Inspire & Engage Track

Veena Desai
Bangalore Section
Dr. Veena Desai,
Professor,
Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering
Gogte Institute of Technology, Belagavi, Karnataka, India.
Technical Areas of interest: Machine Learning, Cryptography, Artificial and Computational Intelligence, Computer Networking, Image processing, Technology for Agriculture.
Education Summary
Ph. D ,
Thesis Title: Applications of Neural Networks to Cryptography and Watermarking
Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belgaum, September 2013.
Academic Experience
Currently Professor in Dept of Electronics and Communication Engineering. Worked as
Professor and Head , Department of Computer Science and Engg from 2016-2018
and P rofessor and Head of Department, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Gogte Institute of Technology, Belgaum (October 2014 –June 2016 ).
Major Profssional Activities (2018-2019)
1. General Chair , CTEMS 2018 IEEE conference Dec 21-23, GIT , Belagavi.
2. Convenor FOSSCON India 2019, GIT August 29-31 , 2019.
Grants Received / Funds mobilised
1. MODROBS Grant of Rs. 6 lacs, for Advanced Embedded Systems Lab,KLSGIT 2019
2. VTU grant of Rs. 2.9 lacs for FDP on ‘NBA and OBE its practices and Importance ‘ Jan 2019
3. VTU sponsorship of Rs 90,000/- for FOSSCON 2019, held at GIT Belgavi.
4. VGST grant of 2 lacs for FDP on “Graphical System Design approach in Engineering Education and Research” in 2017-2018.
5. Mentored “ATAL TINKERINGG LAB” project at Divine Providence High School, Belgavi , during Aug-Feb 2017 , which received grants of Rs 12 lakhs , from NITI AAYOG , Govt of India.
Research Publications
1. https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Z3xAjpsAAAAJ&hl=en
Reviewer for various conferences, Member of IEEE WiE execom Bangalore section since 2019.
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Anupma Thakur
Volunteer | Delhi Section
Anupma Thakur is currently a DST-INSPIRE Senior Research fellow at CSIR- CSIO, Chandigarh, India, and pursuing a Ph.D. (thesis submitted) at CSIR-CSIO, Chandigarh. She earned a gold medal in Master of Technology (M.Tech in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology from the Panjab University, Chandigarh, India in 2016. She has also earned a gold medal in Bachelor of Technology (B. Tech) in Electronics & Communication Engineering from Akal College of Engineering & Technology, Eternal University, Baru-Sahib, India in 2014. She is a well-established young nanotechnologist in the field of nanomaterials & materials science for designing sensors, and energy harvesting devices. Her investigations are published worldwide in highly reputed international journals. She has published more than 24 international high-impact publications, 03 patents (filed), 10 book chapters, more than 20 conference papers, and delivered >20 oral talks. She has attained >350 citations to her published research contributions. She is the recipient of a few numbers of accolades including the gold medal for national academic excellence at Indo-Global Education Summit 2013 from Govt. of India, best oral presentation award at IEEE Conference (2014), best academic excellence alumni award (2017) from Panjab University, DST-INSPIRE fellowship award (2017) from Department of Science & Technology, best oral presentation award at NCAM NIT (2017), best presentation award by Springer Nature (2019), travel grant to present research work in IWAM-2019 from RAK-CAM (2019), IITB-Metrohm Young Chemist Award-Travel Funding: Finalist & Brand Ambassador of Euraxess India at Euraxess Science Slam India-2019, best poster presentation awards at IEEE ICE2M-2019, CCESE Panjab University-2019, best poster presentation award by Nanoscale Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) at International Conference on (ICONSAT-2020) and research presentation grant (registration waiver) by IEEE Communication Society, IEEE Photonics Society and OSA: to attend & present The Optical Networking and Communication Conference & Exhibition, San Diego, California, USA, 2020. She has also been awarded India Synthesis Award-2020 for the material synthesis of novel functionalized carbon nanostructures by Antor Paar India, May-2020. She has also been awarded the Green Innovation Award at World Intellectual Property Day celebrations by Legasis, April 2020. She was recently selected in BRICS-Young Scientist Forum: Russia Conclave-2020 for her research contributions in the area of material science. She has been awarded 2nd prize at Science Stand-Up Battle at BRICS Young Scientist Forum-2020, Russia Conclave where she represented India under Energy theme. Apart from this she is also engaged in science communication outreach activities as an active volunteer in the CSIR-Jigyasa program & IEEE outreach programs.
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Rajas Rajeev Patil
Volunteer | Pune Section
I am an Tech enthusiastic aspiring to make carrier in the field of 'Internet of things'
steadily building programming skills with language like C++ and Python.
