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Dr Rohit Srivastava

  • Assistant Professor
  • Computer Science and Engineering
Rohit Srivastava faculty professional photo

Dr Rohit is with the Computer Science and Engineering area at NIIT University. He is Program In charge (Cyber Security), NIIT University. Dr Rohit received his PhD (CSE) from SPSU, Udaipur in 2019, MTech from JNU in 2011 and BE (Computer Engineering) from Rajasthan University in 2007. He has published more than 30 papers in peer reviewed journals and conferences of national and international repute with publishers like IEEE, ACM, Springer, Elsevier, etc. His primary area of research includes Biometric Image Processing and Pattern Recognition. He has an extensive teaching experience of more than 18 years. With more than 18 years of rich academic and research experience, he has established himself as a dedicated educator, researcher, mentor, and academic administrator in the field of Computer Science and Engineering. He strongly believes that effective teaching should bridge theoretical concepts with practical real-world applications, enabling students to become industry-ready professionals capable of solving complex technological challenges. Dr. Rohit has published more than 30 research papers in peer-reviewed national and international journals and conferences indexed in SCI, SCOPUS, ESCI, ACM, IEEE, Springer, Elsevier, and IGI Global. His research contributions span across Biometric Image Processing, Pattern Recognition, Artificial Intelligence, Deep Learning, Digital Forensics, Information Security, Wireless Sensor Networks, Brain-Computer Interface Systems, and Cyber Security. Several of his publications have appeared in reputed Q1 and Q2 indexed journals, reflecting the quality and impact of his research work.

Dr. Rohit has successfully supervised sixteen MTech dissertations and more than 100 undergraduate projects in diverse domains including Artificial Intelligence, Cyber Security, Image Processing, Information Retrieval, Compiler Design, and IoT-based systems. He has served as Program In-Charge for Cyber Security programs, NAAC committee member, Examination Superintendent, and curriculum designer for specialized courses and laboratory components in subjects such as Compiler Design, Digital Forensics, Information Retrieval, and Parallel Processing. Dr. Rohit has registered copyrights for innovative software and research contributions, including “Half-Halt Press,” an Android-based application for book management, and “Securing 6LoWPAN based on Performance Analysis using Custom IPv6 Application,” a novel methodology for improving sensor node performance and network security in IoT environments. He is also a certified Cyberoam Network & Security Professional.

Dr Rohit is with the Computer Science and Engineering area at NIIT University. He is Program In charge (Cyber Security), NIIT University.
Dr Rohit received his PhD (CSE) from SPSU, Udaipur in 2019, MTech from JNU in 2011 and BE (Computer Engineering) from Rajasthan University in 2007. He has published more than 30 papers in peer reviewed journals and conferences of national and international repute with publishers like IEEE, ACM, Springer, Elsevier, etc. His primary area of research includes Biometric Image Processing and Pattern Recognition. He has an extensive teaching experience of more than 16 years. He strongly believes that teaching should be practical and linked to real world situations. By doing so, students will be mentally prepared for the challenges they might face in the future. Dr Rohit has registered a copyright on “Half Halt Press” which is an Android based application for Book Management. He also has a copyright on “Securing 6LowPan based on Performance Analysis using custom IPv6 Application”, which is a novel methodology for improving the performance of sensor nodes. He is also certified from Cyberoam as Network & Security Professional. He has supervised sixteen MTech dissertation works and more than 100 UG level projects. He has published three textbooks which are currently referred to by many students. He has also contributed to various book chapters which are currently indexed in Scopus. He has also organized various FDPs and Workshops for IPR related activities.

Qualification

  • PhD (CSE)
  • MTech (CSE)
  • BE (CSE)

Experience

  • Total – 18+ Years
  • Research – 5 Years
  • Teaching – 18+ Years

Courses Taught

  • Digital Forensics, Computer Graphics, Information Retrieval, and Search Engines, Compiler Design, Design of Language Processors
Research Areas
  • Biometrics, Image Processing, Bioinformatics, Pattern Recognition
  • Digital Forensics and Cybersecurity, including algorithmic development for stream ciphers and visual cryptography.
  • Artificial Intelligence in Education, including sentiment analysis, recommender systems, and predictive analytics.

