Qualification:

◦ Ph.D. (Computer Engineering) | July 2015
Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune
◦ M.Tech. (Computer Engineering) | October 2005
Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University, Lonere
Percentage: 69.80% (Distinction)
◦ B.E. (Computer Science & Engineering) | June 2002
S.G.G.S. College of Engineering & Technology, Nanded
Percentage: 69.62% (Distinction)
◦ HSC| March 1998
Maharashtra State Board of Secondary & Higher Secondary Education, Divisional Board: -Latur.
Percentage: | 76.67% (Distinction)

Ph. D. Thesis:

Title: “Security Issues In Outsourced Database Service (ODBS) Models”

Supervisor: Dr. Pradeep K. Sinha, Vice Chancellor & Director, IIIT Naya Raipur

M.Tech. Dissertation:-

A dissertation entitled as “Efficient Bandwidth Utilization using Compression for Handheld DBMS”, a new concept had been implemented for the handheld DBMS where the bandwidth between handheld users and the standalone server has been used efficiently. The experimentation was carried out on desktop machines, and it is proposed for handheld devices (like simputer, PDA, etc.).

Skills Used: SQL Server 2000, Core Java, JDBC, Windows 2000.

Experience:

Associate Professor | Jan 5, 2012 – Present
Department of Computer Engineering & Information Technology, College of Engineering, Pune (COEP)

• Currently working as an Associate Professor, contributing to teaching, research, and academic administration.

Assistant Professor (5th Pay Scale) | Jan 5, 2009 – Jan 4, 2012
Department of Computer Engineering & Information Technology, College of Engineering, Pune (COEP)

• Conducted undergraduate and postgraduate courses, guided student projects, and engaged in departmental activities.

Lecturer | Nov 8, 2005 – Jan 4, 2009
Department of Computer Engineering & Information Technology, College of Engineering, Pune (COEP)

• Delivered lectures and facilitated learning for undergraduate students in core computer engineering subjects.

Lecturer | Sep 5, 2005 – Nov 5, 2005
Department of Information Technology, PDES’s College of Engineering, Hadapsar, Pune

• Taught foundational IT courses and mentored students in technical skill development.

Lecturer | Aug 5, 2004 – Aug 30, 2005
Department of Computer Engineering, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University (B.A.T.U.), Lonere, Raigad

• Conducted lectures and labs, focusing on computer engineering fundamentals.

Lecturer | Aug 25, 2002 – Aug 30, 2003
Department of Computer Engineering, Rajendra Mane College of Engineering and Technology, Devrukh, Ratnagiri

• Taught undergraduate courses, prepared course materials, and supported departmental initiatives.

Research Publications

International Journals

1. Blockchain enabled Secure and Interoperable Authentication Scheme for Metaverse Environments
   Published in: Future Internet 2024, 16(5), 166;

Indexed in SCI and Scopus.

2. Detecting Lateral Spear Phishing Attacks in Organizations
   Published in: IET Information Security, 04 December 2018, 10.1049/iet-ifs, 8pp. ISSN 1751-8709,

Indexed in SCI and Scopus.

3. Public Key Infrastructure and Encryption Techniques
   IJARESM, 12(5), May 2024 UGC Approved
4. LeafNST: An Improved Data Augmentation Method for Classification of Plant Disease Using Object-Based Neural Style Transfer
   Published in: Discover Artificial Intelligence, Elsevier 4, 50 (2024), Elsevier. DOI: [10.1007/s44163-024-00150-3].

Indexed in Scopus.

5. Weapon Detection and Classification Using Deep Learning
   Published in: DI ITEGAM- JETIA, 10(47), DOI:10.5935/jetia.v10i47.1039

Indexed in Scopus.

6. Efficient Plant Disease Detection on RISC Devices: A comparison of Basic CNN, AlexNet, ResNet-50, and MobileNet Models using MiniTensorFlow

Published in: International Journal of Intelligent Systems and Applications in Engineering, Volume 12, Issue 16s, Pages 374 – 383, February 2024

Indexed in Scopus.

