Hello.

Please start by introducing your professional journey in academia.

Myself is doctor Sanjay Kumar Pal. I have completed my. BSc from Calcutta University. In the year 1989. In science background. I have completed licensure in mechanical engineering. From. State Council for Engineering and Technical Education, Government of West Bengal in the year 1999.

Thank you for outlining your academic background, Professor. Could you describe a foundational concept in mechanical engineering that you find especially rewarding to teach at the undergraduate level?

I have completed MCA. From IGNO. In the year 200. Four and I have completed M take. In information technology in the year. 2011. I wish in the last year, that is in 2025, I have completed. PhD in Computer Science Engineering from Maulana Abul Kalamazar, University of Technology. Bengal Government of West Bengal. So these are the my my academic background. And I have uh. Uh, around 33 years experience out of which. UH-22 years in the.

Thank you for sharing your extensive teaching and research experience. Your PhD thesis focused on cryptography using both traditional and computational intelligence approaches. How do you incorporate insights from this research into your classroom teaching, particularly when explaining advanced concepts to undergraduate or master's students?

Higher academic institution. Then NI triple TR. Kolkata. In Heritage Institute of Technology. And since 2007. I am here in NSHM Knowledge campus, Kolkata in the department. Computing and analytics. I'm right now I am assistant professor in the senior grade. And I. I have around. 60 plus publications. One book published. And uh. Uh, around 5 book chapter I have published. This is my. Academy experience and. Uh.

Impressive record of publications and teaching. Could you select one of your recent research publications and explain how its findings have influenced your approach to supervising student projects?

Research Background. Thank you.

Thank you for summarizing your academic and research background. Among your 60+ publications, can you highlight one that you believe best demonstrates your expertise in multimedia or artificial intelligence in media, and explain its significance within your teaching or curriculum development?

I am here at this college since 2007. And this one is affiliated under Maulana Abul Kalama, the University of Technology, Government of West Bengal. After joining these college. I have initiated new courses. Development Develop new syllabus of. MC, Cybersecurity. MSC Data Science. And recently? I have also. To develop new syllabus. For NCA courses. Since NSHM are. Running 2. Different courses. Of MCA 1 is. Uh, affiliated under Macout and another one is the. Under autonomous institution. So in this system also conducted some courses. Uh, in autonomous as a autonomous body. And uh, MCA is one of them. So this syllabus of MCA. I am the member of the Bos of this Syllabus committee and. Curriculum has been developed. Accordingly. Other than these, there are lots of students working. In the project. In MSC saga Security student of MSC Cyber security student. NCS Student. In my guidance. And I am. I kill to. Registered student. UH in uh, PhD. And I am. Just in the process. Of doing these. Actually that's why I'm searching. I want to join in some university where I can.

Understood. You’ve contributed significantly to curriculum development and student mentoring. Can you share a specific example where your research in AI or multimedia directly shaped a classroom teaching method or student project?

Registered my student. Uh, as a research scholar.

You’ve clearly been deeply involved in curriculum development and mentoring. Can you give a concrete example of how your experience guiding PhD or postgraduate students has influenced your approach to evaluating student work or examinations?

The students of MSC Cybersecurity. Uh, they initially come with some. Basic idea of the. Uh, project work. The postgraduate student. So as a teacher. I always. Uh.

Motivate them.

Okay. When evaluating their project work, what specific criteria do you emphasize to ensure both technical rigor and originality?

Motivation is important. When your students propose project ideas, how do you help them refine those ideas into research questions suitable for academic publication?