Consulting Area

  • Biometrics, Image Processing, Bioinformatics, Pattern Recognition

Publications

Research Papers

Conference Papers

  • N. Singh et al. (2024). A Comparative Study of Different Optimisers on Convolutional Neural Networks for Bird Classification. In Proceedings of the 2024 International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technology (Global AI Summit), Greater Noida, India (pp. 852–857). IEEE. doi: https://doi.org/10.1109/GlobalAISummit62156.2024.10947947
  • N. Singh, et al. (2024). Enhanced Diagnosis of Diabetic Retinopathy Utilizing Convolutional Neural Networks: A Deep Learning Approach. In Proceedings of the 2024 International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technology (Global AI Summit), Greater Noida, India (pp. 846–851). IEEE. doi: https://doi.org/10.1109/GlobalAISummit62156.2024.10947945
  • R. Srivastava and P. Singh, "Sentimental Analysis Based Movie Recommender System Using Collaborative Filtering Approach," 2023 International Conference on Sustainable Emerging Innovations in Engineering and Technology (ICSEIET), Ghaziabad, India, 2023, pp. 168-172, doi: https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSEIET58677.2023.10303386
  • R. Srivastava and G. Chhabra, "Anomaly Detection Approach for Human Detection in Crowd Based Locations," 2023 International Conference on Sustainable Emerging Innovations in Engineering and Technology (ICSEIET), Ghaziabad, India, 2023, pp. 150-157, doi: https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSEIET58677.2023.10303413
  • Bhardwaj, V.P., Chauhan, P., Srivastava, R., Nitin (2022). On Cost Analysis of New Crossbar Interconnection Network. In: Saraswat, M., Roy, S., Chowdhury, C., Gandomi, A.H. (eds) Proceedings of International Conference on Data Science and Applications. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 287. Springer, Singapore. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-5348-3_4
  • Srivastava, R., Kumar, S., Fore, V., Tomar, R. (2021). A Study of Five Models Based on Non-clinical Data for the Prediction of Diabetes Onset in Medically Under-Served Populations. In: Singh, M., Tyagi, V., Gupta, P.K., Flusser, J., Ören, T., Sonawane, V.R. (eds) Advances in Computing and Data Sciences. ICACDS 2021. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 1441. Springer, Cham. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-88244-0_12
  • Srivastava, R., Sharma, D.K. (2023). Human Authentication Using Score Level Fusion of Face and Palm Print Biometrics. In: Mishra, B., Tiwari, M. (eds) VLSI, Microwave and Wireless Technologies. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 877. Springer, Singapore. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-0312-0_7
  • Sharma, D.K., Srivastava, R. (2023). An Impact of Efficient Backoff Algorithm in MANETs. In: Mishra, B., Tiwari, M. (eds) VLSI, Microwave and Wireless Technologies. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 877. Springer, Singapore. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-0312-0_15
  • T. Patel and R. Srivastava, "A new technique for color share generation using visual cryptography," 2016 International Conference on Inventive Computation Technologies (ICICT), Coimbatore, India, 2016, pp. 1-4, doi: https://doi.org/10.1109/INVENTIVE.2016.7824848
  • T. Patel and R. Srivastava, "Hierarchical visual cryptography for grayscale image," 2016 Online International Conference on Green Engineering and Technologies (IC-GET), Coimbatore, India, 2016, pp. 1-4, doi: . https://doi.org/10.1109/GET.2016.7916685
  • U. H. Panchal and R. Srivastava, "A Comprehensive Survey on Digital Image Watermarking Techniques," 2015 Fifth International Conference on Communication Systems and Network Technologies, Gwalior, India, 2015, pp. 591-595, doi: https://doi.org/10.1109/CSNT.2015.165
  • S. Vohra and R. Srivastava, "A Survey on Techniques for Securing 6LoWPAN," 2015 Fifth International Conference on Communication Systems and Network Technologies, Gwalior, India, 2015, pp. 643-647, doi: https://doi.org/10.1109/CSNT.2015.163

Book & Book Chapters:

  • Book - “Introduction to Computer Graphics” [ISBN: 939501640X, 9789395016407].
  • Book - “A Textbook on Compiler Design” [ISBN: 9356483191, 978-9356483194].
  • Srivastava, R., Singh, D., Tomar, R., & Sarishma. (2022). Three-Layer Multimodal Biometric Fusion Using SIFT and SURF Descriptors for Improved Accuracy of Authentication of Human Identity. In R. Tomar, M. D. Hina, R. Zitouni, & A. Ramdane-Cherif (Eds.), Innovative Trends in Computational Intelligence. EAI/Springer Innovations in Communication and Computing. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-78284-9_6
  • Singh, D. K., Srivastava, R., Choudhury, T., & Yadav, A. K. (2022). Computational Intelligence in Web Mining. In R. Tomar, M. D. Hina, R. Zitouni, & A. Ramdane-Cherif (Eds.), Innovative Trends in Computational Intelligence. EAI/Springer Innovations in Communication and Computing. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-78284-9_9
  • Sarishma, D., Sangwan, S., Tomar, R., & Srivastava, R. (2022). A Review on Cognitive Computational Neuroscience: Overview, Models, and Applications. In R. Tomar, M. D. Hina, R. Zitouni, & A. Ramdane-Cherif (Eds.), Innovative Trends in Computational Intelligence. EAI/Springer Innovations in Communication and Computing. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-78284-9_10

Patents and Copyrights:

  • Copyright on “Securing 6LowPan based on Performance Analysis using custom IPv6 Application” [Registration No: SW-15375/2022] dated 06/04/2022.
  • Copyright on “Half-Halt Press” [Registration No: SW-8457/2015] dated 28/10/2015.

