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Achievements

IUCEE International Educator Certification Program – Spring 2025-Ms. Deepika Patil

Ms. Deepika P. Patil, faculty member of the Department of Electronics and Computer Science at Shah and Anchor Kutchhi Engineering College, successfully participated in the IUCEE International Educator Certification Program (IIECP) – Spring 2025, organized by the Indo Universal Collaboration for Engineering Education (IUCEE). The program aimed to enhance teaching effectiveness through innovative, learner-centric, and outcome-based educational practices. Through active participation and reflective learning, Ms. Patil showcased her dedication to academic excellence and continuous professional development in engineering education.

Laurels at IEEE EU-REKA 2025

We are pleased to share that two teams from Department of Electronics Engineering (VLSI Design And Technology) have won laurels at IEEE EU-REKA 2025, organized by the IEEE Pune Section.

We are very thankful to Mr. Nilesh Ranpura, Sr. Director Engineering ASIC@ eInfochips Pvt Ltd, Mr. Bhavin Kakani,Sr.Engineer, @ eInfochips Pvt Ltd, Dr. Dipesh Panchal, Physical Design Engineer @ eInfochips Pvt Ltd and Prasanna Prakash Shah, Director-Engineering ASIC @ eInfochips for their guidance and motivation .The team demonstrated excellence in innovation and problem-solving in the field of VLSI design and technology, showcasing their dedication and technical competence on this prestigious platform. We sincerely thank the principal, Dr.Bhavesh Patel and the management of Shah And Anchor Kutchhi Engineering College for their encouragement and support.

Congratulations to Team VLSI SMILER, Department of Electronics Engineering (VLSI Design And Technology) for securing the Second Place in IEEE EU-REKA 2025, organized by the IEEE Pune Section.

Team Composition:

·         Project Mentor: Ms. Aprajita Bera

·         Team Lead: Mr. Adnan Bagwan

·         Team Members: Mr. Chinmay Vanage, Ms. Devashree Surve, and Mr. Aditya Shinde

Congratulations to our second team : Bone Health Initiative Department of Electronics Engineering (VLSI Design And Technology) for securing place in TOP 15 in IEEE EU-REKA 2025, organized by the IEEE Pune Section.

Team Composition:

·         Project Mentor: Ms.Nibha Desai

·         Team Lead: Ms. Janhavi Kshirsagar

·         Team Members: Ms.Bhaveeka Badugu, Mr.Aditya Ashok and Mr.Vedant Sattarkar

This recognition highlights the collective efforts of the team and their commitment to advancing technical knowledge through impactful research and design. We congratulate them for this significant achievement and wish them continued success in future endeavors.

IEI NMLC-FCRIT Excellence Award 2025-Dr. Asha Durafe

The Department of Electronics and Computer Science, Shah & Anchor Kutchhi Engineering College (SAKEC) is delighted to share that Dr. Asha Durafe has been
honored with the IEI NMLC-FCRIT Excellence Award 2025 for Research Excellence in Teaching Faculty (Regional Category).
The award was jointly presented by The Institution of Engineers (India), Navi Mumbai Local Centre and Fr. C. Rodrigues Institute of Technology, Vashi, at the Excellence Awards Ceremony held on 16th September 2025 at IEI Centre Belapur, Navi Mumbai.

Excellence in Teaching Profession Award, Global Saraswati Sanman 2025, Ms. Swati Suchak

Ms. Swati Ankit Suchak has been honored with the Global Saraswati Sanman 2025 – Excellence in Teaching Profession Award on September 14, 2025. The award was presented by Shree Lohana Mahaparishad at Ahmedabad and received at the hands of Dr. Shri Kuberbhai Dindor, Hon’ble Minister of Education & Tribal Development, Government of Gujarat, and Shri Satishbhai Vithlani, President & Chairman of Shree Lohana Mahaparishad at Ahmedabad.

NPTEL Student Achievers 2024-25

The Department congratulates our students who have performed extremely well in the NPTEL Exams 2024-25

Sushant Dhobale – Data Structures and Algorithms Using Java- Score 52

Ananya Prashant Fulgaonkar- Software Testing- Score 48

Rutuja Katagi – Python for Data Science – Score 77 (Elite + Silver)

Hrutu Shinde- Python for Data Science – Score 62 (Elite)

Shlok Sandri – Python for Data Science – Score 68 (Elite)

Rakshit Diwani – Programming in Java – Score 82 (Elite + Silver)

Atharva Avhad – Joy of Computing using Python – Score 62 (Elite)

 

Best Paper Award

 

The department congratulates Dr. Sarika Bukkawar for winning the Best Paper Award at the 2nd International Conference on Technologies for Energy, Agriculture and Healthcare (ICTEAH 2025) for her paper titled IOT in Pisciculture : Revolutionising Fish Farming for Cleaner Water Ecosystem.

