Dr. K. Nikhila
Vardhaman College of Engineering, Racemeadow Academy, H.I.T.S college of Engineering, Sree Vahini Institute of Science and Technology
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About
Dr. Nikhila currently serves as Dean–Outreach and certified Career Counsellor at Vardhaman College of Engineering, Hyderabad. With over 17+ years of teaching experience across India and the UK. She has been associated with the institution since 2017 and is also working as an Associate Professor in the Department of Information Technology. With extensive experience in teaching, student mentoring, industry interaction, and outreach activities, she has played a significant role in strengthening academic-industry collaborations and guiding students in their academic and career development.
she has held several academic leadership, mentoring, and student-development roles. She served as In-charge Head of the Department of CSE (Data Science) from 2023 to 2025, has been an Innovation Ambassador for the Institution’s Innovation Council (IIC) since 2022, Board of Studies (BoS), Project Convenor and has been actively working as a Certified Career Counsellor since 2025.
She is pursuing her Postdoc at Singapore, SIT University, earned her Ph.D. in Computer Engineering. A Senior Member of IEEE, Dr. Nikhila has contributed extensively to the professional community for over five years, serving as a Treasurer in IEEE WIE (2 years) Chapter AG Hyderabad section for 2 years and inaugurated 2 chapters at VJIT and KL university. As a Faculty Advisor conducted many events under IEEE CIS Chapter (2 years), and IEEE SIGHT (1 year). She has been instrumental in organizing and mentoring numerous IEEE-CIS and IIC initiatives, including guest lectures, hackathons, workshops, and FDPs/PDPs.
Her academic and mentoring excellence has been recognized with the awards - Excellence in academic Leadership award (2026), International Excellence in Teaching (2026), International Mentor of the Year (2025) and Best Women Faculty Award (2024). Her research publications in reputed journals and conferences focus on Software Engineering, Machine Learning.
Employment
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Vardhaman College of Engineering Dean (Outreach)2017 - Present
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Racemeadow Academy Teaching Assistant2016 - 2017
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Sree Vahini Institute of Science and Technology Assistant Professor2011 - 2015
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Sree Vahini Institute of Science and Technology Assistant Professor2010 - 2011
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Sri Sarathi Institute of Engineering and Technology Assistant Professor2006 - 2007
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ECP Technologies Software Engineer2006 - 2006
Education
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H.I.T.S college of Engineering M.Tech2007 - 2010
Projects & Funding
Projects & funding information is unavailable.
Publications (31)
- Real-Time Sign Language Recognition Using Mediapipe and LSTM for Bengali sign language Save
- An Attention-Guided RFCN Framework for False Positive Reduction in Lung Nodule Detection Save
- Data-Driven Visualization of Air Pollution: Mapping PM2.5 Exposure to Cigarette Equivalents Save
- Multimodal Demographic Prediction: A Transfer Learning Framework with EfficientNet Model Save
- Optimization of the LEACH Protocol in Wireless Sensor Networks Using Hybrid Grey Wolf and Moth Flame Optimization Algorithms Save
- Performance improvement of image mosaicking using image inpainting Save
- Voice-Based Parkinson's Disease Stage Classification Save
- User-Centric Internet Performance Monitoring in Smart Homes Save
- Skin Cancer Detection Using U-Net Save
- Implementing Digital Twins for Real-Time Library Operations Monitoring Save