Mr. Rounak Raman | Information Technology | Research Excellence Award

Netaji Subhas University of Technology | India

Rounak Raman is a technology researcher and engineering innovator with a strong academic background in Information Technology and a multidisciplinary portfolio spanning artificial intelligence, machine learning, generative AI, computer vision, IoT systems, wireless sensor networks, and network security. He has gained significant research and development experience through contributions at DRDO-INMAS, where he worked on EEG-based cognitive analytics and neurofeedback systems, and at NSUT, where he designed advanced IoT protocols including energy-aware clustering, trust-based opportunistic communication, and secure hierarchical key-rotation mechanisms. His technical work extends into generative AI solutions, semantic search systems, real-time computer vision applications, and large-scale image and document intelligence models. He has led impactful projects such as PRAGATI smart parking, SyntheX document analysis framework, and QuickTag for AI-driven product taxonomy. His achievements include securing positions in national innovation challenges, hackathons, entrepreneurship competitions, and international fellowship programs. Alongside industry-recognized certifications in data science, system design, and cybersecurity, he has also held leadership roles in student organizations, mentoring teams, guiding open-source contributions, and facilitating research collaboration. His research interests include GenAI, NLP, IoT security, WSNs, cryptography, edge intelligence, and autonomous network optimization. He remains committed to creating scalable, socially impactful technological solutions.

Featured Publication

Raman, R., Yadav, A., Kukreja, D., & Sharma, D. K. (2025). CONTEXT-NET: A context-aware nexus-based aggregation protocol for opportunistic networks. Internet of Things, 101809.

Raman, R., Yadav, A., & Kukreja, D. (2025). ARMor-IoT: Aggregated reliable mechanism for optimized trust in IoT. In International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Its Application (pp. 229–241).

Dr. Kumar Rahul | Artificial Intelligence | Innovative Research Award

NIFTEM | India

Dr. Kumar Rahul is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Interdisciplinary Sciences at the National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management (NIFTEM), Sonepat, combining his expertise in software engineering, big-data analytics and food-technology research. With a Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering focused on enhanced data cleaning and outlier-detection using hybrid meta-heuristics, and earlier degrees in software engineering (M.E.) and computer applications (BCA/MCA), his career spans roles in both academia and engineering. He has authored numerous peer-reviewed articles (including systematic reviews on big-data/AI, applications of AI and ML in food-industry and healthcare, hybrid meta-heuristic models, data-cleaning frameworks) and holds patents in sensor-network water-quality monitoring and deep–learning corner-detection algorithms. His Google Scholar h-index stands at 10 with over 500 citations, reflecting his growing research impact. His research interests include artificial intelligence and machine learning for food processing, big-data analytics and industrial systems, IoT/Edge–Fog–Cloud applications, and optimization/meta-heuristic techniques for outlier or anomaly detection. He has also contributed to applied projects such as mobile-app development for fruit-freshness checking and served as Co-PI on a funded initiative in the food-technology domain. His work has been recognised through awards including UGC-NET (LS) and strong GATE performance, and he actively participates in faculty development programs and serves as a resource-person on topics such as IoT in industries and agri-startups. In summary, Dr. Rahul brings a multidisciplinary blend of computer-science rigor and domain-specific application in food-technology, making him a valuable contributor to research and education in smart food systems and analytics.

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Featured Publications

Rahul, K., & Banyal, R. K. (Erratum). Retraction Note: Firefly algorithm: an optimization solution in big data processing for the healthcare and engineering sector [Retraction note]. International Journal of Speech Technology, 24(3), 581–592. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10772-020-09783-y

Rahul, K., Arora, N., & Arora, S. (2025). Effectiveness of blockchain and IoT in horticulture crop supply chain. In B. Sharma, D.-T. Do, S. N. Sur, & C.-M. Liu (Eds.), Advances in Communication, Devices and Networking. Springer Nature.

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