To convert these. Idea. Into some research. An innovative word. Because project work. Is and the researcher. Not exactly same. Uh, so. Project Word is basic. Of some research What so? Based on their idea and with my involvement. I generally help them. Or guide them or. As a teacher, I always motivate them. So that they can do some new idea, implement some. The small concept. That can help. Develop some new area. Or they are. Develop their own career also. According to the needs of the present needs of the industry. So recently one of my students developed some project work. And also this project work also converted into the research. That is, uh, the. Uh, how the? Resources. To be. Utilize. Uh, during the. Uh, the devices that is used for. A game actually gaming, so when the resources is free, how it can be utilized? So these are the one parameter actually analyze and how it will be utilized accordingly. So we. Develop some. People like this. Yeah, I also involved in several area like I have some knowledge in the graph theory. I have some publication in this particular area in networking. And I have. I am also my PhD topic is the cryptography model design using. Traditional and. The uh. The computational intelligence approaches and I used some Ann model. For develop for. In this regards to develop new model of the cryptography. So this is my part of my. This this concept I also conveyed to my students how they can use this concept and further develop this. Particular area there. Knowledge. And they are. Work and innovative idea can be implemented so that it can be a good work actually. For the benefit of the institution, for the benefit of him and. For the benefit of the Nissan. Thank you very much.

You mentioned guiding students from project ideas to innovative research—how do you assess whether a student’s work is ready for submission to a peer-reviewed journal versus internal evaluation only?

Thank you very much.

Thank you for sharing your guidance process. Based on your experience, how do you ensure that your teaching methods remain aligned with evolving industry standards, especially in fields like cybersecurity and AI?

In cybersecurity, we have already. Completed uh. 56 batches and of the master degree courses. Some students involved in the industry. And they also. Who doing their? What successfully? Mainly they are involved in analysis of. For the penetration testing analysis of the web page is the penetration testing. Using the different tools. Uh, obviously that is the tools developed according to their needs and, uh. The their task is to identify the loopholes of the particular web page. Or prevent of some. Unwanted. Access. From the outside. And also insider threats. Also to prevent insider trades. Uh, by changing the configuration of the systems and etcetera. So they are doing. Nicely is some students involved. Yeah, my student here is right now working in Deloitte. It's, uh, like in. Uh, in the ITC also. A telecom. Infocomm uh. And in the SAP. Uh, cognizant. TCS in several industry they are working. So they are, obviously they are. Uh, brilliant student so. They're doing their work. For the long time like last. 5-6 years they are working in this particular area. One of my students, uh. Working in the Deloitte as a programmer. So he's a very good programmer actually. Yeah, the student of PCA. So. My. To just, uh, motivate, motivate and the guide them. How they have to. Uh implies their efficiency for the development of the industry. For the benefit. Our business development. For in, uh and. Their personal development also for continuous. Teaching through the continuous. Teaching and learning process. So these are the. Sir can't accounts of experience AI care could be used for the. For uh, like this one is the interview is going on right now. It's a tools used for the. The human interaction. You know, through the AI. So we can use for. This is the technical writing also. We can use the AI for scheduling. We can use automatic monitoring. And et cetera. So we can use AI. Uh, we have developed, uh, some technique and strategy through AI so that we can. Using the AI so that we can automate some process, uh. And take decision based on the analysis. Of the tools, uh, analysis by the tools. Uh, so that is the. And, uh, requirement. According to the. Recent requirement of the industry, actually. So these are the. These are in not in a very advanced stage. So.

Thank you for detailing how you keep your teaching relevant. For the next topic, could you describe your three-year research roadmap if you were to join our institution? Please highlight any plans for interdisciplinary work or external funding.

See a saktipography. Is not a new area, it is a very old. Approaches cryptography. But how the cryptography can be implemented? In according to the present needs, that is the. Area of. Requirement nowadays, uh. Uh, there is a huge scope how the cryptography model new model can be developed. Uh using. There are several uh for, uh develop for. For tools and techniques. Prevent from the hackers. And unwanted access. To prevent the.

Thank you for sharing your approach. For a large-enrollment course, can you describe in detail how you would implement an active learning model—such as a flipped classroom—without relying on traditional slides or lecture format?

Standard algorithm.

