Society of St. Francis Xavier, Pilar’s Fr. Conceicao Rodrigues College of Engineering
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Society of St. Francis Xavier, Pilar’s
Society of St. Francis Xavier, Pilar’s
Fr. Conceicao Rodrigues College of Engineering
An Autonomous Institute Affiliated to University of Mumbai | NAAC "A" Grade Accredited
Fr. Agnel Ashram, Bandstand, Bandra (W), Mumbai: 400050
Admissions Open 2025 |
NBA Accreditation Documents Updated |
Placement Drive Results Announced |
NAAC Peer Team Visit Scheduled |
Admissions Open 2025 |
NBA Accreditation Documents Updated |
Placement Drive Results Announced |
NAAC Peer Team Visit Scheduled
Fr. Conceicao Rodrigues College of Engineering
| An Autonomous Institute Affiliated to University of Mumbai | NAAC "A" Grade Accredited |
Research And Development
Where hardware and software unite to engineer the future of smart technology.
Autonomous Curriculum
Overview
Fr. Conceicao Rodrigues College of Engineering encourages multidisciplinary quality research related to science, engineering and technology in the domain of Computer Engineering, AI and Data Science, Electronics engineering, Mechanical engineering, Sciences and Humanity. Academic research, funded research projects, and the creation of intellectual property in the engineering and technology domains are all part of the research activities. The institute strives to create a vibrant research environment for faculty and students engaged in emerging area research.
Vision
To foster an environment conducive to multi-disciplinary research in engineering and technology
Mission
- To promote inventiveness and moral research among faculty, students, and alumni.
- To encourage interdisciplinary and collaborative research that benefits various facets of society and industry.
Objective
- To inspire faculty and students to realize their research potential and improve their involvement in research and development activities.
- To support collaboration and interdisciplinary research projects.
- To support the students and faculty in their efforts to create, protect, and leverage Intellectual Property Rights.
Academic Year 2025-26:
Research and Development Committee:
- Dr. Ketaki Joshi (In-charge)
- Prof. Saurabh Kulkarni
- Dr. Swapnali Makdey
- Dr. Vijay Shelke
- Dr. Dipali Koshti
- Dr. Sunil Yadav
Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Cell:
- Dr. Dipali Koshti (Convener)
- Prof. Garima Tripathi
- Dr. Vijay Shelke
- Prof. Binsy Joseph
Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Cell:
A research and development committee has been formed at Fr. CRCE to strengthen the institute’s presence in the field of research by actively promoting research culture and facilitating research activities.
Attachments:
Code of Ethics
Preamble:-
University Of Mumbai adopted notification regarding Promotion of Academic Integrity and Prevention of Plagiarism by UGC vide circular number Th./ICD/2018-19/558 dated 6th October 2018. Our institute has circulated the same to all teachers and makes every attempt to follow this in true spirit. Research students check their manuscript/progress seminar reports/thesis for similarity and their reports are kept in their personal files. Only original articles are allowed by supervisors for further processing. Awareness program for the same was conducted for all teachers in the institute. Every student submitting a thesis, dissertation, or any other such documents to our institute submits an undertaking indicating that the document has been prepared by him or her and that the document is his/her original work.
Code of Ethics and Publishing your Work:-
- The work of the authors should be original research that is transparent and written by them in their own words.
- The work of the author should not infringe any intellectual property rights or any rights of others.
- The authors should clearly cite the source of the materials which is taken from some other published work
- The authors should also cite their own work to avoid self-plagiarism.
- The authors should also get permission from other authors to use their images or tables in their manuscript wherever applicable.
- The authors should write the manuscript in such a way that the work should be transparent reproducible.
- The authors manuscript should not be submitted to more than one journal at a time.
- Any conflict of interest should be clearly stated while submitting the article for any publication including those of the funding agencies.
- The work of the authors should be authentic, true and should not be manipulated.
- The authorship of the work should be given to those who have significantly contributed to improving the quality of the manuscript.
- The authors should ensure that they strictly adhere to the ethical guidelines given by their discipline where subjects like human are involved.
- To inspire faculty and students to realize their research potential and improve their involvement in research and development activities.
