Dr. Harshal Kotwal

Assistant Professor

Ph. D. (Computer Engineering) Kavayitri Bahinabai Chaudhari North Maharashtra University, Jalgaon.
M.E. (IT) - MAEER’s MIT College of Engineering, Kothrud, Pune.
B.E. (IT) - Thadomal Shahani Engineering College, Bandra(W), Mumbai.

Area of Interest

Artificial Intelligence, Natural Language Processing, Automata Theory, Data Structures

Work experience

Employer	Designation	From Date	To Date	Experience
SSBT’s COET, Jalgaon	Lecturer	12/01/2010	31/05/2010	05 Months
AISSMS IOIT, Pune	Assistant Professor	01/07/2010	31/05/2013	02 Years 11 Months
SSBT’s COET, Jalgaon	Assistant Professor	17/08/2013	30/04/2019	05 Years 02 Months
SVKM’s NMIMS, MPSTME, Shirpur Campus	Assistant Professor (Contractual)	21/08/2019	Till Date	05 Years 05 Months
Total Experience				13 Years 11 Months

Awards and Achievements

Certificate of Recognition for working as Organizing Committee Member "YUVARANG-2015” and inaugural speech of the opening ceremony.
Felicitation by All India IT Association, New Delhi for Contribution in Promoting Educational and Social Awareness across the country on 07th March 2015.
Certificate of Recognition for achieving an outstanding result in Oct 2015 examination of North Maharashtra University, Jalgaon in the subject Principles of Management.
Stood 19th in general Merit List of SSC Board Examination held in March
Felicitation by Maharashtra Rajya Mukhyadhyapak Sangh for scoring Highest Marks (86/100) in Marathi Subject in SSC Board examination 2003 (Nasik Division).
Maharashtra Talent Search Examination - Consolation Prize

Awarded Madhyamik Shishyavrutti Pariksha (7th ) for 3 years – 9th Rank in Jalgaon District.
Awarded Purva Madhyamik Shishyavrutti Pariksha (4th Std.) for 3 years – 21st Rank in Jalgaon District
Secured 2nd position in "Treasure Hunt” in Technical, Cultural & Sports Fest held at AISSMS IOIT, Pune.
State Level Kho-Kho

Research and Publications

"E-Governance: Census Information System”, Milestone Page No. 147 to 149.
"Heuristic Approaches for Dynamic Channel Allocation in GSM Network” iPGCON- 2013
"Genetic Algorithm Approach for Dynamic Channel Allocation in GSM Network”, at Cyber Times International Journal of Technology & Management Vol. 7 Issue 2, April 2014 – September 2014
"Accessing Desktop Computer from Remote Place through Android Mobiles”, International Journal of Research in Information Technology, Volume 3, Issue 3, March 2015, Pg. 121-126
"Accident Detection and Notification System Using Android”, International Journal on Recent and Innovation Trends in Computing and Communication, ISSN: 2321- 8169 Volume: 3 Issue: 3, March 2015, Pg. 1084-1086
"A Review of Automatic Math Word Problem Solving Techniques” at International Journal of Management, Technology and Engineering, Volume IX, Issue I, JANUARY/2019, Pg. 1544-1548, ISSN No.: 2249-7455
"Math Word Problem Solvers: A Review of Data Driven Approaches and Datasets”, in Journal of Theoretical and Applied Information Technology (JATIT) (E-ISSN 1817-3195 / ISSN 1992-8645), Vol. 101 July 31, 2023 Issue 14, pp. – 1-10.

STTPs/Workshops Attended

Sr. No.	Workshop	Organized by	Date
1	National Level Faculty Development Program on "Ethical Hacking & Information Security”	AIESEC IIT Kharagpur, Kyrion Digital Securities & Computer Society of India, Pune	5 - 7 Jan. 2012
2	Workshop on "Mission 10X”	COEP, Pune.	12 - 16 Mar. 2012
3	One Week FDP on "Open Source Software”	SSBT’s COET, Jalgaon	07 – 12 July 2014
4	Two Days State Level Workshop on "Embedded Operating Systems”	AISSMS IOIT, Pune.	20 – 21 Jan. 2015
5	National Level Seminar on "Cryptography and Network Security”	SSBT’s COET, Jalgaon	05 Jan. 2015
6	Three Days Training Workshop on "Self Awareness and Teamwork”	SSBT’s COET, Jalgaon	2 – 4 May 2016
7	TEQIP Sponsored 5 Days STTP on Wireless Network and Mobile Computing (WMC 2016)	SVNIT, Surat, Gujrat	16 – 20 May 2016
8	Short Term Training Program on Faculty Development	NITTTR, Bhopal	13 – 18 Oct. 2016
9	One Day Workshop for Brainstorming and Expression of Interest on "My Computer - My Marathi”	KBCNMU, Jalgaon & Rajya Marathi Vikas Sanstha, Mumbai	10 March 2017
10	Start-Up India Competition	Unnat Bharat & IIT Delhi	02 Dec. 2017
11	National Workshop on Advances in Computing (NWAC - 2019)	KBCNMU under UGC SAP (DRS-II) scheme	20 – 21 Feb. 2019
12	Pre-PhD Course Work Workshop on "Paper-I: Research Methodology”	KBCNMU, Jalgaon	16 – 21 July 2018
13	One Week Online National Level FDP on "Recent Trends & Innovation in Digital Forensic”	AISSMS IOIT, Pune	25 – 30 May 2020
14	One Week FDP on "Python”	SVKM’s IoT, Dhule	1 - 7 June 2020