7. Rethinking Offline Personalized Advertising: Challenges and System Design

Published in: International Journal of Computer Applications (0975 – 8887) Volume 174 – No.19, February 2021

8. Detecting Malicious Facebook Applications using LSTM Algorithm

Published in: International Journal of Innovative Technology and Exploring Engineering, January 2020

Indexed in Scopus.

9. Malicious Profile Detection on Social Media: A Survey Paper
   Published in: International Journal of Research in Electronics and Computer Engineering (IJRECE), Vol. 9, Issue 2 April – June 2021
10. Driver Distraction Identification using Convolutional Neural Network Published in: International Journal of Engineering Research & Technology (IJERT) (ISSN: 2277-7881), Volume 9, Issue 6(1),pp. 40–45 June 2020 Web of Science, UGC Approved
11. State of Research on Phishing and Recent Trends of Attacks
    Published in: Journal on Computer Science, December – February 2018 issue, ISSN Print: 2347-2227, ISSN Online: 2347-6141
12. State of Research on User Training Against Phishing with Recent Trends of Attacks.
    Published in: CASS Journal on “National Security National Development”, Vol.5, No.2, Page No. 38-53, April 2018.ISSN: 2347-9191.
13. State of Research on User Psychology Involved in Phishing Attacks.
    Published in: CSI Communications, Security Corner, Vol. 42, Issue 2, May 2018. ISSN: 0970-647X.
14. A Novel Approach to Solve the Challenges in Sentiment Analysis.
    Published in: International Journal of Computing and Technology, Volume 4, Issue 5, May 2017.ISSN: 2348-6090.
15. Product Rating using Opinion Mining.
    Published in: International Journal of Computer Engineering In Research Trends, Volume 4, Issue 5, May 2017, pp. 161-168.ISSN (O): 2349-7084.
16. Detection of Forgery in Art Paintings using Machine Learning.
    Published in: International Journal of Innovative Research in Science, Engineering and Technology, Vol.6, Issue 5, May 2017.ISSN: 2319-8753.
17. Authentic Techniques of Authentication in Microservices.
    Published in: International Journal of Current Advanced Research, Vol.6, Issue 4, April 2017, Page No. 3342-3345.ISSN (O): 2319-6475, ISSN (P): 2319-6505.
18. Query Optimization in Encrypted Databases for Providing DaaS.
    Published in: The International Journal Of Science &Technoledge (ISSN 2321 – 919X), Vol. 2, Issue 4, 324-327 April 2014, ISSN:2229-5518.
19. Product Rating using Opinion Mining
    Published in: International Journal of Computer Engineering In Research Trends, Volume 4, Issue 5, May-2017, pp. 161-168 ISSN (O): 2349-7084
20. Oblivious Information Retrival on Outsourced Database Servers
    Published in: International Journal of Scientific & Engineering Research (IJSER), Vol. 5, Issue 5, May 2014, ISSN:2229-5518
21. Private Content Based Multimedia Information Retrieval Using Map-Reduce.
    Published in: International Journal of Computer Science Engineering and Technology (IJCSET), Vol 4, Issue 4, 125-128, April 2014. ISSN: 2231-0711.
22. Exploring a Disconnected Synchronization Architecture between Android Client and Cloud.
    Published in: International Journal of Scientific Engineering and Technology Research (IJSETR), Vol 3, Issue 7, 956-959, 2014.
23. Real Time Sentiment Analysis of Twitter Data Using Hadoop.
    Published in: International Journal of Computer Science and Information Technologies, Vol. 5 (3), 2014, 3098-3100. ISSN: 0975-9646.
24. Bluetooth Communication Using Hybrid Encryption Algorithm Based on AES and RSA.
    Published in: International Journal of Computer Applications (IJCA) 71(22):10-13, June 2013.Published by: Foundation of Computer Science, New York, USA.
25. Private Image Information Retrieval using Map/Reduce on Cloud.
    Published in: International Journal of Advances in Management, Technology & Engineering Sciences, Vol. II, Issue 6 (VIII), March 2013. ISSN: 2249-7455.
26. Survey on Data Retrieval Techniques from The Public Databases.
    Published in: International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research, Vol. I, Issue 12 (VI), March 2013. ISSN: 2277-9302.
27. Analyzing the Order Factor of Query Matrix in Private Information Retrieval Protocol for Outsourced Databases.
    Published in: International Journal of Networks and Communications, 2012, 2(6): 138-141.