- To support collaboration and interdisciplinary research projects.
- To support the students and faculty in their efforts to create, protect, and leverage Intellectual Property Rights.
Attachments:
Publications, Patents, Funded Projects
Computer Engineering Research Publications
Electronics and Computer Science Research Publications
Mechanical Engineering Research Publications
Computer Engineering and Engineering Research Publications
Research Centre Details
Research Centre Statistics
| Research Centre | Electronics Engineering | Mechanical Engineering | Computer Engineering |
|---|---|---|---|
| Year of Introduction | 2014 | 2015 | 2023 |
| Sanctioned Intake | 14 | 10 | 10 |
| No. of Candidates pursuing Ph.D. | 8 | 7 | 10 |
| No. of Candidates with University Registration Pending | 5 | 6 | 4 |
| No. of Candidates with Thesis Submitted | 1 | - | - |
| No. of Candidates with Ph.D. Awarded / Viva voce completed | 9 | 5 | - |
| Total Vacancies | 6 | 3 | 0 |
Electronics Engineering
| Sr. No | Name of Guide | Designation | No. of Candidates with Ph.D. Awarded from the Research Centre | No. of Candidates with Thesis Submitted from the Research Centre | No. of Ph.D. Candidates currently Admitted to the Research Centre | Total Ph.D. Candidates Admitted to date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dr. Deepak V. Bhoir | Professor | 2 | - | 2 | |
| 2 | Dr. Sunil K. Surve | Professor | 2 | - | 0 | 16 |
| 3 | Dr. Sapna U. Prabhu | Professor | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 4 | Dr. Surendra S Rathod | Professor | 0 | - | 1 | |
| 5 | Dr. Srija Unnikrishnan | Professor | 5 | - | 0 |
Mechanical Engineering
| Sr. No | Name of Guide | Designation | No. of Candidates with Ph.D. Awarded from the Research Centre | No. of Candidates with Thesis Submitted from the Research Centre | No. of Ph.D. Candidates currently Admitted to the Research Centre | Total Ph.D. Candidates Admitted to date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dr. Bhushan T. Patil | Professor | 5 | - | 4 | |
| 2 | Dr. Vasim A Shaikh | Associate Professor | - | - | 3 | 12 |
Computer Engineering
| Sr. No | Name of Guide | Designation | No. of Candidates with Ph.D. Awarded from the Research Centre | No. of Candidates with Thesis Submitted from the Research Centre | No. of Ph.D. Candidates currently Admitted to the Research Centre | Total Ph.D. Candidates Admitted to date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dr. Sujata Deshmukh | Professor | - | - | 6 | |
| 2 | Dr. Jagruti Save | Professor | - | - | - | |
| 3 | Dr. Ashok Kanthe | Associate Professor | - | - | 3 | |
| 4 | Dr. Vijay Shelake | Assistant Professor | - | - | 1 | 10 |
Electronics Engineering
| Sr. No. | Name of Ph.D. Scholar | Date of Admission | Date of Registration | Date of Thesis Submission | Date of Defense | Supervisor | Research Advisory Committee Members | |||
| Convenor (HOD) | Supervisor / Guide | Expert1 | Expert2 | |||||||
| 1 | Monica Khanore | 1-Dec-13 | 20-Nov-15 | 12-Jan-21 | ||||||
