Full Name: Prof. Amit Rathod
Designation: Assistant Professor
Department: Computer Engineering Department
Email ID: amit.rathod@vgecg.ac.in
Date of Joining: 1-October-2016
Pursuing Ph.D. in Power Side Channel Analysis area of Information Security from Gujarat Technological University, Ahmedabad
M.E. in Information Technology from L D College of Engineering, Ahmedabad (2011-13)
B.E. in Computer Engineering from Nirma Institute of Technology, Ahmedabad (Affiliated to Gujarat University 2002-2006)
Working as an Assistant Professor in Vishwakarma Government Engineering College since 1st October 2016
Worked as Assistant Professor in Parul Institute of Engineering & Technology, Vadodara during June-2013 to September-2016
Information Security
Psychiatry, psychology and Neurology
Indian Knowledge System
Object Oriented Programming using Java
Advanced Java
Design Engineering and Design Thinking
Contributor Personality Development Program / Integrated Personality Development Program
Software Engineering
Computer Networks
Indian Constitution
Principles of Management and Economics
Rathod A, Patel K. (2025) Internal Re-keying Based Modified AES. Indian Journal of Science and Technology. 18(1): 85-94. https://doi.org/10.17485/IJST/v18i1.2012
Passed UGC NET JRF in 2015 in Computer Science
Received Best Faculty Award in Information Technology department in PIET in 2015
Received Best Paper award at Design Conference in GTU in January 2016
Received second best paper award at SSIP conference EDII in June 2019
Guided a student project that won among top 10 teams in Samsung Solve for Tomorrow challenge in 2023
Guided a student team that won 3rd rank in New India Vibrant Hackathon by SSIP in 2024
Received Best Paper award for the paper title "Power Analysis Vulnerability Assessment and Comparative Analysis with Simulator for Arduino Uno" at Advancements in Smart Computing and Information Security 2025 conference held at Marwadi University Rajkot during 11-13 September 2025.
Working as a Co-Investigator in a project funded under STEM grant by DTE, Gujarat since 2024.