Prof. Apurva Bharat Mandalaywala

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Name : Prof. Apurva Bharat Mandalaywala
Qualification: M.Tech(Communication Engineering), MBA(Gold Medallist), MA(Economics)
Designation: Assistant Professor
Department: Information Technology
Experience: 19 Years
Email: apurva.mandalaywala@scet.ac.in
Courses / Subject involved: Professional Ethics, Contributor Personality Development Program, Principles of Economics and Management, Software Engineering, Mobile Computing & Wireless Communication, Computer Networks, Computer Organization, Computer Graphics.

Extra Duty

Research Projects

Patents/Copyrights

Books Published

Research Publications

Expert Lectures Delivered

1 An inspirational talk on “LEADERSHIP” delivered at Sir P T Science College for F.Y., S.Y., T.Y. B.Sc. students in the month of September 2014.
2 Addressed a talk on “The Importance of Education in Today’s Century” to LimbachiyaSamaj at Amroli, Surat in October 2014.
3 Invited to motivate pre-final year students on “LEADERSHIP” on 18th October 2014 at SNPITRC, UMRAKH.
4 Invited to deliver a talk on “CREATIVITY” at Narmad Library Bhavan in August 2014.
5 An inspirational talk on “LEADERSHIP“, “STRESS MANAGEMENT”, “WORK ETHIC” as a guest speaker in the Subject Life Skills in 10 different departments in B.E. 1st year ( 1st Semester ) at SCET in the month of August 2013, August 2014, August 2015.
6 An inspirational talk on “LEADERSHIP“, “STRESS MANAGEMENT”, “WORK ETHIC”, “HUMAN COMMUNICATION PROCESS” as an eminent speaker in the freshers’ induction programme proposed by GTU in 11 different departments in B.E. 1st year ( 1st Semester ) at SCET in the month of July-August 2018.
7 An inspirational talk on “LEADERSHIP“, “STRESS MANAGEMENT”, as an eminent speaker in the freshers’ induction programme proposed by GTU in 03 departments (clubbed together namely IT, Mechanical, Civil) B.E. 1st year ( 1st Semester ) at SCET in the month of July 2019, October 2020.
8 Invited as an eminent personality to deliver an inspirational talk on “LEADERSHIP” & “STRESS MANAGEMENT” to newly inducted First Year MCA Students as a part of GTU Induction Program on 06th August 2019 at VidyaBharti Trust College of Master in Computer Application (MCA) , Umrakh, Bardoli, Gujarat.

Achievements / Awards

1 Secured Gold Medal in MBA for “The Best Outgoing Student of the College” in year 2002-03’; Secured First Class Distinction at B.E. level; Winner of Quiz, Strategist competition at Luthra Institute of Management, Surat.
2 Reviewed & Chaired the Technical Session in the International Conference on “Engineering: Issues, Opportunities and Challenges for Development” held on April 11th, 2015 for IT and Computer Engineering Department at SNPITRC, Umrakh, Bardoli.

