Dr. Megha. P. Arakeri

Professor

Department of Computer Science & Engineering

Qualification: BE, M.Tech, PhD

CURRENT ACADEMIC ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES

    Faculty, MIT Bengaluru

 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)

Publications:

Scopus Link: Arakeri, Megha P. - Author details - Scopus

Google Scholar Link :https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=ZQ2vXqIAAAAJ&hl

ORCID ID :0000-0003-0340-5794

No of Grants and Patents :19 Grants & 2 patents