International Conference

1. A Multi-factor Algorithmic Approach to Prioritize Grievances
   Published in :2nd IEEE Asian Conference on Innovation in Technology (ASIANCON) 26-28 August 2022.

Indexed in Scopus.

2. Motion Based Indian Sign Language Recognition using Deep Learning Published in: 2nd IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Technologies (CONIT 2022), 24-26 June, 2022

Indexed in Scopus.

3. WordAlchemy: A Transformer-based Reverse Dictionary
   Published in: 2nd IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Technologies (CONIT 2022), 24-26 June, 2022

Indexed in Scopus.

4. An Efficient Approach For Sustainable Agricultural Trading Using Blockchain Technology
   Published in: International Conference on Computing, Communication, Security and Intelligent Systems (IC3SIS’22) 23/6/2022

Indexed in Scopus.

5. Detection, Analysis and Countermeasures for Container based Misconfiguration using Docker and Kubernetes
   Published in: IEEE International Conference on Computing, Communication, Security and Intelligent Systems (IC3SIS-2022), 23/6/2022.

Indexed in Scopus.

6. A Systematic Review of Driver Drowsiness Detection Using Various Approaches
   Published in: Thirteenth International Conference on Advances in Computing, Control, and Telecommunication Technologies – ACT 2022, June 27-28, 2022
7. Extracting Purposes from an Application to Enable Purpose Based Processing
   Published in: 5th International Conference on Intelligent Data Communication Technologies and Internet of Things (ICICI 2021) August 2021. Indexed in Scopus.
8. Leveraging various Transformers Based Architectures for Truecasing
   Published in: 10th International Young Scientists Conference in Computational Science (YSC’2021), June-July, 2021

Indexed in Scopus.

9. Software Stack for Autonomous Vehicle: Motion planning
   Published in: Published in Machine Learning and Autonomous Systems – Proceedings of ICMLAS June 2021. Indexed in Scopus.
10. Real Time Obstacle Detection for Mobile Robot Navigation Using Stereo Vision
    Published in: IEEE International Conference on Computing Analytics and Security Trends (CAST-16), College of Engineering Pune, India, December 19-21, 2016.
    Indexed in Scopus.
11. An Analysis on Data Accountability and Security in Cloud.
    Published in: International Conference on Industrial Instrumentation and Control (ICIC), College of Engineering Pune, India, May 28-30, 2015.
    Indexed in Scopus.
12. Analyzing Different Cache Replacement Policies on Cloud.
    Published in: International Conference on Industrial Instrumentation and Control (ICIC), College of Engineering Pune, India, May 28-30, 2015.
    Indexed in Scopus.
13. Using Private Information Retrieval Protocol For An E-Commerce Application.
    Published in: ACM International Conference CUBE-2012 on “Information Technology,” held from 3-5 September 2012 at YASHADA, Pune.
14. Optimized Private Information Retrieval Using Graphics Processing Unit and Cache Technology.
    Published in: ACM International Conference CUBE-2012 on “Information Technology,” held from 3-5 September 2012 at YASHADA, Pune.
    Indexed in Scopus.
15. Analysis of Encryption Algorithms to Basic Operations on Outsourced B+ Trees for Data Privacy.
    Published in: IEEE, International Conference on Network and Computer Science (ICNCS 2011), April 8-10, 2011, Kanyakumari, India.
    Indexed in Scopus.
16. Improving the performance of PIR Protocol in Outsourced Databases.
    Published in: IEEE, International Conference on Computer Technology and Development (ICCTD 2010), Nov 2-4, 2010, Cairo, Egypt.
    Indexed in Scopus.
17. Analysis of Order of Matrices in Lattice-based PIR Protocol.
    Published in: International Conference on Information Security and Privacy (ISP-10), July 12-14, 2010, Orlando, Florida, USA.
18. A Privacy Preserving Technique to Search Log Records.
    Published in: National Conference on Intelligent Networking & Virtual Organization, 15-17th March, 2012, JSPM’s COE, Hadapsar, Pune.

