St. Francis Institute of Technology

Information Technology ( HOD): Mr. Pramod Shanbhag

Personal Details

Full Name:

Mr. Pramod Vasudev Shanbhag

Designation:

Head of Information Technology Department
Associate Professor

Email Id

pramodshanbhag21@rediffmail.com

Qualification:

	University	Class	Specialization
M.S. (Elec. Engg.)	Arizona State University, U.S.A.	First with Distinction	Digital Logic Design
B.E. / B.Tech.	Karnataka Regional Engg. College, Suratkal, University of Mysore	First	Electronics and Communication

Experience :

Teaching

6 years 11 months

Other

24 years

Proprietor, Omkar Electromedicals, Mumbai, November, 1981 to May, 2004.
Partner, Omkar e-nnovative Solutions, Mumbai, October, 2000 to May, 2004.
Partner, Compudata Enterprises, Mumbai,
July, 1986 to March, 1993.
Senior Design Engineer, Intel Corporation, Chandler, Arizona, U.S.A.,
May, 1980 to September, 1981.

Professional Details
Date of joining :	14/06/2004
Area of expertise :	Digital Logic Design
Subjects taught in the department :	Digital Logic Design & Applications Microprocessors & Microcontrollers Computer Organization & Architecture Industrial Economics & Management
Projects guided at PG level/PhD :	01 (M.Tech.-Computer Engg.) ‘Smart Engine’, OOC JRN Rajasthan Vidyapeet Deemed University, Udaipur, in 2006-2007.

Publication Details
(Publication/Workshops/Seminar/Conferences Attended/Conducted)

Papers published:

Gautam Shah, Dr. A.K.Sen, Pramod Shanbhag and Deepak Jayaswal,” Indian Education Scenario in GATS Regime-A Panoramic View’,Seminar on Role of Internal Quality Assurance Cell in Quality Enhancement”, Yeshwant Mahavidyalaya, Nanded, 28th to 30th December, 2005.
Pramod Shanbhag, Satish Salunkhe and Pramila Chavan,’Fuzzy Set Theoretic Framework for Knowledge Representation”, International Conference on Recent Advances in Mathematical Sciences and Applications (RAMSA-09), 19th to 22nd December, 2009.
Pramod Shanbhag and Satish Salunkhe, “Discovering Association Rules”, National Conference on Emerging Trends in Computer Science and Information Technology, ETCSIT-2010, 29th and 30th January, 2010.

Programs Attended or Conducted
(Workshops/Seminar/Conferences Attended/Conducted)

STTP attended

‘Application of Soft Technologies in Higher Education’ at Rajendra Mane College of Engineering and Technology, Ambav on 25th and 26th July, 2008.
Staff Development Programme, ‘Managing Departments’ organized by NITTTR Bhopal at Pune from 24/05/2005 to 27/05/2005.
‘Innovations in Effective Curriculum Implementation’ conducted by NITTTR Chandigarh from 14/02/2005 to 18/02/2005
Fourth In House ‘Faculty Development Programme’ in Pedagogy at St. Francis Institute of Technology, Mumbai, from 19/06/04 to 03/07/04
‘Silicon Device Characteristics Course’ at Intel University, Intel Corp., U.S.A. in February, 1981.
‘Intel Technology Course’ at Intel University, Intel Corp., U.S.A. in November, 1980.
‘Core Course’ at Intel University, Intel Corp., U.S.A. in September, 1980.

Workshops attended

NBA Workshop, ‘Assurance & Relevance of Quality in Professional Education’ organized by NITIE, Powai, on 11th February, 2011.
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) “Gyaanmarg - Technology for Inclusive Education” organized by VJTI Mumbai and GOLS on 25th November, 2008.

STTP conducted

06.

Course Coordinator, ‘Essentials of IBM RSA & Rational Suite’, under IBM Academic Initiative, held at St. Francis Institute of Technology, Mumbai, from 19/05/2011 to 23/05/2011.
Resource Person for ISTE approved STTP on “Faculty Induction Programme (FIP-2010)” held at St. Francis Institute of Technology, Mumbai, from 05/06/10 to 16/06/10.
Organizing Committee Member, Mind’s Eye -09 (Project Competition) at St. Francis Institute of Technology, Mumbai, on 13th and 14th April, 2009.
Coordinator for Disha-09 ,’Developing Managerial Skills for Senior Technical Academicians’ at St. Francis Institute of Technology, Mumbai, from 5th January to 9th January, 2009.
Advisory Committee Member on ISTE approved STTP on Soft Computing Techniques at St. Francis Institute of Technology, Mumbai, from 15th to 19th December, 2008.
Expert Committee Member, Mind’s Eye -07 (Project Competition) at St. Francis Institute of Technology, Mumbai, on 16th April, 2007 and 17th April, 2007.

Conferences conducted

Advisory Committee Member of the National Conference on Advancements in Medical Instrumentation at VPM Polytechnic, Thane (W) on 19th September, 2009.
Convener-Technical Committee of National Conference,’Electro Info Com-2007’, at St. Francis Institute of Technology, Mumbai, from 4th January to 6th January, 2007.

Communication with outside world
Nature of interaction with Mumbai University	Setting the Question Papers
Nature of interaction with other Universities	Deputy Presiding Officer, IIT-JEE (2010) held at SFIT on April 11, 2010. Deputy Presiding Officer, IIT-JEE (2011) held at SFIT on April 10, 2011.
Nature of interaction with outside world (eg. Consultancy, etc.)	Honorary Member of Eta Kappa Nu, Honorary Society of Electrical & Computer Engineers, U.S.A. Life Member of I.E.T.E. Life Member of I.S.T.E.