Meet The Mentors

Dr. Aqsa is an Assistant Professor and researcher with over a decade of professional experience in academia and research, specializing in Criminal Law. She has supervised 40 undergraduate theses and served as a project coordinator for the ‘Standardized Module for Legal Awareness Program,’ a project undertaken by Jamia Millia Islamia in collaboration with the National Commission for Women in 2014. She has published six papers in reputed law journals and has presented numerous papers at national seminars and conferences on legal issues. She was honored with the Best Paper Presentation award in the field of Victimology. In addition to her research, she is actively involved in delivering guest lectures, judging moot court competitions, and serving as a resource person for workshops on legal issues at national forums.

He received his Ph.D Degree in Carbon based Nanomaterials from IIT, Bombay in 1997 and earned his postdoctoral from University of Namur (Belgium) 1997-1998 and Nagoya University (JAPAN) in 1998-1999 under JSPS Program. Then joined as a Research Scientist in DMSRDE, DRDO, Kanpur in 1999. He is having 28 Years of Experience in the field of Carbon based Nanomaterials. His Area of Expertise includes: Synthesis and Application of Carbon based Nanomaterials. He is the author of 78 peer reviewed journal papers, 7 book chapters and have 19 granted patents. He is recipient of DRDO Young Scientist Award 2001 and B. D. Bangur Award 2019 from Indian Carbon Society.

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.

Dr. Mohit Tiwari is an Assistant Professor at Bharati Vidyapeeth’s College of Engineering, Delhi, with over 20 years of experience in teaching, research, software engineering, networking, system administration, and IT infrastructure management. He holds a B.Tech in Computer Science and an MBA in Operations and Research.

His expertise includes Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Data Science, Cloud Computing, IoT, Cybersecurity, Bioinformatics, Medical AI, Research Methodology, and Academic Writing.

Dr. Tiwari has published 50+ research papers in reputed international journals and conferences in the areas of AI, ML, IoT, cybersecurity, healthcare AI, nanotechnology, and smart systems. He also holds 10+ patents/copyrights related to AI, IoT, automation, smart systems, and cybersecurity. Additionally, he has authored/edited 10+ books and contributed multiple book chapters in computing, cloud computing, computational intelligence, nanocomputing, and emerging technologies.

Dr. Ravichandran is Professor and Head, Department of Chemistry at DRK Institute of Science and Technology, Hyderabad. He earned his PhD (2006) from Madurai Kamaraj University and an MSc from Pondicherry University, and qualified GATE (95th percentile, 1998). With 18 years of teaching and research experience, he has published 175 international papers, holds 16 patents, and has authored 12 textbooks and 60 book chapters. A recipient of multiple national and international honours, his current focus is on developing greener, sustainable chemical methodologies.

Dr. Ruby Singh is the Director, Department of Bioinformatics at Gevanam Genomics Company, Lucknow. She earned her PhD in Biotechnology (2020) from Amity University and brings 6+ years of R&D experience, including roles as a Research Assistant at Biogenix, Lucknow and as a Medical Researcher at Crazy Fox Creations, Lucknow. Her expertise includes cell culture, microbiology, bioinformatics, and review writing. She has 8 publications and has edited 1 book in aquaculture and bioinformatics.

Dr. Ali H. Wheeb is a Professor in the Computer Engineering College of Engineering at the University of Baghdad. He earned his PhD in Electrical and Electronic Engineering (2024) from UKM University and brings 10 years of experience in computer engineering along with 16 years in academia. His expertise spans computer engineering and networking, UAV systems, UAV routing protocols, and machine learning, including reinforcement learning. He has published widely and has received research grants and awards.

Dr. Bani Gandhi is a Technical Content Writer and Project Manager at
ConnexCS.
She/he received his/her Ph.D. Degree in Electronics and Communication
Engineering from Delhi Technological University in 2022.
Currently working as Technical Content Writer and Project Manager at
ConnexCS for 1.5 years.
She has about 6.5 years of experience in Nanoelectronics and
Telecommunications.
Her Area of Expertise includes Nanoelectronics, Telecommunications.

Nitin More is a highly experienced mechanical engineer and nanoengineering researcher with a strong foundation in materials research, advanced manufacturing, and Industry 4.0 applications. He is certified as a Six Sigma Green Belt and specializes in multiscale modeling, 3D additive manufacturing, thermoplastic composite fabrication, and nanomaterials characterization using tools such as SEM, XRD, DSC, TGA, FTIR, and Raman spectroscopy. Nitin has extensive academic and industrial experience, including assistant professorships in India, postdoctoral research in the USA, and process engineering in industry. He is skilled in mechanical testing, digital twins, AI-driven process control, and leading R&D projects, with numerous publications and awards recognizing his contributions to nanomaterials, composites, and advanced manufacturing technologies

Sakshi Tapare is an AI & Data Engineer based in Navi Mumbai, India, with experience in ML pipelines, LLMs, RAG systems, ETL workflows, backend architectures, and AWS cloud-deployed data solutions. She is currently working as a Data Engineer at K.B. Ajmera, where she designs backend data pipelines, automates inventory and invoice workflows, builds natural-language SQL assistants, and integrates AI-powered automation into production systems. She has also worked as an Executive Data Analyst and Application Specialist, with hands-on expertise in Python, SQL, FastAPI, LangChain, AWS, Power BI, Tableau, Streamlit, Docker, and MLOps.

Dr. GAURAV MUDGAL is an Associate Professor in the University Institute of Biotechnology within Chandigarh University, Mohali, Punjab. Previous to this he headed science clusters at Auronya College, Pondicherry and Mangalayatan University, Aligarh. He is a La Caixa fellow, and received his Ph.D. Degree in Molecular Biosciences with the highest distinction from the Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain in 2014 with his work on molecular biology of coronavirus-host interactions realized at the CSIC center of excellence -National Center of Biotechnology. He had previously worked as a nationally recruited scientific officer at the CGIAR headquarters of ICRISAT in Hyderabad and had handled many projects related to transgenic crop developments. He is having 16 years of research experience in biotechnology. His area of Expertise includes: Molecular biology of virus-host interactions, plant-microbe interaction, plant and animal biodiversity, underutilized crop translations and bioremediation. He is the author of many publications with the journals like PLOS, MDPI, Nature, Springer, Elsevier and Taylor & Francis and a recipient of a core research grant of 4.3 million INR for his work on DNA barcoding and morphometrics on Indian tardigrades.