Head of the Department

  • Geetha V.

    Email: hodit [at] nitk [dot] edu [dot] in
    Phone: +91-824-2474040

Professors (HAG Scale)

  • Ananthanarayana V. S.

    Email: anvs [at] nitk [dot] edu [dot] in
    Phone: +91-824-247-3460
    Specializations: Machine Learning, Data Mining, Web Services, Distributed Computing, Databases, Semantic Web

  • Ram Mohana Reddy Guddeti

    profgrmreddy [at] nitk [dot] edu [dot] in
    Phone: +91-824-2473461
    Specialization: Artificial Intelligence, Big Data Analytics, Cognitive Hearing and Speech Science, Cloud/Edge/Fog Computing, QoS Aware Green Data Centers, IoT and Smart Agriculture/Building/Campus/City/Home/Factory Applications

Professors

  • Jaidhar C. D.

    Email: jaidharcd [at] nitk [dot] edu [dot] in
    Phone: +91-824-2473463
    Specialization: Plant Disease Detection using Deep Learning, Anomalous Power Consumption Detection using Machine Learning, Cyber Security

Associate Professors

  • Sowmya Kamath S.

    Additional Responsibility: Associate Dean (Alumni Network)
    Email: sowmyakamath [at] nitk [dot] edu [dot] in
    Phone: +91-824-247-3467
    Specialization: Big Data Analytics, Natural Language Processing, Computer Vision, Smart Application Development, Gen AI

  • Nagamma Patil

    Email: nagammapatil [at] nitk [dot] edu [dot] in
    Phone: +91-824-2473469
    Specialization: Data Mining, Soft Computing, Applying Data Mining Techniques to Biological Data

  • Biju R. Mohan

    Additional Responsibility: Professor-in-charge (Institute Website)
    Email: biju [at] nitk [dot] edu [dot] in, bijurmohan [at] gmail [dot] com
    Phone: +91-824-2473468
    Specialization: Software Aging, Virtualization, Software Engineering, Software Architecture, Software Patterns, Requirements Engineering

  • Geetha V.

    Additional Responsibility: Head of the Deprtment
    Email: geethav [at] nitk [dot] edu [dot] in
    Phone: +91-824-2473464
    Specialization: Internet of Things, Wireless Sensor Networks, Mobile Adhoc Networks, Parallel Computing

  • Anand Kumar M

    Additional Responsibility: Professor-in-charge (MIS)
    Email: m_anandkumar [at] nitk [dot] edu [dot] in
    Phone: +91-824-247-3453
    Specialization: Natural Language Processing, Text Analytics, Information Retrieval, Machine Learning

  • Purushothama B R

    Email: puru [at] nitk [dot] edu [dot] in
    +91-824-2473465
    Specialization: Cryptography, Information Security, Theoretical Computer Science, Security Analytics, Cyber Security.

Assistant Professors (Grade I)

  • Shrutilipi Bhattacharjee

    Email: shrutilipi [at] nitk [dot] edu [dot] in
    Phone: +91-824-2473452
    Specialization: Geoscience and Spatial Data Mining, Complex Network Analysis

  • Bhawana Rudra

    Additional Responsibility: Professor-in-charge (Staff Training)
    Email: bhawanarudra [at] nitk [dot] edu [dot] in
    Phone: +91-824-2473454
    Specialization: Cryptography and Network Security; Cyber Security; Internet of Things and Security; Blockchain Technology and Security; Quantum Computing and Quantum Cryptography; Future Internet and its Security; Post Quantum Cryptography

  • Dinesh Naik

    Email: din_nk [at] nitk [dot] edu [dot] in
    Phone: +91-824-2473462; Mob: 94804 01300
    Specialization: Deep Learning for Computer Vision & Natural Language Processing; Evolutionary Deep Intelligence; Scientific/Biomedical Imaging; Remote Sensing

  • Kiran M

    Email: kiranmanjappa [at] nitk [dot] edu [dot] in
    +91-824-2473451
    Specialization: Blockchain Technology, 5G Computer Networks, IoT

