Mr. Kshitiz Saxena

With over 25 years of experience in academia and IT operations, I am an Assistant Professor at SRM University. With in just a few months here, I have been assigned the following responsibilities - # First year Coordinator # Universal Human Values Cell faculty coordinator # Hostel and Mess Committee # Second Year Coordinator # Website Coordinator # NAAC related documents preparation # ERP Coordinator # LMS Coordinator # Class Mentor # Discipline Coordinator # Faculty Sponsor ACM STUDENT CHAPTER @ SRMIST NCR CAMPUS and Genesis Club. # University Exam Coordinator Earlier in my previous engagement I was a Faculty Sponsor ACM Chapter at Bharat Institute of Technology (BIT), where I led cybersecurity research initiatives and nurtured academic-industry alliances as a SPOC for IBM, MICROSOFT, RedHat, DELL EMC, Palo Alto, Eduskills and Oracle. My research focuses on artificial neural networks for driver behavior recognition for automated driving or autonomous vehicles, and I have filed a patent on this topic. I also hold a MEng in Computer Science from Panjab University and multiple certifications from IBM, EMC, and VMware. As a Faculty Sponsor, I mentored students in the ACM Student Chapter, which also collaborated with Cyber Peace Foundation to conduct workshops, webinars, and hackathons on internet security. I also teach subjects such as C, Python, Operating Systems, Computer Network, Network Security and Cloud Computing to undergraduate and postgraduate students, and served as a member of the board of studies at the state technical university. As an Enterprise Resources Planning Administrator, I managed the ERP system for the BIT group of institutions, which has over 500 employees and more than 2500 students. I was awarded 'THE BEST ERP ADMINISTRATOR' by RICOH. I also maintained an installation base of Linux on over 1000 computer systems, and oversaw the web, mail, proxy, and firewall servers. I am passionate about developing the next generation of IT professionals and innovators, and have been invited for talks on internet security by the Indian Army. I have also received awards from EMC and BIT for my excellence in technology and education. I was heading the core committee for NBA Accreditation at BIT Meerut and was instrumental in getting it twice for the CSE Department.