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Just a quick intro — your name and what you've been working on in academia lately?

Yeah.

I actually need a bit more detail — can you tell me your name and briefly walk me through your main academic roles or research so far?

Uh, currently I'm working as a. Administrative COM instructor. In Department of School and Education.

You're working as an administrative COM instructor — can you tell me about one foundational concept you most enjoy teaching your students, and why?

The major purpose of our job is. Where block resource. Educators, we are educating the teachers. We are equipping with the. They with the modern equipments, teaching equipments, teaching and learning materials. We are training, we are. Training then. To use. Smart boards in their classrooms and also. We are experiencing them and we are making them to learn different educational. Application. Excuse me. Traditional education applications. Regard belongs to the government apps. And also. We are giving training. For them to equip the students and make them to use of. High tech. And I'm also. Taking care of the. Lab equipments. Laboratory maintenance, etc. Previous to that I was. Working as a development officer in Lac of. India Life Insurance Corporation of India. That was purely a business mannered job, its not related to academic. And before that I was working in Ganadipadi Tulasis in Jain Engineering College which is affiliated to Anna University. And I have worked there. My experience was about. Ten years in the. College Engineering college. I have worked in various departments I have entered. Uh, many department subjects like information technology, computer science, electronics and communication, electrical electronics. Under all those, uh. Major subjects, course subjects and also I have handled. M Tech applied electronics courses. M Tech Computer and communication courses also. I have been a faculty I've been coordinating. Various events, technical or non-technical. Also I have managed. I have organized ISO. NAACP. NBA. Accreditation works. Also I have handled. I have classic. Like a. Exam works and also. I have been appointed as. Anonymity representative in anonymity examinations. And also many practical examinations. Viber, voice etc. I have handled these are all my. Overall experience. And I'm graduated. M Tech Applied Electronics. B Electronics and communication. Also, I am a teacher graduate. I have completed my. Undergraduation. In teaching profession. Be it and also. I have completed. Networking course Hardware and networking course through Cisco certified course. It just CC and me. I have completed that course also. Sure, that's it about my. Introduction.

Okay, so you're equipping teachers with smart board training, government education apps, and also handling lab maintenance. Out of all those, what's one classroom technology or teaching tool you've found teachers struggle with most, and how do you help them overcome that?

Actually. Uh government teachers. Most of them are UH-50. Up and above age group categories really its tough for us to train them using smart board. Uh, that, uh, like what to say that simple magnetic pen usage that. They not performing well and they need more training in that from the simple to that extreme concept like usage of grabs and usage of maps. On the usage of form loss and dragging the videos in the smart board and playing them. Attaching a YouTube content in the paper PPT. It's like all those efforts we are taking to train them. Trying, the government teaches. OK.

Given your time at Ganadipadi Tulasis Jain Engineering College and your MTech in Applied Electronics, can you tell me about a specific research project or thesis you completed there? I'm especially interested in how you explained that work to students or colleagues who weren't specialists in your area.

Actually I have completed uh my Mtech degree through a project, uh, it is secured hash functions SHA uh, that time SHA 2 was under uh proposal and I have uh. Did the project in that and my main area is networking, hardware networking. I have trained my students, I have. Total evaluated education course. In engineering college which is a Cisco certified Value added education. We are the coached. More than 150 students in my time. Remove period of time. We got the CCMD, they have completed all the four. CC. Levels, uh. I'm, uh, specially trained for that.

Alright, so your MTech project focused on secured hash functions, specifically when SHA-2 was being proposed, and you also led a Cisco-certified value-added networking course for over 150 students. When you were teaching those advanced networking concepts to undergrads, how did you make something like hash functions or network security accessible for students who struggled with the math or theory?

Actually, most of the case students will be that is unannunced. Affiliated college students will be familiar with the theory part. They will not be uh. Practical oriented only, they will feel tough. But in our lab. Uh, this computer network lab, we will give uh, CCNA course training in that lab. We have all the hardwares like routers. Uh, switches, LAN cables. We will start training them from uh. Equipping these equipments and also. Patchwork from that level itself we will teach them. We'll let them work in. Simulator. Also that is a packet tracer software which is. Provided by the Cisco. Company itself. And we will train the students both in. Uh, simulation and also using hardware we will uh. Trend.

You really emphasize hands-on work, like getting students patching real hardware and using Packet Tracer. That kind of practical lab experience is key. Let me shift to your research focus now. Given your expertise in networking and security, where do you see the most fundable research directions over the next few years, and what kinds of grants would you target to support your work at VIT?