Assistant Professors Grade II

  • Janani T

    Additional Responsibility: Quality Warden (Girls' Hostels)
    Email: jananit [at] nitk [dot] edu [dot] in
    +91-824-2473466
    Specialization: Cryptography, Image Encryption, Multimedia Analytics, Quantum Computing

  • A Vamshi

    Email: vamshi [at] nitk [dot] edu [dot] in
    +91 94949 48534
    Specialization: Cyber security, Cloud Computing, Blockchain, Cyber-Physical Systems and Cloud IoT

 

Adhoc Faculty Members (Odd Semester 2025-2026)

 
 
 
 

 

IT Students (current batches)

 

B.Tech (Information Technology)

Batch 2024 - 2028  (Currently in first year) -- under updation

Batch 2023- 2027  (Currently in second year) -- under updation

Batch 2022 - 2026  (Currently in third year)

Batch 2021 - 2025  (Currently in final year)

 

B.Tech (Artificial Intelligence)

Batch 2024 - 2028 (Currently in first year) -- under updation

Batch 2023 - 2027 Currently in second year) -- under updation

Batch 2022 - 2026  (Currently in third year)

Batch 2021 - 2025  (Currently in final year)

 

M.Tech (Information Technology)

Batch 2021 - 2023 (Currently in second year)

 

M.Tech (Research) in Information Technology

Current Students

 

Ph.D (Information Technology)   

Current Students

Programme: Ph.D
Category: Full Time
Name of Student Programme Category Supervisor(s) Area of Interest
Dessai Shama Suresh Ph.D Full Time Jaidhar C D Deep Learning
Thanmayee Ph.D Full Time Sowmya Kamath S. Data Analytics
Vivek R B Ph.D Full Time Janani T Quantum Computing
Amrutesh M Ph.D Full Time Bhawana Rudra ITS cybersecurity, Internet of Things
Bhavesh U Ph.D Full Time Kiran M Intelligent Transport System, IoT
Brijesh G N Ph.D Full Time Ananthanarayana V S Agentic AI
Rufsina A Ph.D Full Time Nagamma Patil Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Data Analytics
Sowjanya N. Ph.D Full Time Shrutilipi Bhattacharjee Machine Learning, Deep Learning and Data Analytics
Anjali Ravi Ph.D Full Time Anand Kumar M Machine Learning, Deep Learning, NLP
Suregha K R Ph.D Full Time Geetha V Machine Learning and Deep learning, 5G Networks
Venkatesh M E Ph.D Full Time Jaidhar C D Machine learning and Deep Learning
Sathyanarayana K B Ph.D Full Time Dinesh Naik Computer Vision, Deep Learning and NLP
Chaithra Ph.D Full Time Biju R Mohan Deep Learning, Natural Language Processing
Prajna Udupa Ph.D Full Time Nagamma Patil Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Data Mining
Sarvesh V. Sawant Ph.D Full Time Bhawana Rudra Security and Privacy
Sona Mundody Ph.D Full Time Ram Mohana Reddy Guddeti Natural Language Processing, Internet of Things
Sudhakar B Ph.D Full Time Shrutilipi Bhattacharjee Geoscience and Spatial Data Mining, Deep Learning
Supreetha R Ph.D Full Time Sowmya Kamath S. Machine Learning, Deep Learning
Richard Saldanha Ph.D Full Time Ananthanarayana V.S, Anand Kumar M Natural Language Processing, Machine Translation,
Spurthy Maria Pais Ph.D Full Time Shrutilipi Bhattacharjee, Anand Kumar M Machine Learning, Deep Learning for spatial data
Category: Part Time
Name of Student Programme Category Supervisor(s) Area of Interest
Jagadish Bhatra Ph.D Part Time Jaidhar C D, Debashish Jena Deep Learning
Navya Binu Ph.D Part Time Anand Kumar M Natural Language Processing
D Vijaykumar Satlingappa Ph.D Part Time Dinesh Naik Computer Vision, Deep Learning, NLP, Image Process
Lakshmi H Ph.D Part Time Shrutilipi Bhattacharjee Spatial Data Analysis
Sreena S Ph.D Part Time Biju R Mohan Machine Learning
Prakash P Ph.D Part Time Sowmya Kamath S, Shrutilipi Bhattacharjee Geospatial Data Analytics
Renisha P. S. Ph.D Part Time Bhawana Rudra Post Quantum Cryptography
Pratiksha R. Gawas Ph.D Part Time Sowmya Kamath S. Medical Image Analysis, Deep Learning
Priyadarshini R Ph.D Part Time Sowmya Kamath S. Image Processing, Spatial Image Processing
Sandhya S Ph.D Part Time Geetha V Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Image Processing
Rahul Kumar Ph.D Part Time Kiran M, Ram Mohana Reddy Guddeti 5G Smart City
Shruti Jalapur Ph.D Part Time Nagamma Patil Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence , Parall
Thiruppathi K Ph.D Part Time Jaidhar C. D. Cyber Security
Category: Thesis submitted
Name of Student Programme Category Supervisor(s) Area of Interest
Sapna S Ph.D Thesis submitted Biju R Mohan Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Image Processing
Reshma U Ph.D Thesis submitted Sowmya Kamath S, Ananthanarayana V. S. Natural Language Processing, Deep Learning
Programme: M.Tech (Research)
Category: M.Tech (Research)
Name of Student Programme Category Supervisor(s) Area of Interest
Pramodini M.Tech (Research) M.Tech (Research) Jaidhar C D Deep Learning
Thejas Rao M.Tech (Research) M.Tech (Research) Bhawana Rudra Post-quantum cryptography

