SFHEA · PhD Computer Science · Cybersecurity & AI Infrastructure Educator30+ Years Experience · India · Ethiopia · Oman · Kazakhstan
Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA, Advance HE, July 2026) with a PhD in Computer Science from Sri Satya Sai University of Technology and Medical Science, India. Over 30 years of experience across India, Ethiopia, the Sultanate of Oman, and Kazakhstan in both academia and industry.
Holds a broad portfolio of certifications spanning Cisco (CCNP, CCNA, CCAI), EC-Council (CEH, CEH Practical, CEH Master, CSA, ECSA, CHFI and more) and the newly earned NVIDIA Certified Associate — AI Infrastructure and Operations. Published in Scopus- and Web of Science-indexed journals and conferences, holds three patents, and has authored two books.
Experienced in administering Moodle on Linux, vulnerability assessment, incident handling, and penetration testing. Lifetime member of the Indian Society for Technical Education (MISTE).
PhD Computer Science
Sri Satya Sai University, Jan 2018
M.Tech Cyber Security
Mansarovar Global University, Jun 2022
M.S. Software Systems
BITS Pilani, Jan 1999
B.S. Information Systems
BITS Pilani, May 1997
Diploma in CSE
Thiagarajar Polytechnic, Apr 1991
Senior Fellow, HEA (SFHEA)
Advance HE — 29 Jul 2026 · Ref: PR351194
Featured credentials in AI infrastructure, ethical hacking, and networking — plus academy-instructor recognition
AI Infrastructure and Operations
Certified: Mar 1, 2026 · Valid through: Mar 1, 2028
CEH Master — Sep 2022
CEH Practical — Sep 2022
CEH (Recertified) — Aug 2021
CSA (SOC Analyst) — Jul 2022
ECSA, CHFI, ECSS, ECVP, EDRP
CCNP (Network Professional) — Aug 2013
CCNA (Network Associate) — Jul 2004
CCAI (Academy Instructor) — Oct 2004
Advanced Level Instructor, Cisco Networking Academy — Aug 2013
Manager, Cisco Networking Local Academy & EC-Council ATC, Middle East College
Certified instructor: CCNA, ECSS, CEH
LPIC-1 (Linux Administrator) · Linux Essentials (LPI)
UI/UX Design · Design Thinking for Innovation · Write Professional Emails in English
Coventry University Kazakhstan, Astana
Course Director for Computer Science. Manages Red Hat Academy, Palo Alto Cybersecurity Academy, AWS Academy, and Cisco Networking Academy certification tracks.
De Montfort University (UK), Almaty Campus, Kazakhstan
Programme Leader for Computer Science; conducted AWS Cloud Academy sessions.
KL University, Vijayawada, India
Taught OOP and Computational Thinking to 5,400 students across 60 sections; Course Coordinator, Python programming.
Golden Rock Granites Pvt Ltd, Chennai, India
IT solutions, network design, penetration testing and vulnerability analysis.
Middle East College, Muscat, Oman (Coventry University, UK)
Programme Coordinator, Hardware & Networking (B.E. Honors); UG/PG project supervision.
Middle East College, Muscat, Oman
Managed Moodle LMS; ran Cisco Local Academy & EC-Council ATC, delivering CCNA, ECSS and CEH as a certified instructor.
Nizwa College of Technology, Oman
Kombolcha College of Industrial Technology, Ethiopia
Established campus LAN; built online-exam and registration software.
Sakthi Institute of Technology, India
Managed the Cisco Networking Academy.
Self-evolving meta-learning neural ODEs for solving differential equations. Journal of Algorithms and Computational Technology, 20 (2026).
Security establishment using deep convolutional network in cyber-physical systems. Multimedia Tools & Applications, 83(31) (2024).
Video Face Tracking for IoT Big Data using Improved Swin Transformer. J. Machine and Computing, 4(2) (2024).
Artificial Bee Colony Algorithm for Second-Order Differential Equations. SN Computer Science, 5(8) (2024).
ConvNexFed: Federated Learning for Image Classification with CNN. APCIT 2025.
CNN-PEARL: Positional Encoding & Attention Regularization for Tabular Data. ResGenXAI 2025.
IoT-Based Fog Computing for Breast Cancer Prediction. LNNS, vol. 1389 (2025).
Accurate Click Fraud Detection for Smartphone Platforms. ICAAIC 2023.
Cuttlefish Algorithm-Based Deep Learning for Healthcare Missing Data. LNNS, vol. 788 (2023).
Blockchain & QKD Protocol Security for Satellite Networks. ICICCS 2023.
Graph ML Pipeline for Anomaly Detection. Cognitive Fairness-Aware Techniques for Human-Machine Interface (2025).
Keeping Students Engaged and Interested in Classroom. INTED2014, Valencia, Spain.
Computerized Interactive Games for Formative Assessment. ICERI2012, Madrid, Spain.
Data Structures & Algorithms
ISBN 978-93-5757-318-4
Machine Learning Using Python
ISBN 978-93-5757-343-6
Reg. No. 1228471 — Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
Design No. 6323431 — granted 13 Nov 2023, UK Design
India