Conferences Attended

Sr. No.	Conference	Organized by	Date
1	National Conference on "Emerging Trends in Engineering, Technology and Management”	SSBT’s COET, Jalgaon	29 March 2010
2	Second Post Graduate Conference for Information Technology, iPGCON-2013	PICT & BoS, UoP	12 – 13 April, 2013
3	International Conference on Global trends in Engineering, Technology and Management	SSBT’s COET, Jalgaon	9 - 11 Jan. 2015
4	International Conference on Transformations in Engineering Education, ICTIEE 2018	IUCEE & Bennett University	4 - 6 Jan. 2018

Expert Talks/ Invited Lectures / Seminars / Workshops / Conferences Organized/Conducted

Workshops Organized
Workshop	Organized by	Date
National Level Workshop on "Open Source Technology”	AISSMS IOIT, Pune	21 - 23 Sept. 2011
State Level workshop on "Research Opportunities in Distributed Computing”	AISSMS IOIT, Pune	12 - 13 Mar. 2012
Two Day Workshop on "Python Programming” for Students	SSBT’s COET, Computer Engg. Dept.	20 – 21 Feb. 2017

Curricular Activities

Sr. No.	Committee / Department	Activity / Contribution
1	Academics & Examination	· Chairman, Second Year CGM Subject, KBCNMU, Jalgaon · Conducted Theory & Practicals · Paper Setting · Paper Checking · Junior Supervisor · Internal/External Examiner · ICA/ISE Marks Uploading · Setting Up Labs during GATE/MBA Online Examination · Technical support for CAP-2018 · UG Project Guide
2	Training & Placement Committee (Member)	· Coordinated T&P Computer Department related activities · Anchoring during Pool Campus Drives · Setting Up Labs for Online Examinations · Writing NEWS for T&P Cell · PMKVY-TI Course Coordinator
3	Department Level	· Departmental Coordinator for Newsletter · Lab In-charge · Food Testing Committee Member · Stock Verification Member · Teaching & Counseling through TGS · Writing NEWS for Departmental Activities · GATE preparation classes for BE Students · ITESA/COESA Coordinator · Induction Program for FE Students · Stock Verification Officer · Organized Workshops & Training Programs for students
4	Admission Committee	· Deputed to attend Education Fair 2015 organized by Divya Marathi at Jalgaon. · Deputed to demonstrate students' projects in Bahinabai Mahotsav organized at Jalgaon from 28/02/2016 to 03/03/2016. · Appointed as member of counseling committee of Inspiration – 2015. · Deputed for admission work at DTE Counseling Round III held at GCOE, Aurangabad in 2015. · Conducted "Digital India Counseling Programs” at Betawad, Nardana, Shindkheda, Khandabara, Nandurbar, Dhule, Navapur, Dondaicha, Pachora.
5	NAAC	· Appointed as Member of SSR Documents Verification Committee for NAAC Criteria-VI – 2016 · Appointed as Member to receive Chairman, NAAC Peer Team
6	NBA	· IT Department Coordinator for Criteria 8 during A.Y. 2013-14
7	Students Welfare & Social Activities	· Coordinated National Gandhian Leadership Camp at Ahinsa Tirth, Jain Irrigation for students. · Celebrated "Marathi Rajya Bhasha Diwas” · Coordinated Bharat Ratn Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Jayati Utsav
		SSBT’s COET. · Coordinated Flood Relief Camp at Millat High School, Jalgaon. · Arranged Guest Lecture of District Collector, Jalgaon on "Competitive Examinations” for SSBT’s Students.
8	Sports Committee (Member)	· Coordinator for Cricket and other sports · Anchoring during Annual Sports Week Inauguration Function · NEWS Writing for Sports Week · Anchoring during Annual Prize Distribution · Discipline Committee
9	Cultural Committee	· Appointed as Judge for Saree Day Competition during Vasant Utsav – 2018 · Coordinated voluntarily during Vasant Utsav – 2018 for Discipline Committee · Coordinated Rashtria Ekta Rally on 27/08/2014 at Paldhi, Jalgaon.
10	Industry Institute Interaction (III) Cell	· Member
11	Publicity Committee	· Voluntarily extended duties in Writing News Articles for Various Departments and Committees for publicity and admission purpose.
12	IUCEE Coordinator	· Attended ICTIEE - 2018 at Bennett University, Delhi. · Played an important role in establishing MoU with IUCEE, University of Massachusetts Lowell, MA, USA.
13	Consultancy Services	· eduvent – Android-based application (Requirements and Design Services) to Siddhi Software Solutions Pvt., Ltd., Jalgaon. · Developed Android Application of SSBT COET, Jalgaon.
14	Invitation as Resource Person / Judge	· Judge for National Level Technical Competition "The Invincible 2017” at SSBT’s COET, Jalgaon. · Appreciation for delivering seminar on "Quantitative Aptitude” on 10/02/2014 at SSBT’s COET. · Invited as Judge for Brainstorming on 08/08/2015 at MBA Department, SSBT’s COET.

Official Email Id

harshal.kotwal@nmims.edu

LinkedIn Profile:

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