Administrative Duties

1 Designed IT Departmental E-Magazine per Semester for NBA purpose.
2 Appointed as a Co-ordinator for Contributor Personlity Development Program (CPDP)/Integrated Personality Development Program (IPDP) at SCET representing GTU from the June 2020 onwards.
3 Appointed as Mentor in the IT Department , SCET for Smart Gujarat for New India Hackathon (36 hours with 1486 participants and 234 teams) dated 24th-25th February 2020 organized by Education Department, Government of Gujarat at SCET, Surat.
4 Appointed as Master of Ceremony (MOC) at two day GUJCOST sponsored Workshop on Cyber Security: Evolving Challenges and Awareness dated 30th and 31st January 2020 organized by IT Department, SCET, Surat.
5 Appointed as Master of Ceremony (MOC) at 71st Republic Day Celebrations, SCET.
6 Appointed by Principal SCET Dr. Hiren Patel as a Sport’s Co-ordinator for management at 9th GTU Convocation Ceremony at Mahatma Mandir, Gandhinagar dated 11th January 2020 representing SCET.
7 Appointed as Master of Ceremony (MOC) at Parents’ Meet function in IT Department, SCET in the month of July 2019.
8 Appointed Co-cordinator for Soft Skill Development Cell at SCET.
9 Appointed Mentor for 22 students of Final Year IT (2015-2019) at SCET.
10 Convener at National level Technical symposium “KSHITIJ”; Finance Committee Chairperson in the same event; Convener at departmental level event “I FOUND IT 2006”; Convener at an event “CONVERSE 2009 & CONVERSE 2016
11 Worked as Event Faculty Head for the event PHOTOSHOP FACEOFF in the Department of IT on 23rd February 2018 for GTU Tech-Fest 2018, Zone-5.
12 Appointed Organizing Committee Member, Publicity Committee Department Representative and Lodging Committee Representative for SCET Multi Disciplinary Conference on Engineering and Technology (SMDCET 2017) on Sustainable Computing and Information Technology (SCIT 2017) on March 25-26, 2017 organized by Computer Engineering Department, Information Technology Department and Master of Computer Application Department, SCET, Surat.
13 Co-ordinated “Abhivyakti & Idea Pitching Techniques” at IT Department, SCET for KSHITIJ 2016.
14 Carried out “SWACCHTA ABHIYAAN” on 2nd October 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 to commemorate the birthday of our Father of Nation Mahatma Gandhi. The theme of this activity was “SAFAI WITH SEGREGATION—PLASTIC FREE CAMPUS”. This was an obituary to Mahatma Gandhi in the form of Cleanliness Day. Formulated a brief report of the activity along with the photographs.
15 Appointed as International Student Mentor at IT Department, SCET from 2013 onwards to till date.
16 Worked as Departmental Representative of IT Engg at SCET for GTU Tech-Fest 2014 and Kshitij 2014.
17 Co-ordinated and a jury member at “Practice Your Interview Techniques” on 26th-27th September 2013 under CONVERSE 2013, 11th-12th September 2014 under CONVERSE 2014, 18th-19th September 2015 under CONVERSE 2015, 14th-15th September 2017 under CONVERSE 2017, 14th-15th September 2018 under CONVERSE 2018

Membership of Professional Bodies

1 Life-time Member of “Indian Society for Technical Education”
2 Life-time Member for “Computer Society for India”
3 Life-time Member of “South Gujarat Chamber of Commerce & Industry”