Selected Publications:

  • Srivastava, R., Sharma, A. K., Gulhane, M., Jain, A., and Verma, P. K., “Automatic Facial Expression Recognition Using Median-Based Approach,” International Journal of Computing and Digital Systems, vol. 19, no. 1, pp. 1–13, 2026. http://dx.doi.org/10.12785/ijcds/1571137160
  • R. Srivastava, K. Sinha, D. Samanta, R. Alsabet, W. El-Shafai, and A. T. Azar, “Ensemble Machine Learning for Reliable Water Potability Prediction with Optimized Physicochemical Feature Engineering”, Eng. Technol. Appl. Sci. Res., vol. 16, no. 2, pp. 33647–33659, Apr. 2026.
    https://etasr.com/index.php/ETASR/article/view/16495
  • Srivastava, R., Kumar, R., Kant, S. et al. Detection of benign prostatic hyperplasia using RGB prostate images and deep learning. Sci Rep (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-026-50580-5
  • Srivastava, R., Bhardwaj, V. P., Othman, M. T. B., Pushkarna, M., Anushree, Mangla, A., Bajaj, M., Rehman, A. U., Shafiq, M., & Hamam, H. (2022). Match-Level Fusion of Finger-Knuckle Print and Iris for Human Identity Validation Using Neuro-Fuzzy Classifier. Sensors, 22, 3620. https://doi.org/10.3390/s22103620
  • Srivastava, R., Tomar, R., Sharma, A., Dhiman, G., Chilamkurti, N., et al. (2021). Real-Time Multimodal Biometric Authentication of Human Using Face Feature Analysis. Computers, Materials & Continua, 69(1), 1–19. https://doi.org/10.32604/cmc.2021.015466
  • Srivastava, R., Tomar, R., Gupta, M., Yadav, A. K., & Park, J. (2021). Image Watermarking Approach Using a Hybrid Domain Based on Performance Parameter Analysis. Information, 12(8), 310. https://doi.org/10.3390/info12080310
  • Srivastava, P., & Srivastava, R. (2019). A Multimodal Based Approach for Face and Unique Mark Based Combination for Confirmation of Human. International Journal of Business Analytics (IJBAN), 6(3), 16-28. https://doi.org/10.4018/IJBAN.2019070102
  • Srivastava, R. (2020). Score-Level Multimodal Biometric Authentication of Humans Using Retina, Fingerprint, and Fingervein. International Journal of Applied Evolutionary Computation (IJAEC), 11(3), 20-30. https://doi.org/10.4018/IJAEC.2020070102

Awards & Recognition

  • Chess Champion (Gold Medal) of the University

Professional Activities & Achievements

Innovative Pedagogical Practices, such as:
  • Development of interactive lab content for Compiler Design and Digital Forensics.
  • Virtual teaching certification from Coursera and active integration of MOOC platforms.
  • Contribution to outcome-based learning frameworks aligned with NEP 2020.
  • Supervision of 100+ UG and 16 MTech dissertations, promoting project-based and research-oriented learning.
  • Use of Technology in Teaching, including tools like SNORT, Tshark, MATLAB, Autopsy and mobile-based simulations.

Workshops/FDP/STTPs

  • Participated in a 5-Day Online Workshop on “Advances in Generative AI: Applications in Health Care and Climate Science” organized by the Department of Information Technology, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology (NIT), Jalandhar, from 23–27 February 2026.
  • Attended FDP on “NEP Orientation & Sensitization Program “, from 21-30 January 2025 (8 Days).
  • Attended STTP on “Internet of Things” organized by CSE Dept., PIET from 12-16 Dec. 2016 (1 week).
  • Attended Induction Training Program of NITTTR Bhopal from 5/5/2014 to 16/5/2014 (Two Weeks) [Reg No. IP-32/14-15/25] [Id No: 8975].
  • Participated in IEEE Workshop on Big Data Analysis Hadoop & Map-Reduce at ITM Universe Vadodara from 21-23 Feb 2014.
  • Participated in Workshop on “Patent Research Methodology and Description” organized by GTU on 1/9/2013.
  • Participated in the ITIL Workshop organized at TCS, Gandhi Nagar from 24-26 July 2013.
  • Participated in Cyberoam workshop on “Network and Security” and got III rank in Certification Exam dated 28-30 January 2013.

Other Interests

  • Chess, Badminton and Volleyball

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