Rachana Virendra Desai - K J Somaiya College of Engineering

Dr. Rachana Virendra Desai

Associate Professor at K J Somaiya College of Engineering

Faculty

Department:
Science & Humanities
Institute:
K J Somaiya College of Engineering
Location:
Vidyavihar - Mumbai
Email Address:
rachanadesai@somaiya.edu
Contact Details:
Landline No. : 66449191

Extension No. : 9556
Office Address :
A 201, Department of Science and Humanities, K.J.Somaiya College of Engineering, Vidyavihar, Mumbai-400077.
Timings For Visitors:
Monday-Friday:10:00am-5:00pm
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Introduction

Dr. Rachana Desai is an Assistant Professor of Mathematics in Department of Science and Humanities, K. J. Somaiya College of Engineering (KJSCE), Mumbai.She is the chairperson of Board of studies, Mathematics, Somaiya Vidyavihar University (SVU), Mumbai. She is also a member of academic council and member of board of examination, SVU. Her dual research interests focus on Mathematics and Engineering Education Research. She is awarded he IGIP Certificate and Title "IGIP International Engineering Educator -Ing.Paed.IGIP" by IGIP (International Society for Engineering Pedagogy), Austria in 2023.

Dr. Rachana has earned Ph.D. degree in Mathematics from Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology (SVNIT), Surat. Her main area of interest is Special Functions and her original research is focused on “Extension of Mittag-Leffler Functions and their Properties”. During her academics, she has received numerous national and international awards in both curricular & co-curricular activities. Her excellence in research is recognised by several notable awards in the field of mathematics suchas ‘IMS (indian Mathematical society) award for Best Paper Presentation’, ‘Aruna Gupta award’ from Society of Special function and application (SSFA), R&D award for excellence in research by KJSCE etc.

With over 16+ years of teaching experience and added qualification of B.Ed., she serves SVU as Chairperson-Board of Studies (Mathematics), the coordinator- Teaching Learning Centre, KJSCE etc. She has completed her international certification program IIEECP (IUCEE International Engineering Educators Certification Program) from IUCEE (Indo-Universal Collaboration for Engineering Education). She is recognized for innovative teaching techniques and out of the box ideas for active learning in mathematics.

Dr. Rachana is a life time member of mathematical associations such as Indian Mathematical Society (IMS), Society of Special function and application (SSFA), Gujarat Ganit Mandal, Mathematics Teacher's Association (MTA) etc. She also serves Journal of Engineering Education and Transformations (JEET) as a reviewer. She has delivered number of talks as resource person and session chair in national & international conferences & training programs.

Education

IGIP International Engineering Educator,International Society for Engineering Pedagogy, Austria.,2023

B.Sc. (Mathematics),South Gujarat University,2002

M.Sc. (Mathematics,South Gujarat University,2004

B.Ed.,Veer Narmad South Gujarat University,2005

Ph.D.,Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology(SVNIT), Surat,2018

Professional Experience

Academic

Terna College of Engineering, Mumbai, Lecturer, July 2005 - November 2005
Lancer’s Army School, Surat, Teacher, November 2005 - May 2006
Terna College of Engineering, Mumbai, Lecturer, August 2006 - January 2007
K. J. Somaiya College of Engineering (KJSCE), Mumbai, Assistant Professor, January 2007 - Present

Non Academic

Courses/Subjects Teaching

APPLIED MATHEMATICS - II

APPLIED MATHEMATICS - III

APPLIED MATHEMATICS - I

Research Specialisation

Mathematics
Special Functions & integral Transforms
Engineering Education
Mathematics Education
Mathematics

Recipient of Best Cadet award for year 2002 in N.S.S
Recipient of the award ' Aruna Gupta Prize for Best Paper Presentation" in international conference on Special Function and Applications, 2016. (ITSFA-2016)
Recipient of the award ' IMS (indian Mathematical society) AWARD for Best Paper Presentation for year 2017" During an international Meet of indian Mathematical Society, 2017.
Recipient of the Research &Develpoment award for excellence in research for year 2014-2016
Recipient of the Research &Develpoment award for excellence in research for year 2016-2018.
Received the award "Excellence in performance in Teaching Learning Center" during The Eighth international Conference on Transformations in Engineering Education (ICTIEE 2021) in January 2021.
“Best Paper Award” received in Eleventh international Conference on Transformation in Engineering Education for paper on Using STAD as AfL in Mathematics
Award: the IGIP Certificate and Title "IGIP international Engineering Educator-ing.Paed.IGIP" by IGIP (international Society for Engineering Pedagogy), Austria in 2023

Award: The IUCEE Showcase Awards “Leadership of Teaching and Learning Center Award” by indo Universal Collaboration for Engineering Education in 2024

Recipient of Limca Book of World Record for Mass aerobics in 1996.
Recipient of First prize in F. Y. B. Sc in 2000
Recipient of Gold Medal in S. Y. B. Sc in 2001
Recipient of Bronze medal in T. Y. B. Sc in 2002
Recipient of the certificate of appreciation for Excellent Student's Feedback for the years 2015-2016, 2016-2017, 2017-2018.
Project guide of the first price winning project titled “Application of Matrices in real world image processing techniques“ presented by SYBTech student Viraj Sheth won first prize in the eMAPCO competition held by Engineering Mathematics Teacher’s Society of india on 27 June 2021.