Prof. Dr. Siddhartha Bhattacharyya, VSB Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic

Education

Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India

PhD., Computer Science & Engineering, 2008

? Dissertation Topic: “Object Extraction In A Soft Computing Framework”

University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India

Master of Technology, Optics & Optoelectronics, 2000

University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India

Bachelor of Technology, Optics & Optoelectronics, 1998

University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India

Bachelor of Science, Physics (Honours), 1995

Honors and Awards

University Gold Medal Award for Masters in 2012

Participated in Young IT Professional Awards Contest 2003 for Eastern Region organized by the

Computer Society of India, Kolkata Chapter

CSIR Senior Research Fellowship in 2001

Santi Kumar Roy Award for Masters in 2001

National Award for Excellence ADARSH VIDYA SARASWATI RASHTRIYA PURASKAR

in 2016

Chairman’s Excellence Award in 2016 as a mark of service as the Head of Department from

March 2014 to December 2016

Distinguished HoD Award from CSI Mumbai Chapter in 2017

Distinguished Professor Award from CSI Mumbai Chapter in 2017

Bhartiya Shiksha Ratan Award from Economic Growth Foundation in 2017

Best Faculty for Research Award from NACF SCRA, India in 2017

Honorary Doctorate (D. Litt.) from University of South America in 2017

South East Asia Regional Computing Confederation (SEARCC) International Digital Award ICT

Educator of the Year at Colombo, Sri Lanka in 2017

Appointed as a ACM Distinguished Speaker from ACM ACM, USA for the period 2018-2020

Rashtriya Shiksha Gaurav Puraskar 2017 from Center of Economic Growth and Research in

2017

Young Scientist Award (Science & Technology) from CSERD, India in 2018

Administrative Experience

RCC Institute of Information Technology, Kolkata, INDIA

Principal March, 2017 - present

Heading the institute; looking after the academics and administrative affairs.

RCC Institute of Information Technology, Kolkata, INDIA

Dean (Academic Affairs) February, 2017 - August, 2018

Looking after the overall academic affairs of the institute.

RCC Institute of Information Technology, Kolkata, INDIA

Dean (Research & Development) November, 2013 - present

Leading and monitoring the research activities of the institute, organizing international conferences

on a regular basis and exploring opportunities for research/consultancy.

RCC Institute of Information Technology, Department of Information Technology, Kolkata,

INDIA

Head of the Department March, 2014 - December, 2016

Successfully led the department toward academic excellence, spearheaded the department toward

achieving NBA accreditation for 3 years.

Academic Experience

RCC Institute of Information Technology, Department of Computer Application, Kolkata,

INDIA

Professor September, 2017 - present

Duties include academics, research and supervising research scholars.

RCC Institute of Information Technology, Department of Information Technology, Kolkata,

INDIA

Professor October, 2014 - present

Duties include academics, research and supervising research scholars.

Associate Professor October, 2011 - October 2014

Duties include academics, research and supervising research scholars.

University Institute of Technology, Department of Computer Science & Information Technology, University of Burdwan, INDIA

Assistant Professor October, 2005 - October 2011

Duties include academics and research.

Kalyani Government Engineering College, Department of Information Technology, Kalyani,

INDIA

Lecturer December, 2001 - October 2005

Duties include academics and research.