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Dr. Megha. P. Arakeri
Professor
Department of Computer Science & Engineering
Qualification: BE, M.Tech, PhD (NITK, Surathkal)
CURRENT ACADEMIC ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES
Funded Projects and Consultancy
S.No |
Title of the Project |
Agency |
Budget |
Year |
1 |
Development of Solar Powered Information Kiosk for Rural Community Empowerment in South Karnataka |
IEEE |
$5000 |
2022 |
2 |
Design and development of assistive device for the blind |
IEEE |
$4400.29
|
2022 |
3 |
Skill development and entrepreneurship program for socio-economically disadvantaged students |
IEEE |
$2000 |
2022 |
4 |
Understanding the facial phlebotomy and developing computer aided diagnostic tool for screening of common congenital malformation |
ICMR |
Rs.30,84,030 |
2022 |
5 |
High School Outreach Project |
IEEE |
$1500
|
2021 |
6 |
Local Industry Interactions |
IEEE |
$3988.66
|
2021 |
7 |
React/Angular- based mobile applications exposing workflows to the end-user |
TechMachinery Labs, Bangalore |
Rs.50,000 |
2021 |
8 |
Design and development of mobile application and website for people tracking |
NextRu Livelihoods Private Limited, Bangalore |
Rs.65,000 |
2020 |
9 |
High School Outreach Project |
IEEE CIS |
$2000 |
2020 |
10 |
Local Industry Interactions |
IEEE CIS |
$1570.85 |
2020 |
11 |
Design and development of website for monitoring of manholes |
Niruvanam Private Limited, Thiruchirappalli |
Rs.37,000 |
2020 |
12 |
Novel systems and technology development projects |
KSCST |
Rs.28,500 |
2014-2022 |
No. of Ph.D students guided: 3
AREAS OF INTEREST, EXPERTISE AND RESEARCH
Area of Research
Computer Vision, Machine learning, Artificial Intelligence, Human-computer interaction, Data analytics
Professional Affiliations & Contributions
Awards & Recognitions
· Selected as member of GLOBAL COMMITTEE, IEEE, USA, 2023
· Elected as CHAIR for IEEE CIS, Bangalore Section for the year 2022 & 2023
· Received ‘EXCELLENCE IN OUTREACH EDUCATION’ award from IEEE Bangalore section,2021
· ‘OUTSTANDING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT’ award from IEEE Bangalore section,2021
· APPRECIATION CERTIFICATE for supervising the project ‘Mobile application for Death Audit Report’ Ramaiah Medical College, Bangalore,2021
· Awarded ‘STUDENT PROJECT OF THE YEAR 2017-18’ by IEAE
· BEST PROJECT AWARD -2018 for UG Assistive technology for the visually impaired using computer vision’ at RIT, Bangalore.
· BEST PROJECT AWARD -2018 for PG ‘Automated defect detection and characterization on pulse thermography images using computer vision techniques’ at RIT, Bangalore.
· APPRECIATION CERTIFICATE from NPTEL for Mentoring online certification course on Design and Analysis of Algorithms, 2018
· BEST PROJECT AWARD -2017 for the UG project ’Computer Vision-based Weed Control System for Precision Agriculture’ at RIT, Bangalore.
· APPRECIATION CERTIFICATE from NPTEL for Mentoring online certification course on Design and Analysis of Algorithms, 2017
· 2nd PRIZE in project exhibition (PRADARSHANA-2016) at MSRIT, Bangalore.
· APPRECIATION CERTIFICATE from BHEL for the project ‘Development of android application for eLearning of gas turbine control system’ for Gas Turbine Controls Dept, BHEL, Bangalore, 2016
· Recognized as ‘BRONZE PARTNER FACULTY’ under Inspire-Campus Connect Faculty Partnership Model, 2016
· RECOGNITION CERTIFICATE from NPTEL for Mentoring students in online certification course on Design and Analysis of Algorithms,2016
· 2nd PRIZE in project exhibition (PRADARSHANA-2015) at MSRIT, Bangalore.
· Recognized with ‘INSPIRE CERTIFICATE’ for leadership and commitment in rolling out Infosys Campus Connect Program’, 2015
Professional Membership
· Senior Member IEEE (SMIEEE)
· Member of IEEE Computational Intelligence Society.
· Fellow IETE
· Life member of CSI
· Life Member of Indian Society of Technical Education (ISTE).
· Member of International Association of Engineers (IAENG)
• Journals: 21
• Conferences: 26
• Book chapters: 9
• Citations: 459
• Scopus ID: 36052205000
• ORCID: 0000-0003-0340-5794
• Google scholar: https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=ZQ2vXqIAAAAJ&hl