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Dr. SUDHINDRA RAO M

Designation Professor & Head
Email sudhi78_dr@nitte.edu.in
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Educational Qualifications

Graduation:B.E in E&C from NIE, Mysore, India, 1986 -(FCD)
Post-Graduation:M.Tech in CSE from MIT, Manipal, India, 1990-(FCD)
Ph.D in CSE from University of Mysore, India, 2002
Area of Research:CAD for VLSI - Topic: Design of Algorithms for optimum area utilization in VLSI ASICS

Past Experience

Lecturer In Manipal Institute Of Technology for 6 Years
Reader In Manipal Institute Of Technology for 3 Years
Professor In NMAMIT for 7 Years
Professor & Head Of Department of CSE and Dean(Academics) for 9 Years
Professor From 2012-Till Date In NMAMIT

Areas of Interest

Algorithm design for VLSI CAD, Multi core architecture and Program
Optimization, Ad-hoc Networks, E-learning, Advanced Microprocessors

Departmental Responsibilities

Management responsibilities as Head of the Department of CSE
Examiner for V.T.University Belagavi, Mangalore, Bangalore, Kuvempu, Kannur and Goa Universities

Professional Memberships

Life Member of ISTE (LM816 )
Senior Member of IEEE (01492834)
Senior Member of CSI (F8000642)
Fellow of IE(India)

Subjects Handled

Logic Design
Design and Analysis of Algorithms
Finite Automata & formal Languages
Computer Organization & Architecture
Systems Programming
RDBMS
Microprocessors & Peripherals
Principles of Programming Languages
Compiler Design,
Computer Graphics
VLSI Design
C# Programming & .NET Concepts
Embedded and Real Time Systems
Cryptography and Network Security
MIS
CAD for VLSI
System simulation and Modelling.

Conference/Journal publications

Additional Information

Developed "Computer Graphics Laboratory" at Manipal Institute Technology, Manipal, India in March 1988
Reviewer for the Proceedings of IEEE Conference on "VLSI Design" since 2002.
Chair of Programme Committee, National Conference on "Distributed Computing" , NMAMIT, Nitte India, 2004
Coordinator for FIVE ISTE sponsored Short Term Training Programs
Set up "Data Mining Laboratory" at NMAM Institute of Technology, Nitte during January 2006
Chair of Organizing Committee , National Conference on "Ubiquitous & Pervasive Computing" , NMAMIT, Nitte, India, 24-25 January 2007
So far, guided 42 BE level projects and 17 M.Tech. level projects
President of Rotary Club of Nitte during 2006-07
Consultant for a Patent Search organization :EntellectLLP.com
Applied for an Indian Patent, based on research work (application no.: 428/CHE/2008)
Applied for US Provisional Patent in April 2010 for the research work on "New Architecture for Network on chip (NoC) systems" (Application Number:61/395,480 dated 14/5/2010)
Received AICTE travel grant for attending the conference at Shanghai, China
Was Chairman of BOE (Board of Examination)-Computer Science at Mangalore University during 1997-98. Was member of BOE-Computer Science of Visvesvaraya Technological University ,Belgaum during 2004-05.
BOS and BOE Chairman of NMAMIT Nitte for Computer Science UG and PG programs under Autonomous Scheme.
Board of Studies member of Computer Science at MIT, ManipalUniversity, NMIT Bangalore, SDMCE Dharwad, BVBCE Hubli, Bangalore, Dr.AIT Bangalore and St.Aloysius College Mangalore during 2007-08
Governing Council Member of St.John Engg. College Bangalore, Academic Council Member of Dr.AIT Bangalore from 2013.
President of Hockey India Udupi from July 2014
Program Chair of 2016 IEEE Distributed Computing, VLSI, Electrical Circuits and Robotics (DISCOVER) Conference, 13-14 August 2016, NITK, Surathkal

Dr. SEEMA PAVAMAN

Designation Professor & HOD
Email seemapavaman@nitte.edu.in
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MD (Pediatrics)

Pediatric Neurology

Member of SAKURA Exchange Program in Science, an Japan-Asia Youth Exchange program in Science, awarded by Japan Science and Technology Agency and organized by the University of Miyazaki in February 2019
Award Paper in Mangalore Pedicon 2019-I prize Balakrishna Bhandari, Seema P. Sindgikar, Vijaya Shenoy, Raghu Shankar. Renal scarring following urinary tract infections in children
Judge for conference presentations in Mangalore Pedicon 2019, & Dr M R Shenoy Oration, March 2019 and 2021
III prize for the free paper (e-poster) presented at 54th national Conference of Indian Academy of Pediatrics (Pedicon 2017, January 2017
Received best case award for guidance at CONNAISANCE 2017 (Undergraduate Conference), held in JIPMER, Pondichery