| 17-Jul-23 | Dr. Srija Unnikrishnan | Dr. Sapna Prabhu | Dr. Srija Unnikrishnan | Dr. B.K. | ||||||
| - | - | Lande | ||||||||
| 2 | Sanjeev Ghosh | 1-Dec-13 | 20-Nov-15 | 9-Jan-20 | 24-Dec-21 | Dr. Srija Unnikrishnan | Dr. Sapna Prabhu | Dr. Srija Unnikrishnan | ||
| Dr. Deven Shah | ||||||||||
| - | ||||||||||
| 5-May-22 | Dr. Srija Unnikrishnan | Dr. Sapna Prabhu | Dr. Sapna Prabhu | Dr. Shivraj Rathod | ||||||
| 3 | Ami Munshi | 1-Jan-15 | 1-Oct-16 | 24-Feb-20 | - | |||||
| Siddharth | 21-Jun-22 | Dr. Srija | Dr. Sapna | Dr. Srija | Dr. Archana Bhise | |||||
| 4 | Gautam | 1-Jan-15 | 11-May-16 | 21-Nov-20 | Unnikrishnan | Prabhu | Unnikrishnan | - | ||
| 1-Sep-15 | 2-Jan-17 | 17-Jan-20 | Dr. Deepak. Bhoir | Prof. Kishore Kinage | ||||||
| Nandana Prabhu | 17-Jan-22 | Dr. Deepak Bhoir | Dr. Sapna Prabhu | Dr. Sunil | ||||||
| 5 | Surve | |||||||||
| Preeti Jain | 1-Sep-15 | 18-Apr-17 | 24-Jan-20 | 2-Mar-22 | Dr. Sapna Prabhu | Dr. Sunil Surve | Dr. N. M. | Dr. J.M.Nair | ||
| 6 | Dr Sunil Surve | Singh | ||||||||
| 7 | Seema Talmale | Dr. Srija Unnikrishnan | Dr.Sapna Prabhu | Dr. Srija Unnikrishnan | Dr. B. K. | |||||
| 1-Sep-15 | 25-Jan-17 | 24-Jan-20 | 5-Jul-22 | Lande | ||||||
| - | ||||||||||
| Prashan Kasambe | 1-Dec-15 | 27-Mar-17 | 31-Dec-21 | 8-Jul-22 | Dr. Deepak | Dr. Sapna Prabhu | Dr. Srija Unnikrishnan | Dr. Sunil Surve | Dr. Nitin Kale | |
| 8 | Bhoir | |||||||||
| Binsy Joseph | 1-Feb-18 | 7-Feb-21 | - | - | Dr. Deepak | Dr. Sapna Prabhu | Dr. Deepak | Dr. Sunil Surve | Dr. Sushil Thale | |
| 9 | Bhoir | Bhoir | ||||||||
| Sushma Nagdeote | 1-Feb-19 | 3-Jun-21 | 10-Dec-24 | 18-Nov-25 | Dr. Sapna Prabhu | Dr. Sapna Prabhu | Dr. Deepak | |||
| Dr. Sapna Prabhu | Bhoir | Dr. Kishore Kinage | ||||||||
| 10 | ||||||||||
| Dr. Deepak Bhoir | Dr. Deepak Bhoir | Dr. S. S. | ||||||||
| Dr. Sapna Prabhu | Dr. Sunil Surve | Rathod | ||||||||
| 11 | Shridhar Sahu | 1-Feb-19 | 7-May-21 | - | - | |||||
| Dr. Sunil Surve | Dr. Sapna Prabhu | Dr. Sunil Surve | Dr. Sunil Surve | Dr. Deepak Garg | ||||||
| 12 | Rohan Borgalli | 1-Feb-19 | 7-May-21 | - | - | |||||
| Dr.Sapna Prabhu | Dr. Sapna Prabhu | Dr. Sapna Prabhu | ||||||||
| 13 | Zafar Khan | 1-Jun-21 | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Devanand Bathe | Dr. Sapna Prabhu | Dr. Sapna Prabhu | Dr. Sapna Prabhu | |||||||
| 14 | 1-Jun-21 | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| Garima Singh | Dr. Surendra Singh Rathod | Dr. Sapna Prabhu | ||||||||
| 15 | 1-Jan-25 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| 16 | Flynn Jui | 1-Jan-25 | - | - | - | Dr. Sapna | Dr. Sapna | - | - | - |
| Prabhu | Prabhu | |||||||||
| 17 | Rameshwari Pawar | Jan-26 | Dr. Deepak Bhoir | |||||||
Research Topics
| S.No. | Name of Ph.D. Scholar | Supervisor | Title of Thesis |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | |||
| Monica Khanore | Dr. Srija Unnikrishnan | Interference Canceller for DS-CDMA System | |
| 2 | Sanjeev Ghosh | Dr. Srija Unnikrishnan | Queuing Theoretic Approach to Wireless Sensor Networks for the Internet of Things |