Book Chapter

1. MIM-ViT: Deepfake Detection Using Masked Image Modelling and Vision Transformer
   Published in: Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Soft Computing for Problem Solving (pp.1-14), Springer Singapore, July 2024
2. Child Detection by Utilizing Touchscreen Behavioral Biometrics on Mobile
   Published in: Inventive Communication and Computational Technologies (pp.227-244), Springer Singapore, October 2023
3. Optimising feature selection technique through machine learning for intrusion detection system
   Published in: Recent Advances in Material, Manufacturing, and Machine Learning (pp.377-384), 2023
4. Hybrid Approach for Fake Profile Identification on Social Media
   Published in: Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering “Pattern Recognition and Data Analysis with Applications”, Springer Nature Singapore, June 2021. Indexed in Scopus.
5. Extracting Purposes from an Application to Enable Purpose Based Processing
   Published in: Intelligent Data Communication Technologies and Internet of Things (pp.103-113),Springer Singapore, February 2022
6. Software Stack for Autonomous Vehicle: Motion planning
   Published in: Smart InnovationMachine Learning and Autonomous Systems (pp.37-48), Springer Singapore, February 2022
7. Weather Forecasting Using Long Short Term Memory
   Published in: Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering “ICCCE 2021 (pp.681-687)” , Springer Singapore, May 2022
8. Automated Criminal Identification System Using Face Generation
   Published in: Intelligent Computing, Information and Control Systems ICICCS 2019 AISC, Springer Nature Switzerland ICICCS 2019, 1039, pp. 566–576, 2020.

Indexed in Scopus.

9. Machine Learning Based User Interface
   Published in: Intelligent Computing, Information and Control Systems ICICCS 2019 AISC, Springer Nature Switzerland ICICCS 2019, 1039, pp. 453–460, 2020.

Indexed in Scopus.

10. Genetic Algorithm Approach for Obstacle Avoidance and Path Optimization of Mobile Robot
    Published in: Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing book series (AISC, volume 810) Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 810. Springer, Singapore pp 649-659, 2018

Details of Talks Delivered Outside COEP (Total - 30):

Details of Talks Delivered in College of Engineering Pune (COEP) (Total – 10)

Administrative Work Experience:

Outreach Activities

• Reviewed new Engineering/MBA/MCA colleges as part of the Directorate of Technical Education Inspection Committee.

• Served as Academic Expert on the AICTE EOA Scrutiny Committee for WRO-AICTE, Mumbai.

• Observed GMAT/GPAT examinations for WRO-AICTE, Mumbai.

• DTE Observer for MHT-CET examination for DTE, Maharashtra.

• Technical Expert for eTenders on systems like Digital Valuation System, Finance Management System, and University Information Management System at Dr. B.A.T.U., Lonere.

• Delivered 40+ Expert Lectures on Information Security, Cyber Security, Project Based Learning, Machine Learning, and Outcome Based Education.

• External Examiner for Ph.D. thesis evaluations and viva-voce in various universities.

• Member of the Academic Standing Committee at MIT Academy of Engineering, Alandi, Pune.

• Board of Studies Member at CSE & IT departments of KITCOE, Kolhapur, PCCOE Pune, SPIT Mumbai, Pillai College of Engineering (PCE) Mumbai, and Walchand COE Sangli.

• Session Chair at National/International conferences.

• Reviewer for National/International conferences and journals.

