Meet The Mentors
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Dr. Jyoti Gangane is a Professor in the E&TC Department at Vishwaniketan’s iMEET (University of Mumbai). She earned her PhD in Wireless Communication from the University of Malaga, Spain (2016) and brings 32 years of experience in Electronics and Telecommunication. Her expertise includes digital signal processing (DSP) and wireless communication, with strong experience in teaching, research, and academic leadership.
I am Dr. Dharini Raje Sisodia, an Assistant Professor specializing in Finance, Financial Markets, and Financial Inclusion with over 15 years of experience in teaching, research, and curriculum development. Currently, I teach at Amity University, where I also supervise PhD scholars and guide research projects.
With expertise in fintech, financial innovation, and machine learning applications in finance, I actively contribute to academic publishing, book chapters, and conference presentations. I am passionate about technology-based learning and have been recognized with the Best Educator Award for my contributions to financial education. My goal is to bridge the gap between finance and technology, equipping students for future challenges.
Dr. Upma Pal is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biotechnology at the Gautam Buddha University. She received her Ph.D. Degree in Dairy Microbiology from ICAR- NATIONAL DAIRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE in 2022. Then worked as an Assistant professor at Gautam Buddha University. She has 5 Years of Experience in the field of Bioethanol production utilizing dairy waste. Her Areas of Expertise include: bioethanol production, yeast development, metabolic engineering, gene expression ,etc.
A Cyber Law research scholar currently pursuing a PhD at the Faculty of Legal Sciences, School of Law, Shoolini University (Solan), with an LLM in Constitutional Law (CGPA 8.75) and a B.A. LL.B (Eco. Hons.) specializing in International Law. Their work explores the intersection of law and technology, including predictive policing, AI in justice delivery, cyber law compliance, and facial recognition. Recipient of the Prof. Keith Harris Award and a Best Paper Presenter Award, they also co-founded and led university legal aid initiatives.
CA Konika Mishra is a seasoned Finance Professional and Chartered Accountant with over 13.5 years of diverse experience spanning corporate leadership, professional practice, and academic mentorship. Currently serving as the Managing Partner at Sanchit Agrawal & Associates, she leads a specialized team in delivering high-stakes assignments in statutory, internal, and concurrent audits for both government and private sector clients.
Mr. Sourav Mohanto is currently working as a Project Associate-II under Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Department of Science & Technology (DST), Govt. of India in the Department of Pharmaceutics at Yenepoya (Deemed to be University), Karnataka, India. He has previous working experience as academician for 3.5 Years, and also worked as Patent Research Analyst for a year. His expertise includes Drug delivery science, Materials Science, Biomaterials development and characterizations, Molecular docking, etc. He is the authors of 54 publications, 07 books, 10 Intellectual Property Rights, recipient of Young Researcher Award-2023, Best Researcher Award-2024, Best Poster Presentation award, Best Oral presentation award, etc., by various national and international organizations. He has guided various UG, and PG students at the university level and was nominated as an organizing committee member for multiple conference bodies and professional organizations (i.e., APTI, CRC-IC, APR, etc.) across the globe. Mr. Sourav has also been associated with various journals as a reviewer, editorial board member, and actively participated in International and National conferences across the globe.
Dr. Debika Bhattacharyya is a Professor in the CSE Department of IEM at the University of Engineering & Management. She received her Ph.D. in Engineering from Jadavpur University in 2007 and then worked as a Professor in CSE Institute for 22 Years. She is having 6 Years of Experience in the field of Data Science.
Her Area of Expertise includes: Data Science, Machine Learning, Python, Statistics for Data Science. She is the recipient of “Rashtriya Gaurav Award & Certificate of Excellence by India International Friendship Society”, New Delhi ,2019, Recipient of “Distinguished leader” in the engineering discipline by Venus International Foundations in 2018, and awarded as the “Best Teacher” in 2014 and in 2018 by Institute of Engineering & Management.
Harish Madireddy is an Oracle SQL & PL/SQL expert with over 11 years of experience in designing, optimizing, and managing enterprise-scale database systems across multiple domains including Insurance, Banking, Retail, and Logistics. He specializes in SQL performance tuning, PL/SQL architecture, large-volume batch processing, and query optimization. Harish is also an experienced technical trainer and mentor, providing structured training programs on Oracle SQL, PL/SQL development, and performance tuning techniques. He has a proven track record of solving critical database performance issues, mentoring junior developers, implementing best practices, and delivering scalable enterprise data solutions
Lead Machine Learning Engineer with experience in designing and deploying AI/ML systems for geospatial and sensor data. Skilled in Python, FastAPI, and cloud-based deployments, with a proven ability to integrate spatiotemporal AI/ML models and leverage geospatial data (LiDAR, satellite imagery) to enhance decision-making. Proficient in data exploration, analysis, and visualization using Python (Pandas, NumPy) and R, with expertise in developing and productionizing end-to-end ML/DL models including CNNs, RNNs, Unet, Unet++, DeepLabV3, Transformers, ViTs, and computer vision models such as YOLO with TensorFlow, PyTorch, and OpenCV. Strong background in geospatial analysis using Rasterio, GeoPandas, Shapely, GDAL, and GEE, along with time series forecasting, anomaly detection, and generative AI (Langchain, LangGraph, LlamaIndex). Experienced in integrating MLOps practices for automated deployment, monitoring, and retraining, leveraging AWS and Google Cloud for scalable processing and deployment. Skilled in vector databases, CI/CD pipelines, and geospatial visualization workflows.
Dr. Kusuma Jagadish is a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of Materials Engineering at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru. She earned her PhD in Nanotechnology (2020) from Jain (Deemed-to-be) University and has 9 years of experience in materials science and nanotechnology. Her expertise includes materials synthesis for energy applications, particularly photovoltaics and third-generation solar cells. She has published 21 peer-reviewed articles and is a recipient of the WISE–KIRAN PDF Award (2024).
Sanjay Bhargava is a results-driven business and technology management consultant with 3+ years of experience leading large-scale digital transformation, IT service delivery optimization, and corporate training, with a strong specialization in Artificial Intelligence. As a Business IT Management Consultant at Ignite IT Consulting & Educational Services, he helps organizations leverage AI, RPA, GenAI (LLM/RAG), and automation to drive efficiency and growth, using design thinking and cross-functional global delivery models.