| 3 | Ami Munshi | Dr. Srija Unnikrishnan | Channel Estimation in MIMO OFDM Systems |
| 4 | |||
| Siddharth Gautam | Dr. Srija Unnikrishnan | Vertical handover decision algorithm in Vehicular Network | |
| 5 | An automated screening system for classification of Diabetic Retinopathy and investigation if its association with pathological parameters | ||
| Nandana Prabhu | Dr. Deepak V. Bhoir | ||
| 6 | Preeti Jain | Dr Sunil K. Surve | Coordination And Synchronization of Shared Resources for MultiAgent Systems |
| 7 | Seema Talmale | Dr. Srija Unnikrishnan | Decoding Algorithm for Error Correcting Codes with Syndrome Polynomial |
| 8 | Prashant Kasambe | Dr. Deepak V. Bhoir | Performance Evaluation of MEMS Devices for various Geometric Structures |
| 9 | Binsy Joseph | Dr. Deepak V. Bhoir | Electric Vehicle Battery Management and prediction |
| 10 | Sushma Nagdeote | Dr. Sapna U. Prabhu | An Enhanced Computer-Aided Digital Imaging Technique for Predictions in Cancer. |
| 11 | High Resolution Data Converters with Improved Accuracy for Low Power Biomedical Applications | ||
| Shridhar Sahu | Dr. Deepak V. Bhoir | ||
| 12 | Rohan Borgalli | Dr. Sunil K. Surve | Learning Algorithm for Facial Expression Recognition (FER) System |
| 13 | Zafar khan | Dr. Sapna U. Prabhu | Topic Yet to be Decided |
| 14 | Devanand Bathe | Dr. Sapna U. Prabhu | Topic Yet to be Decided |
| 15 | Garima Singh | Dr. Surendra Singh Rathod | Topic Yet to be Decided |
| 16 | Flynn Jui | Dr. Sapna U. Prabhu | Topic Yet to be Decided |
Mechanical Engineering
Details of Ph.D. Candidates
| S. No. | Name of Ph.D. Scholar | Date of Admission | Date of Registration | Date of Thesis Submission | Date of Defense | Supervisor | Research Advisory Committee Members | |||
| Chairperson (HOD) | External Examiner1 | External Examiner2 | Convenor (Guide) | |||||||
| 1 | Geetha Subramanian | 30-Sep-15 | 24-Nov-17 | 18-Aug-21 | 20-Aug-24 | Dr. Bhushan Patil | Dr. Bhushan Patil | Dr. P D Deshmukh | Dr. Vivek Yakkundi | Dr. Bhushan Patil |
| 2 | Ketaki Narendra Joshi | 27-Jul-16 | 26-Apr-17 | 24-Oct-19 | 12-Jun-20 | Dr. Bhushan Patil | Dr. Bhushan Patil | Dr. P D Deshmukh | Dr. Vivek Yakkundi | Dr. Bhushan Patil |
| 3 | Devarkonda Satya Sundara Sudhakar | 27-Jul-16 | 18-Dec-17 | - | - | Dr. Bhushan Patil | Dr. Bhushan Patil | Dr. P D Deshmukh | Dr. Vivek Yakkundi | Dr. Bhushan Patil |
| 4 | Deepika Singh Singraur | 27-Jul-16 | 19-Dec-17 | - | - | Dr. Bhushan Patil | Dr. Bhushan Patil | Dr. S. U. Bokade | Dr. C. M. Chaudhari | Dr. Bhushan Patil |
| 5 | Dipali Kisan Bhise | 27-Jul-16 | 4-Sep-18 | 7-Dec-23 | 10-Feb-24 | Dr. Bhushan Patil | Dr. Bhushan Patil | Dr. S. U. Bokade | Dr. C. M. Chaudhari | Dr. Bhushan Patil |
| 6 | VeerBhadra Rao D. N. Miriyala | 27-Jul-16 | 5-Oct-18 | 19-Apr-24 | 6-Jul-24 | Dr. Bhushan Patil | Dr. Bhushan Patil | Dr. S U Bokade | Dr. Ramesh Lekurwale | Dr. Bhushan Patil |
| 7 | Zoya Rizvi | 5-Apr-22 | - | - | - | Dr. Bhushan Patil | Dr. Bhushan Patil | Dr. Kiran Bhole | Dr. S.U. Bokade | Dr. Bhushan Patil |
| 8 | Pranit Prashant Mehta | 23-Dec-22 | - | - | - | Dr. Vasim Shaikh | - | - | - | - |
