6th International Ethical Hacking Conference (eHaCON) - Leveraging AI to Law
PhD (Engineering) | Chartered Manager (CMI Level 5 in Leadership & Management, UK) | Master Trainer (UKIERI)
DIRECTOR CYBERSECURITY CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE | PROFESSIONAL INDUSTRY & RESEARCH CONSULTANT | TOP LEVEL SPEAKER | MENTOR | EDUCATIONIST
STRATEGIC PLANNING | LEARNING & DEVELOPMENT | WHITE PAPER AUTHOR | AI & BLOCKCHAIN EXPERT
Web of Science Researcher ID: AAR-5724-2020 | ORCID No. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7549-8630
Feb 2008– Jan 2024: University of Engineering & Management, Kolkata, India.
Director Cybersecurity Centre of Excellence (CCoE) since Jan 2024.
Principal (Feb 2023 - Jan 2024).
Dean (Faculty Welfare and Human Resource Development Centre) since Aug 2017.
Professor & Former HOD - CSE (Jan 2021- Dec 2021).
Professor & Former HOD - Information Technology (Feb 2008 - June 2019).
Former Course Director of Online Skill-Based Certification Platform (iCertifiedExpert.com)
Key Result Areas:
Strategizing, planning, motivating and executing outcome-based research plan in the niche technologies and latest innovations in the field of Deep Learning, Network Security and Cognitive Radio, OT, IoT, Embedded Systems, Blockchain and cybersecurity
Conceptualizing & developing pedagogy, teaching learning strategy, graduate profiling for the students, undertaking validation & execution of courses as well as engaging in learning evaluation and assessing effectiveness
Implementing recruitment procedure in various top Universities of the country
Organizing faculty development programs for overall improvement of the institution
Organizing International Events, conferences, workshops and symposia like International Ethical Hacking Conference eHaCON 2018, eHaCON 2019.
August 2000 – January 2008: Netaji Subhash Engneering College, Kolkata, India as Assistant Professor and M.Tech Coordinator, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering
Key Result Areas:
Teaching undergraduate and post graduate students of ECE
Organizing International Events, conferences, workshops and symposia
Conducting research work in the fields of mobile communication and computing, VLSI design
July 2005 – December 2005: Department of Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering (J.U.) as Guest Lecturer
December 2002 – December 2007: Institute of Radiophysics & Electronics (C.U.) as Guest Lecturer
September 1999 – August 2000: Bhawanipur Gujrati Education Society College, Kolkata, India as Lecturer
May 1997 – August 1999: Career Councellors Pvt. Ltd. as Regional Marketing Executive
April 1994 – May 1997: KLG Systel as Product Specialist
Highlights
At Institute of Engineering & Management
Collaborated with Aizu University, Japan; Bulgarian Academy of Sciences | BAS · Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, Sofia, Bulgaria; CDAC, Kolkata that resulted in research collaborations and establishment of Tech centres
Leading the department of Information Technology to make it a world class learning and research unit for Computing skills, innovation and knowledge creation in the fields of supercomputing, DNA cryptography, Cyber Security
Managing projects of around 3 million INR values to different agencies
Leading the human resource development centre of the institute
Acting as faculty advisor of IEEE Communications Society and IEEE Computational Intelligence Society student chapters that organizes workshops, seminars, coding competitions of international repute
Guiding 4 PhD students
Youtube Lectures on Network Security, Information Theory
At Netaji Subhash Engineering College
Coordinating M.Tech (CEC) course
Organizing IEEE seminars and conferences like
Paper setter and examiner at Jadavpur University, Calcutta University, Maulana Abul Kalam University of Technology, Kolkata, India
Invited Talks
Delivered keynote speech on "Explainable AI: A Perspective" at International Ethical Hacking Conference (eHaCON) 2024 - Leveraging AI to Law on 28/3/2024 at UEM, India.
Invited talk on Research Methodology at ATAL FDP on 25/8/2022 at IEM, India.
Delivered expert talk on "IoT Wearable: Security and Privacy Issues" to the 1st year MCA students - Batch 3 of Jain University, Bangalore, India on 19/6/2022.
