SCIT: M.B.A. in Information Technology (IT) College in Pune SCIT: M.B.A. in Information Technology (IT) College in Pune

Faculty & Research

Faculty Members

Dr. Dhanya Pramod

Dr. Dhanya Pramod

Professor & Director PhD, SET, MSc. Computer Science, MBA,

Research Profiles:

Broad areas:

  • Information security
  • Data science
  • Disruptive technologies
  • Digital Transformation

Specific areas:

  • Intrusion detection
  • Privacy preserving techniques
  • Lightweight cryptography
  • Recommender system
  • Predictive analytics
  • AI/ML/DL
  • Technology adoption
  • Industry x.0

Research Profiles:

Dr. Abhinita Daiya

Dr. Abhinita Daiya

Assistant Professor PhD, MBA

Research Interests & Expertise:

Broad areas:

  • Marketing
  • Advertising
  • Digital Marketing

Specific areas:

  • Social Media Advertising
  • Consumer Behavior
  • Online Content
  • Movie Marketing

Research Profiles:

Dr.Anshul Saxena

Dr.Anshul Saxena

Assistant Professor PhD (Artificial Intelligence), MBA (Finance),BSc

Research Interests & Expertise:

Broad areas:

  • Human-AI Algorithmic Interaction
  • Quantum Computing
  • Generative AI
  • Business Analytics

Specific areas:

  • Quantum Machine Learning
  • Large Language Models
  • LLM Psychology
  • Prescriptive Analytics
  • Deep Learning
  • Financial Modelling
  • Financial Analytics

Research Profiles:

Dr. Ajey Kumar

Dr. Ajey Kumar

Associate Professor Post-Doc, PhD, ME, BE

Research Interests & Expertise:

Broad areas:

  • Computer Networks
  • Data Analytics
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Computer Vision

Specific areas:

  • Software Defined Networks
  • Online Social Networks
  • Text Analytics
  • Recommender
  • Object Detection
  • NoSQL Databases
  • XAI

Research Profiles:

Dr. Anil Shankar Jadhav

Dr. Anil Shankar Jadhav

Professor PhD-IITB, MCA

Research Interests & Expertise:

Broad areas:

  • Data Mining
  • Machine Learning
  • Deep Learning

Specific areas:

  • Data Pre-processing
  • Applications of Deep Learning
  • Applications of Data Mining & Machine Learning
  • Text Analytics

Research Profiles:

Prof. Apoorva Vikrant Kulkarni

Prof. Apoorva Vikrant Kulkarni

Assistant Professor UGC – NET, MBA

Research Interests & Expertise:

Broad areas:

  • Entrepreneurship
  • Innovation
  • Branding
  • Strategic Management

Specific areas:

  • Cult Brands
  • Startup and Incubation
  • Strategic Management for Managers

Research Profiles:

Dr. Deep Kothadiya

Dr. Deep Kothadiya

Assistant Professor Ph.D(CE), ME(CE), BE(CSE)

Research Interests & Expertise:

Broad areas:

  • Computer Vision
  • Language Models
  • Data Science

Specific areas:

  • Explainable AI
  • Generative AI
  • Retrieval-Augmented Generation
  • Agentic AI
  • Visual Language Models

Research Profiles:

Dr. Kanchan Pranay Patil

Dr. Kanchan Pranay Patil

Professor & Deputy Director PhD, MBS, PGDBM, B.E (E&TC)

Research Interests & Expertise:

Broad areas:

  • Marketing Management
  • Digital Transformation
  • Information Systems

Specific areas:

  • Services Marketing
  • Consumer behavior
  • Management Information System
  • Internet of Things

Research Profiles:

Dr. Krishna Kumar Singh

Dr. Krishna Kumar Singh

Associate Professor & Faculty In – Charge Examination PhD, PGDBM, MTech, MCA

Research Interests & Expertise:

Broad areas:

  • Computer Science
  • Data management
  • Analytics
  • Decision Science

Specific areas:

  • Big Data Analytics
  • Data Science
  • Machine Learning
  • Green I.T Infrastructure Management
  • Salesforce

Research Profiles:

Dr. Mandaar Bhaskar Pande

Dr. Mandaar Bhaskar Pande

Professor PhD, M.Phil., M.Sc.