Workshop / Seminar / STTP

1 Attended a Webinar on Induction Program for the Contributors Personality Development Program on 27th June 2020 by Illumine Foundation via Zoom.
2 Attended the two days workshop on “Big Data and Hadoop” organized by the Computer Engineering Department, SCET, Surat in association with the Computer Engineering Department, SVNIT, Surat dated August 23-24, 2017 at Computer Engineering Department, SCET.
3 Attended a resourceful talk as a part of R & D lecture series on “Security Issues in Resource-Constrained WSNs’” on 1st September 2017 by Dr. Keyur Parmar, IIIT, Vadodara at Information Technology Department, SCET.
4 Attended a two-day ISTE hands-on workshop “Writing Articles with LaTEX” on 7th-8th September 2017 by expert Dr. Chaitanya Desai, Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department, CKPCET, Surat at IC Department, SCET.
5 Attended a resourceful talk as a part of R & D lecture series on “Context Aware Computing in IoE: Security and Privacy issues” on 8th September 2017 by Dr. Devesh C. Jinwala, Professor, Computer Engineering Department, SVNIT, Surat at Information Technology Department, SCET.
6 Attended a resourceful talk as a part of R & D lecture series on “Approaches for Ciphertext Policy Attribute Based Encryption” on 24th September 2018 by Dr. Nishant Doshi, PDPU, Gandhinagar at Information Technology Department, SCET.
7 Attended 50th FDP (Level 1) Design Engineering (3rd +4th +5th +6th Semester) (Exclusively for Zone 5-Surat) organized by GTU Centre for Industrial Design (Open Design School) dated 6th to 9th October 2018 at Dr. S & S. S. Gandhy Government Engineering College, Majura Gate, Surat.
8 Attended ISTE-GTU Sponsored Six Days FDP on “Towards Understanding, Grooming and Optimizing Healthy Practices of Induction Program” dated 17-22 December 2018 at SCET, Surat.
9 Attended a two day GUJCOST sponsored Workshop on Cyber Security: Evolving Challenges and Awareness dated 30th and 31st January 2020 organized by IT Department, SCET, Surat.
10 Attended GTU 13th Foundation Day by participating in the National Webinar on “Intellectual Property for New India” on 16th May 2020
11 Attended an online “We Care for our Environment” Quiz Competition as a part of World Environment Day Celebrations and scored 12/15 on 05th June 2020
12 Attended a One Week STTP on “Internet of Things and its Applications (IoTA 2017)” under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India, New Delhi between June05-10, 2017 at SVNIT, Surat.
13 Attended a Webinar on Training on how to facilitate the success module with the new kind of learning tools for the Contributors Personality Development Program on 25th July 2020 by Illumine Foundation via Zoom.
14 Attended a Webinar on Training on overall refresher on the program vision for the Contributors Personality Development Program on 13th August 2020 by Illumine Foundation via Zoom
15 Participated in a One Day Webinar on “NAAC Assessment and Accreditation Process” organized by Internal Quality Assurance Cell, Gujarat Technological University on 05th August,, 2020.
16 Participated in a Webinar on “Innovate to Impact” hosted by Atal Incubation Centre and Design Innovation Centre, Gujarat Technological University on 22nd July 2020
17 Participated in a Webinar on “How to make your students future-ready in the post COVID world?” on 16th September 2020 by Illumine Foundation on zoom platform
18 Participated in an online “We Care for Our Environment” quiz competition as a part of World Environment Day Celebration organized by Sarjavanik College of Engineering and Technology with National Service Scheme on 5th June 2020
19 Attended a Webinar on “Truth Talks”– by Mr. N R Narayana Murthy, Chairman Emeritus, Infosys Ltd. on the difficult but satisfying path of Honesty and Integrity” on 12th August 2020 via Zoom platform
20 Attended the 53rd Engineer’s Day Celebration(online) on the theme “Engineers for Self-Reliant India” on September 15th 2020 from 11:00 am to 12:15 pm organised by The Institution of Engineers (India), Vallabh Vidyanagar Local Centre, Gujarat
21 Attended a Webinar on “My Journey as an Entrepreneur” by Mr. Yash Tarwadi under IIChE-Student Chapter SCET in association with SCETAA on Wednesday, 09/09/2020 at 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm.
22 Attended a Resourceful talk of two hours on “Training & Placement Orientation Program- How to get selected in campus drives & Tips to make Good Career in Engineering/Management” for 2nd, 3rd, 4th Year Information Technology Department Students by Prof Shabbir Ghadiali, Head, T&P Cell, SCET on 22nd July 2015 at TIFAC Auditorium Room, SCET, Surat
