Awards & Honors

Awards and Honors

  • Nominated as a member of the independent expert committee for evaluating the solutions/courses of NEAT (National Educational Alliance for Technology) 2.0. AICTE Government of India.</>
  • Member of Task Force Committee formed by Government of Maharashtra for “Use of Sattelite and Drone Technology in Agriculture Sector”.
  • Nomination as a Member on The Board of Information Technology, Dr. B.A. M. U. Aurangabad by the Hon’ble Vice Chancellor as per the Maharashtra University Act 2016 under Section 49(3)(f).
  • Shortlisted & interviewed for the post of Secretary to UGC, New Delhi, India, 6 Feb. 2018
  • Shortlisted & Interviewed for the post of Vice- Chancellor, Savitribai Phule Pune University, 2017
  • Shortlisted & interviewed for the post of Vice- Chancellor, Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University (YCMOU), 2017
  • Research Professor Award for the year 2016-17, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, 04 Sept.2017
  • Nominations in Top 100 Professionals 2017, International Biographical Centre, Cambridge, England, 6 Jan. 2017
  • Finalist Awarded, “ICT Researcher of the Year”, International Award given by ACS(Australian Computer Society) South East Asian Regional Computer Confederation (SEARCC), in conjunction with the ACS Digital Disruptor Awards at ACS Reimagination Thought Leaders Summit in Sydney, Australia on December 1, 2016
  • Shortlisted for the post of Vice- Chancellor [Best Five], Sant Gadge Baba University, Amravati, 2016
  • Shortlisted for the post of Vice- Chancellor, Shivjai University Kolhapur, Mumbai University, Mumbai, 2015
  • National Coordinator, International Neural Network Society (INNS), India Regional Chapter, Western India, March 2014
  • Shortlisted for the post of Secretary to UGC, New Delhi, India, March 2014
  • Elevated to Senior Member, IACSIT, June 2013.
  • Awarded Amazing Idea Award during IEEE Science and Information (SAI) Conference 2013, London, UK, October 2013
  • Awarded Excellent Paper Award during IACSIT International Conference on Computer and Electrical Engineering (ICCEE-2013), Paris, France, October 2013
  • Nominated as Fellow, NASI (National Academy of Sciences, India), India, 2012
  • Awarded Plaque by Who’s who in the world, USA, Nov 2012.
  • Nominations in Top 100 Scientist 2009, International Biographical Centre, Cambridge, England
  • Biographed in Who’s Who in the World for Computer Science, USA, 2007
  • Recipient of VIJAY SHREE Award, 2005
  • Awarded Excellent Paper Presentation, National Conference & Workshop on Virtual Instruments, Embedded Systems & Robotics, 1-5 March, 2004,Gawalior, India
  • Member,International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS)[60864]
  • Life Member, Indian Society of Remote Sensing (ISRS), India [L-4249]
  • Fellow, Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (IETE), India [F141717]
  • Senior Member, Institution of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), USA [80362082]
  • Fellow, Scientific Society of Advanced Research and Social Change (SSARSC), [F66-14-01]
  • Technical Representative and Associate Member, Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC), USA
  • Senior Member, International Association of Computer Science and Information Technology (IACSIT), Singapore [80346739]
  • Senior Member, Computer Society of India (CSI), India [LM/70009 —- SM/I0070009]
  • Member, Management Committe, NRDMS – DST Srinivasa Ramanujan Geospatial Chair, in the University
  • Life Member, Indian Physics Association (IPA), India [AUR/LM/11144]
  • Life Member, Indian Unit of International Association for Pattern Recognition (IUPRAI), India [L/10]
  • Life Member, The Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA), Kolkata, India [L16200]
  • Life Member, International Association of Engineers (IAENG), USA [131109]
  • Member, Signal Processing Society, IEEE, USA
  • Member, Communications Society, IEEE, USA
  • Member, Computer Society, IEEE, USA
  • Member, Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society (GRSS), IEEE, USA
  • Member, Cloud Computing (CC), IEEE, USA
  • Member, Green Information and Communication Technology (Green-ICT) Community, IEEE, USA
  • Member, Internet of Things (IoT) Community, IEEE, USA
  • Member, Life Sciences  Community, IEEE, USA
  • Member, Special Interest Group in Artificial Intelligence (SIGAI), C-DAC Mumbai, India
  • Vice President, International Accreditation Organization (IAO), Maharashtra Chapter, India
  • Former Chairman, IETE, Aurangabad Center, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India
  • Former Secretary, IETE, Aurangabad Center (Previously Sub-Centre), Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India
  • Member, Maharashtra (India)-Alberta (Canada) Roundtable in the year 2011
  • Member, Panel Discussion, NRDMS-DST National Science Plan for HSRS Research, at Vadodara in the year 2013
  • Member, Special Subject Subcommittee for Information and Technology, Marathwada Development Board, Aurangabad
  • Chairman, M. Tech. Computer Science and Engineering, Dr. B. A. M. University, Aurangabad
  • Member, Board of Studies (BOS), Dr. B. A. M. University, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India (Computer Science and IT)
  • Member, Board of Studies (BOS), S. R. T. University, Nanded, Maharashtra, India (Computer Science)
