An academic with 25 years of teaching and research at premier engineering institutions across Mumbai and Pune. Her work in Natural Language Processing, Sentiment Analysis, and Sign Language Recognition bridges cutting-edge AI with inclusive, accessible technology. She holds a PhD in Computer Science & Engineering and serves as Assistant Professor at PICT, Pune, with research funded by RGSTC and Google and four patents to her name. Beyond the classroom, she mentors student innovators, judges international hackathons, and has delivered invited lectures as far afield as Waseda University, Japan.
Multidisciplinary research at the intersection of NLP, computer vision, and accessible technology, funded by government bodies and global technology leaders.
A comprehensive platform enabling Indian Sign Language (ISL) learning, recognition, and assessment using 3D-CNN, GRU, Vision Transformers, and GANs, targeting hearing-impaired learners across India. Delivered as the YouTube channel ISL-Smart-Learn and the QuizAid platform.
Contributed to Google's Marathi language NLP initiative by developing a structured hate speech detection dataset containing 700 annotated words across 7 categories (100 words/category), each with linguistic characteristics for downstream NLP model training.
40+ indexed research articles across Scopus, Web of Science, Springer, and IEEE, spanning NLP, Sign Language AI, Computer Vision, and Sentiment Analysis.
Four patents spanning child safety, automotive safety, and smart logistics, reflecting applied innovation grounded in research.
25 years of classroom innovation, blending active learning, flipped classrooms, and industry-connected expert sessions to shape the next generation of engineers.
Moments from conferences, workshops, research demonstrations, and a 25-year journey in academia.
From students whose academic journeys she helped shape.
Open to research collaborations, academic partnerships, speaking engagements, and mentoring opportunities. Based in Pune, Maharashtra and available globally.
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