DR.VIJAYALAXMI BIRADAR of KALINGA UNIVERSITY

    Introducing Robotics for school children, student’s interest in the STEM field can be nurtured early on.
    Learning these skills encourages the development of higher-order thinking capability & problem solving skills.
    Student’s exposed to Robotics from a young-age, help them learn valuable life skills in teamwork, communication & even community participation in the process.
    Create curiosity, excitement & exploration among rural school children in STEM education.
    Enable rural school children to become motivated & engaged in STEM through observation, experimentation, inference, etc.
    The robotics has hardware & software combination help students with creative liberty & analytical skills to approach any problem with countless solutions & make effective decisions. 
    To introduce Robotics in the middle-school to inspire students to study & pursue careers in Science & Technology.
Outcomes of the Hands on Training :
•    Knowledge to work with basic electronics
•    Circuit building & Arduino Programming
•    Improving problem solving skills
•    Understanding the importance of science
•    Interest towards Robotics & Engineering

Biography:

Dr. Vijayalaxmi, M.Tech, PhD., SMIEEE, MISTE

Email: b.vijaya.1981@ieee.org, laxmi81181@gmail.com

Mobile no. +91-9505949113

Completed PhD in 2016 from GITAM University

Area of Research: Image Processing and Computer Vision, Human Computer Interaction, Geo-Science and Remote Sensing, Embedded Systems, IOT

M.Tech in 2008 from JNTU, Hyderabad

B.E in 2003 from VTU,Belgaum

Presently working as Associate Professor and Incharge IQAC at Kalinga University, Raipur. Total 16 years of Teaching Experience.

Selected as Volunteer for IEEE WIE International Leadership Conference, 2017 held at San Jose, USA.

Selected as Exemplary past Volunteer for IEEE WIE International Leadership Conference, 2018 held at San Jose, USA.

Published 50 Research papers in various reputed journals and conferences.

Received Early Career Research (ECR) grant from Science & Engineering Research Board (SERB), Govt. of India of 26.68 Lakhs.

Received $3,000 from EPICS in IEEE for the Project Titled “Smart Security System for an Orphanage”.

Project Investigator for the project selected for final presentation at R10 IEEE HTC 2019 at Depok Indonesia on 12th – 14th November, 2019. USD 7,500.

“IOT based online Telemedicine system for old age home”.

Project received funding from IEEE SIGHT/HAC special call for Covid-19 “ Tele-health monitoring system for PHC using IOT”, USD 5501.

Project received funding from Unnat Bharat Abhiyaan “IOT medical kit for rural development”, INR: 25,000.

Reviewer for one of the Springer journal

Reviewer for URSIRCRS,2017, Tirupati

Reviewer for IEEE TENCON, 2016 Conference

Got Best Paper Award in IEEE conference at Saveetha University, Chennai.

Got Best Paper Award in Springer Conference ICICSE, 2016 , Hyderabad

Served IEEE in various positions

1. IEEE WIE Vice Chair Hyderabad Section, 2015
2. IEEE WIE Chair Hyderabad Section, 2016 & 2017
3. IEEE WIE R10 Analysis Manager, 2016
4. IEEE WIE R10 Sub-committee Supporting Team Representative, 2017 & 2018.
5. IEEE WIE Advisor for VITS SB, 2014-2017.
6. IEEE Branch Counsellor for VITS SB 2018.
7. IEEE YP Member Hyderabad Section, 2018.
8. IEEE CIS/GRSS WIE Coordinator Hyderabad Section 2018.
9. IEEE SIGHT member 2018.
10. IEEE PES member 2018.

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