Professional Experience

Assistant Professor
Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala
26 Dec 2024
Present
Postdoc Research Scientist
Tel Aviv University, Israel
Reichman University, Herzliya, Israel
01 Jan 2023
25 Dec 2024
Assistant Professor
Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala
07 Aug 2017
31 Dec 2022
Assistant Professor
Chandigarh University, Mohali
22 Jul 2014
04 Aug 2017
Teaching Assistantship
TEQIP Sponsored
Chandigarh Engineering College, Mohali
25 Jul 2012
28 May 2014

Key Achievements & Leadership Roles

  • AROGAYA CIBioD – Innovation & Enterprise Leadership Award: Received the Innovation and Enterprise Leadership Award from the Indian Council of Medical Research – Centre for Innovation and Bio-Design (ICMR-CIBioD) on 11 November 2021 for contribution to affordable healthcare.
  • Alibaba Cloud MVP: Recognized as an Alibaba Cloud Most Valuable Professional (MVP) in the 11th Batch of Alibaba Cloud MVPs, announced on 8 January 2020, for technical leadership and contributions to the technology community.
  • QueenBelt Innovation: Developed QueenBelt, a wearable safety belt with an automatic rape detection and prevention mechanism, along with student Javtesh Singh. The innovation was featured by ANI and subsequently covered by India Today, Hindustan Times, Zee News, Times of India, Business Standard and other media organizations.
  • QueenBelt – Canada–India Acceleration Program: QueenBelt was shortlisted among the Top 10 female-led technology startups from India for the Canada–India Acceleration Program (CIAP-2018).
  • Patent Innovation: Inventor of the patented “Device for Safety and Security of Personnel”, granted by the Indian Patent Office in 2023.
  • Smart India Hackathon 2019: Served as Nodal Officer and SPOC at Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology. Five teams won cash prizes and trophies in their respective categories, including four first positions and one second position, with a total prize money of ₹4 Lakhs.
  • Smart India Hackathon 2020: Served as Nodal Officer and SPOC and organized the Smart India Internal Hackathon with participation from 50 teams across software and hardware categories. Five software teams and two hardware teams were recommended for the national-level competition.
  • Smart India Hackathon 2022: Served as Nodal Officer and SPOC for the Smart India Hackathon 2022 internal competition. A total of 55 teams participated, 15 teams were shortlisted for the finale, and six teams won a combined cash prize of ₹6 Lakhs.
  • United Nations Hult Prize Coordinator: Coordinated the United Nations Hult Prize OnCampus Program at Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, an international student entrepreneurship and startup competition.
  • Experiential Learning Centre – Robotics: Coordinated hands-on experiential learning and open-ended robotics projects for approximately 750 students in 2019 and 1,200 students in 2020.
  • Experiential Learning Centre – Arduino: Coordinated online experiential learning activities using simulation environments and Arduino-based projects for 1,156 students in 2021.
  • Training & Internship Coordinator: Coordinated internship drives for B.E., M.E. and MCA students at Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology and facilitated stipend-based internships for approximately 500 students.
  • Machine Learning & Deep Learning Summer School: Served as Co-Coordinator of the Thapar Six Week Summer School on Machine Learning and Deep Learning using Python and R in 2018 and as Coordinator in 2019.
  • Machine Learning & Optimization Summer School: Coordinated the Six Week Summer School on Machine Learning and Optimization at Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology in 2018.
  • Doctoral Research: Started a part-time Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering at Thapar University, Patiala, on 27 December 2015.
  • Teaching Experience: Taught Data Structures, Object-Oriented Programming and Operating Systems using PPT, chalk-board teaching, role play and analogy-based interactive teaching methodologies.
  • UIMS Coordinator: Served as University Information Management System (UIMS) In-charge at Chandigarh University, managing departmental workload allocation, attendance and online subject allocation through the university portal.
  • FOSS Organizer: Organized and conducted FOSS examinations under the Talk To A Teacher initiative of the Spoken Tutorial Project, IIT Bombay, and facilitated more than 150 student certifications in programming modules.
  • Student Mentorship & Innovation: Mentored student teams that secured first positions in ION<athon> 1.0, Infosys Digital Makeathon and Coopathon 2.0, along with a third position in the Startup India Program.
  • Best Research Paper – Student Mentoring: Mentored a student team that won the Best Research Paper Award and a cash prize of ₹10,000 for their paper on a neural-network-based solution for crop vandalism at TEAMC18.
  • Session Chair: Chaired technical sessions at ICCIS 2020 and ICCCT 2021 in the areas of intelligent data analytics, computing, informatics and applications.