Program Coordinators
Pratik Shah
Assistant Professor
Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Information Technology Vadodara
Prof. Pratik teaches courses on Artificial Intelligence, Natural Language Processing, Information Retrieval, and Topological Data Analysis, with a strong interest in Category Theory connections to Geometry and Algebra. He developed and conducted the Music, Mathematics, and Machines course as a continuing education program in 2022 and 2023. Actively engaged in capacity building, he led the AICTE-sponsored QIP PG Certification Program on AI and, since 2020, has been a DLI Certified Instructor for FDL and an NVIDIA University Ambassador, conducting hands-on Deep Learning workshops at IIIT Vadodara, SCET Surat, NFSU Gandhinagar, and online for AU, Nirma University, and PDEU. From 2019 to 2021, he conducted four AICTE (ATAL)-sponsored five-day Faculty Development Programs on AI and Data Analytics. Additionally, he serves as the Project Coordinator for the GUJCOST-sponsored High-Performance Computing Laboratory at IIIT Vadodara and is a Senior IEEE Member, currently Vice Chair of the Computational Intelligence Society, Gujarat Chapter.
Dhirendra K. Sinha
Assistant Professor (Physics)
Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Information Technology Vadodara
Dr. Dhirendra K. Sinha is an Assistant Professor of Physics at IIIT Vadodara, specializing in condensed matter physics with a focus on electronic and excitonic processes in emerging materials for optoelectronic applications. He holds a PhD from IIT Kanpur, an MSc from IIT Delhi, and a BSc from BHU. With prior teaching and research roles at Central University of Jharkhand, PSG Institute of Advanced Studies, and IIT Kanpur, he has contributed significantly to projects in printable electronics and nanomaterials. His recent publications explore perovskite solar cells, deep learning-enabled sensors, and sustainable nanogenerators.
