Central Institute of Technology Kokrajhar | Profile
Dr. Pranav Kumar Singh

Dr. Pranav Kumar Singh

SM-IEEE, SM-ACM, Associate Professor and Dean AER, Joined CITK on August 22, 2007

(Dean Alumni and External Relations (https://alumni.cit.ac.in/), Senior Member IEEE, Senior Member ACM, Member BoG & Finance CITK)
  +91 7896792511   p.singh@cit.ac.in

Research Interest:

Blockchain, Artificial Intelligence (AI), and the Internet of Things (IoT) for Agriculture, Healthcare, and Transportation.
Address
Central Institute of Technology Kokrajhar, BTR, Assam, Bharat 783370
Personal Webpage: https://sites.google.com/cit.ac.in/pranavsingh
Education
Ph.D. (Computer Science and Engineering, IIT Guwahati)
M.Tech (Computer Science and Engineering, NERIST)
B.Tech (Computer Science and Engineering, AKTU)
External Roles

1. Member BoG CITK (nominee by Hon'ble President CITK Society)  

2. Expert Member Scrutiny Committee AICTE -2024

3. Co-chairman Bodofa UN Brahma Super 50 Mission for Engineering

4. Member PG Syllabus Preparation Committee, Bodoland University

5. Member Executive Committee 2024, IEEE Guwahati Subsection

Administrative Responsibilities (Institute Level)

1. Dean Alumni and External Relations

2. Member Finance Committee CITK

3. Programme Officer, NSS

4. Nodal Officer for National Testing Center

Administrative Responsibilities (Department Level)

1. Member Departmental PG Program Committee 

2. Faculty Coordinator Buildings and Civil Work (Department Level)

3. Faculty in-charge Project Lab

4. Faculty Coordinator Department Level Purchase

Administrative Responsibilities (Past Assignmentsl)

1. Served as HoD Department of CSE

2. Served as HoD Department of IT

3. Served as HoD Department of AMT

4. Served as Nodal officer NKN

5. Served as Nodal Officer IPv6 Road Map, Initiative by GOI

6. Served as Convener of Technology Enabled Learning, Initiative by Ministry of Higher Education

7. Served as Coordinator of Spoken Tutorial, MoU CITK and IITB, NMEICT Govt. of India

8. Coordinator of MoU between CITK and IITG

9. Coordinator IBM AIX Programme, CITK

10. Served as Network Administrator, CITK

11. Served as Consultant IT Park BTC Kokrajhar

12. Served as In-Charge AICTE Approval, CITK

13. Served as Academic Committee Member, CITK

14. Served as BWC Committee Member, CITK

15. Served as Admission Committee Member, CITK

16. Served as Coordinator for Drafting AICTE-NEQIP Proposal for CITK

17. Served as Hostel Warden of CITK 

18. Served as Member of Inter-disciplinary Committee CITK

19. Warden JD Hostel CITK

20. Served as a Member Senate CITK

Professional Activities (Resource Person at National and International Level)
  1. Member Programme Committee, I4CS 2024: 24th International Conference on Innovations for Community Services, June 12 - 14, 2024, Maastricht, Netherland.
  2. Member Technical Program Committee of International EdTech Conference 2024 (IEdTC 2024) - Hybrid Mode University of Minho, Braga MERI, Delhi and Hybrid Mode 17-19 October, 2024
  3. Member Technical Program Committee of International Conference on Applied Artificial Intelligence (AAI) | July 2 - 4, 2024 at the Shoolini University of Biotechnology and Management Sciences, Himanchal Pradesh.
  4. Resource Person for Career Counseling Programme Organized at Girls' College Kokrajhar by the Department of Education BTC in line with Chatra Divas celebration, March 30, 2024.
  5. Technical Co-Chair of 4th International Conference on ‘Modeling, Simulation and Optimization (CoMSO 2024), NIT Silchar, November 21-23, 2024. 
  6. Delivered a lecture in 5 Days FDP on Application of Blockchain Technology on 1st February, 2024, Institute of Engineering & Management, Kolkata.
  7. Convenor 3rd Kokrajhar Literary Festival 2024, "Exploring Boundless Horizons: The Native Narrates", Kokrajhar, 27th January to 29th January, 2024.
  8. Member Technical Programme Committee "Thirteenth International Conference on Advances in Vehicular Systems, Technologies and Applications", VEHICULAR 2024, March 10, 2024 to March 14, 2024 - Athens, Greece.
  9. Member Technical Program Committee 2nd International Conference on Advancement in Computation & Computer Technologies (InCACCT-2024) May 02-04, 2024, Chandigarh University, Campus – Gharuan, Mohali, Punjab, India.
  10. Member Programme Committee International Semantic Intelligence Conference  (ISIC 2023), University of Minho, Braga, Portugal, October 17-19, 2023
  11. Convenor of Five Day Short Term Training Programme on "Blockchain Technology and its Emerging Applications" in colloboration with CGPIT, UTU, July 04-July 08, 2023. 
Publications
Events Organized
  1. Interaction Session on Stress Management Concept in the Indian Knowledge System on October 31st, 2023 at CITK
  2. Two Days Workshop on "Personality Development and Enrichment for Students" in colloboration with Hare Krishna Movement Guwahati and NSS CITK, October 07-08,2023.
Membership to Professional Bodies
  1. Senior Member IEEE

