Academics

Bio

Dr. Sumitra Motade is a highly accomplished professional with 18 years of teaching experience. She holds a Ph.D. from Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU), Pune, under the guidance of Dr. Anju V. Kulkarni. Sumitra has also completed M. Tech (E&TC) with Second University Rank and 9.13 CGPA from Dr. BATU Lonere in 2009 and a bachelor's degree in Electronics Engineering from Swami Ramanand Teerth Marathawada University (SRTMU), Nanded in 2002.

Sumitra's research interests revolve around IoT, communication, and signal processing. Her research contributions include ten papers in reputed journals and six papers in respected conferences. Under her mentorship, a student group secured the Winner position in the HackMITWPU-2023 competition and the Runner-up position in ""The Inventors Challenge"" competition coordinated by STMicroelectronics, AICTE, and ARM Dec 2022.

Sumitra has also been successful in securing funding for her proposals. She received 1 lakh from AICTE under Seminar Grant in 2017, $5000 from IEEE SPS Winter School in 2018, $3000 from IEEE SPS Summer School in 2020, and Rs. 93000 from AICTE for conducting a one-week AICTE-ISTE Induction/Refresher Program in 2021. Additionally, Sumitra offers Corporate Training as a part of consultancy services to Devise Electronics Pvt. Ltd., covering topics such as Communication Protocols, MATLAB, Simulink, State Diagram, and State Flow.

Sumitra has a unique teaching style and uses innovative teaching practices like Crossword, Role Play, Poster presentation, Flash Card, Seminar, Millionaire, Peer Assessment, Mindmap, Jigsaw, and more for course delivery. She has taught many courses, including Internet of Things, Analog Communication, Coding Techniques, Digital Signal Processing, Signals and Systems, Digital Electronics, and Microprocessor and Interfacing.

Furthermore, Sumitra is a Life member of ISTE - LM 49821 and IETE - M223291. She is an Educator and Central point of contact (CPOC) for AWS Academy and Single point of contact (SPOC) for Spoken-Tutorial activity at FoET level."

Research Areas

Internet of Things, Wireless Communication

Publications

1. Anju V. Kulkarni, Sumitra N. Motade, NOMA Multiuser Detection With MIMO for Maximizing the System Capacity and Eliminate Interference. Journal of Engineering Science and Technology, Vol. 16, No. 1 (2021) 236 – 250 (Scopus, Q3, ESCI)

2. Motade, S.N.; Kulkarni, A.V. Channel Estimation and Data Detection Using Machine Learning for MIMO 5G Communication Systems in Fading Channel. Technologies 2018, 6, 72. (ESCI Indexed)

3. S Motade, A Deshpande (2022). Active Learning Techniques for Effective Online Teaching and Learning in Higher Education. Journal of Engineering Education Transformations, Vol. 35, No. 4, 112-130. (Scopus-Q3)

4. R. Habu, S. Motade, S. Kukade, K. Gunale and A. Nair (2022), ""Smart Face Recognition Based Attendance System Using ML Algorithm,"" 4th International Conference on Advances in Computing, Communication Control and Networking (ICAC3N), Greater Noida, India, pp. 527-532, doi: 10.1109/ICAC3N56670.2022.10074166. (Scopus)

5. Geda, P., Motade, S. (2022). Traffic Management System Using AI and IoT. In: Chakravarthy, V.V.S.S.S., Flores-Fuentes, W., Bhateja, V., Biswal, B. (eds) Advances in Micro-Electronics, Embedded Systems and IoT. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 838. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-8550-7_27 (Springer, Scopus)

6. Motade, S., Hassan, A., Mir, F., Parikh, K. (2022). Machine Learning-Based Approach for Depression Detection Using PHQ-9 and Twitter Dataset. In: Bindhu, V., Tavares, J.M.R.S., Du, KL. (eds) Proceedings of Third International Conference on Communication, Computing and Electronics Systems . Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 844. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-8862-1_65 (Springer, Scopus)"

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ORCID link :https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4771-0056

Research Grants

"1. Grant of Rs. 93000 is received from AICTE for the conduct of one week AICTE-ISTE Induction/Refresher Program on “Professional Development Programme for Digital Transformation in Teaching Learning” during 2020-21.

2. Grant of $3000 is received from New Jersey, USA for the proposal applied at S3P: IEEE Signal Processing Society Seasonal Schools in Signal Processing 2020-2021 Summer School Proposal on “AI-Powered IoT for Building Smart Sustainable Signal Processing Applications”.

3. Grant of $5000 is received from New Jersey, USA for the proposal applied at S3P: IEEE Signal Processing Society Seasonal Schools in Signal Processing 2018-2019 Winter School Proposal on “Advances in Machine Learning and Visual Analytics for Forensic and Security Applications” .

4. Grant of 1 Lakh funding is Received from AICTE to arrange National Level Workshop on “Project based Learning: Innovative Challenges for Smart City” under the scheme of Seminar Grant, 2017-18.

Secured Runner-up position in “The Inventors Challenge” competition coordinated by STMicroelectronics, AICTE and ARM in From Aug to Dec 2022, and received

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Arm Development Studio and Keil MDK (Gold Edition), 10 licenses – Approx. 5K$ (Rs. 4,13,548.75)