Mr. Sushil Kumar Trisal S/o Smt. Phoola Trisal and Sh. Shamboo Nath Trisal R/o Roopnagar, Jammu has been declared qualified for the award of Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree in the School of Computer Science and Engineering by Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University (SMVDU). The candidate has worked on the topic, titled “Investigating the Human Dynamic Behavior on Social Networks by Text Analysis”, under the supervision of Dr. Ajay Kaul, Associate Professor, School of Computer Science and Engineering, SMVDU. The candidate has published research papers indexed in SCI/SCIE ranked journals and also presented research papers in international conferences.

Mr. Vinod Kumar has been declared qualified for the award of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Computer Science & Engineering by Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University (SMVDU). The researcher worked on the title, “Development of Attack Modeling in Narrowband-Internet of Things” under the supervision of Prof.(Dr.) Sanjeev Jain, VC, Central University, Jammu and co-supervision of Dr. Rakesh Kumar Jha. The candidate has published research papers indexed in SCI ranked journals and has presented papers at international conferences. He has also presented his work on Asia pacific Advanced Network (APAN-54, China) world forum. The candidate has expressed his gratitude to the 5G and IoT Labof SMVD University for providing facilities and necessary support for carrying out his research. Prof. (Dr.) R. K. Sinha, VC, SMVDU, and other committee members congratulated the scholar and wished him a bright future ahead.

Ms. Navleen Kour, D/o Sh. S. Jaspal Singh and Smt. Amarjeet Kour, has been declared qualified for the award of Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in the School of Computer Science & Engineering by Shri Mata Vaishno Devi, Katra. The candidate has worked on the topic, “A Vision-based Approach for Classification of Abnormal and Normal Gait using Effective Learning Models” under the supervision of Dr. Sunanda and co-supervision of Dr. Sakshi Arora, Assistant Professors, School of Computer Science & Engineering. She has published many research papers indexed in SCI/SCIE ranked high-reputed, SCOPUS journals and presented her research papers in various international conferences. It is pertinent to mentioned that Ms. Kour has created her own dataset which has been published on Mendley. Ms. Navleen expressed her gratitude to the Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme (TEQIP-III) scheme for providing fellowship during her Ph.D. The scholar expresses her gratitude to the School of Computer Science and Engineering, SMVD University, for providing all necessary facilities and support during her research. Prof. R.K. Sinha, Vice-Chancellor, SMVDU, and other committee members congratulated Ms. Kour and wished her a bright future.

Ms. Kanica Sachdev has been declared qualified for the award of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Computer Science and Engineering by Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University (SMVDU). The candidate has worked on the topic, titled “ Improved Computational Techniques For Predicting Drug- Target Interaction & Drug Side Effects”, under the supervision of Dr. Manoj Kumar Gupta, Associate Professor, School of Computer Science and Engineering, SMVDU, Katra. Ms. Kanica Sachdev has published her research findings in SCI and SCOPUS journals of repute and also presented papers in international and national conferences.The candidate has expressed her gratitude to the School of Computer Science and Engineering and SMVD University for providing all facilities for carrying out the research work.

Mr. Arjun Puri S/o Smt. Shakuntla Puri and Sh. Vijay Kumar Puri R/o Trikuta Nagar Ext. Jammu, has been declared qualified for the Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in the school of computer science and Engineering (CSE) at Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University (SMVDU). The candidate has worked on title, “Improved Techniques for Handling class imbalance and missing values in datasets” under the supervision of Dr. Manoj Kumar Gupta, Associate Professor School of Computer Science and Engineering, SMVDU. The candidate has published research papers indexed in SCI/SCIE ranked journals and has presented papers at Scopus indexed international conferences. The candidate has expressed his gratitude to the Supervisor Dr. Manoj Kumar Gupta and Prof. (Dr.) R. K. Sinha, Hon’ble Vice-Chancellor, SMVDU, and other committee members congratulated the scholar and wished him a bright future ahead.