That is available. Uh, that is classical algorithm, Private key cryptography algorithm, Public key cryptography algorithm. How this algorithm is actually working? So these are the theoretical knowledge and in practical. How? These could be implemented using the several programming language. How? The algorithm can be developed using the. Ann Techniques. And recently the quantum computing techniques is also utilized in cryptography model so. In my research work, I personally used this UH tree priority machine concept. Got developed, uh, the. The two models actually I had developed in my. Uh, uh, in my uh thesis and uh it is uh means uh. Uh, it is, uh. Uh, in my research work it is involved in my thesis, so. A tripartite machine is one of the techniques or tools that is used. For develop some new cryptography model. Here in for the cryptography model, uh, the. Uh, development of a complex key. Is a main issue if we can develop some. Could be dynamic. And. Is complex. Then. It is very difficult. Call to beg. The uh. Yeah, systems actually. Because if the key is dynamic, so it is very difficult to understood what is the key actually use. So it it is be very difficult to break the IT is actual. So key has the has very, it has very important role. In the cryptography model. So there are lots of algorithms of encryption and decryption, but key is the big issue as I want to mention actually. So I generally guide student how the key can be generated in several ways using. The several. The techniques and etcetera. It may be the. Uh, traditional model using the mathematical model using the graph theoretical model. We can develop key. I have already lots of. Application in this particular area. So. Student. I also motivate student so that they can use the idea. Or development of key and the encryption and decryption. Or development of the. Complete integrated cryptography model. That can help in the. Uh, in the reality. It can be industry. Ready tool search. Thank you very much.

That is available. Uh, that is classical algorithm, Private key cryptography algorithm, Public key cryptography algorithm. How this algorithm is actually working? So these are the theoretical knowledge and in practical. How? These could be implemented using the several programming language. How? The algorithm can be developed using the. Ann Techniques. And recently the quantum computing techniques is also utilized in cryptography model so. In my research work, I personally used this UH tree priority machine concept. Got developed, uh, the. The two models actually I had developed in my. Uh, uh, in my uh thesis and uh it is uh means uh. Uh, it is, uh. Uh, in my research work it is involved in my thesis, so. A tripartite machine is one of the techniques or tools that is used. For develop some new cryptography model. Here in for the cryptography model, uh, the. Uh, development of a complex key. Is a main issue if we can develop some. Could be dynamic. And. Is complex. Then. It is very difficult. Call to beg. The uh. Yeah, systems actually. Because if the key is dynamic, so it is very difficult to understood what is the key actually use. So it it is be very difficult to break the IT is actual. So key has the has very, it has very important role. In the cryptography model. So there are lots of algorithms of encryption and decryption, but key is the big issue as I want to mention actually. So I generally guide student how the key can be generated in several ways using. The several. The techniques and etcetera. It may be the. Uh, traditional model using the mathematical model using the graph theoretical model. We can develop key. I have already lots of. Application in this particular area. So. Student. I also motivate student so that they can use the idea. Or development of key and the encryption and decryption. Or development of the. Complete integrated cryptography model. That can help in the. Uh, in the reality. It can be industry. Ready tool search. Thank you very much.

Understood. How do you assess whether students have truly grasped both the theoretical and applied aspects of cryptography in your courses—what specific methods or assignments do you use to ensure fair and accurate evaluation?

Let's discuss your approach to institutional stewardship. Suppose your department needs to improve its research output per faculty to meet national accreditation benchmarks. What systematic steps would you take to help achieve this, and how would you involve your colleagues in the process?

Your integration of advanced cryptography models into practical assignments is clear. Can you explain your experience in student evaluation processes, and how you would ensure fairness and accuracy while assessing diverse learner abilities in courses at VIT University?

