Faculty Profile

Dr. Bandana Mahapatra
Office: | E 406 Engineering Block Symbiosis Skills and Professional University |
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Experience: | 8 years |
Profile: | Dr.Bandana Mahapatra received the B.Tech. degree from Krupajal Engineering College, Bhubaneswar, in 2005, the MTech. degree Institute of Technical Education & Research, BPUT in 2008, and the Ph.D. degree from Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan University, in 2018. She is currently with Symbiosis Skills and Professional University. She has around 8 years of expertise in Teaching, Entrepreneurship, and Research & Development with a specialization in computer science engineering subjects.
She has published around 5 patents, 20+ research papers in reputed SCI, Scopus Journals like Bantham Science, Springer, Elsevier, and 7 articles in reputed Scopus indexed international conferences like IEEE, Springer, and Elsevier. She has authored 3 Chapters in Reputed Publications like CRC, SJM, IGI Global publications, and many more still in the pipeline. Her research interest is Blockchain Security, Artificial Intelligence, Swarm Optimization, cloud security, Adhoc Network etc. |

Mr. Sudarshan Mahabal (BOS Member)
Data Sciences, ML/BI, IT Leadership, CISCO
Office: |
E414, Fourth Floor, Engineering Block, Symbiosis Skills and Professional University |
Educational Details: | B.E. Production Engineering, Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute, Post-Graduation Diploma in Advanced Computing, C-DAC, Executive MBA (International Business), San Francisco State University, Post MBA Specialization in Strategic Decision and Risk Management Stanford University. |
Work Experience: | 22 years of Industry experience in various companies. Worked as Chief Data Officer, Chief Data Scientist at Cisco Security Business Group, Sr.Manager of Business Intelligence & Analytics at Cisco Global Partner Org, Manager Business Strategy operations & Analytics at Cisco TAC, Business Process Architect & Project Manager at Cisco Channels Sales & Distribution, IT Architect at Cisco Customer Care Center. He also has contributed to Academia as visiting professor in various Institutes and colleges. Currently, he is working as CTO at Algo Analytics, Leading Innovative Technology Solutions. |

Ms. Preeti Pandhu (BOS Member)
Director, Data Science Lab
Office: |
E414, Fourth Floor, Engineering Block, Symbiosis Skills and Professional University |
Educational Details: | Masters of Science in Applied (Industrial) Statistics, B.Sc. in Applied (Industrial) statistics |
Work Experience: | She has rich Industry and Academic experience across various organizations. Her work experience includes Data Science Lab India as founder Member, Analytics trainer, and consultant for programs like SAS, Data analytics using R as a freelancer, Analytics Trainer- Skill Development for masters in Statistics in Progressive Education Society’s Modern College of Arts Science and Commerce, Professor-MBA in Applied Data Science & Artificial Intelligence Al at Tareeqah Management Studies (ATMS) Dubai (United Arab Emirates), as Consultant in Sankhya Analytical Research Pvt. Ltd. Principal Data Science Advisor in Inteliment, Principal Data Science Advisor in Rubics Labs, Co-Founder in RealInterview and SAS as technical Trainer. She currently holds the position of Director in the Data Science Lab and is a member of various esteemed organizations. |

Ms.Shubhangi Tidke
Assistant Professor
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Educational Details: | PhD (pursuing),NET Qualified, MSc Computer Science |
Work Experience: | Total 10 Years (8 Teaching + 2 Industrial) |
Research Areas: | Cloud Computing, Machine Learning. |

Prashant Kulkarni
Assistant Professor
Office: | E 213, Engineering Block Symbiosis Skills and Professional University |
Educational Details: | BCS from Pune University in 2001 MCA from North Maharashtra University in 2005 Ph.D. Pursuing from Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune |
Work Experience: | 16 Years Academic Experience. |
Research Areas: | Educational Data Mining, Learning Analytics. |

Mr.Aniruddha Godbole
Office: |
E414, Fourth Floor, Engineering Block, Symbiosis Skills and Professional University |
Work Experience: | Aniruddha M. Godbole is a data science consultant with inter-disciplinary expertise in computer science, applied statistics, and finance. He has a master’s degree in data science from Indiana University, USA, and has done MBA in finance from the National Institute of Bank Management, India. He has authored papers in computer science and finance and has been an occasional opinion pages contributor to Mint, which is a leading business newspaper in India. He has fifteen years of experience. He works at the intersections of Business (Finance, Energy, Operational Risk, other business and industrial data), Computer Science and Statistics. He is a certified Professional Risk Manager (certified by the Professional Risk Managers’ International Association, USA) and was previously a member of the PRMIA Bengaluru chapter steering committee. |