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Indhumathi G
Volunteer | Madras Section
Ms. INDHUMATHI G is a Pre- Final Year Electronics and Communication Engineering Student from Panimalar Institute of Technology, Chennai, India.
Being an active volunteer of IEEE. She is Currently Serving as Vice Chairperson of IEEE SB PANIMALAR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, and Vice-Chairperson of Computer Society in IEEE SB Panimalar Institute of Technology. She is also serving as a graphic design lead in her Student Branch.
Indhumathi is recipient of prestigious Richard E. Merwin Scholarship offered by IEEE Computer Society and she has also won Best Student Volunteer award from IEEE Madras Section.
She has organized various events and webinars in IEEE SB Panimalar Institute of Technology.
She is serving as a graphic design volunteer for IEEE YESIST'12 Special Track, IEEE PELS SYPS'21, IEEE TEMS Madras Chapter, IETE STUDENT FORUM Chennai Centre,etc..
Indhumathi is a vibrant Volunteer with kind and generous nature.
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Ritu Deshmukh
Volunteer | Pune Section
I am a 3rd year Electronics and Communication Engineer from JSPM RSCOE college. I am also the Chair of IEEE RSCOE from Pune Section. I am really very excited to work with everyone.
LinkedIn Profile
www.linkedin.com/in/ritu-deshmukh-013a9a182
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Innovation & Entrepreneurship Track

Dr. Manpreet Kaur
Delhi Section
She is Senior Member, IEEE and working as Associate Professor, Deptt of Computer Science & Technology, Manav Rachna University, Faridabad, Haryana
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Sunitha Beevi. K
Kerala Section
Chair, Professional Activities Committee, IEEE Kerala Section, Past Treasurer , IEEE Kerala, Past WiE Chair IEE Kerala, Past V Chair, IEEE PES Kerala , Past WiP IEEE PES Kerala
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Bijuna Kunju K
Kerala Section
Currently Professor and Head, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, TKM College of Engineering, Kollam, Kerala.
Obtained PhD from IISc Bangalore, MTech from NIT Calicut and B Tech from TKMCE.
Active Volunteer of IEEE Kerala section since 2010
Senior Member of IEEE
Member and Volunteer for WIE and SSIT activities
Member and Volunteer for SIGHT activities of Kerala section and TKMCE SB
Past Secretary of IEEE Kerala Section
Chair IA/IE/PELS Joint Chapter Kerala
Past Chair PES Kerala
Awards from IEEE:
Outstanding Teacher Award 2020
Outstanding WIE Volunteer 2019
Outstanding Volunteer 2014
Outstanding Power Engineer 2012
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Dr. Y. Padma Sai
Professor, Head ECE, VNR.
Dr. Y. Padma Sai obtained her B.Tech. Degree from Nagarjuna University, Guntur, M.E in Systems and Signal Processing and Ph.D in Bio-medical Signal processing from Osmania University, Hyderabad. She started her career as Quality Control Engineer and served for 5 years in M/S. Suchitra Electronics Pvt. Ltd. Hyderabad, from Feb 1991 to May 1996. Later worked as a Lecturer in the Department of ECE in Deccan College of Engineering and Technology, Hyderabad from January 1998 to October 1998. Then worked in the same capacity in the Department of ECE, VNRVJIET from July 1999 to 10th November 2000. She was then promoted as an Associate Professor in the same department of ECE, at VNRVJIET from 20th August. Later elevated as professor and taken charge of Head of the department from 1st Sep.2012 to 9th Aug.2021 and also assigned additional responsibilities as Dean Students Progression from 1st April 2016 to till date. She is a Senior member of IEEE, Life member of ISTE, ISOI, ASCI and Fellow of IETE, IEI, Vice-Chairman for WIE Affinity Group IEEE Hyderabad Section 2019, Member Short term training program committee IETE Hyderabad(2012-2014), Member women Empowerment in engineering committee IETE(2014-2015), Execute Member ISTE AP Section from 2012-2014 and Secretary cum treasurer ISTETS Section from 2015 to 2019. She has presented and published 90 research papers in National and International Conferences/Journals. She is presently guiding 6 research scholars. Her areas of research interest are Bio-Medical, Signal and Image Processing to create societal impact. To add feather to her cap she also received grants of worth 90 lakhs from various funding agencies like DST, DIT, UGC and AICTE and under her guidance her research scholars submitted various proposals and got grants. Received Best Teacher award from ISTE AP & TS Section , Short listed for Research Award (2012-14) by UGC and one of the recommended candidate for Research award for the academic year 2014-16 by UGC, New Delhi. She was appreciated by The United Inventors Association (UIA) of the USA for her Innovative Excellence. She has received Silver Medal and Bronze Medal for the project Cough and Wheeze Analyzer at Indian Innovators Association, AP & Innovation Society and International Innovation Fair Association held at Vishakhapatnam and China Association of Inventions respectively. She was nominated as Coordinator Academics(2 years2010-12), Member of Institute Academic from 2008 to till date, Member BoS(2 years 2010-12), Member Academic Council from 2010 to till date ,Chairman BoS from 2012 to till date in VNRVJIET and as Research Committee member, BME, college of Engg. Osmania University. BoS Member, JNTUH from 2019.She involved actively in TEQIP and Autonomous works and made best efforts to achieve Accreditations like NBA, NAAC for VNRVJIET.