 

Research Staff recruited under various sponsored projects

2025-26  Varun B

2025-27  Pramodini

2025-27  Thejas Rao

2025-28  Navya Binu

2025-28  Jagadish Bhatra

2024-26  Sumedh Gaikwad

2022-25  Prakash P

2017-20  Karthik K

 

Post-doctoral Fellows

2022-23 Revanesh M 

 

IT Alumni (UG, PG and Ph.D)

B.Tech (Information Technology)

Batch 2020 - 2024  (Graduates of 2024 batch)

Batch 2019 - 2023  (Graduates of 2023 batch)

Batch 2018 - 2022  (Graduates of 2022 batch)

Batch 2017 - 2021  (Graduates of 2021 batch)

Batch 2016 - 2020  (Graduates of 2020 batch)

Batch 2015 - 2019  (Graduates of 2019 batch)

Batch 2014 - 2018  (Graduates of 2018 batch)

Batch 2013 - 2017  (Graduates of 2017 batch)

Batch 2012 - 2016 (Graduates of 2016 batch)

Batch 2011 - 2015 (Graduates of 2015 batch)

 

M.Tech (Information Technology)

Batch 2021 - 2023 (Graduates of 2023 batch)

Batch 2020 - 2022 (Graduates of 2022 batch)

Batch 2019 - 2021 (Graduates of 2021 batch)

Batch 2018 - 2020 (Graduates of 2020 batch)

Batch 2017 - 2019 (Graduates of 2019 batch)

Batch 2016 - 2018 (Graduates of 2018 batch)

Batch 2015 - 2017 (Graduates of 2017 batch)

Batch 2014 - 2016 (Graduates of 2016 batch)

Batch 2013 - 2015 (Graduates of 2015 batch)

Batch 2012 - 2015 (HTTA - TEQIP II)

 

M.Tech (Research) in Information Technology

Degree awardees

 

Ph.D (Information Technology)   

Degree awardees

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Department of Information Technology,
National Institute of Technology Karnataka,
Surathkal, P. O. Srinivasnagar, Mangalore - 575 025
Phone (Dept office):: +91-824-2473450
Phone (HoD Direct line):    +91-824-2474040
Email:  hodit [at] nitk [dot] edu [dot] in
 

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