| 9 | Samanwita Bagg | 23-Dec-22 | - | - | - | Dr. Vasim Shaikh | - | - | - | - |
| 10 | Varad Deshpande | 13-Sep-23 | - | - | - | Dr. Vasim Shaikh | - | - | - | - |
| 11 | Onkar Potadar | 03-Jan-25 | - | - | - | Dr. Bhushan Patil | - | - | - | - |
| 12 | Preeti Vairagi | 03-Jan-25 | - | - | - | Dr. Bhushan Patil | - | - | - | - |
Research Topics
| S.No. | Name of Ph.D. Scholar | Supervisor | Title of Thesis |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Geetha Subramanian | Dr. Bhushan T. Patil | Improving Operational Efficiency of Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) using Collaborative manufacturing, Cloud Technology and Industry 4.0 |
| 2 | Ketaki Narendra Joshi | Dr. Bhushan T. Patil | Design and Development of Machine Vision Systems for Inspection and Quality Control in Manufacturing Industry |
| 3 | Devarkonda Satya Sundara Sudhakar | Dr. Bhushan T. Patil | Investigations into interpolators for arbitrary contours on Open CNC system |
| 4 | Deepika Singh Singraur | Dr. Bhushan T. Patil | Performance Enhancement of Plastic Injection Molding using Conformal cooling Channels |
| 5 | Dipali Kisan Bhise | Dr. Bhushan T. Patil | Investigation and Analysis of Micro Lubrication in Milling Operation |
| 6 | VeerBhadra Rao D. N. Miriyala | Dr. Bhushan T. Patil | Performance Evaluation of Turning AISI 4340 Steel using Minimum Quantity Lubrication (MQL) with Biodegradable Metal Working Fluids (MWFs) |
| 7 | Zoya Rizvi | Dr. Bhushan T. Patil | Investigation into Nozzles used for Agricultural Drones |
| 8 | Pranit Prashant Mehta | Dr. Vasim Shaikh | Analyzing the Effectiveness of Minimum Quantity Lubrication using Cutting Fluid Derived from Vegetable oil: An Approach towards Green manufacturing |
| 9 | Samanwita Bagg | Dr. Vasim Shaikh | Investigation into a Smart Suspension using Active Magnetorheological Damper |
| 10 | Varad Deshpandde | Dr. Vasim Shaikh | Topic Yet to be Decide |
| 11 | Onkar Potadar | Dr. Bhushan Patil | Topic Yet to be Decide |
| 12 | Preeti Vairagi | Dr. Bhushan Patil | Topic Yet to be Decide |
Details of Ph.D. Candidates
| S. No. | Name of Ph.D. Scholar | Date of Admission | Date of Registration | Date of Thesis Submission | Date of Defense | Supervisor | Research Advisory Committee Members | |||
| Chairperson | External | External | Convenor | |||||||
| (HOD) | Examiner1 | Examiner2 | (Guide) | |||||||
| Pardeshi Anandkumar | 3/1/2025 | - | Dr. Sujata Deshmukh | Dr. Sujata Deshmukh | Dr. S. K. | Dr. Narendra | Dr. Sujata Deshmukh | |||
| 1 | Vilas | 13-Sep-23 | - | Shinde | Shekokar | |||||
| Shah Parshvi Zankesh | 3/25/2025 | - | Dr. Sujata Deshmukh | Dr. Sujata Deshmukh | Dr. S. K. | Dr. Narendra | Dr. Sujata Deshmukh | |||
| 2 | 30-Sep-23 | - | Shinde | Shekokar | ||||||
| Surwadkar Tushar | 3/1/2025 | - | Dr. Sujata Deshmukh | Dr. Sujata Deshmukh | Dr. S. K. | Dr. Narendra | Dr. Sujata Deshmukh | |||
| 3 | Jagannath | 30-Sep-23 | - | Shinde | Shekokar | |||||
| Wasnik Chitra | 3/24/2025 | - | Dr. Sujata Deshmukh | Dr. Sujata Deshmukh | Dr. G.T. | Dr. D.R. | Dr. Sujata Deshmukh | |||
