Mr. Nilesh D. Navghare

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NAME: Prof. Nilesh Dharma Navghare
DESIGNATION: Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Engineering, MIT Academy of Engineering, Alandi (D), Pune
QUALIFICATION:

  • Ph.D. (Pursuing): Computer Science and Engineering, Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai (registered July 2020)
  • M.Tech.: Computer Science and Engineering (IT), Walchand College of Engineering, Sangli, Shivaji University, 2018 (First Class, CPI 7.12)
  • B.E.: Information Technology, DKTE Society’s Textile and Engineering Institute, Ichalkaranji, Shivaji University, 2016 (First Class with Distinction)

Overview of Profile

Prof. Nilesh D. Navghare is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Engineering at MIT Academy of Engineering, Pune, where he has taught since 2022. Before joining MIT-AOE he taught for four years in the Computer Engineering Department of Vishwakarma Institute of Technology, Pune, and he now has more than eight years of teaching experience. He holds an M.Tech. in Computer Science and Engineering (IT) from Walchand College of Engineering, Sangli, and is pursuing his Ph.D. at Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai.

He teaches Cloud Computing Foundations, Cloud Native Application Development, Cloud Native DevOps, Python Programming and Engineering Informatics. His research covers cloud computing, machine learning, computer vision and data privacy. He has published in IEEE, Springer, AIP and CRC Press conference proceedings and in international journals, contributed a book chapter with Bentham Science, and has three published patents. He is an AWS Academy Educator and holds Google Cloud professional certifications in cloud engineering and data engineering.

At MIT-AOE he coordinates the department’s national and international summer internships, the FUEL programme and the Google Cloud Career Readiness Program. He received the Manacha Lokraja Shahu Award 2025 (Shikshakratna Puraskar) for his contribution to teaching.

FORE FRONT AREA OF RESEARCH: Cloud Computing, Cloud Native Application Development and DevOps, Machine Learning and Deep Learning, Computer Vision, Edge AI and IoT, Data Privacy and Security (Homomorphic Encryption, Blockchain).

EMAIL ID: nilesh.navghare@mitaoe.ac.in
CONTACT NO: 020-30253500
MOBILE NUMBER: +91 8806469166
EXPERIENCE: Teaching: 8+ Years, Industry: Nil, Research: 6+ Years (Ph.D. research since 2020).

Research Profile


Awards and Achievements

  1. Recipient of the Manacha Lokraja Shahu Award 2025 – Shikshakratna Puraskar, conferred during Shahu Mahotsav for excellence in teaching and academic contribution.
  2. Best Paper Award at the International Conference on Emerging Techniques in ML, DS and IoT (ETMDIT 2024) for the paper “Integrated Wellness: A Comprehensive Analysis of the Synergistic Impact of Combined Workout and Nutrition Features in Fitness Applications”.
  3. Consolation Award at the International Conference on Intelligent Computing in Information Technology for Engineering System (ICICITES-2021) for the paper “End to End Star Pointing Device System”.
  4. International Travel Support (ITS) Scheme, SERB / ANRF, Govt. of India (2024), for presenting the paper “Advanced Fertilizer Sprayer System” at ICOE-24, Geneva, Switzerland.
  5. Certifications: Google Cloud Certified Professional Cloud Engineer; Google Cloud Certified Professional Data Engineer; Architecting with Google Compute Engine; Aviatrix Certified Engineer; Tableau Certified Server Architect.
  6. AWS Academy Educator at MIT Academy of Engineering, Pune; earlier served as Cloud Computing SPOC for the Google Cloud Career Readiness Program sponsored by Google India, Bangalore.
  7. External Jury, INNOVEDA 2026, PCCoE, Pune (March 2026).
  8. Resource person for a one-day workshop on DevOps at D. Y. Patil University, Pune (March 2026), and guest lecture on “Android Applications and Security” at MIT-WPU, Pune (October 2024).

Publications

A. International Journals

  1. P. B. Devre, A. S. Pawar and N. D. Navghare, “Edge AI in IoT Systems: Reducing Latency and Power Usage,” International Journal of Integrated Research and Practice (IJIRP), vol. 1, no. 9, pp. 42–51, Dec. 2025. ISSN: 3107-5037.
  2. N. D. Navghare and L. M. Gladence, “Design of Efficient Pipeline Framework for XML-Based Classifier Using Data Engineering Techniques,” International Journal of Intelligent Systems and Applications in Engineering (IJISAE), vol. 12, no. 17s, pp. 81–87, 2024. (Scopus Indexed)
  3. N. D. Navghare et al., “Intelligent Federated Learning Framework for Non-colocated and Heterogeneous Datasets,” Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE). (SCIE Indexed)

B. Books / Book Chapters

  1. S. Mattoo, M. Birada, V. Fale, D. Wakchaure and N. Navghare, “Integrated Wellness: A Comprehensive Analysis of the Synergistic Impact of Combined Workout and Nutrition Features in Fitness Applications,” in Emerging Trends in Machine Learning, Data Science, and Internet of Things (Part 2), Bentham Science, pp. 53–71. DOI: 10.2174/9798898815165126010008.

C. International Conferences

  1. S. A. Kahate, G. Pise, K. Pawar and N. Navghare, “Enhancing Social Media Sentiment Analysis through Blockchain-Enabled Validation,” 2nd International Conference on Artificial Intelligence Trends and Pattern Recognition (ICAITPR), IEEE, 2024. DOI: 10.1109/ICAITPR63242.2024.10960161.
  2. N. D. Navghare et al., “File Encryption Using AES and XOR Algorithm for Data Security,” 2nd International Conference on Intelligent Data Communication Technologies and Internet of Things (IDCIoT 2024), IEEE, 2024.
  3. N. D. Navghare, P. Rale, S. Kolhe, V. Bhadale and R. Wasnik, “Web Application for Multiple Disease Prediction using Machine Learning and Deep Learning,” AIP Conference Proceedings (ICMLIP 2023), vol. 2981, 020010, Dec. 2023. DOI: 10.1063/5.0182673.
  4. N. D. Navghare and L. M. Gladence, “End to End Learning Human Pose Detection Using Convolutional Neural Networks,” in Machine Learning and Information Processing (ICMLIP 2021), Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol. 1311, Springer, pp. 135–142, 2021. DOI: 10.1007/978-981-33-4859-2_13.
  5. N. D. Navghare, S. H. Sutar and L. M. Gladence, “End to End Star Pointing Device System,” in Intelligent Computing in Engineering Systems: Proceedings of ICICITES-2021, CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2021.
  6. N. Navghare, P. Kedar, P. Sangamkar and M. Mahajan, “Python and OpenCV in Automation of Live Surveillance,” in Machine Learning and Information Processing (ICMLIP 2019), Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol. 1101, Springer, pp. 235–243, 2020. DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-1884-3_22.
  7. N. D. Navghare and D. B. Kulkarni, “Data Privacy and Prediction using Neural Network and Homomorphic Encryption,” Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Intelligent Computing and Control Systems (ICICCS 2018), IEEE, p. 1415, 2018.

D. National Conferences

Nil

E. Patent Details

  1. “Cloud Computing for Mapping Benefits, Risks and Controls for Consumer Enterprises and Method Thereof,” Indian Patent Application No. 202321011610 A, published 2023 (National).
  2. “Webserver for Text to Speech Conversion,” Indian Patent Application No. 202221005289 A, published 2022 (National).
  3. “A Smart Irrigation System,” International Patent No. 2021/10409, 2022 (International).

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