Ms. Surbhi Gupta has been declared qualified for the award of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Computer Science and Engineering by Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University (SMVDU). The candidate has worked on the topic, titled “Efficient Computational Model for Diagnosis of Cancer”, under the supervision of Dr. Manoj Kumar Gupta, Associate Professor, School of Computer Science and Engineering, SMVDU.Ms. Surbhi Gupta has published her research findings in esteemed SCI and SCOPUS journals of repute and also presented papers in international conferences. The candidate has expressed her gratitude to her Supervisor for guidance and support and SMVD University for providing all facilities for carrying out the research work.

Mr Gourav Kumar has been declared qualified for the Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in the School of Computer Science and Engineering by Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University (SMVDU). The candidate has worked on the topic, entitled” Hybrid Evolutionary Neural Networks Approach for Stock Market Prediction” under Prof. Sanjeev Jain, Vice-Chancellor, Central University of Jammu and Dr Uday Pratap Singh, Associate Professor, School of Mathematics, SMVDU. Mr Gourav Kumar has published various research papers in SCI/SCIE-indexed journals and presented his research papers at international and national conferences. At present, the candidate is working at Satish Dhawan Centre for Space Sciences, Central University of Jammu. The scholar expresses his gratitude to the School of Computer Science and Engineering, SMVD University, for providing all necessary facilities and support during his research. Prof. R.K. Sinha, Vice-Chancellor, SMVDU, and other committee members congratulated Mr. Gourav Kumar and wished him a bright future.

Ms. Surbhi Sharma has been declared qualified for the Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Computer Science and Engineering by Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University (SMVDU). The candidate worked on the topic, titled “Enhancing Security of Internet of Vehicles (IoV) using Lightweight Cryptographic Solutions” under the supervision of Dr. Baijnath Kaushik, Associate Professor and Head, School of Computer Science and Engineering, SMVDU. Ms. Surbhi Sharma has published in SCI/SCIE journals, conferences, and book chapters. The candidate thanked Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University for granting her the fellowship during her Ph.D. program. Prof. Ravindra Kumar Sinha (Vice-Chancellor, SMVDU), Dr. Ajay Kaul (Dean Faculty of Engineering), and Dr. Baijnath Kaushik (Supervisor and Head of Department, CSE) congratulated the candidate and wished her a bright future ahead.

Ms. Insha Altaf D/O Mohd Altaf Sheikhhas been declared qualified for the award of Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in the School of Computer Science & Engineering by Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, Katra, J&K. She has worked on the topic, titled “An End to End Framework for Collision Detection and Victim Management in Intelligent Transport System”, under the supervision of Dr. Ajay Kaul, Associate Professor School of Computer Science & Engineering, SMVDU. During her Ph.D. program, she has published research papers indexed in SCI/SCIEranked journals. She has presented research papers in various international conferences. Ms. Insha expressed her gratitude to the Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme (TEQIP-III) scheme for providing fellowship during her Ph.D. program. She acknowledged the School of Computer Science and Engineering for providing her with all the necessary facilities and support for conducting her research work. In addition, she also acknowledged School of Biotechnology for providing her GPU access during covid crisis for carrying out her research work smoothly.Prof. R.K. Sinha, Vice-Chancellor, SMVDU, and other committee members congratulated the scholar and wished her a bright future ahead.

Ms. Reya Sharma has been declared qualified for the award of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Computer Science and Engineering by Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University (SMVDU). The candidate worked on the topic, titled “Enhanced Neuro-evolutionary Techniques for Handwritten Dogra Script Recognition” under the supervision of Dr Baijnath Kaushik and Dr Naveen Kumar Gondhi, Faculty, School of Computer Science and Engineering, SMVDU. Ms. Reya Sharma has published her research work in SCI/SCIE and Scopus journals, and also presented papers at international conferences. The candidate thanked SMVDU for granting her the fellowship during her PhD program.Prof. RK Sinha, VC, SMVDU, Dr. Ajay Kaul, Dean Faculty of Engineering, and Dr. Baijnath Kaushik, supervisor and Head of School congratulated the candidate and wished her a bright future ahead.

