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Dr. Usha Batra

Shri Vishwakarma Skill University, Manav Rachna International Institute of Research and Studies, Banasthali University, GD Goenka University

ORCID iD 0000-0001-7751-6839
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Dr Usha Batra is currently working as a Skill Professor at Shri Vishwakarma Skill University, Haryana State Government University and Nation's first skill university. Before joining SVSU, she worked as Professor and Dean, MRIIRS, Director, Manav Rachna Centre for Cyber Security and Research Director MRIIRS and Associate Dean, Engineering and Sciences at GD Goenka University. She is a doctorate in Computer Science Engineering from Banasthali Vidyapith. She has over 20 years of rich academic, research and administrative experience in Indian university system including Jaypee University, Northcap University and GD Goenka University. She is a recipient of government recognised prestigious Indian Achievers' Award 2021 for Excellence in Education in recognition of outstanding professional achievement and contribution in nation building, APJ Abdul Kalam Puraskar 2022 for excellence in research and innovation, and IRSD 2023 Research Award. She is a university rank holder during Bachelors of Engineering. She has authored or co-authored more than 70 scholarly research articles, conference papers, and book chapters. She has 15 national and international patents published to her credit. She is an editor and reviewer of reputed and indexed journals of IEEE, Springer and Elsevier. She contributed as keynote speaker in IEEE international conference, session chair of various international conferences; and convener and organizer of many international conferences in association with IEEE and Springer. She presented herself as a special Invitee and IT expert for a live talk on ‘emerging trends in IT’ on IBN7. She is IBM certified faculty for various courses in the domain of cloud computing and Business Analytics. Her current responsibilities also include designing state of the art curriculum and finalising MoUs with industries like IBM, Oracle, Xebia, Dell, Amazon, Microsoft etc. She has supervised over 30 projects at Undergraduate to Postgraduate level and got 6 national level winning projects. Eight scholars have successfully completed their PhD in her guidance and 2 more scholars have submitted their PhD thesis. She is currently supervising 1 PhD scholar. Her areas of research include Distributed Systems, Enterprise Application Integration, Business Analytics, Software Engineering, Cloud Computing, Internet of Things and Cyber Physical Systems.

In addition to her research, she successfully contributed to enhancing the employability of students through project assistance, teaching, and mentoring.

Employment

  • Shri Vishwakarma Skill University Skill Professor
    2023 - Present
  • Manav Rachna International Institute of Research and Studies Professor and Dean
    2021 - 2023
  • GD Goenka University Professor and Assistant Dean, School of Engineering
    2016 - 2021
  • ITM University Associate Professor and Associate Head, CSE
    2005 - 2016
  • Jaypee University Lecturer
    2003 - 2005

Education

  • Banasthali University PhD
    2010 - 2014

Projects & Funding

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Publications (58)