Actually, why I am drawn to BAT now is only. Because of my research. Interest so in a recent topic. I want to. To do the research, it's quantum communication. This quantum communication is. Both combining quantum computing. Quantum theories and also IoT devices. And according along with that networking. This I wanted to do a research, that's why I wanted to. Work with BAT and. According to the government, there is a national mission of. Quantum. Communication. So. I want to. Prepare detailed work over. Over to that. Which the government is providing so much of fund? Its an recent announcement. By Jan 2026. Raul Bose. Commitments I want to indulge in. VIT kind of environment.

You mentioned training teachers who aren't comfortable with new technologies, and you've run hands-on labs for engineering students. Suppose you had to teach a large class—say, 200 students—and you couldn't use slides. How would you design a session to keep them engaged and make sure they're actually learning?

Yes, if it is uh. A classroom strength. It should be some. 50 that is manageable from eye to eye contact. But if it is more than 200 students. If. Uh, even putting slides is not helpful. Means then we have to switch over for another online video conferencing using some foreign university professors or I have to do some. Methodology like of work that I need to convince students in a group, I have to give some group activities to explain. About the title, what I am for the topic which I wanted to cover on that particular. Session. So I will make them into groups and. Let them learn and ask doubts to make.

So you'd split a large class into groups and have them tackle the topic with activities, even without slides. How would you check whether that approach actually worked—what's your method for knowing if students truly understood the material in that session?

As I mentioned. Earlier that I am also a teacher educator, I have completed B8. So I not only know the technology, I also know the methodology how to handle the class. So this technology methodology. I will put the. Put upon in my class and I will. I have already experienced that kind of, uh. The population in my class so I will manage it. By doing group pack. This I'm also a soft skill trainer. I have trained in a soft skills during my development officer career in Life Insurance Corporation of India so. All to that, bringing everything to the classroom. And make the students will listen and. Make them clear about the topic. Did you want to tell the teach?

You mentioned organizing ISO and NBA accreditation work at your previous college. If you joined our department and found that outcome assessment data was inconsistent across courses, how would you approach fixing that?

Yes. Uh, actually ISO is just the format based things. It is just assuring the qualitative type of things. Not the. Quantitative. So in NBA there are lots of formats and we need to stick to that. We have to analyze all those continuous assessment test, we need to mark up the results, we have to continuously analyze the individual people result. And then according to the results, we have certain measures. Based on that, we have to train them in, uh, different manner. We have to split them like slow learners. We have to give separate materials for. First learners we have to give separate. Uh, tricky type of questions. And then we can try and, uh, in between average students, we can train, uh, with some reference books like textbook if it is. They feel tougher to undergo the textbook then we need to give some references books. And also Seminarium material. And for all the slow runners, savage learners and top learners. Uh, I have a plan of giving a CHEAT SHEET. What is doing the same kind of CHEAT SHEET? I can give us notes. You think that? Uh, they will. There will not be any lag back in there. Assessment resource. Outcomes.

Professor, let me give you a real situation. Imagine a student files a formal complaint alleging your grading is biased, but at the same time, your department head is pressuring you to improve pass rates. How would you handle that tension between academic integrity and institutional expectations?

So. As I said. I have a clear idea about that methodologies of teaching and evaluating also. So I have been an evaluator. In Anna University. Uh final result validation for uh more than UH-15 to 20 sittings I have been on. Evaluator, so the turn off Baya Singh kind of things. Might not happen in my evaluation. So if that appears I will let the student I will explain about how the mark is split up. And how we he got awarded the box. All those things I will. Explain. I will explain over through the class. After completing a test I will explain all the students in front of the class. I will explain how the mark is built up and I how you are awarded your mocks. With that answer script. Uh, key answer key. I wonder if there is a pressure. Uh, we can't take the pressure it as it is actually, uh, we can give some retail. So it is a result was so poor, but. We can conduct some retest re exam. For the students. That's my idea.

Alright, let's talk about connecting theory to industry. Given your background in networking, smart boards, and teacher training, do you have relationships with companies or organizations that could help translate classroom learning into internships or placements for students at VIT?

Excuse me, before answering for this, can I ask you one question? Whether this video interview is recording? I don't know how to check it.

Okay, thanks for clarifying your question. Now, thinking about your experience with emerging technologies like smart boards, government education apps, and networking, can you describe a time when you had to quickly learn a new educational technology or tool yourself, and how you went about mastering it well enough to teach others?

Is this interview recording?

Alright, Mrs., we're wrapping up. Is there anything you'd like to ask about the role or the team?

Role This is an assistant professor. Role I. I think and. That's what I. Apply before. Uh, if we have an option you can please explain me also. I'm ready to listen.