Co-founder of Salcit Technologies Pvt Ltd at VJ Hub .
Published two patents and one patent granted by Indian Patent office, filed one US & One Canada Patent.
Received Certificate of appreciation by Tutors Pride/Ideal Teaching awards programme-2018. Awarded Gold Medal by Korea International Women Invention Exposition(KIWIE-
2019) as women entrepreneur of SALCIT TECHNOLOGIES PRIVATE LIMITED.
Received “Uthama Acharya Puraskar” National Award for impact creators in Engineering Education in commemoration 150th of Birth Anniversary Celebrations of Mahatma Gandhi by Indian Servers at VR Siddhartha Engineering College, Vijayawada.
Received Best WIE Affinity Group award for IEEE WIE Hyderabad section as Vice-chair on 19-01-2020 from Hyderabad Section
As a Chair WIE AG received R10 Women in Engineering Outstanding Section Affinity Group Award: IEEE Hyderabad Section WIE Affinity Group in recognition and appreciation of valuable services and contributions.
Received Branch Councilor award from IEEE Hyderabad Section during AGM on 24th January, 2021
Presently she is acting as Chairman for WIE Affinity Group IEEE Hyderabad Section 2021.
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Ishita Saxena
Volunteer | Delhi Section
Ishita is one of the volunteers from IEEE WIE Delhi Section. Pursuing B.Tech in Electronics and Communication Engineering at JC Bose University, she is the Vice-Chair at IEEE WIE YMCA SB at present. Her hobbies include reading, music and dancing. She wants to pursue management and is currently working towards her goal.
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Samruddhi Naukudkar
Volunteer | Pune Section
Samruddhi is an active volunteer from WIE IEEE Pune Section. Pursuing bachelors of engineering in Electronics and Telecommunication at JSPM's Rajarshi Shahu College Of Engineering, Pune. She is a person who likes to interact with the people, work in the team, take the task and complete it with full precision. She believes in learning through practical experiences. Samruddhi is a very motivated person with goal setting, time management, and prior skills that will help me achieve my goal!
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Sanyukta Pawaskar
Volunteer | Bombay Section
Sanyukta is an active volunteer at IEEE WIE Bombay Section. Currently serving as the Marketing Head at IEEE RAIT SB. She is pursuing B.E. in Electronics Engineering from RAIT under Mumbai University. She is also a freelance content writer. While not engaged in working or volunteering, Sanyukta enjoys exercising, meditating, dancing, and spending time with her pets.
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Chaitanya Dilip Fulpatil
Volunteer | Bombay Section
Mr. Chaitanya D Fulpatil is a freelance Graphic Designer & Co-Founder of Krojectz. He was Webmaster of IEEE PES S.B. Jain '20. Currently he is serving in the roles of a PES Student coordinator of IEEE PES Bombay Section '21, Design & Event Team Member of IEEE WIE Bombay Section Affinity Group '21, Website Team Member of IEEE Bombay Section Committee '21, YP Team Member of IEEE Nagpur Subsection SAC '21 committee. He was awarded as Best PES Chapter Student Ambassador for PES day 2021 celebration, and also as a Special Bombay Section Volunteer Recognition Award. He was also awarded Best Designer of the year 2020 on behalf of PES S. B. Jain Student Chapter.
He has been a Mentor for Mega Event AURORA 2020. He served as the Design Volunteer of IEEE PELS Symposium 2021, for IEEE PES Day 2020 celebration & for LUMINO 2.0 (Hackathon) 2020, as a IEEE Volunteer of IEEE Nagpur Subsection Congress 2020, LUMINO (Hackathon) 2019 & PES Zero Hunger Day 2019.