Delivered expert talk on "IoT Wearable: Security and Privacy Issues" to the 1st year MCA students - Batch 2 of Jain University, Bangalore, India on 23/1/2022.
Delivered expert talk on "IoT Wearable: Security and Privacy Issues" to the 1st year MCA students - Batch 3 of Jain University, Bangalore, India on 19/6/2022.
Delivered expert lecture on “Recent Technological Developments in Industry” to the 1st year students of Women Engineering College, Ajmer, Rajasthan at the Induction Programme on 17th November 2021.
Delivered invited talk on "Developing Innovations: Artificial Neural Network" on 27th Oct, 2021 at ATAL FDP on "Machine Learning with R Programming", organized by NITTR, Kolkata, held during Oct 25-29, 2021.
Session Chair at IEMNTECH 2021, 5th International Conference on Electronics, Materials Engineering & Nano-Technology held during 24-26 Sep, 2021.
Delivered invited lecture (3-Hr Webinar) on “Violation of Publication Ethics, Authorship, Co-authorship, Conflicts of Interest, Complaints and Appeals” to the PhD candidates for 4-day course work on Research and Publication Ethics for newly admitted research scholars for the academic year 2021-2022, Odd Sem at Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation (Deemed to be University) at Andhra Pradesh on 31st July, 2021.
Session Chair for the session on "IoT and Enbedded Systems" at ICSCAN 2021, 4th IEEE International Conference on Systems, Computation, Automation, Networking held during 30-31 July, 2021.
Panelist for the session on " Technological Developments in the New Era" organized by Vidyavati Public School, Madhya Pradesh on January 17, 2021.
Delivered expert lecture on “Recent Technological Developments in Industry” to the 1st year students of Women Engineering College, Ajmer, Rajasthan at the Induction Programme on 22nd October, 2020.
Moderator for panel discussion on “What Will Cybersecurity's 'New Normal' Look Like?” at eHaCON 2020, organized by Institute of Engineering & Management on 9th October, 2020.
Panelist for the panel discussion on “Building your own Brand” organized by IEEE Bombay Section and Sardar Patel Institute of Technology on 20th September, 2020.
Delivered invited talk (2-Hr webinar) on “Blockchain and Docker” organized by Institute of Technology and Advanced Research on 19th September, 2020.
Delivered invited lecture (3-Hr Webinar) on “Research Philosophies and Intellectual Honesty” to the PhD candidates for 4-day course work on Research and Publication Ethics for newly admitted research scholars for the academic year 2020-2021, Odd Sem at Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation (Deemed to be University) at Andhra Pradesh on 5th August, 2020.
Delivered invited lecture (2-Hr Webinar) on “Research Methodologies and Implications” for 3-day Faculty Development Programme organized by Manakula Vinayagar Institute of Technology, Pondicherry in collaboration with IEEE on 22nd May, 2020.
Delivered lecture on “Fundamentals of Information Theory & Coding” at Teacher’s Training Program for Engineering Faculty, organized by the Institute of Engineering & Management during Nov 16-20, 2010.
Delivered lecture on “Cryptography” and “Wireless Network security” at AICTE sponsored 2-week Staff Development Programme on INFORMATION SECURITY, held during 1-4 July 2009 at The Institute of Engineering & Management.
Delivered Invited Talk on “Smart Wireless Sensors to Network the World” at a seminar held at Netaji Subhash Engineering College, organized jointly by the IEEE Calcutta Section and Netaji Subhash Engineering College on May 17, 2007 to celebrate the World Telecommunication Day.
Delivered Invited Talk on “Issues and Challenges of Wireless Network Security” at a Seminar held in Jadavpur University, organized jointly by IEEE, Calcutta Section and WIE and EDS Chapters on April 4, 2007 (http://ewh.ieee.org/r10/calcutta/WIE/).
Delivered invited talk on “Mobile IP” at a seminar on “Mobile Communication and Computing”, 2004 (MCC 04) held at Netaji Subhash Engineering College.