The conference was held at K J Somaiya School of Engineering, Somaiya Vidyavihar University Mumbai, on 5th and 6th June 2025.

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🏆 National Hackathon

Date: 2024
Details: Smart India Hackathon 2024 at IIT Kharagpur.
Faculty Mentor: Ms. Meghali Kalyankar
Industry Mentor: Mr. Tushar P.
Team Members:
Mr. Varun Patil, Mr. Shubham Kolaskar, Ms. Srishti Pandey,
Mr. Gautam Pokharkar, Ms. Ishita Shetty, Ms. Nishita Patel

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🏭 Industrial Visit

Date: 4th Feb 2025
Details: Visit to AIIPLTECH PVT. LTD., Vashi, Navi Mumbai – a leading cybersecurity innovator.

 

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🎤 Tech Talk

Speaker: Ms. Vishakha Shinde
Date: 1st February 2025
Details: Delivered seminar on “Future-Proofing India: Cybersecurity & Safety Imperatives” at South Indian Children’s Education Society’s Degree College.

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🌟 Best Achiever Alumni

Awardee: Ms. Vishakha Shinde
Date: 4th February 2025
Details: Honored as Best Achiever Alumni by Shri Saraswati Vidya Mandir, Bhandup, Mumbai.

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🛡️ Cyber Challenge

Participants:
Jayan Shah,
Pratham Shah,
Shubham Kolaskar
Date: February 18–19, 2025
Details: Participated in CyberChallenge organized by Delhi Police and CyberPeace. Mentored by Dr. Shwetambari Borade.

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Dr. Rupali Vairagade

🎤 Tech Talk

Speaker: Dr. Rupali Vairagade
Date: 14th October 2024
Details: Delivered an insightful Tech Talk on “India Future Ready: Safety & Cybersecurity Planning Considerations” to Second-Year students from the Computer Engineering Department at K.J. Somaiya Polytechnic under the banner of SAKEC CyberPeace Center of Excellence.

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Dr. Nilakshi Jain

💡 Expert Talk

Speaker: Dr. Nilakshi Jain
Date: 28th August 2024
Details: Conducted an Expert talk session on threat hunting at CHANDIGARH UNIVERSITY in collaboration with its CyberPeace Centre of Excellence.

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Best HoD of the Year

🏆 Best HoD of the Year

Speaker: Dr. Nilakshi Jain
Date: 30th – 31st August 2024
Details: Honored as Best HoD of the Year at CSI-E-TechNext 2024 Industry Academia Conference & Academia Awards.

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Dr. Nilakshi Jain

👩‍💼 IT Engineer Panel

Speaker: Dr. Nilakshi Jain
Date: June 2024
Details: Guided and uplifted society. She has been a part of the जैन युवा संघ मुंबई as an IT panelist, sharing insights and guiding aspiring engineers.

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Cybersecurity Awareness

🎭 Cybersecurity Awareness by Team Cyber Surksha Mandal

Event: Nukkad Natak
Date: July – October 2024
Details: Exposing Digital Deceptions: Skits on Deepfake Scams, Kidnapping Hoaxes, and Social Media Blackmail. Engaging performances at schools, public spaces, and colleges.

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Magazine Launch

📚 Unveiling The Magazine

Event: A Spectacular Launch
Date: July 2024
Details: Our magazine’s latest issue is set to revolutionize the way we confront the challenges of deepfake technology, misinformation, and online fraud.

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Vishakha Shinde EC-Council Certification

🎓 EC-Council’s Certified Cloud Security Engineer

Recipient: Ms. Vishakha Shinde
Date: July 2024
Details: Successfully earned the prestigious EC-Council’s Certified Cloud Security Engineer (C|CSE) certification. This vendor-neutral certification emphasizes essential cloud security practices, technologies, and frameworks.

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Navy Training

⚓ Training for Navy Officers

Facilitators: Dr. Asha Durafe, Dr. Rashmi Malvankar, Uday Bhave, Dr. Pravin Vishnu Shinde, Atul Kachare, Shubham Bakal, Satish Bangal
Date: April 2024
Details: Successfully conducted training for Navy officers in CCNA, Advanced SQL, and PHP under the supervision of Dr. Nilakshi Jain. Officers from various roles participated in this training.

