Research






Dr. Sanjay Kumar Suman

R&D Dean. & Director RDC

Email: deanrnd@smec.ac.in

Dr. Sanjay Kumar Suman received his Ph.D from MIT Campus, Anna University Chennai in the faculty of Information and Communication Engineering and M.E. from NIT Rourkela in ESCS. He possesses 29 years of experiences in teaching, research and industry. Before joining St. Martin’s Engineering College, Secunderabad as a Dean R&D, he provided his service as a Principal in BIET Hyderabad and as a Dean of Engineering in MPES Group of Institutions, Guntur.
His areas of specialization are Wireless Ad hoc and Sensor Networks, Cognitive Radio, Wireless Communications, Signal Processing, Machine learning application is healthcare and renewable energy.
He holds a credit of 100 plus publications including Books, Patents, Journals and Conference Proceedings. To add his credit he has completed three funded projects and continuing one ongoing project. He is a part of the Reviewer Board for the many Journals like KSII-TIIS, IEEE Access, IET, IETE and Wireless Network.






Dr. B. Chandrashekar

Professor & Coordinator: Dept. of CSD

Email: rnd.csd@smec.ac.in

Dr. B. Chandrashekar working as a Professor in the Department of Computer Science & Design, St Martin’s Engineering College, Dhulapally, Hyderabad, Telangana, has about 23 years of teaching experience. Received B.E degree in Computer Science from Karnataka University, Dharwad and M.Tech. degree in Computer Science from IETE Hyderabad campus. He has published 10 research papers in refereed National and international journals and attended 20+ national and international conferences, 30+ workshops and FDPs. He has 10 Certifications (NTPL & Brain Bench).. His areas of research include Cloud Computing, IOT, and Data Science. He is a member of IEEE and IETE.






Dr. M. Vadivukarassi

Associate Professor & Coordinator: Dept. of CSE.

rnd.cse@smec.ac.in

Dr. M. Vadivukarassi, has been working as an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, St. Martin’s Engineering College, Dhulapally, Kompally, Secunderabad, Telangana, India from January 2022 onwards. She has received her Ph.D (Full Time) degree in the CSE, Annamalai University in the year October, 2019. She received her M.E. degree in the Department of CSE, Annamalai University, Tamil Nadu in 2013. She received her B.Tech in the Department of CSE from Pondicherry Engineering College, Affiliated by Pondicherry University, Puducherry, in 2006. She has 5+ years of teaching experience and 4+ years of Research experience. She has published 20 research papers in reputed international journals, 2 Book chapters, published 13 patent and also presented 18 papers in the national and international conference proceedings. She has organized 2 International Conferences, 1 guest lecture and 1 faculty development Programme. She has acted as a reviewer in more than 5 reputed peer reviewed journals. Expertise on various E-learning platforms has enabled to assist for successful conducting of more than 5 webinars/video-meetings. Her research interest includes Medical Image Processing, Image Retrieval, IoT and Social Media Mining.






Dr. B.LaxmiKantha

R&D Coordinator: Department of IT

Email: rnd.it@smec.ac.in

Dr. B. Laxmi Kantha completed her B.Tech (Computer Science and Enginnering) from the Gurunanak Engineering College, JNTUH, Hyderabad, Telangana. M.Tech (Computer Science and Enginnering) from Malla Reddy Group of Instititions, JNTUH, Hyderabad, Telangana and Ph.D from OPJS University, Churu, Rajasthan. Currently, she is working as Associate Professor with St. Martin’s Engineering College, Dullapally, Secunderabad, Telangana. She has 8 years of teaching experience. She has published 5 research papers in both national and international journals with IEEE conference. Her Patent pulications including SCI journal, 2 SCOPUS Indexed journal and One WoS paper and 2 Books and Book chapter’s published recently.






Dr. Saumyaprava Acharya

Asst. Professor & Coordinator: Dept. of FME

Email: rnd.fme@smec.ac.in

Dr. Saumyaprava Acharya , is currently working as an Assistant Professor, Department of Science & Humanities and R&D Coordinator in St. Martin’s Engineering College, Dhulapally, Secunderabad. She has five years of teaching experiences in various institutions. She has obtained her PhD degree in chemistry from SOA Deemed to be university, Bhubaneswar, Odisha. She has two Indian patent granted on her account. Moreover, she has published various research papers among which 11 research papers are with international SCI journals bearing high impact factors. She has been awarded many times with best poster and oral presentation award in different national and international conferences. Her research area is Photocatalytic applications of different perovskite towards energy evolution and environmental abatement.