  2. Senior Member ACM

  3. Member IEEE CTSoc Wireless and Network Technologies Technical Committee (WNT TC)

  4. Member IAENG

  5. Member CSTA

  6. Member IACSIT

  7. Member ISTE

  8. Associate Member at National Cyber Safety and Security Standards (NCSSS). 

Reviewer to Reputed Journals and Conferences
  1. Reviewer IET Intelligent Transport Systems

  2. Reviewer ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology

  3. Reviewer SAGE International Journal of Electrical Engineering Education

  4. Reviewer MDPI Designs

  5. Reviewer MDPI Electronics

  6. Reviewer MDPI Sustainability

  7. Reviewer Springer Nature Computer Science
  8. Reviewer Wiley Security and Privacy
Project Grant

Science Technology and Innovation Hub CIT Kokrajhar

Funding Agency: DST, Government of India.

Year: September, 2023

Period: 3 Years

Status: Ongoing

Website: Science Technology and Innovation Hub | STI-HUB Page (cit.ac.in)

Team: PI: Dr. Pranav Kumar Singh, Co-PIs: Dr. Abhijit Padun, Dr. Anuk Islary, and Dr. Kaushik Chandra Sarma

Social and Outreach Activities
  1. Took Part in Cleanliness Drive, a Programme "Ek Tarikh EK Ghanta under Swachhata Hi Seva Campaign" organized by NSS CITK on October 01, 2023.
  2. Organized Nature Trekking for Students to Chakrashila Wildlife Sanctuary in collaboration with 130 Eco Task Force, Bismuri, Kokrajhar, on November 19, 2023.
Key Initiatives
  1. Took the initiative to connect CITK new campus with a leased line of 2Mbps OFC from BSNL in 2009 for the first time.
  2. Brough NKN connectivity in CITK 2010 in coordination with NIC Guwahati.
  3. Initiated Campus wide LAN for the first time in CITK in 2008-2010
  4. Lab Setups : Hardware, Software and Project Lab of Computer Science and Engineering, CITK (2007-2011)
  5. Computer Center setup in 2008.
  6. Initiated IRG from Department by allowing agencies to conduct Online Exams in Weekends
  7. Initiated Spoken Learning Programme in the Department and Signed MoU with IITB
  8. Initiated first MoU of CITK with IITG in 2012.
  9. Initiated LAN setup for the faculty and staff quarters for first time in CITK in 2018.
  10. Organzained First International conference of the Department ICTCon 2021
  11. Designed curriculum for AMT, IT and CSE Department.
  12. First incharge of AICTE approval process of CITK and served for five years and successfully help CITK to get the affiliation approval.
  13. Initiated formation of Technical Clubs in CITK.
  14. Initiated Virtual Classroom setup in CITK.
  15. Initiated Alumni connect Platform for the first time.  
Courses Taught

Diploma

Degree (B.Tech)
PG (M.Tech)
Teaching Assistant at IIT Guwahati
Training Attended
Students Guided
  1. Diploma : 20+ Students Completed