Mr. Ishfaq Hamid, a Research Scholar at the School of Economics at Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University (SMVDU), has successfully qualified for the award of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Economics. His research topic was “Impact of Corruption, Democracy and Political Stability on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Inflows in SAARC Countries,” which he completed under the supervision of Dr. Pabitra Kumar Jena, Assistant Professor at the School of Economics, SMVDU.The candidate received the Centrally Sponsored ICSSR Doctoral Fellowship, and he has published research papers in SCI/SCIE/SSCI and ABDC-ranked journals. He has presented his research at various international and national conferences and has worked on different research projects sponsored by ICSSR and NITI Aayog. Currently, he is working at MICA-Ahmedabad.The researcher expressed his gratitude to the School of Economics at SMVD University and ICSSR for their support and facilities that helped him carry out his research work. Prof. (Dr.) R.K. Sinha, Vice-Chancellor of SMVDU, the Dean of FOM, the Head of SOE, and other committee members congratulated him on his achievement and wished him a successful future.

Ms. Chaahat has been declared qualified for the award of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Computer Science and Engineering by Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University (SMVDU). The candidate has worked on the topic, titled “ Image Analysis for Classification and Identification of Dermatological Diseases”, under the supervision of Dr. Naveen Kumar Gondhi, Assistant Professor, School of Computer Science and Engineering, SMVDU, Katra and under the co-supervision of Prof. Parveen Kumar Lehana, HOD, Department of Electronics, University of Jammu.

Ms. Chaahat has published her research findings in SCIE and SCOPUS journals of repute and also presented papers in international and national conferences.The candidate has expressed her gratitude to the School of Computer Science and Engineering and SMVD University for providing all facilities for carrying out the research work. Prof. Ravindra Kumar Sinha, Vice Chancellor of the University; Prof. Ashok Sharma, Dean, Sciences and Prof. V.K Bhat, Dean Humanities & Social Sciences congratulated the candidate for the useful findings on classification and identification of dermatological diseases using statistical and deep learning model techniques.

Ms. Akshma Chadha has been declared qualified for the award of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Computer Science and Engineering by Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University (SMVDU).The candidate worked on the topic, titled “Effective Learning Models for Identifying Suicidal Ideation in Individuals on Social Media” under the supervision of Dr. Baijnath Kaushik, Faculty, School of Computer Science and Engineering, SMVDU. She has published her research work in SCI and Scopus journals, and also presented papers in international conferences. The candidate thanked Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University for granting her the fellowship during her Ph.D. program, and for providing all necessary support and facilities for carrying out the research work.Prof. RK Sinha, VC, SMVDU, Dr. Ajay Kaul (Dean Faculty of Engineering), and other members of the committee congratulated the candidate and wished her a bright future ahead.

Dr. Manoj Kumar Gupta, Faculty, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, has delivered an invited talk titled "Digital Transformation with healthy aging and Application of AI" on the occasion of Telecommunication Day celebrated, jointly organized by the Department of Computer Science, Department of Electronics and IETE Society, University of Jammu, Jammu. The talk primarily emphasized the unfolded opportunities that arise due to the increase in the size of older people as this is happening for the first time in the history of human evolution that the number of people aged over 60 years has outnumbered the people aged below five years old. The digital transformation and assistance will largely be levied for healthy aging. Dr. Gupta has covered the role of Artificial Intelligence in developing Apps to secure a healthy lifestyle while aging by monitoring body vitals and availing timely advice of medical practitioners.

Dr. Pooja Sharma of SMVDU delivered a special lecture on Cyber Crime at Sher-I- Kashmir Police Academy Udhampur. She initiated the session with the thrust on number of cyber crime cases like hacking, identify theft, fake profile, web defacement, cyber bullying and cyber stalking improving day by day and in order to mitigate them, various preventive measures can be taken.She also discussed email forensics as one of the tool to reduce cyber frauds and crime. Considering the demanding scenario of present digital world , cyber crime and email forensics are the need of the hour. The talk concluded with question and answer session, and was greatly appreciated by the participants