Dr. A. Uday Kumar

Asst. Professor & Coordinator: Dept. of ME

Email: rnd.mech@smec.ac.in

Dr. A. Uday Kumar is presently working as an assistant professor and R&D coordinator in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, at St. Martin’s Engineering College, Dhulapally, Secunderabad. He obtained his PhD from BITS Pilani, Hyderabad campus in 2022, B.E in Mechanical Engineering from Methodist College of Engineering and Technology (Osmania University) and M.E in Mechanical with Specialization in Thermal Engineering) from BITS Pilani, Hyderabad campus. He has 3 SCI/SCIE and 3 Scopus Conferences publications. His research interests are thermal management in electronics and flow boiling in microchannel heat sink.






Mr. N. V. Viswanath

Asst. Professor & Coordinator: Dept. of ECE

Email: rnd.ece@smec.ac.in

Mr. N. V. Viswanath is presently pursuing his Ph. D in Electronics and Communication Engineering in Vels Institute of Science Technology & Advanced Studies (VISTAS), Chennai and received M. Tech in Electronics and Communication Engineering in Progressive Engineering College affiliated to Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad, Telangana, India in 2015 and B. Tech degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from the Institute of Aeronautical Engineering affiliated to Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad, Telangana, India in 2012. He has 7 years of experience in Teaching and Research. He has published 5 research papers in peer reviewed International Journals, presented 5 papers in National and International Conferences. His area of interest includes Wireless Communication, Software Defined Radio, AI and Machine Learning.






Mrs. CH. Kalyani

R&D Coordinator: Department of Civil

Email: rnd.civil@smec.ac.in

CH. Kalyani is currently working in St. Martin’s Engineering College as an Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering. She Completed his M.TECH Transportation Engineering from Malla Reddy Engineering College in 2016 and B.TECH from S.P.R College of Engineering & Technology , JNTUH in 2013.She Published 4 Research Papers in Scopus Journals & also Participated in numerous International Conference . She taught Fluid Mechanics & Hydraulic Machinery, Transportation Engineering, Estimation & Costing, Surveying & Geomatics and Many other Civil Engineering Subjects. She has a Stint of 6 years of teaching experience.






Ms. P. Priyanka

Asst. Professor & Coordinator: Dept. of EEE

Email: rnd.eee@smec.ac.in

Ms. P. Priyanka, working as Assistant professor from the department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering in St. Martin’s Engineering College. She has completed her Master of Technology in power electronics in the year of 2019. She completed her Bachelor of technology in EEE in the year 2014. She has handled various subjects such as Basic Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Utilisation of Electrical Energy, Industrial Electrical Systems, Basics of power plant Engineering, power system operation and control, Network analysis and transmission lines. She has published her papers in Scopus and UGC journals. She is a member of IAENG. Her research interests in multi port converters and Renewable energy sources.






Mrs. C. Ushapriya

Asst. Professor & Coordinator: Dept. of AIML

Email: rnd.aiml@smec.ac.in

Mrs. C. Ushapriya, is working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, St. Martin’s Engineering College, Dhulapally, Secunderabad. Since March 2022, She has done her M.Tech in IT from VSB Engineering College of Affiliated to Anna University, Chennai in 2014. She has done her B.Tech in IT from PGP Engineering College of Affiliated to Anna University, Chennai in 2012. She has having 5 years of Teaching Experience






Ms. Afreen Begum

Asst. Professor & Coordinator: Dept. of AI&DS

Email: rnd.aids@smec.ac.in

Ms. AFREEN BEGUM, working as Assistant Professor in the Department of Artificial Intelligence and Data Science (AI&DS), St. Martin’s Engineering College, Dhulapally, Kompally, Secunderabad, Telangana, India from March 2023.. She has completed Master of Technology in the Department of Computer Science & Engineering from Shadan Women’s College of Engineering and Technology in 2021. She has 2 years of Teaching Experience. She has published 3 papers International Journal and presented 3 papers in international conferences. She got certified by simple learn as Data Scientist in 2021. She has attended various Conferences, workshops, seminars and faculty development programmes.






Mr. R. Karthikeyan

Asst. Professor & Coordinator: Dept. of CSM

Email: rnd.csm@smec.ac.in

Mr. R. KARTHIKEYAN, Working as Assistant Professor in the Department of CSE (AI & ML) at St. Martin Engineering College, Secunderabad, since August 2023, he has academia began in 2009 at Bharathiyar College of Engineering and Technology. With a Bachelor's from Roever Engineering College and a Master's from Bharathidasan University, I've spent over a decade contributing to the field. Specializing in machine learning, NLP, cognitive computing, and large language models, my dedication to research has yielded valuable insights. He has embark on book writing and eager to share his experiences, bridging the realms of academia and practical application in the dynamic world of AI and ML.