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Council Members

🏆 SAKEC Cyber Security Student Board Members

Event: Congratulations to the SAKEC Cyber Security Student Board members
Date: April 2024
Details: Congratulated for their exceptional contributions throughout the academic year 2023-24. Their dedication and hard work have undoubtedly made a significant impact.

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PMO Delegation Visit

🌍 Distinguished Delegation Visit

Host: SAKEC CyberPeace Center of Excellence
Date: 13th February 2024
Details: Hosted esteemed representatives from the Prime Minister’s Office, Sun Group Enterprises, and the Israel National Cyber Directorate (INCD). Dr. Nilakshi Jain showcased our operations, while students presented their innovative projects.

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Cython 2024 Hackathon

🏆 Cython 2024 Hackathon

Team: Atharva Auti, Dhruvil Jain, Mihir Doshi, Vivek Mishra
Date: 6th April 2024
Details: SAKEC Cyber Security Team, CyHEX Infotech Private Limited, emerged victorious at Cython 2024 Hackathon organized by FITT-IIT Delhi, winning 3 Lakhs INR.

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Magazine Launch

📖 Magazine Launch

Department: CYS-E Department
Date: April 2024
Details: “Industry Insights” magazine explores how different sectors, from finance to healthcare, address challenges of deepfake manipulation.

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TrustTrace Launch

🚀 TrustTrace Project Launch

Team: Mustansir G., Yash Nagare, Shubham Kolaskar, Jayan Shah, Pratham Shah
Date: April 2024
Details: The team successfully introduced TrustTrace, aimed at combating deepfake threats, showcasing their hard work and innovation.

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German Patent

🏅 German Patent

Recipient: Dr. Shwetambari Borade
Date: 26th February 2024
Details: Dr. Borade received a German Patent for the system to develop a deep scattering convolutional network for cosmetic skin classification.

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CEH 2024

💻 Certified Ethical Hacker (C|EH) 2024

Participants: CYSE Students, Faculties, and External Participants
Date: January 2024
Details: 24 candidates registered, with 23 successfully completing the EC Council Certified Ethical Hacker (C|EH) V12 course.

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Data Mining Cup

Shah and Anchor Kutchhi Engineering College (SAKEC) as an esteemed educational institute feels proud to announce that our teams
“Coll_SAKEC_2” has ranked 2nd nationally and 21st internationally
“Coll_SAKEC_1” has ranked 3rd nationally and 22nd internationally

The DATA MINING CUP (DMC) has inspired students around the world to pursue intelligent data analysis since the year 2000. This year 78 teams from 59 universities in 23 countries took part in the competition.

Consecutively for 4 years, teams from SAKEC have outperformed in the Data Mining Cup.

We congratulate each and every member of the team for their exceptional performance. The team “Coll_SAKEC_2” consisted of Naman Desai, Rummaan Ahmad, Sachin Singh, and Shivam Prajapati guided by mentors Ms. Ashwini Deshmukh and Ms. Komal Patil. The team “Coll_SAKEC_1” consisted of Atik Mujawar, Akash Makwana, Anirudh Gupta, and Apurva Shardul guided by mentors Ms. Manya Gidwani and Ms.Theres Bemila Jenet. We truly believe that these teams have enthusiastically participated and taken immense efforts.

Prof. Y. K. Bhushan Most Influential Professors Award

Ms. Swati Nadkarni (HOD, IT Department) for her distinguished recognition as the recipient of the esteemed Late Prof. Y. K. Bhushan Most Influential Professors citation at the 12th Edition of the World Education Congress 2023 on 13th of July, 2023, at the Taj Lands End Mumbai.

Indian Patent Grant

Dr. Jalpa Darshit Mehta has been officially granted the Indian Patent on “SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING SEVERITY OF LEPROSY FROM ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS” for the term of 20 years on 14th March, 2025. This achievement is a testament to the dedication to innovation in healthcare technology and the mission to revolutionize early detection and diagnosis of leprosy using electronic health records.

ORDINARY APPLICATION Patent

Ms. Smita Bansod received the patent titled as AN INTELLIGENT APPROACH TO MONITORING THE EFFICIENCY OF A PROTECTED BLOCKCHAIN-BASED HEALTHCARE FACILITY in ordinary application category in 2023.

MSJ Award

Mr.Manish Bhelande, the recipient of esteemed MSJ Award for excellence contribution in field of Education on 17th July 2023 at Mayor Hall,Andheri, Mumbai.

