Dr. Sashikala Mishra

Dr. Sashikala Mishra is a Professor and senior academic leader with over 18 years of experience in teaching, research, academic administration, institutional leadership, strategic planning, and international collaboration. She has held several senior academic and administrative responsibilities, including Head of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering and Director-level institutional responsibilities, providing leadership in academic operations, faculty management, curriculum development, research, student development, quality assurance, and institutional growth.

Her leadership experience encompasses academic programme development, curriculum design, accreditation and quality assurance, outcome-based education, faculty development, research management, student employability, industry engagement, internationalisation, strategic partnerships, and institutional development. She has handled responsibilities involving academic and administrative planning, coordination across departments, resource management, stakeholder engagement, and implementation of institutional initiatives.

Her research expertise spans Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Computer Vision, Healthcare AI, Cyber Security, Explainable AI, Neuro-Symbolic AI, Knowledge Graph Embeddings, Multi-hop Reasoning, and Intelligent Decision Support Systems.

Dr. Mishra has contributed 90+ international research publications, including Scopus- and Web of Science-indexed publications, along with granted, published, and in-process patents. She has demonstrated significant research leadership, including serving as Principal Investigator of an Australia–India Cyber and Critical Technology Partnership (AICCTP) funded project.