Even though he is good in academics , his technical skills are quite good and he completed many projects. His recent project was Temperature Sensor based Smart Sanitiser Machine. He has a quiet knowledge of Arduino, Python programming, Graphics and Website Development.
He has been a Mentor for Mega Event AURORA 2020. He served as the Design Volunteer of IEEE PELS Symposium 2021, for IEEE PES Day 2020 celebration & for LUMINO 2.0 (Hackathon) 2020, as a IEEE Volunteer of IEEE Nagpur Subsection Congress 2020, LUMINO (Hackathon) 2019 & PES Zero Hunger Day 2019.
Even though he is good in academics , his technical skills are quite good and he completed many projects. His recent project was Temperature Sensor based Smart Sanitiser Machine. He has a quiet knowledge of Arduino, Python programming, Graphics and Website Development.
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Gaurav Pathak
Volunteer | Delhi Section
Gaurav Pathak is an active volunteer from IEEE Delhi Section. Pursuing B.Tech from J. C. Bose University of Science & Technology, YMCA, Faridabad in Electronics Instrumentation and Control. Currently, he is serving as the Sessions Head at IEEE YMCA SB and Webmaster at IEEE YMCA WIE. He is a quick and keen learner and grasps all the new responsibilities very quickly. He has a keen interest in Graphic Designing. His strengths are leadership, designing and teamwork. His hobbies include reading novels, playing volleyball. He has an ambition to pursue a prestigious job in an MNC and wants to explore the world as much as he can.
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Rakshit Bajaj
Volunteer | Delhi Section
RAKSHIT BAJAJ is an active volunteer at IEEE WIE Delhi section and innovation coordinator at IIC JCBUST, currently a 3rd year student in Electronics at JCBOSE UST YMCA, FARIDABAD. He is serving as secretary at IEEE WIE YMCA. His hobbies include cooking, reading, writing, singing, and is a freelance content writer. Also he has keen interest in Electronics. He's the kind of person who believes in "Actions are louder than words" which he often proves to be reality. He desires to find himself as an Electronics professional in future.
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Naman Singla
Volunteer | Delhi Section
Naman loves to volunteer at events hosted by IEEE. He is currently pursuing B.tech in Electronics and Instrumentation Control at J. C. Bose University, YMCA. He is serving as Senior Co-Ordinator at IEEE YMCA SB and Treasurer at IEEE WIE YMCA SB. He has keen Interest in Video editing, Ethical Hacking and loves to chill. He wants to be a Hacker and pursue a prestigious job in MNC.
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Snehal Malhotra
Volunteer | Delhi Section
Snehal is an active volunteer from IEEE WIE Delhi Section, currently serving as the Joint Secretary at IEEE YMCA SB and also as Chairperson at WIE, IEEE YMCA SB. She is a 3rd year B.Tech student of Electronics and Computer Engineering. As a career option, she wants to be an enthusiastic coder and pursue a job in an IT firm. Besides coding, Snehal enjoys painting and singing.
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Novelty & Invention Track

Dr. Gunjan Varshney
UP Section
Dr. Gunjan Varshney is an Engineering Graduate from Govt. Engineering College, kota, India with specialization in Electrical Engineering (with Hons). She has also earned her Master degree (M.Tech.) in Electrical Power and Energy Systems (with Hons.) from UPTU, Noida, India. In masters, she was the University Gold Medalist. She is having a total experience of 17 years. She earned her Ph.D. Degree from Uttrakhand Technical University, Dehradun. Currently she is working with JSS Academy of Technical Education, Noida for more than a decade. She is an active senior member of IEEE and branch counselor of IEEE JSSATEN student branch. She is also the faculty advisor of WIE IEEE JSSATEN Student branch.
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Pratvi Shah
Volunteer | Gujarat Section
I am a final year student at DAIICT, Gandhinagar and Vice Chair| WIE Affinity group DAIICT. I am currently pursuing BTech in ICT and have been an active member of WIE from my first year.
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Janvi Garg
Volunteer | Gujarat Section
I am Janvi Garg and am serving as Chairperson at IEEE GCET WIE AG. Currently, I am pursuing my B.E. in computer engineering. By being a part of IEEE, I observed myself grow as an individual.
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Sheryl Mathew Thoppil
Volunteer | Pune Section
I am an E&TC, pre-final year student. I had been a part of WIE RMC last year. I was one of the anchors for the event. Last year though I had been a part of WiE for a short time, I really loved working with the team. The degree to which the planning and professionalism is shown in work, I have hardly seen it anywhere. So, when I was told that this year again there is a call for volunteers, I have been looking forward to work.
I am assigned to the content development team.
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