Best Paper Award

Dr. Saurabh Suman got the best paper award in the International Conference on Data Computation and Communication (ICDCC-2024) held on November, 29th-30th 2024 at VIT Bhopal University,Madhya Pradesh,India.

QUIZ WINNER

Ms. Pramila Shinde emerged as a winner in QUIZ DAY 4 held on 4th August 2023 as First Prize Winner for Seasonal School: Revolutionary Solutions for Biomedical Signal and Image Analysis using AI (ReSBiSIA_AI-2023). It was jointly organized by IEEE SPS SCET SB and IEEE SPS CKPCET SB in association with IEEE SPS Gujrat Chapter between 1st Aug to 5th Aug 2023.

Winner in SMART INDIA HACKATHON 2023

Mr. Sarthak Deshmukh, Mr. Yash Kesharwani Students of IT department of Team AssetSentinels for winning a First prize of Worth Rs. 1 lakh Rupees at the Grand Finale of Smart India Hackathon 2023 conducted at Nodal center OP Jindal University Raigarh (C.G.) from 19th to 20th December 2023.

Carrom Winner

IT students Ms. Ambati Laya and Mr. Vighnesh Sadaye won 1st Prize in Carrom Double in XAVION 2024.

Mr. Vighnesh Sadaye won 1st Prize in Carrom single in D Y Patil Deemed TO Be University 2024.

Boxing Winner

Mr. Adityanarayan Chaudhary, Information
Technology student has won Silver Medal in Heavyweight Division, at the OLE 2023
Inter-College Level #Boxing Tournament, held at Wilson College Chowpatty
Mumbai 400 007 on 27th January 2023.

Winner at Spiritual Youth Parliament: Well-being and Better World

The Department of Information Technology congratulates TY IT Student Mr. Yogesh Tiwari for winning the Spiritual Youth Parliament: Well-being and Better World which was held from 16-20 June 2023 at Mount Abu, India. It was organized by the Youth Wing of RERF, Brahma Kumaris and the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports.

Second Prize in International Project Competition

SAKEC students team bagged 2nd prize in track 3 at international level project
competition IEEE YESIST 12 INNOVATION CHALLENGE TRACK organized by
KLEIT IEEE student branch. A group of 3 BE IT students and 1 mentor from the
Information Technology Department– Mr. Nemil Panchamia, Mr. Jay Mehta and
Mr. Priyesh Ghosh mentored by Prof. Jalpa Mehta.

Second Prize in Project Poster Presentation

SAKEC Team secured 2 nd position in the project poster presentation held during
“Center Anniversary” in IETE House Mumbai. A group of 4 students are as follows:
Mr. Sachin Singh, Mr. Shivam Prajapati, Ms. Maithili Jain, and Ms. Pallavi Pandey.

NPTEL Staff Achievers 2023-24

We congratulate the following staff members of our department who have successfully completed NPTEL examinations in the academic year 2023-24

Prof. Salabha Jacob – Big Data Computing -96%(Elite Gold)

Prof. Preethi Warrier- Introduction to IOT – 69%(Elite)

Prof. Vidya Gogate- Cyber Security and Privacy- 61%(Elite)

Prof. Manjusha Kulkarni- Software Testing- 53%

Prof. Bhushan Mali- Cloud Computing- 60%

Prof. Amit Tiwari- Computer Networks And Internet Protocol -68%(Elite)

Prof. Preethi Warrier- Effective Communication- 84%(Elite Silver- Top 5 Percent)

NPTEL Student Achievers 2023-24

The following students of our department successfully completed NPTEL Examination conducted in April 2024

Ananya Fulgaonkar- The Joy of Computing using Python – 68%(Elite)

Deep Patil- The Joy of Computing using Python – 58%

Sahil Uttam Nerkar-The Joy of Computing using Python- 58%

Sujay Sushilendra Manasubdar- The Joy of Computing using Python- 67%(Elite)

Roshan Mehta – The Joy of Computing using Python -58%

SAKEC Ranks in Gold Band for Outcome-Based Excellence in 2024

Join us in celebrating Shah and Anchor Kutchhi Engineering College’s prestigious achievement – Ranked in the Gold Band for Outcome-Based Excellence in OBE Rankings 2024! Our commitment to quality education shines through our recognition as an Institution of Outcome-Based Education. Discover our programs and be part of our success story!

Accredited with 'A' Grade (2021) by NAAC for 5 years
Ranked in band 251-300 (2020) by NIRF
UG Programs for Computer, IT & EXTC Accredited by NBA
UG Programs for Computer & IT granted 'permanent affiliation' by University of Mumbai

 

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