Basically, evaluation is a. Particular. Measurement. What is the standard of a student? What? How much they learn, actually. Evaluation not indicating we are trying to. Measure. We are trying to measure ourselves how much we delivered and how much they understood actually. If we delivered properly. Ophiuchus delivered, according to the student. Uh, understanding level. Then student can understand it easily and they can. Uh, understand? The. Theory. Obviously. Their score will be very, very good, but it is depending upon the interaction, continuous interaction between the teacher and student. And in class in. Class outside class. In lab and etc. And, uh, evaluation we generally. Uh, done for, for the for, uh, transparency. We can take the online. MCQ kinds of. Test online quizzes. Online assignment. And it could be measure automatically. By the system. So there is no. Oral interpretation by teacher. There is no manipulation. And etcetera, it should be fair. So that we can measure the student. Improvement. Uh, transparently. And it is. Uh, uh, continuous process. Uh, so. In every semester. In our university, we generally take. Two continuous assessment. In one in a dream, man. And after that final examination? So based on this continuous evaluation, first evaluation is some. Presentation 11 problem is given. They prepare this problem. They solve this problem. And they present this problem and evaluate. Through online mode. So that there could there is no scope for you. Manipulation on it. So it is a transmitted process. Next one is report writing in CA-2. CA-3 is the. Written exam test online. Read an exam test. CA-4 is also going on. Online Insecure. And final examination, that is the semester and examination that is going on. Uh, pen and paper. Uh, the paper. But. Evaluation is going on online mode. Everything. Please Add all the papers scanned and uploaded into the system. And as a teacher who is generally evaluate. All the paper answer script through on the online mode there is a tools. Of the Macout, uh, through these tools, we generally. Evaluate the paper so this is a transparent process a student can easily. Verify their answer script. According to the rules of the Macout. If they have some doubts and etcetera. Otherwise the whole thing is transparent, so. Evaluation One side evaluation indicating the improvement of the student. How much they, uh, actually, uh, understood. What we have are actually. Set a knowledge and also. We understood the as a teacher, we understood. How much the improvement is there? Or a student. So that they could be sustained into the. Real life. So that is the. Evaluation actually. Concept of evaluation. Thank you very much.

Your emphasis on transparency and continuous assessment is clear. At VIT, interdisciplinary research and external funding are important—can you share an example of how you have collaborated across departments or secured research funding in your prior roles?

We have involved in some uh. Collaborative research with some other. Institution that is also under the NSHM. Uh, these, uh, they are developing some. Uh. That is the actually optimistic department. They are developing some tools. Uh, for, uh, identifying the cataract and etcetera using the tools, they give some parameters. We as a teacher, I have. Yeah, use some algorithm. Uh, where we can. Identify. Some particular from the image, some particular spots and et cetera. It is, uh, from where we can. Uh, we can, uh, identify that this could. Be the problem. The problematic area or this could be. A a problem of this particular patient. So this one is the theoretical. Uh, mood? Actually, it is going on. Other than these, uh. I have involved with some. Pharmaceutical departments. Or uh the some medicine related activity. But I am not directly involved, I am just giving some idea how it will be but. It is true that till now I am not directly involved with some. Uh, consultancy. Activity with some industry and etcetera. So if the scope is there, it will be started obviously if. I'm working in some university, obviously I'll try to connect with some. Industry, UH and I also involve my students. Research scholar. Uh to solve some problem along with me. Uh, so, uh, so that we can, uh, solve some particular problem and et cetera. So it is obviously it is required for the development of the. Institution for the development of the student and for the development of the academics. More personal. Development also. Thank you.

Professor, imagine you are supervising final grading in a course, and a student formally alleges that your grading was biased—yet your department is also under strong pressure to meet institutional pass-percentage targets. How would you address this situation to ensure both integrity and fairness?

To so that the. A student can uh. Understood that there is no biasness actually. So, uh. I need I personally. You can never do these types of activity. Biasness, non transparency.

I try to avoid actually. That's all. Thank you very much.

Understood. For our final topic, can you share a concrete strategy you would use to leverage your professional network to create internship or employment pipelines for VIT students?

Now I’ll need to verify a few specific competencies. Can you describe a recent example where you applied multimedia or artificial intelligence methods in a media-related project or teaching context?

Because all the students are my. Students somewhere like. Uh, all our, uh, student is, uh, actually brilliant nowadays, so we cannot, uh. Misguide them. They understood what is going on actually, so we have to. As a teacher, I always try. In my past and follow the transparency. All of these activities. Thank you very much.

Thank you for your perspective. Can you give an example of how you have guided student projects or research, specifically focusing on how you helped students move from an idea to a completed research output?

Initially. Uh, for the student project, uh, I generally. Uh.

That’s a good starting point. Once your students have selected a topic, how do you help them structure their research and ensure they stay on track to completion?