| 4 | Tukaramji | 13-Sep-23 | - | Thampi | Kalabande | |||||
| 5 | Joshua | 3-Jan-25 | - | - | - | Dr. Sujata | Dr. Sujata | Dr. Sujata Deshmukh | Dr. Mahesh Shirole | Dr. Hariram Chavan |
| Michael | Deshmukh | Deshmukh | ||||||||
| 6 | Savita Borole | 3-Jan-25 | - | - | - | Dr. Sujata | Dr. Sujata | Dr. Sujata Deshmukh | Dr. Mahesh Shirole | Dr. Hariram Chavan |
| Deshmukh | Deshmukh | |||||||||
| 7 | Pratyush Urade | 30-Sep-23 | 3/1/2025 | - | - | Dr. Ashok Kanthe | Dr. Sujata | Dr. G.T. | Dr. D.R. | Dr. Sujata Deshmukh |
| Deshmukh | Thampi | Kalabande | ||||||||
| 8 | Anita Mhatre | 30-Sep-23 | 3/1/2025 | - | - | Dr. Ashok Kanthe | Dr. Sujata | Dr. G.T. | Dr. D.R. | Dr. Sujata Deshmukh |
| Deshmukh | Thampi | Kalabande | ||||||||
| 9 | Ankita Amburle | 3-Jan-25 | - | - | - | Dr. Ashok Kanthe | Dr. Sujata | Dr. Ashok Kanthe | Dr. Mahesh Shirole | Dr. Hariram Chavan |
| Deshmukh | ||||||||||
| 10 | Deokar Kunal | 16-Feb-26 | - | - | - | Dr. Vijay Shelake | Dr. Sujata Deshmukh | Dr. Vijay Shelake | ||
Research Topics
| S.No. | Name of Ph.D. Scholar | Supervisor | Title of Thesis |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pardeshi | Dr. Sujata Deshmukh | Integrating Multi-Source Data with Sentiment Analysis and Language Models |
| Anandkumar Vilas | to Enhance Stock Market Decision Making. | ||
| 2 | Shah Parshvi | Dr. Sujata Deshmukh | Design and Implement Quantum safe Cryptographic Solutions to secure |
| Zankesh | IOTData. | ||
| 3 | Surwadkar Tushar | Dr. Sujata Deshmukh | Enhancing Decision-Making in Dermatological Disorders using Interpretable |
| Jagannath | Artificial Intelligence for Indian Skin Diseases. | ||
| 4 | Wasnik Chitra | Dr. Sujata Deshmukh | Generative AI Driven Professional Education Model for Building Efficiencies. |
| Tukaramji | |||
| 5 | Joshua Michael | Dr. Sujata Deshmukh | Design and optimization of TinyML models for pervasive and ubiquitous computing environments. |
| 6 | Savita Borole | Dr. Sujata Deshmukh | Design and Development of Multilayer Architecture for Responsible Cervical Cancer Detection Using Metalearning Approach in Indian Healthcare. |
| 7 | Urade Pratyush | Dr. Ashok Kanthe | Analysis of Multiple Access Techniques in Wireless Network Using Channel |
| Prakash | State Information and Machine Learning. | ||
| 8 | Mhatre Anita | Dr. Ashok Kanthe | Enhancing Routing and Congestion Control in Flying Ad-Hoc Networks |
| Dayanand | (FANETs) through Machine Learning and Multi-Agent Systems. | ||
| 9 | Ankita Amburle | Dr. Ashok Kanthe | An Ethical Artificial Intelligence Tutor Using Retrieval Augmented Generation for Knowledge Retrieval in Primary Education. |
| 10 | Deokar Kunal | Dr. Vijay Shelake | Topic Yet to be Decided |
| Academic Year | Title of the Event | Link of the Event Report |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-2026 | Research Paradigm & Design Excellence: From Foundations to Funding Impact | Event Report |
| Writing an Effective Research Proposal | Event Report |