanan.d@vitbhopal.ac.in
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 Muneeswaran V
Assistant Professor, Senior
Email: muneeswaran@vitbhopal.ac.in


Dr. R. Ganeshan
Assistant Professor, Senior
Email: ganeshan.r@vitbhopal.ac.in
Dr. Rizwan ur Rehman
Assistant Professor
Email: rizwan.ur@vitbhopal.ac.in


Suryakanta Panda
Assistant Professor
Email: suryakantapanda@vitbhopal.ac.in
Mr. Vikas K Jain
Assistant Professor
Email: vikaskumar@vitbhopal.ac.in