Ask some project. Name where they can. Contribute something. I never. Force them to do this work, or that work on, etc. They initially they proposed some. Uh, concept that I want to do this one, I want to do that one. So. Accordingly, we generally use them and give guide them. What development suppose? Uh, one student. Uh, actually. Develop some project for biomedical waste management. Uh, it is, uh. Two years back, so. This one is actually. Biomedical lowest is actually generated in the hospital, so. When the bat is, uh, full. And so it is the sensor is there. It is when it is nearer to feed the sensor automatically. Uh, Saints and uh, send some information that, uh, the bat is. Failed so it should be clear immediately so that. Uh, the. According to the rules of the government, it cannot be. Overflow. So these are the concepts some student develop some cryptography model. So some student recently developed how resources utilized. Uh, game development tools and etc. The system. Server and client. So client when the client is idle, how they can utilize? Uh, they are ideal resources in some other work and etcetera. During the battle period, the resources utilized actually. It very. Rigorously. But uh, when it is free, how it is reused? So we have analyzed the CPU utilization and etcetera. Uh, so, so that, uh. Uh, the system can be. Used etcetera so. Guiding student is actually. Asked step is to. Uh, identification of problem. This it is better if the problem is identified by the student. Then it is very easy to. Solve them because if. Anyone is? Uh, identify problem. He could understand that how the problem can be solved. As a teacher I always. Give some guidance. Get motivate them. Or how it could be possible? I generally give some suggestions also. Uh, in my capacity. So.

That’s helpful context. How do you ensure your guidance method works equally well for students who may struggle with independent research or need more structured support?

And finally, what we understand. Our target of the students. According to the needs is. Try to fulfill. And this project is also presented. Uh, into the, uh, in front of the. Uh, committee, so. It is also evaluated uh. So. The project quality also could be measured. When it is presented in front of in front of the committee. Of the project evaluation committee. So these are the techniques we generally follow. Yeah, this part in our institution. Thank you very much.

And finally, what we understand. Our target of the students. According to the needs is. Try to fulfill. And this project is also presented. Uh, into the, uh, in front of the. Uh, committee, so. It is also evaluated uh. So. The project quality also could be measured. When it is presented in front of in front of the committee. Of the project evaluation committee. So these are the techniques we generally follow. Yeah, this part in our institution. Thank you very much.

That’s a clear process. Now, can you outline your approach to teaching both theoretical and laboratory courses, especially how you balance conceptual understanding with hands-on skills?

That’s a thorough overview of your approach. Now, can you describe how you ensure your communication style is clear and structured when teaching complex topics to students with varied backgrounds?

Uh, it is. Depends upon the teacher actually. If the student. Quality depending upon the quality of the students, the teaching techniques is also changed. The only lecture may not enough. Sometimes we have to. Some small tasks to solve. The problem? We can give some. The small questions. We can interact. We can give some examples. Real time example. For understanding purpose. So only lecture may not be enough every time so. We have to. Think it is our responsibility as a teacher. Uh, we always, uh. Think about the level. If the student level. Quality is not. Very good. So obviously we. Have to interact more and more with the students so that we can con. Uh, uh, we can share our knowledge to the students. For improvement of. The student, student and et cetera. Uh, other, uh, another one is the. Every time, uh, if we always, every time we use. Uh, teaching. Is a art actually. So through some hands on activity we can also. So improve the. Knowledge of the students so. Uh, it is not that. It's uh, the only. Teaching means sharing some. Notes and etcetera. Teaching means also. Setting some uh. Stories selling some. Uh no uh, knowledge with some hands on activity. Uh, it may be some project to work. It may be some quiz, it may be some small assignment plus test and etcetera. So there are several approaches are there? Accordingly, we try to understand that this person is understood by the students actually. So only continuous teaching may. Not be effective. Because core student. Always. Uh, they are. They may be academically poor, which is true. But uh. We try to, which is our responsibility to. Who involve them in some. Uh, activities through some activities, uh. And for sharing our knowledge to the students. Thank you.

Thank you for explaining your teaching approach. Can you briefly outline your highest-impact research publication and how it contributed to the field?