  • Member, Board of Studies (BOS), S. G. B. Amravati University, Amravati, Maharashtra, India (Computer Science)
  • Member, Board of Studies (BOS), Y. C. M. Open University, Nashik, Maharashtra, India (Computer Science)
  • Member, Board of Studies (BOS), Gulbarga University, Gulbarga, Karnataka, India (Computer Science)
  • Member, Board of Studies (BOS), Veer Narmad South Gujarat University, Surat, Gujarat, India (Information Technology)
  • Member, Faculty of Science, S. G. B. Amravati University, Amravati, Maharashtra, India
  • Research Guide, Computer Science, Dr. B. A. M. University, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India
  • Research Guide, Computer Science and Engineering, Dr. B. A. M. University, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India
  • Research Guide, Computer Science, S. G. B. Amravati University, Amravati, Maharashtra, India
  • Research Guide, Computer Science, Pune University, Pune, Maharashtra, India
  • Chairman, M.Sc. Examinations, Dr. B. A. M. University, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India
  • Chairman, Ad-hoc Board, B.Sc. Networking & Multimedia, Dr. B. A. M. University, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India
  • Member, Self Support Courses, Dr. B. A. M. University, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India
  • Programme Coordinator, UGC SAP (II) DRS Phase-I Programme, since 2009
  • Programme Coordinator, DST FIST Programme, since 2013
  • Member, Technical Committee, Forensic and Computer Science, Higher & Technical Education, Govt. of Maharashtra, India
  • Coordinator, Refresher and Orientation courses in the field of Computer Science
  • Chairman, Technical Session, National and International Conferences
  • Resource Person, Orientation and Refresher Course in the various Universities
  • Chairman, Affiliation of the College level Courses
  • Chairman, Board of Examiners for various graduate and postgraduate level courses in the university
  • Vice-chancellor Nominee, Subject Expert for the selection of lectures/readers in subject domain time to time
  • Key Note Speaker in National/International conferences and workshops
  • Talk, Broadcasted on AIR Akashwani, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India
  • Technical Member at various Government committees like Setu-Suvidha Aurangabad, Land and water management in Aurangabad Collector Jurisdiction
  • Observer, SET Examinations, Pune University, Pune, Maharashtra, India
  • Member, First IEEE GRSS India Meet at Jodhpur, Rajasthan, in the year 2010
  • University Representative, Governing Body, MGM’s Jawaharlal Nehru Engineering College, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India
  • University Representative, Governing Body, BGPS’s Rajashri Shahu Institute of Management, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India
  • Coordinator, School of Computational and Physical Sciences, Dr. B. A. M. University, Aurangabad for development of Model College with innovative vocational job oriented courses and credit based school system.
  • Member, RRC, S. N. D. T. Women’s University, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
  • University Representative, Member, Governing Body, Savitribai Fule Women’s Engineering College, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India
  • Chaired a session, Presented and Received Excellent Paper Award for research article entitled: “Multimodal Biometric System Using Finger Knuckle and Nail: A Neural Network Approach” in IACSIT International Conference on Computer and Electrical Engineering (ICCEE-2013) at Paris, France during October 12-13, 2013.
  • Received Amazing Idea Award for “Interconnection between Big Data and Nano-Science Idea”) in IEEE Science and Information (SAI) Conference 2013 at London, United Kingdom (UK), during October 7-9, 2013
  • Chaired a session, Authored and Presented Research Paper entitled: “SWT based Composite Method for Fingerprint Image Enhancement” in International Symposium on Signal Processing and Information Technology, at Vancouver, Canada, during 27-30 August 2006
  • Authored and Presented Two Research Papers entitled: “Fingerprint Image Enhancement Using Composite Method” and “Fingerprint Image Enhancement Using morphological Transform”) in GSPx 2005 The Pervasive Signal Processing Conference, at California, USA, during Oct 24-27, 2005
  • Reviewer, IEEE Image and Signal Processing
  • Reviewer, IACSIT Conferences, May 2013
  • Editor in Chief, International Journal on Computer Science and Information Technology (IJCSIT), ISSN: 098474-8385
  • Member, Editorial Board, Veer Narmad South Gujarat University (VNSGU) Journal of Science and Technology, ISSN: 0975-5446.
  • Member, Editorial Board, ICT Academy of Tamil Nadu (ICTACT) Journal on Soft Computing, An International Publication of ICT Academy of Tamil Nadu ISSN: 0976-6561
  • Member, Editorial Board, International Journal of Computer Science and Systems, DIT School of Engineering Greater Noida, ISSN: 2249-8222
  • Chairman, Inauguration of IETE Student Forum (ISF) at MIT College of Engineering, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India
  • Member, QAC’s (Quality Assurance Committee) internal peer team for Department of Computer Science, Shivaji University, Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India