23 A Two-day seminar attended on “Emerging Trends in Information & Communication Technology” dt. 27th -28th January 2007.
24 A One-day Seminar on “Carbon Credit: Trading and its Prospects” on 29th March 2008 organized by Civil Engineering Department and TIFAC-CORE at SCET, Surat.
25 Attended National level Workshop on “Cloud Computing and Internet of Things” at NITK Surathkal from 24-26 July 2012.
26 Attended 2 days Workshop (7th and 8th February 2014) on “Model View Controller” by Ketan Gohil, co-ordinated by IT Department, SCET, Surat.
27 Attended “Introduction to Joomla” organized by Department of Information Technology, Sarvajanik College of Engineering & Technology, Surat.
28 Attended “BASICS OF WORDPRESS” organized by Department of Information Technology, Sarvajanik College of Engineering & Technology, Surat.
29 Attended a Training & Placement Officer’s Conference on “Managing Placements and How to increase Placements at SCET” on 2nd May 2015 at TIFAC Auditorium, SCET.
30 Attended a session of interaction with iOS developer team of Sunrise Infotech, Surat with Sundeep Gupta on “Apple and iOS apps development” at E&C Conference room, SCET on April 24th 2015.
31 Attended a Five-Day STTP on “Privacy Preserving Data Mining (PPDM)” under the TEQIP II Project between May 25-29, 2015 at SVNIT, Surat.
32 STTPs attended: Artificial Intelligence, Energy Conservation, Software Engineering, Distributed Computing, Embedded Systems, Programmable Logic Controller, Wireless Communications & Networks.
33 Attended an Expert talk under R&D Lecture Series on “Privacy Preserving Data Publishing” by Dr. U P Rao , Assistant professor, Computer Engineering Department, SVNIT on Friday, 14th August 2015 at 1:15 p.m. at Audio Visual Room, E&C Department, SCET.
34 Attended a One day Workshop on “Machine Learning and its Applications” on 22nd January, 2016. The workshop was conducted in affiliation with IEEE SCET Student Branch and IEEE Signal Processing Society Chapter, Gujarat Section.
35 Attended an expert talk on “ Big Data Analytics: Challenges and Research Opportunities ” under the Lecture Series of Research & Development Cell at Information Technology Department, SCET dated 12th April 2016 delivered by Dr. Amit Ganatra, Professor, Department of Computer Engineering, CSPIT, Changa.
36 Attended a Five-Day STTP on “Software Requirements and Specifications (SRS-2016)” under the TEQIP II Project between May 09-13,2016 at SVNIT, Surat.
37 Attended a Five-Day STTP on “Wireless Network and Mobile Computing (WMC- 2016)” under the TEQIP II Project between May 16-20,2016 at SVNIT, Surat
38 Attended a Five-Day STTP on “Design and Analysis of Algorithms (DAA-2016)” under the TEQIP II Project between May 23-27, 2016 at SVNIT, Surat.
39 Attended a One-Day Workshop on “HADOOP TECHNOLOGY” at Information Technology Department, SCET on 10th August 2016 co-ordinated by Dr. Mita Parikh (HOD) & Prof Jigisha Parekh (Faculty). The workshop was conducted in affiliation with IEEE SCET Student Branch and IEEE Signal Processing Society Chapter, Gujarat Section.
40 Attended the Faculty Development Programme in Entrepreneurship & Innovation dated December 21st -31st , 2016 at Sarvajanik College of Engineering & Technology (SCET), supported by National Science & Technology Entrepreneurship Development Board, Department of Science & Technology, Government of India (NSTEDB) UNDER DST-NIMAT PROJECT with Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology (SVNIT) jointlyorganizeswithSarvajanik College of Engineering & Technology (SCET).
41 Attended the SCET Multi Disciplinary Conference on Engineering and Technology (SMDCET 2017) on Sustainable Computing and Information Technology (SCIT 2017) on March 25-26, 2017 organized by Computer Engineering Department, Information Technology Department and Master of Computer Application Department, SCET, Surat.

Participation in Other Activities

1 Co-ordinated a Social Cause at BALASHRAM, VESU, Surat with 2nd year IT (2012-2016) students on 8th February 2014
2 Participated in 20th ISTE State Annual Faculty Convention 2015 on 27th October 2015 at Uka Tarsadia University, C G Patel Institute of Technology, Maliba Campus, Bardoli.
3 Co-ordinated an Industrial Visit to SUMUL DAIRY on 26th February 2009 (Thursday) on behalf of the Department of Information Technology, SCET.
4 Co-ordinated a Demo Session on “ NETSIM SOFTWARE” in August 2012 and January 2013 at NITK Surathkal
5 Co-ordinated an Industrial Visit to ADANI HAZIRA PORT PVT. LTD. (AHPPL), Gujarat on 26th February 2018 (Monday) for B.E. II Students of IT Department, SCET.