• Subject Matter Expert on Interview Committees for Assistant Professor and Associate Professor positions at various colleges.

• Mentored design of Vision, Mission, Goals, POs for Computer Engineering and Information Technology departments at various colleges.

• Developed Pune Police Website with a live map using Google Map APIs.

• Actively participated in Cyber Safe Week Pune in 2010.

• Conducted Java Course for reserved category students under TDP-CDP cell of TEQIP at COEP.

Contribution to Education Innovation:

• Served as Referee/Expert for AVISHKAR State-level competition at Savitribai Phule Pune University.

• Delivered an expert lecture on Information Technology for Police Sub-Inspectors.

• Designed and included courses like MOOC, Bioinformatics, and Cyber Law in the UG and PG Curriculum.

• Organized Departmental Meetings for Curriculum Development.

• Taught “Computational Biology” to Final Year B.Tech Students in association with Persistent Systems Limited, Pune.

Activities performed in COEP:

• Received funding of Rs. 2.04 Cr under ISEA Project Phase-III sanctioned by Department of Electronics and Information Technology, Govt. of India.

• Received Funding of Rs. 2 Lakh under AICTE’s VAANI program on “Next Gen Communications: Cyber Security Awareness and Challenges”

• Received Funding of Rs.1 Lakh under AICTE’s ATAL scheme to organize Faculty Development Program on “Cyber Security and Blockchain”

• Working as Coordinator for Corporate Training on “Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Data Analytics” to employees of Anand Automotives Pvt. Ltd. And received consultancy of Rs.95 Lakh (4 batches) till date.

• I worked as CO-Chief Investigator for Information Security Education and Awareness Project Phase-II. Funding of 1.5 Cr for the span of 5 years has been sanctioned by Department of Electronics and Information Technology, Govt. of India. Main objective of this project is to develop laboratory and skilled manpower in the domain of Information Security.

• Worked as Principle Investigator for a Research Consultancy Project on “Extracting Purposes from an Application to Enable Purpose Based Processing”. Funding of Rs. 2.95 Lakhs received from TCS-TRDDC, Pune

• Worked as Principle Investigator for a Research Consultancy Project on “Missing Weld Detection” Project. Funding of Rs. 2.28 Lakhs received from John Deere, Pune

• Worked on Consultancy Project on “Evaluation of DPR of E-Governance project for KMC, Kolhapur”. Consultancy of Rs. 3.363 Lakhs received from KMC, Kolhapur.

• Worked as PG NBA Coordinator for M.Tech (Computer Engineering) in 2016, the programme is accredited for 5 years.

• Worked as Center Coordinator in Smart India Hackathon, Software Edition- 2017, 2018, 2019 and Hardware Edition 2018 at COEP Nodal Center for AICTE-MHRD initiative

• Worked as Organizing Co-Chair, for ACM International Conference on “Software Engineering” held during 14-16 February 2019 at COEP.

• Worked as Sponsorship Chair and Track Chair (Information Security track) for IEEE International Conference on Computing Analytics and Security Trends (CAST-2016)

• Worked in Institute’s Committee University Grant Commission (UGC), New Delhi and Related Work

• Worked as Departmental Administrator for College MIS. (7 Years)

• Worked as Departmental Controller of Examinations (6 Years)

• Working as In-charge of Departmental UG and PG curriculum development (5 Years)

Other Activities:

• Working as Chairman/ Vice Chairman PG Admissions at College of Engineering Pune from last five years
• Worked as Core-Committee Member for MindSpark a National Level Technical Event at COEP (4 years)
• Worked as Core-Committee Member in First Year, B.Tech. & M.Tech. Admissions at COEP (for more than 6 years)
• Working as Faculty Advisor for Swimming and Water Polo Game in College Gymkhana Managing Committee from 2009 (12 Years).
• Worked as Faculty Advisor to Google Student Club at COEP
• Number of PhD Students Guiding: 05 (Ongoing)
• Number of PG Students Guided: 35
• Number of UG Student Guided: 100+