Shenoy RD, Sindgikar SP, Shenoy V, Uppoor R, Rao R, Singh S. Pregnancy outcome in occupational tobacco exposure: A cohort study from south India. Indian J Community Med. 2020;45:54-59
Vijay A, Sinha S, Pavaman SS, Shenoy VD. Effect of gestational diabetes on the vitamin D levels in the neonates: a case-control study. The Turkish J Pediatr.2020;62(3):431-435
Bandari B, Sindgikar SP, Kumar SS, Vijaya MS, Shankar R. Renal scarring following urinary tract infections in children. Sudan J Pediatr. 2019;10(1):25-30
Soma Santosh Kumar, Seema Pavaman S, Smriti Sinha, Vijaya Diwakar Shenoy. Pediatric Crohn Disease: A Case Series from a Tertiary Care Center. Indian Journal Child Health. 2019; 6(3) 133-135
Sindgikar SP, Shenoy KD, Kamath N, Shenoy R. Audit of organic acidurias from a single center: Clinical and metabolic profile at presentation with long term outcome. J Clin Diag Research. 2017;11(9):11-14.

Paediatrics

Ongoing (Intramural):

Principal Investigator: Cord blood vascular endothelial growth factor and placental pathology in fetal growth restriction Dr. Seema Pavaman (PI)

Completed (Intramural)

Co-investigator: Role of Vitamin D and Zinc in preventing recurrent respiratory tract infections in childhood- a prospective case-control study

American Heart Association certified Pediatric Advanced Life Support Instructor

Dr. SUMANTH SHETTY

Designation Professor
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MBBS DCH, MD (Pediatrics), PhD

Social Paediatrics , Adolescent care, Paeditrics Nutrition and Rehabilitation

Krishnan AR, Nayak P, Bellipady SS, Shenoy RD. Urine uric acid creatinine ratio as a diagnostic and prognostic marker of neonatal birth asphyxia. Asian J Clin Pediatr Neonatol. 2020;8(2):6-10
John B, Bellipady SS, Bhat SU. Sleep deprivation and risk for cognitive vulnerability in school-going adolescents: Does the biopsychosocial correlates have a significant role oversleep behavioral practices? Childhood Vulnerability. 2019; 2: 3-28
Mohini H, Shetty BS. A study to assess the knowledge of mothers on home-based neonatal care at a selected area of rural Bangalore. Int J Community Med Public Health 2017;4:1695-700
John B, Bellipady SS, Bhat SU. Sleep promotion program for improving sleep behaviors among adolescents in selected schools: a randomized controlled trial. International Journal of Mental Health Promotion. 2017 Mar;19(2):51-68
John B, Bellipady SS, Bhat SU. Sleep promotion program for improving sleep behaviors in adolescents: a randomized controlled pilot study. Scientifica. 2016;1-8
Doddabasava K, Philip P, Shetty BS, Jacob CS, Subramanyam K. Gamut of congenital heart diseases in a tertiary center in South India: an ode to echocardiography. International Journal of Contemporary Pediatrics. 2017 May;4(3):1021-6.

Pediatrics

Dr. PRASHANTH B. NAIK

Designation Associate Professor
Email prashantnaik@nitte.edu.in
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MBBS, MD (Pediatrics)

Medical Education

Case report: Sonali S. Bapat, Ashok Menon Pulikot, Prashant Naik, Nandita Chinchankar, "Antiphospholipid antibody syndrome". Indian Pediatr. 2001 Dec; 38(12):1413-6
Original Article: S Sonkusare, L Rai, P Naik, "Preterm Birth: Mode of Delivery and Neonatal Outcome", Med J Malaysia. 2009 Dec; 64(4):303-6
Case Report: Lewis LE, Ramesh Bhat Y, Naik P, Sethi K, Girisha KM. "Opsismodysplasia." Indian J Pediatr. 2010 May; 77(5):567-8
Case Report: Yogesh Kumar Gupta, Anushre Prasad, Pushpa Kini, Prashant Naik, Deepti Choprra, Krishnananda Prabhu. "Case report on an infant presenting with hypoglycemia, and milky serum". Asian Pac J Trop Biomed. 2012 Apr; 2(4):331-2
Case Report: Prashant Naik, Pushpa Kini, Deepti Chopra, Yogesh Gupta. "Finlay-Marks syndrome: Report of two siblings and review of the literature". Am J Med Genet A. 2012 Jul; 158A (7):1696-701.

Pediatrics

Studies on Pregnancy, Delivery and child development pattern in water-contaminated area of India. Nitte University, India and University of Miyazaki, Japan joint project.