Research Interests & Expertise:

Broad areas:

  • Quantum Computing
  • Quantum Information Science
  • Nonlinear Optics

Specific areas:

  • Quantum Machine Learning
  • Quantum Communications
  • Quantum Cryptography
  • Nonlinear Optical
  • phenomena in various media

Research Profiles:

Dr. Mugdha Shailendra Kulkarni

Dr. Mugdha Shailendra Kulkarni

Associate Professor PhD, Mcom, MBA, MPhil, UGC-NET

Research Interests & Expertise:

Broad areas:

  • Banking and Finance
  • Accounting
  • Finance and Technology

Specific areas:

  • Financial Markets
  • Intangible Assets
  • Blockchain, AI and Finance
  • Information Security and Finance

Research Profiles:

Dr. Nisha T N

Dr. Nisha T N

Assistant Professor PhD, UGC – NET, MBA (Systems), MCM

Research Interests & Expertise:

Broad areas:

  • Computer Networks
  • Algorithms
  • Information security
  • Optimization Techniques

Specific areas:

  • Network Security
  • Cyber Security
  • Information Security and Privacy
  • Malware Analysis
  • Evolutionary Algorithms

Research Profiles:

Dr. Pradnya Upendra Purandare

Dr. Pradnya Upendra Purandare

Assistant Professor PhD, MCM

Research Interests & Expertise:

Broad areas:

  • IT Project and Risk Management
  • Digital Transformation
  • Big Data, Business Analytics
  • Software development and Engineering
  • Emergent technologies - IoT, AI
  • Digitization in various different Domains Applications/Apps
  • Technology Adoption
  • Personal Data Protection and Information Security

Specific areas:

  • Project Risk Management
  • Digital Transformation – Technology, Business
  • Business Analysis
  • Agile, Lean , DevOps, SDLC, SDM
  • Big Data, Business Analytics , Data Mining and Warehousing, Predictive Analytics
  • User Aspects and Usability
  • IoT, AI, technology adoption
  • Quality and Compliances – PMI , ITIL

Research Profiles:

Prof. Raghvendra Ravindra Sandhane

Prof. Raghvendra Ravindra Sandhane

Assistant Professor UGC – NET, MBA, BE

Research Interests & Expertise:

Broad areas:

  • Management
  • Sales and Marketing

Specific areas:

  • IT Consulting
  • Services Marketing
  • Digital Transformation
  • Customer Relationship Management

Research Profiles:

Dr. Shaji Joseph

Dr. Shaji Joseph

Associate Professor PhD, MDHEA, B.Ph., MA

Research Interests & Expertise:

Broad areas:

  • Sustainability Standards and Reporting
  • Corporate Governance and Business Ethics
  • Human Resources Management

Specific areas:

  • MSME Leadership
  • Organizational culture
  • Organizational Behavior
  • Sustainable Development
  • Minority study
  • Sustainable Development Goals
  • Business Ethics
  • Ethical Leadership
  • Emotional Intelligence
  • Locus of Control

Research Profiles:

Dr. Sirshendu Arosh

Dr. Sirshendu Arosh

Assistant Professor PhD, ME, B. Tech

Research Interests & Expertise:

Broad areas:

  • Computer Vision and Image Processing
  • Information Retrieval
  • Artificial Intelligence

Specific areas:

  • Content based Image Retrieval and Reverse Image Search Techniques.
  • AI technique based information mining from im-ages, videos.
  • Zero power Arial surveillance system.
  • Haptics based smart skin.

Research Profiles:

Dr. Swati Chaudhary

Dr. Swati Chaudhary

Assistant Professor – Human Resource Management PhD, UGC-NET(JRF), MBA

Research Interests & Expertise:

Broad areas:

  • Human Resource Management
  • Organisational Behaviour
  • Business Ethics

Specific areas:

  • Workplace Deviance and Unethical Pro-Organisational Behaviour
  • Employee Well-being and Emotional Exhaustion
  • Ethics, Values, and Moral Development at Work
  • Social Inclusion, Diversity, and Marginalised Communities
  • Indian Ethos and Indigenous Knowledge Systems in Management

Research Profiles:

Dr. Tamal Mondal

Dr. Tamal Mondal

Assistant Professor PhD, MCA

Research Interests & Expertise:

Broad areas:

  • Data Mining & Information Retrieval
  • Social Media Analytics (Twitter)
  • Crisis Management

Specific areas:

  • Trajectory Planning and Optimization
  • Text Mining and Knowledge Discovery.
  • Decision Support
  • Air Quality Monitoring using Twitter
  • Disaster Management using ICT

Research Profiles:

Dr. Tejna Khosla

Dr. Tejna Khosla

Assistant Professor PhD.(CSE), MTech.(IT), BTech.(CSE)

Research Interests & Expertise:

Broad areas:

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Optimization Techniques
  • Machine Learning
  • Image Processing

Specific areas:

  • Nature-Inspired & Swarm Intelligence Algorithms
  • Global Optimization & Hybrid Metaheuristics
  • Neural Network Training & Optimization
  • Medical Image Processing & Diagnostic Systems

Research Profiles:

Dr. Vidyavati Hemantkumar Ramteke

Dr. Vidyavati Hemantkumar Ramteke

Assistant Professor PhD, UGC - NET, MBS

Research Interests & Expertise:

Broad areas:

  • Information Security
  • Behavioral studies

Specific areas:

  • IT Security
  • Cyber Security
  • Governance Risk and compliance
  • Privacy
  • Emotional Intelligence

Research Profiles:

Dr. Vijayakumar Bharathi S

Dr. Vijayakumar Bharathi S

Professor PhD, ICWA(I), SLET, M.Com, MBA,

Research Interests & Expertise:

Broad areas:

  • Technology Management
  • Digital Transformation
  • SDG
  • Immersive Technology Applications

Specific areas:

  • Design Thinking
  • SAP Technologies
  • Supply Chain Management
  • Online collaborative learning platforms
  • Sustainability
  • Process Mining
  • Business Process Integration
  • Fintech & Financial Inclusion

Research Profiles:

Dr. Pravin Dange

Dr. Pravin Dange

Associate Professor PhD, NET, PGDBM (VAMNICOM), MA (Philosophy), B.Tech.( Agril Engg)

Research Interests & Expertise:

Broad areas:

  • Corporate Social Respnsibility
  • Marketing
  • Sustainability
  • Higher Education

Specific areas:

  • Urban Agriculture
  • Strategic CSR
  • Outcome-Based Education

Research Profiles:

Dr.Brij Bhooshan Gupta

Dr.Brij Bhooshan Gupta

Adjunct faculty-SCIT

Prof Brij B. Gupta received the PhD degree from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee, India. In more than 17 years of his professional experience, he published over 500 papers in journals/conferences including 40 books and 11 Patents with over 19000 citations. He has received numerous national and international awards including 2022 Best Researcher award from Asia University, Taiwan, Canadian Commonwealth Scholarship (2009), Govt. of Canada, Visvesvaraya Faculty Research Fellowship Award (2017), MeitY, Govt of India, IEEE GCCE outstanding and WIE best paper awards and Best Faculty Award (2018 & 2019) respectively. Prof Gupta is also serving as Distinguished Research Scientist with LoginRadius Inc., USA which is one of leading cybersecurity companies in the world, especially in the field of customer identity and access management (CIAM). He is also selected in the 2021 and 2020 Stanford University’s ranking of the world’s top 2% scientists. He is also a visiting/adjunct professor with several universities (i.e. Temple University, Macquarie University, Yamaguchi University, University of Murcia, Deakin University, Staffordshire University, Swinburne University of Technology, etc) worldwide. He is also an IEEE Senior Member (2017) and also selected as 2021 Distinguished Lecturer in IEEE CTSoc. Dr Gupta is also serving as Member-in-Large, Board of Governors, IEEE Consumer Technology Society (2022-2024). Prof. Gupta is also leading IJSWIS, IJSSCI and IJCAC, IGI Global, as Editor-in-Chief. Moreover, he is also serving as lead-editor of Book Series with CRC, World Scientific and IET press. He also served as TPC members and organized/special session chairs in ICCE 2021, GCCE 2014-2021 and TPC Chair in 2018 INFOCOM:CCSNA Workshop, Publicity Co-chair in 2020 ICCCN, etc. Dr Gupta is also serving/served as Associate/Guest Editor of IEEE TII, IEEE TITS, IoT, IEEE Big Data, ASOC, FGCS, etc. At present, Prof. Gupta is working as Director, International Center for AI and Cyber Security Research and Innovations, and Full Professor with the Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering (CSIE), Asia University, Taiwan. His research interests include cyber security, cloud computing, artificial intelligence, intrusion detection, blockchain technologies, cyber physical systems, social media and networking.

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