Dr. SWATHI SUNIL RAO

Designation Associate professor
Email swathirao@nitte.edu.in
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MBBS, DNB (Pediatrics) (Fellowship in PICU)

Sepsis, Intensive Care, Infectious Disease

Fellowship in Pediatric Critical Care under Indian Academy of Pediatrics at St John's hospital Bangalore
Bagged first prize in poster presentation and second prize in quiz competition in the International Conference of Pediatric Critical Care 2018 held at Hyderabad

Rao SS, Preethika A, Yeldho DM et al. Maternal Occupational Tobacco Exposure and Newborn Umbilical Cord Serum Leptin Concentration. Indian Pediatr 2020;57:918-21
Rao SS, Reddy M, Lalitha AV, Ghosh S. Electrocardiometry for Hemodynamic Categorization and Assessment of Fluid Responsiveness in Pediatric Septic Shock-A Pilot Observational Study. Indian J Crit Care Med 2021;25(2):185-192
Madhava KK, Rao SS, Rathika D. Shenoy RD. Assessment of fetal malnutrition by body mass index and intra uterine growth curves: a comparative study. Int J Contemp Pediatr 2016;3:773-7
Rao SS, Shenoy RD, Salian S, Girisha KM. Focal dermal hypoplasia with a denovo mutation p.e300* of PORCN gene in a male infant. Indian J Dermatol. 2016;61:700
Rao SS, Meenakshi A, Shetty PD, Shenoy VD. A case report of rare sex chromosomal aneuploidy: 48, XXXY/49, XXXXY. International Journal of Research in Health Sciences. 2015 Jun;3(2):252-5.

Pediatrics

Ongoing (Intramural):

Principal Investigator: Role of Nuclear factor-kappa B activation and inflammatory biomarkers in critically ill children.

Completed (Extramural):

Co-PI: Comprehensive clinical and genetic evaluation of children with Orofacial clefting for associated anomalies: A descriptive study from a regional referral center. Funding Agency: Department of Health Research, GOI Grant. (2016-2020)

Completed (Intramural)

Principal Investigator: Effect of maternal tobacco handling on cord blood leptin and ferritin concentration and its correlation with the fetal outcome

American Heart Association certified Pediatric Advanced Life Support Instructor

Dr. DHRITHIMAN SHETTY K.M.

Designation Assistant Professor
Email dhrithishetty@nitte.edu.in
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MBBS, MD (Pediatrics)

Hemato Oncology

Secretary, IAP DK BRANCH 2019-2020

Gupta A, Soujanya BS, Shetty D. Leigh Syndrome-A rare Mitochondrial Disorder. Journal of Contemporary Medical Research. 2016 Nov; 3(11):3173-3174
Gupta A, Shetty D, Kamath KM. Prevalence and consequences of preterm admissions at the neonatal intensive care unit of the tertiary care center in South India: a retrospective study. International Journal of Current Advanced Research. 2017 May; 6(5):3728-30
Gupta A, Shetty D, Philip P. Single umbilical artery with antenatally diagnosed umbilical artery aneurysm in a newborn: a rare case report. Int J Contemp Pediatr 2017;4:254-6
Prijo Philip, Doddabasava K, Dhrithiman Shetty. Megaloblastic anemia with pancytopenia in infancy: a rare entity. Int J Pediatr Res. 2018;5(1):3-.doi:10.17511/ijpr.2018.1.2
SHETTY, Dhrithiman; PHILIP, Prijo. Askin tumor in a child: an interesting case report. International Journal of Research in Medical Sciences, [S.l.], v. 6, n. 8, p. 2846-2849, July 2018. ISSN 2320-6012

Pediatrics

Member of Indian Academy of Pediatrics

Dr. SAFWAN G.M.

Designation Assistant Professor
Email gmsafwan@nitte.edu.in
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MBBS, DCH, DNB

Pediatric Neurology, Nutrition and Allergy

Pediatrics

Ongoing (Intramural):
PI: Evaluation for fibroblast growth factor receptor 2 mutations in syndromic craniosynostosis.

Member of Indian Academy of Pediatrics

Dr. SWATHI SHENOY

Designation Assistant Professor
Email drswathishenoy@nitte.edu.in
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Newborn Care and resuscitation, Therapeutic hypothermia, Sepsis in newborns

Fellowship In Perinatal Medicine At M.S.Ramaiah Medical College, Bengaluru

Paediatrics, Neonatology

Ongoing (Intramural)

•NUFR1- Analysis Of Thiamine Transporter Gene In Suspected Shoshin Beriberi Cases Affecting A Restricted Population Of Coastal Karnataka (Principal Investigator)

Member of Indian Academy Of Pediatrics and National Neonatology Forum

Dr. KISHAN ALVA

Designation Sr. Resident
Email kishanalva@nitte.edu.in
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MBBS, DCH

Infectious Disease

President, IAP DK BRANCH 2019-2020

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